All my guards gave me a look but they still spread out, moving out of hearing range but I was still in Reynolds eye sight. I let out a nervous breath as I moved my eyes to look back at Alex. He gestures towards a seat across from him and once I sit so does he. "I apologise for everything I've done to you." I was shocked by his words but I didn't show it. "You probably think that I'm the worst father which is not the best thing when you and my son are trying for a child." "Ryder's not like you." I didn't want to tell Alex about Ryder's fear of being a father but I was close to letting the words slip. My words still held a strong meaning to them. Ryder wouldn't be a father like Alex was. He would love our child. I didn't want to speak to him anymore, he was making me distressed and I was glad when we were interrupted by arguing voices moving up the stairs and towards us. Allie was coming up the stairs. Following closely behind her is Reynolds and her own guards that I now see the striking resemblance to my own. "Ryder asked you to stay away from her Alex and I couldn't agree with him more." Allie seethed as she stood in front of her mate that was double her size. Alexander stood up and dropped his palm to the bottom of Allie's back. "I just wished to talk to her, but it's clear she's no longer comfortable with that." Alexander gave her a long look before he walks away from the both of us. "Are you alright dear?" Allie asks after she's shook off what just happened. "I'm fine. Ready to go back upstairs," She gives me a nod and takes my hand, going back upstairs with me. It made me a little uncomfortable because I knew I had a strong scent of Ryder lingering on me. She would have known I just mated with her son. *** Frustratingly I threw the book back onto the lounge. Sinking back into the soft pillows I cross my arms over my chest. A week had passed and now Ryder had confined me to our room and I wasn't allowed to leave it unless he was with me. A very busy him. Today was the third day and I felt like I was going insane being locked up in here. He wasn't even allowing me to read out on our balcony. Whatever fresh air had felt like, I had forgotten it. Letting out a deep exhale of breathe I push myself up off the lounge and walk to the other sitting area where my guards were. Reynolds was the only one that didn't have a game controller in his hands and it was only his eyes that flicked to me when I left the bedroom. "You're not going out." He says simply to me before he turns his head back to the animated football match on the large television screen. "I am your queen." It was a weak defence and they knew it. Every single one of them chuckled at my words. "The only way we can defy Ryder's orders are if you are in danger. If you were the rightful heir your order would be stronger, but you're just mated to it." Reynolds still held humour in his tone as he looked back at me and over my hands that had firmly planted on my hips. Another thought crossed my mind when I realised something that really would get me outside. All my guards were concentrated back on the screen now and I took my chance turning on my feet and walking towards the door. Once I got the doors open I made it halfway down the hallway before I'm stopped be Reynolds stepping in front of me. He raises an eyebrow at me when I smirk in his direction. "Well aren't you getting bold." I don't answer him and easily slink past him and closer towards the stairs. I'm one foot down the stairs when the four of them are blocking my path. Cole was with Ryder and Maxon today so it was only Reynolds, Theo, Cyrus and Charlie watching me. "What are you doing?" It wasn't often that I heard Charlie speak and now his eyes were moving questionably over me. "You obey Ryder's orders over me unless I'm in danger." I repeat what they had said to me earlier with a tilt of my head. "I'm not sure if it's an order that he's actually given but none of you ever touch me. Only if I'm in danger." When Cyrus, Charlie and Theo's eyes all flick to Reynolds I know that I'm right. The only way they could get me back was to move me and if they did that I knew Ryder wouldn't be happy. I knew it was the wrong way to go but I didn't want to be in that room anymore. It was suffocating me. "Where do you want to go?" Reynolds voice was curious. Not curious enough to move out of my way though. "Anywhere but that room," Reynolds shook his head but still stepped aside to let me pass. "Just wait a little bit. I'm still calling more guards." He pinches the bridge of his nose, his eyes clenched shut. "Please don't argue with me beautiful. If you want to go outside you need to compromise. You need to be safe." He hadn't even seen me open my mouth but he still knew I was about to complain. Reynolds ended up leading me outside. He said that I could walk around one of the flower gardens but not go past the perimeter of it. Once we got close the middle of it I spotted Ryder and he spotted us. He didn't look so happy about it though. There were about twenty Alpha's standing with Ryder but as soon as his eyes fell on me he quickly walked away from them and over to me. "What the hell do you think you're doing?" Ryder's growl was directed towards Reynolds who was still at my side but his hands cupped my cheeks, checking that I was okay. "She's defiant." Reynolds shot me a side glance. The way he said it was like Ryder should have already known that. Ryder pulled me into him and turned his head when short and sharp bursts of sound alarm the castle that there's an attack coming. My ears rang as there was an explosion of fire to our left as a wall of the castle was taken out. We were blown back onto the ground. My head bounces on the hard ground and all I hear as my mind goes black for a second is the sound of hundreds of wolves starting an attack.