The King's Return

3| I DON'T BITE, PRINCESS

LOGAN'S POV

"Are they settled?" I asked Jake as soon as he came to my office after showing Blaze and his family to their new family room in the pack house.

"Yes, Your Majesty, since the kids are both boys they have a single bedroom and their parents have a room too. It has three rooms and I think they will be comfortable enough."

"That's good, with so many new members every day I think we will need to have another pack house built next to that one. I don't want to end up sending people away because I have no place to keep them.

"I never thought being a king would be this tiring, I lived a normal life for almost nineteen years and now this, I don't suppose I'll get used to it."

Even after five years I still can't get used to living this life.

"You're doing your best though, I don't think there's anyone out there who could handle what you're doing for all these people in this kingdom and I'm not just saying that so that you could feel good about yourself, I mean it. You've achieved a lot over the past five years and there is no denying it.

"You may never get used to being a king but you are one and you'll always be one. Every werewolf in this world regards you as a king, it's not just me who sees what you do for us, everyone does. They appreciate you."

"Well if you put it like that..."

"I'm really glad I got to meet someone like you in my life, I don't know what would've become of me if I never met you. You've done a lot for me, thank you, Your Majesty."

"You don't have to keep calling me Your Majesty you know that right? I've told you numerous times to call me by my name, call me Logan."

"I find it disrespectful, you're my king after all."

"I insist, we've known each other before I was even crowned king. That means we can call each other by our first names. You're my Beta Jake, my second in command and that is reason enough for you to call me by my name."

Besides, I hate to be addressed as Your Majesty everywhere I go.

"I never told you this but I guess since you insist that I call you by your name then I think you leave me with no choice.

"Addressing you as Your Majesty is not always voluntarily, your wolf commands respect and his aura is very powerful. He has the ability to make us do things we wouldn't normally do.

"Sometimes I want to call you Logan but once the words start leaving my mouth, it's not Logan that comes out but Your Majesty."

I had no idea about this! I knew my wolf could make people do things they don't want but I never thought it was this serious.

I wonder what else he could do. After I became the king, my father's ability to force me to shift disappeared except for Sam's.

Whenever I see Sam worked up my wolf would want to take control and harm whoever did that to her.

Jake's watch beeped which disturbed me from my thoughts.

"We have visitors, Your Highness."

"Visitors? Is it more new members?"

"No, it's your sister and her kids."

What a nice surprise! I had no idea she was coming here.

I went downstairs to wait for them.

"It is always nice stepping into this castle." Sam was smiling when she came in and gave me a hug.

"Nice to see you too, sister."

"I almost forgot you could be like this sometimes. Jake, it's nice to see you."

"It's nice seeing you too Princess."

"What brings you here dear sister? I didn't do anything to upset you did I?" You can never understand this woman.

"I've been waiting for you all morning you i***t. Why didn't you call and tell me you weren't coming anymore?"

What the f**k?! When did I promise Sam that I was coming to Kensington? Did I forget so- Oh s**t! Alex!

"I guess you have realised what I'm talking about. Alex woke up pretty early today because he was so excited to come back here with you.

"He didn't want to get on the plane without you, it took a lot of convincing and you owe Emily for that. My poor sister-in-law had to deal with a very angry Alex."

I wouldn't exactly call Emily poor, that girl can do anything and Sam is just trying to guilt-trick me.

"Where is he now? I have to apologise to him." I don't know how I'm going to do that but I will have to otherwise my little brother will not talk to me for the whole week. That's how he likes to punish me whenever I fail to keep my promise.

"He's outside, probably waiting for you to come to him."

I didn't ask anything more, I went straight to him. He was standing by the wall outside, when he saw me he turned around.

"Hey Champ, I didn't know you were this eager to come and live here with me. If I did then I would've come straight to you very early in the morning."

He said nothing. It's always weird to look at him, everything about him is me, well except I didn't stay angry this long at people while growing up.

"I'm so sorry okay? I made a mistake, can you do your big brother a very big favour and forgive him? He regrets it already."

He turned to look at me, it like looking at mini-me when looking at him.

"I won't do it again, please?"

"Promise?" At least he is talking to me!

"I promise. If I do it again then you can get angry at me and don't talk to me for a whole year." He smiled and hugged me with his small hands.

"I missed you so much. Sis told me that maybe you are busy so you don't have time."

"She was right, I am busy but that's not an excuse. I'm glad you're finally here, let me show you to your new room."

"Yay! I hope you decorated my room in blue and red as you promised."

"Well, I do keep my promises. I did and it is perfect." I just hope he likes it. I want to make sure that he is happy with everything.

I have been waiting for him for five years now and he is finally here to live with me. He has grown and Sam has done a good job in raising him.

I can't believe our little brother has grown so much. I wonder what my stepmother would say if she was here, seeing him grow. She sacrificed her life just so he could live and didn't even spend half a day with him.

I went upstairs with Alex and showed him his room, he kept looking around and touching everything.

"What do you think? Do you like it?" He gave me a thumbs up.

"Let me go and get your bags, you can do whatever you like while you wait for me. I'll be back soon." He didn't even pay attention to me. Kids!

I was halfway down the stairs when Jake came to me wearing the same look he always wears whenever there's a new member.

"Another person who wants to join the pack?"

"Two girls, Amira and Maya." My wolf stirred up when Jake said Amira. What's wrong with him?

"Did you ask them where they're from and why they are here?"

"They said something about running from someone. They didn't say exactly who they are running from."

It looks like a lot of people are running away from someone and it is never ending.

"Take them to my office and I'll be there in a minute."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Amira! Why does that name affect me so much? I've never met the girl so I wouldn't know why I'm reacting like this just by hearing her name.

There's this feeling that keeps urging me to go and see her right away. I don't know where it is coming from.

I made my way back to my room, it won't be good for anybody if I go downstairs while my wolf is so restless.

'Calm down will you? Why are you behaving like this?' I decided to ask what his problem is.

'Why don't you go downstairs and find out?' I hope he is not sending me to face danger. I wanted to ask him what was outside but then the little devil decided to cut me off.

I'm going to show him what I'm made of. Since he wants me to go downstairs then I'm going to do the opposite, I'll just head to my office.

When I stepped out I was hit by the most heavenly scent I've ever smelled, fresh roses and flowers. My mom loved having fresh roses and flowers in our house back in San Francisco but this is different.

I found myself following the scent until I got into my office. I couldn't even stop myself before I could open the door and the scent was the strongest here.

Two girls stood in front of me but I couldn't keep my eyes from the one with dark-brown hair. She had the most beautiful hazel eyes I've ever seen.

"Mate!" I don't know if I'm the one who spoke those words or my wolf.

Finally!

AMIRA'S POV 

Fuck! Just my luck!

Did I really have to find my mate here? And why is my body betraying me?

I can't deny the fact that I want to jump to him and kiss every part of his body which is new since I've never wanted to kiss anybody in my life.

How can a single person have everything? He is dangerously handsome and I can't even control my eyes from roaming around his body.

He has a perfect physique. Everything about him is perfect. The grey eyes, black hair, pink lips which I bet are very soft. Even his nose is perfect which makes me think that even his teeth are perfectly white.

By the powerful aura around him, I guess he is the king, I don't need to be told. A part of me wants to bow to him but another part tells me that I should keep my head high and not be weak, I listen to the first part and slightly bow my head.

I don't know what came over me but when he made an attempt to touch me I almost jumped.

"You can relax, I don't bite, Princess." That made my knees even weaker than before. How can his voice affect me so much?

"What's your name?" I almost didn't hear him since I was busy begging my legs to hold on a little longer before I embarrassed myself.

"Amira Rodríguez, this is my friend Maya Delgado." I wanted to lift my head but I couldn't do it.

"Amira... What a beautiful name! Tell me, little mate, why are running and who are running from?"

I don't know why I like that he calls me little mate because it makes me look even smaller than I am. Compared to him, I look like a small fly.

"You know you can lift your head and take a seat, I told you that I don't bite, unless you want me to, that's all."

Jesus Christ on a bicycle! Did he really have to do that? Adding salt to an already open wound? My knees are a complete jelly right now and hearing him talk about biting me just made things worse.

'He did offer you a seat, you can just sit on his lap, it would be much more fun.' I wanted to tell her to go to hell but then I couldn't stop imagining myself sitting on his lap.

How wonderful could that be! Aurellia is very naughty but I don't blame her, this is our mate after all and it is normal to behave like this in front of our mate.

I decided to take his offer and take the seat. I then realised that Maya was nowhere to be seen, I looked at my mate to give him a questioning look but that was probably the biggest mistake of my life.

I couldn't take my eyes off him. His eyes turned completely black as he looked at me. He could smell that I was aroused and there was nothing I could do to hide it.

"If you don't stop looking at me like that then I will forget that I'm a gentleman. You're my mate and taking you in this desk wouldn't be a taboo but I am trying to respect you and myself since we just met. Please stop looking at me with those eyes."

Tell that to my traitorous body!