Chapter 31

Chapter thirty one: skinny love

"Did you get your mate?" Kai asked Nicolas, briefly raising his head from the paperwork he was doing.

Nicolas paused, thinking of what to say. He couldn't bear to look him in the eye and tell him that his mate was Verena, the woman he was engaged to. So he kept mute, quietly flipping through the papers.

"Don't Tell me then." Kai said coldly And turned back to his work.

The entire pack was celebrating the newly mated. Kai had spoken to them, a few words about the importance of the mate bond and how he wished them great luck. And then it was back to work. And he wasted no time summoning Nicolas.

Verena. Of all the women, his mate had to Verena.

Nicolas tried to push it out of his mind and focus on the work he was doing. He noticed a dark aura in the room, he noticed the lack of a particular slave girl.

"Where is Karen?" He asked Kai after a while.

"In the dungeons." Kai replied simply. "Where are the land deeds?"

"Dungeons?!" Nicolas exclaimed. "I know