Mated To The Alpha King (Raven and Ethan) novel Chapter 128

Chapter 128

Chapter 128

Alpha Ethan’s POV

Months Later

“Wake up, babe.”

The voice was soft but persistent, slicing through my dream like a dagger.

My eyes twitched before slowly fluttering open. The soft light streaming in from the large glass windows momentarily blinded me. I blink a few times and grumble “Just let me be,” I muttered, my voice unintentionally harsh.

I heard Olivia sigh beside me. “You promised to take me to the office today,” she said, her tone clipped, but patient.

Damn.

I rubbed my face with my palm and sighed, the weight of responsibility already pressing down on me like a boulder. I’d forgotten. Again.

She stood beside the bed, fully dressed in a tailored red blouse and a matching pencil skirt that hugged her curves. Her dark hair was styled to perfection, and her lips were painted to match the outfit.

I sat up with a grunt, leaned over, and gave her a soft kiss on the cheek. “Give me ten minutes,” I mumbled.

She smiled stiffly, “Make it quick.”

Dragging myself into the bathroom, I turned on the shower and stepped under the stream of hot water. As the droplets hit my skin, memories came rushing in like a flood. It had been two months. Two damn months since Raven had chosen Beta Matthew over me.

No matter how hard I tried to shut off the emotions, they always came creeping back in moments like these. The steam did nothing to drown the ache inside. The bond I had with her… it still clung to me, wrapped around my soul like barbed wire. I had tried focusing on Olivia, on the duties of Alpha, on anything, but nothing could sever the pull I still felt toward Raven.

I hated it.

I hated how she haunted me even when she wasn’t there.

I hated how Matthew looked at her like she was his entire damn world. Like a love–sick pup too enchanted to see anything else. And she looked back at him with the kind of affection that used to be reserved for me, or at least I had thought it could be.

I clenched my jaw and let out a long sigh as the water pounded against my shoulders.

She was never mine. Not really.

I stepped out of the shower, toweled off, and dressed in a matching red shirt to Olivia’s outfit. She was waiting in the hallway, checking her nails, her eyes flicking up when she saw me.

“About time,” she said with a smirk, looping her arm around mine.

We walked down to the dining hall together. The scent of fresh bread, eggs, and roasted vegetables filled the air. I expected one of the regular staff members to be serving today, but my steps faltered when I saw her.

Raven.

She stood by the counter, holding a tray. Her hair was tied back in a neat bun, a few rebellious strands brushing her cheek.

Her

eyes flicked up when she saw us. She didn’t freeze, didn’t flinch, just carried on with robotic efficiency, but I noticed the tightness in her jaw and the way her hands trembled just slightly when she poured the juice.

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Chapter 128

I sat down stiffly, She brought our plates with precision, placing Olivia’s in front of her first, then mine.

My eyes followed her every movement against my will. She was wearing the maid uniform again, a modest black dress with a white apron, and it felt wrong seeing her like this. Like someone reduced. But that’s what she chose, wasn’t it?

I should’ve looked away.

I didn’t.

Not even when she turned to serve another table.

I barely registered Olivia’s voice beside me as I started eating, shoveling food into my mouth faster than I intended, trying to distract myself, trying to shut off the images playing in my mind.

And then he walked in.

Beta Matthew.

The moment his eyes found Raven, everything else faded. She dropped the tray and rushed toward him without hesitation, flinging her arms around his neck like it was the most natural thing in the world.

He smiled, that stupid, lovesick smile and placed a gentle kiss on her forehead.

Something inside me snapped.

The fork in my hand clattered onto the plate.

I stood up abruptly.

“Ethan?” Olivia called behind me, confusion and irritation mixing in her voice. “Where are you going?”

I didn’t answer. I couldn’t. I walked out of the hall, fists clenched by my sides. My heart was racing.

.

I hated this. I hated how they looked at each other like I had never existed. I hated how my heart still beat faster at the sound of her voice. I hated how powerless I felt.

When we got to the office, I sat behind my desk, ignoring Olivia’s attempts at conversation. My pen scratched meaninglessly over a document. I read the same sentence six times without processing a word.

For two months, I’d told myself I didn’t care.

But if that were true, why did I still feet like this?

Why did my blood boil every time I saw them together?

Why did I feel like someone had shoved their hand inside my chest and twisted?

The rest of the workday passed in a haze. I didn’t hear most of what the gamma was saying during the council report. I only nodded at intervals, pretending to be interested while my mind kept drifting.

By the time evening rolled around, I was on edge. Olivia chattered beside me as we made our way back to the pack house, but I couldn’t focus.

I needed to see her.

I needed… something.

When we got home, I didn’t head upstairs. went straight to my study and shut the door behind me.

“Guard!” I called out.

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Chapter 128

A moment later, one appeared. “Yes, Alpha?”

“Bring Raven here. Now.”

He bowed and left immediately..

I leaned back in my chair, staring at the fire crackling in the hearth.

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