Betrayed by an alpha claimed by a lycan king

Chapter 58 SAGE

"Eat up. You haven't eaten anything since we took off," he said as the stewardess arranged a table in front of my seat.

"I'm not hungry," I replied without lifting my eyes, not daring to look at him.

I lost count on how long we have been flying. I had no idea how long the flight back to the palace was. When Elara and I had escaped, it had taken everything we had to get away. We'd snuck onto a cargo ship before finally making it to a city where we could book a flight to New York. That grueling journey had taken almost an entire day. "That's fine. Leave it there," I heard I him tell the stewardess.

I continued to stare out the window, my eyes tracing the endless expanse of clouds below us. I fell asleep during the flight, and I just woke up. Though my stomach starts to grumble, I'd rather starve to death than accept his offer. of me wanted to rebel, to stand up and demand answers, to shout at him for everything he had put me through. But I knew that would only play into his hands, giving him the reaction he was probably expecting. So instead, I sat there in silence with my hands clenched in my lap. The only sound in the cabin was the low hum of the plane's engines.

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But my senses remain heightened as I feel his every move. I jumped for a bit when I felt him taking the seat beside me.

The whole flight, he chooses to give me the space I asked for. He remained seated on the empty seat in front of me. Despite our distance, I can still sense his eyes lingering on me. I tried my best to ignore the familiar feeling he brought to my wounded heart. Yet somehow, he decided to finally bridge the gap, seperating us both.

"I'm more than happy to feed you if you want," he suggested, which immediately irritates me.

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11:48 Tue Sep 17 @B Chapter 38 I quickly turned toward him, my frustration bubbling up as I prepared to snap, to yell, to tell him to stop this insanity. "I said I'm not " But the words. froze on my lips when I saw him leaning in, closing the gap between us until our faces were just inches apart. My breath caught, surprised by how close he was, and the intensity in his eyes seemed to pull me ine a magnet.

I

to hold onto the anger burning inside me and tried to open my mouth to tell him off, but before I could say

tried to

anything, he he silenced me in a way I never expected. With a smooth movement, he brought a grape to his lips, and before I could react, he pressed it against my mouth, slipping it between my parted lips with a slow, teasing motion. My eyes widened in shock, but he didn't stop there. He leaned in even closer, his warm breath mixing with mine, and used his tongue to gently push the grape further into my mouth. The sensation was electric. The sweetness of the grape blended with the heat of his touch. It was overwhelming me and leaving me completely at his mercy.

I should have pulled away; I should have pushed him back and told him off for being so bold, but my body betrayed me. My lips instinctively closed around the grape, my tongue brushing against his for the briefest moment, sending a shockwave through me. My heart pounded I in my chest, each beat louder than the last, as if trying to warn me of the danger I was falling into.

I

But instead of fear, all I felt was a dizzying rush of adrenaline, making it impossible to focus on anything but him. His eyes locked onto mine, dark and intense, as if he knew exactly what he was doing to me, and I enjoyed every second of it.

When he finally pulled back, leaving the grape in my mouth, I was left breathless. My thoughts were in a chaotic mess. I chewed slowly, trying to regain control, but the taste of the grape only reminded me of how it had gotten there.

I swallowed hard, my throat tight, and forced myself to speak, though my voice came out weaker than I intended. "What... what do you think you're doing?" I said, trying my best to sound irritated.

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shiver down my spine. "Just making sure you eat, kitten," he replied casually, as if he hadn't just crossed a line that I wasn't even sure

my eyes at him, silently warning

to feed my wife?" He

scoffed, my words dripping with sarcasm. "Oh,

tone. "You've always been my wife, Sage,"

sleeping with your mate, right?" The words slipped out before I could stop them, raw and filled with the pain I'd tried to hide. I hadn't planned to bring up the past, but the way he

Anger

me. "She's not my mate, Sage. I thought we'd already settled that," he said, frustrated. "And I thought I made it clear that I was under her

erase what happened or how it made me feel." He opened his mouth to respond, but I didn't give him a chance. "You might be able to forget it, to move on

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myself soften. Not now. Not after

touch me, but I pulled away, putting up my walls once. more. "Don't," I whispered, my

minutes of silence before I finally broke it. "What are you planning

answered. "You're going back to your

if I don't agree?" "We're

that's

Whave an obligation

have no obligation to this kingdom. I'm free of all of the charges against me. I have no reason to go back,

"You

me a while to recover. "You have

can divorce them if you want," he said, as if it were the simplest thing in

shock. How could he just say that so casually, like it was no big deal? The words hung in the air, too outrageous to process. "You can't do that!" I exclaimed, my voice

My

"Why

a shrug, as if this was a

conversation to have.

do that. There was nothing stopping him, nothing in his way. I straightened my shoulders, trying to regain some control over the situation. "Yes, of course, you can do that. Then you'd only have Her Majesty to deal with, proving my

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words caught me completely off guard. "I can divorce her as well," he d, his tone still maddeningly casual as if he

on thing to talk about smissing others from his life, but to say he could

me to my core,

tared

mind, twisting everything I thought I knew about this man. Divorce the een? Could he really

finally managed to say, my voice a mix of disbelief and

met my gaze with an intensity that made my heart race. "I am serious, ge. I can divorce her. And I will, if that's

games. But the look in his eyes told me otherwise. He was ad serious, and that