Rejecting My Lycan Mate: The Throne (Three Lycan Kingdoms Series Book 3)

Madeline’s POV

“Why did they go see them?” I asked, furrowing my brows.

I felt nervousness wash over me. I knew that they wouldn’t be able to hurt Dimitri, but my fear wasn’t rational. I was afraid that they would somehow get to him. I was afraid that they would say something to hurt him.

Ellie sighed and looked up at me.

“I’m not sure,” she said. “Will mind-linked me to explain, but he did a lousy job.”

Ellie looked back down at her book. I took a deep breath and released it slowly. I was nervous and I wanted Dimitri to come back. I wasn’t going to calm down until I saw that he was okay.

Even if they didn’t do or say anything to hurt him, seeing his mom and his former girlfriend locked up in that place was going to be hard for him.

Skye growled.

‘She is not his girlfriend,’ Skye said angrily.

I ignored her. I’d been doing that since I found out why she refused to shift. I wasn’t ready to talk to her. I wasn’t ready to let her out. I wasn’t ready to see if Oliver was right.

“Why don’t you mind-link him if you are worried?” Ellie asked.

“I don’t want to bother him or distract him,” I mumbled as I looked out the window.

Ellie snorted quietly.

“As if you could ever bother him,” she mumbled.

I took another deep breath and released it slowly. I really wanted him back.

“Sit down, Mads,” Ellie said. “You are making me nervous.”

I turned around to look at her. She was sitting on the couch and reading a book. She didn’t look nervous at all. I listened to her anyway. Staring through that window was going to drive me insane.

I sat down and looked around her room. It wasn’t decorated much. I could still see her suitcase in front of the closet.

“Why didn’t you unpack yet?” I asked.

“I didn’t have time to,” she mumbled, keeping her eyes on the book.

I sighed and forced myself not to roll my eyes at her.

“Will you put that book down and talk to me?” I said, trying to hide the annoyance in my voice. “I am going crazy here.”

Ellie looked at me and snorted.

“Yes, my Queen,” she said as she closed the book and placed it on the coffee table between us. “What would you want to talk about?”

I shrugged. “I don’t know.”

Ellie raised her brows and smirked.

“Well, you are definitely more interesting than my book,” she said, making me sigh and roll my eyes at her.

“Okay, fine,” I mumbled. “Tell me something about yourself. How old are you?”

“I am 20 years old,” Ellie said as she leaned back and smiled at me.

My eyes widened.

“And you are already one of the best warriors in our pack?!” I exclaimed. “That is amazing, Ellie!”

She grinned and shook her head.

“I had no choice,” she said. “I had to grow up with Will and Dimitri. I had to learn how to fight when I was a kid to survive those two.”

I laughed a little.

“How old is Will?” I asked.

“23,” Ellie said, giving me a small smile. “Just like Dimitri.”

I nodded and smiled.

“So you have known Dimitri your whole life?” I asked and she gave me a small nod.

“Oh, yes,” she said. “I have so many embarrassing stories to tell you. Just don’t let him know that I told you anything because he will order me to stop.”

I laughed and shook my head at her.

“I’m waiting,” I said, raising an eyebrow at her.

Ellie laughed and glanced at the door.

“One time Dimitri and Will tried to build a treehouse,” Ellie said. “They were like 11 or 12 years old. I told them that they won’t be able to do it. They were clumsy as shit back then.”

Ellie smirked and shook her head. I chuckled.

“Anyway, I was right,” she sighed. “I watched as Will dropped a plank on Dimitri’s head. It knocked him out cold. Dimitri’s dad almost started a war because he thought his son was attacked in the forest.”

I laughed just as Ellie’s bedroom door opened.

“Well, that is the most beautiful sound I ever heard,” Dimitri said, making my heart skip a beat.

I jumped to my feet and ran to him. I sighed in relief when he finally wrapped his arms around me.

“Hi, princess,” he whispered as he lowered his head and placed a kiss on my jaw. “Maybe I should leave you alone more often if I will get a hug like this every time I come back.”

“No,” I said immediately. “You can never leave me again.”

Dimitri chuckled and kissed the top of my head.

“Oh, you don’t have to worry about that,” he said softly. “It will be hard for me to leave you again. Being without you is torture.”

He was completely right. I wasn’t able to breathe normally without him. I needed him by my side.

“What were you laughing at, princess?” Dimitri asked as he let me go.

I bit the inside of my cheek and shook my head.

“Nothing,” I said, trying to stop myself from grinning.

Dimitri narrowed his eyes and looked at Ellie.

“What story did you tell her?” he asked and I couldn’t hold back my grin any longer.

“I have no idea what you are talking about,” Ellie said, shaking her head.

Dimitri looked back at me and raised an eyebrow.

“Let’s just say that if we ever decide to build a treehouse for our kids, I will be the one doing all the work,” I said as I wrapped my arm around his waist and grinned at him.

“Ellie,” he growled, looking at her.

Both Ellie and Will were holding back their laughter.

“Stop laughing,” he said as he pulled me toward the couch. “It’s not funny. I was 12.”

Dimitri and I sat on the couch. I pulled him closer and kissed his cheek.

“It’s a little bit funny,” I said, making him sigh and roll his eyes.

“Okay, enough about the treehouse,” Ellie said, smirking at Dimitri. “Did you talk to Janet? What did she want?”

My smile disappeared immediately and worry hit me like a train. I looked him up and down and I sighed in relief. He wasn’t injured. Well, physically at least.

What did she ask him? What did she say to him? Did she hurt him?

I pressed myself closer to him, wishing I could just absorb his pain.