Wolf's Claim (The Royal Heir #3) - Jen L. Grey Page 0,1

Louis must have told him where we lived. I turned around and pointed at him. "Why didn't you warn us?" I'd hoped that Louis had taken care of this. He was the Prince of Europe and had submitted to me prior to he and Ella sealing their mate bond. His dad had been calling him when we were trying to save Alec. I figured Louis would eventually talk to him and figure this shit out.

"I didn't know." His gray eyes landed on the ground.

"Have you talked to him?" Ella arched an eyebrow and reached over, taking some popcorn out of the bowl he was holding.

"Not exactly." Louis ran his hands through his medium blond hair and sighed. "I was still thinking about what to say."

Great, this is going to go over well. I glanced at Mason. Do you mind calling Matteo and letting him know we won't be there?

Fine, but I'll be right back. He hurried off into the bedroom and shut the door.

"Ha, here I was thinking I'd miss out on dinner." Ella removed her feet from the table and turned her body in my direction. "But at least, I'm still getting a good show."

"You can be a real pain in the ass." Her antics always cracked me up, but right now we had more important things to face. "You." I pointed to Louis. "You're going to have to confront him. This isn't on me."

He huffed and placed the popcorn bowl on the table. “Fine.”

"For the love of God," Kassie grumbled and lifted the bowl off the table to remove the map. "We'll have to do this another time. Between Ella's nasty feet and the butter from the popcorn, I better move it."

"My feet aren't dirty." Ella stuck out her tongue at Kassie.

"Should we let him in?" Tommy glanced in my direction.

"Yes." I didn't have time for this, but if Louis had been avoiding him for the past several weeks, that wasn’t good. Him doing that was only going to make their disagreement worse. "Let's get this over with."

"Okay." Tommy walked over to the door and opened it.

King Adelmo burst through the door, and surprisingly, his gaze didn't land on me. Instead, he scanned the room, obviously looking for his son. "Louis. Get your shit together. You're coming home."

"No, I'm not." Louis took a deep breath and leveled his eyes on his father. “How did you find out where we were?”

They looked so similar. The king's hair was a shade lighter than Louis's blond, but the rest of their features resembled each other.

"That wasn't a question, and I tracked your phone." His father's nostrils flared, and his hands clenched into fists. His tone was laced with alpha power. "I said we're leaving now."

"You know that won't work on me anymore." Louis straightened his shoulders and met his dad’s gaze head-on. “You’re not my alpha.”

Yeah, that’s not helping anything. I wasn't sure what the hell I should do. "King Adelmo ..."

"Stop." His eyes landed on mine and were full of rage. "You've done more than enough."

My first reaction was to tell him where to go, but I could only imagine what he was going through right now. "I didn't do anything that warrants your hatred."

"Like hell." His father's European accent became extremely thick. "I thought he'd finally see things if he stayed here for a while. He was supposed to learn how our packs were stronger and respect everything our family has sacrificed. Instead, he submitted to you." A growl laced his final words.

"Though my reign is new, my packs will be stronger in no time." I got that he was upset, but he had no right to come in here and insult me. "I'll do whatever it takes to make sure I protect my own."

"From what I've heard, you've had vampires attack and almost died a month ago." His gray eyes seemed to slice through me. “Some strong leader you are.”

"But what you may not have heard is that because of her dedication and willingness to fight, she's already had the major alphas in the larger cities submit to her." Mason appeared back in the room and stood beside me, facing the king. "It's insulting that you'd talk so poorly of us when we're doing everything we can and even hosted your son here for over two months. One more word about my mate, and I’ll personally make sure you’re kicked out."

"Did you force him to do this?" The color in the king's face resembled the same shade of