Lahat ng Kabanata ng MATED TO THE LYCAN KING: Kabanata 11 - Kabanata 20

RILEYWHAT?I go stiff, saying absolutely nothing, but I’m sure my wide open eyes and wide open mouth relays my shock.Jude obviously notices, as the frown clears from his face.“Okay, that came out wrong.” He lets out an exasperated sigh. “A luna should be able ti stand and face whqtever comes her way. Bloody or not. I too wouldn’t join a group which the initiator refuses to join. I would not advice anyone to do so too.”Okay. I see a lot of sense in what he is saying. Of course, he is the Alpha, so he should be sensible. But…Blood.“Th..The thing is, I…I feel sick at the sight of blood. It’s something I haven’t had any reason to overcome.” I try to sound persuasive. “Well, now you are Luna. You now have a million reasons to overcome it. It’s a thing of the mind.Wait. Do you feel sick at the sight of your own blood?” One of his brows go up, in question.Okay. I did not expect this.“No.”He spreads out his palm. “See? It’s a thing of the mind.”“It...It’s not the same.”“Now it so

RILEYI did it.After I had coming back from vomiting nothing for the last time, I did the unthinkable.The midwife had finished cleaning up the pup, and had its still form edged on her left arm as she used other hand to wipe out dried blood from the bed. The mother of the pup was nowhere in sight so I guess the other women had taken her to go clean up.On sighting me, the midwife’s expression lights up with what I later realized is the weirdest ideas.She took the little distance separating us, walked towards me and…Handed the pupOverToMe.I had hesitated. But I did it.I took that little male creature into my shaky arms and held him close to my chest.Those tiny hands, the calming scent, those brown eyes.I loved the feeling.Now I am heading towards the living hall to go tell my husband about. I can’t wait to relay to him how my day one of overcoming my fears went. I’ll definitely skip the details of my vomiting spree.Ill focus on the good. How ecstatic I felt while holding th

RILEY“Then why do you want to start by knowing what they dislike. Why not what they like?” Theresa squints her eyes in enquiry.That is easy.“Knowing what someone doesn’t like specifically, broadens your chances at doing what they like.”See? I am smart.“Okay, that’s reasonable. It’s just that normal people start from the likes, not the dislikes.”I ignore that thing I hear undertone. There’s an aim, so I press forward.“Yeah, I am far from normal.” My gaze stay fixed on the fire.It might seem like a brag or an intentional act to sound pathetic, but it is the truth. A truth that I have accepted a long time ago.“Well, that I am aware of.” Theresa mutters under her breath. She avoids my eyes as she focuses on stirring the fish soup in the large pot. It takes her a few minutes to be done with stirring, adding more ingredients and stirring again.After what seems like ages, she finally sits. But still, says nothing.“So?” I urge.“Oh. For a second, I had forgotten. Okay, let me thin

RILEY“Come on in.”My cheeks spread in a big broad smile. Goose pimples engulfing my skin from both his voice and the cold air of the night. The cold air that reminds me of the cold I had endured while pouring water that Theresa had gotten me, on myself, behind the house. To get clean.Jude’s hesitation earlier had scared me. After that grumble, it had gotten so quiet in there, like my presence had brought sleep to him.I was so close to leaving.I am Luna.I twist the knob and place my barefoot on the polished wooden floor of the room, one after the other. I avoid looking at him as I turn to shut the door behind me.Without blinking, I turn and strike that pose. My right hand flies to cup the back of my head, this raises the dress higher, but I ignore it and move my left hand to perch on my hip. I can’t remember if it’s right leg forward and left leg backward. Or the other way round. So I follow my instincts.I take my right forward and place it ahead of my left leg, which I put no

RILEY“All hail the Alpha.”The gravity of this shout, jolts me to instant awareness, wiping out all sleep remaining in me.Theresa had not lied about everyone being in confusion. I had gotten here a few minutes ago and the murmurs were incomprehensible, but loud. Everybody was talking to somebody, with a tight worried expression on their faces.What is going on? I had asked in my head.On noticing that no one paid attention to my arrival, I moved to my side of the Alpha platform and stood overlooking their discussions and activities.The Men wing, present. The woman wing, fully present, I even saw some familiar faces like Jill who faced about six women, probably giving them the ‘full gist’ of what had happened. Pups, very much absent.Then my husband, the man in my dreams, came to stand on the Alpha platform. And all discussions ceased.Jude raises his hand in silent response to their greetings, but where I’m standing, I can see his face through the help of the crescent hanging lonel