The Prince’s Unwilling mate

Chapter 16

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“Why are you still in your robe Griff, didn’t you plan to see your maa..” Dad started but he fell quiet as he saw the look on my face.

His desk cracked under the force as I slammed Ayla’s letter on his desk. Screaming at him that his shouting had costeverything. That he was the reason my mate ran away from me. Just after having decided to givea chance. My screaming had alerted Mom, but she didn’t speak as she walked into Dad’s office. Just taking in the scene. Dad kept weirdly relaxed, this was the first tI shouted at him. The first tI showed him any kind of disrespect at all. I expected him to blow up at me, and it would cause us to physically fight, so I could get all that overwhelming anger out.

“First of all, I am terribly sorry for shouting, even more now knowing what it caused. So you have two choices, you either fight withsince that is what you cin here to do. It will damage our relationship beyond repair. And it will tarnish our reputation, which you might not care too much about now. Or you go pack a bag and go to the BloodMoon pack she

belongs to and you explain what happened. If you choose the latter I will write her a letter personally with my apologies, explanation, and the royal seal to prove its authenticity” Dad tellsin the same voice he used to comfortwhen I was

only a pup.

It feels as if I’ve been held up by an invisible thread, and it snaps at the pity in his voice. I sink into a chair and bury my head in my hands. Because honestly I keep on messing up

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and because I do I am unsure if she is ever going to giveanother chance. Unaware that I was so emotional that my parents could hear my thoughts through the mindlink.

“I’m going to refrain from being that Mom, so I am not going to tell you that every girl refusing my precious boy is an idiot,” Mom tells me, and despite everything I smile at that.

“So I will just ask you, is she worth trying? Do you think she might be worth groveling for most of if not the eternity of the six months you have until you have to make an announcement?” She continues.

I nod before I can even form the words. I know nothing about her, so maybe it is stu pid to be so obsessed with her already. It’s just that I want to find a fated mate, it is all I ever wanted. So when I found out she is this beautiful, knowing from Dillion she is brave, fierce, or a firecracker as he calls her. A nicknhe is going to have to drop the second she givesa chance. All madewant to get to know her. Realizing the Moon Goddes did really blesswith my mate.

With my new resolve, I get up and apologize to my dad telling him I am going to pack a bag. He agrees I take Dillion, Stanley, and Gerald with me. Since Gerald was already traveling to the Blood Moon pack with his mate and her family. I love how he forgivestellinghe would have reacted the sif anyone would have cin between him and

my mom. Rushing back to my chambers I mindlink Dillion and Stanley. As I suspected Gerald and his mate are still in my study.

“Jessa you can cancel your plane tickets, were flying to the Blood Moon pack with the Royal jet. If you really feel like I still have a chance with Ayla then I am not going to give up on her” I tell her trying my best to keep the anger and panic out

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I smile when Jessa doesn’t cower, instead, she stands a Иttle straighter.

“Can I speak freely with you Prince Griffin?” She tellsclearly sure of herself.

“Of course, and just callGriffin your mate is one of my best friends, and my mate is your best friend so if everything goes as planned we’ll be seeing a whole lot of each other” Just saying so is comforting me.

The small reminder that there is a chance things work out too. Because there are things I have working in my favor. And when Jessa urgesto be patient with her. But only if I genuinely want to make her happen and be the mate her best friend deserves. My promise is a genuine one I make from the depths of my heart. It is also the moment I’ve grown to love ‘Jessa as one would a sister. Or a sister-in-law. She cares for my mate that much is clear, she had on multiple occasions today gone against common survival instincts to help her friend. I understand the proud smile on Gerald’s face.

Dillion and Stanley crushing to my studies, I give them a quick rundown of what happened askingif they want to join me. I could have easily ordered them to, but in my experience, people work harder for you if they do it out of love or respect and not fear. Even as my Beta and his mate they have lives of their own. And I would never willingly interfere with that if it wasn’t life or death. Luckily as expected they don’t even have to consider for a second. And a minute later I am all alone

as everyone is packing their backs. Aside from Jessa who has convincednot to let Alpha Phill*p know ahead of tand now is warning her parents about the

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change in plans. She also toldAyla turned off her phone.

There is no tto anxiously go over my wardrobe now. So I just packed everything I tried on this morning. Just as I am putting the last bits in my suitcase Dad walks into the room. In his hand a thick cream colored envelope with silvery wax stamped in the royal seal.

“This is my letter to your mate, the letter itself has the royal seal too. I hope you trustenough to let your mate open it. If not you can break the seal and still have the royal seal on the letter itself” He tells me.

Already regretting lashing out early I smile at him before putting the envelope in my suitcase and zipping it shut. I know my father well enough to know he would never write something in his letter that would hurt my chances. Or hurt Ayla, he can be a little strict sometimes but he would never be - cruel. Let alone just to be cruel. He hugsbefore letting me

know the plane is ready and waiting for our departure.

I heard about the Blood Moon pack before, and I have visited once. Three years ago, it was one of the first packs I visited when I turned 18. In retrospect that didn’t doany good. Ayla was still too young to

Sanize her mate at that time.

And even if she was she hadn’t been rejected yet and I am not her first mate. Something I am only realizing now, she had another mate. Someone who is still alive, someone I am going to meet in a few hours. All I remember is that the flight to the Blood Moon pack was long and boring. Alpha Phill*p didn’t stand out much. My parents couldn’t tella lot about him either when I asked yesterday. Meaning he didn’t offend my parents, or did things that caused us to doubt his leadership. He never did anything memorable in a good way either. Father considers sof the Alpha’s as allies. Close friends

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even, others he sees as just subjects. Alpha Phill*p is firmly placed amongst the latter.

And it makeswonder why Jessa was so adamant about not contacting him before. During our flight, I tried to pry her for more. Both she and her fathers toldthey could not tell me. As it is part of Ayla’s story. I respect their decision. If anything I love that they are so respectful of her. It does raise suspicion that he has not been a good Alpha at the very least not to Ayla. And with her first mate being an Alpha’s son and living in the Blood Moon pack it is obvious his son rejected her, for not being fit to be a Luna. It’s going to be a struggle to keep Conan in check. I just hoped my friends would helpif they noticed he was trying to take control. Because the moment we land and rent cars to drive to the background the } atmosphere has shifted. One look at Dillion and Gerald tells