All Chapters of Unwanted But Mated To Three Alpha Kings : Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

Raven's POVI held Rowan's gaze. His grey eyes were beautiful, locked on mine from across the room like nothing else existed in it. Then his eyes dropped, just slightly, from my eyes to my neck. I felt myself flush and had to close my eyes for a second, because his gaze was too much and not enough at the same time. Somehow it felt like he was touching me, close enough to feel his hands instead of just his stare.I felt ashamed of it. How was I feeling this way about a man I shouldn't trust, when all I wanted was to feel more of it?When I opened my eyes, the spell broke.I blinked, turning back to the mirror, trying to focus on the fitting instead. The gown was spectacular. It brought out my features in a way I hadn't expected, and for one strange moment I almost felt like a queen. I wondered who had thought of it. Had it been one of them? Or some tireless staff member, desperate to please, who had studied me closely enough to know exactly which shade would bring out my eyes, which

Rowan's POVI was in the office, going through border rotations, half my mind on paperwork; I would rather be anywhere but here. But Asher is better at field training the wolves. Right now, he should still be with my Raven. Ansel had other duties, so I was stuck with the mountain of paperwork. I was almost done when I felt my wolf shoot upright inside me, snarling before I even understood why.Mate. Hurt. Asher.I shoved the chair back so hard it hit the wall, and I was out the door before I knew what was happening. “ Alpha, what is going on?” Kyle, my assistant, a beta wolf who was swift on his feet, was already by my side.“ My mate needs me.” My wolf was snarling, forcing me to go faster and faster. The need to kill, to protect my mate, was overwhelming.Ansel was already ahead of me in the corridor. He'd felt it too. His face gave nothing away, calm as always, but his fists were clenched so tight at his sides that the knuckles had gone white. Neither of us said a word. We didn'

Raven's POVI woke to cold sheets.The fire had died down to nothing, just a few gray coals in the grate, and the door had been left cracked open, like whoever left hadn't wanted to wake me.My hand went to my chest before I even thought about it. Smooth skin. No wound. The place where Asher's arm had gone through me was just... gone, healed over during the night, though I could still feel it, it was like a permanent wound etched in my mind. My wolf stirred inside me, slow and tired, the first real movement I'd felt from her in weeks that wasn't pain.I pulled Rowan's cloak around my bare body and slipped out of the room. I didn't have anywhere I meant to go. I just walked, following the quiet, letting the castle's dark corridors swallow the sound of my own feet.I was walking down a narrow servants' stairwell, when I heard a slap. Then a muffled cry, cut off fast, like the girl making it didn't want anyone to hear.I followed the sound into a small kitchen at the end of the hall.A

Raven's POVPunch after punch. Fight after fight. I was genuinely starting to believe this man planned to kill me out here.Maybe that was the plan all along. Word would have spread by now about how the princes had found their mate. So it made sense they wouldn't want to kill me somewhere obvious.Was that what the training was about? Wearing me down slowly instead of quickly?"Where's your mind at?"Asher's foot caught me square in the stomach before I could finish the thought. I managed to block at the last second, not enough to stop it, and went flying back into the nearest tree.Everything went faint around the edges. But surprisingly, with all that pain, I didn't pass out. That had to mean something. That had to mean I was actually learning.I tried to sit up. The sharp pain in my ribs told me otherwise."Fuck," I groaned, staying low in the grass. I looked up and found him watching me, arms crossed, waiting."Session's over for today," he said. "We will continue tomorrow." That

Raven's POVAsher held my hand firmly the whole way back, not saying a word. The walk was much further than I expected. I honestly didn’t expect to run that far. We were walking so fast that I was literally flying behind him, causing me to stumble. “Ouch.” My leg hit a stone, causing my cloak to slip from my shoulders. He turned, bending to look at the injury. He didn’t waste a second before licking that part of my ankle even though it was dirty.“Asher, I whispered. The wound healed almost instantly.”He bent down, carrying me in his arms, causing my heart to beat faster in my chest. It almost felt like he was worried about me. If I hadn’t overheard them that day, I would have believed that, but I know the truth. They only needed me for the throne; I didn’t know how yet, but I knew the moment one of them got crowned, I’d be discarded. I clenched my jaw, keeping my eyes lowered so he wouldn’t see the tears in my eyes.When we reached the gates, Ansel and Rowan were already waitin