Page 25 of Alpha King's Mate

“You wouldn’t answer me when I asked you questions,” Ryker says walking over and putting a plate in front of me. It smelt nice, I picked up a piece of meat. The boy snags a piece off my plate. Ryker growls at him but I move the plate over letting him share what's on it and the boy sticks his tongue out at him.

Ryker sits down and starts eating his. I sniff the piece of meat. It smelt better than the toast Lana gave me.

“It’s a sausage, were you born on another planet, how do you not know that?”

“They only gave us oatmeal and each other's blood,” I tell him.

“Have you never eaten real food?”

“I ate a bear when they let me out,” I told him.

“Will you stop telling them things?” My wolf growls at me.

“But I like him, he seems nice,” I tell her.

“That doesn’t matter, we are going to have to kill him and leave soon, don’t forget what’s at stake if we don't do what we agreed to,” I nod pressing my lips in a line. I wanted friends but my wolf wouldn’t allow it and she was right, no point making friends when I would have to kill them soon.

“What’s wrong?’ The boy asks. I shake my head.

‘What did your wolf just say to you,” Ryker asks me, making me look at him.

“You can tell?”

“Yes, your eyes glaze over when you speak to her, what did she say?” He asks. I shake my head not wanting to answer.

“Nothing,” I tell him. But he growls at me.

“You’re lying, now tell me,” He commands.

“Ryker, she is your mate,” The boy says, defending me.

“Yes, one I don’t trust, now tell me,” he says his Alpha aura rolling over me and I feel my wolf trying to fight against it.

“That I shouldn’t tell you things,” I blurted out as pain rippled through my stomach and up my spine.

He leans back in his chair and I feel the sweat run down the side of my face.

“What’s wrong with you, haven't you learned anything after Danika? You kill this one dad won't forgive you,” The boy says getting up from his seat and walking to the kitchen.

“Dad doesn’t know about her and you speak a word of it to them and I may just kill you, brother, or not mind your own business Ace, she is not your concern,” Ryker snaps at him. The boy flicks his hair out of his eyes, dumping his plate in the sink before walking off. Ryker sighs annoyed before looking at me. “Eat,” he says, and I look back down while eating my food.

Chapter 18

Tensesilenceremainedformost of the day. Ryker barely acknowledged my existence and was still angry from breakfast. When his brothers came home from wherever they went they walked into his office with annoyed expressions on their faces.

Ryker looks at them. I watched their silent exchange and I could see they were doing that mind talking Ryker told me about. I had sat in the same position on the small chair all day watching him glare at his computer screen and the numerous papers on his desk.

Ryker suddenly stands up before realizing I was in the room. “Get up, I need to sort something,” he says, and I hurriedly get to my feet, eager to be able to get off this damn chair that turned my bum numb.

“We can watch her,” Tyson says, looking at me.

“I wouldn’t trust you to watch a goldfish,” Ryker tells him. The boy growls at him and Ryker motions for me to follow with his hand when the other boy speaks up.

“We can watch her, you won’t run will you Reika,” Ace the other twin asks and I shake my head. Ryker looks at me before looking at them.

“Come on Ryker, she must be bored watching you read over pack business,” Tyson chimes in and he was right. I had been sitting here for hours. It was like being in the cells again.

“You run from them or leave their sides I will chain you in a cage,” he says, and I nod, a smile breaking onto my face that I was allowed to leave the room.

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