All Chapters of The Lycan's Banished True Mate: Chapter 1 - Chapter 7

Elara's POV "Why didn't you wash the doghouse?"The Luna's livid eyes bore into mine like hot coals, and I felt them melting me from the inside out. My tired legs wobbled beneath me, and my heart pounded with so much fear that I thought it was going to rip out of my chest."Answer me!""It's nothing, Ma'am." I raised my trembling hand and pointed at the mop laying on the floor. "I wanted to finish washing the floors first.""Who told you that is all I asked you to do?"She twisted her nose in scorn, and I saw it in her eyes. Undiluted hatred, sheer contempt, utter irritation. But for what? Because I chose to be born?"You said I should wash all the tapestry in the castle, afterwards I should clean the nobles' rooms, then I should trim the flowers in the yard, then I should wash the floors. After I'm done, then the doghouse, and..."Ma'am Luna tightened her grip around my neck. As I struggled to let air pass through my constricted throat, a hot, blinding slap landed across the left si

Elara's POVI felt like I was going to trip and fall as I descended slowly down the stairs. With every gingerly step I took, my stepmother's hateful eyes bore holes through me. It was the perfect definition of "if looks could kill," and I knew I'd be lying dead on the marble floor if she had the opportunity right then.I, on the other hand, was entirely unprepared for this turn of events. I never thought I would be caught; it felt like a bizarre dream. I will be honest and confess that I was terrified. I didn't in any way plan to steal the Alpha from my sisters."You're really beautiful, Milady." I stopped a few feet away from him and offered a trembling bow. "My name is Ryker.""Of course I know your name.""You do?"Heat rushed to my cheeks, and I lowered my head to hide the redness. "Everyone in the kingdom knows who you are, Your Noble.""Well, in that case," he said, stretching his hand out toward me, "let's become better acquainted."The moment Alpha Ryker wrapped his hand aroun

Ryker's POV I couldn't believe my luck, Elara was ready to accept me. I never imagined I would find my mate, let alone someone as breathtaking as her. I had thought I would just settle for someone my family arranged for me. The fact that she was willing to be mine meant everything. As I carried her upstairs, it felt surreal. My mate was in my arms, and she wanted me to mark her, wanted me to make her mine.True to his words, the mate bond was fully activated between us. Even though I hadn't gotten my wolf yet, I felt certain that I would soon.What I didn't know was that a dark, suffocating cloud of betrayal was looming directly over my head. I didn't know there was a deadly storm coming.I couldn't wait to taste her, so I dove in without hesitation. She was utterly intoxicating, and while part of me regretted how quickly she came, I was proud to have unraveled her so easily. She had been a little nervous at first, but she eased into it faster than I expected. I already craved more,

Elara's POV My ears exploded, and my heart shattered into a million jagged, irreparable pieces.For a fleeting, agonizing moment, time stopped entirely. I felt like I had been violently shoved into a different dimension, one where English sounded like a twisted, foreign language, and where my own family members were actively participating in a lucid, waking nightmare. My eyes felt like active volcanoes, erupting with hot lava tears as my legs finally gave way beneath me. I collapsed onto the floor in a heap of white silk."What is this, Father? Why are you telling these horrible lies about me? Why now?"Everyone in my family knew perfectly well that I didn't have a wolf, including Martha, my late godmother. So I couldn't wrap my head around their claim that I was deceiving them about it. And why did he drag my mother's name into it? Did that mean my mother also didn't have a wolf when she was alive? Was that the real reason my father refused to care for her when she fell ill?"Confes