Lucan’s POVThe person lying down there is a woman. As I point my flashlight closer to her face, I see herIt's Elaina. My mother.The way she says my name is not very clear. Her voice sounds broken and weak. Like her throat is trapped in a kind of underworld. But as she makes the sound, I know that it is my name that she is calling. “Lucan,” her voice sounds so strange as she calls my name again. It makes me wonder what happened. Even though she is weak, something is wrong with her voice. Something that I cannot figure outImmediately I see her, I forget that I am weak. I forget that I am tired and my own body is screaming for help too. I don’t know where I find the strength. I rush towards her and I bend to feel her in my arms, scared that she would die and this will be the last moment of us together I forget my pain for the time being, and I hold my mother in my armsHow is this possible? I had personally made sure that my mother was locked up in her room because she kept throwing
Lucan’s POVI hang up the phone and kneel back down beside my mother. My attention is on her. She looks like she is going by every person second. She's still conscious but barely. She does not even try to call my name or say anything again like she had been doing before. Her breathing is shallow and it looks like it is taking too much of her energy. It is like she is slowly seeping into unconsciousness. I feel my heart race. It feels to me like she is going to die. I probably should be talking to her. I should let her know that you should fight. I should let her know that I am here and I don’t want her to die."Someone is coming to help us, Elaina," I tell her, stroking her hair gently. “Don’t die on me. Just hung on a little, somebody is coming ,” I know that I don’t want to call her mother. I know that I have been angry at her earlier that day, but I cannot watch her die. She might be a pain in my neck, a thorn in my flesh even, but I am not tired of her yet. Only me can decide if
Lucan’s POVThey look in my direction and see my beaten face. I can swear that I see them smile in victory before they roll their eyes and kiss their teeth to make a very loud sighing sound. They continue walking in as if nobody just said anything to them. They do not even discuss about me, they just move.“You must help your alpha this minute!” I try to put fury in my voice.They still act like nobody is saying anything. They keep moving, not uttering a word to me “Your aloha is talking!” I said again, just called their attention But one of the women just looks at me and she starts laughing. I know her. She is Lady Marie, the woman who used to deliver groceries to my mother. My family, I’ve given her a life, a job and yet she sees me and refuses to help me? She has always been so ungrateful. I knew she didn’t like me, but I never knew that she would look at me in my vulnerable state and just walk away. “You look so bad. Maybe your weakness, cowardice and cruelty is finally catchin
Lucan’s POVI launch myself at the chief guard with all my fury. I aim at his throat. I am going to squeeze his throat until I kill him. I will make sure that he pays for everything he said to me. I will make an example out of him today. I will make sure that I embarrass him. This bastard! He does not know that I have been training all my life! I have been taking combat classes. Dealing with him would be easy. He is challenging me because he thinks he can beat me, I will kill him today But when I hold him, the stance he takes makes me realise that I might have underestimated. He might be stronger than I gave him credit for. Or maybe not. Maybe if I just grab him by the leg. Maybe if I just get to his throat properly…But the chief guard is stronger than I thought. Much stronger. His hands come up fast and grab my wrists. He twists them hard and I try not to cry, but unfortunately, I do not know when I even cry out in pain. Before I can react, his knee comes up into my stomach. He co
Lucan’s POV"You fool!" I scream at him. "You worthless idiot! You are a bastard! I would have cut off your balls, but you are castrated already! bastard! How dare you talk to me like that!"The other guards shift beside us nervously, some already shifting their weight from leg to leg. It is obviously a tensed up situation, but nobody moves to help me. Nobody tells the chief guard to shut up. It is like they fear the both of us-me and the chief guard - but they fear the chief guard more. They just stand there watchingI had told Elaina that I wanted to be crowned immediately, it was her idea that I wait a while so that it looks as if I am mourning Holland. Now see what it has caused? This bastard does not respect me!"I am the alpha of this pack!" I shout. "I am your leader! You will respect me!"The chief guard shakes his head. "You killed Alpha Holland. You are just a coward and a mother. I am sure that you think nobody knows, but everybody knows"“ I don’t care if anybody knows!” I
Lucan’s POVI have to grab my car so that I will not fall down. I can’t feel the cast still vibrating, still warm, I did not even turn it off completely. I cannot believe my ears. The last ticket to Danika just left. How can I be too sure that he is not with her? "Left?" I repeat. "What do you mean left?""He rode out about two hours ago," the chief guard explains. "He said he had things to do in his spot that were urgent.”Two hours ago. While I was yelling at Devin, wasting my precious strength on him and telling him how I will deal with him. While I was trying to figure out what to say to Alfonso, all the speeches that I rehearsed up to seventeen times, he was already gone? Galloping away? While I was practicing my speech, he was riding away from my pack. "I told you not to let him leave! We still had a timeframe to work with!" I screamed, slowly coming out of my daze. The chief guard shakes nervously. I see how his Adam’s apple bobs visibly as he swallows. “We could not do any