Mated To The Alpha King (Raven and Ethan) novel Chapter 95

Chapter 95

Alpha Ethan POV

I walked out of the dining room with clenched fists, my heart pounding and my mind reeling from the chaost had just created. The memory of her face her shocked, wounded expression when I struck her burned itself into my brain like a curted brand.

1 should feel nothing. I told myself that repeatedly as i stormed into my room and yanked i

Thad been wearing. The fabric, now stained with

the remnants of spilled food, only made me angrier. Throw it across the room and opened my wardrobe, grabbing a clean shirt and pulling it over my head with forceful, jerky movements.

“Shit!” 1 muttered under my breath, pacing the room like a wild animal.

Why the hell do I feel guilty?

She’s a maid. A servant. Someone who was never supposed to mean anything. And yet… that look on her face. That swelling on her cheek. The way the flinched when Traised my hand. It wasn’t just pain, there was something else, Something I had no right to see. Disappointment.

Thated it.

No, I hated her.

At least, that’s what I tried to tell myself.

With a grunt of frustration, I stormed out of my room and went straight to the study. If I couldn’t stop the thoughts in my head, then maybe work would distract me, I threw myself into the leather chair behind the large oak desk and pulled open a file. The words on the paper blurred. I couldn’t read a dami thing. Her face kept flashing in my mind–Raven. Pale Hurt Silent.

I slammed the folder shut and stood up again. My chest felt too tight. I couldn’t breathe.

“Damn it!” I growled, shoving the papers off my desk. They fluttered to the ground like feathers, but they didn’t relieve the pressure building in my chest

I yanked open the door and barked to the nearest guard standing outside. “Go find Raven. Bring her here. Now”

The guard hesitated, clearly unsure if he’d heard me right. I turned slowly, my eyes narrowing with dangerous intent.

“Did I stutter?”

“N–No Alpha,” he said quickly, bowing before he turned and sprinted down the hall.

Minutes passed like hours. I paced, I cursed. I punched the edge of the desk and split my knuckles. But none of it helped.

Then the door opened.

She walked in slowly, head slightly bowed. Her hair was down, strands falling over her face–but not enough to hide it

I saw the swelling o

Someone had

Hroze.

on her cheek.

d treated the injury. Her skin was smeared with ointment, and a faint bandage hugged the side of her jaw.

Something in me twisted painfully,

“Who treated your face?” I asked quietly. Too quietly.

She didn’t answer.

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-Iwalked closes, step by step, until I was standing just Inches from het, asked you à question.”

*Was it Matthew?” My voice tole, dark and accusing “Did he teach you?”

She didn’t flinch, didn’t blink just Mood there like a statue, unreadable.

I felt something snap.

I grabbed her wrist and yanked her close. “Answer met Isnarled, “Was it him? Don’t make me ask again, Paren

Her eyes finally lifted to meet mine, fire igniting behind them. “What does it matter to you?” she hissed. “Uses it change anything? You already hit me, Ethan. You already marked ime. Now you’re jealous of the person who cleaned up your mess?”

That word–jealous—hit me like a

e like a stap.

“I’m warning you-“I growled.

“What? You’ll hit me again?” she snapped, ayes flashing. “Go ahead! That’s bleed and then pretending you suffer more.”

hat’s what you’re good at, right? Hurting people. Controlling them

Making them

I was stunned.

Her voice shook with fury, with pain, and with something deeper–something that pierced through my armor and found the part of me I didn’t want to acknowledge.

“You think you’re strong because people fear you,” she continued, trembling now. “But you’re nothing more than a coward. A pathetic coward who doesn’t know the value of anything or anyone. You only break things

I didn’t let her finish.

I slammed my mouth against hers.

It wasn’t gentle. It was angry, needy, wild.

She fought me at first–her hands pushing at my chest, trying to shove me way. But I held her there, refusing to let go, and something shifted. Her resistance slowed. Her fists curled into my shirt instead of pushing it away. Her mouth parted beneath mine, and I deepened the kiss,

It was fire and madness.

Her lips tasted of salt–maybe from tears, maybe from pain–but I didn’t care. I hated how much I needed her, hated how much her fire matched my She wasn’t just some maid anymore. She had become the only woman who could bear me apart without even trying

-kissed her like owned her, Like she was the only woman on earth.

Because in that moment… she was.

I hated her for it.

And I hated myself more.

Suddenly, she tore her mouth from mine and slapped me hard across the face.

The sound echoed through the room

yskin.

My head snapped slightly to the side, the sting blooming across mys

We stood there, breathing

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my check where she had slapped

I stumped into the chair behind my desk, dragging my

hell in woning with me?

f that, the tummed and ran out of the rose (anged there frozen in my spot est touched

Why does the get to me like this? Why does her pain feat the mine? Why do I burn with the need to protect her right after rim

None of it made sense. Or maybe it did, and I was jud for much of a coward to admit

A low prost tore from my chett att grab

unbalanced, to furious and guilty and confused all at oner

I’m the

with one hand and the edge of the deck with the other

Thad wrapped herself on tightly around my senses that could barely!

And worse, the way she stood up to me… the way the looked into my eyes with no fear, only fury and truth–had never been more drawn to he

I gritted my teeth and shoved myself to my feet.

Could it be that bastard, Matthew Had he been the one planting this fire in her? The reason she was starting to speak back, to look me in the eyes wasn’t someone who could end her with a single command?

Rage simmered inside me, bubbling just beneath the surface.

I didn’t care if he was my Beta or my friend. If he was the reason Raven was acting this way no, feeling this way, then he’d crossed a line couldn’t ignore

Without hesitation, I mind linked him.

“Come to my study, Immediately.”

There

ere was a pause, barely a few seconds before he responded.

“Ол my way.

I stood by the window, fosts clenched behind my back, watching the guards change shots in the courtyard below, waiting Every second crawled past lä an hour, my thoughts going back to that kiss. Her lips, her breath, the way she yielded for a moment before shattering the moment with a slap and running from me.

It wasn’t just her rejection, it was the truth behind it.

She was slipping from my control. And it terrified me more than I could admit.

The door creaked open behind me, and I didn’t need to turn to know it was him.

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