Lahat ng Kabanata ng The Alpha King’s Broken Mate : Kabanata 31 - Kabanata 40

The morning after our visit to Alpha Stephen’s pack, the group of maids which seem to aid me to get ready most days, enter into the room and guide me into the bathroom stating I needed to get ready for our announcement photoshoot. At first, I was more than bewildered, confused and terrified, but after my shower and I was placed in front of the huge mirror in the bathroom, the mark which Sebastian had placed upon my skin yesterday stood proudly on my neck. I still couldn’t quite believe that I had the courage to not only ask Sebastian to mark me but to even sit there and take it! It caused such happiness to spread through me as my eyes rested upon the mark, it was something after the abuse that I was subjected to for so many years, I thought I would never get to have, so standing here about to announce to the world I had a mate, it felt unreal. Before I was fully dragged into the bathroom, I asked Sebastian if there was any update on my brother after he had been taken to the hospi

This time as I walked through the halls of the palace, I didn’t feel as nervous now Sebastian’s hand wrapped around mine. Even though I knew the guards that he had enlisted to watch me when he couldn’t, would protect me, the way they shouted at the poor man who had dropped something in the lobby was evidence enough but I don’t believe I will ever feel the same amount of safety as I do when I’m around Sebastian. He was the one who rescued me from the years of gruelling abuse that I’d face from the Alpha, he had done something nobody had since the abuse started, he cared and protected me. When I’m in his arms, I know whatever storm is approaching, I will be okay. “As I told you for so many years, the moment we found mate, life would be perfect.” My wolf told me in my head repeating what she would each time I’d return from a day of abuse, at first when she would tell me this, I would hold on to hope that she was correct, the more years past with no mate of mine in sight, the more I

Once we spoke with Tristan a little more and even had a talk with the doctors, I was taken for a late lunch with Sebastian on his fancy balcony in his bedroom. I had yet to actually see his bedroom, I was always taken through a side door to the balcony as I was told it was quicker, so when we concluded lunch and he led me through the patio doors to his room, my jaw hit the floor. If I thought his office was huge, it did not compare to the size of his grand bedroom. It followed the same aesthetic as his office, rustic with wood panelling and dim lights that gave it a sort of cabin type atmosphere. A small coffee table with two chairs stood off to the right, double doors with gold handles led to what I believe was his wardrobe and a giant King-sized bed with dark sheets sat against the wall. But that was not the end of his room, right at the edge stood a golden spiral staircase that led up to a second level, from where I stood, it appeared to be filled with books and other artefacts,

With some more words of encouragement from Sebastian, I leave the bed and head into the shower to get ready for the day but also, prepare myself for having to walk down memory lane but not of rainbows and sunshine, but pain, darkness and despair. As I stood in the shower allowing the warm water to cascade down my body and land in the golden drain by my feet, I couldn’t stop my thoughts from racing. Even though Sebastian had said he wasn’t angry or disappointed with me after my fear had interrupted our more intimate moment, I couldn’t help the deep guilt that washed through me. Sebastian doesn’t deserve this, he is the kindest and most patient person I have ever met, even though I can see he wants more, he’s holding back and waiting for me but that’s not fair. He deserves a mate who can open herself up to him the way he needs and deserves but that’s something I can’t do, maybe I shouldn’t have asked him to mark me, now he’s trapped with me. “Mate marking us was the best thing that

Once I had changed for the second time but into clothes which covered my body, not only due to the scars but the differing temperatures of Spring gripping the land, Sebastian leads me back into his own balcony so we could have another late breakfast. I thought taking those photos would lead me to grow anxious and self conscious but instead, I was filled with a sense of relief that I’d never experienced before. It was as though now I had the chance to show someone else the secret scars I have kept under wraps since the awful abuse started, I was no longer alone like I had felt for so many years, someone else knew my story and believed me. So, as I sat across from Sebastian slowly eating the delicious food that the cooks had created, for the first time, I was genuinely happy. I was at a place I never imagined I would be with a man Alpha Stephen would repeat I would never find, I was free. As I placed another fresh mango into my mouth, the taste I thought I would find and the one