Chapter 43
Dylan POV
I just stood and stared at Carlos as he continued to hold my gaze, he was out of his mind, me and Lewis were just friends, there was no way he was in love with me, the man in front of me was definitely delusional.
"What are you talking about?" I asked absolutely bewildered that he would even suggest such a thing, especially when we were in the palace, the king literally had eyes and ears everywhere. If someone had heard him then it really would not just be me to get it in the neck, but the royal beta would too.
"There’s no way, a wolf would ever come to our defense like that without there being a reason.” He argued, but it made no sense. Lewis had already had a mate, and was rejected, and it’s a known fact a wolf doesn’t just take any partner, they will only take a mate.
“He just knows what I’ve been through, ok. I have no idea how hard it has been for you, just like you have no idea about me or my time here. It’s really easy to speculate and say we’ve had it worse than the other but we will never know, because we haven’t been in each other’s situations.” It was the truth, neither of us could ever compare our positions in the matter because they were both vastly different.
“You’re not exactly locked up right now though are you?” I could tell that being consistently confined was getting to him, even in freedom he was restricted, but just because I wasn’t wearing a set of chains it didn’t mean that they weren’t there, I had a much different set of restraints on me.
“No, I’m not. But that’s because I got punished three weeks ago, and I haven’t gotten my strength or my full range of movement back yet. Im still very much restricted, it’s just my chains aren’t visible.” I shrugged, casually leaving out the part about King Josh almost killing me. “Onto a more pressing concern… Do you know what would happen to me and Beta Lewis if you were caught saying something as ridiculous as that. We are just friends. He’s a wolf, surly you know they only accept their mates, they don’t get to choose who to be with.”
Well I suppose they do sort of, as it is very possible to reject their one and only mate, however most of them die from a broken heart before they’re even able to look at someone else. Never mind forcing themselves into a relationship that doesn’t feel at all natural.
“That’s not entirely true…” the beta spoke to me and had my full attention drawn to him after his words had met my ears. “We are actually very capable of choosing our own mate if our goddess gifted paring ends in either death or rejection.” Well, I wasn’t aware of that.
“I didn’t know that!” I really didn’t, I really have to do more research on the werewolf species. It might help me navigate my current situation better. “So our mates can quite easily reject us, they just choose not to?” I of course spoke in regards to mine and Carlos’s current circumstances. It’s a known fact that neither of us wanted this life and yet here we are, unfortunately fated to members of the royal family.
“They can, but Its not something a wolf would typically do, rejecting your mate, well thats an extremely rare occurrence, and there’s absolutely no going back once it’s final. Only a handful of people get rejected or loose their mates anyway, and being able to survive the heartbreak is even more rare. So actually finding someone who a broken wolf feels could make their soul complete once more, well that’s a phenomenon that happens once in a blue moon.” Wait, so if not many lycans, actually manage to survive being rejected then how did he?
“Is that what’s happened to you and Dylan then? You’ve chosen her as your mate?” God Carlos was not dropping the subject at all. He was going to pry and pry until he gets the answer he wants. Now the longer the king was away, the closer me and Lewis were getting, but that didn’t necessarily mean we were in love, and even if I had of developed some sort of affection towards him, he most definitely did not reciprocate it.
“Dylan has been through a lot, I just want her safe.” Diplomatic and accurate. He was just trying to look out for me, which I was insanely grateful for, if it wasn’t for him, I would have already shattered completely. He was my rock.
“That’s a joke right?” This was getting slightly hostile now. Carlos was being ridiculous. He was going to end up in a worse state than me if he kept this attitude up. “We are the only humans in the entire palace and you’re trying to keep her safe? She’s not safe, not at all, as long as she is here she is and always will be a target.” Well I had to agree, no one could keep me safe. The most Lewis could do was comfort me whenever something shit happened. Which I suppose he has done. “Have you forgotten where we are?” He turned directly to me and asked me his question as if I were completely idiotic, which only angered me.
“Carlos, that is enough!” I was sick to death of hearing him talk. “I know exactly where we are, I’ve most likely seen more of the palace than you have! I also know that while the king is away and can’t do anything to me, I am going to relax as much as I possibly can. I have had to find some comfort in any form I could, and that came from Beta Lewis.” I ranted only to watch the rebels face fall as he looked at me. “I’m sick to death of being told what I can and can’t do, not a single Lycan, or a human can tell me how I am supposed to cope while I’m here. That is my decision.” I watched both men look at each other in shock at my words, but in the end they both did nod their heads. “Carlos, don’t run your mouth too much now that you’re out of the dungeon. Mate or not you’ll still get severely hurt if you’re caught saying something you shouldn’t. The royal family doesn’t take being shown up lightly.”
I sighed, I was supposed to be relaxing in my only moments of peace but in stead I had to chastise a man for telling me how I should be feeling. I turned away from him to grab the large book I had been trying to read, when a loud gasp left Carlos’s lips. With the book in my hand I turned to him and saw his horror stricken face.
“What the fuck happened to your back?” Oh right… I was wondering why he was so alarmed. I let out a very hollow chuckle as I clutched the book.
“What do you think happened? I said no to the king!” I shrugged and took a seat on the sofa opposite him, the one beat Lewis usually sat at. “Get some rest while you can, Carlos. I imagine you’re in for a rough few months.” I sat cross legged and quickly opened my book to page 12, determined to get through a bit more of it before I got too bored.
The thought Carlos was becoming a new father again was terrifying, I suppose it was just a matter of time before I get pregnant myself. At least Carlos doesn’t really have much to do until his child is born, I couldn’t bare the thought of carrying the next king or queen of the lycanthrope, Knowing exactly how King Josh would raise them. He’d teach them to be brutal towards my kind. That’s something I couldn’t stomach.
I’m honestly not sure what I would do if that day came, I only know one thing. I’d do whatever it took to end the situation
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