Chapter 88

Chrystal looked at me in disbelief, her lips parting slightly as if she couldn’t process what she had just heard.

Her chest rose with each breath. She shook her head, her hair swaying side to side. “No,” she said, her eyes shifting between me and Nate, looking for someone to deny it—but no one did.

Certainly not Nate, since this was just as new to him.

“No,” she said again, her voice filled with desperation.

I knew she would react this way, and that’s why I didn’t want Puppy in the room. Chrystal was reckless, and had Puppy been here, she would’ve finished the job she failed to do last night.

That’s why I had to tell her what the future would look like—so she would understand never to cross me again.

I took a step closer. “Yes,” I stated. “Starting today, she is officially protected by the law of Lyperia—and you won’t bother her anymore.”

She drew in a sharp breath but didn’t say anything.

“She’s my mate,” I continued. “Your futur