Page 48 of Saved By The King's Gamma

“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 makes 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 means 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 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 exchange a look before turning to Cassandra.

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

“Well?” Denali snaps.

“I…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.

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Denali and Mr. Crux talk among themselves while Cassandra digs a pack of smokes out of her leather jacket.

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

“My husband is dead because of her. Your mate killed him. I now have to raise my kids without their father because of that bitch,” Cassandra spits at me. I growl, my canines slipping past my gums as anger courses through me. She turns to face the council members who are now whispering among themselves behind me.

“She still commanded them, but I have one more question before we proceed.”

I turn my head, and he steps closer.

“Did you know it was against the law to break a mate bond against their will?” Denali asks. I furrow my brows, wondering why he is asking. I fight the urge to answer instantly.

“Yes,” I breathe.

“And you still did it?” Denali asks.

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