Chapter 6

*Katerina pov*

" Don't do that now. I am a sucker for girls' tears.  I said as I saw that she was about to start crying, If she becomes sad like this, then I'll really be tempted to go to the royals, and nothing good out of it has ever come for any werewolf.

She might treat me well because I saved her life, but everyone knows that werewolves and Lycans don't exactly get along well.

This girl  might be a defective piece, given how chirpy she is, but I bet the rest of them are anything but like this.

I would rather fight a group of rogues than sit with the royals and have thank-you dinner with them.

"Why would you say that? Do you think I am a nuisance? Or is it true that werewolves hate us Lycans? Is it because you are feeling pressured by being near me?" She asked, and I wanted to scoff at her last question.

Pressured near her? I am an alpha by blood. Does she really think she can pressurize the alpha of one of the strongest packs? I thought, before sighing.

"It's not what you are thinking. First, we werewolves don't hate Lycans. Second, if you haven't smelt it, I am a rogue, and I hate going to packs or, in your case, kingdoms," I said before looking away.

"Your eyes. Why is there so much sadness in them? Your eyes look like the eyes of a person, who got betrayed by her world," Andrea suddenly said, her chirpiness totally gone.

Was a mind reader or fortune teller

"That isn't something you should bother with," I said before taking a deep breath, and she placed her hands on mine before squeezing them gently.

"I know that you saved me, and you might even consider me a pathetic excuse for a Lycan -"

"I don't think any of that. I know you could have saved yourself," I said,

After what felt like an eternity, but was only an hour with her talking constantly, we were finally standing in front of the enormous gates of the Lycan's palace.

"Please come. It's my humble request. At least help me get to the stairs?" She said to me with a pleading expression, and knowing all too well that she was just making that up so that I would enter the palace with her, I rolled my eyes at her.

"Fine, but when I say I am leaving, I don't want any Lycan making things hard for me. Let's not start another fight between werewolves and Lycans, yeah?" I said, and she grinned like a kid, making me sigh, as I helped her out of the cab."Ouch!" She winced as a few tears fell down her eyes, making me look at the large wounds on her ankle that were probably healing slowly because of  the wolfsbane in her .

"You are seriously troublesome," I said before bending and picking  her up in a  bridal style, making her squeal as she looked at me, shocked.

"Don't look at me like I am your knight in shining armor if you don't want to walk all the way to the stairs of the palace in this condition," I said, and she immediately dropped her gaze, making me sigh.

It was a good thing I paid the cab fare before hand, or it would've been difficult like this.

“Thank you for the safe ride, brother,” I said to the cab driver, who nodded and left. It was a good thing I called a werewolf cab driver.

Walking ahead, I looked straight, not minding the gazes of the people passing us.

I won't say it was easy.

Standing in front of the stairs that lead to the main gate of the palace, I looked at them hesitantly as beads of sweat appeared on my forehead.

"Dan!" Suddenly Andrea said, and I looked up, my gaze meeting with a guy who didn't look like the king, making me sigh in relief.

"Andrea? What the hell happened to you? Why are you so heavily wounded? Didn't you go shopping?How did you end up like this? And that to be with a mere werewolf?" He asked, and I wanted to growl at him for saying that.

"Who is he?" I asked andrea, and she smiled.

"He is our beta," she said, and I scowled.

"Hey, you! Can't you see your royal member is in trouble? What are you doing over there, enjoying the show? Take her from my hands," I said, and it was as if he came out from some kind of trance, he hurried down before picking Andrea from my arms carefully.

Since I didn't know where to go, I followed them to what looked like the medical room of the palace.

"We will deal with this matter, Andrea. They have crossed their boundaries today. We will make sure they pay for every scratch on your body," Dan said, and I scoffed.

"And the werewolf who just dared to scoff in front of me, you are?" He asked, his eyes turning a shade darker.

"The one who saved me from the humiliation and  my  life today. The one who finished all those rogues alone," Andrea said, and I sighed.

"Can you shut up with your praises?I feel like I have some kind of great personality. Anyway, As you had asked, I entered your so-called palace, and stayed for over ten minutes already. Since I am assured you are safe, this mere werewolf will take her to leave," I said while looking at Dan, who looked at me apologetically.

"That is not what I meant earlier, Miss. Please wait till our king is back. He will be thrilled to meet the person who saved her today," he  said, and I smirked."Who are you kidding, ? A Lycan can never be thrilled to see a werewolf. We are the lower species, remember? Besides, I am not that thrilled to meet your king," I said and was about to turn around when Dan held my hand.

"Please, stay. We would like to compensate you for all the help. You can ask for whatever you want. We will make sure we fulfill it if it's in our hands," Dan said, and I chuckled darkly.

"I don't want any kind of compensation. I did it out of humanity. If she wouldn't  be a girl, I wouldn't have bothered with helping a Lycan. So please don't think I am someone who is after your so-called compensation. Take care of yourself, Andrea. Go out with someone trustworthy next time if it's important. I'll be taking my leave now," I said.

"But, you didn't tell me your name. At least give me your name. That's the least you can do, please? ," Andrea said, and I smiled.

"Yna," I said before looking at Dan one last time and leaving the palace.

Huh, I hadn't thought I would have to go through so much, even after helping her.

Walking out of the palace, I strolled through some stalls in the nearby market, trying to see if something catches my eye.

It was a good thing I had sent my things to the hotel I was staying at before boarding the cab to the kingdom, or I would've been carrying the load all around.

As I passed through the stalls randomly, I stepped back when something shiny caught my eyes.

Seeing a particular purple pendant  that had golden and light blue emeralds around it, I stopped at the artificial jewelry shop.

"How much does this cost, sir?" I asked the owner, who looked up and smiled at me."You are such a beautiful young lady. It will suit you. Take this," he said, and I shook my head.

"I can't take it for free, sir," I said, and he chuckled.

"Sometimes the person doesn't choose the jewelry, the jewelry chooses the person. It caught your eyes when it caught no one's eyes in my twenty years of business. Keep it, please. I insist," the man said as he pushed the pendant in my hand, and I looked at it.

How is it possible that no one ever tried to buy it?

Wearing the pendant in my hand, I stumbled backward, shocked by the light from the golden stones.

"Oh, sorry, I was just taking out the mirror. I didn't mean it to reflect," the man said, and I shook my head.

"That's okay, sir. I was taken off guard. Nothing to worry about," I said, and he nodded.

Smiling at him one last time, I walked for some distance, my gaze stuck to the pendant.Wait.

As I walked out of the market, a sudden large growl making me shudder.Looks like some Lycan is going mad. I thought before raising my hand to stop the cab so that I could go back to my hotel.

*KLAUS pov*

"I am sure I told everyone that no extra charges would be taken from the vendors who are coming from across borders to sell their materials. Why am I hearing that we still ask them to pay 25% of their revenue?" I asked as I walked through the market.

"The thing is, the finance minister said this way we will be able to have more revenues for us. They have no choice but to come here if they want to sell their materials to the largest market in the world, and we should take advantage of it," The guard said, and I gritted my teeth when I realized it was one of my man's faults again.

Taking a deep breath to calm my anger, I was about to ask the guard to start a new system when I smelt it, the most attractive scent I've ever smelt in my whole life.

"MATE ...

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