The Alpha King’s Heart: The King’s Mate

I attentively cleaned the newly opened wound on his sides and bandaged it.

‘You need to stay away from Wyatt for a little while,’ I told him.

‘He doesn’t do too much damage,’

‘Well, still, ‘ I said, cleaning the blood off his face, and putting some stitches where necessary.

‘I didn’t know you’re a nurse too,’ He said, I chuckled. It felt strange.

‘Anyone can do this, plus, been a school teacher, we are trained for this for a few months,’ I shrugged, standing up and pulling a sheet over him.

‘Rest, I’ll bring you food later,’ I said and he nodded. I didn’t leave just yet though. Wyatt was here and we will need to talk, I didn’t know what to do. I looked back at Azriel, he was watching me.

‘Wyatt is our mate, you can’t avoid him forever,’ Kira said. I felt the strong sparks earlier when he touched me and when I looked into his eyes for a split second, I felt the strong mate bond and the butterflies in my stomach were relentless. It took everything in me at the moment not to hug him.

‘You good?’ he asked and I smiled, nodding. He smiled too and I raised my eyebrows, he didn’t smile often but when he did, he was more handsome.

‘Happy?’ I asked curiously.

‘Your smile makes the pain better… Strange,’ he said. I couldn’t help but smile now, and he chuckled, ‘ That smile is forced,’

‘No, I’m genuinely smiling,’ I said and he protested.

‘You don’t smile a lot so I know real from fake,’

‘But It’s real!’ I said, perplexed. That was a real one. ‘ Maybe you just don’t know my smiles as well as you think,’

I crossed my arms against my chest as he spoke so fondly of my smiles.

‘There’s the victorious smile, but usually it’s always a smirk. The one for Lucas, it’s the excitement and most real one, and then, there’s Wyatt’s smile, the one from the heart, gentle and shy; cheeks burning, butterflies erupting in the belly and pure tenderness and admiration,’ he explained. Azriel’s voice was freaking pure and amazing. Soothing to listen to,

‘I didn’t realize,’ I said.

‘You never do,’

‘Do I have the Azriel smile?’ I asked and he frowned in thought.

‘Not really, but your eyes lit up with something when you see me,’ he shrugged. ‘ That good enough for me,’

‘Thank you, Azriel,’

‘For what?’

‘For being there when I needed someone,’ I said, and he sent me a small smile. I walked out of the room and as I did, I felt many eyes on me. I sighed and went past them to the kitchen, I needed a hot cup of lemongrass tea to calm my nerves. I made my tea and slowly sipped my tea when I felt him enter the kitchen. My heart was racing in my chest, he didn’t touch me but tingles rushed down my body. That was how strong our mate bond was.

‘I’m sorry, baby, forgive me for lying to you,’ his onyx eyes were worried. Don’t don’t cry. don’t cry, I chanted inwardly, I only managed to shake my head and put space between us. His face was covered with pain at my actions.

‘I don’t know what to say to you right now,’ I said quietly and calmly.

‘Forgive me,’

‘I can’t do that just yet,’ I whispered. I wanted to but it still hurt, I loved him so deeply and he kept the truth from me. He nodded in understanding.

‘Did you sleep with her after you met me?’

‘No, never. I love you,’

‘You showed it by lying to me,’ I laughed humorlessly. His eyes didn’t move away from me.

‘I thought I was protecting you,’ he said, ‘ I didn’t want to hurt you. I marked Rachel as my Luna months before I met you,’

‘Did you bring me here to be your mistress? Why didn’t you tell me you belonged to another?’ I asked. I wish he would have been honest with me so that I made my choice.

‘No, I took Rachel-‘

‘Don’t speak her name to me again, Wyatt,’ I said sharply. Wyatt didn’t expect me to react fiercely to her name.

‘I told her about you and we agreed to break the oath,’ I scoffed, the way Rachel looked so confident, it showed she wasn’t willing to let end things. She was in love with him and will make things hard for him. She will use her mark and pregnancy to keep him by her side. I really was tired of the emotional pain, the fighting. I didn’t want to fight for anyone who wasn’t me or Lucas.

‘She’s pregnant,’ I find myself saying.

‘I didn’t intend for that to happen, If I can turn back the hands of time, I would. I don’t want this,’ he said.

‘But it happened. It hurts… Wyatt,’ A rogue tear managed to escape my eye.

‘I know, my baby,’