Chapter 3: This is home

“You will be breeder as from today. You will be confined within the walls of the palace." Rayne declared

“What?" She asked, and her eyes doubled as she asked this question.

This time, she didn't stutter, and she praised herself for this.

“What do you mean by breeder? I'm just a young woman living through hard days and struggling. One moment you said I'm your fated mate, and now you say I will be a breeder?"

“I thought you weren't listening before, Selene," he said, her name rolling off his tongue like a symphony.

“You are my destined mate, but why do you think I would declare in front of everyone that you are my mate? You are weak and powerless. Which kingdom wants a weak Omega as their Luna?"

Selene's eyes stung at this as her heart tore into pieces. She wished he could stop and just tell her he was only joking, but why would the feared Alpha King joke about something like this?

“I only want to take you in as my concubine to save you from humiliation because you are mine and mine alone, and no other werewolf will claim you. I don't want you to be left alone without a mate. We can find something to do about you not shifting, but I can smell your wolf eager to make her appearance." He paused.

“Maybe when you are strong enough to fight alongside me, you will be the true Luna of my kingdom. You aren't an Omega" Rayne stopped, to make sure she got his message across.

Selene watched the tears spill from her eyes. All her friends and family hated her and called her a weak wolf. No one wants to relate to her, so she has to marry her books and make them her friends.

Knowing that she would find her mate and also get turned down by him just like everyone else, the king's words hurt her more than anything.

“I hate you!" She cried out as she cursed her damn fate.

“I hate you! It would have helped if you hadn't let me know. You should have left me alone and just married the fake Luna. You didn't have to say all this to me! You should have ignored me," she snapped as more tears trickled down her eyes.

Rayne watched as the turmoil of emotions marred her face before declaring. Seeing her crying, he felt the urge to draw her closer to himself and claim those full pink lips, but he wasn't in love with the woman. He knew it was the bond working.

He observed her raising her voice in despair. He knew his words had hurt her, but he couldn't understand why his mate turned out to be half-human and half-she-wolf.

Rayne mindinked and connected with his Omega. They communicated through mind-linking and Rayne told him to direct two of the royal guards to the place he was. Malcolm, upon receiving the Alpha's message, walked to two of the guards outside the hall and directed them to meet the Lycan king.

The guards approached Rayne and Selene on the balcony. They bowed their heads to greet the king.

“Take her to my chambers," he commanded the two guards standing.

Selene, upon seeing the guards move towards her, tried to step back from them. She raised one of her hands and muttered defiantly,

“Don't touch me!"

The guards only closed the distance and grabbed her by her arms.

“Leave me alone. I will leave!" she said as she tried to wiggle out of their hold.

With their strength, she could guess they were humans. She bit the guard, holding her right hand on his shoulders. The guard released her from his hold and rubbed his arm in pain.

“Don't touch me!" She screamed; her eyes welled up in tears.

Rayne was infuriated when he saw the guard holding Selene in a manly way. As if they were holding a prisoner. He had to keep himself from giving them a blow; he is affected by this woman even though he has not yet marked her.

Rayne told the guards to go back to their posts. He knew the human was weak, but who knew she knew how to bite well? He walked towards her at a slow pace and watched her eyes contort in pain.

“I need to see my mother. She is waiting for me." She said it in a stern voice.

“And you think I will let you do that? I just told you; you are my mate."

“And you just claimed another woman to be your fated mate. I don't want you!" She yelled as she rubbed her wet eyes with the back of her hands.

“I will send for your mother. But you cannot leave my side, Selene. I can't let you go," he said calmly, walking closer towards her.

Selene knew she wouldn't be able to take him down; he was far stronger than her. However, she vowed to do her best to make him suffer. Just as he was about to touch her hand, Selene made an attempt to bite him, just like he did to the guards, but he caught her cheek just in time and carried her over his back.

“Leave me alone!" she cried as he began to walk down the balcony.

“I will scream," she said, hitting his back from behind. She didn't expect the king to do something like this to her.

“Then do it," he said calmly as he walked into the heart of the palace, still carrying her.

Selene tried to scream, but she found out she couldn't. She tried again, but her voice was stuck.

“Oh no," she thought in her mind. The weight of being an alpha comes with great responsibility and exceptional special abilities.

“Don't make any attempt to force your voice out if you don't want your insides to burst," Rayne said as he continued walking deeper inside the palace.

Selene remained mute as he walked into a room and dropped her on the bed. She tried to ask him what she was doing in his room, but she couldn't even speak. She sat up on the bed with her legs dangling.

Seeing the Alpha King turning his back to her, she quickly looked for any harmful objects to defend herself if he wanted to try anything funny. She knew her mother would have been looking for her, and she would be worried if she didn't see her on time.

Selene rose gently from the bed and tried to make her way towards the long pin lying on the small table beside her in the bed. The pin was almost within her reach, but not until she found a hand picking the pin up before her hand could reach it. She looked up and found the Lycan King shirtless, his dreamy eyes looking down at her.

“Oh, moon goddess, save me from this temptation," she mumbled inside as she couldn't voice it out.

“Are you trying to hurt me with this?" he asked delicately as he looked at her in her vulnerable state.

She used her head to tell him no as she shook her head vigorously. The Lycan walked towards her, and Selene began to move back, shaking her head in protest.

“Is he going to kill me now after seeing that I'm a dangerous woman?" Selene asked herself as she began to walk back.

Her hands began to shake, and she felt her leg hit the bedside. Her heart thudded in her chest as she watched him walk closer to her. Selene wrapped her hand around her bosom as she continued to shake her head.

Rayne watched her with intrigue as he saw different emotions on her face. With the snap of his fingers, he released her, and Selene found her voice back.

“I want to go home!" she rasped as soon as she found her voice.

“This is home, Selene," he said, turning back with the pin still in his hands.

“Did he just try to intimidate me?" Selene asked herself as she saw him retreating into the bathtub.

A faint cloth lining separated the room from the bathtub. She saw him move his hands towards his trousers. She closed her eyes instantly when she saw him undressing himself. Rayne submerged himself in the bathtub and relaxed his body.