Chapter 4

                    

Lisa POV

Waking up in Lucious's bed the next morning, I slowly sit up and look around the room. I look over at the bathroom door to see that it's now open and the light is on. Lucious scent is fresh, letting me know that he's been in here. I look over at the spot next to me, wondering if Lucious came back and slept next to me last night. But there are no signs of the pillow being slept on or any wrinkles in the sheets. Lucious didn't sleep there, but he has been in here while I was asleep.

I get out of the bed feeling well-rested. Although I'm in a strange place where I don't know anyone, I still managed to get a good night of sleep. I'm sure it's because of the room being filled with Lucious scent, helping me to relax. I've been told of all the effects that mates have on each other, but now I'm experiencing them first hand.

As I get out the bed, I glance over in the mirror at myself, seeing that I have dried blood on me. I'll need to shower to clean myself up. I let out a sigh, looking at how rough I look. My hair is all over my head from sleeping. I shake my hair a bit, before running my fingers through it, somewhat taming this mess on my head.

I look down at Lucious shirt that I'm wearing. I don't have anything else here to wear. I'll need to send for my clothes.

Glancing over at the clock on the wall, I see it's ten minutes till 1:00 pm. I'm normally up way before 1:00 pm, but after that long walk here, I needed the sleep.

I leave the room, looking around as I make my way through the large quiet house. As I pass the hall where Lucious took his mother, I stop for a second look at the door of the room she's in. I can still hear her pain fill cries, the way they echoed through the dark forest. Hearing a noise brings me out of my thoughts. I let out a small sigh and continued to make my way through the house. Not knowing exactly where I'm going, I head down the stairs following the noise. 

I follow the sound through a door, leading me into the kitchen where I find a female. "H-hey." I say as female turns around, looking at me. 

A deep frown creeps onto her face. "You....you and your fucking family did this!" Her voice is laced with anger. Before I get a chance to say anything, she comes at me, swings sharp black claws. 

Leaning back, I dodge her claws that were aimed for my face. I reach out, pushing her away from me up against the countertop, causing her to knock a plate onto the floor, breaking it. I give her a flash of teeth, warning her.

I can feel my beast fighting to be let out to end this female. She let out a growl, flashing teeth at me, before coming at me again. I watch her come at me, preparing myself for her attack.

"Tilda." I hear Lucious's voice behind me, causing the female to stop. Her jaws clench and her claws slowly retreat back into their nail beds. She glares at me for a second longer, before making her way past me leaving the kitchen.

I let out a sigh, turning around looking at Lucious standing at the kitchen door. My gaze locks with his, looking into those dark brown eyes. I remember them being a lighter shade of brown when I went to see him in the prison. His eyes may now hold this coldness in them, but either way, he still has really nice eyes, eyes that you can easily get lost in if you look into them too long.

I let my eyes slowly scan over his body. He's no longer covered in dried blood. He's now dressed in a pair of blue ripped jeans and a white T-shirt that hugs his body perfectly, showing the details of his slightly macular body.

Looking back up at him, I start to feel a little uncomfortable from the way he's just standing there looking at me, not saying anything. I've looked at myself in the mirror this morning, I know I look a mess right now. 

"Who was that?" I run my fingers through my hair, wondering if he's still mad at me for what I did and said. Unlike yesterday, at least he's looking at me today, so maybe he's over it.

"My sister." I guess that explains why she attacked me. I think about it for a second, picturing her face in my head. She may not look like Lucious, but she does look like their mother. I guess Lucious took the looks of his father.

"She doesn't carry the scent that you do." Her scent isn't strange like Lucious scent. She holds the normal scent of an alpha female.

"She didn't get the hybrid gene from my father." His jaws clench as he looks away from me at the mention of his father. 

"Oh." Is all I say, after seeing that him mentioning his father seems to strike a nerve.

Before an awkward silence has a chance to fill the room, my stomach growls out from the emptiness. I haven't had anything to eat since the deer meat a day ago. I was hungry after the long walk here, but I was too tired to even think about eating. All I wanted to do at that time was lay down and sleep.

"There's food in the refrigerator." He tells me. 

I turn around heading over to the refrigerator. "Watch the gl-" before Lucious finish what he was saying a sharp pain shoot through the bottom of my feet, causing me to yelp out at the pain. I look down at the shattered glass from the broken plate on the floor that Lucious's sister knocked off the counter when I pushed her.

Hopping on one leg, I move over to the counter on the other side of the kitchen, getting away from the shattered glass.

Not really expecting it, Lucious comes over and lifts me up, sitting me on the countertop. I swallow down the lump in my throat as he kneels down in front of me, grabbing the back of my lower calf and slowly lift my leg up, looking at the sole of my feet.

I take in a slow deep breath as those pleasurable tingles slowly start to make their way up my leg from his touch. Those tingles stop at my inner thigh, causing me to squeeze my thighs together as the space between my legs starts to heat up, sending chills down my spine.

"You have pieces of glass in your foot. I'm going to take them out." He looks up at me and I give him a nod.

My eyes roam over his face as he focuses on my foot, picking the small pieces of glass out and placing the little pieces next to me on the counter every time he gets one out. My eyes stop on his lips, remembering how they felt against mines when he kissed me in the prison cell. His lips were very gentle and soft against mines. I remember that cocky smirk he had on his face before telling me. 'If you want to feel them all you have to do is ask.'' At that moment I didn't know what to say, but I didn't have to say anything, because he knew what I had wanted.

His hand slides further up my calf, lifting my leg up more. I swallow deeply as those pleasurable tingles start to creep further up my inner thigh. I squeeze my thighs together tighter, grabbing the edge of the countertop as those pleasurable tingles make their way to the space between my legs. 

I shiver as my body heats up and the space between my legs starts to dampen. 

Lucious pause and inhale, before slowly looking up at me. I look away to avoid eye contact, knowing he can smell the way my body is reacting to his touch. He doesn't say anything and just continues to pick the glass out my foot.

I take in a calming breath, trying to control the way my body is reacting. "I didn't mean to make you mad the other night. I was only trying to help." I look at him, trying to focus on something other than him touching me.

He glances up at me, before looking away back to my foot. "I didn't want or need your help."

"I know you didn't, I just didn't want things to get out of hand." I let out a sigh. "I know you don't want to hear this Lucious. I know you're angry and that's understandable, but you have to let this go." It's okay for him to be angry with my family, but he has to let this plan to make my family pay go because that plan is only going to get him locked away or even worse killed. He's my mate and I don't want to see anything happen to him.

Lucious jaws clench, causing the corners of his jaws to bulge. His eyes start to darken and his grip on my calf tightens, before loosening again. "Don't tell me what I have to do. I told you in that prison that I wasn't just going to forgive and forget. I will get revenge for my mother, father, and my people."

"There has been enough bloodshed Lucious." Many men were taking away from their families and mates. His mother has already lost her mate. He will only bring more pain to his family if he gets himself killed too.

A low growl comes from Lucious. "The only blood that has been shed is the blood of my people. When your family blood has been shed, then you can talk to me about enough bloodshed." He gets the last piece of glass out my feet and places it on the counter, before standing up, releasing my leg.

Not wanting to turn this into an argument, I don't say anything else about it for now.

Hearing my stomach growl out again, Lucious walks over to the refrigerator getting a container out and take it over to the microwave, warming the food. 

Once he takes it out and removes the lid, the delicious scent of spaghetti and meatballs fills the air, causing my mouth to water. 

Grabbing a fork, he brings the container to me. He looks at me for a second, before walking away, leaving the kitchen. 

I let out a sigh as I start to eat the spaghetti and meatballs, thinking about everything. I know Lucious is angry, but this is just something he can't do anything about. He can't take on father, father is much too strong. 

Once I finish eating, I leave the kitchen walking around their big house, looking at all the nice pictures and paintings on the wall. Their home was definitely decorated by a woman, maybe Lucious's mother.

As I pass by one of the large windows, I see my rough reflection looking back at me, reminding me that I need my clothes so I can shower to clean myself up.

Following Lucious's scent, I head up the stairs leading me to the hall that luscious took his mother. Walking towards the room, I stop at the open door looking inside the room. Lucious stand next to the bed, while his sister sits on the edge of the bed next to their mother.

"Mother you need to eat." Lucious sister scoops what looks to be soup onto a spoon, bringing it to their mother's mouth. 

Their mother doesn't open her mouth to take the soup. She's the same as yesterday durn the walk here. She just lay there motionless, staring blankly with empty eyes. 

I've heard that a mate bond can do a great deal of emotional damage once it has been broken and that it's hard for some to carry on without their mate. Just by looking into their mother's empty eyes, you can see that she's broken inside.

"Lu-Lucious." His name comes out my mouth in a whisper, feeling like I'm interrupting them.

Lucious and his sister look over towards the door. Lucious sister growl, flashing teeth my way. Ignoring her, I watch Lucious make his way over to me, closing the room door behind him. "I need to shower. I need my clothes and things that I left back at the castle." I look down at his shirt that I'm wearing. I enjoy having his scent covering me, but I can't go out with just his shirt on. I need my own clothes so I can clean myself up.

His eyes move over me, making me feel a bit uncomfortable again, knowing I look rough with dried blood still on me. 

"I'll send someone to get your things. For now, you can shower and use another one of my shirts until your things get here." He says.

"O-okay." I stand here and he does the same, just looking at me. Not having anything else to say, I turn and walk away heading to his room. As I walk away, I can feel his eyes on my back. Forcing myself not to look back at him, I turn the corner and continue to head to his room to shower.