All Chapters of After My Mate Faked His Death, I Married the Alpha King: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Ah. Derek's spoiled little sister, Lydia Blackwood.She had worn gold to the wedding on purpose, to outshine me.But after a whole night of carrying on, her foundation had started to break up, flaking off in dry little pieces every time she spoke."You were never good enough for my brother!"She pointed at me and shrieked, "He had just taken you as his mate when his plane went down. You must have cursed him, and now you have the nerve to seduce his brother on your wedding night?"I watched her makeup crack with every word and fought a laugh.Hester sobbed theatrically, "Lydia, don't. Selena will run to the Alpha King and have our pack punished. We can't afford to offend her.""So what?"She looked at me with contempt. "Every wolf alive knows the Luna Queen is the one Alpha King Leon Windsor trusts most. What does Selena have besides a few drops of Windsor blood? Without her brother, she couldn't even get through the gates of Moonfall Bridge!"The amusement went out of Kane's eyes."Min

The car wound along a forest road and stopped in front of a grand manor."Derek's death was suspicious. You'd been in love with him for eight years. Didn't it occur to you to investigate?"A low, powerful male voice came from behind the curtain.Through the curtain, I could just make out a silhouette lounging in a leather chair, every line of him radiating authority."Master, Derek faked his death."What I wanted to say was, "The bastard's wolf still responds through the bond!"But I didn't dare be that flippant.Because my Master had never been Selena.He was a man.Selena Windsor was the name of his twin sister, who had died at birth.Their mother was the second-chance mate the former Alpha King found after he lost his fated mate.After that Alpha King died, Leon Windsor, his son by the first Luna, inherited the throne.But right then, Selena's mother found she was carrying twins.Leon was afraid the twins would share his power, so he had their mother poisoned.When the two pups were

The next day Viola held an afternoon tea at the palace and invited the high-ranking she-wolves of every major pack.I was on the list.I had barely sat down before several high-ranking she-wolves led by Lydia covered their noses."What a disgrace. Her mate just died, and she still has the nerve to come out for tea.""I hear she took his brother into her bedroom the same night Derek's plane went down.""And a wolf that disloyal thinks she deserves to replace the Luna Queen at the Moon Goddess Festival?"Lydia wore a veil, and the corners of her eyes above it were still red.My slap must still have been taking its toll.She pretended to defend me. "Stop it, all of you. She is the Alpha King's sister, after all. We can't afford to offend anyone with Windsor blood.""Sister?"Viola set down her teacup with a contemptuous laugh."She's only the daughter the former Alpha King had with his second-chance mate."What kind of sister does that make her?"Viola was perfectly composed, every moveme

Three days later Viola threw another party.This time, the floating text said she had everything in place and intended to crush me with moral outrage.I didn't understand what that meant.Then I saw her trusted maid quietly leading away a young she-wolf.Hey...Come on, heroine. That was too far.Then I wouldn't hold back either.I slapped a hand against my thigh, called Wren over, and gave her a few quiet instructions.She listened and looked deeply reluctant.In the end, she closed her eyes as if bracing for disaster, steeled herself, and left to carry out my orders.And so...When Viola stormed into the room with her crowd to catch me again, she found her own father, Bertram Ashcroft.For maximum impact, I had tied the paunchy, middle-aged wolf to a chair and was waiting for his daughter to arrive.Viola let out a scream that tore the air."Dad!"How could it be you?"She broke down.The look on Viola's face, on the other hand, left me radiant and refreshed.Almost as an afterthough

The day after Viola was confined, Derek "came back from the dead."He put on a royal guard's uniform and a mask and slipped in through the back door.First, Wren kicked him into the reflecting pool. Then mate candidate number two mistook him for an intruder and landed two punches.Mate candidate number three, the priest, kindly forced a bowl of scalding soup down his throat.Finally, mate candidate number four, full of pent-up rage, gave him a whipping.Derek finally reached me battered from head to toe.I was sunbathing in the garden and lifted one lazy eyelid."You're here?"Derek stopped short."So you knew?"Without waiting for an answer, he came to his own conclusion."No wonder you have been going after Viola."You were jealous."I slowly craned my neck to stare at him.Had this man left his brain at the crash site?"Let's do this."Derek clenched his jaw as if he were about to make the ultimate sacrifice."I can give you what you've always wanted. I'll mark you right now."In re