Chapter Thirty-Two— His kingdom Our drive back to his kingdom was hectic. It was the longest and most uncomfortable ride I'd ever had. Luckily enough, I had Jenny with me. She was riding in a different car with the Draven guy. Still, knowing she was close gave me a breath of fresh air, and was my only consolation in the suffocating tension that hovered in the car. I nibbled my fingers as I listened to the King going on and on about being my mate and the great plans he had for me in his kingdom. Nothing about his extravagant plans excited me. On the contrary, they made my toes curl and made my heart race. King Ace might have helped me with my revenge, but he was just as monster as the others. A bigger monster, if I was being honest. Staying with him could be more agonizing than my stay at the Packhouse. My life could change drastically being in his control and that scared me a lot. I wanted a break from my painful life. But it turned out that there was no such break for me in

Chapter Thirty-Four. You killed them?Ivanna's POV‘Moon,’ I mind linked my wolf. ‘What are you talking about? How the hell is King Ace our mate? What about Rocco?’‘He isn’t our mate anymore. The moon goddess has severed your bond with him. The king is now our fated mate. And I think he'll make a better mate than Rocco did. He is solid. We should be with him.’I was speechless, listening to Moon give her opinion about King Ace. She was always passive and less opinionated. It was a shock that she just said so much about him. And yeah, she could be right. King Ace could be a million times different from Rocco. But that didn't mean that I wanna be chained to him. ‘No. I can’t accept him. All I need is peace of mind. I don't wanna get entangled in another mate bond. Not now.'‘He's going to be my helper. The bond with him will strengthen me. I don’t want to keep being a weak wolf who doesn't know how to help you when you're in danger. I want to be strong. I need him to be strong.''You

Chapter Thirty-six. They got what they deserved.Ivanna's POV"I don't need anything from you. You're awake now, and I want you to eat. That's all. Here." He passed the food to me, with a warm smile that almost melted my heart.I hesitated, warning myself not to get deceived by his acts. He was still the monster that wiped off a whole Pack. It wouldn't be easy to erase that from my memory."Please?" "Thank you," I took the food with unsure, shaky hands. "Are you sure this food wasn’t poisonous?""Yes," he sighed. "You should start eating." After much contemplation, I couldn't resist the aroma of the food anymore, so I dug in. It was extremely delicious, but with the pleasure of eating it came disturbing thoughts of his ulterior motives behind this.Was he feeding me so I would be indebted to him, and wouldn't reject his proposal anymore? Was I being trapped by this food? Was that it?I ate the last of the food and put down the cutleries. He took the tray."Uh, you can go see your f

Chapter Thirty-Eight. In my dreamsIvanna's POVThe next morning, I woke up to find the king staring at me."Good morning, mate," he smiled.  "Hope you slept peacefully?"He was so strikingly handsome when he smiled like that. I couldn't help the heat crawling up my cheeks and how rapid my heartbeat became.It had to be because of our proximity. He was leaning in too close to me. It was excitingly suffocating.I hated feeling this way, so I moved back a bit. "Are you alright?" He asked."I'm good," I replied curtly, refusing to look at his face."You sure?" He reached out to touch my hair, but I evaded it. He stood, with his hands sinking into his pockets. Like he was reassuring me."The maids will attend to you soon. You need to bathe and come join me for breakfast."I nodded and he left. Minutes later, the maids walked in. There were five of them."Good morning, my queen." Th

Chapter Forty. Arriving at the pack.MORE FLASHBACK…King Ace's POVAlone in my office, I did nothing but fantasize about her. What she would look like. Her personality. Hobbies. How well we would click when we eventually get to meet. Every damn thing about her ran through my thoughts. ‘I can’t wait to see her, Ace,’ Klaus said. I felt how happy he was. Klaus was my wolf who was always nagging me to go out and find his mate. He was a strong and scary Zeta wolf. I always let him out whenever we were at war. The greatest fight my wolf ever won had to be against Alex, my half-brother. He was born from a one-night stand between my father and an Omega. According to the rumors, father was drunk and his mother, Clara, had taken advantage of him. Even after giving birth to Alex, we treated her well but she wanted more. Titles. She wanted the queen’s throne. Wanted to replace my mother. She was filled with so much resentment and she instilled it in Alex. Made him think he was never loved a