THE WICKED WOLF “You’re a mistake.” MISTAKE. I was a mistake to the one person I never wanted to disappoint. “I never wanted you. I never wanted to be here. I never wanted any of this.” This echoed through my head, her words vicious and cruel. Her words were exactly like how he said it was going to be. She didn’t consider us being fated mates. She didn’t even think twice about saying no and refusing it. My back pressed to the door of my office, I slid to the floor, unable to hold myself up any longer. I could not stop the uncontrollable tremor in my hands. Nothing has made me quake like this. Not when I was bathed in my family’s blood, my brothers and sister all around me, my own blood mixing with theirs. Not even when I was crowned King and left to rule alone when I never wanted t