Mated To The Alpha King (Raven and Ethan) novel Chapter 199

Chapter 199

Reven’s Pov

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I stood there too stunned to speak as Derick stared at me, his gaze not lowering for a moment, as if he could read every thought that passed through my mind. His intensity made it hard to breathe, and I swallowed hard, trying to steady myself.

“I…” My voice trembled, words failing me. “I don’t know what to say to you.”

My wolf stirred uneasily inside me, her voice rising louder than ever before. Accept him, she urged, her tone demanding, pushing against the walls of my mind. Do you want your babies to come into this world without a father? Do you want them to grow up alone, unloved, and abandoned the way you once felt?

Her words struck me with painful truth. My arms instinctively wrapped around my stomach, cradling the little lives within me. They deserved better than the life I had endured. But still, the truth clung to my chest like a heavy stone.

“But…” I whispered, my lips quivering as I met his unyielding gaze. “You aren’t their father, Serich.”

His jaw clenched, but his eyes didn’t waver. He didn’t look away. Instead, his hand tightened at his side, as if he were anchoring himself from reaching out to me.

I quickly dropped my gaze, unable to bear the sincerity burning in his eyes, and lied before I lost my nerve. “I don’t know who their father is,” I forced out, my throat tight, each word tasting like poison.

For a moment, silence stretched between us. It was suffocating, loud with all the unspoken things I couldn’t say. I half–expected him to laugh bitterly, to accuse me of lying, to walk away and leave me in my shame. But instead, he took a step closer.

“And what’s your response?” His voice was low, steady, but the weight of it snapped me out of the thoughts clouding my mind.

I lifted my gaze reluctantly, my heart pounding against my ribs. “Inasmuch as I need a man to be a father figure to my babies,” I whispered, blinking back tears that burned in my eyes, “I don’t want to take your kindness for granted. I don’t want you to give up everything just because I’m… broken. You deserve better than someone like me.”

His expression softened not with pity, but with something fiercer, something that reached into my soul. He shook his head slowly, “No, Raven. You don’t understand.”

“Derick“”No,” he cut me off, his voice firm yet trembling with raw emotion. “From the first moment I woke up in that hospital bed and saw you, I fell for you.

His words struck me like thunder, echoing through the cracks in my heart.

“I don’t care whose blood runs in their veins,” he continued, stepping closer until the warmth of his presence wrapped around me. “I don’t want to be their father for a while.

I want to be their father forever. I want to be the man you lean on when the nights are too heavy, the one you trust to hold not just you, but them. I want to give you the life you’ve been denied, Raven. I will make you the

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Chapter 199

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happiest woman on this earth, and you will never regret letting me in.”

My breath hitched, tears spilling despite my attempts to hold them back. My wolf howled in agreement, pressing me, He’s sincere. He’s true. He wants us. He wants them.

But I can’t just keep lieing to him, I replied. What if he finds out and do you want your babies to be a bastsrd she shoot back at me, and if he finds out, I asked her, he won’t, she replied, and if he does, we will know what to do, but for now, you need someone who will stand by you. But my heart twisted painfully.

The truth, the real truth, was too heavy, too dark to reveal. If he knew… would that light in his eyes die? Would he still look at me the same way?

“This is…” I gasped softly, clutching at my chest as if it would steady the storm raging within me. “This is too much. Too fast.

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