The Shrewd King

, both contrasting features, but laden with comfort. I open my eyes to see a sleeping man beside me. I sit u

hen desire washes over me as I watch his sleeping form. I want to touch him. I want to sm

the time. The need to touch my mate and the desire to make him happy. This is unco

my left. Crossing swords decorate the wall, but other than that,

own and it's kind of see-through. Did I sleep

don't have to worry about

that guy called Klevon, his gaze on my body sends a delicious shiver down my skin. And I want him to

I ask. I get off the bed and

the other

und his waist and he looks enticing, especially with his black-violet

d regards me. A smile forms

worry about them. That place will cease to become a par

ght us, then does that mean I am

bought your

your sl

"Let's talk outside. Not here where all I

he really feel the mate bond, too? This de

hrows a dress at me. "Wear that," he says.

t he shuts the door, the smell of

run after him, only to be welcomed by t

I am–a huge ship, traveling to wherever. My mate waves at me at a nearby

aring at me. Then his leader hits him in the head, which shifts his attention away

osite my mate, and he

o Pitchford, but I wan

my body. I frown. I want to hit myself for feeling like this. I

iya," I

. Besides, even if I have one, I won't be able to tell him, as my m

pen, friendly face. Like Klevon and his leader, he's got a nice

face. "You've been staring

cause I wake up beside an unfamiliar man. A

rised. "You d

d I?"

ford Kingdom," he says,

create a divide between his subjects? Humans rarely like werewolves, right? And is that why tho

le. But more than our position, there's one more thing I need to ask. "Are you married? Since you're a King and all?

nd leans his chin on his hands ag

ld are

ty-ei

oung to bec

is new, so you don't have to feel restricte

ngdom?!" I ask, amazed a

of course, it's no

man? Seriously, moon goddess? Can't y

dom. Is that o

n

edom, but werewolves are neve

re freed, human slaves. You will be the first wer

ome true, even if he is a human. All that's m

future, will they be ab

freed werewolf, does not mea

u freed me? To

ng you with me because y

he puts a claim on me makes

wering me now. I will give

I take a deep breath and look back at him. "I want th

hing scarlet. Then, he looks away and I c

ow, are we toge

we need to d

romi

y mate, whom I promise to love and cherish

e, whom I promise to love and cherish forever, e