Chapter 2

                      

                       Lisa POV

I'm awakened in the middle of the night by the pain-filled cries of Lucious's mother. I look over, watching Lucious try to calm his mother's cries that call out to her dead mate. Her cries echo through the dark forest, causing sadness to fill the air. I've never been a witness to the pain of a lost mate. 

Is this the pain and sadness mother and father felt when their bond was broken. They were separate for seventy years, living and thinking each other were now dead.

I look around seeing that all the men are now awake. I can see the sorrow in their eyes as they watch Lucious try to calm his mother. Lucious sits on the ground next to his sobbing mother, holding her close to him in a hug. "They're going to pay mother. I'm going to make them all pay." His words are laced with anger and hatred. He looks over at me, holding eye contact with me for a second before looking away as if those words were meant for me too. But I know those words aren't meant for me, but for my family.

A pain set deep within me after hearing those words come from Lucious's mouth. He's planning to do something. Something to hurt my family. 

I don't want to have to choose between him or my family. He's my mate, but I don't think I could ever choose him over my family. I've just met Lucious and I don't want him to get himself killed. I know he's angry right now, but he has to let this go, because this will not end well for him.

Lucious's mother cries herself back to sleep after an hour or two. While everyone else finds their way back to sleep again, I'm left up with my thoughts. I'm unable to sleep knowing Lucious is planning to revenge his father's death.

Lucious sit there next to his mother, glaring into the flickering fire while everyone else sleeps. Me stopping him from killing those wolves, and telling him that he can't go around doing whatever he wants anymore, seemed to have left him mad with me. He didn't take a seat next to me the way he did before, and he has barely glanced over in my direction.

My beast whimper within me at the distance Lucious has now put between us. I didn't mean to upset him. I was only trying to keep him from causing problems that he will have to answer to my father for, whether he likes it or not. 

I lay here on the soft grass of the forest floor, watching him as he glare into the slowly dying fire. I want to go over to him, but if he wanted me next to him then he would've taken his spot back next to me which he didn't. I let out a small sigh, slowly closing my eye to try to get some sleep.

We leave that pack's land the next morning as I told the alpha we would. Not knowing where we're heading to, I walk next to Lucious as he carries his mother. As we walk, traveling through the safe lands, I find myself staring at him, finding it hard to look away at times. He still has barely looked at me since last night, after I stopped him from killing those wolves. 

Apart of me wants to apologize even though I did absolutely nothing wrong. The only thing I did was help and whether he likes it or not, what I told him was the truth. He can't go around killing and doing whatever he wants now. His father isn't king and neither are he. I won't apologize for helping to stop him from making a big mistake that he would've had to pay for. He may be my mate, but that doesn't mean he's above my father's laws.

I look away from him and fold my arms across my chest, trying to push away the urge to touch him. I have this strong need to feel those pleasurable tingles that I get when I touch his skin. BJ used to tell me about the tingles that he would get when he touched Alia. But now that I've experienced them for myself, it's more than I expected it to be.

The walk is the same as yesterday, long and silent. The only thing is heard is our footsteps and the low growls that I continue to receive from the men. I ignore them as I continue to force my beast back, who wants to rip their throats out, so they won't be able to growl at me again.

Lucious's mother hasn't cried any. She hasn't even moved. She just lay motionless in Lucious arms, staring blankly into the sky. If it wasn't for her eyes blinking every now and then, it would appear as if she was dead in Lucious arms. Her other half has been taking away, so maybe on the inside, she does feel dead. 

We walk the whole day, causing my legs to start to ache again. The sun starts to go down and not too long after, we're left walking through the night. 

I look around at the wounded men, seeing that most of them are almost healed, but some are still chewed and clawed up pretty badly. They aren't healing at all. I guess either father or BJ got to them, wounding their inner wolf, stopping it for healing them. Their wounds will need to be stitched up to heal. 

My legs continue to ache as I walk through the dark forest, waiting for Lucious to stop and tell everyone to rest the way he did yesterday, but he continues to walk, not stopping this time. "How much further do we have to go?" I break the silence with my question, not caring that he's mad with me. We've been walking from sun up to sundown. I haven't eaten anything today and I'm tired and I want to stop and rest.

"We're here." Lucious looks over at me for the first time today, before looking back ahead.

I look forward, seeing the edge of the trees through the darkness of the night. Once we get to the edge of the trees, leaving the forest, I see houses in the distance. All the men start to break off, going their separate ways, while I continue to follow behind Lucious. 

I walk closely behind Lucious, looking at all the houses as we pass them. A few of the males head in the same direction as Lucious and I. I watch as females come running out of the houses, crying as they run into the arms of the males, happy to see them. It's clear that they're the males mates. I guess a lot of the men didn't make it back here to their mates and families.

We continue to walk through the streets of this place, until only Lucious, his mother, and I are left out alone.

I follow Lucious inside one of the bigger houses. I look around, seeing that it's just as nice inside as it is on the outside. I head up the stairs behind Lucious and stop outside of the room door as he walks inside, laying his still sleeping mother on the bed. 

After pulling the cover over her, he leaves the room, closing the door behind him. He looks at me, but don't say anything as he starts to make his way through the quiet house with me following close behind him. I follow him into the bedroom that's filled with his scent.

I take in a deep breath, inhaling his scent out of instinct. I look around the room. It kinda reminds me of BJ's room, but less messy. 

Lucious walks over to the dresser, taking a black T-shirt out the top drawer, handing it to me. I look at the shirt, wanting to bring it up to my nose to inhale his scent that's covering it. I was always told about the mate bond and how strong the pull was, but it's more than I thought it would be. I don't know anything about Lucious, but still, I want to be close to him. I want to touch him. I've never seen a male like him before. He seems to be perfect in every way. 

I put on the long shirt that stops just above my knees. I watch Lucious get dressed, sliding on a pair of shorts. "I'm going to go check on the wounded men." I look at his back that's covered in dried blood, as he heads to the door, not looking over at me. Before I could respond with an OKAY, he's out the door, closing it behind him.

I let out a sigh, listening to his footsteps slowly fading as he leaves. We may not be bonded by the mark, but I don't need to be connected to him to know that he's hurting inside. 

Once he's gone, I look around the room at his things. Thoughts of my family start to fill my head. I haven't been away for that long, but I already miss them all.

Things were finally the way they were always supposed to have been, with us all together, living in the castle as a happy family.

Mother told us many stories when we were little kids. She told us stories of how beautiful the castle was and seeing it for myself prove her stories of how beautiful the castle was to be true. Living in the castle made me feel as if I was living inside the stories that mother would tell us. But now I'm here and now I'll have to make a life here with Lucious.

I let out a yarn, feeling really tired from the long walk here. I look at Lucious's bed for a second, before getting into the bed laying down. Laying my head down, I take in a deep breath, inhaling Lucious scent that's covering the pillow. His scent covering the pillow starts to relax my body as I slowly close my eyes falling asleep.