The Ruthless Lycan King Fell For His Slave Mate novel Chapter 51

When Julian got back to check on Lyra, he found her sleeping. She looked peaceful, but when Beryl told him about her condition, he was filled with rage.

“It will be hard on her at times, but she’ll recover,” Beryl told him reassuringly. “I’ll make sure that she won’t be in danger.”

Julian nodded. “I know you will. Thank you.” Blowing air through his mouth, he paced the room. “Whoever is behind this will pay.”

“I don’t understand why anyone would go to such a length to harm her,” Beryl said, looking at Lyra with a soft look. “She is the kindest person I’ve met in this place.”

“Whoever they are, this will be the last time they try it,” Julian said. “Let me see who tries to touch her after this.”

When he left, he asked for the captain of the king’s guard to find out who had passed on the false information to Lyra. It did not take long before the servant responsible was on his knees in front of Juian.

“Why did you give false information to her?” Julian questioned.

The servant looked at him with a pleading look. “I swear I did not know it was false information. I was told it was an order from Your Majesty, and that’s what I told her.”

“Who told you to pass it on?” Julian asked.

The servant’s eyes shifted, avoiding him. “I–I–”

“Do not waste my time,” Julian warned darkly. “If you do not wish to live the rest of you life in a dark, damp dungeon, you’ll tell me who it is right this minute.”

With shaking hands knotted together, the servant said, “It was Miss Black, Your Majesty.” When Julian’s jaw clenched, the servant panicked, misunderstanding the king’s reaction. “I swear I’m not lying. She called me and told me to tell Lyra that you had ordered her to go to the border. That’s why I truly thought it was a message from you. I’m not lying!”

Julian stalked towards the door. “Take him into custody,” he said to Asher.

“Your Majesty, I’m telling the truth!” the servant yelled after him.

After leaving the room, Julian made straight for Crystal’s villa.

“You’ll throw her out of the palace, right?” Yuri asked angrily. “She wanted to kill our mate. You cannot keep her around.”

Julian’s jaw hardened. He wanted nothing more than to do that. But there was a reason he had brought Crystal to the palace, and he wasn’t done using her yet. “I’ll warn her, but she can’t leave yet.”

Yuri huffed. “You are unbelievable. Lyra could have died! You know that, right? She wanted her dead!”

“Do you think I’m not angry about this?” Julian snapped back. “I want to make that bitch pay with her life!”

“Do it, then. You are the Lycan King!”

“You know I can’t do that.”

“Why not?”

After a tense silence, Julian said, “Lyra will be okay. If she wasn’t…”

“Wow.”

“You know what I mean.”

“I’m afraid I don’t,” Yuri said bitterly. “You want to keep playing house with that evil witch? Fine. I’m out of here.”

“Yuri–”

Yuri shut down the link between them, locking him out. Julian sighed heavily. He understood his wolf’s rage. If it was anyone else, just the crime of impersonating the king would be enough to send them to the dungeon for a long time, forget trying to murder his mate. But he couldn’t just throw Crystal into the dungeon. Not now. If she pulled this kind of bullshit any other time, she would face the full force of his wrath.

When Julian got to the villa, Crystal was having dinner in the dining room. When she saw him, she smiled and got up. “Hey babe. I wasn’t–”

“Get out,” Julian bit out towards the servants waiting in the room. “All of you.”

There was a moment of general silence before everybody scampered out of the room. Crystal’s smile fell, replaced by a frown. “What’s wrong?” she asked, her voice dripping with fake concern. “Are you okay?”

“When you said you would get rid of her,” Julian began, “I didn't think you’d get right to it.”

Crystal’s face adopted a look of confusion. “What are you talking about?”

Julian’s eyes narrowed as he took a step towards her. “I don’t have the time to play games with you. Why did you send Lyra to the forest today using my name falsely?”

Crystal wrapped her arms over her chest. “I don’t know what you are talking about.”

“On your knees,” he growled.

She blinked. “What?”