Mated To The Alpha King (Raven and Ethan) novel Chapter 408

Chapter 408

Chapter 408

Alpha Ethan’s POV

I watched as Reven ran, her figure disappearing into the quiet darkness of the street.

She didn’t even look back.

Not once.

A frustrated breath left my lips as I leaned against the car, my fingers curling into fists at my sides.

“She’s getting bolder,” Beta Matthew muttered beside me.

I didn’t answer immediately.

My eyes were still fixed on the empty path she had taken, as if somehow, if I stared long enough, she would reappear… come back… choose me.

But she didn’t.

“She’s not just bold,” I finally said, my voice low, controlled, yet laced with something deeper. “She’s running.”

Matthew glanced at me. “From you?”

“No…” I shook my head slowly. “From everything.”

Silence stretched between us for a moment before I exhaled sharply and turned away.

“I don’t know why I’m even doing this,” I admitted, more to myself than to him. “Following her… watching her… like some desperate fool.”

Matthew didn’t interrupt.

He knew better.

“But she’s my mate,” I continued, my jaw tightening. “And whether she accepts it or not… I can’t let her go.”

A dangerous edge slipped into my voice.

“Even if she doesn’t want me… I’ll wait.”

Matthew’s brows furrowed slightly. “You think patience will change her mind?”

“It has to,” I said firmly. “Because losing her…” I paused, my chest tightening. “Losing her means I lose everything.”

Matthew studied me carefully. “Is that the only reason you still want her? Because she’s your second chance, mate?”

My head snapped toward him instantly.

“No.”

The answer came without hesitation.

It wasn’t forced. It wasn’t calculated.

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It was the truth.

“I love her,” I said quietly,

The words hung heavy in the air.

Matthew blinked, slightly surprised.

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“I don’t even know when it happened,” I admitted, running a hand through my hair. “Or how. But everything about her… drives me insane.”

A faint, almost bitter smile touched my lips.

“And it’s not because she’s my mate.”

Matthew raised an eyebrow.

“I loved her long before I knew,” I continued. “The first time she saved me… years ago… I didn’t even know who she was.”

My gaze darkened slightly.

“But I never forgot her.”

Matthew let out a slow breath. “Then we don’t stop.”

I looked at him.

“We keep watching her,” he said. “Protecting her. Making sure she stays safe.”

My expression hardened.

And make sure no man touches her,” I added, my voice dropping dangerously low. “She’s mine.”

thew nodded immediately. “Yes, Alpha.”

car ride back to the pack house was silent.

at my mind wasn’t.

It was filled with her.

Reven.

Her stubbornness.

Her defiance.

Her eyes… those eyes that looked at me like I was nothing.

I thought going to the mall… pretending… acting like I had moved on… would make her react.

Make her jealous.

Make her come back.

But she didn’t.

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She didn’t care.

A humorless chuckle left my lips.

“She’s still as stubborn as ever…”

By the time we arrived at the pack house, exhaustion clung to my body–but not the kind sleep could fix.

I stepped out of the car without another word and headed straight inside.

The house was quiet.

Too quiet.

The kids were already asleep.

Relief washed over me briefly.

I didn’t have the strength to answer their questions tonight.

I made my way to the bar in my room, grabbing a bottle and pouring myself a drink.

Then another.

And another.

The burn of the alcohol did nothing to calm the storm inside me.

hed back in my chair, closing my eyes.

just like that…

he was there again.

Reven.

Laughing.

Smiling.

The way she used to look at me.

The way she used to belong beside me.

Memories flooded in–uninvited and relentless.

The picnics.

The quiet moments.

The way she played with the kids.

The peace she brought into my chaotic life.

And then…

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It all shattered.

My eyes snapped open, anger rising like wildfire in my chest.

“That bastard…” 1 growled under my breath.

The Rogue King.

Everything went wrong the moment he took her.

If he hadn’t-

My fist slammed against the table, cracking the surface slightly.

“Why?” I muttered, my voice raw, “Why do I always lose her when things start to go right?”

A low voice echoed in my mind.

“Maybe it’s your curse.”

My wolf.

I clenched my jaw.

“Shut u

ra moment.

Have you noticed something?” my wolf asked again, calmer this time.

[ exhaled sharply, rubbing my temples. “What?”

‘Her wolf.”

My brows furrowed slightly.

‘What about it?”

‘It’s not responding.”

That made me pause.

“What do you mean?”

“It’s dominant… but quiet. Like it’s being suppressed.”

A chill ran down my spine.

“And there’s more,” my wolf continued. “I couldn’t sense her properly when we first saw her again.”

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My eyes narrowed.

“That’s not possible.”

“It happened.”

Images flashed through my mind.

That day.

The distance.

The faint scent that only became clear when we got closer.

My chest tightened.

“I’ve heard of this before…” I murmured slowly.

“So have I.”

“Witchcraft…” I whispered.

Silence.

Then-

“Exactly.”

My heart pounded harder.

“When she was taken…” I started, my thoughts racing. “We couldn’t feel her. Couldn’t connect to her.”

“Because something was blocking the bond.”

My fists clenched.

“Damn it…”

Anger surged through me again stronger this time.

“It’s him.”

The Rogue King.

“He did this.”

I pushed myself up and walked into the bathroom, turning on the shower.

Cold water hit my skin instantly, making me flinch.

But I didn’t move away.

I needed it.

Needed something to quiet my mind.

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I leaned against the wall, closing my eyes as the water ran down my body.

But even here….

Even in the silence…

She was there.

Reven.

Her face.

Her voice.

Her presence wrapped around my thoughts like a curse I couldn’t escape.

And then I noticed I’was hard from thinking about her. “Fuck,” I muttered as I looked at my already hardened dick. I didn’t want another woman to help me with it it would be cheating on Reven, and I don’t want to do that.

And then I took my already hardened dick in my hands as I stroked it for a while. I closed my eyes as I thought about Reven beneath me, giving me a blowout.

I moaned in pleasure as I stroked it even more. I could hear her voice in my head, and it was driving me crazy as I continued stroking. “Fuck, you’re amazing,” I said as I reached climax. I released, spilling my sperm all over the wall

I opened my eyes as I looked at the wall. “Fuck, you’re driving me nuts, Reven.”

Later, dressed and drained, I walked back into my room and collapsed onto the bed.

Sleep.

That’s what I required.

An escape.

A break from the chaos in my head.

But I should have known better.

Because even in sleep

She found me.

The Dream

Darkness.

Then

Her.

Raven.

Standing in front of me.

But something was wrong.

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She looked… distant.

Cold.

Like I didn’t exist.