The worst best friend ever
The laughter behind Scarlet was like honey to my ears. I could feel like nobody loved this girl or felt sorry towards her in that room.
Several of the young girls were standing next to Aria in solidarity.
Aria and her friend Sage were not laughing though. She looked at me, her cheeks blushing revealing tiny freckles around her nose.
So fucking sexy.
Scarlet's face paled, and she stepped back, clearly humiliated, " You must have misheard, King, people are jealous of me sometimes, everyone knows that I am the most patient and nicest..."
"Cut this shit Scarlet."
My dominance made her stop retaliating, she lowered her gaze in submission just like her new boyfriend earlier.
"Why are you lying Scarlet?"
"I am not lying, she…she…Aria…she's the one who stole Darian…"
She was lying again.
"If you lie to me, your King, again, I swear I will kill your inner-wolf on the spot," I said.
The silence in front of me was deafening.
My dominance was so strong that Scarlet fell on her knees, her head bowed down, " I am sorry King, it would never come to my mind to displease you, I come from a family of Alphas, the Ravens, you might know them…"
"The Ravens…they fled to Europe during the height of the Rogue war so spare me your family tree, Scarlet. Look at me and open your mind-link. If you don't want to tell me the truth, I'll find it myself by reading your thoughts. Open it now."
Aria looked at me with what seemed to be gratitude in her eyes, and for a brief moment, I allowed myself to bask in her gaze, feeling the connection between us grow stronger.
Fuck! I could feel that warmth washing over my body again. Could she really be my Luna?
Scarlet snatched me from my thoughts, trembling in front of me, " I am sorry…I won't…I am ashamed…No need to mind-link…"
"Look at me and open your mind-link to your king, Scarlet, I will not ask for the third time," I ordered.
Aria came between me and her ex best friend, her beautiful face showed concern.
"This is not necessary, she had been sufficiently humiliated," she said softly.
Why?
Isn't it what she expected from me?
To humiliate these two assholes who broke her heart to the point that she was unable to shift properly in that forest?
She took her time to talk, pinching her lips again, trying to find her words.
By the moon goddess! I wanted to fuck her so much.
If only she didn't hate me.
If only she could understand what I had to do to protect the werewolf community.
"I…I think she… learned her lessons…your Highness."
The 'your Highness' didn't come easily in her pretty mouth.
The young man, Darian, came next to Aria, their arms brushing.
Is he her mate?
As much as I hate to admit it, he is actually very handsome, athletic, the type of man that could make any 19 year old girl swoon.
I wanted to rip his head.
"You can't kill him on that basis…since you've convinced yourself that she's not your mate…" Neo replied. I could feel my inner-wolf smile.
The bastard.
Darian put his hand on Scarlet trembling back.
The motherfucker really cared about her then.
"King Kaine, if I am allowed to speak…"
"Well I didn't give you permission to speak…but since you insist on doing so, please enlighten me. What type of man would cheat on his mate with her best friend?
"She's not my mate," Darian replied, " Aria is not my mate…we are all young and sometimes we make bad decisions…I should have left Aria before starting another relationship… it was my mistake…but as I said she's not my mate."
I saw Aria shiver, putting some distance between Darian and her. Her face was contorted with pain.
Her friend Sage came behind her, patting her shoulder.
The last time I had felt so relieved was ten years ago when I knew I was going to defeat Theron White, the leader of the Rogue pack.
No one, not even a werewolf king could come between a mated link. The link was sacred.
Aria was not mated.
Suddenly I heard a cry, then scream and I saw what caused this chaos.