Page 36 of The Unwanted Mate of the Lycan Kings
He turns the board so we can’t see it on the easel and steps away, tossing the pen to Lyon.He walks over to the board, writing his two rules, then smirks, passing the pen to Zeke.His eyes flicker dangerously at me as he gets up from the chair and looks at his father.
“I can make any rule?”
“As long as it doesn’t go against my rules,” King Theron tells him, and Zeke moves to the board.He reads the rules set out by the king and growls angrily, pressing his lips into a line.Before he can write anything, King Regan gets up and snatches the pen off him.Zeke growls and squares up to his brother, who is a good foot taller than him.
I glance to King Theron nervously to see if he’ll interfere, but he only watches on eagerly.
“You said we can pick two rules, right?No matter what those rules are, as long as they don’t go against yours?”King Regan questions.His aura oozes out of him angrily, and Zeke snarls, baring his teeth at his brother.
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“Correct.Once the rules are written, they cannot be changed.So, choose wisely, Regan.”King Regan looks at his father, and his eyes glaze over.His father wears the same faraway expression, and I know somehow they can communicate that way because it’s like their auras merge briefly.King Theron nods once to his son, and Regan turns back to look at Zeke, who he is chest-to-chest with.
“Move.I will only ask once,” Regan sneers, and Zeke glares at him.
“Fucking pussy!”Zeke barges past him with his shoulder to stand behind him.They each get to pick two rules, so I’m not sure why they are fighting.My stomach sinks when I see Regan read the current rules.His eyes flicker, but he says nothing.Instead, he quickly writes on the board and tosses the marker at Zeke.It bounces off his chest, and he just catches it, and Zeke storms over to look at what he wrote.
A feral snarl tears out of him, then a wicked smile crosses his face as he puts the marker tip against the board.“Very well, brother.”
Regan takes his seat and glares at me as Zeke saunters over, holding the marker out to me.
“Choose wisely.You only get one, love!”Zeke taunts.I instantly know what I will choose for them to keep their grubby paws off me!
Getting up, I move to the board, feeling their glares on me.My eyes go to the rules first that the king set out on the groom’s side.
1.Can’t kill the bride.
2.Must remain faithful.
3.Must plan a date when the bride is in their care.
I nearly snort as I keep reading.It was like the king was just trying to find any rule to give them to force them to make this sham marriage work.
4.Must share a bed with their bride.
5.No pornography in her presence.
6.Dinners must be in the dining hall, and all three grooms must be in attendance.
7.The kings must take her outside at least once daily and not confine her to their rooms.
8.Must ensure she eats three meals a day.
9.Kings are to run the kingdom TOGETHER as one while I am gone.
The ninth rule makes me frown.If they are to compete, why must they work together?However, when I see the 10th rule I’m supposed to make, it is already filled in, but with different handwriting, I gasp.My mouth opens in shock when I realize it isn’t King Theron’s handwriting, and Zeke definitely wouldn’t have written it, meaning it was King Regan.
10.The kings will not force her to have sex with them.
My eyes dart to Regan, who has turned his chair slightly and is watching me with an indecipherable expression on his face.
Glancing at my side of the board, I read the rules King Theon has written for me.The first three rules are the same on both sides.
1.I can’t kill the kings.
2.I must remain faithful.
3.I must share a bed with the kings.
