Mated To The King’s Gamma By Jessica Hall

Chapter 33

Days later.

Every morning, I woke to candy on the end of my bed from Gannon. Ivy was staying in the King’s old

quarters, and no one had been able to get close to her. Not even me. Clarice explained she was

fretting for the King, and it turns she-wolves savage. However, because things have been so chaotic

around here, I have hardly had a chance to see Gannon. However, he had been leaving candy and

craft supplies in my room or his for me to find when I clean it. Which only made me feel more guilty

when I found them each day.

This morning was no different when I found a bunch of roses on the end of my bed with chocolate. I

pick them up, putting them in a vase on the windowsill before getting ready for work. Today, we were

holding funerals for the rogues that were found dead, and I had to help Clarice in the kitchens to cater

for it. Grabbing my uniform, I slip it on and move toward the door. Although the moment I step out the

door, I find Liam waiting in the hall, leaning against Dustin’s doorframe.

“Gannon spent all afternoon looking for you, Abbie, while you were off with Kade. You still haven’t told

him,” Liam states as I close my door.

“I haven’t had a chance because he has been busy,” I tell him, walking past him.

“Have you decided?” he asked, and I sighed; how could I decide when I barely know either of them

really, yet I wasn’t sure I could reject Kade. The mate bond was stronger than I was ever told about. It

made me crave my mate and filled me with loneliness when he was away.

“Kade is my mate, Liam. It is a blessing from the moon goddess,” I tell him, walking down the stairs.

“Not all mates are blessings. Kade doesn’t want you. He just knows by keeping you. It strengthens

him,” he snaps, keeping up with me. I scoffed because it sounded ridiculous. Liam grabs my arm,

stopping me.

“He is using you. How can you not see that?” he snaps.

“Using me?” I laugh. “I have nothing to offer him. He isn’t using me, Liam. You know nothing of our

relationship.” Now Liam scoffs and folds his arms across his chest.

“So he told you has kids and a wife?” Liam asks, and I blink at him before getting angry. He would say

that just because I want to try to make this work with my mate?

“You’re lying,” I growl.

“Ask him. To Kade, you are just another side piece with the added benefit that his wolf side will get

stronger after having his fated mate.” Liam growls at me, and my hand moves before I even register

what I did. My hand connects with his face that he would say such outrageous things about Kade when

he has been nothing but nice to me.

The slap is loud, and I gulp when his head whips to the side before turning back to glare at me. “I will

let that one slide since I know you are blinded by your bond, but I would not recommend hitting me

again.” Liam snarls, stepping closer to me, when I hear Gannon’s voice.

“What’s going on here?” he asks, and I lift my head, looking to the top of the stairs to see Gannon

walking down them. Liam arches an eyebrow at me before clicking his tongue. “I warned you,” Liam

hisses at me, turning to speak to Gannon. Yet my hand reaches out, and I grip his wrist. He looks down

at my hand before back looking at me.

“Tell him because I won’t lie if he asks me,” Liam says before walking off. My eyes dart to Gannon, who

watched us as he came closer. He watches Liam leave, stopping next to me.

*Are you going to explain why you just slapped my friend?” he asked, gripping my hand that was

trembling. He lifts it to his mouth, kissing my knuckles, and I pull my hand from his grip.

“Gannon, don’t. You won’t want to touch me after I tell you.” I tell him, feeling guilty and knowing I was

holding off. I didn’t want to tell him because I wanted him to, but Kade was my mate.

My destined mate. Someone the moon goddess chose for me and I couldn’t throw that away. If I did for

Gannon, and Gannon left me, I would have no one but Ivy. Kade told me he couldn’t leave me, that he

didn’t want to, that he loved me, and he would always love me. So I had no choice but to go with the

safer option.

“Tell me what?” he asks, looking the way Liam left. Yet how did I tell him? How could I tell him that

Kade asked me to leave with him? Gannon turns back to me, and my heart felt torn. I wanted Gannon.

I also wanted my mate.

He cups my face in his hands, and I shake my head, tears spilling down my cheeks. “Tell me, whatever

it is. I can try to fix it. Did Liam do something?” he asks, and I shake my head.

“You can’t fix it, Gannon,” I tell him, knowing this wasn’t something that needed fixing or something he

could control.

“Tell me, whatever is wrong, we can work it out,” he says, pressing his forehead against mine. I try to

push him away, but he doesn’t budge, refusing to let me go. He lifts my face, staring at me with worry

when I try to pull away again.

“What’s wrong?” he asks, wiping my tears away with his thumbs. “l…I found my mate,” I whisper, and

he shakes his head.

“What?” he asks, and I swallow, looking away, unable to meet his gaze. “I found my mate,” I repeat,

though this time, my voice sounded dead even to my own ears. Gannon lets me go, stepping away

from me.

“Who?” he asks, clearly stunned by this information. However, I don’t get a chance to answer when he

asks another question.

“Is this why I haven’t been able to find you over the last few days?” he snaps at me.

“Why Clarice has been avoiding me?” I say nothing, knowing that Clarice knew where I was, although I

never asked her to lie for me.

“Who is your mate, Abbie?” Gannon asks.

“Why! So you can threaten him as Liam did?” I snap, becoming frustrated with everyone telling me to

choose damn sides, forcing my hand. Gannon growls.

“I would never hurt like that?” he says, and I instantly regret his words as he looks away.

“It’s Alpha Kade,” I tell him, and his head whips back to face me. His eyes turn black, and his canines

protrude.

“No. You are not his mate,” he snarls.

“Yes, I am,” I tell him.

“No, Abbie, you can’t be with him. I won’t allow it!” he snarls.

“It’s not up to you, Gannon,” he’s my mate, not yours. He growls at me, and the angered look on his

face frightens me.

“No, you don’t understand. He is not a good man; he-”

“I don’t want to hear your lies. First, Liam tells me he is married and has a family, and now you want to

try to get between us too, mates don’t cheat on mates! Liam said it himself regarding the King. He

would tell me if he had a family before me.” Gannon steps closer, but I step back.

“You’re wrong. But you need to listen to me. Kade isn’t who you think he is. I have known him for

years-” I hold up my hand, having heard enough, and he stops, and I open my mouth to say something

but then close it, not wanting to say something I will regret. Instead, I walk down the stairs toward the

kitchens.

“Abbie!”

“No, Gannon. I don’t want to hear it,” I tell him.

“He is married!” Gannon yells at me, and I stop spotting Liam waiting by the doors. I growl, storming off

to find Clarice.

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