Mated To The Alpha King (Raven and Ethan) novel Chapter 364

Chapter 364

Chapter 364

Alpha Ethan’s POV

I didn’t need armies to bring the Rough King to his knees.

I needed patience.

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People like him believed power was loud built on fear, walls, blood, and spectacle. They thought danger always announced itself with steel and fire.

They never looked closely at silence.

They never suspected kindness.

And they never questioned admiration.

That was how his sister fell into my hands.

She was nothing like him.

That was the first thing I learned after weeks of watching from the shadows.

While he ruled through brutality, she lived softly–far away from his kingdom, tucked into a foreign city filled with glass buildings, late–night cafés, and universities that smelled of books and ambition. She studied abroad, protected by distance and the illusion that her brother’s power could not reach beyond borders.

She posted pictures of sunsets. Of libraries. Of herself laughing with friends who had no idea what kind of bloodline she belonged to.

She believed she was safe.

That belief made her careless.

I didn’t approach her as a warrior.

I approached her as a dream.

The profile I used was flawlessly crafted with precision, verified photographs stolen from a famous man whose face was known across screens and magazines. A philanthropist. A public figure admired for charm and intelligence.

A man women trusted.

A man she admired.

I watched her hesitate before accepting the first message.

Then curiosity won.

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Then flattery.

Then time did the rest.

She liked that “he” listened.

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She liked that “he” asked about her studies, her fears, and her plans. She liked that he never rushed her, never pressured her, and never spoke down to her like a king’s shadow might have taught her to expect.

I learned everything.

Her routines.

Her loneliness.

Her hunger to be considered more than the Rough King’s sister.

When I suggested meeting, I didn’t push.

I let her bring it up.

“I’ll be in your city for a charity event,” I typed one night. “If you’d like coffee.”

Her reply came ten minutes later.

“I’d love that.”

That was all it took.

The café was small. Public. Warm.

Perfect.

She arrived early, nervous but smiling, checking her phone every few seconds. When she saw me approach, not the famous face she expected, but a man tall, calm, and unreadable, confusion flickered across her features.

“I’m sorry,” she said politely. “I think I—”

“I know,” I interrupted gently. “We should talk somewhere quieter.”

She should have run.

She didn’t.

That was the thing about trust: it blinded people faster than fear ever could.

The moment we stepped outside, my men moved.

Fast. Clean. Silent.

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A hand over her mouth. A sharp sting in her neck. Her body went slack before she could scream.

The city kept breathing.

No one noticed.

By the time she woke again, borders had already been crossed.

She screamed when she realized the truth.

Cried. Threatened. Begged.

I didn’t touch her.

I didn’t need to.

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“I’m not here to hurt you,” I told her calmly as she pressed herself into the corner of the safehouse room. “You’re leverage. Nothing more.”

“You’re insane,” she sobbed. “My brother will kill you.”

I met her gaze evenly. “Your brother already tried to kill what mattered to me.”

She went quiet then.

Fear replaced arrogance.

Good.

The message to the Rough King was simple.

I have your sister.

His reply came within minutes.

Release her immediately.

I smiled.

Then I called him.

His voice was already shaking with fury when the connection opened.

“Alpha Ethan,” he growled. “You’ve made the worst mistake of your life.”

“I doubt that,” I replied calmly. “I tend to think things through.”

“You kidnapped my sister.”

“Yes.”

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“If you don’t release her now,” he hissed, “I will kill your mate.”

There it was.

The threat he believed ended all conversations.

My jaw tightened, but my voice remained steady.

“Kill my mate,” I said quietly, “and I kill your sister.”

Silence,

Then laughter, sharp, cruel, disbelieving.

“You wouldn’t dare.”

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I turned the camera slightly so he could see her sitting behind me, wrists bound, eyes red from crying.

His laughter died.

“You think this makes you powerful?” he snapped. “You think the council will protect you?”

“I think you’re running out of time,” I replied. “And options.”

“She belongs to me,” he said coldly. “Everything connected to me does.”

I leaned forward.

“She was never yours to use as a shield.”

His eyes burned. “You touch her, and I swear-”

“I haven’t touched her,” I cut in. “That’s the difference between us.”

The line went quiet.

Then his voice dropped, dangerous and low.

“You want your mate back alive?”

“Yes.”

“Then release my sister.”

“No.”

“You’re bluffing.”

“I’m not.”

“You think she’s worth it?” he sneered. “A broken thing hiding in my kingdom?”

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“If you don’t release her now,” he hissed, “I will kill your mate.”

There it was.

The threat he believed ended all conversations.

My jaw tightened, but my voice remained steady.

“Kill my mate,” I said quietly, “and I kill your sister.”

Silence.

Then laughter, sharp, cruel, disbelieving.

“You wouldn’t dare.”

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I turned the camera slightly so he could see her sitting behind me, wrists bound, eyes red from crying.

His laughter died.