CHAPTER NINETY-SEVEN
BURKE’S POV
Three moons from now, I’ll be getting married to Harley; the board members approved it happily, and the people are jubilating about it, forgetting Harley’s crimes.
Although I didn’t forget her crimes, it feels like I’m betraying Catherine and Jack but I wasn’t given a choice.
“I’m sorry, baby, how I wish you didn’t leave me; we wouldn’t have been in this problem,” I said, looking at the river Catherine’s ashes were thrown into; it was behind the garden in my mansion.
I wondered how she looked at the moment; I hated to think that she was a lot of feet under the ground; it hurt badly.
“I had no choice; Emma was going to die; I can’t marry someone I haven’t met before; the devil, you know, is better than an angel, you don’t,” I lamented, as tears filled my eyes again.
I felt dirty standing in front of Catherine’s grave. She must hate me for wanting to get married to her greatest enemy.
“I know you would be here,” I heard Harley’s voice from behind me.
She circled her hands around my waist and hugged me tightly from behind, her head resting on my masculine back.
“You aren’t doing anything wrong by marrying me, baby, I love you, and Catherine would understand it’s for the pack,” She said, kissing my back, which was covered in my back shirt.
I felt disgusted at what she was doing, not that it was disgusting.
“Harley get the fuck off me,” I said coldly, not wanting to push her to the ground.
I hate Harley, But I have always vowed to do right by my wife, pushing her to the ground would be wrong, and if she is going to be my wife soon, I’ll have to learn to treat her right.
“Come on, I’ll soon be your wife, in three moons time, I think it’s time we get to know each other better,” She said, pressing herself tightly against my back.
I could feel her perky nipples hard on my back; she wasn’t wearing a fucking back; was she trying to seduce me?
“Harley, I won’t repeat myself; get the fuck off me,” I said sternly this time, but not yelling at her.
“No, I won’t get off you; you are my husband-to-be; I’ll have children with you; you should start getting used to that,” She said; her hand traveled lower, and she smacked me in the dick.
“Fuck,” I caused under my breath.
“Don’t do that again,” I warned, trying to be cool with her, but it fell on deaf ears, and she smacked my dick again and giggled.
“Get the fuck off me,” I yelled, pushing her to the ground angrily.
I turned around, and she stared into my eyes, surprised about my outbursts.
“I’m sorry, but you need to listen to me when I speak, I have bad reflexes,” I said, and she rolled her eyes at me.
“I have bad reflexes too because that just turned me on,” She said, pulling her back shirt over her head.
My mouth dropped open when she pulled her pants alongside and she stood looking at me naked, with her head nipples pointing at me.
“Have you gone mad Harley? Do you expect me to fuck you where my Catherine’s ashes were dissolved?” I asked, pointing towards the river, and Harley just smiled at me, wiggling her boobs in my direction and coming closer to me.
“And that would be mind-blowing if you let me ride you here,” She whispered as she placed her hands on my chest and drew me closer to her.
Now my body was touching her naked breath and her hard nipples pressed against my chest.
“I promise myself that I’ll always do right by my wife, don’t make me regret that promise,” I threatened as her hand trailed down.
“You sound hurt when you threaten me; I promise to be a good girl for Daddy,” She said seductively, removing the belt of my trousers, and then I held her hands.
“Are you nuts? People would see you naked,” I yelled at her and she burst into a round of laughter.
Harley flung my hands away from my belt and unbuckled it.
“I’m trying hard not to…” My voice cut shut when she slipped her hand into my pants and grabbed my dick.
“Why… Why are you not hard, Burke?” She asked, removing her hand from my dick, and looking at me with hurt in her eyes.
“I hate to break it to you, but I still feel the mate bond with Catherine, and I can’t get a hard-on from another woman; only she can get me hard,” I said before leaving Harley alone.
“Catherine is fucking dead; if you still feel a mate bond with her, then you have a problem,” She yelled after me, but I didn’t reply to her; she was just pained that we might not get to have sex in the marriage.
“I think I have a problem,” I said to myself, chuckling at Harley’s words.
I got to the swimming pool and sat at the edge with my legs dipping into the pool.
I reached into my pants pocket to get a cigarette and a lighter and have a good smoke before heading back into the mansion to settle some Alpha’s duty.
“It been a fucking while I smoked,” I said to myself taking a drag from the cigarette.
“Hello, Daddy,” Nikky said, startling me; I didn’t notice when she entered the swimming pool.
“That can give me a fucking heart attack Nikky, don’t do that again,” I complained, choking on my smoke.
“I’m sorry, I have been searching around for you, but you were nowhere to be found until I peeped into the swimming pool and saw you taking a smoke,” She said, taking a seat close to me; she dipped her leg into the water.
“Harley killed Jack and tried to kill your children,” She reminded me, and I knew where she was heading
“I know you feel Harley… ”
“I’m not done taking Daddy,” Nikky interrupted rudely, shocking the hell out of me.
“Watch it, little girl, you are talking to your father,” I scolded her playfully.
Nikky has been acting strange since, but I tried not to think too much about it. She acts like a grown-up, although her brothers still act like children.
“Do you know what will happen in three moons’ time?” Nikky asked, folding her hands on her chest.
“Nikky I know you are… ”
“That’s not the question, Daddy; answer my question,” She said, interrupting me again.
“I am getting married to Harley in three moons time in order to save the pack,” I explained, and she rolled her eyes at me.
“Yes, I’m just here to let you know that, that isn’t happening,” She said, giving me a deadly stare.