A Mate For The Last Lycan-Chapter 42: DISGUSTED WITH HERSELF

Three weeks after the funeral of Queen Rimera, King Dacre announced that he would take Princess Nycta as the future queen of the kingdom.

Princess Nycta was only seventeen, young and fertile. She was the best option for King Dacre to finally have an heir, since Princess Alana was too young and Princess Rose was already a little bit older.

The royal wedding would be held three months after the end of the one month mourning period for the previous queen.

It meant, it would happen by the end of this summer.

With that news, Xaden and Alpha Roland had been very busy with their plan. They had so many secret meetings and discussions about the next step that they would take.

Sometime, Alpha Roland would invite Zuri to these meetings, since it had something to do with their businesses and he needed her opinion related to those matters.

The treasury in the River Creek pack had been depleting quite fast by this point. Some of their businesses were neglected.

After observing Zuri for about three meetings and witnessing firsthand how adept she was at making business decisions, he finally realized she was the mastermind behind the success of the River Creek pack.

"I don't believe it... I missed it completely." Xaden said one night after their intimate moment. He looked satisfied with his mate. "Why did you never tell me about it?" He kissed the corner of her lips, pressing his body against her, as he was getting hard again.

"You never asked," Zuri said, staring blankly at the ceiling.

Xaden chuckled. "I couldn't believe it, how could a woman be so smart. It shocked me to know that you were the mastermind behind everything."

Zuri pulled herself back and drifted her attention to Xaden, who was nipping at her collarbone. "Tell me about your plan with my father. I am sure I can give you a few pointers."

"What? Your father told you to ask me about this?" Xaden lifted his head and looked Zuri in her eyes. "Tell me, if you have to choose, will you side with your father?"

Zuri didn't answer that question immediately, which made Xaden narrow his eyes, thinking that she would take her father's side.

"You are my mate, you are the luna of the Blackthorne pack. A woman belongs to her mate after the union." He reminded her about that.

If Zuri could make the River Creek pack as the richest pack in this kingdom, now that she was in his hands, it was only a matter of time before he could use her brilliant mind for his own benefit. No wonder, Roland treasured his daughter.

Roland made a mistake when he decided to let Xaden know about Zuri's talent, thinking they would rule this kingdom together one day.

"You are mine now." Xaden leaned over to kiss her lips, but she turned her head and he ended up kissing her cheek instead. "What? Are you going to rebel against me again?" He pinched her chin and forced her to look at him. "Are you going to side with your father?"

Instead of answering that question, Zuri told him about something that was not relevant at all. "I hate needles."

"What?" Xaden frowned, not understanding the sudden change of topics.

"My father uses needles to punish me." Zuri smiled at Xaden.

A day after they returned from the palace, her mother took her to the healer that usually prescribed her medicine. That woman increased the dosage to keep her mind sane, but the aftereffect of that was; Zuri became a little bit sluggish every time she took her medicine.

"He would stab me with needles. He preferred needles because it will be less messy, as they will not draw so much blood and also because the prick will heal almost immediately, so no one would even notice that."

Zuri was smiling when she told Xaden about all of this and she could see the anger behind his eyes.

"Oh, he used to kick me, slap me and punch me too if he was very, very, very angry with me." Her tone was very light, as if she was talking about a happy memory.

"He really did all that to you?" Xaden asked through his gritted teeth.

"Yes," Zuri replied. She raised her hand and caressed his cheek. "You look angry."

"Of course, how could he do that to you? Has he done that again after our union?"

"You are so funny." Zuri laughed. "Why are you angry when you did the same thing to me? And yes, he beat me up just a day before you returned from Mount Eve. I thought I was going to die." freёnovelkiss.com

Xaden averted his eyes when Zuri pointed out that he was no different from her father. He did the same thing, but why would he be angry?

But, as if she didn't say anything wrong, Zuri kissed his cheek.

"Why would I side with the person who has done that to me?"

Xaden looked at Zuri again and then promised her. "I will not allow him to hurt you anymore.

I will not allow anyone to do that to you again."

But, there was one thing that Xaden missed. Zuri had never said that she would side with him

or pledge her loyalty to him. Her question was; why would she side with someone that had hurt her?

Xaden was too self centered if he thought Zuri would side with him when he did exactly the same thing to her.

"Okay," Zuri said, she then flipped his body and cradled him, which made Xaden's eyes fill with lust.

He groaned when Zuri started to grind against him. He liked it when she took the initiative like this.

"Now, tell me, what you and my father have been planning for the coup," Zuri asked, as she pleased him.

Probably, her mother was not completely wrong. In the end, Zuri used her body to achieve her

goal.

This world had made her feel disgusted with herself.