Filed To Story: Goddess's Design His Fated Mate (Willow & Reuben)
“A scandal, perhaps, but she’s mine,”
Reuben countered, crossing his legs.
“Is that your final answer?”
Black inquired.
“Obviously, I won’t give up on my soulmate just because some old fools in the palace are making a fuss to the King and Crown Prince over her surname,”
Reuben stated dryly.
The two cousins exchanged loaded glances for a few moments before Black took a deep breath. “It’s unbelievable that you’re willing to feud with your own family over a Rathbone,”
he remarked, a hint of amusement in his eyes. It was evident that the cousins knew each other quite well. “A Rathbone that is a bad call, even for you ”
he shifted his gaze to me.
I obviously did not like being referred to as a bad call but I kept my facial expression neutral.
“The way you’ve mentioned the Rathbones, it almost sounds like you know something about them,”
Reuben raised an eyebrow.
“Hmmm well, I do,”
Black grumbled.
Upon hearing this, my ears perked up, and I immediately glanced at the Crown Prince. Unable to contain my curiosity, I asked him, “You do?”
A sudden surge of panic and excitement coursed through my veins. “Can you tell me what you know about Rathbones?”
Reuben looked back and forth between Black and I. The other day, he had mentioned that he had only heard of the Rathbone when they were mysteriously wiped out years ago. Other than that, Reuben had no knowledge about them. However, judging by the King’s reaction when he asked Reuben about my background and other information, it was clear that the Crown Prince must have knowledge about them as well.
Unexpectedly Black replied to me. “There was a pack of Omegas that had the surname Rathbone,”
he revealed.
“A pack of Omegas all with the same surname Rathbone?”
My mouth slightly gaped with the unexpected discovery. I could not help but look at Reuben.
“I never heard about a pack of Omegas,”
Reuben stated.
“Well, it is obvious you did not hear about it because they existed eleven to twelve years ago when you were around fifteen or sixteen. Dad and uncle did not let us get involved in those kinds of scandalous packs matters. Of course, when I was crowned as the next in line to be Alpha King, I read the royal records of the packs and that’s when I found out that a pack ruled by Omegas had existed. The Alpha and Luna of that pack had also been Omega blood,”
Black explained then glanced at me, “Seeing her surname is Rathbone, it is clear she belongs to that pack and is the lone survivor,”
he added.
I fidgeted with my fingers under the table with a mix of emotions in my heart. I finally learned which pack I belonged to but becoming a lone survivor seemed like a needle poking in my chest.
“Then what was the pack name and why were they wiped out?”
Reuben questioned as we both looked at him.
Black was silent for a few moments before he replied while looking at me, “The records do not say the pack’s name. But they were wiped out by an unknown fire that took place eleven years ago. It is said that every pack member mysteriously disappeared and the pack burned down with fire.”
“What?”
my eyes widened and I could not believe my ears.
I slowly turned to look at Reuben who was just as stunned. It turned out the first pack that had fallen victim to Dark was none other than the pack that I came from.
Reuben slid a hand under the table and gave a soft squeeze to my hand, while sending a calm down’ mind-link.
I controlled my emotions and gave him a slight nod before I turned to face Black, “If the pack name is unknown and is lost to history then tell me why people panic over my surname? Why does the royal family want to remove me from Reuben’s life? Why do they ”
“Is it not obvious because you don’t belong to Reuben?”
he suddenly cut me off, his tone changing from earlier.
“What do you fucking mean, Black?”
Reuben growled at his cousin. “Willow is my soulmate, making her mine and mine alone.”
“It’s a pity really, she was never yours to begin with, Reuben,”
an evil smile took over his lips as he dropped the coffee mug on the ground, causing it to crash on the floor. “And it is time for her to return to her proper place,”
his voice echoed in my ears like blades cutting my skin as my face turned pale at his words.
“How dare you say that you fucker?!”
Reuben roared as he grabbed the dining table then flipped it as he tossed it away in a rage. I screamed and got up from my seat. “Who do you think you are saying this shit to my mate in my pack?!”
Reuben charged at Black grabbing him by the neck.
Black remained calmly in his seat. Just as Reuben was a few inches away from crushing his head into the floor, a bunch of wolves broke into the house from different directions only to swing silver chains in the air before they threw them around Reuben’s neck, arms, and legs from every direction, bringing him to his knees. The silver immediately subdued Reuben’s wolf, making him scream in pain.
“WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!”
I screamed at Black.
“Me?”
He got up from his chair and walked closer over to me, his eyes darkening, “Playing a game that you started, Rose.”
Rose? Did he call me I took a few steps back in terror, looking at the man in front of me with wide eyes.
“Who who are you?”
I stammered, sweat forming on my brow as his aura felt very familiar to me.
“Me?”
he smiled, taking a step closer to me.
“GET AWAY FROM HER, YOU FUCKER!”
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