Chapter 22. Mate

Miatta's POV

Lucas.

That was his name and I could have sworn that I had heard that name before. Addy had let the name slide once when we had been speaking and she had called him by name. I dared to raise my head a little but no further. I was in this situation because Luke had stupidly nabbed my collar in my sleep and Ryan had spilt her guts to Yvette under duress.

Unfortunately for me, Desdemona had not forgotten my fallout with her and had gone to Beta Logan immediately. The Lycan King was not pleased with the interruption and I had a feeling he would have thrown us out of his court but for the presence of his beta.

“My King, you put Prince Lucas in charge of Miatta after he saved her life. Now that she has broken a slave rule, I would like to know how she got a key and how you plan to punish her.”

The King groaned noisily and walked towards me leisurely. My panic piled up as I saw his dark, long claws jutting out of his feet. He hovered over me in a