The Alpha's Temptation

“Stop this nonsense!” Sirrah shouted at Morava.

“Nonsense?” Morava retorted. “My father is sitting there with a girl who was a slave up until yesterday and today—” she let out a sharp puff of breath. “Today that bitch is the true heir of Pegasii?”

Sirrah clenched her teeth so hard that they hurt. Clenching her fists, she started pacing the room again. She recalled when she had learned that Kinshra and Biham were mates, she had planned something so that it would make Biham reject his mate.

Biham was unable to live without Kinshra. There was not a day that she was not seen with him. It was as if he couldn’t stop touching his mate. Sirrah had confronted Biham and demanded that since she was the mother of his first child, he should reject his mate.

“How can I reject my mate, Sirrah?” Biham replied. “Did you know that she is only here in this realm because of me? And do you know how risky it is to leave your own realm and come live in a different one? The number of spells King Ian had to deal with just to create a portal to come to Pegasii was insane. Kinshra and I are inseparable. I cannot reject her. In my many years of existence, I hadn’t known that I would even find a mate, but it was just by a chance meeting that I found her. Can you imagine how lucky I am? If you like we can annul the marriage and I will give you back your kingdom. But I will not reject my mate.”

Sirrah was shaking with rage. “After having a child with me, you are saying that you are lucky to have found your mate? Now who will take me? Who will marry me after you annul our marriage? You have to reject her!”

Biham growled and caught her neck. He pushed her to the wall and growled, “I will never reject my mate!”

Sirrah was shocked.

He left her and said, “However, as compensation, I can remain married to you, as well. You can stay in my palace. I will give you every protection and will remain your child’s father. At the same time, I will marry my mate. I will announce her to my kingdom’s subjects soon. It is not uncommon for kings to have more than one wife.”

“What do you mean?”

“I mean what I said, Sirrah. Kinshra’s child will be the legal heir of Pegasii, while your child is going to be like any other prince or princess. The mate’s child is the only child the spirit of kingdoms will recognize. Any Ooher they won’t even show themselves to. Remember that I tried taking you to the garden where the spirit resides. What happened? The doors wouldn’t even open for you.”

“So what?” Sirrah said loudly as she pushed Biham on his chest. “So, what Biham? Who the hell is interested in an heir that the spirit recognizes? People are only interested in what the breed of the queen is? And Kinshra doesn’t even belong to this realm. The people of Pegasii will never accept her. The Elders won’t accept her because she is a fae. She is a threat to the people of Araniea!”

“Shut up!” he growled and took a step towards Sirrah as if he would rip her apart. “She is no threat. Kinshra is like a delicate flower and is the most beautiful and polite and down-to-earth girl I have ever come across, despite being a princess. I will not tolerate a word against her!” _{ρꪖꪕᦔꪖꪕꪫꪣꫀ​ꪶ​}

“Then are you forgetting that faes possess ancient magic? It was their ancestors who wrote the dark arcana books and had hidden them in a place where no one could go. Those who have tried, have been met with death! And you want to accept that kind of a girl as a queen to your kingdom. She would not only be a threat to Pegasii, but to the entire Araniea. She possesses so much power that she could destroy us!” Sirrah was breathless. “Do not let your emotions take over your logic! Even I rejected my mate because it was the right thing to do!”

“Sirrahhh!” Biham had growled dangerously, forcing her to be quiet. “I will not reject my mate and that is final. I will talk to the Elders about it!”

After that he was gone.

Sirrah sank on the nearest sofa. Fury flooded her like molten lava. She had to eliminate Kinshra. She didn’t care that Kinshra was polite or didn’t have interest in the kingdom. Sirrah was afraid that her child would become the true heir of Pegasii. She couldn’t take that chance, she had so meticulously planned out her life. Her father was unwell and she was sure that he would breathe his last any time now. Biham had stopped coming to see Sirrah after that. When Sirrah had told her father about Kinshra, he had advised her that at least Biham was still married to her out of guilt, but had he been any other king, he would have annulled the marriage. A mate bond was revered above marriage and if a king found a mate, then the spirit of the kingdom recognized only the mate and the child born from her. He had asked her to stay quiet.

After her father had announced that she would be Biham’s betrothed, Sirrah had in no time seduced him and became pregnant with his child. She married Biham soon after and gave birth to Morava. For some reason after that, she never could become pregnant again.

Sirrah wasn’t prepared for this earth-shattering shock. Biham found his mate in a fae. The fae was more powerful than her in terms of magic, but she was no match to Sirrah in cunningness. Sirrah had played this game since she was a child. Sirrah hadn’t attended the wedding between Biham and Kinshra.

Sirrah had stayed in her kingdom because she couldn’t bear the humiliation of staying in Pegasii. Biham was only with his mate. He had her security so tight that no one was allowed to meet with her. No one knew what was going on, until a few months later Sirrah got information that Kinshra was pregnant and she was in full pregnancy. Sirrah felt threatened to a great extent. Eliminating Kinshra had become an obsession.

When Kinshra was nine months pregnant, she was framed for practicing black magic. It was reported to the Elders.

Few days later the Elders arrived at Biham’s palace and they insisted that he throw Kinshra in the dungeons and kill her, but Biham could never do that. He knew that his fae mate hadn’t practiced it, but he hadn’t known who had been behind framing her, even up to today.

Biham ended up rejecting Kinshra.

Heartbroken Kinshra started contacting her people to go back, but they refused and said her child could never pass through the portal to the fae realm. So, Kinshra fled from the palace and stayed hidden for a week along with her maid, Cordea. As soon as she gave birth to her daughter, she was taken back by her people.

Cordea and Arthur had to run to save the little child, who was Pegasii’s true heir.