Page 64 of The Unwanted Mate of the Lycan Kings
He nods once and adverts his gaze.“Zeke and I were the ones who found her.We found her trying to escape through the undergroundtunnels.”
“You killed her?”
“No, we couldn’t do it.When we found her, she was clutching a wall screaming.She was in labor...I couldn’t do it, and neither could Zeke.So we tried to help her, Zeke delivered her daughter.But my father ordered us to bring her to him, but after that, we didn’t want to, so we were going to set them free, help her escape.However, guards stormed the tunnels where she was.I tried to stop them when one shot me.I had stepped in front of her and her baby.The guard who shot me panicked and fired more shots.Zeke tackled him and took them.Zeke was hit four times in the chest.He lay there dying when a woman came rushing into the tunnels with a bucket of water and towels.I thought she was Litha’s servant at first because she was human.”
“Who was she?”I ask.
“Her sister...I begged her to help Zeke, but she refused when Litha spoke.”He shakes his head and glares at the wall.
“What did she say?”I whisper, and he looks at me.
“She said she would save him if I let her leave with the woman and her baby,” he says.
“Then how did she die?”I ask when it occurs to me.
“You didn’t let her leave, did you?You let her save him, but then let them die?”
King Regan swallows.“As I said earlier, I am the monster they claim I am.It was never my intention to kill her.We wanted to set them free, but I knew we would be found soon, and if she didn’t save him, he would die.I was already walking on thin ice with my father, so once they found out where we were, I had no choice but to hand all three of them over.A month later, Litha was burned alive at the stake.”
“And the baby and woman?”I ask, but he says nothing.His jaw clenches, and that is enough of an answer.Disappointment fills me, and I look away, dropping the washcloth into the bathtub.
“He’s my brother, Zirah.They would have been killed anyway.”
“You made a deal with a witch and broke it,” I tell him, appalled that he would try to save her then use her and betray her for someone like Zeke.
“Wait, Zirah?”
I shake my head, not wanting to hear pathetic excuses for killing someone he made a promise to.I move to leave when the door opens and in walks Zeke.
Zeke only has on some blue and white plaid flannel pants.His chest is bare, and I notice that he too has similar markings to Regan.Regan’s tattoos are of various symbols that I now recognize represent his betrayal of Litha; a lycan head with a King’s crown up in flames is etched across his chest, and down his back is a faceless woman burning.I know the tattoos were used to try to cover the runes that glow beneath in reverse, however nothing was removing the taint on them that Litha branded into their flesh.
Zeke’s tattoos cover his arms and bleed into his shoulders.I can see them properly now.I try to figure out what his tattoos represent.Up one arm are multiple skulls that go from his wrist to his shoulder.Woven around them are rose vines reminding me of the ones in the maze along with snakes, they weave in out of the skulls before the biggest snake head rests atop the last skull, mouth open wide with blackened eyes, inside the snake’s mouth is an apple.However, just like Regan’s tattoos, the picture etched into his skin burns in flames and reversed runes.
Seeing him, it makes me wonder if Lyon has tattoos to represent how he is cursed.But what I want to know is how Zeke betrayed Litha.Wasn’t he dying and she saved him, so why does he share the same reversed runes?
“If you’re done gawking at me, love.I have come to ensure you’re sticking to the rules,” Zeke says, stepping closer.
“I’m already done!”I tell him, trying to push past him, but Zeke blocks my way, pressing me back against the sink basin.He grips the back of my neck, forcing me to crane my neck back.I grit my teeth and Regan growls behind him.
“Zeke!Let her go!”Regan snarls behind him.
“I came to see proof!”Zeke laughs, and I clench my teeth.
“She’s already finished.You missed the show,” Regan tells him.“Now get out of my room!”
Zeke glances at him over his shoulder before letting my neck go and grabbing my hands, finding them both wet.He presses them tohis bare chest, running them down to his abs, and I swallow thickly.He smirks deviously, his eyes flickering.He growls, pressing closer, so I can feel his entire body press against mine, my hand awkwardly bent as he still grips them when he smiles.Leaning back, I try to escape him, but he just leans forward, leaving me nowhere to go.
“I can’t wait to see the look on your face when you have your hands wrapped around my cock!”He laughs, letting my hands go before one hand grips my face, squeezing tightly.I try to shove him off, but he forces his knees between my legs, pinning it to the sink basin.
Using his other hand, he traces his thumb across my lips, and I try to press my lips together.However, Zeke pinches my cheeks harder and forces two fingers into my mouth until I gag and retch when they hit the back of my throat.
“Hmm, I think I would prefer the sound of you gagging around my cock!”he growls next to my ear while I try to shove him away.
“Fuck’s sake, Zeke, get off her!”Regan snarls and hits the wall.I hear him stand, the sound of water splashing the floor.Zeke then laughs, and Regan snatches a towel, growling at him and Zeke quickly lets me go and saunters out of the bathroom.I glare at his back and watch him walk out the bedroom door, then rush over to lock it.Hearing a whimper, I spot Gnash at my feet, watching me.
“He won’t come back, and he knows better than to break my door down.”King Regan states, coming out with just a towel wrapped around his waist.I avert my gaze, moving toward the couch, hoping he doesn’t immediately want to go to bed.Just a few minutes more before I have to lie next to one monster that will be responsible for my death if I can’t escape tomorrow night.
Luck is not on my side when I see Regan come out of his closet with just his boxer shorts on.
