Chapter 7
We arrived at the pce by nighttime and I was shocked to see what a visceral effect seeing the
pce had on me. I wanted to do nothing but run in the other direction but Jaxon kept a close eye
on me. He probably knew how much I wanted to run and he knew I had every right to do so.
Jaxon led me to the same room I used earlier and I wanted nothing more than to scream when I
saw it. He tried to get another room for Kiara and my first instinct was to refuse but when Kiara saw
the massive room that he had prepared for her she wanted to stay there and I couldn’t refuse her.
She seemed so excited and it broke my heart to stay away from her but I didn’t want to make her
sad.
Jaxon tried to talk to me before I went to bed and I mmed the door in his face. I was worried he
would make me pay for itter but I also couldn’t bring myself to care because he deserved that and
every other thing I was going to throw his way seeing as he said all those rude things about me all
those years ago and I was yet to forget the things he did.
I knew he stood outside my door for a few minutes. Even though I was in bed, I could feel him and I
refused to move or even breathe until I felt him leave. After he did that, I realized I couldn’t fall
asleep and that was how I
I
stayed up all night until the sun rose.
As soon as I saw that it was morning, I went to get freshened up and I had just finished getting
dressed when I got a knock on my door and my first thought was that it was Jaxon but the person
knocked too softly to be him.
I pulled the door open and was shocked to see two maids walk into my room. They were both
young, maybe a year or two younger than me and one had brown hair while the other had
strawberry blond hair. They bowed to. me and busied themselves around my room while I stared in
confusion.
“I’m sorry but what are you doing here?” I asked unable to keep the confusion and slight defensive
note from creeping into my tone and they both froze.
“My apologies,” the one with brown hair said. “His majesty sent us to take care of the room while
you go for
breakfast.”
“I don’t need anyone to take care of the room and I’m not going for breakfast.”
This time I saw them both stiffen and they nced between each other as if they were unsure of
what to say. They had probably never heard anyone refuse a direct order from Jaxon before but I
didn’t care because I was too concerned on giving Jaxon a piece of my mind.
I left them in there and stormed out of the room.
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Thest time I was here, I didn’t have a chance to explore so the grounds due to being Jaxon’s
imprisoned mate and it was still a bit confusing. It took a while but I finally got to the dining room
and I took a double take when I noticed Jaxon and Kiara sitting at the table. She was seated next to
him and he was helping her slice through some pancakes.
Kiara lifted her eyes and saw me and a smile pulled at the corner of her l*ps. “Mummy look, he cut
my food just like y
you do.”
I walked over to them and sure enough Jaxon had cut her pancakes into small bite sized pieces like
I usually do for her. For some reason, it caused a pang of jealousy and something bitter to burn in
my chest. He didn’t get to just swoop in and be the perfect dad when I spent months trying to find a
way to get her to eat.
“You could have just waited for me.” I said as I walked over and ced a kiss on her hair. “I would
have done it for you.”
“I’m her father, it was no problem.” Hearing Jaxon utter those words had my spine straightening and
I turned to him.
“Jaxon, can I have a word please?”
He seemed confused but he nodded and followed me out of the dining and towards the door. Once
I noticed that we were a few feet away from Kiara and she wouldn’t overhear us, I turned to him with
daggers and poison in my eyes.
“You had no right to do that,” I seethed and he genuinely looked taken aback. “I could have and
would have done it for her.”
“I’m her father.”
“You haven’t been for the past three years of her life.”
“That wasn’t my fault, you were the one who ran away.”
“If you didn’t-” I stopped myself mid sentence and let out a sigh. I could see that he wanted to hear
what I wanted to say but I took a deep breath and spoke much calmer, “I don’t need you disrupting
what she already knows, I don’t need maids in my room every morning and I don’t need to be here.
You have millions of whores who can bear you a child, let me take mine.”
“I don’t haveeny whores.”
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I
It took a second for his words to settle and when they did, I turned to him with a raised brow. He
didn’t have to
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lie to me, I already knew. It infuriated me to know that he was trying to lie to me and I wanted to
scream.
“If you
want this to work,” I seethed in a low tone. “Thest you should be doing is lying to me. I don’t care
about your other women, what I care about is my daughter and how she will inevitably get hurt in
this situation.”
you!
“I’m not going to hurt her, and I’m not going to hurt you.
“Just leave us alone.”
I didn’t wait for him to respond before I brushed past him and went to sit next to Kiara. She had
finished the pieces he had cut for her and I took up my duty and started doing the others. When
Jaxon walked back up to us, I refused to meet his eyes but Kiara was very happy to see him.
It shocked me because she had always been a shy child and watching her warm up to Jaxon in less
than twenty four hours was frustrating to say the least. If she got too attached to him then it would
make it harder to leave and I couldn’t allow that happen.
I
“Mummy,” she began slowly as I finally finished with her food and started eating mine. “Is he really
my daddy?”
I didn’t want to lie to her so I nodded “He is.”
“Why didn’t youe to see us?” she directed the him freeze with his fork on his
question at Jaxon and I saw way to his mouth. “Everyone else had their daddies except Ally whose
daddy is in heaven.”
eyes and I
Jaxon opened his mouth to speak but deftly closed it immediately. He nced at me with worried
stared at him nkly. I knew he was going to pin the me on me and use me of leaving and if
he did, I was- more than prepared to deal with the bacsh of it with Kiara.
Thest thing I would want to do is include my daughter in our squabble but I wasn’t going to let
Jaxon me me for something that was his fault. Content (C) N?v/elDra/ma.Org.
“Well I’m the king,” he began slowly. “I’m not a werewolf like the others, I am a lycan and lycan’s are
very busy people. I wanted to see you but I couldn’t and the minute I got some free time, I came to
get you.
“Mummy said we’re human,” she chewed on a piece of pancake slowly. “She said that I should stay
away from
the werewolves.”
“That’s because you’re young Kiara, and you’re not a werewolf until you shift,” the way he spoke to
her was so soft and calming that I couldn’t help but blink twice to be sure Jaxon was the one
speaking.
“Mummy, once I shift I’ll be a werewolf?” Kiara asked me and I shrugged.
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“I’m not sure, you might be a wolf or you might be a lycan,” I said thest part slowly because I
didn’t want to
admit that Jaxon would have any ties to her but I had to.
I felt him staring at me and when I looked up; his eyes were directly trained on me.
There was something about them. It wasn’t off setting or ufortable but it was intense and it felt
like he was trying to see into the deepest parts of my mind and I couldn’t help but look away when I
felt my skin heat up.
I might have hated him but that didn’t mean my body did. I might not have had a wolf but the mate
bond was still one of the strongest things in the world and I could feel the pull whenever we were
together and I was determined to avoid it.
Thankfully, Kiara spoke again but her next words had me frowning.
“I want to be a lycan,” she suddenly dered. “Just like daddy.”
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