Mated To The Alpha King (Raven and Ethan) novel Chapter 85

Chapter 85

Alphatthan’s POV

waited for hours hoping she would wake up and explain to me what she was doing in the wond

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sally i pave in at sleep claimed me

My eyes flew open to the shaip sound of the bed creaking under sudden movement. My instincts kicked it immediately.

Raven

She was sitting opsight now, her hair wild and tangled, her eyes blank for a second, as if still caught between sleep and waking. Her breaths cama in shallow parks She looked like she was struggling to find her place in reality–perhaps caught between the dream world and

My first instinct was to reach out to her. Ask her what the hell she was doing in the woods Ask if she was alright. My fingers twitched with the large to tak her hand, to pull her dose and bury my face in her neck, just to make sure she was real. That the was sale that she was still mine

But something in me….snapped.

No.

I was the Alpha.

I couldn’t show vulnerability. Not in front of her. Not after everything that had happened. Not atter what she did. Not after she allowed another man- Beta Matthew–fo comfort her, to hold her. Like he had some right.

My jaw clenched tightly. The possessiveness boxing under my skin was unfamiliar, Violent.

I narrowed my eyes, forcing my voice to sound calm, sharp, and controlled even though rage trembled just beneath the surface. “What do you have with Matthew!”

She blinked at me, confused, “What?”

“I asked what the fuck is going on between you and Beta, Matthew.”

Her brow furrowed deeper, her voice still hoarse from sleep. “Nothing. We’re just friends. That’s it.”

Just friends?

That phrase sounded like mockery. A dagger shoved into my pride. My wolf growled low within me. I wasn’t stupid–I saw them under that duvet w the way he held here she belonged to him. My chest ached from the image that wouldn’t leave my mind. Thated it. I hated him.

And I hated that I gave her that space to run to someone else

I scoffed bitterly. “Right, Friends. Are you fucking him too?” I sneered. “That’s what whores like you are good at, aren’t they?”

I regretted the words the moment they left my lips, but I couldn’t stop myself. Something dark and monstrous had crawled into my chest, tightening it Dip around my heart

Her eyes widened in disbelief and then narrowed, laring with rage. Her voice was venom, “At least when Beta Matthews fucking me, he treats make damn human being. Not like a toy that you toss around when you’re bored!”

Ifroze. The words hit me like a slap.

I deserved that.

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Chapter 85

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or yours, Ethan! You’re just a bloody mast Aseich bacard who poly

She shot to her feet, her voice raised now, filled with pain and anger: “I was never knows how to destroy things! You don’t care about anyone but yourself!”

That was it

My control snapped.

I moved without thinking, rage blinding me. I grabbed her by the neck and lifted her off the ground. Her hands few up, gripping my writs in the gasped

for air.

“You are NOTHING!” roared. “And you will remain nothing! Don’t ever think you mean shit to

Her legs kicked, her mouth trying to form words, but she was choking, My pulse thundered in my ears. My vision tunneled red

Then-

Bang

The door burst open.

“Let her go!” Matthew’s voice thundered across the room

He lunged at me with the force of a wolf protecting his mate.

I hadn’t even processed his presence before he shoved into me, sending me staggering backward. Raven dropped to the floor with a hard thud, coughin violently. Her hands went to her throat, gasping for air.

“You fucking bastard Matthew growled as he threw a punch at my jaw.

I returned it.

Then all hell broke loose.

We fought like wild animals. Every blow was charged with anger, jealousy, pain. Our wolves surged beneath our skins, threatening to take over. My knuckles bled from the force of my punches. His nose was already broken, The floor creaked, and the table smashed between us as we collided again.

I could feel myself losing control, feel my woll pushing through. The shit was close. Too close. I was ready to tear him apart for touching her.

But then I saw her.

Raven.

She had stumbled to her feet. Blood trickled from the corner of her mouth. Her eyes were wide and filled with tears. She was limping toward us

ON

Now

She shouldn’t be this close, I couldn’t protect her if my wolf took over. I didn’t want to hurt her. I didn’t want her to see me th

So I shoved Matthew with all my

Iliny strength, sending him flying backward, and turned toward her, my arms reaching out

But in my panic, my force was misdirected.

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My hand shoved her

Hand

Top hand

she lost balance, her body flying backward like a rag doll. I watched in home as her head slammed again the sharpooner of the topitat bert

Thud

She collapsed instantly, crumpling to the floor like lifeless cloth

For a moment, no one moved.

Then sow the blood.

It started as a thin stream, running downs the side of her face. Then more. Soaking into her hair. Pooling beneath her head.

My heart stopped.

Iran to her, falling to my knees. “Raven?” My voice cracked. “Raven!”

Her eyes were closed. Her body was limp. My shaking hands hovered over her, unsure what to do. I wanted to pull her up, to cradle her close to scream her name until she opened her eyes.

Matthew was beside me a moment later, pushing me aside. “Get away from her.” he shouted.

But I didn’t move. Couldn’t move.

My world had just shattered.

She wasn’t responding

She wasn’t breathing right.

I killed her.

Several Hours Later

It’s been hours.

I haven’t moved from this seat

She’s still lying in the clinic bed, her head bandaged, an oxygen mask strapped over her face. A nurse had come and gone. A doctor had examined her and told me she was alive, but unconscious. The blood had stopped, but she hadn’t woken up-

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