The Dragon King's Mate

Giving support

Chapter 4

I think I have managed to successfully beat my feelings out of a bunch of lowlifes, Mack has been great in making sure I have been very busy and when I am not away on a job I have my brothers or Rayne to hang with and train.

I have even gone along with Rayne to visit some of her family when we have both been free. Her family is amazing and has been so welcoming to her. I get why she took her time in meeting them after finding out she was adopted. It must have been a hell of a shock, but I am glad she has them in her life now.

Now, I am building myself up to go along to her brother and his mates crowning ceremony. I know for a fact it will be a testosterone filled nightmare, with every high-ranking male throughout the whole of Elysium. I can be bothered with a room full of horny men.

I will be going, though, because I need to support my friend who has been there for me through my worst times. Now she needs all the support she can get, what with her ex mate still chasing her, and having to face her second chance after almost a year.

There is nothing that will stop me from being there for her. All her team is going and most of mine as well, so both of us will have plenty of people watching our backs. She also has her girls from her old pack. They are a good bunch, even her ex mate’s ex-girlfriend. Yeah, her life is a bit complicated.

So yeah, once Julie got over her popularity fears and the Alpha heir, she really came into her own and is now a great friend and a totally different person now she is not afraid to be herself. They are a good bunch, and I have made friends with them as well.

Then we have her mates sister, who is mated to George, Krista is great and has kept in touch despite her brother being a complete a.sshole. So yeah, between the girls and our elite brothers, we both have plenty of support, and I can feel confident being around those Alpha a.ssholes while supporting my friend.

Even with all of the downsides to the party, I am still looking forward to it, I mean let’s face it the elite squad is still very much a boys club, so getting together with the girls will be a nice change and a break from the norm.

It is just a pity they have to invite every Alpha to the event. It means my big brother will be there. Hopefully, Stuart will be there as well to run interference. I don’t think Mum will be there she will probably be at home helping the Gamma run the pack while they are away.

He knows I am in the elite squad, and I am sure he knows that Rayne and I are close, so he may be expecting to see me there. I suppose I will just have to see how it goes. Between Rayne and I, I am sure we will keep the press amused for a while with our drama, if nothing else.

So basically, we are not going until the day of the event, Rayne is already there, and as we are not far away, we can just head over in time for it and stay the one night. Julie is in the Southern Kingdom now with her beta mate, so she would have arrived yesterday. At least I know she has her family and one friend there for support until the rest of us arrive.

Aaron, her team leader, and Samuel, her cousin, who is on her team, are also there as their family will already be there. So they have gone early to spend time with family and be there for Rayne if she needs it. The rest of us from the elite squads are travelling together.

My nerves are pretty high as we pull up outside the castle, I just need to keep my thoughts on supporting Rayne, and then I will stop worrying about myself. I make a beeline straight for Rayne and the girls, Rayne fills me in on the latest.

Ex mate still an a.ss new mate desperately wants her, news has travelled that the Lycan King is her mate so everyone is talking about it. It is keeping the Alpha’s away, well, most of them anyway. There was still her ex mate who looked like he hadn’t gotten the hint if the looks he was giving her was anything to go by.

As a royal of two courts, she had to play nice and accept dances off of the ranked members. It is a ridiculous rule. But Rayne, not wanting to show up, her family tried to keep the fire inside her and be polite even if she did probably want to punch more than one of them.

I know I can sense my mate in here as well, but he has not approached me yet, and I haven’t pinned down which one he is yet. I am glad that when my brother does approach me that Rayne’s ex is trying to talk her away from her new mate.

Big big mistake, if he wanted her to consider him and have a chance against the king, he should have attacked Killian. He made an error by trying to use Killian’s son to try and pry her away from him. Well, did Rayne not just completely put him in his place as she dared anyone to say that boy was not hers.

Her lycan and her had already claimed him the minute she saved that little boy, even before she found out his dad was her second chance, Calla her lycan wanted to take him home. Even with not talking to and avoiding the new mate, she kept in touch with Brandon through Killian’s mum as Brandon loved her and wanted to stay in touch.

So the little display on the dance floor kept all eyes away from my brother and I. Simon, I am sure waited for his moment to approach me when everyone was distracted, and I was on my own coming back from the bathroom. At least everyone did not have to witness my fu.cked up family and their issues.

“Sienna please can I have a quick word with you” he says pleadingly as he grasps my arm, looking desperate.

“Simon we have never had a relationship, I think it is best to keep it that way” I say coldly, looking at his hand that is holding me.

“Please just 5 minutes, hear me out, and then if you want, you never have to see or speak to me again” he says, letting go and holding his hands up in surrender. I nod to him to let him know to continue.

“Thank you, I know I have scr.ewed up so many times throughout our lives. I know no apology will be good enough for everything I have done and that there are no excuses to justify my behaviour but please just let me explain how it got to where it is” he says upset as I stand there waiting for him to go on, right now I have absolutely nothing I can think of to say.

“When we were little, I was so excited to have a little sister, I had friends that had sisters, and they would always want to protect them and look after them. I felt the same way. I don’t know why dad did not like us being close, but when we got to a certain age, he became spiteful. As soon as Stuart was born, it got worse and worse” he says, I can not remember that far back, I do remember some times when Simon was nice to me, but they were faded fragments.

“Well the closer we were, the more angry dad got, and he would raise his hands to me and then say it was your fault I was being punished. At such a young age, I started to believe him and feel resentment towards you. It just seemed like you were the cause of my pain, and I needed to make dad proud and move away from you so you would not keep hurting me” he says sadly.

“Now when you disappeared, I was worried about you, and I hated seeing the pain in mums and Stuart’s faces. I did try and talk to dad about it, but he brushed it off as you had run off with a guy, and he didn’t want to upset mum with the embarrassment of it. At the time, it sounded like a reasonable excuse, so I helped him cover up the fact we never searched for you and didn’t inform the council. I thought I was protecting Mum and Stuart” He explains emotionally.

“I have never felt so sick in my life when I found out what happened to you and I felt awful knowing maybe I could have helped if I had just spoken up once about what dad was doing. I never ever thought he was capable of putting anyone through that, let alone his own daughter” he says, sighing.

“It made me start to question his motives and move away from what he had been teaching me, when I found out what you had suffered through and he never even gave out the tiniest of emotions on your behalf. That was when I started to understand that he was not the man he made out to be, and I started to make my own way doing what I thought was right” he explains.

“I know that this is not an excuse for the way I behaved, but I would really like to build on our relationship again, mum is devastated about what happened and she blames herself all of the time for what happened to you. I hate to see our family so broken because of that sick and twisted man. If you don’t want to give me another chance, please at least think about having more of a relationship with Mum. I hate to see her so broken” he says, begging me with his eyes. At this point, I have totally shut down my emotions and went into self-preservation mode.

“I am not sure if I can ever forgive you both properly for what I went through. A mother is supposed to protect her children, but when it comes to mum, I guess that just meant her male children. As for you, well, I don’t blame you entirely for the way you acted as a child, but at some point, you became an adult and still let me suffer. You never cared if I was even dead when I went missing, and that could have easily been the case. Not all of us survived our sales. I needed you all years ago. Even a year and a half ago would have helped. Now I have people who actually care about me and what happens to me. Ones that will always have my back and be there no questions asked and would always search for me to the ends of the earth if I disappeared out of their lives. Stuart is the only one who was there for me in our fu.cked up family. He would always show me care and love no matter who was around. Mum would only care if we were alone. That is not how family acts” I say firmly, sounding much stronger than I actually felt right now.

“I understand. Just please think about what I have said and consider my words. We really do care about you and love you, I just wish we had seen the truth sooner and were there for you when you needed us. It will always be my biggest regret and mum’s too” he says sadly.

“At the moment I can not have you near me, it is just too much, and I can not think in this public setting or let my emotions run wild. Please just give me the space I need for now” I say, trying to keep my emotions in.

“I will respect your decision, just know we are there if you need us and from now on if you need anything at all we will always be there waiting for you to give you any support or help that you need” he says letting me go to think over things.

Henry sensing my mood and, seeing the interaction with my brother, was there waiting to jump in at a moments notice. As soon as I walked away from Simon, he was right over checking up on me. I told him I was fine, but he still insisted on a dance to cheer me up.

I guess he has had no luck finding his mate among the Lycan’s or wolves that are present. I really hope he meets him soon, Henry is a catch strong sexy and above all, he has a kind heart. Any man would be lucky to have him as his mate.

As we are dancing, he really manages to break me out of my funk. Henry can be so serious and straight-laced at times, but when you know him, he has this devilish, cheeky naughty side that you can not help feeling uplifted and happy around.

It seems like my dancing with a male has managed to bring my mate out of the woodwork with me not having to chase him. If only he knew that Henry would be more interested in him than me, he may have held back for longer.

Of all people I could be mated to it is the dragon King himself that interrupts my dance, Henry being the protective big brother he is checks with me that I am fine before he let’s him cut in. As soon as I give him the nod of approval, he gracefully steps aside as Sirius takes his place, and I feel the tingles travelling everywhere his hands touch.

He mentions his surprise that I am a wolf, but still seems pleased that I am of alpha blood. I get absolutely no reaction when I tell him my name. He either does not care about my past or he has not heard. The second option would be a hard one to believe since my story is quite well known.

Gem is all for Sirius. She is happy that he has not reacted to my name. As far as she is concerned he is perfect and we should go for it I know all about his reputation though, but so far he seems happy with the bond and I have to say it is so much stronger than I thought it would be.

When he suggests that we take it somewhere private, my wolf and the bond make my body scream yes, and I find myself following him helplessly. I am nervous as hell as I follow him. The only intimacy I have experienced before has been forced. This is terrifying, but I can not seem to stop myself for giving in and following him.