Mated To The King’s Gamma
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Azalea POV

Two days had passed, and I never thought I would be so excited for Kyson not to be home. He wasdriving me up the wall, watching me constantly, stuffing vitamins down my throat. A week and hewas already overbearing. Kyson had explained that one week in human pregnancy is equivalent tothree or four weeks for Lycans, but if this was a week, I would hate to see what a fortnight wouldbring. However, I was excited to know that Abbie was coming back tomorrow, there was only somuch to do around the castle, and Kyson forbade me from helping Peter, the stable boy. Also, fromhelping Clarice, I was bored out of my mind.

So today, when I woke up to replace he had gone somewhere, I was a little relieved not to have himbreathing down my neck. However, he had allocated me a babysitter in the form of Liam. Liam wasalright, a little crazy but definitely entertaining, and Dustin didn’t seem to mind having him aroundeither.

*My Queen,” Liam says while walking into the room. I roll my eyes and scoot the edge of the bedwhen I see him walk into the room. In his hand was the dreaded vitamins and some smoothie Kysonhad been making me drink three times a day that tasted dreadful.

“Bottoms up,” he says, holding out the green chunky-looking drink and the pills.

“I will pass on that,” I tell him.

“Your royal pain in the ass said I was to ensure you drink this lovely concoction that looks like snot,and baby shit, my Queen,” I shake my head.

“Can't be that bad,” he says, thrusting the cup toward me.

"Have you tasted it?” I ask him.

“No, but I watched him make it before he left, and he was very insistent that you drink this lovelyglass of vileness,”

“What he doesn’t know won't hurt him or my stomach,” I tell him, cringing. It was a taste you wouldnever forget.

“Just a sip and I can say I watched you drink it,” Liam offers. I raise an eyebrow at him, he wouldhave to pin me down to get me to drink

that.

“If you can stomach it, I will try,” I challenge. Liam shrugs and sighs, holding the glass up.

“Not much I haven't had in my mouth, my Queen, but if it gets you drink it, I shall have a little sippysip,” he says, while bringing the glass to his lips. He tips the glass up, drinking a mouthful. I watchedhim try to swallow, covering his mouth with his fist as he gagged and coughed. He forced it downlike he was swallowing a golf ball looking very pained. At the same time Dustin walks in behind himwith my breakfast.

"Good God, that tastes worse than that prostitute I went down on,” Liam gasps shaking his headand I pull a face, and he shrugs and Dustin gives him a look of disgust. “What, the woman couldhave told me. How was I to know she was a hooker, and I was her fifteenth client for the day,” hemumbles the last part. I pull a disgusted face, and so does Dustin. I really could have gone withoutthat information.

"Wait, if she was a prostitute, how did you not know?”

“To be fair, I was pretty drunk. I thought it was a hotel. Turns out, instead of a mint on my pillow, ithad a woman,” Liam says, taking another sip of the drink as he rambled. He heaves, spitting it allover Dustin. Dustin tenses, his face covered in the green substance, and Liam drops the glass on thetray Dustin is holding. Liam frantically starts digging in his pocket before pulling out a small glassbottle that fits in the palm of his hand. I knew it was liquor by the potent scent. He chugs it downquickly. gulping it down until the small bottle is empty.

"Ah, nasty,” Liam says, wiping his mouth. I press my lips in a line trying not to laugh at the horrifiedlook on Dustin's face as he stood frozen. Liam, finally turning his head, notices he spat the drink allover him and chokes on his laugh before turning serious again when an enraged Dustin glares athim.

"Well, that shirt was damn ugly anyway, all good. I will get you cleaned up,” Liam says, taking out ahandkerchief to scrub Dustin's face.

Dustin growis. “It's my uniform. You are wearing the same one,” Dustin says while Liam cleans hisshirt and face.

“One sec,” Liam says, licking the handkerchief wrapped around his finger before scrubbing atDustin's chin.

“They're good as new.” Liam exclaims.

“You did not just clean me with your spit” Dustin snarls.

"Ah, come on, Dustin, not the worst part of me you have had on your face,” Liam says, and Dustin'sface turns bright red. He shoots Liam a look.

“Liam!” Dustin snaps.

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"What, I was just saying. Liam shrugs

“Little sensitive this one.” Liam says, sending me a wink.

“Do you have no manners? She is the Queen. You can't speak like, ah,” he thrusts the tray at Liambefore storming out.

"Wonder what crawled up his ass... Besides me, of course,” Liam says, watching him leave. I didn’tknow what to say to that, so I just ignored Liam's comments and wandered off to the bathroom,shaking my head. I showered quickly and got changed, wanting to go replace something to do

The castle was pretty quiet today as Liam escorted me downstairs. Most of the guards went withKyson because they were raiding a nearby pack, so only a handful was left here, and the place waslocked up like a fortress.

“We could go for a walk in the gardens, my Queen. The King doesn't,” Liam falls silent, his handgripping my shoulder. Liam stepped down the last few steps before I suddenly found myselfslammed against the wall, his hand going over my mouth.

My heart beat erratically as he held a finger to his lips. Gone was the fun-loving man I was used toas his eyes flickered oddly, a sadistic gleam in his eyes as they darkened and his canines protrudedpast his top lip. I could hear Clarice frantically talking down the hall before the doors next to thestaircase burst open. Liam shoved me behind him as men in armor flooded the halls from everydirection. My hands shook as I clutched the back of Liam's shirt, where he shoved me behind him.Guns raised, four other men, who I could tell were Lycan, walked in wearing suits. Clarice rushed inafter them bursting into the foyer.

“May I ask what this is about, MR Crux,” Liam asks, motioning for Clarice to come to him with hishand. She rushes to his side and whispers something to him, and I only catch the last part abouthow they took the guards out. She glances at me nervously behind him. Liam nods but doesn'tmove his eyes from the men surrounding us with their guns trained on him.

The mind-link opens up as Liam calls for the guards, yet no one answers. However, Kyson does feelthe open mind link and invades it.

“What is it?’

*The council is here. Get home,” Liam tells him.

“Don't let them in. 1 am on my way.”

“Too late,”

“Azalea?”

"Get here, Kyson. I am all that is left,” Liam growls, slamming the link shut.

"How may I help you, gentlemen,” Liam asks, walking down to greet them.

“We have had a complaint,” the tallest of them says.

“So you thought you would break into the Kingdom? The King isn't here, so I am sure we canreschedule,” Liam says. The tallest of them would even match Kyson in height, his obsidian eyesstared at me curiously, and he sniffed the air.

“Clarice take the new girl upstairs,” Liam says, but the man steps forward, and Liam's hand falls onhis chest. The energy shifts and Clarice grabs my arm, pushing me up the stairs.

“She remains. We aren't to see the king but to replace two women, an Abbie and Queen Azalea,”

“As I said, the King isn't here, and neither is Abbie or the Queen, Liam growls, looking at the manwho still had his eyes on me. The men surrounding him moved in closer the moment Liam moved,guns pressing against him, and my heart thudded painfully. I felt sick.

The man watching me tilts his head to the side. “Now that would be a lie because she reeks of theKing's scent,” he growls.

"And as I said, the King is not here, so I will escort you off the premises, gentleman. No need tofrighten everyone here.” Liam replies.

Clarice grabs my arm, and I follow her when another voice fills the room. The command behind itmakes me freeze.

“She goes up those stairs shoot him, and the woman.” I stop, and Clarice gasps, as her eyes meetmine, the fear behind them as she stared at me made me swallow while I tried to figure out whatwas going on.

“Clarice, take her upstairs,” Liam says, and I swallowed, turning my attention back to these mensurrounding Liam.

"What is this about?” I demand, and the man smirks as my command roles over him but has noeffect.

“If you would come with me, my Queen,”

“She is not going anywhere with you.” Liam snarls, turning his head to the man watching meintently. The men holding guns step aside to allow the other three men into my line of vision, all ofthem dressed impeccably in tailored suits.

“You must be Azalea. I see you have met Mr. Crux. I am a council elder. My name is Denali,” he says.He seemed to be the one with the

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most authority out of the lot of them. It oozed off him. He smirked, his cold blue eyes looking up atme as he swept thick blonde hair from his face. He had a thick accent I couldnt place.

"And this is my brother, Larkin, he says, motioning toward the man beside him in a blue suit, hisblonde hair tied at the nape of his neck, he was a little shorter, but he had the same cruel, sharpfeatures as Denali. “And this Kendrick,” he says, motioning to the last man that was missing an eye.A long jagged scar went from his hairline to his chin, his lips scarred and twisted into a snarl.

hin, his lips scarred addich he says, motionin

He took a step toward me, and Liam moved quickly, stepping into his path and grabbing the frontof his suit jacket.

“Touch her, and I remove your other eye,” Liam snarled. Kendrick snarls back at him; however, Denaliis the one who speaks.

“No need for that, Liam, you are outnumbered. We are here for the rogue girl and the Queen, noreason for things to turn messy.”

“Not without the King present; Liam says, turning his attention to Denali.

"We are well within our rights to enter. As council members we have immunity into any pack eventhe King's Pack. We also have a warrant and an entire pack to back the claims. She will be given achance to have her say, but for now she must come with us”

“What claims?” Liam demanded.

“There are only two laws that are upheld to this degree, Liam. You know that, so if you would followme, Queen Azalea, we can settle this and bring the other girl," he said, motioning toward me.“Abbie isn't here,” I tell him.

“Very well, this won't take long, we brought the truth serum, so it should be settled quickly,” he says,motioning for his men. They move toward me, and all hell breaks loose as Liam suddenly shifts.Denali is instantly ripped backward along with the other two men when the guns start going off. ButI don't get a chance to see what happens as Clarice rips me up the stairs. I could hear gunfire andfighting, screams and footsteps chasing after us.

"Kyson,” I screamed through the link.

"An hour out, fucking pull over,” I hear him scream at someone through the link.

“Hide, I will replace you,” he says, cutting off the link. I felt him shift through the bond just as Claricestuffed me into a room. She looks around, and so do I as I hear footsteps. My entire body shook,and I found myself in the forbidden room across from Kyson’s old quarters.

"Stay here. I will lead them away.” Clarice says.

“Lock the door,” she says, cracking the door open and peering out. I went to go after her when sheslipped out and shut the door. I quickly locked the door and glanced around toward the window.Hundreds of people stood out front the gates, and I stepped back so they wouldn't see me.

“Where are you?” Kyson says through the link.

“The room across from your old Quarters,” I tell him, watching in horror as I see Dustin lyingunconscious on the cobble driveway along with a heap of guards. Men were handcuffing theirhands behind their back, all of them unconscious with darts sticking out of them. Yelling could beheard, and I could hear Liam fighting still as he was dragged out, yet he was hit with another dart,his body twisting and arching as he was forced to shift back

Multiple darts were in his back, legs, and neck when a guard wearing black camo lifted his gun andshot him in the chest three times with more darts. His legs went out from under him and blood-drenched his entire body when I heard a shrill scream.

I watch petrified as Clarice is dragged out kicking and screaming with the two boys she had takenin. Denali wipes his face with a handkerchief as he walks out toward the gates when I spot her. I wascertain it was the same woman.

The woman that watched from the servo after Kade was killed. Denali talks to her through the gate.I couldn't hear what they were saying, but the three other men also stood off to the side, watchinghim before he turned around. The man with the missing eye wiped the blood off his face beforesnarling and kicking Liam in the stomach. My hands went to my mouth, so consumed with fear, Iforgot Kyson, who was talking to me through the link.

“Azalea!” he snapped. Denali turned around before reaching for a microphone of one of his guards.He turns to face the castle bringing the microphone to his mouth.

"Queen Azalea, you have been summoned by the council, so you need to step outside,” He says,slowing. He looks up at the windows, and I remain back out of his line of vision.

“You have two minutes to step out, or we will use deadly force, beginning with,” he looks aroundbefore one of the guards grabs Oliver. Clarice loses it, shifting and attacking the guard when Mr.Crux punches her knocking her to the ground before grabbing the boy.

“Two minutes or the rogue boy dies,”

“Azalea!” Kyson snaps at me.

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“They're going to kill them if I don't.”

"Don't you fucking dare.”

“They have Oliver,

"Azalea, I am not far out. Remain where you are.” Kyson says as I watch in horror as they push tinyOliver to the ground on his knees. Mr. Crux pulls a pistol from inside his jacket and presses it to hishead.

“Two minutes Queen Azalea, I can not kill any Lycan here but a rogue, even a child I have theauthority too,”

“I have to go." I tell Kyson.

“No, remain where you are,” he orders and I grit my teeth.

“How far out?”

*20 minutes,

“It's too long.” I tell him, forcing his command off.

"One minute,” Denali calls over the microphone, and Oliver cringes away from the gun held to hishead.

“Azalea?” Kyson says, his panic smashes into me. Mr. Crux presses it to his temple, and I rush towardthe window, throwing it open.

“Wait, I will come down,” I scream to them. Mr. Crux lifts his head to look at me while Mr. Denalismirks.

“We thought you would change mind.” He nods toward some of his men, who race toward thecastle.

“They will meet you at the foyer doors,” Denali called through the microphone, and I nodded,moving back inside the window. I glance around at the baby's room. One that was made for me hadKyson found me when my parents were killed, however nothing here offered any sort of protection.Swallowing down the bile in my throat, I move toward the door and open it.

The moment I stepped out of the safety of the castle doors, I was surrounded and grabbed. Theydragged me to the front of the castle, and Kyson was in my head the entire time, telling me to stallthem. His fear was potent, and I wondered what sort of history he had with the council that theywould be daring enough to go against the Lycan King.

"Azalea, my Queen. So lovely for you to join us.” Denali purred, and my skin crawled as heapproached me. He clicked his fingers at one of his men, who shoved me toward the iron gates andhandcuffed my wrists to the solid bars. My heart skipped a beat as everyone took a few steps backas they watched beyond the gate.

'Fear not. You will have your say. We just have a few questions for you. This is merely a precaution,”Denali says, gripping the back of my neck to turn my face toward his..

Are you really that gutless that you had to wait for my mate to leave?” I ask him, and he laughssadistically.

He stepped away, and I could see Oliver kneeling next to Clarice, crying, huddled in Logan's arms.Turning my attention back to Denali, he sneered at me.

“It is a mere coincidence that the King wasn't home. We were sent the report and investigated; thisis just a questioning,”

“If that is all it is, why did you feel the need to take out my guards and handcuff me to a damngate?”

"Because we are aware of the pact the guards hold, they will fight. We haven't hurt them, just madethem more compliant,” he states.

"What Pact?” I asked, a little confused.

“The King never told you?” He asks, and I glance around at the crowd of onlookers watching me.“Regardless, I am here to administer the serum, ask the questions, and choose punishment ifnecessary.”

“15 minutes, love Keep stalling. Leave the link open, so I can hear what is going on. Help is coming.”Kyson says in my head. I swallow when Mr. Crux approaches with a vial.

“The Landeena Kingdom, head to the castle your Queen needs you,” Kyson calls through the link. Ididn't have time to process his words, and I knew the town was a good 15 minutes from the hill onwhich the castle stood.

"What is this about?” I ask, knowing full well by the woman standing on the other side of the gateswatching me. Denali follows my gaze and motions for one of the guards to let her in. The gate isopened beside me, and the smug bitch steps inside her heeled boots clinking on the stone drivewaybefore they close it nearly jamming my fingers. She moves behind me and stops beside him, foldingher arms across her chest.

“Cassandra,” I snarl.

“So you do know each other, wonderful. Cassandra here says you commanded Abbie to reject herhusband, Alpha Kade and made him

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accept the rejection, she also claims that you also stole the pack’s future Luna,” Denali says.

“That is not true. Abbie tried rejecting him. He was abusing her,” I told Denali before glaring atCassandra. “With her help,” I growled.

“That wasn't what I asked. I asked if you abused your power as the King's Mate and broke a sacredlaw regarding mate bonds?”

“As I said, he was abusing Abbie. He sexually assaulted her,”

"And where is Abbie to verify this?” Denali asks, tilting his head toward me. He nods to Mr. Crux,who moves toward me with the vial. I clench my teeth together.

"Kyson!” I rush through the mindlink.

“Any minute,” Kyson replies when Denali grabs my hair ripping my head back while Mr. Crux pinchesmy cheeks, stuffing the vial in my mouth. Denali checks his watch while I cough and gag at its taste,yet something about it reminded me of Kyson.

"You can fight the effects,” Kyson links to me. “Focus, love, that serum is made from my blood. Youcan resist it,” he tells me.

A minute or so goes past, and Mr.Crux nods to Denali.

“Did you command Luna Abbie to reject her mate, Alpha Kade?” Denali asks. I grit my teeth. Fear sopalpable it made goosebumps rise on my skin as the urge to answer rolled through me, making mybody tense.

“Nearly there, fight it,” Kyson snarls when I hear a commotion outside the gates. Denali glances outthe gates to the cobble road where Kade's pack stood before waving some of his men to sortwhatever is happening out. They rush out the gates, and Kade’s pack members murmur amongstthemselves looking down the road.

"Answer me,” Denali demands. I don't know what Kyson meant about fighting it. Fighting against itcaused me to break out in a sweat, my stomach twisting painfully.

“Yes,” I gasped. Fighting breaks out outside the gates and down in the gully before the driveway in.Denali looks toward the commotion outside the gates.

“Enough proof, bring the whip,” he says, wandering off to talk to someone behind me. I look overmy shoulder, twisting my neck to see what is going on behind me. I gulp when I see the barbedwhip in the man’s hand, Denali was talking to the man with one eye, glancing nervously back at me.“Tell them I commanded you too,” Kyson yelled through the bond.

“I can't,” I said.

“You can and fucking will, your pregnant Azalea, tell them I commanded you too,” I try to open mymouth to lie, yet whatever the truth serum contained wouldn't allow me to breathe a lie.

“Azalea!” Kyson booms in my head. I choke on the words, trying to spit them.

“Don’t you dare fight me? I'm sorry, love, I have no choice,” he murmurs when I feel his commandsmash me through the bond and mind link. It rolled over me, causing crippling pain as he orderedme to blame him.

"Kyson ordered me to do it,” I blurted. Mr. Crux gripped my face, and Denali came back over.“Excuse me?” Denali asks.

"Say it again!” Kyson commanded through the bond, sweat glistened on my skin, and I felt like Iwould be sick.

“The King ordered me to command them,” I choked out, gasping for air. Denali and Mr.Crux look ateach other before turning to Cassandra.

“Is what she says true?” Denali asks her. She opens her mouth and closes it.

“Well?” Denali snaps.

I don't know. I only got there to see her command them both. What does it matter? She still did it,”Cassandra says in her nasal voice.

"Good girl,” Kyson says, letting the command slide off me.

Denali and Mr. Crux talk amongst themselves while Cassandra digs her smokes out of her leatherjacket.

"How could you, after everything you did to her?” I ask Cassandra. She pops her hip, lighting asmoke before stepping closer.

“My husband is dead because of her. Your mate killed him. I now have to raise my kids without theirfather because of that bitch,” Cassandra spits at me. I growl, my canines slipping past my gums asanger courses through me. She turned to face the council members who were whispering amongstthemselves behind me.

“She still commanded them, but I have one more question before we proceed.” I turn my head, andhe steps closer.

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“Did you know it was against the law to break a mate bond against their will?" Denali asks. Mybrows furrow, wondering why he was asking, yet the urge to answer hit me instantly.

"Yes." I breathe

“And you still did it?” Denali asks.

“He was hurting her, so yes,”

"Well then, regardless of whether the King commanded you, you knew better. Being his mate, youare capable of fighting his commands, therefore will be held accountable,” Cassandra smirks at hiswords puffing on her cigarette.

"What are they going to do to me?” I asked Mr.Crux, who was still standing beside me. Though Ialready knew by the whip in Kendricks's hand. My heart raced a little faster when Mr. Crux startedripping the back of my dress open.

"You broke a sacred law, you may be the King's Mate, but you abused your authority, so you will bepunished. 1000 lashes, or until Cassandra deems fit,” he chuckles. “About time the King is heldaccountable for errors,” Mr.Crux sneered. I swallowed and chuckled.

“Silly girl, just because you're the King's mate, that doesn't give you the power to break the law,”“He was abusing her,” I scream at him.

"And where is your proof?” Mr.Crux demands.

"Ask me, or is your truth serum, not 100 percent,” I spat back at him. He grips my chin, pinching ittightly.

“Truth or not, you broke the law. We uphold it. We were looking for a reason to take him down, butif we can't, you will do,” he laughed.

“Coward,” I laughed. Mr. Crux grips my hair, yanking my head back painfully.

"Oh, Kendrick will. He won't hold back, not after the king took his sight,” I swallow, and mybreathing becomes a little harsher.

“Your people are coming. Tell them who you are. It will buy you some time, I didn't want to risk butwe have no choice”

“What?

“Your parents-" I didn’t get a chance to listen to what he said when I felt the crack of the whip biteinto my flesh, making me scream, hooks slashed up my spine and dug into my shoulder, and myscream was deafening when he ripped them out.

My knees buckle underneath me. My blood sprays across those on the other side of the fence whenall hell breaks loose. Kade's pack starts running toward the fence, suddenly trying to get in. Myknees dragged across the ground from the force of the gate being pushed inward. I couldn't seepast them to see what was happening and didn't care when the whip tore into me again.

Gunshots rang out, and I hung limply in handcuffs, my wrist bent backward painfully and on theverge of snapping under my weight. I feel the barbs tear out of my skin, ripping my flesh away. Myhead hung limply, and all I could think about was the pain radiating through my back whensomeone's head was shoved through the iron-barred gates beside me. I blink deliriously, replaceing itodd. How did it fit through the bars?

Screams rang out loudly, but all I could do was blink at the man’s head stuck between the bars. Ittook me a few moments to realize he only had a torso, from the waist down was missing. My headrolls to the side, and I see the men in armor backing up, guns trained down the driveway as theyfire. I thought my eyes were deceiving me when I watched around 50 Lycans ripping into Kade'spack members and the council's men, ripping them limb from limb. People running everywhere toescape.

I couldn't tear my gaze away from the horrors on the other side of the gate, my eyes wide, and I feltsick to my stomach. I could hear screaming, and I turned my head to replace it was Cassandra. Herhands cupped her mouth as she watched her pack getting torn to shreds. Suddenly I dropped tothe ground, and I didn’t even realize someone was uncuffing me. My body was limp as I staredaround at the slaughter. Hands grab me ripping me against someone's chest. My back arches as Itry to get the pressure away from my back.

Seconds later, the iron gates burst open, and I had a knife pressed to my throat by the personholding me as the Lycans stalked into the castle grounds.

I was vaguely aware of Kyson talking to me, yet I could not understand what he was trying to tellme.

"Get the car ready?” Denali says. The Lycans circle us before dropping on their knees around us. Thewhole thing was surreal as I looked around, trying to figure out what was happening, when I noticedDustin roll as he started to wake.

“Take so much as one step toward us, and I will kill her. You have all just interfered with the council.There are severe penalties for obstructing justice.” Denali says, walking past me to address theLycans kneeling.