Mated To The Alpha King (Raven and Ethan) novel Chapter 53

Chapter 53

Raven’s POV

I was woken up by the loud banging on my door.

I slowly opened my eyes, squinting at the dark sky outside the small window. My head throbbed, my limbs felt heavy, and my mouth was dry. The night had fallen. Shit. I muttered to myself, realizing I had slept through the entire evening. I had meant to just lie down for a moment. Clearly, my body had other plans.

The banging came again–louder this time, sharper—snapping me fully out of my foggy thoughts. I blinked, sitting up straight in the narrow clinic bed. I was still in the patient’s room. My room. The one Alpha Ethan had restricted me to ever since I got discharged from the emergency wing.

I dragged myself out of bed, barefoot, still in my worn, oversized sweater and thin hospital trousers. My heart raced, thudding loudly in my chest.

Another bang.

“I’m coming!” I shouted, voice scratchy. I didn’t expect a reply. I certainly didn’t expect him.

As I reached for the door handle and turned it, the door was yanked open from the outside, nearly slamming into my face.

Alpha Ethan stood there.

And he looked furious.

“What the hell is wrong with you?” he barked, stepping in with a storm in his eyes. “Why didn’t you serve me dinner?”

1 blinked.

Seriously?

“You’re barging in here because I didn’t serve you food?” I asked, incredulous, stepping back as he stalked into the room like he owned every inch of space I breathed in.

“You’re a maid, aren’t you?” he snapped. “You serve, that’s your job.”

I clenched my fists.

“Really?” I scoffed, standing tall despite the ache in my body. “That’s all I am to you? A maid?”

“You knew your duties when you came into this pack,” he said sharply, turning to face me fully. “You don’t just get to disappear and ignore your responsibilities.”

I laughed. Not because it was funny. Because it was unbelievable.

“And what about my other duties, Alpha?” I said bitterly. “Am I also failing at those too?”

His eyes narrowed. “What are you talking about?”

I stepped closer, rage simmering in my chest. “I’m your maid and your sex slave, right? So which role were you expecting me to fulfill tonight–bring you dinner or lie naked on your bed?”

“Watch your tone, Raven.”

“No!” I snapped, voice rising. “You don’t get to order me around like I’m a piece of meat anymore. You think being a maid and a sex slave means I’m nothing? You think it gives you the right to treat me like trash?”

He stared at me, lips parting like he didn’t expect that kind of venom from me.

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“What the hell do you mean?” he finally asked, voice colder now.

I gave a harsh laugh. “You really don’t know?”

I pointed to the narrow bed. “Fwas hospitalized for two weeks, Ethan. Two goddamn weeks. Because of you!”

His face hardened. “Don’t start with this again. I didn’t ask you to overdose on wine and painkillers like some drama queen. I only had angry sex with my sex slave. That’s all it was.”

I felt like he slapped me across the face.

“Angry sex?” I repeated, stunned. My voice cracked. “You pinned me down, ignored me when I said stop, left bruises on my body, and walked out like I was garbage.”

He looked away for a second, then met my eyes again, defiant. “I never told you to drink. I never asked you to try to kill yourself. That was your choice.”

“Are you hearing yourself?!” I shouted, fists trembling. “You don’t get to wash your hands clean of what you did. You broke me, Ethan! You shattered me!”

He took a step forward, but I didn’t flinch

You used me like I was disposable,” I spat,

my voice shaking with rage. “And if that wasn’t enough, you cheated on me in your office–with another woman–while I was lying half–dead in this damn bed!”

His face froze.

Then he laughed.

Loud, careless, and completely out of place.

I blinked, stunned. “You think this is funny?” I demanded, my fists clenched tight at my sides.

He let out the last of his laughter, then looked at me with that infuriating calm he always wore when he thought I was being ridiculous. “Raven, you seriously thought I was cheating on you?”

“Don’t try to spin this on me!” I snapped. “I saw her! Sitting comfortably on your desk, looking right at home, while you stood there like you were about

to kiss her!”

He raised a brow. “You mean Elisa?”

My stomach dropped. “What?”

“That girl,” he said slowly, like he was trying to explain basic math, “is my kid sister, Raven.”

I blinked, the room tilting slightly around me.

“What…?” I whispered, my anger faltering into confusion.

“Elisa,” he repeated, stepping back and rubbing the back of his neck. “She came home a few days ago from studying abroad. That day in my office? She’d just arrived. We were talking and joking around like we used to when we were younger.”

I stared at him.

“No,” I whispered, shaking my head. “You were… close. You were smiling at her like…”

“Because she’s my sister, Raven.” he snapped, frustrated now. “She sat on my desk like she always does when she wants attention, and I was laughing because she hadn’t changed at all.”

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Istumbled backward, like his words physically hit me. “Your sister…”

He nodded. “Yes. My kid sister. Elisa. She was just being her usual dramatic self. Nothing happened. There’s nothing between us, Raven. She’s family.”

The floor felt like it was being ripped out from under me.

I thought…” My voice cracked. “I thought you brought some woman into your office to mess with my head.”

That’s why you should ask before jumping into conclusion and why should I even explaining myself to a maid he said now go and make dinner for me, he said, his tone cold. I sighed in frustration as I turned and changed into my uniform and we b