The Lycan king-Chapter 25

*Leonora*

Bethany and I carried the trays of food as we walked to Jax’s room. There was so much food that it was going to take us two trips to get it all up to his room. All I wanted right now was to lay down on my makeshift bed and have a nice nap. I couldn’t believe I would ever say this but I missed my bed in the staff quarters. I missed my time there. I missed being close to Bethany. I missed all our talks. I missed my past life before Jax. I remembered how I used to steal glances at Jax, wondering what it would be like to be royalty. To be noticed by the elite. To be seen and heard and not stuck at the bottom of the food chain.

All I knew now was punishing Jax for what he had done.

"How is life with Jax?" Bethany asked, pulling me from my thoughts. I didn’t know what to tell Bethany. She wouldn’t understand my situation and would think we’re both crazy. At this point, I believe we were both getting crazy and part of it was the pending rejection. We were bound to go crazy. A mate bond is sacred and no one ever disrespects the goddess by waiting this long to mate.

"Its okay, I guess. He’s not as terrible as I thought and besides it has just been one night. Pray that I’ll survive longer than a week." I joked and she shakes her head in disbelief.

"Just reject the guy. Or do you like how he treats you? Cause, at this point, I think you like this toxic relationship. You love the chase and the attention." She said and I scoffed. Who would like the way he treated me? That person must definitely be crazy.

"Beth, I don’t think this should be our first argument." I said and walked ahead of her. I didn’t want Bethany and I to fight over Jax. I would not let Jax ruin what I had left, my friendship with Bethany. She was all I had. She was the only person that reminded me of my past and I would do anything to make sure nothing would ever happen to her. She was my lifeline and I just wanted her to know that I’m doing this for us. She never got to see Noah before he passed on.

I got to Jax’s room before Bethany did. I dropped the tray on the floor and opened the door. I quickly picked up the tray and entered into the room. Jax was seated on a chair by the center table. I placed the tray and rushed to get Bethany to walk faster.

"Where is the rest?" Jax asked immediately Bethany walked into the room. She hastily walked over to the table and dropped the tray of food. I could see her hands shake from anxiety and I wanted to hold it for comfort.

"Leonora and I will get it now." She said with her head bowed and I rolled my eyes. Jax didn’t deserve the respect that was given to him.

"Leonora will not be going with you and when you bring it back, leave it in front of the door. She will bring it in." Jax said, causing Bethany to nod and run out of the room. "Sit." Jax said to me and I closed the door behind me and walked over to Jax. I placed myself on the seat opposite him. "I should punish you."

"For what? It took them an hour to prepare your breakfast, you can’t blame me." I argued with him and he shook his head in amusement. What was funny.

"Your punishment is to have breakfast with me." He said and I stared at him blankly. I blinked a couple of times to verify if this was real. "What?! A man can’t have breakfast with his mate?"

"No, It’s just-." I was too stunned to speak. Why was he being so nice all of a sudden. This was not the Jax I knew. Yesterday he made it seem like he was going to make my life a living hell. An hour ago, he pushed me to the floor because of his breakfast. Was this man bipolar? Was he insane? Is this who the goddess felt was a good fit for me?

"You’re my mate, right?" He asked with a smile and I scoffed. This was a trap. I needed to be on guard. I would not let this man put me in another trap. I’m smarter than I was. "I’m sorry for how I’ve been treating you, Nora. I can call you Nora, right?"

"No." I shot back at him. "That is for people that genuinely care about me and you are not on that list." I felt proud of my comeback and it made me sit up and stared at him squarely. I wasn’t going to be that girl that he thinks can mess with.

"Don’t worry, I’ll show you that I genuinely care. Asides from that, how was your day?" He asked me and I rolled my eyes. What did he want to hear? How his escapade kept me up all night or how Claire woke me up just a few measly hours into my sleep- disrupting my sleep? How I had spent most of my time cleaning every single spot in his room? Or how I haven’t had my bath, my clothes were partially damp and Bethany hadn’t gotten my box for me?

"You told me to clean your room and get you breakfast. That’s all I’ve been doing." I said as I folded my arms across my chest. Bad move. I watched his eyes slowly move over to my breasts that were pushed up by my hands. His eyes darkened and he swallowed a lump in his throat causing me to smile.

"Can you not do that?" He asked as he dragged his eyes to mine. "You’re doing this on purpose."