Mated To The Alpha King (Raven and Ethan) novel Chapter 40

Raven’s POV

I walked out of the study, each step heavier than the last, his cold words echoing in my mind like poison couldn’t spit out.

“You are nothing but a tool to be used and discharged any time.”

“No…” I whispered, my knees buckling as I entered my rooms and collapsed onto the bed. “No, it can’t be…

But it was

The cruel reality clung to my skin like a second layer. I had foolishly thought that maybe just maybe being his sex slave would mean something. That perhaps in those fleeting moments, when our bodies tangled and our breaths synced, he might feel what I felt. I thought maybe the Goddess had played a cruel trick in binding my heart to his, but that the band could grow, could be more.

But I was always wrong

He felt nothing

And Goddess only knows what that two–faced sister of mine used to trap him. “Witchcraft?” I muttered bitterly to myself, bugging my pillow, tears pricking the corners of my eyes. “Or maybe manipulation runs in her blood just as strongly as betrayal.”

A knock at the door startled me. I wiped my tears quickly, composing myself before I opened it.

It was Lina, one of the newer maids. Her eyes were apologetic, her posture stiff. “The Luna requests juice and cookies,” she said quietly, almost as if she pitied me.

I swallowed hard and nodded. “I’ll take it to her,” said quickly, brushing past her. The tray of neatly arranged cookies and the chilled juice falt heavier than usual as I carried it to Olivia’s room.

Every step I took reminded me of my status–a maid in the house of the anyho was supposed to be mine. And the woman who had taken him? My own

half–sister

I reached her door and knocked. When I got no answer, I pushed the door open and stepped inside. She was lounging on the plush armchair by the window, as regal and cruel as ever.

Lapproached her silently and placed the tray on the table in front of her. My fingers trembled, and just as I turned to leave, her voice, cold and sharp, pierced the silence.

“What were you doing in Alpha Ethan’s office?”

froze.

“–“began, trying to mask the shake in my voice, “just went to serve him coffee.

“I don’t believe you,” she said, standing slowly. Her eyes bore into me like she could see into my soul and was disgusted by what she saw. “You’re always slinking around where you don’t belong.

I clenched my fists, trying to hold myself back. “That’s rich coming from you,” I said tightly. “You think everyone’s like you–capable of taking what doesn’t belong to them. Like stealing your own sister’s mate.”

“Hall–sister,” she snapped. “And I didn’t steal anything. He chose me.”

“You disgust me,” I spat. “You’re so full of yourself, you think the world bends for you. You took my mate, and now you think I want to–what? Seduce him? Have him in my bed? Is that what you’re afraid of?

Her eyes narrowed, “Don’t speak to me that way.

Chapter 40

“Why not!” I hissed. “Because you’re older? Because you were born first, what, five minutes before me? Does that give you t

Her hand few before I could finish. The slap tang loud across the room, and for a moment, I past should there, stunned. My cheek gung W to rise again, but I refused to let them lat

“I am older,” she growled. “I am your senior. And you will show me respect.”

“Respect?” I scoffed bitterly, “You lost any right to be called my sister the day you look my mati Don’t call yourself

Just then, the door creaked open, and Alpha Ethan stepped in.

His eyes swept the room, taking in the tensions, the slap mark on my face, Olivia’s flushed expression.

“What’s going on here?” he asked sharply.

Olivia immediately softened her voice, the perfect Luma mask sliding over her face. “Nothing, darling Just a little misunderstanding, Raven was just

leaving

I didn’t wait for permission. I turned sharply and walked out, brushing past Ethan without sparing him a glance, if I looked at him, I might break

Istormed down the hall, my heart pounding, tears finally spilling as I reached the back stairwell No one came here. It was my only place of solitude. slumped down on the steps and buried my face in my hands.

Why me, Goddess?

Why give me a mate I could never have?

Why give me a family that only knew how to hurt?

Why bind my soul to a man who sees me as nothing?

I heard footsteps and quickly wiped my eyes, but it wasn’t Ethan or Olivia, it was heta Matthew, the only person in this damn house who treated me like mattered.

“Raven?” he said softly. “Are you okay?”

I wanted to say yes, to lie and nod and pretend, but I couldn’t. My throat closed around the truth, and all i could do was shake my head as she sat beside me, pulling me into a hug.

“You don’t have to talk,” he whispered. “Just know I’m here.”

Why me asked no one in particular and why is fate this cruel to me always taking what matters to yelled out in frustration, is ok Reven he said panting my shoulder I can take you to my room to cool off if you fell suffocating here he suggested and I nooed right then my mind was clouded I wasn’t thinking straight as I watched the very person I have been planning a revenge on, and now I have her I couldn’t when she was mated to the alpha king or should say my mate and just a maid and there was nothing I can do to her without facing the wrath of alpha Ethan we are here beta Matthew said snapping me out of my thoughts

He pushed open the door to his room, and I was met with a wave of calm warmth I hadn’t expected. It was spacious, masculine, and yet strangely

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