Sarah gasped as she turned to look at Lucian, her phone dropping to the ground.
"H-how is that possible?"
Lucian stretched his hand forward and wrapped his hand around her neck.
"You bitch! What did you do? How dare you order my men to kidnap my wife and her mother while I'm here. How dare you do such a thing?"
Sarah groaned under his grip and tried to escape from his grip but he was stronger than her. "L-lucian," she struggled for breath. "I only d-did you a favor. T-those disgusting witches are nothing to be worried about, I had to find a way to try to get them out of the way so y-you wouldn't worry too much. I know y-you have the responsibility of being an Alpha but also a leader so you have to be intentional about everything you do."
"You have no idea about me, how dare you say what is untrue?" Lucian said while loosening his grip around Sarah's neck.
"I can't possibly not know you, Lucian." She said, breaking into a fit of coughs as Lucian removed his hand from her neck and dropped it by his side.
"I live for you, for your love. I know who you truly are. No woman can know you as much as I know you. I know the reason you kept Emerald by your side is to get rid of her and her bloodline so why are you only hesitating now? I know Damien may be on your neck because of this but does it matter? You are the best in what you do. Even when it comes to killing people. It wouldn't matter If you just killed a few more people such as Emerald and her mother, right?"
"You're out of it," Lucian said, feeling conflicted in his thoughts.
"It doesn't matter If I'm out of it or not, you know that I'm telling you the truth." She said, circling Lucien.
Then she placed a hand on his back before leaning close. "What you don't know is this, Sarah. Emerald is not just an ordinary woman so you can't play with her as you wish."
Sarah turned around and placed a finger on Lucian's lips.
"You always maintain your composure even at the most strenuous times. I see you haven't changed and I'm glad about that. However, I'm not happy that you would come to visit me on your own. It means you do not see me as a risk to curb or put an end to."
Lucian smirked and removed Sarah's finger from the front of his lips.
"You do not understand anything," She said. "The depth of love I have for you. That is why I haven't even thought of betraying you, not once. Even though I have some power and influence amongst mafias, I never once thought of getting rid of you even though it crossed my mind severally because you wouldn't give in to me so easily. Please, Lucian stop playing hard to get, huh? I've suffered for many years, just to see you abhor a witch in your house and treat her with top-notch treatment that is supposed to be mine."
"You don't understand," Lucian replied in a quieter tone. "What you see is far more complicated than you could ever imagine."
"Me being with Damien's daughter, Emerald, gives me the liability to own an empire far bigger than anyone else could say. You have no idea how much I want that empire."
"Then you can build that empire with me!" Sarah said while standing in front of Lucian.
He looked at her but then he turned away. "You are not fit to run my empire with me."
A tear leaked down Sarah's face which she quickly wiped away.
"No, how could that be? I've always been by your side. How come now I'm not enough to be your Alpha Queen?" Sarah said both angrily and desperately but Lucian kept a straight face.
"That title is only reserved for… my better pair. My other half. In other words, my mate." Lucian himself couldn't believe the words he was saying. His mate was Emerald but he still had a hard time admitting that to himself because he was scared. What would happen if she didn't want to be his?
He ran his fingers through his hair, feeling annoyed by his thought process.
Why in the world was he worried about what she would think, instead of worrying about his selfish objectives it shouldn't matter If she wanted him or not. He co? ld simply just take her as his own.
However, that was not the point. The main point was that he was a Werewolf. An Alpha in particular. How could he have a witch for a mate?
His normal emotions told him that he could fare well without his mate, however, his wolf was telling him something else. He wanted her, he yearned for her and wanted her to be the Queen of the empire that he was going to expand soon and his will was saying no to all the ideas bubbling up in his head. To make a witch, the center of his lifeline knowing fully well that witches were the ones who had killed his parents.
However bonded he was with Emerald, he couldn't forgive and forget the past. The situation had caused a moment of pain for him that still traveled with him everywhere he went. The feeling of loneliness which eroded him everywhere he was in life.
No matter how big he grew, be it larger than life or not, there was this void within him that sucked the life out of him continuously without any intention of leaving him alone. This was the darkness he lived with all his life which had no hope of clearing out.
There was no way that Sarah could ever be his Queen. She may have some connections and the beauty but it all came down to the fact that she was only going to end up being a trophy wife If he did end up going for her. But he wouldn't, he wouldn't let years of hard work go down the drain.