Selene’s POV She nodded in agreement, then wiped the tears away from her eyes. I was still shocked, and incapable of saying anything at that moment, Alex and I weren’t mates which was also understandable, we got married regardless of the fact that we were not mates, for obvious reasons.Now looking at her, the lady who was supposed to be in my position, I didn’t know how to feel about it, it gave me a whole new perspective of things.“We were mated the year I took over my mom, one look at me, and we got the mate bond, he said if I told you or anyone he would kill me”My legs shook, I had to sit down because it was way too much to handle.“Does your mom know” She waved her head. My world spinned slowly around me.“Tell the people, we need to tell the people that you were the one the goddess chose, they will rebel and they will support you” “No one wants an omega for a Luna, you are a beta you wouldn’t understand, I am an embarrassment to the throne, that’s why he felt cursed to hav
Lucian’s POV My heart felt like it was going to explode, the mate bond was getting way too intense for me to handle, I wanted to hold her, and maybe kiss her, but I couldn't because she didn’t know how intense I felt in that treasury.I felt every cell in my body ignite.Seeing her getting pissed off Alex had my head in a furnace. It felt handicapped knowing I could not go up that ladder and yank his ass down and it broke me so much.Now we were back, the dark fluid had grown into my veins, my agitation was on the high increase, so I stood up from the chair and I walked over to the flask of herbs I had prepared, I poured a mouthful into my mouth, for a second it felt as though I had just taken a ice bath.My body shuddered, the relief I felt afterwards placed me in a position to see all this while I had been tense, my vision was fuggy and my heart was beating way too fast and hard, I staggered backwards then reached out for a seat close by.The room spun around me, for a brief second
Lucian’s POV My cheeks flushed red, the reaction was totally unexpected, but I didn’t want it to stop. She fondled my cheeks again, then urged me to drop her down, which I did, when she ran towards her toys which she brought to me afterwards. “Here, this is Lady Agatha, she’s a warrior wolf, I want to be like her” her little doll had a sword attached to it. That was her great great grandmother, I pinched her cheeks then I squared before her. “Why do you want to be like her?” I asked. She giggled, then rolled her eyes, “because she is so strong uncle Lucian!Mom said she won plenty of battles!” She continued, those were the tales told to little children, not only was agartha a warrior Luna, she killed many of her kind too. “Well, I hope the goddess grants you strength my dear, you might be greater than her” she blushed again, my eyes narrowed towards the lady approaching the tent that was meant to be for Selene. Her eyes were swollen, she must have cried even more while being kep
Selene’s POV The guilt I felt within me would never let me allow that lady to suffer, but a split second I felt a sense of sadness, not because she was mated to Alex, but because I might never get to witness what it felt like to be really mated to someone.It was a thing most wolves looked forward to, the goddess had promised to give everyone a partner who would be our greatest strength. But after what had happened with Alex and his mate and me on the other hand not being able to identify a mate because my wolf would rather sleep than talk .I felt my body shudder with dissatisfaction, but I had other things to do, I raised my eyes back to Lucian, and the looks in his eyes had me at a standstill. His eyes softened.“Selene,” he called out in a mere whisper .Just like I was compelled, I gawked at the man, everything around us went quiet, I felt his hands on my cheeks, and his thumb caressed my cheeks slightly.“Lucian I am leaving” a voice interrupted us from beside. I moved backward
Lucian’s POV My fist punched the trunk of the tree, it broke my skin and my blood stained the tree, but I didn’t stop, over and over again I punched it till my fist gave in, but my anger was still prominent.My wolf was insufferable, and it wanted release. But I knew the desires of my wolf, it would walk back to the pack and it would walk back to her, everything around me smelt like her.My clothes, the trees, I saw her everywhere, and maybe it was the poison that had manifested in me and spiked my emotions but I could not turn it down, I wanted to ask her why? Why didn't she wait for me when I told her to, now Alex had found his mate, she was not mated to him, why can’t she feel that we are mated?I didn’t know what to feel, at some point I would be pissed because she betrayed me, but how could I fight myself when every cell of my being wanted to be with her, her skin on my palm was an inferno to the soul.I could not hold it anymore. I shifted to my wolf form, the clutch around my
Lucian’s POV I could smell blood from a distance, the people were shouting, I heard petrified noises, my first instance was an attack, and I was right.I ran into the pack, just to foreign wolves in my pack, about twenty wolves, they terrorised the rogues. Their scent was familiar and the realisation of it made me furious.Alex…He made a mistake tracking me, as I made my presence known to the intruders, a family sense of fear overwhelmed them, it was the size of my wolf.I saw their wolf shrink and they visibly retreated, my wolf had rounded them, but they could easily be overpowered knowing that the number of good hunters compared to the damaged wolves were few, and my presence gave them hope.One of the intruders whom I had earlier assumed to be the leading wolf stepped forward, his teeth grinding against each other, I didn’t scare me. I wasn’t prepared for a fight, I simply wanted them to leave the same way they came, they were not my enemies.“Move”‘I said through a mindlink to
Lucian’s POV“Alpha Lucian, I have come to speak with you,” I heard her voice from the outside, my mind calmed dramatically, I took a robe from the counter close to the shower, then I wrapped it around me.The moment I stepped out, she let out a slight gasp, then turned to face the other way around.“Why have you come?” I asked.Her hands were fidgeting and so were her legs, she must have thought me to be some monster, a sigh escaped my lips. Even in the absence of my brother a lot of menace still occurred and I had to be the bearer of consequence and judgement.I took a towel then I dried my hair, before slipping in some clothes.“You can turn now, I am dressed” I said, she was hesitant but eventually she turned. Her eyes to her feet she held her hands together in a tight knot.“Alpha Lucian, I would like to thank you for saving me back there,” ‘She must be kidding me’ Escarno said in exasperation, I didn’t need to be thanked, at the very least all I wanted to be was alone, not tha
Selene’s POV I had just had dinner in the pack, and immediately I felt an undying urge to throw up, so I ran to the corner of the hut.Immediately everything came gushing down my throat, I held my belly with my other hand on the wall, I had been feeling sick for three days now, and I had tried hiding it but it was taking over me.I surveyed the environment to make sure no one saw me running towards the hut, and when I made sure I was alone, I wiped my mouth clean then walked over to the house.For the past three days I had been in denial, of what might be true, there was no mistaking the fact that I was pregnant, I had been in this pack for a month yet I hadn’t seen any sign of my menstrual flow, rather my body felt the same way it did when I was pregnant for Ella.The usual morning sickness, nausea and acne.I woke up with a couple of white heads, which only happened when I was pregnant. If what Emily had said was the truth then I might be pregnant, three weeks pregnant for Lucian.
Lucian’s POV I held the necklace a little bit tighter. I thought about Ella. Alex truly lost everything when he left that little girl to die, but that has passed now.“Is she your daughter?”“I wish.” I responded. Ella was conceived the year I left the pack. If her mother hadn’t run back to the pack and wedded her father, she would be mine, but nothing changes, I would still care for her like she was mine, and so would the little child close to being born.“Oh I see. Then she must admire you then, with all the work you have done for rogues, you might be seen as a messiah.” She said,Ella was different, she said she loved me, my cheeks burnt a little bit more, most of my loyalty came from fear and expectation, Ella never had fear, she would pull my cheeks and tug my legs even when her mother wouldn’t. She was something else.“Well, I just wanted to say thanks for coming to the pack and bringing my father along. I miss home, it has been so long, I have been here, where I grew up and w
Lucian’s POV Tomorrow, we will be at the Fae Queens pack. Pike finally agreed and while he was away from the pack, on his way to the Eclipse pack to make a deal with Alex, Selene crossed my mind again, it had been a week, I should send a message.Her needs would have to be suspended for the meantime, simply because I can’t afford to enter the pack anymore, my people were in pain and it would be silly to take more from them than we already did.Besides, she started the drought out of anger, not like I blamed her for this act. She was angry, I understand, but I was indirectly the ruler of the pack. My people are my interest. She should understand, at least she ruled once.I sighed in disbelief as I weighed everything that was happening around me at the moment. I never planned to be here this sick and tired.My chest burnt with an unquenchable fire. In a month I might sleep and not wake up. If I don’t usurp Alex in that time, I might never do it again, I might not be awake to see Ella g
Selene’s POVIt’s been a week now I haven’t heard from Lucian, my mind hasn't been at rest ever since, I wasn’t entirely excited with this development because he promised to be here, he drove off that night in a fit of rage, maybe he was attacked.“Chief, is this amount of sand enough?” A farmer by my side said, I must have zoned out because he was standing way too close to me, and staring into my eyes curiously, I moved away from him.Narrowing my eyes to the sand pile in his shovel, I nodded in agreement, I just needed some space for the meantime, it wasn’t making any sense anymore, he was taking way too long.What if Alex saw him, what if he was trying to avoid Alex and didn't come back, I shouldn’t have given him that list, I should have told you I just didn't want him to keep doing things for me.I walked away from the farm land and the new project, then into the pack. We have been thriving without the products, he just had to come back, I just needed to know he was okay, he look
Lucian’s POV Early the next day, I woke up to the warm ray of sunlight peeking through the window, it was bright outside. The warmth I felt beneath a luxurious duvet filled my body with fatigue, I didn’t want to stand from where I laid, this was a seducing feeling. After six years I had long forgotten what luxury did to someone. It gives you a taste of what you would call happiness. I rolled and turned back to back before I finally stood up, I let myself take a last glimpse of what was present. After that I took my bath before taking my journal from my bag. I had to align my daily activity knowing I have only one day to plan my way to the Fae queen, the last thing I needed was to visit her region, but it was either her or my people. A ruler could be some kind of self proclaimed fantasy if there is no one to rule over, Alex didn’t think of that before he pushed my people to their limits. While plotting the drafts and progress, I heard a knock on my door, immediately I reached out
Lucian’s POV Seated on the table, my fingers clenched into a hard ball, my insides were sore, and before me stood a tall glass of water, and a tray of meat, my mouth salivated, I haven’t eaten in five days, my insides ache so badly, but eating would require that I removed my mask.I couldn’t. And I won’t.Pike sat before me with his daughter by his side, she leaned closer to him again then whispered something into his ears, I watched his demeanor change, whatever she must have told him definitely didn’t sit right with him. I watched her leave back then wink at me.I glanced at the water again, what would it cost to have a taste of such beauty.“Concerning the Favour you wanted me to accomplish at Eclipse pack, I hope it gladdens your heart to know that I look forward to meeting up with that prick of an Alpha Alexander.” My head snapped, and my attention drew from the cup to the man before me.“But.” There was always a but, why would I think Pike would voluntarily do anything, I sagg
Lucian’s POVShock registered on their faces as I stared at the three of them. They tucked their tails beneath their legs then lowered their heads, I was way too tender and patient and I bet this would tell them.When they finally reconsidered their decision, I pulled my daggers out and I let them leave and I made sure they were out of sight before I made another move.Matters like this would be avoided if new rogues would understand not everyone under the moon was after them, I ignited the engines and I drove off.Hours later I approached Pike’s territory, his wolves who stood guarding the accessible borders of the pack stood their ground, they brought out their swords and daggers at the sight of the mask seated on my face.“I am here to see pike? Your leader.” I said, with my hands up in the air, they drew the dagger closer to my neck. These people were the same people who followed me on the war with Jullian, but even after we were acquainted, they still perceived my presence as a c
Lucian’s POV The lady glanced at me with a questioning look, she tried to reach out to me but I moved away, clutching the strap of my bag, I walked away from the town, it was obvious there was a party being held in the pack house.I could not remember any need for a pack to celebrate at the time of the year, and it wasn’t even winter yet, so why would Aex host a party inside the pack house? Was he trying to avoid the consequences of his actions? It made no sense, but then again things stopped making sense the moment Alex had a say in the pack, though I came to get something’s for Selene, it would cause no harm if I checked out the pack house myself, besides the farm was just beside it.I made sure my scarf was tied firmly around my face to avoid being noticed and I walked over to the pack house where I found a new set of people at the foot of the pack, they had their bowls in their hands as they sat. Fear gripped me.This was preposterous, I took a glance at the pack house which gl
Lucian’s POV Now I was on the road my mind was in a haze, everything in my body fumed up, she shouldn’t have come out she should have remained in her hut, she wanted to prey on my self control I could tell.Not only has she tried to sabotage my journey she also wanted to blame me for leaving when she was the one who left first.It’s just the last time. After this everything would go back to how it was supposed to be. I would take back the pack, I would give these people a home and I would provide security as promised, whatever my end was after that is uncertain.I refused to let her get on my nerves or divert my attention to something so superficial. My drive through the borders of the pack and into the thick forest wasn’t far from what Selene predicted, I got attacked by rogues and traps it was worse than expected, but somehow I managed to get to eclipse pack in about two days of being active on the road, I had for crash out moments but I got there.The next step is to sneak into t
Lucian’s POV It was very early in the morning when I decided to leave for the pack for my last heist. If I had to get everything on the list and also take time to see the situation of the pack I needed to go earlier, I took my trusted dagger and I tucked it in my boots, one around a sheath on my waist.I was set to go, I took a bottle of herb I had squeezed before going to bed earlier, I had made more research on numbing medications for the pain and also slow the process of the contamination, I could already feel my body feeling much better compared to how I felt earlier .It was still dark outside and the pack was quiet. I don’t know how long it was going to take on the road and I might have another breakdown. So I prepared some lettuce leaves and some carrot sticks for Ella’s bunny, and I walked over to Selene’s quarters, I dropped it at the door so it was the first thing she saw when she woke up. I was aware of her aim to make this mission impossible, but it had to be done, one w