Protecting Her

Killian's POV

I had a lot of meetings to take care of. The few days I had been away had caused me to miss out on a lot of paperwork and some Pack issues had not been resolved. Even though my father had covered for me while I was away, according to our laws he could only handle small issues, and only the Lycan King could resolve bigger ones. But I wasn't irritated by the workload, I was already used to handling this much since I became Prime Alpha.

What annoyed me was my inability to spend time with my mate. She was someone I had been dreaming of all my life, and now that she was here with me, I was too busy to even spend time with her properly. We had only been apart for half an hour yet I missed her badly. I couldn't even focus on my work properly, my wolves were making a lot of noise in my head, urging me to go and find my mate. Eventually, I couldn't resist it anymore, I had to see Lucille, even if it was for a little bit. So I left my work and made my way towards her Chambers, I felt bad that we couldn't live together, but my father insisted that the law of the bonding ceremony be followed or else the Moon Goddess might not bless our union.

The scent that assaulted me even before I made it to Lucille's chambers made my mouth water and a needful groan escaped me. Yes, this was the same scent that had nearly driven me mad back at the Blood Moon pack. For some reason, Lucille's scent had only grown weaker as we neared my Empire, but my assumptions had been right, she probably only needed to freshen up to go back to her delicious self. I knocked on her door, I could have just gone inside since literally the when palace belonged to me.

But I didn't want my Luna to think that I had no manners and didn't respect her private space. But I knocked for a long time and received no response, I grew worried. I had no choice but to go inside, thankfully the door was open. The moment I prepared to open the door, it flew open on it's own and someone walked right into me. The person was startled, they would have fallen down if I hadn't caught them. Shocked brown eyes looked up at me.

" Y..your Majesty?! "

" It's you. Is your sister inside?"

" N..No, she went to..get something, Your Majesty "

I felt him shivering in my hand and I had to let go of him, he was afraid of me, that much was obvious. It wasn't new either, most members of my pack, both those who knew me personally and those who didn't feared me, I ruled the kingdom with an iron fist, and that may have caused them to have a bad opinion of me. But I didn't care, the kingdom was prosperous and that was all that mattered to me.

I frowned in confusion as I stared down at my brother-in-law. He said that Lucille wasn't inside, but the scent coming off him was her's, I had no doubt about that, I wouldn't mistake her scent for anything else in the world. And it was so thick and obvious that I had been so sure Lucille would be around. I realized very quickly that the scent wasn't coming from Lucille's room but from the boy who stood in front of me. He was basically bathed from Lucille's scent. I didn't know what to make of it, and the fact that the boy was acting so nervous showed that this couldn't have just been a coincidence. They would have to have shared the same clothing or stayed intimate with each other for a long time to have their scents mixed together like this.

My fist tightened by my side. The thought of Lucille being intimate with anyone else, even if it is her brother made my blood boil." that reminds me, I didn't catch your name "

" It's Kir..."

" Your name is Kir?" It was a very strange name, I had never heard anything like it before. The boy hurriedly nodded, he must be feeling intimidated by me. And I couldn't even bring myself to feel guilty about scaring him, maybe a day ago I would have. But I had assumed Lucille wasn't very close to her brother since she spoke badly of him and had even said she wished she didn't have to bring him along. But here he was smelling like her, coming out from her chambers and looking like he had been caught red-handed doing something he shouldn't. My wolves were eerily silent, like even they were confused and didn't know what to make of the situation. " Alright Kira, how close are you to your sister?"

" I..." he looked like he was going to have a panic attack at any moment " V..Very close Your Majesty!"

I gritted my teeth in fury " I can see that!! You are so close that you stay alone in her Chambers and you come out smelling like her? What did you two do, cuddle together? "

" What? T..that's not what happened "

" Silence!" I thundered and Kir's lips clamped shut. " I don't care how close you are, and I don't even know what happened. But I warn you to not let this event, whatever it was repeat itself. From now on you are not to go into Lucille's room, I don't care if she asked you to, you won't! I will have tasks assigned to you in the palace, you can focus your attention on that. A separate room would be given to you as well, you won't have to see your sister unless it's necessary. Have I made myself clear?"

" Y..Yes Your Majesty"

" You will call me Alpha. "

" Yes Alpha "

" You are dismissed "

The moment I said this, I watched him scurry off, desperate to get away from me. I was breathing hard now as I tried to keep my temper under control. I hadn't meant to snap like that, and certainly not at someone who was going to be a member of my family. But I was possessive of those I cared about, and Lucille now ranked at the very top of the list. She was my mate, she belonged to me and I had every right to choose if I knew it was for her own good.

If others noticed that she spent a lot of time with her brother and they even exchanged scents then it would only be a matter of time before a nasty rumor would start. I knew Lucille, and I knew she would never do anything to hurt me. So it had to be that bastard brother of hers who was forcing himself on her. It would explain why she hated him so much. I wondered if her parents knew about this, if they did and still chose to send Kir along with her then I would have no choice but to punish them. Lucille was not only my mate but she was the Luna of the most powerful Werewolf kingdom in the world. Her reputation was highly valued and I wouldn't let anyone spoil it, not while I had the power to stop them.

A mocking laugh broke me out of my thoughts. I hadn't noticed the sound of approaching footsteps before, but when I turned around, and saw none other than Asher standing behind me. I wanted to roll my eyes at him. " Don't even start " I said in a threatening voice " I have no time for your nonsense "

" I figured you hadn't wanted anyone to see that sad display of power you showed just now. You never liked it when others told you the truth. Honestly, aren't you feeling even a slight bit of shame for bullying your own brother-in-law "

" This has nothing to do with you, Asher. Stay out of this! "

" But it does have everything to do with me. You are my brother, and Lucille is your mate. I wouldn't want you to make a mistake that might make your mate very angry with you "

" She will understand. I am doing this for her!"

" You just scared the hell out of her brother, you threatened him to stay away from her. How the hell do you think she would understand? I had no idea you were this pathetic that you would be insecure about your mate's relationship with her brother...."

Asher couldn't complete his sentence before I grabbed him by the collar and growled in his face. My eyes turned a dark shade of red and my fangs were bared forward. Asher knew that if he said one wrong sentence then I might just tear him to pieces. He raised his hand above his head to show his surrender, but the mocking smile was still present on his face. " Relax, I was only teasing you "

" I don't give a fuck if this was your idea of a joke. But you will never say something like this again, or else I will forget that we share the same father. Do you understand? "

" Yes Alpha "

" Fuck you " I barked at him. He was such a fucking bastard and I had no time to waste in him. I turned around and walked away, I could feel Asher watching me go. These were moments when I blamed my father for ever sleeping with that bitch and giving me a brother I didn't want to deal with. I knew Asher hated me, even more than I hated his mom. He always said that I was favored by everyone, he was never given a chance, not at the pack, not at the throne. He felt like he was in my shadow, and honestly, I could understand his pain, it was why I tolerated some of the things he did. No matter how angry I was at him, I could never bring myself to hurt him, he was still my brother after all and I wished we got along better.

But his mother had corrupted him from the very beginning. She had filled him with ideas that the throne belonged to him and that he always needed to fight me for the attention of our father. She was the one at fault! And I hated her more than anything. But the damage was already done and now we simply needed to deal with the consequences. I could tolerate Asher's actions, but when it came to Lucille I wouldn't let him off so easily. She was my mate and I needed to protect her.

And if that meant ensuring that she no longer had any relationship with her brother, so be it.