I Want Her

He knew what was happening right now, and he couldn’t believe that, but he had to. His mate…… she was standing right in front of her, looking stunning in royal pink one shoulder fish-tail gown. He slowly walked towards her, still having his eyes locked with her deep emerald eyes with a faint golden circles around the iris?????

He admitted that she had the most beautiful eyes that he had even seen in his life span of 145 years. He never meant to find his mate but now he didn’t know what to do with her when she was standing in front of him.

“I want her…. Don’t ever think about rejecting her.” Velan growled at the back of his mind, trying to take control so that Killian couldn’t do anything stupid like rejecting their mate.

“King Killian…. I… I am honored by your presence here….welcome to my humble pack.” Alpha Kyle welcomed him nervously while coming forward to shield Emily from Killian. Everyone thought that Killian was staring at Emily ever since he entered the room. Emily also had the same thoughts in her mind.

She was now genuinely scared of the beast standing tall in front of them, but she was ecstatic too. The most powerful figure was attracted to her, and it boosted her self-appreciation. She saw how everyone, including Jonah, showed fear towards him. He was now disgusted by Jonah, but she had to keep her act up if she wanted to ruin Pearl’s life. She was sure that Pearl would protest in the end, and it would infuriate this lychan beast, who could end her life at any time.

“May I know who is Pearl Thornbill?” Killian’s beta, Lucifer, asked in a cold but polite tone. Pearl trembled hard and her heart skipped a beat in anticipation. She was right. Emily set her up.

She gulped hard but decided to face the storm. “It… it’s me.” She raised her hand a little higher, still having her eyes on Killian. Killian raised his brows, and immediately understood the whole situation.

The calmness of her voice was enough to create ripples in his half-frozen heart. Her voice like an old melody sang in symphony which was completely different from the voice that had called his beta this morning.

Lucifer Rivera came forward and looked at Pearl. Just like Killian, he also had this hunch that something was wrong here. “You were the one who is betrothed to King Killian at the first place, right?” he asked Pearl in a formal way while clasping his hands in front of him.

Pearl took a deep breath and took a step forward. “You…. You are right, I was….. but the king agreed to annul the engagement.” Pearl replied to him calmly, but her heart was now beating furiously. “Interesting…. I want this she-wolf as my bride…. Make her mine at any cost….. even if it includes kidnapping.” Killian mind-linked Lucifer, tilting his head lightly while looking at Pearl. If he had known that the one who was about to marry him was his mate, he wouldn’t have annulled this marriage alliance.

He was still confused by what she said because he remembered that he got the news that she had found her mate, and that was the only reason why he annulled the engagement because he didn’t want to take someone’s chance to be happy with her mate. If she already had mate, then why did he feel the mate bond with her?

Lucifer was startled by the instruction that he got from Killian, but he didn’t let it show on his face. He looked behind him, and found their gamma, Hugh Longthorne, who also had come with them with same stunned expression. It meant that he wasn't the only one who got this instruction. He smiled while nodding in agreement and glanced at Emily who was still shivering like a dry leaf.

It was when Killian also narrowed his eyes and looked at the she-wolf standing right behind Pearl in a bridal gown. The corners of his mouth twitched, making his appearance scarier, but he never paid attention to his appearance. The she-wolf standing in front of him was his mate, and he wanted her….. That’s all.

“You are right….. but you are not the bride tonight, right?” Lucifer asked Pearl with that faint smile on his lips. Pearl gulped hard and glanced at Alpha Kyle and Ryder for help. “We don’t know exactly what happened here, Ms. Thornbill, but today….. your family must honored the deal that they made with us in order to protect their business and their pack.” Luficer continued with the same smile on his face, but the threat hidden in his sentence was enough to make everyone shiver in fear once again.

“No…. No…. I … I am just marked… I… I can’t marry him….. dad…. Mom….. save me.” Emma screamed in horror while trembling hard in terror. She got the opportunity to make them Pearl hate more now, and she didn’t want to let this opportunity go.

In surface, she showed that she was horrified but inside her heart, she was gloating when Lucifer said to Pearl that she wasn’t the bride today. “Shut up, you…. Did I ask you to open your mouth?” Lucifer scolded Emily with disdain.

This time, she trembled in anger while looking at him with wide open eyes. She was now a princess. How could he….. a mere lychan beta insulted her like this? She looked at Alpha Kyle but clenched Jonah’s suit tightly on his chest when she saw him lowering his eyes.

“Alpha Kyle.” Lucifer addressed him this time with the same signature smile of his. “Ye…. Yes, Beta Lucifer.” Alpha Kyle answered him while stuttering hard in fear. Killian’s dangerous aura was suffocating the whole hall except Lucifer and Pearl.

Everyone wanted to get out of this place as soon as possible, but they felt like glued at their places. “I wish you can explain the situation why the bride is marked by a chosen mate instead of her fated mate as we got the information from you side?” Lucifer questioned him with the same smile on his lips, but his eyes were now cold.

“Th… there i… is some misunderstanding, Beta Luficer. Pearl ….. sh… she is no… not my biological daughter…. She wa…. Was swapped with my biological daughter, Emily, (he gestured towards Emily) after their birth.” Alpha Kyle explained the situation to him while glancing between Emily and Pearl.

Both Lucifer and Killian raised their brows in surprise. “Okay…. It… it’s really surprising. We never heard anything like this before.” Lucifer commented with a light chuckle. Killian was also curious to know the whole farce now.

“We…. Got a call from a lady who told her name Pearl this morning that the previous information that we got about her finding his mate is a lie, and she wants to fulfil the agreement for the sake of her family.” Lucifer informed them and everyone looked at Pearl immediately.

Alpha Kyle, Ryder, and Jonah immediately snapped their heads towards Pearl in anger, and Pearl also jerked her head in surprise. Although she had anticipated this move from Emily, she didn’t think that Emily would use her name.

“Pearl…. How can you do this?” Luna Vanessa accused Pearl while yelling at her. “Did you say that I call you?” Pearl asked Lucifer in surprise while pointing a finger towards her, completely ignoring Luna Vanessa.

“Don’t try to act innocent, Pearl? You heard him….. you are the one who called him. How could you do this to Emily? What did she do wrong to you? She didn’t ask Jonah to reject you. It was your bad luck that he rejected you,” Ryder yelled at her this time in anger.

“Hey pup.” Hugh called Ryder who demeanour changed drastically from anger to fear. Hugh might be gamma by rank, but Hugh was still had higher position than him because he was a lycan. “Explain everything.” Hugh ordered him, making Ryder stiffened immediately. He was the future alpha of this pack, and everyone feared him. He felt humiliated but he couldn’t do anything in this situation.

A lychan warrior brought a big chair for Killian and Killian sit down right a little deep from the door. Alpha Kyle stiffened because it was nothing but ballant insult for them. The king brought chair for himself instead of using the furniture that they had here. Killian put his right ankle on his left knee while leaning on the chair, his domeanour demanding respect from everyone present in the room.

He explained the whole situation briefly to them in a stiff tone. Pearl felt a hot gaze on her that was making her feel uncomfortable, she looked at Killian with a calm gaze. Killian’s felt hot all over with just her calm glance, and it made him feel uncomfortable. He couldn’t believe that he was intimidated by a mere she-wolf who was not even a royal.

“So…. Her mate chose to reject her when he learned that she isn’t a royale and the real princess decided to choose him as her chosen mate when she can find her own mate, and they marked each other tonight in front of her, right?” Hugh summarized everything in such a way that everyone stiffened immediately.

“Interesting…. Very interesting.” Killian chuckled this time, and slowly put his hand on the edge of the backrest while tilting his upper body slightly. “Are you sure that I was the one who called you?” Pearl asked him once again, and he shook his head negatively.

“No…. he said that a woman who told her name Pearl…. He never said that you called him.” Killian answered him while tilting his head lightly to the other side. Pearl had a curvy figure and in her fitted gown, he could trace every curve of her body. All he wanted right now was to cover her so that no one could see how stunning, and s*xy she was.