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Kaine's Pov

Aria's ferocious stare bore into me, her green eyes blazing like wildfire. Neo's voice rang in my head, insisting she was our mate, but I couldn't believe it - not when she looked at me with such animosity.

Of course I understood her point of view. I killed her mother.

If she truly were my mate, we would be in the forest behind us and she would be under me, naked, moaning my name while I teased her with my tongue between her sweet wet pussy lips.

My lips curled into a smirk, as the warmth of desire for her ignited within me again.

Cutting off Neo's approval of my thoughts, I dismissed the possibility that Aria could be my mate. 

Instead, I told myself that it was her defiance that attracted me - something I hadn't experienced in ages.

I wanted her because she was not interested in me. 

She wanted to make me pay for my past actions.

She was not throwing herself at me like the other women do when they see me, the king.

Even Venice, the most powerful witch in America, couldn't resist pleasuring me orally in the forest. 

But Aria was different. 

She didn't seem to care about my status as the king and that made me want her even more.

That in itself was so fucking sexy. Her disdain.

As I stood before her house, werewolves around us shifted back to their human forms, hastily covering themselves out of respect for their Alpha king. Many approached me to pay homage, while others embraced Aria, murmuring apologies for yesterday. "Sorry for what?" I wondered, but my attention was soon diverted by a group of young wolves clamoring for my attention.

"Thank you, king, for saving my sister's life during the battle of Arland!" one boy gushed, shaking my hand vigorously. The battle of Arland was fucking brutal but I smiled and nodded, listening to each story they shared. But my gaze never strayed far from Aria.

Amidst the crowd, an athletic, bronzed skinned woman in her twenties with dark curly hair and amber eyes, hugged Aria tenderly. Her name is Sage, if I recall correctly. From the Chicago Werewolf Pack.

Aria clutched a bag and a broken phone, looking like she was about to leave any moment.

"Would you like to come inside to taste a slice or two of Aria's 19th birthday cake, my king?" one of the young women asked me. 

I raised an eyebrow, smirking at the blonde. "Is it her birthday?"

I sensed Aria freeze behind me, clearly not wanting me to know this information. It suddenly clicked – perhaps she had been running through the forest to shift discreetly before joining her friends for her birthday celebration because she knew that she can't shift properly. That must have been why I caught her scent in the forest.

"Wrong," Neo interrupted. "Her wolf, Davina, says it didn't happen the way you think it happened."

"Shut up," I snapped at him internally. But I couldn't deny the connection between our wolves. Even though I was their king and could make any wolf submit to me, Neo's ability to communicate with Davina freely suggested something deeper. Maybe Aria would become my new female beta or gamma.

"Ha! Ha! Such a great leader in war times and yet so dumb when it comes to real feelings," Neo laughed before cutting off our conversation.

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I followed the young woman into the kitchen, my senses tingling as I passed Aria. Her hand brushed against mine, and I felt a surge of electricity course through me. Sage bowed her head to me, but Aria didn't, her eyes never leaving mine.

Inside, three young werewolves looked at me with sadness in their eyes. They have not shifted upon my arrival.

Perhaps they had indulged in too much alcohol and didn't want to display their drunken selves in front of their King.

My nose twitched at a strong scent - it resembled an ancient poison, one that Venice used to create for her enemies. 

The girl gave me a huge slice of cake and a glass of soft drink, filled to the brim, her smile exuberant. "So, do you consider choosing a wife by next year, my king? By the way, my name is Maya, I am twenty one," she asked, pushing her chest forward in her tight dress.

"Go fuck yourself," Neo replied sarcastically in my head. He's already mated," but I smiled at her, making her blush. 

I knew Aria and her friend were inside, my summoning power as the King discreetly calling all of them to me.

The three young wolves still hadn't shifted. I took a bite of the cake, relieved that the strong smell didn't come from it. 

Addressing the young werewolves in the living room, I said, "I'm happy to announce the reopening of Banes Academy for Supernatural Creatures. You are all summoned to attend next month, where you'll learn werewolf traditions and combat."

"First-year attendance is mandatory, but the full program lasts three to five years," I continued. "Many werewolves have been left on their own since the war, and we must reunite our kind. All costs will be covered, and you'll stay on campus."

Applause erupted, though Aria's gaze remained angry and she didn't clap.

She said to Sage that she won't attend the Academy.

Well, we'll see little Aria.

As I locked eyes with her, a couple came down the stairs. Their scent told me they'd had sex during the night. 

The woman I recognised as Scarlet Ravens from a prominent werewolf family in Chicago who fled to Europe during the rogue war, was beautiful but wore a contorted expression upon seeing Aria. The man had a faint trace of Aria's scent on him. I knew him but I didn't remember his name.

 Jealousy flared within me, and Neo laughed internally, calling me dumb.

Maya explained that, yesterday night, Aria had caught her boyfriend, Darian, in bed with Scarlet , her best friend. Aria had fled her own birthday party. 

"Poor Aria," Maya said, " She's such a nice girl, she was preserving herself for him, for their marriage and now they have both betrayed her."

So she is a virgin.

Good news! I don't like to fuck virgins.

"Keep lying to yourself," Neo said.

Scarlet now stood in front of Aria, demanding she leave Darian's house. Aria fixed her with an icy stare. " Don't worry Scarlet, I have no intention of staying in this den of vipers," she said firmly.

Neo squealed at Aria's fierceness.

Darian, the cheating boyfriend, noticed me, and his eyes widened. 

He ordered Scarlet to stop talking, and she turned around, recognizing me.

Within seconds, Scarlet got her composure back bowed seductively before me, with a huge smile.

I reciprocated but my smile wasn't genuine; I was about to verbally destroy her.

"Little Scarlet, is that it?" I began, my voice cold and cutting.

She hadn't bathed and the scent of Darian, the man she had snatched from her best friend, was all over her face and body. There was this weird poison- like scent on her too, Neo informed me. I'll investigate that later.

"Not so little my king, I am twenty years old now," she said seductively. The man behind her, Darian, frowned. 

He was jealous.

Even better.

"Of marriageable age, then," I smiled at her.

Her eyes opened wide at my answer.

"Are you planning to marry in the near future, my King ?" she asked, making her voice innocent.

Maya, standing next to me, seems disheartened by this new contender to be my wife.

"Yes, I am looking for a nice lady with a good heart and a lot of patience to cope with me," I explained.

"Well, look no further," she said.

 The cheater, Darian, looked furious now but when our eyes met he didn't dare to say anything, my werewolf power made him look down.

I'll deal with him later.

"…I am the most patient and nicest person you'll ever encounter."

Several of the young people looked at each other behind her. It was clear that they didn't believe her for one second.

"Really?" I raised an eyebrow to her.

I could feel her attraction to me.

"Or her attraction towards your throne," Neo said.

Behind her, Aria was now looking at me, her usual murderous stare absent this time. 

She was curious about what I was going to do next with Scarlet.

She was pinching her lower lip.

My cock twitch in the tight short that one of the young werewolves voluntarily gave me earlier, at her sight.

"Really, King Kaine, I am an angel and a perfect candidate for the throne," Scarlet said.

"But if you are such a patient and nice person," I paused, "Why, out of all the men you could have, did you chose to fuck your best friends' boyfriend?" I asked her.