Kenneth's POV

"What is the progress with your mate?" I ask Ron when he comes in my office.

It's been a week and some days since we came back from Justice pack. When we arrived here, he told me to give him a week so that his mate can warm up to him. The reason to that request was to avoid the torture that his mate is likely to go through, if he won't talk freely. We need information and we will do everything we can to get it out of him. So I gave them a chance to warm up to each other. A week was enough since I don't have so much time to give them. We need yo know our enemy in any way.

"He still does not talk to me that much. He just nods or shake his head. Mostly he uses one words response like 'no' or 'yes'. I'm trying my best Alpha, he will come around." He explains and I shook my head.

"We don't have time Ron. We can't just keep on waiting forever. What if it takes him years to warm up to you and talk? I can't risk it." I tell him.

"Alpha, your mate is on his way there."

"Okay."

Due to my mother's actions, I placed my own guards on the pack house. I made sure anyone who had a connection to my mother was removed and placed by people I could trust. I told them to link me every time they sent my mate to my office.

"I know you are my alpha, but I'm also your friend. Hell! We are practically brothers. Don't tell me you that you will torture my mate for answers!" He shouts and I don't scold him for shouting at me. I know he must be feeling bad at the thought of his mate being  tortured.

In the midst of his shouting, Roman entered the office and he is standing by the door, watching us.

"I know we are friends and I admit that we are also brothers at that, but I don't have a choice here. As a king, I have to do what is necessary. People in my kingdom are dying Ron. You of all people should know how important it is to nail those kidnappers down and get rid of them. Your mate is the source of information at the moment and we can't pass it up just because he's your mate."

"I told you we shouldn't have killed those fuckers at the train station and took them for questioning but you went on a rage and killed them all!"

"That's because your mate and his 'friends' were about to harm my mate. If I was late and at the station, he could have been hurt or even killed!"

"So you have the right to protect your mate and I don't? You fucking expect me to see my mate get tortured?" Ron growls and I growl back at him.

"SHUT UP!"

The growls die down and we look at my fuming mate by the door. I was lost in the yelling and shouting that I forgot he was here.

"Ron, down." He orders and my best friend silently sits down on the chair that was harshly thrown back when he stood up to growl at me earlier.

"Hi Only." I greet my mate with a smile on my face.

We solved our problems and we are working things out little by little. It is not much of a progress since it has only been two days since our makeup but I can say the process is going well. I started by getting him a nickname. He likes it when I call him my one and only and I cut it to just 'my only' for my perfect mate.

"No now Ken." He shakes his head at me, coming to stand by the desk and then turn to my friend.

"I know not you have mate Ron."

"I found him a week ago Alpha." He mumbles, addressing my mate as alpha.

I told the guards and maids at the pack house, to address him as alpha. Yes he's my mate but I think Luna doesn't suit him that much and I like it like that.

"Can me see-"

"No you are not seeing him. He's a prisoner and he is a danger." I cut off my mate and he frowns at me while Ron scowls.

"What? Why prisoner?" My only ask and I explain the situation to him.

He has this thinking face look on him and I don't like it. I understand my mate is thinking of something according to the situation but I know that at the moment he doesn't agree with me. Still, I don't say anything and just wait for him to think as much as he can.

"I not want Ron mate tortured. It bad. Very bad," he says and open my mouth to protest when he continues that, "but my Ken choice is understandable." I silently thank the goddess for letting my mate understand my choice.

"I understand too alpha. I know Kenny has to be a King in this situation and not my best friend." Ron sighs. "But you should know that it is not easy for me to accept that my mate will be tortured. The squad are my friends and I consider them family. Kenny is my brother. I will never look at them the same as I did if they torture my mate."

"I understand you now. How about we leave that to Zach and his squad? That way, not me or the squad will do anything to your mate." I suggest and he nods.

"Can I be excused now?" He ask looking at me and I nod.

He stands up and walk to the door but before he leaves, my mate stops him.

"I see Ron mate evening." He states, looking at me mostly.

"No!"

"Yes."

"No!"

"Yes."

"No!"

"We do 'yes' and 'no' all day. I no mind." He smirks at me and I can't help it but think how sexy he looks right now. I want to kiss the smirk off his face. I erase the thoughts and look at my mate with a serious expression.

"Why?" I ask.

"We no abandon him. I try talk."

I look at my mate and he stares back at me. What doesn't he understand that the guy tried to kidnap his friend to probably kill him or something. My gaze find my best friend who is standing by the door watching us. I see hope in his eyes that Roman insist on talking to his mate. If his mate won't talk, at least he will know that my mate tried. I give him a nod and he smiles at me and exit the room. I look at my mate who is smiling.

"What?" I ask and he shakes his head, whispering 'nothing'.

I look at the beautiful person in front of me. He has been smiling a lot in this past two days. I make sure he has everything he needs all the time. Either it being my attention or anything else.

"Have you had lunch?" I ask him and he nods.

Yesterday he told me that he wanted to go for a run. We have made it our routine to go run each morning of everyday. He has not changed in his wolf form yet and he runs in his human form. He's a fast runner.

"Are you ready?" I ask him and he nods. "Come here then."

He walks to me and I pull him on my lap. His back to my chest and I part my legs, so that his legs can fit between them. I lean down and kiss his neck then breathe in his scent.

A clearing throat has me looking up from my mates neck to my laptop. Roman shrieks and hide his face with his hands. I smile at the older woman who is smiling from the laptop. I look at Roman and see how red his ears look and I know he is blushing. I chuckle and he looks up at me and scowls.

On the laptop is Elder Luke's mate, Felicity. They were once Alpha and Luna of a pack but had to let their son take over since they were old to lead a pack. Now they are elders of the kingdom. There are a number of elders but they are lead by this couple.

"Good afternoon Alpha." She greets.

"Good afternoon Felicity." I smile at her and look at my mate. "This is my mate Roman and Roman, this is Elder Felicity." I introduce them since they have never met.

"Hi." Roman shyly says.

"Hello Roman. Nice to see you."

"Same."

"Okay then. Now that you've been introduced to each other, I will leave you to get on to your thing." I say, standing up with Roman in my arms and then place him back on the chair when I'm out of it.

"Be good to Felicity." I tell my mate and he nods. I kiss his cheeks and with a see you later, I leave the office.

Since me and Roman discussed to work as a partners and no more secrets, it means I have to tell him things about my kingdom. As an alpha beside me, he has to know how things are done in our kingdom. And his roles as a mate of a King.

So I called Felicity and ask him to teach my mate some of the things of what is expected of him. I trust Felicity. Since my mother decided to be a bitch to Roman, I couldn't ask him to teach Roman because it is his duty as my mother to teach my mate. So I settled on Felicity to do the job. But because they leave far from here and can not visit us all the time, we settled on Skype but she will be coming once in a while.

I spend rest of the day sorting out the guards. My mother refused to change the guards at my father's house. However, I've secretly put in one of my men just in case there is something to report to me.

I also visit the squad meeting house, where we are keeping Ron's mate. I make sure everything is in the right place since my mate will be coming down here. After I check everything, I head back to my office. The sun had set a while ago and I want him to visit the prisoner before we have dinner. That way I can make sure that we won't take long.

I enter my office and hear my mate laughing. I close the door approach him at my desk. He's still laughing but he notices me and smile.

"Hey," he says and I kiss his cheek in greeting.

I look at my laptop and and smile at Felicity.

"Can I have my mate back now?" I ask and she nods.

"We are starting our lessons tomorrow. We were getting to know each other today." She explains and I nod.

After saying goodnight to her and cut the call, I lead my mate out of the office. We hold hands and make our way to the squad meeting house.

We meet up with Ron at the door and we walk in together. We go down to the cells and I nod at Tyler who is guarding the door tonight, as we pass getting inside the big room which has a number of cells. There is no one in here expect Ron's mate, so we walk straight to him.

He's sitting on a mattress that Ron had brought in. There is two plates with food that was ignored by the boy. He refuse to eat sometimes and I guess today is one of those days.

My mate stands before the locked cell and stares at the boy for some minutes without saying a thing.

"You leave us?" He ask.

"No." I answer right away.

"Please."

"Roman. I told you he's dangerous. I can't leave you alone with him."

"He locked up and Lyn protect me." He says and I sigh.

Yes the boy is locked up on his cell and won't do any harm. Lyn can deal with him if anything happens, at least until I get here to step in.

"Fine. 30 minutes." I state.

"One hour."

"Forty-five minutes Roman!"

"One hour."

"Fine. If you are not out by then, I will budge in here." I tell him and turn to the boy. "For your sake, don't you dare do anything to hurt my mate." With that warning, I grab Ron's hand and pull him out of the room with me. I close the door and stand by it.

Thirty minutes painfully pass by and I start pacing. I wonder what is happening in there. To distract myself from the time, I dial Zach's number. It rings for sometime and I'm about to hang up when he answers.

"Hello." He answers and I can't help it but note that he sounds breathless. Perhaps he was running.

"Hey, how is it?" I ask which is odd for me to do. I don't do chat-chat with Zach when I call him.

"What is it Kenneth? I'm a bit busy and would like it if you just get on with whatever reason you called." He groans in annoyance and I know that I have called in a wrong time.

I tell him that he has to organise ways on getting information from the prisoner if the need comes. I explain to him why my team can't do it and he agrees to go with it.

"What are you doing?" I ask after I'm done explaining.

"None of your business." He growls and cut the call.

I shake my head at his behavior and wonder what's wrong with him. I check my time and see that it is let than a minute to reach one hour. I smile and patiently wait for the seconds to tick by.

The door opens with 10 seconds to spare and I look at my mate. I scan his body for any scratch or something, but find none bad.

"Name Nathaniel. He want Ron and warm food." Roman says and Ron rushes out to get the food.

I walk out with my mate and I look at him expectantly.

"What?"

"Well, how was it?"

"Okay. He nice but afraid. He only 17."

"And?" I add impatiently and he frowns at me.

"Nothing."

"Is that it?" I question him again and he sighs.

"Yeah, that it. You clocked me and no time for more. I not ask big things because he get scared and no talk. I be friends and he tell me soon."

My mate explains and I groan. We don't have time for being friends with him. But I know Roman won't do otherwise, so I suck it up and follow my mate back to the pack house to call it a night.

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