The King's Return

15. STAY AWAY FROM ME

LOGAN'S POV

"I completely forgot that I had to pick you up, I'm sorry." I said as soon as I entered the house.

"I don't know why I'm still friends with you." I went over to give him a hug, it's been a while since we got together.

With him ruling his pack and me ruling this kingdom we get little to no time for ourselves. Connor is married so I guess he uses his free time to spend with his mate.

I don't blame him though, it's what he should do, after all, he is a married man and his top priority will always be his family.

"You're here now, that's what matters. I was in a meeting longer than I realised and after that, I went for a run."

"Well, at least you were doing something important so apology accepted." He sat down and looked around the living room. "Now what is this I'm hearing about you having a mate? I thought we are friends."

"Of course we are friends, I just thought it would be better if I told you in person. I was waiting for you to visit, I'm glad it is sooner than I expected." I sat down too and smiled, thinking about Amira.

Her beautiful wolf is just like her, unique and yet beautiful. I didn't even know Albino wolves still existed.

"So, who's she and where is she from?" Before I could say anything my mate joined us.

"Amira Rodriguez, I'm from Spain." Connor looked at her and then back at me. He whistled and stood up. He extended his hand to her for a handshake.

"It's nice to meet you, Amira. I'm Connor-"

"Connor Black, I know." She smiled at him.

"I'm sure we've never met unless I have a very short memory."

"You're right, we've never met but I know who you are. I love history and werewolf history is my favourite. I usually spend my free time reading about werewolves and your family has always been my favourite.

"I probably know more about your family than my own family. When I read about your family history I got interested in the present as well."

"Really?" Connor asked with so much curiosity in his eyes and his voice too.

"Really, when your brother mated to the princess I always wanted to know what was happening every day. Like I said, your family has always been my favourite werewolf family.

"Or maybe let me just say that was until Logan's family came into the picture."

I found myself smiling at that. I didn't know any of that, I knew she loved history and reading but I never thought she also loved reading about the present.

"Why is that? What's special about his family?" He pointed at me.

"What?! You're kidding me right?" She asked him with wide eyes.

"I'm dead serious." He smirked.

"They are royalty! It's only a fool who wouldn't want to know about the royal family. They are the only werewolf royal family and that makes that so special."

She looked carefree as she spoke with him. I guess she and Connor are going to get along very well.

"You're going to be a great queen, I can see that already. Your mate is lucky bastard." He looked my way and returned to his conversation with Amira.

I just looked at them and listened to what they were talking about, Connor loves history too so they know what they are talking about and I don't, I just read what I feel is necessary.

I was worried she wouldn't be able to adjust to her life here but now I think I was just worried for no reason, she is handling herself pretty fine.

"You should visit Kensington some time, I'm sure my family will love having you around." What?! He's kidding, my mate is not going to Kensington, she stays here with me.

"Hold your horses, my mate is not visiting anybody. At least not without me and I'm not planning to visit London any time soon." They both looked at me like I was a mad person. "I'm serious" I decided to say those two words to make it clear that I was not joking.

"No one is taking your mate away from you, I'm just saying that she can visit someday if she wants. It's not like she would be moving there, besides, who would dare take the king's mate?

"I'm sure everyone knows you would tear down everything in your way if that ever happened. People fear your wolf and they should, Leo is a powerful motherfucker."

When I growled he raised his hands. "Slip of tongue, I shouldn't have said that word." I know I wasn't the one who growled so I know Leo did it, I have no problem with Connor calling him a motherfucker but I guess he doesn't.

Crazy wolf. He curses every time he speaks and now that someone is cursing he doesn't like it.

AMIRA'S POV

Meeting Connor and spending time with him and Logan was amazing but when Maya told me she missed me I decided to leave those two alone.

I haven't seen Maya for three days and I miss her so much, I don't think I've ever done something like this before, not seeing her for days.

On my way to the pack house I looked around the whole kingdom, it is indeed a beautiful and large kingdom.

I've never walked around here and if it wasn't for Logan who gave me the directions then I would've lost my way.

When I spotted the large building I just stood there, dumbfounded. When I first saw it I thought it was a company building near the kingdom's territory.

I had no idea it was a pack house. I wonder how many werewolves live in there, probably a lot and considering that some of the pack members have their own houses or apartments, it means the kingdom has way more too many members.

My pack was a very small pack, with less than a hundred werewolves and we never needed a big pack house. I think only three families lived there and a couple of single guys and girls and also the elderly.

I never thought there could be a pack as large as this and even though it is a royal pack, it still has too many members.

I looked at the building again, maybe sixteen or seventeen floors and it is not just a building, it is very luxurious. I wonder how it looks inside.

I was about to walk there when I heard someone calling my name. Sebastían. I would recognise his voice anywhere, we've known each other since we were kids so his voice is tattooed in my head.

"Sebastían, what are you doing here?" I asked him as soon as he reached me.

"You've been ignoring my calls and I wanted to talk to you. I went to the castle yesterday but that Beta guys told me you were busy and I decided to ask Maya to tell me when you're free."

"You asked her to call me so that you could talk to me? Do you even hear what you're saying?"

"I was desperate okay? I made a mistake and I wanted to apologise to you but you wouldn't pick up my calls. What would you rather have me do? Burge into your room and risk the king having my head?"

"No, I would rather you do nothing at all. I don't know if I could still trust you after that stunt that you pulled. I have my mate now and I told you that the crush that I had for you was just a harmless one and it is over now.

"I don't want anyone else other than Logan. I love him and he loves me too, that's what I want in my life. A mate who loves me."

"Where does that leave me? Mira, I love you and I don't want a life without you in it." Is he on drugs?

"Can you even hear yourself? Just a few seconds ago you were saying that you want to apologise for what you did in the library but now you say you love me.

"I don't know why I'm still standing here listening to this nonsense. Don't call me Mira again, my name is Amira and only my friends get to call me Mira, you're not my friend anymore.

"Besides, Logan told you that you should stop calling me that." Before I could leave he grabbed my hand, the same thing he did back in the library.

Just like what happened back there, his touch made me uncomfortable and angry and Aurellia wanted to dig his eyes from his sockets.

I didn't even know I could growl so loud before today and I know that since we're not far away from the castle, even Logan heard it which means he could be here any second from now.

When I growled at him again he let go of my hand and stepped back and I could feel that my eyes were glowing my wolf's pink colour. I've always loved that colour in my eyes but now is not the time to admire that or even think about it, not with Sebastían still standing in front of me.

"If you still like to keep all your organs then I suggest you go away from here before Logan finds you, in case you didn't hear what he said before, he hates people who touch what is his and I am his.

"I'm only saying this because I once considered you to be my best friend. Stay away from me Sebastían and please, for your sake, go back home and be with your family.

"You shouldn't have come here in the first place. I don't want to ever-" Before I could finish the sentence I felt an urge to shift and no matter how hard I tried to fight it, it didn't lessen, instead it became stronger.

I was about to ask my wolf what was happening when I felt her whine and forced me to shift. When I looked around to see what was happening I saw that even Sebastían shifted.

Logan! That is the only explanation. He is the only person who could force everyone to shift against their will.

I searched for him and also sent Sebastían a signal to run otherwise Logan will kill him. I'm angry at him but I don't want him to die, he's been there for me ever since I was a kid.

When I spotted his wolf running towards us, I quickly thought of a solution. I need to stop him before he kills Sebastían.

I looked at Sebastían's wolf and the fool was on the floor whimpering, how can he be so foolish? I told him to run and he should have ran like his life depended on it because it did.

I decided to place myself between them and when Leo saw me, he stopped and looked at me with his eyes fool of betrayal.

I knew he wouldn't hurt me but I didn't want to cause him any pain and the way he looks at me now is very hard to bear.

I didn't know what to do so I just gave Aurellia full control and she went to him. I don't know if Logan felt betrayed like Leo did or not and that kills me.

I wanted to say something but I couldn't, we are not fully mated and mind linking when he's this angry is impossible and besides, it looks like I'm the one he's angry at, at this moment. Aurellia went to sit down at his paws and I could feel how tense he was and all those other emotions I don't want him to ever feel again.

At the corner of my eyes or more like my wolf's eyes, I saw Connor dragging Sebastían away and didn't know what to feel.

I looked around and saw that no one was there, just us. The only way to say something to Logan is if I shift and so I did, I will care about being naked later, for now, I just need to fix the mistake I just made.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you in any way. I just wanted to prevent you from killing him that I forgot how you would feel. I'm sorry."

When he saw that I shifted he growled, I guess he doesn't want me to be naked out here in the public. I also hate it but it was the only thing I could think of.

He didn't say anything, he just looked at me, his eyes completely black and then he started brushing himself all around me, scent-marking me.

When I saw that he was calm, I shifted back to my wolf and we ran towards the woods together for hours and I have to say, it is nice to play with him, just like we did earlier.

When we got tired, we shifted and just lied down on the grass completely naked, besides, it was already late.

I don't know how Logan could be able to control himself with me lying down here with him, completely naked and pressed to his chest because I'm having a hard time.

I've never wanted a man in my life and definitely not this bad. I'm a virgin in every way but right now, I'm thinking about forgetting all that.

I looked at him and the way his eyes looked at me, it was like he could hear what I was thinking or maybe he was thinking the same thing.

I could hear his heart beating faster than usual... or was it mine? I couldn't tell.

"Logan..." Ok, I don't even know why I called him.

"Amor... I...uh..." He cleared his throat and spoke again. "I think... I think we should go back. I'm having all these dirty thoughts in my mind and the fact that we're both naked right now doesn't really help my situation." Situation? What situation?

As if reading my thoughts, he took one of my hands and guided it down his belly and when I realised he was referring to his erection, I'm sure if it was during the day, he would've seen how red my cheeks were.

"Oh," It's the only word I could manage after that. I've never seen a naked man before let alone touch his jewels.

I stayed silent after that until that little voice in my head told me to kiss him and after ignoring it for a few seconds, I finally did.

I kissed him and he kissed me back. Whatever happens after the kiss is not one of my concerns right now.