Aderan met with the queen the day his slavery started, which meant the king was also in the Blue Moon pack when alpha Gerald turned them into slaves.
It was not clear what the king's role was in this whole ordeal, but he was not innocent in any of this, as he chose to turn a blind eye to their misery.
Only after more than ten years could Aderan meet with queen Della again. They thought the spark would no longer be there, but as it seemed, the bond that had not actually gotten a chance to grow was still there.
With one look, both of them knew they wanted the same thing, but it was a little bit complicated for Aderan, because he was the alpha's personal guard before he was the mate of the queen.
The mark on her neck was something that kept reminding him that she was not the woman for him, yet he had not gotten a chance to break it off, or rather he didn't want to. It would be fine if they met occasionally in secret like this.
