Chapter 5 EZEKIEL

EZEKIEL

I'm having a huge battle within myself. My lycan is so furious. He hates the way I treated our mate.

Hell no. That little monster is not my mate. I will never accept her as my mate. And if her mother thinks that this shitty bond she created will make me do so, then she's being delusional.

Selene. She's our creator but I despise her. I hate her with every fiber of my being. I used to admire and worship her, but everything changed one hundred years ago. I found out that she is nothing but a selfish bastard and I will never respect her again. My hatred for her has little to do with the curse even though it was part of it because I didn't deserve it. I only did the right thing.

For the past one hundred years, I refused to serve Selene, but I didn't stop my people from serving her because they believed she's their mother and creator. But I took down all the altars built for her in my pack house. If anyone wishes to serve her, they can do so, but not in my pack house.

I promise to prove to her that without her help, I can protect my kind. Because she creates us doesn't mean we belong to her. Because others believe it doesn't mean I do.

A few months after the curse, she appeared to me and told me that a mate will be bestowed to me. And that mate will be her daughter. She said that I will help her fulfill her destiny. That's the part of the story that no one knows about. They all believe that I was cursed not to have a mate —it started as a rumor until it became a fact to them— but they didn't know that the curse was lifted a few months after. Though that was just part of the curse. Others were not lifted. According to her, it will be lifted if I accept her daughter and help fulfil her destiny which I don't even know what it is all about.

I will rather die than accept the daughter of the woman I hate as my mate. For a hundred years, I was waiting for the birth of her daughter. I believe that once I see her I will know because of the shitty mate bond. After a few years, I started looking for her. I looked for her within and outside my realm.

It isn't surprising that she hid her very well, but she must be stupid to make her come to me. Maybe she has so much faith in the shitty mate bond she created, but I will show her that that shit won't stop me from killing her daughter. Or maybe it can, because my lycan has been fighting with me since I ordered the guards to put Dalia in the dungeon.

I can't believe that my lycan who has been angry at the moon goddess for years now is ready to accept her daughter as our mate so quickly. Is that how strong the mate bond is?

I will prove Selene wrong. The mate bond she created won't have any power on me no matter how powerful it is. I refuse to be controlled by her.

I try my best and shut my lycan off, but I know that will be temporary.

The officials were all demanding an answer. They want to know who Dalia is.

“She's no one.” I simply replied. And that's the truth.

They still weren't convinced but they knew well not to ask any more questions. They realized that I didn't want to give them the answer and they knew that I'm not someone to be forced to do what I don't want.

I took over the throne hundred years ago, and for a hundred years I've brought the kingdom to a greater height. They have been living in peace and I rule fairly. I am not only respected because I'm the most powerful lycan who won the war one hundred years ago but also because I'm a good king. If no one tells me, I know, because I've been doing my best to make sure I rule with just.

I ruled for a hundred years without a Queen. Since they all believe that I will never have a mate, they tried to convince me to take a chosen mate. I don't need a queen but I told them I will think about that. I didn't plan to consider it, but now that Dalia is here, I will. I must let her know that she means nothing to me and I will never accept her as my mate.

It's been two days since I put Dalia in the dungeon with no food and water. For the past two days I was having constant war with my lycan. A war I think I'm on the brink of losing. I can't believe that torturing her will mean torturing myself. I haven't slept for the past two days and I hardly concentrate on anything. This is a feeling so foreign to me and I hate it.

I fucking hate the shitty mate bond. Ever since I met her, all I've wanted is to drag her close to me and inhale her intoxicating scent. I've never seen a scent so pleasing and soothing. She smells of roses and strawberries. When I was fighting with her, every inch of her skin that I touched burned and the spark was something I've never felt.

Shit!

I slam the file close as I stand up. I'm in my office trying to work but it is so hard concentrating. I can't do anything, even my Delta has noticed it though he didn't ask a question. That's why I like him, he always understands. He knows when or when not to pry.

I close my eyes as I run my palm through my face. I groan as the door creaks open and Nikolai, my Beta, walks in.

“What the fuck Ezekiel. Can you sort whatever this is out,” he says as he sits across from me. “Does this have to do with that girl you kept in the dungeon?”

I glare at him. Even if others don't try to pry. Nikolai will. I'm surprised it took him so long to ask a question.

“Don't give me that look man. You refused to tell anyone who she is and the conference room was in shambles.” He narrows his eyes. “Did you fight with her there?”

I don't say anything as I sit back down trying to concentrate on work which isn't working. I think this is why Selene is not scared to send her daughter here because she is so confident in that shitty bond she created.

“You actually fought with her? And you didn't kill her. Who is this fiercely little thing that fought with the Alpha King and survived. Was she powerful or you just didn't want to kill her.”

I glare at him once again but the fucker don't back down. He is staring directly at me. He's one of the few people that can withhold my gaze. I've known him all my life. He's my cousin, my best friend and also a powerful lycan who has been by my side from day one.

Back to his question. Did I actually not kill her because she is powerful, which I agree she is, or because I just couldn't. Of course it's the latter. My lycan was fighting badly with me when I was squeezing her neck. I couldn't kill her even if I wanted to. And for some reason she knew that I wouldn't kill her which irks me.