Chapter 31.

**Narrator’s POV.**

The tension between the alpha king and his Luna was taken into their shared chamber. The Luna queen was the first to take a seat before her mate followed suit, “I do not appreciate what you did back there. I had everything under control”,

“Would you fucking stop it Dwayne! I am tired of this, I feel like I do not know you anymore”, tears coated her eyes once again and even though she tried to hold them back, she just could not do it- she loved him too much to not cry about what he did, “Why? Why did you do it?”,

“Do what?”, he was trying to avoid looking at her, he had hurt her badly and he knew he was not going to get away with just make up sex this time, he was actually going to have to work for it.

“You fucking know what I mean Dwayne! Look at me like the man you think you are and fucking talk to me you bastard”, she stood up from her seat and charged at him, hitting his chest repeatedly, “I hate you, I fucking hate you”, he knew he deserved all the hits he got from her, he was an asshole and he needed her to remind him of his identity.

Soon, the punches were getting too much, so he held her fists tightly and dragged her down, letting her land on his laps. She sat there crying into his shirt for nearly an hour, questioning his love and loyalty towards her to which he would reply, “I am sorry, my love”, but sorry just was not good enough- it did not cut it! She could have died if she did not stop the war,

“Why did you want to go on with the war? You knew what would have happened, why?”, she finally asked him, her hands were gripping his shirt and her eyes were glaring into his.

“Because I am a coward”, he sighed, “I try my hardest not to look like one but in reality, I am the biggest coward to walk the face of this earth. I thought stopping the war would make me look weak- people will say I am not fit for this position if I mix emotions into my duties”,

“Fuck what people think, you do not have to care about their opinions. It is your kingdom Dwayne”, she placed her hand on his cheek but after hearing the words that left his mouth next, she withdrew her hand and stood up from his laps,

“I am glad that you are now aware that it is my kingdom Daphne. Do you know the amount of chaos that would cause among our people?”, he was talking to her as if she was one of his pups, she did not like it.

“Tell me, ‘my love’ did you have any plans? Or where you going to allow ‘our’ kingdom waste away because the alpha king cannot pull himself together?”, the pitch in her voice had become high, indicating her anger, “You talk about not bringing emotions into duties when that was clearly what you did! Nobody wanted this war other than you; it was not even fucking necessary! You started things up because you could not deal with the fact that our little girl was growing up and decided to make her own path. Our children are not puppets Dwayne, they do not always have to do what pleases you”,

“The boy’s father tried to kill you!”, he tried to defend his actions even though he knew she was straight as a pin with her words.

“Yes, twenty fucking years ago! Let it go, Dwayne. Even I have forgiven him for what he did, okay?”, she walked over to where he was again and crouched down, taking his large hands into her smaller ones, “It is time for you to let it go. In a few months, we will no longer have all these responsibilities on our shoulders, we can start afresh, travel the world”,

“DJ is not ready yet, he cannot take on such a responsibility without completing his training”, Dwayne explained to her, “We are far behind on our training schedule because of all that has happened”,

“I trust you my love, you will meet up in time”, she lifted her head up and planted a soft kiss on his lips, “I love you”, she confessed to him. He pulled her up and placed her on his lap again,

“I love you and I missed you. Never leave me like that again”,

“It would not happen again if you are not a dickhead”, she placed a smile on her face and watched as all seriousness drained from his features. His hand went to her face and pushed a stray lock of hair behind her ear before going to her chin and pulling her face closer to his. Their faces were only inches away from sealing the deal and as his head moved closer to hers, her eyes fluttered shut in hopes for a kiss- it never came, at least, not on her lips. His head dipped down and he placed a long lingering kiss on her third most sensitive area- the spot where his beautiful mark was on her neck. He planned on kissing the other two areas very soon, that will make her squirm and plead for him. He was also going to figure out a way to make things up to her and he knew for a fact that she was right about everything, even though she had not said it directly, he knew that she was saying that it was time for him to finally step down- he needed a break, he needed to retire so he could spend the rest of his life making it up to his beautiful mate.

But right then, he just wanted to savor and enjoy the feeling of having the woman he loved under him- screaming his name and moaning to his blissful strokes.

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Desiree pushed her door open and led her mate into her chambers, “This is where you will be sleeping from now on”, she told him, a look of nervousness washed over his face making Desiree sigh, “What is it, Harry?”, he took a few steps towards her and paused a foot away,

“Your father and brother would not like it, I do not want us to push our luck, maybe we should take things slow”, a dry laugh erupted through the room as Desiree could not tell whether Harrison was fucking around with her or not- the serious look on his face told her otherwise,

“Are you fucking kidding me? I am pregnant with your child and you say you want to take things slow now? You did not know to say this when you were fucking me multiple times?”, Desiree was confused; she wanted to scream so badly and cry as well, she also wanted to laugh at the mentality of the man she loved, “You are a fucking clown if you think I am going to let you sleep anywhere but here. Screw taking things slow, I am a fucking werewolf- I move with speed and you my dear do not have any other choice than to go with it, am I understood or is my English too hard for you to comprehend?”, she was acting like a complete asshole but he had it coming! Who the fuck suggests taking things slow to a heavily pregnant shewolf? He was looking for trouble where trouble should not be.

“Yes?”, it came out as a question but she was going to take it anyways,

“Good enough for me. Now, sit your ass on the couch and let me kiss you”.