Mated To The Alpha King (Raven and Ethan) novel Chapter 146

Chapter 146

Raven’s POV

I was so scared as I saw his eyes. I had never seen him this angry before.

And it was all my fault.

“So this is what you’ve been doing, right?” Matthew’s voice was quiet, but each word hit like a blade.

His eyes, usually warm and kind, were now cold, burning with betrayal.

“No… Matthew, it’s not what you think. I-”

But before I could finish, he turned sharply, walking away.

“Wait, please,” I cried out, chasing after him, my voice cracking with panic.

I didn’t care that we were in the middle of the pack clinic; I didn’t care about the curious gazes from nurses or warriors standing by. I just

knew I couldn’t let him walk away, not like that Not when I was the one who shattered everything.

I finally caught up with him in the hallway, breathless. “Matthew, stop. Please, just hear me out.”

He halted, back still turned to me. Then slowly, he turned around, his expression unreadable.

But the hurt in his eyes was unmistakable.

“What are you even doing with Alpha Ethan, Raven?” he asked, voice low, raw. “You told me you wanted nothing to do with him. You said you were done. So why were you with him again? Why were you alone in that damn room with him?”

I opened my mouth to speak, but no words came. How could I explain something I didn’t fully understand myself?

“I was just taking care of him,” I finally managed to say. “He was injured, and I couldn’t just… just leave him like that. I brought him food so

he wouldn’t-”

“So he wouldn’t die of hunger?” he snapped, mocking my words from earlier.

“You’re not permitted to care for him, remember? That’s what you said. Isn’t that what you told me the night you cried in my arms?”

“Matthew…” My voice cracked, but he didn’t flinch.

“You’re a two–faced jerk, Raven,” he spat. “You told me you wanted to forget him, that he’d hurt you too much. I was there when you had nightmares about him.

I was there when you cried, trembling in the middle of the night. I was there when you were too weak to get out of bed. Me. Not him. And yet… you keep running back to him.”

He stepped closer, bitterness in his eyes.

“You know what I think? I think I was the reason you rejected my proposal.

I think I was the fool who believed you’d moved on from him. I was so stupid, wasn’t I? Thinking you’d be different. Hoping… praying that maybe, for once, the nice guy wouldn’t come last.”

“Don’t say that.”

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“No. Let me finish,” he said, raising his hand. “What kind of woman keeps running back to the arms of the man who keeps hurting her? What kind of woman neglects the one person who’s always been there, through every fucking storm?”

I closed my eyes, the words slicing through me. But I couldn’t deny it. I had hurt him deeply, more than I ever meant to. More than lever thought I could.

“You wouldn’t understand,” I whispered. “Even though I hate him for what he’s done, a part of me still… still wants him.

Maybe it’s the mate bond. Maybe it’s something else. But it’s there, Matthew. I didn’t ask for it. I didn’t choose it. It’s just there.”

“Then you should’ve told me you didn’t love me,” he said bitterly.

“You should’ve just said it. It would’ve hurt, yeah, but at least I wouldn’t have been living a lie, fighting for your love all this while. I distanced myself from my best friend, Raven. I risked everything because I believed in you. Because I loved you.”

Tears slid down my cheeks, but he looked away.

“I’m done,” he said quietly. “I’m done trying to be someone you’ll never see. I pray the Moon Goddess blesses me with my own mate.

Someone who won’t see me as second best.”

He turned to leave, and I felt my heart rip in two.

“Matthew, please… Just understand me. I didn’t mean to hurt you. I wanted to tell you, but I didn’t know you would find out this way. I’m really sorry.”

But he didn’t look back.

He just stood there. “You didn’t want to hurt me, right?” he said, his voice lanced with anger. “But guess what? You already did that. And your sorry can’t fix what you’ve broken.” And with that, he walked away, leaving me there.

I stood there in the hallway, paralyzed. My legs refused to move. I felt as though someone had knocked the air from my lungs. My fingers trembled as I rubbed my forehead, trying to hold the growing storm inside me.

“I shouldn’t have agreed to date him in the first place,” I muttered to myself, my voice cracking. “I shouldn’t have taken his love for granted. I should’ve never dragged him into this mess.

I should’ve known I’d only hurt him. A door slammed in the distance, and the hallway fell silent. All I could hear was the pounding of my own heartbeat, the echo of his words replaying in my mind over and over.

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