Chapter 130

Megan

"What the hell was that all about?" The moment Duncan stepped into my room I was on my feet and rushing towards him. My hands pounding at his chest like a wild thing as tears fell from my cheeks. "What are you playing at." I screamed.

He caught my wrists easily, laughing low in his throat and twisted my arms behind my back.

"Ow get off of me." I struggled even though I knew struggling was pointless. He had always been stronger than me. Both emotionally and physically.

"I'm not hurting you queen megan." Duncan's hot breath flowed across the back of his neck as he brought his lips to my collarbone and sucked hard. "Oh." He nipped hard enough for me to cry out. "I probably shouldn't have done that , should I?" He span me around and I would have fallen if he hadn't of grabbed my arm and started to sway. "You will just have to cover up for a few days until the marks fade, oh this is brilliant."

I let myself be waltzed around. And part of me even enjoyed it. I had never seen Duncan so happy. I sure as hell didn't understand it.

"I don't know why you would think so, Caspian is going to take a leaf out of your book and skin us alive." I grumbled. "Do you think he knows." A wave of dread hollowed out my stomach.

Duncan paused , frowning down on me. "Why should I care Megan. You are going to be queen. Everything is working out even better than I could have planned it. The Lycans turning up was a stroke of luck for us."

Walking away from him I took a seat on the bed and stared down at my hands. "I don't know how you worked that out Duncan. There is no way they will let me rule. Not without Julian." I huffed. "And Julian will not take me as his queen. He loves Cassie."

Duncan's eyes narrowed into slits. "You will be queen. You heard that piece of filth. His union to Cassie is now void. He wants that wayward know it all doctor and once we hand her over then he will leave us alone. You're carrying a royal prince Julian will have no choice but to accept you and then we rule-"

"We?"

"Yes we,  Julian will need a beta , a strong hand to guide him. I am that man. Between the two of us, we will steer him into being the greatest king our kind have ever known. He will be the front , and we will hold all the power. "

I shrank back from the light in his eyes.  They danced with it. With the promise of ruling when it wasn't his destiny to rule. Not that Duncan cared much for destiny. He made his own way.

"You said you and Julian were friends once?" I asked timidly.

He shrugged. "We were until he was no longer useful. I only keep the best by my side. I am destined for great things. Things that will go down in history."

I curled in about myself. For years I had been his and he had been mine but not mates. He used me, and I let him but I knew deep down now that I was in serious trouble. If I failed him, displeased him in anyway than Duncan would cast me aside. He wouldn't even hesitate in throwing blame my way and watching me burn as a traitor.

Hidden at my side my fingers curled into fists. He would use me up and drop me in an instant and we both knew it. But I couldn't see a way out now. If I did what he commanded then I would be queen and if I didn't , if I went for help then I would die,

Not that there was anyone to help me.

I was alone and I was trapped.

There was no way out for me, I had to see this though.

Sighing I laid down and Duncan's eyes followed the movement hungrily.

I curled in on myself. Shaking my head in answer to his unasked question.

Duncan's eyebrows shot up in shock. "No?" He prowled towards me. All lethal force , it would have been sexy if it wasn't literally lethal force. Telling Duncan no was dangerous. Really really dangerous and if I wasn't in the family way I had no doubt that Duncan would take what he needed from my body and then snap my neck. He might even use me after my body had become cold. There was nothing I would put passed him.

Never in a million years did I think I would ever say no to him so I'd never thought about the dangers of loving him. Now I could think of nothing but.

"Let me change your mind." He caught hold of one ankle and dragged me down the bed towards him. "We can celebrate our victory."

"I would love nothing more. But my stomach feels heavy today and-" I left the rest unsaid.

"Don't you dare loose that baby Megan." His fingers squeezed my ankle into the bone crunched. "You're useless to me if you do, Megan." He warned.

"I won't. I promise." That was a promise I planned on keeping. I didn't want a child. I never had but I would treasure this baby its whole life as long as it lived and kept me alive. Because without it I was a dead woman.

"I will leave you to rest tonight then my love." Bending down he brushed his lips against my hair. "Sleep and rest my queen. I will find my pleasure elsewhere tonight." He swept away , the door shutting softly behind him.

Silence wrapped around me. He would find his release tonight, some poor serving girl would find themselves at his mercy. I almost felt sorry for them because he was never gentle with the help. He left them broken, damaged souls that welcomed death. Sometimes he granted them that.

But I couldn't feel sorry for them, I had to think of myself. I had to think of a way out of this. At the moment I was safe, the heir growing in my belly kept me that way but as soon as it was born he would find a way to end my life.

And it wasn't like Julian cared enough to protect me, he couldn't even protect his own true mate.

I was well and truly on my own.

And I was screwed.