The Delta's Daughter Chapter 100

LAMIA

“How many dicks have you had in you?” So much hatred in his voice, I was the one who be hating him after what he just did to me!

“Are you fucking serious?” I screamed, as I pulled my naked body up from the sandy ground. My wounds from his claws and teeth were healing, but my legs felt like jelly and I fumbled with them a little before gaining my balance.

My mouth gaping open and eyes wider than saucers, did this asshole just seriously ask me that, after the way he mauled me?

 “Three hundred, King!” I coiled my fists, throwing a number out there to just piss him off .“What the fuck does it matter how many dicks I’ve had inside of me?” I was so pissed now.

He didn't get to ask that, no one got to ask that. Especially as he knows my history.

I couldn’t be more insulted than I have ever been before. The man I love, the man I promised forever to, was standing here, accusing me of cheating! Of being a whore, throwing my past in my face, I stared blankly at him, and felt my eyes well up. I didn’t even bother to wipe the tears away.

He had just broken a piece of my heart. He made me feel like trash, a used up, worn out... frickin' shoe!

He was no better than those bastard bear shifters who killed my child and ruined me. I thought I had moved past that, but now, now he had just reopened every wound. Mauled me and raped me brutally as I begged him to stop.

This wasn’t him; this wasn’t my King, my mate, my Mathias. The man whose eyes I was staring into right now, who looked like he wanted to kill me, was not my man.

“It fucking matters! First its pictures of you and Travis, then you and Kellen, and now…” he shoves his phone towards my face, his eyes lit up like a fire, burning into my very soul. He was mad, no, he was, beyond furious.

Mathias suddenly grabbed me by my hair tightly and yanked my head back, and not in a sexual way, “How many have you fucked before me? Did you just spread your legs like the whores I would fuck in my penhouse? Is that what you did? Your mate wasn’t enough for you?”

“I don’t know King!” I screeched through gritted teeth, his hands coiling and fisting my hair tighter “I lost count after Silas raped me. I lost count after being tag teamed night after night, while drugged and tied!” I grabbed his wrist that was holding my hair, hoping he didn’t rip it out.

The tears were clouding my vision, but I managed to look at the screen on his phone. He was thrusting in my face. I saw pictures, but they were of me and him. Not of me and Mike.

“What picture, King?” I spat at him, looking back into his swirling grey eyes that were darkening to a frenzied storm. I furrowed my eyebrows, his beast wasn’t present, I couldn’t see Arcas in his eyes.

“These pictures… you and Mike, fucking!” He yelled at me, pushing the screen closer to my face.

I glanced at them again, and again I only saw pictures of me and him. I tried to shake my head, his hand finally letting go of my hair. I grabbed the phone from him, confused, and scrolled through a couple of photos. All of me and him, ones we had taken since we had been together.

“Mathias,” I whispered as he twisted frantically, grasping his short hair, “These are of you and I, there are none of me and Mike. I have never slept with Mike.” I said as calmly as I could. “You would feel it if I cheated on our bond. I love you! I would never do something like that.”

Inanna was pacing in my head; she was so mad at our mate and what he had done to us and the shit he was spewing from his mouth.

‘Mate is not right’ She whimpered. I agreed.

There was something seriously wrong here, he looked like a mad man, insane.

I tried again, knowing something was wrong, he was seeing something that wasn’t there. “Mathias…”

“Shut the fuck up you whore, I know you have been fucking Travis behind my back…”

The cracking sound of my slap across his face echoed through the arena, his hand shot out and grabbed me by the neck, squeezing. My fingers clawed at his hand and I gasped for air. He was going to kill me. I could see it in his eyes.

“KING! LET HER GO!” My eyes shifted to Hunji who stood behind Mathias with a pair of swords in his hands. His words caused Mathias' grip to loosen a little.

“Fuck you and fuck him.” He spat in my face, his saliva spraying in my eyes. “You are mine to treat as I please, and you will be treated like the whore you are.”

“You need to leave, King. I will not ask you again.” Hunji stepped closer, his dark eyes black and in the centre a tiny white symbol of a cross or sword shined. If not for the shifter sight, a mere human would miss it. His wolf was on the surface.

Mathias’ hand fell from my neck and he turned to Hunji, his long legs striding across the arena. I followed behind. I didn’t want him to hurt Hunji. Instead, he walked past him, bumping his shoulder as he passed, and when he made it to the door he turned to look at me.

I saw regret in his eyes, but only for a moment before they hardened and he sneered at me “I will go, but don’t expect me to return. We are done.” With that last remark he turned and walked out of the arena.

Hunji was in front of me in seconds and caught me as my legs gave out. The next thing I knew, he was pulling a shirt over my head. I had forgotten I was stark naked, but I really didn’t care too much at the moment.

I leant on Hunji and sighed, as he supported my weight. “What the hell just happened?” He asked. Looking stunned by what that happened and what he had walked in on. “One of the warriors was walking by and heard someone begging and screaming. He saw you guys fighting in your beast's form's, and linked me and Travis. I was closer.”

“I thought he was going to kill me, Hunji. I have never been so scared in my life. There’s something wrong with him” I sobbed out. not being able to hold in and not even trying to hide. I felt broken, by the way he treated me and things he said.

“He was accusing me of cheating. It wasn’t even his usual stubborn self. He was trying to show me pictures of me and Mike, you know... having sex, but the pictures were of me and him, normal ones” This was awkward to explain to Hunji. So I just blurted it out, getting everything out as fast as I could before I broke down.

“He was adamant they were there... on his phone. But they weren’t.” Even my voice was trembling with its hoarseness. I was that shaken, I couldn't say anything when he walked away. I was scared he would come back and finish the job.

I was so confused. Had he just made it up so he could end things with me? But before that, we had been having fun; sparing and playing around, until it wasn’t fun. When things started to heat up, he became violent, aggressive, and hurtful.

If he had continued to fuck me when he shifted he would have killed me, torn me to shreds.

What the shit just happened? I shivered and let Hunji lead me back to the castle. I knew I needed to remain strong for our people, but I didn't know how I would live without Mathias. I fhe would ever come back?

*****

When we finally made it back, Hunji left me in my chambers, telling me three times if I needed anything to let him know. He also asked me several times if I wanted him to stay with me. I needed nothing and no one right now.

I sat on the bed still shaking, and try as I might I could not calm myself down.

“Goddess damn girl, what the heck happened to you?” Ria exclaimed as she came into my room, her face pinched in worry.

I covered my eyes with my palm as I drew in long shaky breaths, then exhaled “I don’t know, Ria. He went… crazy, I just don’t know.”

“Where is he now?” she asked, looking around like he was hiding in a corner or the bathroom.

“He’s gone, I felt him leave the territory. I don’t know what’s wrong with him.” I shook my head still in disbelief. “But I do know, I maybe the strongest wolf, but I am definitely not the strongest shifter.” I gave a strangled chuckle in an attempt to ease the worry I could feel rolling off of Ria.

"He's not right Ria, I could have sworn his beast was in control, but when I looked into his eyes, Arcas wasn't home." I was still trying to make sense of shit. It was light a light switch, that some just flipped.

“He was so fucking strong.” I whispered, more to myself. “I didn’t have a chance, Ria, I really thought he was going to kill me.” I admitted.

I told her everything that happened and even though I dismissed Hunji's company, I was grateful for Ria's. I didn't want to say to much, so I kept some of it to a bare minimum and skipped a lot of the details. I didn't want to scare her off Xander. He still hadn't told her he was her mate, or I'm sure she would have come to me. I wondered if he would.

“Here,” she said, thrusting a glass into my hand. “Help calm your nerves.” She gestured to the drink I now held.

I looked down at the dark black liquid. Why not, I thought, and took the glass to my lips, and, like usual, I sniffed the drink.Wanting the smell of the rum to consume my senses. As I did this, I scrunched my nose, it smelt different.

“Ria, where did you get this from?” I asked, sniffing the liquid in the glass again.

“Oh, from right here,” She said nonchalantly, holding the bottle of my favorite rum that had been sitting on the small table in the corner that held liquor.

I sniffed again, yep definitely something different. I opened my senses and inhaled a big whiff and this time caught the light scent of nightshade hidden within the molasses and barrel undertones.

“Stop!” I yelled at Ria, just as she was about to take a sip from her own glass. I jumped to my feet and crossed the room in a blur, ripping the glass from her hand.

“What the heck, Lamia?” she seemed confused and stunned.

“It’s poisoned… Take the bottle to the lab at the hospital and have them run tests. Stay there until we have results. And whatever you do, don’t drink any!!!” I commanded.

She rushed from the door with the bottle and I walked to the bathroom to tip out the rest, from the glasses, down the sink.

*I want all the alcohol smelt and tested for poison. Someone poisoned my rum* I sent a mind link to Hunji and Travis with the command. Also telling them to start an investigation, there had been an attempt on the Queens life.

It was only early afternoon, I had forgotten all about lunch with Petra and she was probably already back in her class now. I didn’t feel like it anyway, there was no way I could fake a smile, not right now.  

I got up from the bed and made my way out of my chambers, still with smeared blood on me and still in the same shirt Hunji put on me.

‘Run?’ I asked Inanna.

‘Yes, run’ she said. It was the only way I knew how to work through these feelings that were wracking through me.

So that’s what we did. We ran.

For hours we ran the territory, and finally, we stopped when we reached an alcove of trees, and only then did we slow down. There was rocky terrain beside us and I decided to bound up it, and when I reached the top, I shifted and sat on the warm rocks just looking out.

Trying to make sense of what happened today. It was not something I could just brush off. This problem wasn't going to fix itself.

*Are you OK? Where are you?* Travis’ voice filters through my head. I could hear his concern *Hunji told me what happened* He sighed.

*I’m good. I will be back soon, just needed to clear my head* I replied and tried to keep the overbearing gloom from my voice, but it was fruitless. I could hear the despondent tone my voice held as I linked him back. *Mathias left, I just needed to process what happened, something was off Travis*

I then cut the link and blocked out my mind, leaving me to my own thoughts.

***

I must have been sitting here for hours in the same spot, hugging my bare legs, naked on this rock, watching over the kingdom from far up here. I could see for miles in every direction from my position and usually the view would take my breath away in appreciation. But not today.

There was a peculiar temperament in the air, an unease in the atmosphere, that I couldn’t be sure came from the events of this afternoon or if it was something more and I was just noticing it.

I chalked it up to my day and Mathias’ rejection. He had really left. He really thought I had cheated on him.

He was adamant that there were pictures of Mike and I on his phone. He knew nothing ever happened between us. I was honest with him, he knew everything about me. And I thought I knew everything about him.

I hardly noticed when the sky began to darken as dusk settled and the moon rose to its position, high in the sky. I looked up, watching the sky become darker and the moon's glow slowly brighten.

I blinked, when a green hew filtered through the night sky, becoming clearer and brighter with each second. Like a wave, the green light rolled across the black backdrop, casting a rainbow of green, red, yellow and some blue as it moved.

It was… beautiful, what someone might describe as heavenly or godly. This happened twice a year here in MacTire. I had forgotten about the strange light that would appear between now and August, during certain phases of the moon.

‘The light of the God’s’ Inanna whispered to me.

‘The light of the Gods,’ I repeated back to her.

“The light of the gods!” I repeated out loud this time, jumping to my feet. “Of course how could I be so stupid!” I said to no one, cursing myself for my ignorance.

I looked around frantically, not looking for anything but piecing it together. For a super smart girl, I could surely be dense.

I ran my fingers through my hair. That’s what the message meant. The territory was in darkness now, and I cast my eyes towards the castle and could see the lights from the village surrounding it like a beacon. The castle was lit up like a disco also.

Movement caught my eye to the west of where the castle stood, and I strained to see. I morphed into my beast, my eyes being stronger in this form, than even in wolf form.

There. I caught the movement again, white dots slinking through the shadows. I sniffed the air. No scent but behind the white dots I could make out more figures.

I opened my mind back up and concentrated so I could connect to the whole pack.

*All women, children, and elders, are to make their way to the closest safe house. This is not a drill. I repeat, this is not a drill, all women, children and elders to the bunk houses immediately. * I took a breath to filter out the chaotic chatter that began before addressing them again, first sending a private message to Hunji and Travis.

*We are under attack, crawlers and I think rogues are moving in from the west. Secure the castle, the message mentioned tunnels*

*Yes Queen* they both replied in unison.

*Alpha and Beta teams move west and prepare to meet crawlers, Gamma team shift and take position, be ready for rogue shifters. I will meet you on the battlefield. May the goddess serve you well and watch each other’s six* I finished and began to hurl myself forward bounding down the rocky terrain in my beast form.

When we began training a few weeks ago, we split warriors into three groups; Alpha, Beta and Gamma. Alpha and beta teams were trained to stay in human form and had advanced weapon training and were given shields, in light of what happened at the New Moon Kingdom, so they could take out the crawlers. The Gamma teams (there were three), were to concentrate on the rogues, so they would stay shifted to fight.

*Watch out for needles, and don’t let those things touch you!* I sent out a quick reminder, thinking of my Uncle and Aunt, the late King and Queen.