The Prince’s Unwilling mate by Mutya

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She probably thinks she is hiding it from me, but I can tell something is wrong
with Ayla. Ever since Hannah begged her to reconsider her punishment it is as if
she has grown a little dull. Almost like she was muted, I can only hope she brings
it up when it is just the two of us. That would mean she trusts me enough to let
me in. To tell me what is bothering her. I know she trusts me and will tell me
eventually. I just hope that she will tell me soon so I can be there for her. She has
known Hannah her entire life and I know it must be hard for her to deal with
Hannah being a rogue now “because of her decision”

Surely, the other option would have been worse. I had good reasons to believe
that if it hadn't been for Ayla requesting such a lenient punishment. Hannah
would have been executed. It was the punishment Dad told me he would have
asked the Council of Elders for if it was not for Ayla, wanting to spare her life.
That's why she wanted to see Hannah two nights ago. If she hadn't been
pregnant I was fairly sure Ayla would have agreed with having Hannah executed.
Hannah should thank the Moon Goddess that my beautiful mate was so warm
and kind-hearted that she not only spared her life. But even allowed her to live
out the rest of her days in freedom. Where she could build a life with her pup.
Granted it was not ideal but rogues have been known to go and live amongst
humans. As a wolf, you can even find a way to make sure you don’t lose your
wolf. All you needed to do was to go on regular runs. In your wolf form of course
but with a little planning, Hannah would be able to. She could tell her pup all
about werewolf culture, and teach them how to shift. Take them on runs and in
the end let them travel some packs to find their mate. Granted, it wouldn't be the
best life for a young wolf. It would or could still be a fulfilling one. David and
Hannah were the only ones responsible for the fact that their pup had

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no pack to grow up in. No other wolves, that wanted to be in their or their pup’s
life. Like how David was the only one responsible for the fact that his firstborn
would grow up without a father.

Maybe this was easy for me to say though. All I saw when I looked at Hannah
was the she-wolf worried about the wolf that mistreated her and all of her pack
and family members. The monster who killed his family just to try to get the mate
that he rejected back. Ayla being my second chance mate was only part of it.
Nothing of what David did, what Hannah supported was okay. Maybe it would be
less personal if it wasn’t my mate. The one I loved so much. But I would have
petitioned the two of them to be executed.

Ayla was different though she was far more forgiving and kind-hearted than I am.
It was something I loved her for. Something that I admired but I know sometimes
it was hard on her. Even without her telling me I knew she was either doubting
her decision or feeling guilty about it. She shouldn't be, not when the woman she
was feeling sorry for tried to ruin her life. Hannah told Cynthia to be careful not to
become like her. Everyone found it odd that Cynthia was the one who helped
Hannah get her things in order until Mom pointed out that the two of them had
spent some time being locked up together. With Ayla as a common enemy of
some sort.

Mom figured they might have formed a kind of friendship, something we all
agreed on after we thought about it. Hannah's warning to Cynthia should be a
warning sign to Ayla. Proof that the two she- wolves had spoken about her in
some unkind way. After all, Hannah warned Cynthia to let it go and not end up
like her. Yet all it seemed to do was make Ayla feel worse.

The second the gates to the pack ground closed Hannah standing on the other
side and grabbing her chest as the hurt of becoming rogue coursed to her body.
Ayla had gone to her office saying she needed to

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study for her education to become a Queen. At first, I figured she did not want to
see Hannah going through all that pain. Even if I felt it was deserved I walked
away too. I would never watch another wolf suffer.

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Or well I might watch David suffer for

all he has done to my wonderful

mate but nobody else. But it had

been three hours now, and Ayla still
hadn't come out. She had sk ipped

dinner letting me know she was not
hungry. it worried me not just

because there was a very high

chance she was pregnant meaning

she would need to eat enough.
Sometimes with how hectic our lives
were we forgot just how much stress

she had been under lately. Even the
sessions with her therapist were on

hold now. She had to cancel due to

heat, she had to sk ip one because of

an important meeting the week

before. Now we would reschedule

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But with the trial starting directly after the heat, Ayla hadn't had the chance to
schedule a new appointment. Let alone attend one, meaning she has been
without therapy for three weeks. Both for her m ental well-being and for her
physical well-being. When the last days must have taken a toll on her physical
and especially me ntal health. I wanted her to eat and I wanted to cheer her up
without making it too obvious I was worrying about her. Knowing her she would
just feel bad about it again.

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Ultimately I decided to make her
oven-baked sliders with my crispy
oven-baked garlic potato wedges.

Mom had given us some of her

famous coleslaw before so I paired it

with that. Thirty minutes later I

knocked on the door of her office.
Unsurprised at the fact she didn't

answer me. She would often put on

her headphones if she was trying to
focus, or just wanted to cut herself

off from the outside world. She

wasn't ignoring me on purpose.

Opening the door while carrying a

tray with two plates of food and two
glasses of Dr. Pepper was a

challenge but I eventually managed

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“Darling, I got hungry and I realiii..” I started to tell her my excuse as

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to why I brought her dinner to her

office. But my words fell away when I
finally saw Ayla. I almost let the tray

fall from my hands as my heart broke

and what I saw. Something I never
expected to see even if I should have.
Everything has been leading up to

this, but I got too caught up in life. I

was so excited to be able to rebuild
things with Ayla. To take more steps
toward the future. That I hardly ever
considered if Ayla was ready to take
these steps. If Ayla was as excited

and as capable of rebuilding our lives
together. She would always push

aside my worries, and I would let her
because it was easier. So ultimately I

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