Todos los capítulos de The Lycan King’s Stolen Mate: Capítulo 1 - Capítulo 8

The cold iron collar was digging into my skin, but I refused to look down. I wasn't going to let Beta Marcus see me break."Five hundred thousand gold coins!" Marcus yelled, his loud voice echoing across the fancy ballroom. He slammed his hand on the podium, flexing his wolf pressure to scare everyone into bidding higher. "She might be a useless Null who can’t even shift, but she knows how to act like royalty! She’ll make a great servant!"Laughs broke out across the room. People from all the powerful packs were here, enjoying the show.I bit the inside of my cheek until I tasted copper. Let them laugh. They thought I was just some powerless orphan girl. They had no idea I was the one who spent every night secretly reading and fixing the old pack treaties Marcus used to make his money. I knew every secret in this room."Six hundred thousand!" Alpha Cassian called out, stepping up with a nasty grin on his face. He looked at me like I was something stuck to the bottom of his shoe. "She

The burning hit my arm like boiling water.My head spun, and everything went dark around the edges. A sharp, terrible pain ran up my arm and straight toward my chest.Nightshade poison was made to kill shifters almost instantly. For a human like me, it was game over."Lyra!"Valen’s voice sounded muffled and far away. He pulled me into the corner of the carriage, shielding me with his body as two more arrows crashed through the broken window and stuck in the wooden wall."Protect the carriage! Get the shooters!" Valen roared. Outside, swords started clashing, and people started shouting.Valen pressed his hand hard over my arm, trying to stop the dark blood from pouring out."Are you crazy?" he growled, his gold eyes wide with panic. "Why did you push me?""Because," I gasped, barely able to breathe, "you can't help me get revenge... if you're dead.""Be quiet." Valen closed his eyes, and a faint silver light started glowing from his palm as he tried to push the poison out of my skin.

We rode through the night without stopping.I sat on a heavy brown warhorse right behind Valen, holding onto his waist so I wouldn't fall off. Every time the horse took a hard step, my chest pressed against his back, and that strange, warm energy from our mate bond flared up again. It was exhausting trying to fight it.By the time the sun started coming up over the mountains, the forest opened up into a huge valley.In the middle of the valley sat the Capital.It was a giant city built entirely of dark grey stone, surrounded by walls so tall they blocked out half the sky. At the very top, sitting on a jagged cliff, was the Royal Castle."Is that where we're going?" I asked, raising my voice over the sound of the horses' hooves."That's home," Valen said, his voice flat. "Or a cage, depending on the day."As we got closer to the main gates, I noticed small groups of citizens standing along the side of the dirt road. They were thin, tired-looking shifters wearing ragged clothes. When Va

The hallway was dead quiet.Valen kept a firm grip on my wrist as he led me out of the council room. He didn’t hold me tight enough to hurt, but his touch sent a warm, static buzz right up my arm.Four guards marched behind us. I could practically feel Lady Karen glaring holes into the back of my head, but I didn't turn around.We walked down a long, empty corridor. Outside the tall windows, the sky was already turning dark.Valen finally stopped in front of a set of huge wooden doors. The two guards standing outside bowed and opened them immediately."Leave us," Valen ordered.The guards didn't say a word. They just shut the doors behind us, leaving us totally alone in his private study.The room was massive, warmed by a fire in the corner. Bookshelves touched the ceiling, and a big wooden desk near the window was covered in messy stacks of maps and papers.The second the doors clicked shut, Valen let go of my hand. My skin instantly missed the warmth.He walked over to his desk and