Chapter 804 - THE KING'S DESTINED MATE

"When do you think your mate will wake up?" Kace glared at Jedrek when they headed toward the campsite outside the wall.

This time, Sterling would come with some of the shifters that Kace had came across these past few centuries, thus the three Donovans were going to greet them there.

It wasn't because they wanted to visit Kace's 'friends', but because they had to appease their own people since the creatures that Sterling would bring were mostly shifters without pack or another supernatural creatures that they thought had been extinct.

So, they were in a need to observe the situation with these newcomers first, in order to know where this collaboration would lead them to.

While Kace was running away from this realm, it seemed he encountered many interesting creatures and Sterling was with him until he met his mate and settle down in the mystic river village.

"I will let you know once I have the answer," Jedrek said offhandedly.

"I hate it when I don't have my mate beside me," Kace said, annoyed.

Sterling, who supposed to come a few days ago, had delayed his arrival and this caused Kace to feel extremely grumpy these past two days. However, mostly it was because Hope had been staying with Lilac and Raine instead of spending time with him.

"You are not the only one." Torak glanced at Kace and gave him a look. "So, stop complaining."

Torak was upset too, because Raine chose to stay with Lilac and was listening to whatever Hope had to say, instead of being with him.

However, it seemed what Hope discovered about their power was right. Lilac looked better now when he saw her this morning. Her complexion was not as pale as before and some color had returned to her face now.

Therefore, they couldn't disagree with the girls' method to heal each other. It seemed that they had their own ability to heal faster whenever they were with each other. This was a new information that they didn't know before.

"Ck," Kace clicked his tongue in annoyance. "I hate this."

The younger Donovan kept complaining until they sensed a horde marching closer toward them and one of the guard came to Jedrek, to inform him that the entourage that led by Sterling had moved closer and they would be arriving in about five minutes.

Jedrek dismissed the guard and sniffed the air. "Rogues," he said grimly when he smelled the various scents in the air.

Behind the three brothers were a few important people under each respective Donovan, and because Chiron still couldn't be found, it was Zarrn who took the responsibility to represent their kind, beside him there was Delta, the head of hunters.

"They are not rogues. They are just shifters who didn't belong to any pack," Kace corrected Jedrek, but he scoffed upon hearing that.

"That's why they are called rogues. Because they doesn't belong toany pack," Jedrek said.

"Whatever," Kace gritted his teeth, yet his anger disappeared almost immediately when he saw Sterling and his mate, along with the twins and their daughter.

Kace waved his hands at them and rushed over.

"Can't he act with a little bit dignity?" Jedek frowned, he disliked Kace's current behavior. He was just like a little boy, who was meeting his favorite friend. "He shouldn't be too friendly with them," he criticized.

"Those people came here willingly because of him, not like our people." Torak walked forward to follow Jedrek to meet their new force. "I think that kind of behavior is something that brings them together."

"They can treat them like that, but he will not only lead his own people, therefore, he cannot act that way with our people," Jedrek pointed out the problem. "You know that."

Kace could be friendly with the people that he knew, but if he wanted to command all of the lycanthropes, he should be less friendly and become more determined instead, whether he liked it or not. Unfortunately, Kace didn't have much choice in this matter.

Meanwhile, Kace happily hugged Sterling and then his mate, Sophia, causing the lycan to growl viciously and shove him aside.

"Hands off my mate, you brat!" Sterling pulled back Sophia behind him, yet the woman just rolled her eyes upon seeing the two men acting this way again.

"Can't he stop hugging our mother?" Ethan mumbled to his twin.

"They have known each other for a very long time," Ian said, he shrugged his shoulder and didn't think much about it.

"Hai, Rossie!" Kace raised his hand to the girl beside her mother. "You have become more beautiful!"

"Hai, Kace," Rossie replied to him timidly.

"And why did he only greet the women in our family?" Ethan complained. Kace didn't even spare the boys a glance. "He is becoming more and more annoying."

However, after Kace tousled Rossie's head his easy-going expression turned solemn upon seeing the people that came with Sterling.

There were around three hundred people, closely observing their new environment and frowned upon seeing Jedrek and Torak behind Kace.

This number, indeed, as not big as the number of the people from Torak's pack that came two days ago, but most of the people here were more powerful than anyone could imagine. They might appear normal, but that didn't mean they were not hiding any explosive powers behind their normal exterior.

"Rest of them will come within three or four days from now," Sterling informed Kace and then he added. "But, I can't find Aidan."

"He is not in that place?" Kace's brows creased. He needed that shifter now, but where the hell was he?

"No, I had searched that place, but found no one," Sterling shook his head in regret. "But, I think he was already aware of the upcoming war."

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Calleb was heading toward the king's wing after talking a few things with Raphael when he saw Chiron, who was walking leisurely in the backyard.

"Why are you here?" Calleb quickened his steps and walked alongside the centaur.

"Hello, Calleb," Chiron greeted him with a bright smile. "I am here to meet Lilac."

"I don't think you can see her, Jedrek doesn't allow anyone to meet her now," Calleb told him.

"So, this is true, she is the king's destined mate?" Chiron asked.

"Lilac? Yes, she is," Calleb replied.