Page 73 of The Crownless King

“What in the world?” Raven said next to her.

Levi got out first, leaving her and Raven in the SUV. Amaya growled in frustration as she watched them wrestle the male under control. Had he followed her all the way here? How had he found her? She shook her head, already knowing what Tracy would say when she called her cousin to tell her what happened.

“Come, baby doll.” Levi held the door open for her and Raven to exit the car.

“Thank you so much,” she said sarcastically, getting out of the truck and rushing to Anita. “Mom, what are you doing outside?”

“He called to me,” Anita said, and her gaze was clear, her eyes never leaving the male being held back by Bas and the guard. “It’s really him,” her mother whispered.

Amaya put the pieces together. “The man you feel when we go walking?”

Anita nodded and curiosity propelled Amaya over towards Sebastian and the male.

Levi stepped in front of her. “Maya, I swear I’ll tan your ass if you step closer to that male.”

Ignoring her mate, she tried to step around him. Levi held her arm in a grip Amaya knew she couldn’t escape. She leaned around him.

“Why are you trying to glamour my mother?”

The male stopped fighting. “It’s all over town that Levi has mated a Chawi. I came to claim my mate.”

Shock froze her and she looked between the male and her mother.

“I didn’t glamour her,” he continued, moving closer to Amaya. “I called to her, yes.”

‘Step back,’Levi fussed at Amaya through their bond.

Feeling the anger and distress in her mate, she did as he asked.‘I want to know what’s going on.’

‘Then carry your ass in the house. We will talk to this male in the throne room.’

Sighing, Amaya turned and gathered her mother. Scuffling sounded behind her but she dragged her mom inside, heading straight for his throne room. She would not be left out of this conversation. Raven was directly behind them as she and Anita walked quickly.

Levi shuffled the women behind his throne, shooting a warning glare at his mate. He settled into his chair and eyed the male who was calm, his attention wholly on Anita.

“You were really stalking me to get to my mother?” Amaya broke the weighty silence with her accusation.

The male sighed. “Your mother’s thoughts are filled with worry about you. I made sure you reached home safely each night.”

“And how would you know her mother’s thoughts if you’ve never taken blood from her?” Levi asked.

The male lowered his head.

“You bastard!” she shouted. “You took blood from my mother without her consent!”

“I would never violate my mate like that. I didn’t realize that she wasn’t in a place to give her consent until it was too late. I…needed a way to keep track of her until I could get settled.”

“When?”

Amaya cursed because it just confirmed to her that her Uncle Paul had been leaving her mother alone more than he’d told her. She would allow Levi to kill her Uncle Paul. That’s it, that’s all. He’d pissed her off for the last time.

“She was lucid a few of the times I’d seen her. It wasn’t until after I’d taken her blood that I realized what was happening to her,” the male explained.

“You’ve been watching her?” Levi asked.

Richard nodded.

“How long?” Amaya whispered.