Page 67 of A Mysterious Slave for the Lycan Prince

She exists,he immediately answers.And she is hot!

“Freya,” I say softly. “Max reassures me that your wolf exists, and she does have a form. Don’t worry. Once the effects of your poisoning wear down completely, you’ll connect to her even more.”

“Do you think I’ll be able to shift one day?” she asks carefully.

“We’ll work on it,” I promise. “But I don’t see why you wouldn’t be able to.”

For a while, we walk in silence before Freya eyes me curiously again. “Say,” she asks, biting on her lips a bit. “What happens to your piercings when you shift? Do they change with you? Or is your lycan pierced too?”

I almost double over at Max’s horrified expression at the mere thought of having a hole torn into his body.

“No, Max is not pierced.” I laugh slightly. “We normally get these piercings from witch covens. They are enchanted so that they won’t get lost when we shift.”

She nods her understanding. “So much I don’t know…” I can easily make out the slightly pained tone of her voice. This pack took so many years away from her. It’s not fair. I squeeze her hand, moving it to my lips to kiss it softly. Her cheeks flush in the sweetest way, enhancing how intoxicating she is even more.

Are you…she links me, pausing.Sorry, this is so weird.

Do you mean linking me?

Being able to link someone,she admits.

Freya, sweetheart, what did they infuse you girls with? Wolfsbane? Anything else?

She nods.It’s a mixture of wolfsbane and something else. To weaken our wolves and break the mindlink ability. They didn’t want us to mindlink each other…That’s why we are all so fast.

For a moment I wonder what she is talking about. What does her ability to run have to do with being unable to mind link? Then it dawns on me that they all learned to run away from danger, and it saddens me to no end that so many victims had to go through this. I use this moment to make an inner oath to return to this pack and get rid of Colton and his brainless cult following.

That’s what they are, I think, a cult. Colton is different from the former alpha of Red Claw, which is now my brother’s pack. The alpha there was a psycho, too, and suppressed his whole pack. But Colton…he is worse. He is a cult leader.

What did you want to ask me, love?I turn my attention back to my beautiful mate.

Are you truly a prince?

Yes,I admit.I’m a lycan prince, only the third child, though. My father is the alpha of Silverlake Pack and the future king of the Council, making my oldest brother the new crown prince.

Her mouth drops open.I knew there was more to you! You are of alpha blood? Goodness, gracious… I can’t believe it…You’re so different to…

Different to who?I ask softly.Benjamin?

She sighs.Yes.

I look at her curiously.What happened between you and Benjamin?

He was my fated mate, or at least that’s what he believed. I couldn’t feel the mate bond at all, my wolf blocked it for me, but even she said it was barely there. It seems like the bond didn’t truly exist for me, only he felt it,she admits, blushing a bit.Now that I know how it really feels, there is no way Benjamin was my real mate.

But Benjamin felt it?

He did. He rejected me, thankfully. It was great.She beams.Saved me so many troubles.

And you didn’t feel the rejection?I inquire. I should feel more jealous at the prospect of Benjamin almost having her, but he doesn’t feel like a threat at all. It’s so obvious Freya doesn’t care for him at all. And she is right; I wonder if they even were true mates. As Leila said, it could be the Goddess playing with him a bit or maybe trying to shock him to put him on the right path.

I wonder if he has a real chance, though. With his father and this horrible pack. He inherited their awful manners already. But then, I remember how he looked at me hopefully here and there, and I wonder if he is waiting for someone to save him from his misery, just like all the slaves and omegas do.

I didn’t feel the rejection at all,she admits, bringing me back to reality, her voice sounding incredulous now, like she only just realized how weird it was.Finn?

Yes?

Why did you and your friends really come to Blood Snow?

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