?Chapter 157


    “You’re several <b>years </bte for that,


    “I can perceive this animosity from you to me, Rowan,”


    I interrupted him. “How long will you be here?” I asked him.


    I asked him. “A few days<b>,</b><b>” </b>


    “Give me a number,” 1 demanded. A few days could be a month, a <b>year</b>, or several years.


    Three days”


    “Make it one and you’ll have all my attention for the next twenty–four hours,” I bargained.


    He suddenly frowned. “You hate me <b>that </b>much you can’t stand me for three days,”


    I nodded. “Your presence irks me,” I answered.


    I wasn’t trying to piss him off this time. It was the truth. His presence reminded me of the neglect and of everything I went through in his pce. Being around him pissed me off every time and it triggered Thorne. Thest thing I would want is <b>for </b>him to witness that part of my life,


    “What have I done that is so bad? Was I that evil?”


    I red at him. “You don’t get to <b>ask </b>that question, Ulric, I called him by his real name.


    His mouth fell open and he pointed at me. A werewolf king wasn’t supposed to be called his real name but I didn’t care. rogue Alpha, I wasn’t under his authority.


    I was a


    Mika ced her hand on my shoulder, trying to control me. She had to. If I lose my patience any further, Thorne would break free and that would bring about disaster because he would end up killing the werewolf king


    “You’re on the edge, calm down,”


    I swallowed hard.


    “I’ll spend two days. Give me ten hours of your time each day. I won’t overstep my boundaries or anything. I just need to talk to you. That’s <b>all</b>,”


    I tapped my feet on the floor as I thought of his offer.


    “Fine, two days, and don’t go against your words,”


    His security details came back and told him it was safe. That was when he finally sat down.


    “So, tell


    tell me, have you found your mate? Is it Mika?” He asked.


    Mikaughed. “If I was his mate, he would be dead by now, she answered just when I was about to ask what was funny.


    Mika was <b>a </b>big fan of the man the werewolf king was and she’d never tried <b>to </b>hide it. She liked him for his personality but not his title.


    <b>“</b><b>So</b>, who’s his mate <b>then</b>?” He asked Mika.


    She looked at him and I raised an eyebrow.


    Mika <b>was </b>a daredevil<b>. </b>So, I knew she would be crazy enough to say the wrong thing.


    “Two girls came into our pack a month and a few weeks ago, I think one <b>of </b>them is his mate,


    I grabbed Mika by the back of her neck, pulled her away from him, and dragged her towards the door.


    She kept <b>tapping </b>my hand so she could break free and say more but no way would I allow that.


    “Go check on the patrol <b>team</b>, Mika, I <b>answered </b>through gritted teeth.


    “Talk to Gideon, I think something’s wrong


    there, or the minutes I’d felt Gideon pressing into the mind–link. I didn’t give him ess because I knew it was Gideon, it


    could be a rank Belongs to (N)?vel/Drama.Org.


    “What’s going on?” I asked Gideon


    He charged in through the mind–link panicking


    Come quickly, something’s wrong with Harriette.”