The Lycan King and His Mysterious Luna Chapter 98

“Why are you running from me? What is your name?” said Dylan.

“I’m running because this is not supposed to be happening. My name is Tabitha Arceneaux, and please feel free to reject me."

“Why in the hell would I reject you?” he says.

“Because I plan on dying when all of this is over.” After I speak, I hear two loud angry growls. I’m looking down at the ground, but I don’t need to look up to know they came from my daughter and mate.

“So, I finally find you and still you want to leave me? What the hell kind of mother are you?” She’s angry but I can also feel sadness coming from her. Everything in me wants to put my arms around her and hug her until her sadness leaves but I know better.

“You don’t understand. None of you understand. You’re better off without me. I’m too broken to be a mother or a mate again.” I’m fighting to hold back tears at this point.

“Why don’t you let us decide that instead of running away again. Why did you give me up anyway?” says Shayla.

“I didn’t think I’d be able to be a good mother without your father. I don’t know how it is for wolves or Lycans when they lose their mate, but for me is was the most excruciating pain I’ve ever felt physically and emotionally. I felt everything they did to him before and after the trial leading to his execution, and all while carrying you. When he finally took his last breath, there was some physical relief, but the emotional pain seemed to increase. Living without him felt wrong. I did try to move on and focus on being a good mother and things seemed to be going in the right direction until the day you were born. I should go now.”

“Stop running! Stay here and talk to us.” The guy named Dylan yells.

“Why? Why do I need to stay here and talk about things that I don’t want to with people I don’t know?” My anger is rising.

“Because you owe us that much, especially me.” says my daughter. A humorless chuckle escapes my lips.

“That’s where you’re wrong. I don’t owe anyone anything. Everything I did was to protect you and it looks like you’ve led a pretty good life which is what I wanted for you. You have a mate that clearly loves you and when the time is right, I’m sure you’ll have babies to love that will love you back too. You won’t even think of me or my leaving you.” I turn towards my mate. “As for you, I’m sure you’d be much better off with another wolf or Lycan to be mated with and will go on to make a family as well. All you have to do is reject me and we can end this madness.” He growls and grabs me pulling me towards him and before I can react his head is in the crook of my neck. At first, I thought he was just inhaling my scent to calm down because I remember Daryl doing that when he was upset, but then I felt pain as his fangs pierced my skin and went deeper marking me.

He pulls his fangs out of my neck and licks the spot before pulling away from me. My hand flies up to my neck feeling the mark as if I’m trying to confirm whether or not he did just mark me. When I feel the teeth marks on my neck, I quickly remove my hand and stare up at him. The look on his face is a mix of horror and confusion which tells me that he wasn’t in control just now. His wolf and Lycan took over and marked me. I take a step towards him for some reason and he takes one back. My heart hurts at him stepping away from me but I try my best not to show it on my face.

“See, you marked me and still don’t want me, so dying is the best thing I can do for you. The only problem now is that it will hurt you like hell when I go.” I turn to leave when I feel hands grab me but this time it is my daughter.

“Please don’t go. We can make this work. I don’t want to lose my mother again. I was so angry when they told me you gave me up but at the same time I knew there had to be a reason, like maybe you were dying or were human and didn’t know how to raise a wolf child. Now that you’re here, I don’t want you to go. We could get to know each other, and you could help me with my little problem.” She put her head down and I couldn’t help but hug her and wonder if I really could be normal. No. I can’t have thoughts like this now.

“What problem?” I asked out of curiosity.

“It seems that my witch side is starting to come out.”

“Oh, is that all. You’ll be fine.”

“How can you say it so nonchalantly? I set a book on fire all because I was feeling my mate’s distress through our bond. What will happen if something major happens? I could set the whole pack on fire.” She’s almost screaming, and I see her start to shake a little.

“You need to calm down Shayla. Your powers are linked to your emotions.” says one of those Coven of Light witches. I remembered seeing her the first time I fought with Tobias.

“Don’t tell me to calm down! My mother is standing here talking about dying and leaving me alone again, I have powers that I don’t understand or know how to control, and nobody knows how to help me except maybe her and she doesn’t want to, so DO NOT TELL ME TO CALM DOWN!” The ground starts to shake and crack while red lightning shoots from her fingertips and straight at me, but I deflect it and the stream hits a tree. I wave my hand again and put out the burning tree.

“Well killing me definitely won’t get me to help you?”

“I’m sorry. I couldn’t control it and it just came out. I swear I wasn’t trying to harm you.” She puts her hands in front of her face and starts to cry and her mate holds her in his arms. I kneel down and place my hands on the ground for a few moments before I stand back up.

“Okay, first things first, I’m going to help you. I know that they’ve tried but, in this case, they can’t help you. Second, helping you will have to wait until this war is over because you’ll never be ready in time to help with your powers. It's a shame because my dear you’d be a great help.”

“What do you mean?” she asks.

“You are what is known as a Guardian witch. There is a reason you were paired with the Royal Beta. It is your duty to be on the side of the king and queen when the need should arise.”

“What’s a guardian witch?” asked Freya.

“They are a group of very very rare witches. Most witches either have an element or two at most but no matter what they can only use one at a time. A guardian witch has all five elements and can use this simultaneously.” said one of the coven witches.

“Correct and since I am a guardian witch, I will have to help her. I really must go now though before I am discovered here. Alex will not be happy with me coming here without him. Nobody can know that you are my daughter. If it gets back to the wrong person, it won’t end well for any of us. I should wipe all your memories, but I can’t do that to you.”

“What about us? I’m not going to reject you.”

“I really wish you would. I’m not capable of going through losing another mate. It’s too hard.” I turn to leave and he grabs my hand.

“Tell me something. Why couldn’t I smell your scent the night of the party?”

“Because I masked my scent. I’ve been hiding my scent ever since I lost my last mate to ensure that another of your kind or a vampire couldn’t find me just in case I was to be paired with one again. That isn’t something I can go through twice in one lifetime. It’s too hard to deal with and right now I’m just going to focus on helping my daughter and ending this war. After that, then I’ll think about the future.”

I can see the hurt in his eyes when he opens his mouth to say something else but I move out of his reach. Touching only enhances the bond and I’m not trying to do that with him. He doesn’t understand but I am doing this for his own good. Before any of them can say or do anything else to sway my decision I disappear in a puff of black smoke. “I’ll be back to help you, my daughter.” Is all I say as the smoke fades away.