Chapter 71 (b)
“If I want to. I can challenge him. I may have been weak because of my mate’s death or since he marked my mate, but he was too when he rejected his mate. I can defeat him, since I know I am stronger than him. I am king.” What he said was true, that’s why I was worried about him being our enemy. No matter where I see it, he was way stronger than King Marco. The first born was said to be blessed by the moon goddess.
“Why are you telling me this now?”
“So, you can stop Marco.”
“You want me to fight my own father?”
“You already feel that he is not your father. Don’t fool yourself, Matteo.”
“He never did anything to me to warrant my anger. He had been a good- father to me.” he replied. “They knew that,” he added, and looked at Calvin and James, who both nodded their heads in agreement.
“Maybe, but the fact that he has no intention of giving you the throne means he doesn’t trust you.”
“He is going to give me that once I turn 100 and I will deal with you.”
“You mean when we kill each other? You know that I was supposed to be king, but he took it from me. You are my son and next in line. Who do you think will be king after we kill each other? Who will benefit from everything after both of us are gone? How would your mother feel if you let what Marco wants happen to you?”
“Don’t use my mother to get what you want!” Matteo shouted.
“I will if I have to. You are wasting your mom’s suffering from Marco. She knew she couldn’t win over him, so she decided to stay low and waited. But his real mate killed her and both your fathers” he replied and looked at Calvin and James.
“What do you mean his real mate?” Calvin asked angrily. Now he got his and James‘ attention.
“Ronaldo, whom he thought was his mate, was actually Marco’s. She was the one who casted a spell on my father and your mother for them to think that I was not hers, doubted me and that I did all the cruel things that were happening in the kingdom.”
“Ronaldo was under the spell that Eunice’s mother was his mate?”
James asked,
“Yes. And Eunice is not her daughter either. She only loves Marco and no one else. Both her and the king you knew planned it. So she would be able to stay with him even if he was about to choose her mate as his queen. In the long run, Marco had no plan to continue seeing her, that’s why he rejected her after he became king.”
“And Rapha knows everything?” James asked,
“Yes,” he replied, and I looked at Matteo and he looked like the earth was on his shoulders.
“And he didn’t tell me about it?”
“He was hoping that I could do it myself.”
“And you have known about it for a long time, and you never tried to tell me about it?”
“I only knew about it after Rapha told me about it after your mother died. I thought he was only telling me those things so he could catch- me. But I started to do investigations with you. Him telling me that you are mine definitely shocked me. I was happy but I had to make sure, and it turned out it was true. One follows after the other and from my plan on taking him off of the throne, I decided to have you there instead,” he answered. “I saw how much you got stronger, especially after you have been marked and mated with your fated mate.” he continued, “You don’t need to believe me now, but I want you to think about it and decide for yourself. Once you decide to believe in me, come back and let’s talk. I am going to explain to you why I had to do the kidnappings of the pups and why you, princess, smell that scent in the cabins.” My eyes widened, so it was really planned.
