Chapter 175: I Cannot Mate With You
Chapter 175: | Cannot Mate With You
(Olivia’s POV)
Matthew Kane stood outside the door, his gaze deep as he looked over. “Are you ready?”
I rose from my chair, looking at Matthew. The distance of a few steps now felt so vast.
He extended his hand to me, and just as my hand was about to touch his, Victoria Kane suddenly stepped
between us.
“We can talk after the marking ceremony,” Victoria said, pushing Matthew away. “Don’t mess up the procedure, it’s been chaotic enough today.”
Matthew’s gaze sought out mine, and I looked back, desperately wanting to hold him back. But amidst the
joyous clamor of the attendants, my voice was lost.
I could only watch his receding back as I was ushered into the ceremonial hall.
The grand hall was filled with hundreds of distinguished guests. Pack leaders from across the European territories had gathered to witness their Alpha King’s marking ceremony.
Countless spotlights converged on me as I looked towards the raised platform where Matthew was waiting.
The master of ceremonies invited me to the stage.
As my intended mate walked towards me, I took a step back. A desperate urge to flee rose within me.
Seeing his gentle eyes, my own eyes reddened, a sharp pain piercing my heart.
Matthew took my hand, tucking it into the crook of his arm. He whispered, “Are you tired? It will be over soon,
just bear with it a little longer.”
His voice was always so much gentler with me than with anyone else.
My feet moved as if by their own will, led by him to the center of the stage. I tried to tell him, “We can’t
complete the marking,” but my words were drowned out by the ceremony.
The master of ceremonies began the ancient ritual words. The crowd fell silent in reverence.
After the flower children, Elara Vance and Aurora Blackwood, delivered the ceremonial silver bands, Matthew
took the Luna’s marking band.
He lifted my hand and asked, “Will you accept my mark and be my mate, my Queen?”
The hall erupted in cheers, but in that moment, I threw my arms around him. Tears streamed uncontrollably.
down my face.
I realized I had fallen in love with him. Olivia loves Matthew!
He held me back, asking with concern, “What’s wrong? Why are you crying?”
I looked up at him, my eyes red, and spoke through my sobs. “Matthew Kane, you are a truly good man, and a very worthy mate.”
“Meeting you in my youth was my greatest fortune. You were my mentor, you discovered my potential.”
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“You took me to the organization, you became my family, Later, you saved me from Theodore, you were In my savior.
“But Matthew, I am not good enough.”
I gently released him, slipped the marking band from my finger, and placed it in his palm. My voice was choked with sorrow, “I cannot mate with you.”
Matthew stared at my grief–stricken face. His hand was trembling, and he had never had such an out–of–control expression before.
As I turned to leave, his large hand wrapped around my slender waist, holding me fast.
Suddenly, a figure leaped from the crowd, a glint of light flashing from him. My eyes widened at the sight of a silver dagger.
I moved to shield Matthew, but in an instant, he spun us around, encasing me in his protective embrace.
The blade struck, the sound of silver tearing through flesh.
The hall descended into chaos as more attackers emerged. Olivia turned in his arms, frantically checking him for injuries.
But he grasped my hand, his palm cupping my face. “I’m fine,” he said softly.
A scream tore through the crowd. “Brother!”
Isadora Redgrave ran onto the stage and collapsed beside the bleeding figure of Theodore Redgrave.
My gaze followed, my blood running cold as I saw the crimson stain spreading across his white ceremonial
shirt. He had taken the silver blade for me.
My mind went blank, my body trembling uncontrollably as I walked like a zombie towards him.
He looked at me, his love–filled eyes weakening as he breathed my name, “Livvy…”
Matthew’s voice cut through the haze, “Quick, get him to the pack infirmary.”
He knelt by Theodore, applying pressure to the wound as his Royal Guard swarmed the stage and carried him
away.
A terrified Isadora grabbed my hand, “Sister Olivia, please come to the infirmary with me, I’m so scared.”
Matthew lifted the catatonic me into his arms and strode out of the hall.
In the car, his Beta Tristan reported that the assassin was dead and the pups were safe.
At the Royal Infirmary, outside the emergency room, the Redgrave family–Eleonora Redgrave, Isadora Redgrave, Leo Redgrave–and Seraphina Kane waited anxiously.
I stood numbly in the corridor, my gaze lost among the moonflowers in the courtyard.
I felt Matthew’s arms wrap around me from behind. I smelled the faint scent of pine on him and my eyes reddened uncontrollably.
I pulled his hands away and turned to face him.
He suppressed his emotions and asked quietly, “You don’t want to mate with me anymore?”
“Yes,” I nodded, a tear finally escaping.
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“You lied to me,” I said, my voice trembling. “My heart condition three years ago wasn’t cured. My heart is
failing.”
He tried to reassure me, telling me the healing was successful and my check–ups were fine.
“We have Aurora,” he offered.
“Aurora is not your biological daughter,” I retorted.
“Your parents…”
“They don’t mind,” Matthew cut in, stepping forward to embrace me, “and I don’t mind either.”
I cried in his arms, looking up at him. “But I mind.”
His parents, Barrett Kane and Victoria Kane, had been so good to me and Aurora. I can’t be so selfish, not letting him have his own pup.
. I must let go.
“We were just starting to build a mating bond… you’ll forget me soon,” I whispered. “A better she–wolf will become your mate.”
“I can no longer serve you, my King,” I said, the formal address a final, painful severing of our bond. “Thank you for your care for me and Aurora all this time. Let’s break up our relationship.”
I took off the ring and placed it in his palm, a lingering, unspoken affection hanging in the air between us.
Matthew grasped my hand, “Livvy, I only want you to be my mate.”
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Chapter 176: Leaving Mat
