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Chapter 5 - Am I not the future Luna?

HADRIAN

The car ride back to the palace is quiet as always. I don’t like to drive back in the SUV if I have to. I prefer to run the distance through the forest. It’s a lot more peaceful and doesn’t require formalities. I think my sister likes being treated as a princess and reminding people of that. When the meeting with my father is over, I’m running back to the border. I haven’t been at the palace much in the past six years, maybe only a dozen times. And the time stretches more and more in between.

The human girl is sleeping in the back row. She is small enough to fit comfortably on the row of seats. I can’t help casting a look at her every once in a while. She hasn’t woken since she passed out in the woods yesterday. Nero wasn’t satisfied until we dragged her body back to the car. It is a good thing the girl is so small.

Nero is now sleeping soundly, while I have to stay awake. My eyes dart to the girl when she moves. Whatever she is dreaming about must be uncomfortable, because her brows pull in a frown.

We pass the borders of Sanguinem. The city is surrounded by walls that are five feet wide and reach twenty feet tall. Sanguinem is the capital of the kingdom. In the distance appear the high towers of the palace. This is where it all started one hundred and eighty years ago when my great-grandfather took over from his father and started to expand the Blood Moon pack into a kingdom.

My great-grandfather was power hungry and didn’t stop expanding until every pack fell under the kingdom. After a reign of seventy years, he refused to pass down the throne to his son. So when my grandfather became stronger than the king, he challenged him to a duel and killed him. My grandfather reigned for sixty years until my father killed him in a duel nearly fifty years ago. He was barely twenty years old then.

The houses within the city limits gradually change and get bigger and more lavish the nearer we get to the palace. The city is divided into three parts. The first is the outer ring, which houses the working class and citizens who came to Sanguinem for a better life. People stop what they’re doing to watch the SUV drive on the main road that leads straight to the middle of the city.

The parts of the city are separated by canals. The second part is the middle ring, which is the beating heart of the city. Most shops and businesses are situated here. Furthermore, the university, and hospital operates from this part of the city.

When we cross the next canal, we arrive at the third part, which is the inner circle. Which consists of government officials and families with old money and even older values. Most people who live here have a bloodline originating from the Blood Moon pack members. The people in the inner circle don’t live in houses but in villas and mansions.

In the center of it all stands the palace made from red marble, with white veins running through the walls. Around it flows the river, coming from the mountain in the distance behind it. The palace has acres upon acres of gardens and forest surrounding it. The palace has two towers that reach to the sky and the entrance has a wide arc that can accommodate a group of wolves. A dozen guards protect the entrance from outsiders and a few dozen more protect it around the perimeter, throne room and bedrooms.

When the car stops, I immediately jump out of the car. I move the three flights of stairs up to my rooms. I have no intention of spending a minute longer with my sister. I’m already unbuttoning my jacket when I walk through the hall. The third floor is completely closed off for the royal family. I open the door of my bedroom and halt in my tracks when I spot the naked figure lounging in my bed.

Her caramel body is toned with luscious curves. Her nipples are hard and her long dark brown hair spills over my white silk sheets. She’s watching me with those big brown bedroom eyes. I growl when my dick stirs at the sight. I’m reminded that I've been away for almost a year.

“What are you doing in my room?”

“Waiting for you, silly. Are you going to join me?” She purrs.

I narrow my eyes at her. “Who let you in?”

Gaia stands up from the bed and struts her way to me. “Am I not the future Luna? Of course, I have access to your room.” Her hands slide over my chest as she further unbuttons my jacket.

Everyone expects me to choose Gaia as my mate. It's been like that since we were young and for a while I believed we were going to be fated mates. She is the daughter of General Zeno, who leads the biggest pack in the kingdom, outside of Sanguinem. After my sister, Gaia is the strongest female there is. She is beautiful, driven and has everything expected of a Luna. So it was surprising when she wasn’t my fated mate. I have been avoiding choosing a mate. I know what people expect, but I can’t seem to convince myself of it. Not to speak of Nero. He only wants his true mate.

Her hands rake down from my chest and land on the waistline of my trousers. “Besides, who else is going to give the Crown Prince a proper ‘welcome back?" she says with a purr of her tongue and a bite of her lower lip and she sinks down on her knees.

I won't stop her. If she is so eager to suck my cock, then I’ll be the last one to refuse. Gaia unbuttons my pants and my dick springs free. Standing straight, always eager to participate in any sexual activities. She wraps her full lips around my neglected cock. Her mouth feels good, warm and wet, but there’s always something missing. She takes me deeper in her mouth, but it isn’t enough. It doesn’t make me climb towards a release. I grab the back of her head, entangling my fingers in her hair and I force myself further down her throat. Her throat feels better and the sadistic part of me likes to see her struggle for air as she chokes and the tears that spring in her eyes. She has a hard time accommodating my size.

It’s the part of me filled with anger and resentment toward the world around me. That dark part inside me that I have to hide for the sake of being the immaculate prince, people expect me to be. That part that wants to ravage and tear around him. A bloodline of a long line of brutal Alpha kings.

I groan as I plunge in and out of her throat. There is fear now in her eyes and I realize that I’ve shown too much of this side of me. It’s like a bucket of cold water over my arousal. I let her go, pulling her away from my aching dick. She heaves and can’t look me in the eye. I turn away from her and zip up my trousers.

“I can do better.” Her throat is hoarse and she catches her breath.

“Don’t bother.” My voice is too harsh, and I rub my jaw. This is why she isn’t my mate. She can’t handle that darkness within me and isn’t willing to accept it. I cannot change who I am and she shouldn’t either. She should be with someone who can worship her, but I’m not that man for her.

I move towards the bathroom to take a cold shower and let Gaia dress.

Nero groans and stretches in his sleep and I’m surprised he didn’t wake up. It’s been a long time since he's been this peaceful.

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