Chapter 4

Jaden's POV

"I can't fall in love. Mom, I don't even know what it is all about. I have no interest in it at all, so can you stop all this talking to me?" My voice was at its highest pitch. I was literally yelling at my mother as she sat beside me on the bed talking about love and how important it is in everyone's life.

I was so angry and disgusted at the same time. 

"Son, you need to find the woman meant for you. You really have to give them a chance. Call out any girl in this kingdom or even outside this kingdom, and I will get her for you." She mumbled, blinking those blue eyes, which were already wet with sadness as she stared at me.

"I don't like any girl in this world. You and Dad want me to find a woman to be my queen so I can rule this kingdom, right? Okay, the truth is that I am not capable. Someone else can take over me then if getting a mate is a must before I can be the next king!" I snorted, and got out of bed.

"Son, do you even know what you are saying? Can you hear yourself out? You want our family to lose out as the ruling lineage?" She bawled, but I was almost out of the room already, so her voice was faint to my ears.

I can't believe she isn't tired yet. She is not tired of coming to my room every morning to beg me to fall in love, pleading that I should accept a girl into my life.

She has succeeded in ruining my day. This isn't the first time I've told everyone that I know nothing about love and that it's not my fault that I hate every single girl who crosses my path. Any of them who had forced themselves on me too much had ended up losing their lives from my ferocious anger.

Is it just too hard for them to get it into their skull that I have no heart to love? I don't have any interest in that nonsense. It irritates me. It makes me feel like throwing up. 

Gosh!

I slammed the door of the bathroom, undressed and sank myself inside the bathtub of cold water, feeling the chills spread around my skin, making it shiver a bit. I loved the sweet sensations it spread through my entire body.

It is just unfortunate that I can't stay here all day, especially when my father would be waiting for me to join him in the palace to settle the kingdom's issues. I wish they would all let me be. I wish everyone could just get the hell out of my life and leave me all alone.

I really hate being around people, especially girls. Their peering eyes, wet with wild desires and lust for me sickens me. Maybe my handsomeness is a torment from the moon goddess, because I don't see why I appeared that way, drawing attention to myself.

My name is Jaden Lake. I am 25 and the only son of Taylor Lake, the king of the Lycans. Yes, we are Lycans, the last set of our kind. Few, but feared and respected by every wolf on the planet. Many packs had gone into extinction from trying to use their greater numbers to bring us down. 

We aren't up to a hundred, yet those werewolves who are up to thousands couldn't range higher than us. You don't expect them to overcome us when we are stronger and highly skilled. 

Well, all that is none of my business or concern. My greatest concern is the pestering of my parents. I don't see any importance in love, yet they hold it in high esteem as if it is where life depends on it. 

"Jaden!" My father yelled out my name through mind link, and it was with great effort and struggle that I didn't hiss at him. It wasn't even up to an hour after I got here and he was already calling on me as if I was the one rulling the kingdom. Why can't he fucking stay in that palace himself?

"I am bathing!" I fumbled, rolling my eyes and glaring at his image in my head, even when I knew he was not seeing me.

"Get your sick ass here at this moment! Are you giving birth in that bathroom? Why do I need to yell your name every morning before you come over to the palace?" He growled, and I could hear his fist banging at whatever it was.

I knew his frustration wasn't anything far from what I repeated to my mother this morning. She must have told him, and now he feels like bursting apart. I have noticed his major reason for having me in the palace was so I could see the daughters of royal visitors who come to visit him.

Nonsense.

"I will be there in a jiffy!" I sighed, sinking my entire body in the water as my eyes shut to avoid the water from entering my eyes, and once again, like always, my dark past came haunting me, making my breath become rapid as my heart pounded so hard inside my chest.

My biggest secret, which no one knows about, not even my parents. I don't want to remember it, but almost anytime I shut my eyes inside the bathtub, it comes into my head like a predator stalking forward to me as the prey which will be devoured soon. 

I regret that action every single day of my life, but there is nothing I can do to rewind the hand of the clock. I just have to live with it. At least my desires were fulfilled.

"Jaden!" My father's growl came again, and this time it was more frustrating. He was literally enraged, and I couldn't help but smirked at the thought that there was nothing he could do to me, especially since I am ten times stronger than he.

My powers and special abilities are rare and have never been seen before. Some sorcerers claim I am a hybrid, while others claim I am descended from the moon goddesses; all of this is nonsense in my opinion.

"Do you know I can disown you for being always disobedient!" His angry voice came again, and I rolled my eyes again in exasperation.

"You will see me there in a few minutes. I am sorry," I mumbled, washing my body hastily.

My father would continue to threaten me with disown because he knows that is all he has over me.Being disowned could be a major setback in my life because I would lose my royalty and respect for the last time.

I can't even think of facing that, so I have no choice but to do all he says once he uses that threat, even when I know he might never do that.

Who would want to disown a powerful creature like me?

"You don't have to be too fast. Take it easy. Another girl is in the palace; that's why he is calling on us." My wolf, Zane, snorted.

"I know." My reply came with another loud and drawn hiss. I could feel the reluctance of my wolf. We both hate mates and the word "love" so much and wish to be alone forever, but it just seems like we are unfortunate to be the lycan prince.