Chapter 185 – Absent Luna of the Lycan King Novel (Ivy & Kyson)

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Trey sighs and leans forward, bracing his arms on the desk.

“Tatiana was to marry Garret to build an alliance.

It was a contractual marriage,” Trey says with a growi.

“So, how do you play into this?

” I ask him.

“I was originally one of Garret’s guards.

Before Tatiana agreed to the marriage and moved to the Landeena Kingdom, I discovered she was my mate when we visited her Kingdom.

” “And Garret agreed to let you remain alive?

” I asked Incredulously.

“He didn’t know at first.

We kept it from him.

It took 20 years before he figured it out.

But Tatiana knew that divorcing him would put me in a dangerous position.

Garret could have selected any of her sisters, but he only wanted her, refused the other girls despite her efforts to convince one of her sisters would be better.

” Trey explains.

“So, how did he find out?

” “Cedric, He overheard Tatiana and me a few years before Azalea was conceived.

Tatiana had trouble getting pregnant.

They believed it was because of the bond, Tatiana agreed to the marriage yet she refused to let him mark her until Garret gave her no choice, kill me and he takes her by force, or she allowed him to mark her and I could remain as her personal guard,” Trey answers.

“There shouldn’t have been a bond once she was married and marked,” I say, and Trey sighs.

“Wrong.

Azure and Landeena are moon blessed.

They could still recognize their mates even after Garret marked her.

She never stopped loving me and l’her.

They could choose to reject their mates too, but Tatiana couldn’t go through with it.

We believe rejection would have severed it on her end, not mine, possibly have killed me,” Trey says.

“Yet Garret killed his human mate for her?

” I state, and Trey nods when Ester speaks up.

“No, he didn’t,” Ester spoke softly.

“You are not his mate,” Trey growls at her.

“You think I don’t know that?

But she didn’t die.

Garret turned her,” Ester snaps back.

“No.

Tatiana would have known,” Trey said as they bickered.

“She knew.

She found out before she died, she was furious that Garret wouldn’t allow her to be with you when he had his mate,” Ester says when Damian stands.

He grabs a chair from beside the bookcase, brings it over to the side of the desk, and sits on it.

“Garret killed his mate.

It is what started the hunter’s war,” Damian says, but Ester shakes her head.

Damian and I look at each other, and Trey stares at his sister as if he doesn’t recognize her.

f**k! I wasn’t even sure I knew the stranger sitting across from me now.

“Okay, wait. First, explain your sire bond. Then we will get to Ester,” I tell them, starting to lose track of what was going on.

“When Garret found out about me, he wanted me dead. Tatiana used his infidelity against him. Said if he killed me, she would divorce him and move back home. This was after Azure fell, but it was a bluff. There was no one left in Azure, but she would have walked. Azure held control over the council, meaning Tatiana now held control over the council.

Garret wanted to overthrow all the Kingdoms and Garret needed an heir, so they compromised. Tatiana would carry his child, and she would turn a blind eye to his infidelity,” Trey explains.

“And he to hers?” I asked, trying to figure out the dynamic of their relationship. Trey shakes his head.

“No. Once Azalea came along, Garret was paranoid that I would kill his only heir, so he sired me to Azalea. Not that I would have hurt her. She was Tatiana’s daughter. Therefore, I would never harm her, knowing it would hurt my mate. I would never do that. I loved Azalea like she was my own. For almost four years, I watched her grow. There was no way I would hurt her.”

Trey answered.

“And then what?” I asked, and Trey swallowed and looked away, leaning back in his chair. I watch as he folds his arms across his ch*st.

“You don’t want me to answer that, my King,” Trey says, and I growl.

“You will, though. I am not in the mood to play games with Trey. So f**king answer and truthfully. I need to establish if you are a risk to my mate despite the sire bond,” I snarled at him.

“Tatiana was off-limits,” Trey answers, and I look at Ester, but she was watching her brother just as curious.

“Yet Garret let you remain, after finding out and after his child was born?” Damian asked, just as confused.

“Part of the sire agreement made by Garret was that Azalea was promised to me when she came of age,” Trey answers, and my inner beast rushes forward at his words. The desk flies to ward the ceiling.

Trey moves just in time before it crashes against him and Damian rips Ester away as it was upturned. In seconds, my hands were wr*pped around his throat, and Trey glared at me. His jaw clenched as my Lycan side came forward and I shifted, my claws slicing his skin, and I flexed my fi**gers, strengthening my grip.

“I said you didn’t want to know!” Trey snarls. “It’s why Garret cheated in the games! He need ed his daughter’s hand back.” Trey snarled, his nostrils flaring with his own anger, yet he re mained unflinching, undefensive, as I sq***zed his throat. His face turned purple when Damian’ s hand gripped my shoulders. Peter whimpers in the room’s corner, hiding behind Clarice, who was now on her feet.

on “And them?” Damian asks.

“I can’t kill Peter,” I growl not now he has been openly claimed as a Landeena. I stand about to walk out the door when I pause.

: “Your mother will take your punishment,” I say turning back to the room. Peter whimpers and Clarice gasps.

“You want me to kill her?” Gannon offers and Peter screams rushing toward his mother only for Gannon to rip backward and knock his feet out from under him. He lands on his ass and sobs while Ester looked resigned to her fate.

“No, 500 lashes,” I tell Gannon, only to pause and my eyes fall on Peter.

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