Page 9 of His Fierce Lycan Luna

“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 choosepunishment if necessary.”

‘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.

‘Landeena people, head to the castle your Queen needs you,’Kyson calls through the link. I don’t have time to process hiswords. The town is a good 15 minutes away. What would the people do if they got here?

“What is this about?” I ask, knowing full well by the woman standing on the other side of the gates watching me. Denali follows my gaze and motions for one of the guards to let her in. The gate opens beside me, and the smug bitch steps inside, her heeled boots clinking on the stone driveway before they close it. She moves behind me and stops beside him, folding her arms across her chest.

“Cassandra,” I snarl.

“So you do know each other, wonderful. Cassandra here says you commanded Abbie to reject her husband, Alpha Kade and made him 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 tell Denali before glaring at Cassandra. “With her help,” I growl.

“That wasn’t what I asked. I asked if you abused your power as the King’s mate and broke a sacred law 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 pinches my cheeks, stuffing the vial in my mouth. Denali checks his watch while I cough and gag at its taste. Yet it tastes familiar in a way. It almost reminds me of Kyson.

‘You can fight the effects,’Kyson links to me.‘Focus, love, that serum is made from my blood. You can resist it.’

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 so palpable it made goosebumps rise on my skin as the urge to answer rolls through me, making my body tense.

‘Nearly there, fight it,’Kyson snarls when I hear a commotion outside the gates. Denali glances out the gates to the cobble road where Kade’s pack stands. He waves some of his men to sort out whatever is happening, and they rush out the gate and down the road.

“Answer me,” Denali demands. I don’t know what Kyson had meant about fighting it. Fighting against it is causing me to break out into a sweat, my stomach twisting painfully. Is this bad for my baby?

“Yes,” I gasp. Meanwhile, fighting breaks out outside the gates and down in the gully before the driveway. 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 over my shoulder, twisting my neck to see what is going on behind me. I gulp when I see the barbed whip in the man’s hand.

‘Tell them I commanded you to,’Kyson yells through the bond.

‘I can’t,’I say.

‘You can and fucking will, you’re pregnant Azalea, tell them I commanded you to.’

I try to open my mouth to lie, yet whatever the truth serum contains does not 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 command smash me through the bond and mindlink. It rolls over me, causing crippling pain as he orders me to blame him.

“Kyson ordered me to do it,” I blurt. Mr. Crux grips my face, and Denali comes back over.

“Excuse me?” Denali asks.

‘Say it again!’Kyson commands through the bond. Sweat glistens on my skin and I feel like I’m going to be sick.

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

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

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