All Chapters of His Tenth Breeder: The Lycan King's Saving Grace : Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

XXI: Wrapped Around Her Hands.~XENOS~Before I could process my thoughts, Odessa walked out of the meeting room. I didn't go after her. Franca said she'd seen her walking back to her room, sobbing. But I noticed something with Roenna. She'd been avoiding me since yesterday. It'd only been twenty-four hours, or even less, since House Tywin brought their useless scheme, but I observed the pullback from her.Even when I asked her to come into the meeting room today again, she coldly declined, but I didn't push further. “Your lips,” I couldn't resist those lips of hers. Soft. Pink. Moistured. Oh damn it. "Tell me why you've been avoiding me, Roenna.” I leaned in, my hands planted on both sides for support and I had her right in place beneath me. She didn't respond, so I put my fingers to work, fondling and grazing her puckered nipples. She let out a soft gasp every time. I pulled back up and took my shirt off. How could I back out when everything that'd been on my mind all day was

XXIII: When Fate Proves Itself ~ROENNA~ How many things was I really supposed to be dealing with? Odessa. His tendency to run wild. Xenos. How many, really? “What's wrong with you?" He muttered, his breath fanning against the shell of my ear. "What?” I lied, tipping my head back against his shoulder as I glanced up at him. “Why's your heart beating this fast?" He placed his hand on my back, then rested his ear against it. “It's probably stress.” I forced a stupid laugh, hoping it would make the lie sound convincing. “No, Odessa.” He turned me by the shoulder until I was facing him. "We both know you're lying to me.” I had somehow forgotten how to look him in the eye. Shit. “Look at me, Roenna." His finger caught my chin. "Tell me something is not wrong.” Sometimes, I really wished I had power over the way my emotions controlled me. “Odessa said she was pregnant for you." I tightened my jaw, my fist folding beneath these sheets. “You say you love me, but you haven'

XXV: My Past Against My Present.~ROENNA~“Our matebond." His eyes widened as they met mine, as if he was just as surprised to finally see the very thing we've both wanted. My breath caught. I hadn't felt a matebond since four years ago. Since Traven. And this pain was fresh, yet sweet because it was the very thing my soul and wolf needed. "We're mates, Xenos.” A tear spilled from my eye, streaking down my cheeks as I held my chest tight, ignoring how deep that pain struck. "Yes.” He crawled to the other edge of the bed where I'd rolled over, his hands finding mine. "We're one, Roenna.” The matebond made us one. "I accept you, Roenna Lancaster as my fated mate forever. You shall rule with me, bear my babies, have my name, and be mine forever.” “I…” Instead of words, a sob broke from my lips. "I accept you, Xenos Nikolai as my fated mate forever. In one love shall we grow, one love shall build our legacy and stand by each other." My lips wobbled as I kept sobs buried deep in my

XXVII: Us.~ROENNA~ I knew his voice. Xenos walked down the stairs to join me while I stood there, my hand pressed against my cheek. Two guards walked up to my mother and sister, forcing their arms behind their backs and restraining them as though they were criminals.Tears didn't fall from my eyes but somewhere between struggling to not react and wondering if I deserved this, I wondered what exactly I should have done. I turned to Xenos, a bitter laugh escaping me with much air from my lungs. “How dare you hit my mate?" He ignored my broken plea, his eyes brimming with something I'd never seen— a quiet shade of rage. Dark and raw. “We… we— w—” My mother stammered, her pretentious expression returning to her face. "but she's still my daughter, Your Majesty.” "How dare you talk back at His Majesty?” Somewhere between all of this, my instincts screamed at me to run. Standing before my Mother and saying no was already courageous enough and right now, I knew I'd done enough and

XXIX: A New Path With Thorns.~ROENNA~“Open the doors.” I turned to the guard at the entrance of the palace cell and he bowed, reaching for the keys in his pocket. My Mother and sister sat inside the cell, their lips dry and skins pale as ever. They'd grown weak to even say a word. It didn't please me to look at them like that, but, I changed my mind. I had Xenos detain them— because I wanted to prove a point. I blinked back my tears as I watched them rise to their feet. Only Isabel had constant meals brought to her in the last three days… I made the guards detain them until now. “Do you hate us, sister?" Isabel's voice cracked as the door opened and she saw me. I blinked harder so my tears wouldn't fall. I didn't. I wished I knew how to. "Mother can barely stand.” She sniffled, holding my Mother up with both hands. I almost stepped forward instinctively, but my wolf stayed back. My wolf didn't allow me. “This is all I'm getting after raising you, isn't it?” I bit down on