The King's Fated Mate

ody picks up their sacks and line

hed open, revealing an annoyed looki

ing us a quick once over. Disgust is ev

n in the first available seat. I find a spot near the m

and readjust, trying to get c

g the ride is going

unable to pull out enough slack to buckle himself in. Reaching over, I swa

ets out a loud sigh. "Not sur

tatement. We sit for hours in tota

s out or a throat is cleared, but

sists of long, empty stretches of land, but occasionally we

ust have been like before the Beasts came. I envision them f

reets are almost completely cleared out. The city is large, much larger than

the wealthy, so it's not often that a

on his mom's shorts and points at the bus. His mom ignores us, g

ion. Do they dislike us so much that young chi

plots of land surrounding each home. My body leans to the left as

e front gates of the castle just ahead. We must have turned to

adjust my dress every five seconds as I

indow, also watching us approach our new home. Sensing me looking at hi

op as the words leave my mouth. The driver doesn't hesitate to o

in the large castle for the first time. I thought that King Sandor's kingdom was large,

e yells. My head snaps forward, spotting a tall hu

r heads down and do not speak. We are to head inside where you will be informed of th

mall entrance. Caught off guard by her abruptness, we a

to get caught behind, and slip in th

ay we walk down is long, and each room we pass by is grand, the

own another corridor. The wall lights are

main hall where the Beasts enter and exit. The woman, who still hasn'

e. Their heads are kept down, eyes locked in on the floor in front of them.

the day is quickly catching up to me, making my eyelids droop. At one point I even catch myself holding

ten my back. Two men enter the room from the far left hallw

over most of his hair and sideburns. He wears a tailored suit th

late twenties. He stands tall, a couple of inches above h

We will inform you today of the rules you are expected to follow. An

stly shocked that he is the Second, while the younger man is King. From w

n has done to earn himself such a reputation so qu

te terrifying. Despite the full suit he wears, you can easily make out his powerful fra

o thick lips and dark, wavy hair. His eyes are dark too, almost looking black in th

k, the Second continues. While things may have been r

wed. "Is that understood? Everyone chimed in wit