The Lycan king-Chapter 21

*Leonora*

I struggled against the hefty men who were pulling me towards the mansion. After my conversation with Jax, I knew I had to leave. I couldn’t let Claire be the queen over this pack. We were already suffering with Jax and Claire would only make it worse. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

"Let me go." I forced out as the forcefully pulled my arms, nearly knocking my feet off the ground. They did not know what was going on between Jax and I and if they did, maybe they would help me. Maybe they would understand. Maybe they would feel the same resentment I felt for Jax.

As soon as we got to the conference room, they threw me on the floor and locked me inside the room. I knew they were going to get Jax. They wouldn’t leave me here all alone. I took a kneeling position, not wanting to cause another drama.

I just wanted Jax to read out my punishment for breaking the rules again. I could clearly notice that he was getting a lot more calmer and maybe my plan is working. Maybe he would start developing feelings soon. I could only hope.

The door opened and I heard Jax’s boots stomp against the floors heading towards me. I felt his hand on my arms before he tugged me up from the ground, turning me towards him.

"Why do you love putting yourself in trouble?" He asked me as I tried to avoid his eyes. "You know what I know one place where you won’t ever have to disturb anyone." He said as he pulled me out of the room. I wondered where he was taking me to. Most likely the dungeon, as that’s the only place where I would not be able to escape. I became confused as we headed towards his room.

No!

I thrashed about but the grip on my hand became tighter. "No! Let me go." I screamed but it was all a fruitless effort seeing as everyone was on the pack run. "Please, I won’t run away again. Just let me go." I screamed causing him to manically laugh. He opened the door to his room and pushed me into it.

I fell onto the floor and scrambled, trying to pick myself off the ground. I looked over at him and locked the door. "Kneel." He shouted and I eagerly obeyed. I didn’t want to argue with him anymore. He could easily kill me and get away with it.

"Please. I won’t run away." I begged and he chuckled as he walked over to his bed. "Just let me go back to my room." I pleaded and he chuckled again as he sat down. It seemed like this was amusing to him so I decided to keep quiet. I hated that I was humiliating myself in front of him as I begged for my freedom- something he would never let me have.

"You want to be my mate so bad?" He questioned and I pursed my lips, holding myself back from saying anything. "You’ll stay here and be my mate. I’ll teach you what my mate should act like." He said before getting up from the bed. "Your friend, Bethany, would bring your food and I’ll grant you a couple of minutes to talk but outside of that, you will no longer interact with the other members of this pack. No one would save you. You’ll be my personal maid." He said before walking out of the room and locked the door.

I fell to the floor too stunned to speak. Bethany was right. I should have just accepted his rejection and went on with my life but I couldn’t. Not after hearing him admit that he wanted Claire to be his Queen. Claire was ruthless, even though she tried to act like she wasn’t. She is the reason why Jax turned into this monster. She encouraged him, pushed him and fed his ego. To everyone Jax was a monster but they didn’t know who was the puppet master, Claire.

I wasn’t just doing this for Noah. I was doing this for the pack. I couldn’t let them suffer what I have been suffering. And I knew that Claire wouldn’t admit it but she was the one who set up Noah and I.

I don’t know what she did and how she did it but the look in her eyes and the small smirk on her lips were enough to convince me. She was a part of the reason why Noah died and there was no way she would get any form of happily ever after seated beside Jax as his Queen.

I wouldn’t be surprised to find out she’s the reason why I slept in that slave room whenever Jax sent me away. She had a reason to and it pains me that Jax is oblivious to her actions. He sees her as his confidante meanwhile she was only doing it for her own benefit.

If she left the pack, she knows she may find a mate that may be an omega or at most, someone who wasn’t a king. That’s why her best bet was to hang around her friend, Jax- taking their friendship for granted.

I made a promise to myself that I was going to do everything in my power to bring her down even if it was going to cost me my life.

I laughed evilly. Jax made a big mistake to lock me in his room. I planned to show him that I could be the best mate he would ever get. No one, not even Claire would be able to match up to me. I don’t care if he tells me to be his footstool or to bathe him. I’ll do what ever needed to be done because Claire was not going to take that position. Over my dead body. She would crawl and beg to become Queen but she would never see the light of day when she would wear that crown.