"I reject you, Arthur Theodore Moonfang."
Selene's voice did not waver or even have a hint of hesitation at all.
For a moment the entire hall went dead silent, nobody moved or said anything. The torches burned intensely with golden flames emitting from them. The ground on which he stood felt unsteady beneath his legs.
Arthur's mouth was wide open and nothing came out. He is in a state of shock at what just happened. His mate has just rejected him in front of the entire kingdom. The pain was so deep that his chest seized.
"What do you mean? We are fated mate Selena you can't just reject me," he said. The chains on his legs made noises as he rose to talk to his mate but he could not since the chains drew him back. His last and only hope of being free has been shattered and the woman who was his mate and lover has just rejected him.
"Sele…" he called but she drew back to avoid him touching her.
I severed our ties, Arthur, you are no longer my mate and I reject you, we are not on the same level Arthur, I can't be with a man like you." she said.
Something snapped within him, a sign that the bond was being severed. Low chuckles erupted from the Alpha's on their throne, looks of disdain in their eyes.
"The crown prince has been rejected, who would want to be with a discarded cur?"
Arthur Wolf roared within him, a sound of fury and pain erupted in his bones, the rattling made the chains on his body tighten. His body burned as he violently convulsed.
He looks at Selene and asks her," Just tell me you weren't convinced by him, I have always loved you Selene but now you betrayed me and rejected me just by what that bas***d told you, you believe him over me?"
Her lips tremble for a moment and then she looks at Henry who is sitting on the throne.
"Even your mate rejected you, Arthur, don't blame everything on me, what you have become made her to reject you, no woman would want to be with a man like you," Henry said.
Arthur lunged at Henry but the chains drew him back.
" You have brainwashed all of them into believing all that you turned all of them against me, you won't get away with it," Arthur said in rage.
Henry rose slowly from his throne, deliberately and elegantly, each movement calculated for the eyes of the council.His cloak swept across the marble floor as he walked toward Arthur. As he spoke, you could feel the weight of the authority and false righteousness in his voice.
" As the newly inducted Lycan king, my first decree is: Arthur Theodore Moonfang of the Moonfang pack is stripped of his birthright as the lycan king, his claim to the throne, and is also banished from the Dominion of Jutes on the offense of treason against the Lycan king, and also betraying his mate. Guards take him away and throw him out of the kingdom."
The Alphas pounded their fist on the arm of their seats as a sign of agreement to the decision. Arthur's ears rang with the sound but the loudest was the breaking sound in his chest.
Two guards approached, bearing runed chains. When they fastened them around his wrists and throat, the pain was unlike anything he'd endured. It wasn't just burning,it was ripping, tearing, unmaking. The wolf inside him howled in agony as ancient magic crawled through his veins, latching onto his power and wrenching it free.
Arthur screamed. His voice reverberated through the halls as he was taken away. His body sagged, weak, lifeless but the shallow rise and fall of his chest.The golden colour in his eyes dimmed, flickering as though even the light had also abandoned him at this moment.
From above, Henry's voice could be heard," Throw him out and make sure he does not enter this kingdom again, throw him to the death where he belongs."
Arthur was dragged forward and he felt a pair of boots on his ribs, the guards slammed their boots on his ribs and punched his face, blood was gushing out of his nose as they threw him into the forest.
A low laugh erupted from Arthur's throat and he clenched his teeth whispering," I would be back and when I do, I would tear everything down to pieces, every single one of you" and with that, he lost consciousness.
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"This was so emotional. Why does this always happen to me when I read this part over and over again, why is he treated in this bad state, he is not meant to suffer like this, I feel sorry for him." The reader said to herself.
"Oh well it's already 5 minutes past one, I need to sleep but I still want to read further," she said to herself.
She continues reading the novel and falls asleep unknowingly not knowing that when she wakes up, she will be shocked.