The King's Return

4| WHAT DID I GET MYSELF INTO?

LOGAN'S POV

I have to thank Connor for calling me at that tempting time, if not, I don't know what would have happened between me and my little mate.

I've never felt this way about any other girl before and even though this feeling is so foreign, it somehow feels right.

Leo was begging me to take her at that moment and think about the consequences later. I don't even know her and already I can't take my eyes off her and I can't stop thinking about how it would be like to make love to her.

She is so tempting and I think I'm going to find it hard to concentrate on everything I do while she is here. I can't even ask her to leave because I also want- no, I need her here with me.

What did I get myself into? I've always wanted a mate and now she is here and I have no idea what to do or how to behave around her.

I am so f****d!

"Are you still there?" f**k! I even forgot I was still on the phone.

"Yeah, sorry about that. Just a little distracted." I could hear Connor laughing on the line.

"More than a little if you ask me. I've been calling your name for long now and it seems you are more distracted than you'll like to admit. I never thought I'll see the day where The Great King Logan Leo Morningstar would be distracted for a whole two minutes." Well, that makes the two of us!

"It's nothing really, I was just thinking."

"Why do I feel like there's more to it then?" That's because there is more to it.

I don't know why but I don't feel like telling him about Amira yet. He would be happy if I did I know but I guess a part of me wants to keep it to myself for now.

"You don't have to tell me if you don't feel like it. I was just wondering what could've occupied your mind, that's all."

"I'll tell you, just not today."

"Fine by me. How is it going over there? Getting used to being a king?"

"You know the answer to that. It's not funny anymore, even after all these years I'm still not used to any of this. You know being a king and everything that comes with that crown.

"People expect a lot from me and I have to deliver. I don't mind that to be honest, it is just that I'm tired of being called Your Majesty by everyone, even those people I consider to be my friends."

"You know there's nothing you can do about that. I'm not going to talk for other people, just me, sometimes I can't control what comes out of my mouth when I'm around you. Ever since you became a king everything about you changed completely.

"Your wolf is more powerful than ever and just talking about you makes people wary. I was telling this other guy here about coming to visit you for at least a day and he asked me how I was even able to call you by your name let alone spend some time with you.

"Your name alone is powerful and even though you don't want to get used to it you will have to. Whenever you're angry, it affects everybody." I've noticed which is why I try by all means to stay away from people whenever I get angry.

There is this one time where I almost forced more than five hundred pack members to shift after getting angry at this boy who kept creating trouble in town.

Leo wanted to rip his throat and I know if I didn't fight him he would've forced me to shift which will automatically force everyone to shift, even heavily pregnant she-wolves.

I've tried to avoid getting angry ever since and I'm actually doing good in that department.

"I hate that, I want people to treat me like a normal person, you know the same Logan I was before I even knew I was a werewolf and that too a prince. Is that too much to ask?"

"No it is not, but you have to understand you will never be that Logan again. You're a king now and being a king comes with advantages and disadvantages, you should focus more on the advantages and less on the disadvantages.

"Just try to think about things you can do now that you couldn't before any of this happened. Think about what's so exciting about being a werewolf and stop thinking about your responsibilities as a king for a while.

"You'll see, everything will get easier after that and before you know it, you'll realise there's nothing you can't do and that you love being a king almost more than anything."

He makes it sound so easy when in truth, it is not. He doesn't really know what I have to deal with every day.

"Stop thinking about it so much, the more you think the harder it becomes. Just relax and take one step at a time. Trust me, I know how it is to have your life changed in just a matter of seconds.

"I didn't think before I went to kill Brian, the only thing I was focused on was that he was troubling my brother and my sister-in-law and I wanted to eliminate that threat but look at what that got me into.

"I was never born to be an Alpha and getting used to waking up every day thinking you have people to lead is more difficult than most people would like to admit.

"There's always a lot to do daily and if you take it slightly you might put a lot of people in danger but that doesn't mean you have to take it more seriously.

"Live your life a bit, what makes you think that being a king is difficult is because you live your life just to satisfy those people who always come at your doorstep to ask you to take them in.

"That's a good thing but once you start overdoing it, it gets more frustrating. I'll come to visit you sometime next week and we can talk about things that bother you. Take care, I have to go to a meeting."

He didn't even wait for me to say something, he cut off the call.

I guess he is right, ever since I became a king I've been living my life for these people. I've done a good job at that and even though they still need me, I also need me too.

There's no one who is going to live my life for me which means I have to live it myself. I can focus on them and focus on myself as well.

I already know what I'm going to do first, I'll get to know my mate and after that, we can start living our lives together.

I can't believe she is finally here, after all these years of waiting. I fell in love with her the moment I laid my eyes on her.

She is perfectly small compared to me and I think that makes her even more attractive. I have a feeling she is going to make me work to win her over.

I don't know who she is running from but just the thought of having someone threatening her makes my wolf and me angry.

I want to find that person and make them pay. I want to protect her from any harm and make her happy.

AMIRA'S POV

"Well, you certainly have a very hot mate! He's everything a guy should be and I have to say, damn girl, you're lucky."

Is she kidding me? There's nothing lucky about having a mate, not to talk of having a mate who is a freaking king!

I never wanted a mate and I certainly don't even now, I haven't changed my mind. I came here because I was running from my father and not because I wanted a mate.

I don't know why I'm so unlucky in my life, I guess I'm cursed. I've been running away for the past two years because I wanted to be free from my father and my Alpha and now I've landed in this kingdom.

What could be worse than that? I've had enough of living my life surrounded by people who think have power over me.

I've watched my father abuse my mother ever since I was a child. This thing about how your mate loves and protects you? All fake and I don't know why parents always teach us that.

Even at school, we were always told that your mate could never hurt you because it's like hurting themselves but all of it is a lie.

My parents are true mates but my father still finds pleasure in hurting my mother. I even asked her to run away but she always said she would never leave him.

If having a mate means I have no control over my life then I don't want to have a mate. I don't need someone controlling my life, I've had enough of those already for the past years.

Our Alpha is the worst of them all. He has a Luna, his wife who is also his true mate but that man is never satisfied.

He has raped so many girls in our pack, even mated ones and no one has ever done anything about it. Maya's sister barely escaped his clutches.

I don't know what would've happened if she never met her mate shortly after that. Maybe he would've tried to force himself on her again.

I was once a very lively girl but now, I can't say the same. I don't really know what changed me. I guess seeing everything that was happening around me when I was growing up affected me or maybe if I remained quiet then I wouldn't be noticed which would help me from the Alpha and every bad man in our pack.

"Why are you not happy about meeting him? I thought you would be happy."

"Maya, I don't know if you really want me to answer that question or not. You're my best friend, you know me better than anyone in this world."

"You never wanted a mate, I know that but the situation has changed." Someone, please tell her to stop!

"Nothing has changed, I still don't want a mate, no matter how handsome he is."

"You're crazy, your mate is a king and that definitely changes everything. This might work in our favour."

"Even though the situation has changed, it didn't get any better. It just got worse and now we have no control over it."

"Are you nuts? Mira, your mate is a king just in case you didn't get that at first."

"And that makes it even worse. He has the power to crush me in a matter of seconds and I can't have that. We are leaving this place tomorrow morning and there is no room for discussion. If you want to stay behind them I'm not going to force you to come with me but I'm leaving."

"I don't know how you can be so dumb sometimes. For two years now we have been running from your father because we know we have no power or courage to fight him. Now you have someone who can fight for you and protect you and you're still planning on running. I don't understand you at all."

I know the king can fight my father but he has no reason to fight for me so I'm not going to ask him to and I'm definitely not using him.

I'm leaving this place early in the morning, I don't want to get myself into something I can't get out of. If I stay here for too long then I might get attached and never want to leave ever again.

"I don't know how many times I've told you that not every man is like your father or our Alpha. You can't keep running away from the truth. Your father has always abused your mother which I'm not denying but that doesn't necessarily mean that even your mate would treat you the same way."

"Says someone whose mate rejected her the moment he learned you are fated mates."

"Are you seriously going to pull that s**t up because I'm telling you the truth you want to avoid so badly? Fine, Julían rejected me but it wasn't my fault. I never did anything to deserve that and I'm not going to lie to myself and say that men are the same because of what Julían did.

"You treat every man like they've done you wrong and it is high time you stopped doing that. Men are not the same!"

"You're just trying to make yourself feel better. Men are the same, they are controlling bastards and abusers and no matter what you say, the truth will not change."

"What about Sebastían? Is he a controlling bastard too?" Why is she bringing Sebastían into this?

"You know Sebastían is different, no need to bring him up."

"Huh? Don't make me laugh Mira. I don't know why you're doing this to yourself. I have never in my life seen someone like you, someone who thinks some freaking man is so much better than her own mate. You are something else."

"Stop putting words in my mouth, I never said Sebastían is better than the king."

"What are you saying then? Not even a minute ago you were saying men are the same, including your mate but somehow Sebasían gets to be a wonderful man and why? Just because you had a little crush on him? What is special about him? Do tell."

It's no use talking to her. Maya knows exactly how I feel about mates and still, she talks like someone who has no idea.

In the past two years, I've felt what freedom feels like and I am not risking that away. My freedom means everything to me and not even a king can take that away from me.

"You know I would give anything just to have someone like the king as my mate. You don't know how lucky you are to be mated to him. All your sorrows could vanish into thin air in just seconds if you could just accept the bond you share with him and embrace it. He is someone I know would do anything just for you."

"If you want him so bad then why don't you just take him and stop annoying me?"

"You are an ungrateful b***h you know that?"

Whatever!