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"I feel stupid! My first night as king and I let Iris getaway!" William groaned, tugging at his hair. "Relax, bro," Sebastian suggested, placing his hand on William's shoulder only to be shrugged off harshly. "And where the hell is Evander? He has to explain," he scoffed, pacing around the room while Sebastian and I watch his anger unfold. Suddenly, his eyes snapped to mine. "You should know where he is, shouldn't you?" He grinned wickedly. "Will, you need to calm the hell down," I repeated for the second time tonight. "We will get them to explain but for now you shouldn't let this ruin your night," I continued, not letting his angry frame stop me from caring about my king.

"Yeah, says the whore," he snickered. That was the second time he called me a whore in the two hours. "That is no way you should be talking for a king," says Sebastian making both of us turn to him. William visually relaxed and slumped his shoulders. "But she had her tongue down a mated man's throat!" William argued. My eyes widened, totally not expecting that. "You're lying!" I argued back. My fists were balling, king or not, my wolf was getting angry. "It was just a hug for hell's sake. Get your mind out of the bloody gutter," I defended myself. It wasn't a hug but if one was watching it would look like we were hugging.

Sort of.

Both of them looked at me and I realized I had enough of this. "I'm going to bed, I've had enough of this," I tell them both before pushing myself off the counter and walked towards the door. "Seb, don't believe anything he says because I think he is just drunk," I scoffed as I left. Even though William didn't drink tonight he sure was acting as if he was drunk.

Making my way up to my room, I pealed the beautiful dress off my body before shimmering into the bathroom. The water belted down my body, soaking into my hair and I felt refreshed as all my worries washed away with the water. After I showered I changed into shorts and a hoodie before diving into the comfort of my bed that welcomed me with open arms.

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"Hey, sunshine!" Renee beamed as she walked into my room and dove onto the bed. "What do you want?" I groaned, covering the light from the curtains with my hands. "You haven't seen the video?" She asked, taking my hands off my eyes. "What video? I woke up two minutes ago," I explained, sitting up. Something was wrong, she was frowning with creases on her forehead. "Give me your phone," I pull my phone from under my blanket and handed it to her. I watch as she pressed on the screen before handing me back the phone. I saw the face of Iris before pressing play.

"My name is Iris Blake, I am the daughter of Alpha River of the dark lust pack. You may know me as the told mate of alpha Evander Rowan but that was a lie. Alpha Evander saved me from drowning in a metal box that my father threw me into before pushing the locked box into the river. I was already beaten for dead by my father who abused and tortured me for years when I was left for dead in a box. The reason why I was abused is simple. Every alpha wants a male as their firstborn to take their place when the time comes. They had a daughter, me, and my father hated me since then.

My pack was poorly treated when my father was alpha. They were overworked, there weren't any celebrations allowed, and little did people know, my father, tortured people with silver sometimes. This is something I disapproved of with King Vison. He could've stopped it. I guess there were more important matters or something. Alpha Evander learned the truth and took it into his own hands, a simple act of kindness.

We lied that we were mates so Evander and I could take the throne. There were plans of joining our packs. I got justice and my father was stripped of his rank and was thrown out of his pack. Months later I secretly had someone locate him and instead they brought back a dead body, he committed suicide. My brother took his place as beta, Evander is rightfully the alpha but he lets my brother play the role because he loves being an alpha and he treats our pack right.

However, when it was time, to tell the truth...it was too late. Evander is such a known wolf, and when people found out about our actions, we were ought to be dead. Good intentions or not, King Vison would've been forced to kill us. So...I continued to be Luna. How could I own up to our lies and get Evander killed when all he did was help me? Evander's mother, died too soon. I did not stop being the Luna because I felt welcome and like I belonged. Neither of us found our mates and we grew feelings for each other. Not much known about our white lie so we continue with it.

However, things took a turn when Evander shared some news with me minutes after I found my mate. Yes, I finally found my mate. Awesome timing right? I'm unable to share the news with you but Evander and I are given a chance to make our lives better with the people our hearts desire. I've already spoken to King William and I'm going off the grid for a while with my mate. This is my goodbye to Evander who is my hero and everyone else who made me strong. I apologize for lying to everyone on behalf of Alpha Rowan and I.

My past defined me for too long and I tried to write a life for myself but I was writing down the wrong solutions. But I think this life that I'm going to try with my mate is going to be a good one. I hope the golden cove pack finds their real Luna and I know that girl would be the best Luna to ever walk for that pack. I'm not going to be the broken girl who was beaten by her father almost every night. I'm not the broken girl hiding anymore and this is the first step of becoming myself," Iris smiled into the camera and I feel as if she was looking into my soul before reaching and taking off the camera.

One of the first things I noticed was that the background told me she was in Mikey's apartment. My eyes were watering as she spoke. I couldn't believe she went through that torture. The way she would look away from the camera or when she would sigh, even when she would wipe her eyes while speaking told me how hard this was for her to do. I heard of Alpha River being stripped of his rank but no one was given any reasons why. I didn't know how to feel. This was why Evander did what he did. He was a good guy all along even though he hurt me a lot.

I wish I knew the truth.

"Rieka? Are you alright?" My eyes snapped to Renee and I completely forgot she was still here. "Yeah, of course," I wipe my eyes off any evidence of tears. "I'm just happy for Iris. She deserves the kindness and sweetness of Mikey," I say softly, remembering his smile and cute dimples. My phone dinged with a message that I received hours ago.

Mikey:
Come to my apartment. Alone.

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Hello guys! So I really didn't want this book to be cliche. I've written my fair share of cliche books and Ruthless was the beginning of a new chapter for me.

As I've mentioned, I didn't know my book was going to be read by such amazing people and it's an incredible honor that you're reading my book.

However, while I was on the path of not being cliche, I didn't come up with a full proof, believable and acceptable reason on why they faked being mates. I've come to love that their reasons weren't perfect though so I'm not upset about it.

Anyway, thank you so much for reading! The show isn't over yet, so continue:)