Chapter 24. Czar at Peace

MATILDA'S POV

Ever since Rhys was a little boy, I had never seen him so bothered about anything or anyone. His impotence was a constant reminder that he was as not up to standard as he wished but this woman or rather, servant had become a bigger issue.

Again, he did not know her name when I had asked, giving me only a number. PP69. He had described her as best he could and I began my silent investigations. Despite being aroused to her, I wanted to be sure that she was the right person for Rhys. He was like a son to me and though his biological mother was still alive, he treated me like his mother.

Serena, his mother had wronged her mate, her son and her pack as a whole by cheating on the Alpha. She had desecrated the sanctity of the mate bond and blinded by his obsession, the old Alpha had refused to punish her. He forgave her and she kept breaking him down until his lovesick heart could take no more. I watched Rhys grow into an angry teenager and then an upti