The Lycan King and His Mysterious Luna Chapter 92

3 MONTHS LATER (Freya’s POV)

"UGH! This is so frustrating. Three months and we are no closer to finding a solution. How can there be no information on something like this? I refuse to lose my mate or have any more people killed.” I scream in frustration at nobody in particular. When this behavior first started, everyone was a bit scared of me, but now they are used to my outbursts.

“Freya honey calm down. We will figure this out, but it may take some time. Nobody has ever encountered this situation before. We are dealing with someone with god-like powers that has turned evil. I’d say this is a first for the history books. Not even the Moon Goddess knew this would happen otherwise there would be some evidence of it happening.” says my father.

“Would you feel the same if it was your mate out there killing people that refuse to go back to the old ways? He’s becoming his great-great-great grandfather and Bellevue right before my eyes. I don’t know how to save him.”

“We’ll get him back. You’ll get him back.” says David.

“I don’t mean save him from the dark magic. I mean when we save him from that, and he is himself again. Do you have any idea how much this will kill him to know all the lives he has taken? I wasn’t able to get to them in time to save them, and even if I had made it there, I wouldn’t have been able to save them and fight him at the same time.”

Nobody said anything after that revelation. I could see that Alex’s parents had indeed thought of that by the look on their faces. Since the night we fled, I had been trying and failing to connect to him during dream walks. I’d be there but he’d never show up. Sometimes I would wait for hours but now I’m down to minutes. Dream walking takes a lot of energy and I’ve never done it this much before, so I had not noticed. Using magic takes a toll on the body as well as the mind. That could be why I’ve been extra snappy with people lately. My friends and family are worried about me. My appetite has gone completely but I do manage to drink water.

Two months in I’d made myself so sick that I had to spend some time in the pack hospital. Wolves and Lycans don’t get illnesses, but we can dehydrate because like any living thing we need food and water to survive. All I did was research and go for runs for hours then sleep and repeat. My parents finally had enough of my behavior and pointed out that it would do nobody any good if I killed myself. My mother asked me how we were going to get Alex back without me and that made me get back on track. Last night though, my body was hit with so much pain that I had to stop myself from crying out. The pain started in my chest and just kept intensifying as it spread throughout my body like hot lava. After a couple of hours, the pain subsided, and I was able to get up and take a shower to get the sweat off of me and fall asleep.

This month that pain has been coming almost every night and sadly I’m getting used to the pain, but it still hurts like hell. I haven’t heard from my wolf or Lycan since it started. They are still there because I can feel them in my mind, but they have me blocked. Neither will answer me when I try to speak to them, and I haven’t been able to shift. Maybe I should ask my mother about this later after I train and go for a run.

I’ve tried reaching out to the Moon Goddess but she hasn’t answered me. Nothing we have tried has worked and we are starting to lose hope on being able to find and cure Alex. We’ve met with the people and that were placed in different allied packs to check on them and see if they needed anything. All of them said they were fine but wanted to know when they’d be able to go back to their own homes. We didn’t have any answers for them about that yet, but tried our best to assure them that we are working on getting them back to their normal lives as soon as possible.

“We can’t keep lying to them.” I said.

“We aren’t lying to them. We will get them back home as soon as we can, which will be whenever we are able to find and cure Alexander. Freya, there is no use in stressing yourself out about any of this. We will find the answers when we are meant to find them. I believe there is a reason for everything and whether we agree or not that Alex turning is for a reason.” says Dylan.

“And what reason would that be? He is killing anyone that opposes his views of the hierarchy of our and other species. I’d love to know what the purpose of that is and how it is going to help us stop him.” By now I’m practically shouting. Dylan just sighs.

“Freya, he isn’t saying that the killings and Alex becoming evil is a good thing, but you have to look at the bigger picture. If he hadn’t been turned evil and voiced his plans, then maybe we never would have found out who would be opposing the crown.” said David.

“What do you mean?”

“What he means, is that by Alex turning evil, we now know who has the same views as him and Bellevue. This means that we know who to go after when all of this is over. Alex was already looking into who had those same views and his plan was to try to get them to leave their old fashioned and bigoted ways before taking more drastic measures.” says Alex’s father.

“Does anyone have access to his files? Maybe we can see who he suspected and hopefully can find out if he has reached out to any that would support him.”

“David and I have access, but if the evil Alex has access to those files, he’ll be able to tell if anyone accesses them. That’s how he had the file set up. If anyone other than the three of us went snooping, he would know and be able to trace it to the source.” says Ethan.

“In other words, if we do this, we have to be prepared for him to come after us.” says David.

“Then we won’t do it here. We will access the account somewhere in public with a different laptop. We don’t need him causing trouble in this pack.”

“Public may not be a great idea. Too many innocent bystanders, but away from the packs is a good idea. How about in one of the old swamp campgrounds?” says David.

“That sounds good to me. When should we...” I trail off as the pain hits my chest and makes my knees buckle. This never happens this time of day. It usually happens after I’ve tried to dream walk or just really late at night in general.

“Freya what’s wrong?” I can hear the worry and concern in my mother’s voice.

“I don’t know. Keeps...happening...usually...late at night.” I somehow managed to pant out. The pain spreads and I scream, not able to hold it in. For some reason this time it feels worse than the others. Someone grabs me and it feels like my skin is on fire, so I pull my arm away and scream at them not to touch me. “Hurts...worse...when touched.” I pant out.

“Someone get me a bowl and fill it with cold water and some towels. I’ll apply them to her head and neck to try to cool her off.” I hear my mother shout. I try to get up but my legs feel like jelly, so I decide to just sit on my butt and get off of my knees. This almost feels as bad as my first shift. Almost. That first shift damn near killed me.

“Make it stop!” I scream and then there is a voice in my head, but it is so low that I can’t make out what the voice is saying. As quickly as the voice came, it disappeared. The burning in my chest intensified with each passing minute. Everyone left the room except for my mother and Alex’s sister. When did they all leave? I hadn’t heard or seen any of them leave.

My mother dabs my forehead and neck with towels soaked in cold water and for a while it feels good. After doing this for about an hour, the effect of the cool water started to wear off. I don’t know how many times my soon to be sister-in-law changed out that bowl for fresh cold water, but it seemed like it was at least 100 times. Two hours passed and finally the fire in my veins and pain started to subside. Eventually I’m able to move and breathe normally. I get up with their help and we move to the sofa to sit down. Shaniece pours me a glass of water and I take a few sips.

“Freya, how long has this been going on?”

“Mom, at least the last two months. Maybe a bit longer. It happens late at night or whenever I tried to dream walk with Alex. He never answers, so I’ve stopped trying but whether I try or not it happens usually really late at night, so it surprised me when it happened this early.”

“Do you know what is causing it Luna Cabrera?” says Shaniece.

“Unfortunately, I do Shaniece.” says my mom.

“Mom, what is causing this? Please tell me.” She sighs and grabs both my hands holding them and looks me in my eyes.

“This is the pain of your mate betraying your mate bond. It means that Alex is having sex with another woman.”