Filed To Story: Goddess's Design His Fated Mate (Willow & Reuben)
“He? Who? Who made your wolf disappare?”
Bix exclaimed. Ella shook her head in fear and then looked up him. “Bix, where is Reuben?”
she asked, panic evident in her voice as she tightly held onto his arm.
“Why are you looking for Reuben, Ella?”
I interjected, feeling irritated as I pushed her hand away from Bix before she could provoke him.
“This is interesting,”
Walter chuckled, lighting a cigarette as his eyes focused on Ella. She shot him a hateful glare before turning to me.
“Just tell me where the hell is Reuben, Oran,”
she snapped, her gaze piercing as she added, “it’s about Willow.”
Everyone’s attention shifted to her, surprised by the gravity of her tone.
“What about Willow?”
I inquired, stepping closer to her.
Reuben
Staring at the reflection of the clock in the half-filled wine glass, I tapped on the table where I had been sitting for the past half an hour, silently lost in thought. Dex’s behavior in my mind felt strange for some reason. What was this feeling I was getting from my mate bond with Willow? Why were her emotions going up and down like some sort of amusement park ride?
“Do you detest me so much that you’re not even willing to look at me?”
The Alpha King poured himself a glass of wine as he sat at the center of the large table.
“I don’t detest you,”
I murmured, my gaze fixed on the table, my fingers tracing the rim of the wine glass with no intention of drinking its contents.
“Then it must be this face that reminds you of your dad, right?”
he remarked, taking a deep breath.
Finally, I lifted my gaze to look at my uncle, who appeared to have aged a bit since our last meeting. “You shouldn’t drink so much,”
I gently removed the fourth wine glass from his hand.
He chuckled, shaking his head. “If you cared about your dear uncle so much, you would have visited me more often instead of killing my most trusted advisor, Elder Frank. Or you would have thought twice before breaking the marriage contract with Alpha Ella. You should have considered the Emerald Family’s reputation before taking such bold actions.”
“It seems Alpha Adam is healthy enough to instigate the King,”
I stated dryly.
He laughed. “Adam did come to the palace with broken bones to complain about you,well at least he didn’t come to complain to me. He went to Black.”
“Black is back?”
I raised my brows.
He nodded. “With the Kingdom facing these mysterious attacks, I need my son beside me. That’s why I called him back. However, Alpha Adam has brought this matter directly to Black. Black is a Crown Prince, you of all people understand that means he can’t ignore Alpha Adam’s claims. I assume as cousins the two of you are going to meet each other very soon because this matter has also reached the ears of the council,”
he explained.
“Alpha Adam is under the delusion that going to the council or seeking help from Black will make me marry Ella. Elder Frank was simply allowed to continue breathing air while in hiding after crossing the line with my soulmate. As for my marriage to Ella, she was the one who ended it. There was no way that I could have canceled it myself. I don’t see anything wrong with my actions,”
I remarked without hesitation.
“You say that as if I didn’t know about those devilish schemes you concocted to coerce her into ending the contract. “I’ve watched Black and you grow up in front of my eyes, and I am well aware of what you kids are capable of,”
the King remarked, lifting his wine glass.
Once again, I felt something strange through my mate bond with Willow, this time sensing her fear. What the heck was going on? Why was she afraid, and of whom? “Uncle ”
I lifted my gaze to lock with his. I needed to conclude this conversation quickly and return to Willow. “I’m sure you didn’t call me here just to chat about Frank or Ella.”
The hand holding the glass paused, and his expression shifted slightly into a more serious one. “True,”
he admitted as he set the glass down. “It’s about your soulmate, Reuben.”
“What about her?”
I inquired.
“That girl get her out of your life,”
he ordered.
“That is not happening,”
I firmly refused.
“You dare to disobey me for that girl?!”
he growled, clenching his fists at his sides.
“Yes, she is my soulmate. She is mine, there is no way I am giving up on my mate,”
I declared.
“You still have not come to your senses, Reuben!”
he slammed his hand down on the table as he furiously rose from his seat. “That girl is the reason Louis is not among us. Thanks to her, you ruined your own future! She was the reason you have gone insane to the point where you are killing people, breaking marriage contracts, and disobeying your Alpha King knowing the consequences could be deadly!”
he roared, his face flushed red with anger.
I stared into his eyes blankly and remarked, “I have no regrets for what I have done, what I have lost, or any consequences that I may face. Don’t force me to do something that is impossible.”
Uncle gritted his teeth and barked, “What the hell don’t you understand, Reuben?! Your obsession with that girl is going to cost the whole werewolf world! That girl spells disaster for our realm. You’ve known that for the past six fucking years, but you’ve turned a blind eye, still chasing that girl to keep her in your life!”
His frustrated voice, mixed with surprise, echoed throughout the room.
I calmly stood up and replied, “If you’re saying all of this about my mate just because of Frank’s remarks about Willow’s ill fate and that other nonsense he told me six years ago, I don’t care.”
Six years ago, when Frank had come to me after finding out about Willow, he had told me about reading Willow’s ill fate and dark past. I didn’t give a damn about anything that he had to tell me and just beat the hell out of him. However, it surprised me that he had secretly informed my uncle about Willow. Judging by my uncle’s comments, it seemed he hadn’t let the matter go.
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