Chapter 29

JAREK

Wiping the beads of sweat from my forehead, I head for the front door of the royal mansion. I should have known better than to try and challenge the Alpha King, but I know that Keena will buckle under her father's pressure and tell him the truth. If she tells him the truth it will ruin any chance that I have at getting her away from the Lycan City and back to my pack. I know that is what my father had in mind when he told me to make things right. He wants to use the Princess for leverage to get the amulet.

Kane is pacing back and forth in my mind. He has grown soft when it comes to the Princess and doesn't want to follow our father's orders. I have to keep reminding him that it is just the mate bond making him feel this way. Once she accepts the rejection we will be free to find a Luna that is worthy of the title. Not some wolfless freak.

'You were too rough with her,' Kane huffs in my house. "We need to be kind to our mate.'

'She is only our mate until we get