Chapter Eighteen

Michael POV

Rage twists through my gut as soon as I smell her scent of jasmine and wild berries flowing through me. It took all of my control not to go to her and take her. She is my fated mate. Malaki growls furiously, saying,

“My mate, my mate is here. You couldn't wait; you had to bow to your father's demands and mate Nicole knowing she was not our intended mate, so that you could be Alpha.”

Malaki is a vicious bastard suiting my nature.

“Calm down, Malaki, we will get our mate. It will take me a while to work out how I will achieve it; Diana won't get away from us a second time. I can promise you that.”

I know Malaki is right in everything he is saying. I killed my father not long after I mated Nicole. She suited my purpose at the time; only now, she has grown comfortable in her role as my Luna, and I no longer have the patience to deal with her disobedience.

I sit in my study long after everyone has gone to sleep. By morning, I had formed a plan on how to get our true ma