Lucien's POVI ran into the changing room and quickly changed. I was so happy my mom had finally approved of an appropriate suit for me to wear when I made Jennifer my Queen. She was already my Queen, and everyone knew it, but this would make it official, and I couldn't wait until next Saturday came. Once I had finished changing, I came out of the changing room with the suit in hand. I was expecting to see Jennifer, but she was nowhere in sight."Where is Jennifer?" I asked"She went to the bathroom with Stacy," My mom said "Okay, I am going to pay for the suits and schedule the time for them to send them to the Castle. You all can go to the Limo," I said"Okay, son. Make sure you schedule a time for next Thursday. That way, we have enough time to make sure the suit fits properly, and they don't mess up on any of the alterations," My mom said for the tenth time today."Yes, Mom," I replied, and she left along with everyone else and headed to the Limo. My phone rang, and I saw it was
Jennifer's POV (Before Lucien found here)"What up," I heard a voice say. Somehow I knew it was my wolf. I tried to open my eyes, but it was hard. Finally, after trying a couple of times to open them, my eyes opened only to close again from the sun shining brightly. I opened them again and could see that I was in the forest. I knew that because of all of the trees that were around me. I sat up but had to lie back down because I felt dizzy."Where are you?" I looked up to see Alissa standing a few feet away from me. She wasn't paying attention to me and didn't notice I had woken up00 yet."IF you are not here in five minutes, I am going to take care of her myself. My mom told me to let you have her and take care of her, but you better hurry up and get here, or I am going to do what I have wanted to do with her since I heard she was trying to steal my Mate," Alissa said."You have to get up before now," My wolf said. "How are you talking to me?' I asked"Because you have been getting
Jennifer's POV"Oh, think the Goddess, you are alright," Debra said as Lucien, Tom, Josh, and I walked up to the Castle. She walked up to me and hugged me tightly. Stacy was the next to hug me, then Chelsea, and then Poppy. "You have no idea how worried we were. What happened?" Stacy asked. I looked up to see Shelby standing there, looking nervous. "Alissa stabbed me in the neck with a needle and took me to the forest," I said"What? There must be a mistake. My daughter would never do that to anyone," Shelby said"Well, she did, and you already knew that because you were a part of it," I said, causing everyone to look at me in shock."What do you mean, Little One?" Lucien asked. "I heard Alissa talking on the phone to someone. She told them they had to come soon or she would kill me like she wanted. She also said that her mom told her to take me there. I wouldn't be surprised if she planned everything," I replied. Everyone looked at Shelby. "Is that true?" Debra asked"No. We have
Lucien's POVJosh, Tom, and I waited outside Alissa's cell for the Pack Doctor to get done checking on Alissa. Finally, about thirty minutes later, she came out and walked toward me. "Did you find anything?" I asked"I can't see anything out of the ordinary. She looks healthy, but I have taken her blood and will run some tests. I will contact you when the test is done," The Pack Doctor said. We said our goodbyes, and he left. "I am going to talk to Shelby," I said, walking to her cell. I needed to know why she would hurt me by trying to hurt Jennifer. Was it because she wanted me to end up with Alissa? That was what it seemed like.I walked into her cell to see she was sitting on the floor. When I walked in, she looked at me. "Hello, King Lucien," Shelby said."Why did you betray me and my mom? I thought you were our family," I asked, and she laughed."Oh, please. We were never family," Shelby said, shocking me."How could you say that? You and My mom have been close forever," I sai
Jennifer's POVI was shocked. I never thought I would see the day that Debra snapped. I might not have known her long, But since I met her, she has been so nice to everyone and shown how much she cared. I never thought I would see her lose it and rip someone's heart out of their body. "Your mom wanted to come here and ask Shelby why she would betray you by hurting me. We heard everything she said," I said to Lucien.Debra was standing over Shelby's lifeless body with Shelby's heart in her head in hand, shaking. "Everything is going to be okay, Mom," Lucien said as he walked over to his mom."I trusted her. She was supposed to be family, and she did this to me," Debra said. Lucien wrapped his arms around her and hugged her. "Everything is going to be okay, mom. Don't cry," Luciens and. His eyes met mine, and I couldn't stop the tears from coming from my eyes as I watched him console his mother. I could tell he was hurting too. Shelby didn't only hurt Debra. She also hurt Lucien. He
Lucien's POV"I heard you have results of Alissa's blood work," I said as I walked to the Pack Doctor's office."Yes, King Lucien, The results came back about an hour ago.""Did you find anything?" I asked"I didn't find anything out of the ordinary at first, but then I thought about Alissa's behavior and decided to run more tests. I was shocked when traces of Wolfs-Gem was found in her system," The Doctor said"Wolfs-Gem," I asked."Yes, it is an herb that witches used in spells decades ago. It was used in spells to mess with people's minds. Witches stopped using it when they discovered it could have long-term effects and didn't always work as they wanted, especially in men who seem to act differently than they normally would and become aggressive. Only dark witches use this type of herb in their spells," the Doctor saidI thought about what the Doctor had said and came to the conclusion that it must have been the drug Shelby used on my father. What shocked me was that she must have
Jennifer's POVThe school day went slower than it usually did. I couldn't pay attention in any of my classes because all I could think about was Lucien and me becoming fully Mated. We would be fully Mated tomorrow, and even though I was excited, I was also nervous. Lucien and I might have tasted each other and slept naked in each other's arms, but we hadn't gone all the way and had sex because Lucien wanted to wait until after he Marked me in the Marking Ceremony. What if I couldn't satisfy him? I knew deep down that my thoughts were foolish because we were Mates, which meant I was the only one that could satisfy him. One thing I was happy about was that we would only be Marking each other in front of everyone. At first, I was worried that Lucien really wanted to have the Mating Ceremony as well and was only saying he didn't want to because he thought I didn't want to have sex in front of others. So, I told him I would be okay with following tradition and having the Mating Ceremony.
Jennifer's POVIt was finally the end of the school day, and Stacy and I were getting our things from our lockers. Stacy walked over to my locker once she was done putting her books away. "You ready to go?" Stacy asked"Yeah, come on," I replied. We walked out of the school to see Lucien in the car alone. "Where are your mom and Anthony," I asked when he walked out of the car."They will be meeting us at the Castle. Anthony had to go back to the Suit shop because they messed up on his adjustments or something. So he and Mom are there making sure everything is ready for tomorrow," Lucien said as he wrapped his arms around me and hugged me tightly. Then, he opened the passenger-side door for me, and I got into the car. I was a bit upset because I wanted to know if I was right about Stacy and Anthony being Mates. I was sure I was right but wouldn't know until they laid eyes on each other. I guess I had to wait until Debra and Anthony returned to the Castle. "This car smells as mouthw