Chapter 7

Lucas's gaze darkened as the tension in the room thickened. I could see the primal instincts within him wrestle with the idea, a war between his human rationality and his Lycan instincts. His eyes bore into mine, searching for any signs of deception. Fear gripped me with such insteisty that i stumbled and fell on the floor. Lucas stepped back, his eyes darkened as he stared at me.

"Elara, you can't possibly expect me to believe that," he growled, his voice low and dangerous.

I held his intense gaze, determined to make him understand once and for all. "Lucas, I'm not lying to you. When i ran from my first mate, you were the only good thing that had happened to me. This baby is yours because i have never slept with another man other than you. You were my first and only."

He let out a guttural snarl, his claws involuntarily extending from his fingertips. His Lycan form was threatening to take over, and I could see the struggle on his face. It was as though he was battling his own nature, fighting to keep his emotions in check. He acted as if he was in physical pain, and the emerging lycan inside him wasn't a pretty sight. His claws, were three times bigger than an Alpha's, something i often thought was exaggrated during our classes back at the pack. 

My heart raced as I took a step back, fearing what his Lycan side might do. I knew that a Lycan is more brutal that a wolf. And now, A Morretti lycan was the tip of the ice berg. They weren't just feared in their Lycan self, but in their human form too. To piss of both Lucas and his Lycan was a death wish. But I couldn't back down now, not when my fate was at stake. Not when there was a chance that he'd keep me here forever. I did not want to be a slave, but if i couldn't save myself, then i sure as hell was going to try and make things better for me. 

"Lucas, please," I implored, my voice trembling.

"You may be my mate Elara, but i am not a fool!" His voice, low and strained, echoed through the depths of my soul.

"I wouldn't lie about something like this. I know it's hard to believe, but I can feel it too. Our bond is real. this child is yours. Ours. "

He let out a frustrated roar, and in an instant, his Lycan form overtook him. His eyes turned golden, and his muscles bulged, making him appear even more imposing. His shoulders grew wider, before his limbs extending with a bone cracking noise that made him let a grunt. It was a terrifying transformation, and I couldn't help but take another step back, my heart pounding in my chest. The size of his clwas only seemed to be growing bigger. His fangs protruded, drawing with them a dark pink blood that dropped on the carpeted floor. 

Turning around, heart pounding in my chest, i began banging at the door. i was void of words. All i wanted to do was get out of here.

Finally he stood before me, the clothes on his body wripped and barely hanging on. the muscles on his back had doubled in size, yet, his shoulders had broadened in a way that made him thrice his orginal human form. Lucas, now in his Lycan form, advanced toward me with a predatory grace. I was trapped, fear coursing through my veins as he cornered me against the wall. His sharp claws scraped against the surface, leaving deep gouges in their wake.

I let a wailing scream as i sqeezed myself towards the emoty space between his arm and the door. When i got through knowing that the door was not my refuge, I run towards the bathroom. My entire body was shaking, adrenaline pumped inside me as i looked back at him for a split second. Yet, he wasn't there.

Confusion stired within me as i stoped in my tracks and began to double back, yet, the large fingers that wraped at the back of my neck paralyzed me with fear.

"Mate!'' The voice was grunted, deep and hoarse. His loud heavy breath, fanning my neck sent shiver through my body. Not the normal shivers i always got with Lucas, diffrent, scary. Slowly, his footsteps dragged until he stood before me, his hands never leaving my neck, as if afraid i would run again. The truth is that i would, given the chance, i would run and not look back.

Given the chance, i would reject him as my mate and suffer somewhere else. This was not the kind of father i wished on my child. And neither was it the life i wished for myself. I closed my eyes, unable to bear the intensity of his gaze. His eyes had felt like they were buring into me. Golden and glowing, , like the very light of the sun.

Nature had done a number on this one. The moon goddess, made a mistake here. No creature should be this powerful.

But then, instead of attacking, Lucas did something unexpected. He knelt down, pressing one massive hand gently against my abdomen. Panic set inside me as my insticts gathered what he was about to do. And i wasn't going to wait any longer.

"NO!'' I let out a painstricking scream as i wripped myself away from his grip, causing his claws to rattle against the back of my neck painfully, drawing blood. I ran towards the door, and instictively, as if mother nature had heard my cry, they were opened. I ducked down, afraid of knocking head on with the incoming figure.

"Lycan King, PLEASE!'' Joseph, his beta, rushed inside. From the creaked view of the slightly open door, i could see the beast still standing there. Heaving and breathing heavily. I turned to my heel and now run.

Now was the perfect time. If i wanted to escape, I needed to do it now.

There was the sound of breaking furniture from the bedroom, followed by a scream of pain. i hurried down the flight of stairs, fear gripping me. 

"Where the fuck do you think you're going?'' Someone gripped my by the hair causing me to stumble back at the bottom of the stairs with a thud. 

A woman, seemingly just my age, looked down at my with disdain. "If he's going to kill you, he might as well do it now.'' 

She gripped the collar of my dress before using it to drag me up with it. I let out a scream of pain, still feeling blood oozing all over my dress but not knowing where it came from. 

"MATE!'' The voice sounded all through the large house, and the woman, seemed frozen as she came to a halt before the bedroom door and dropped me at Lucas' feet. 

"Master, I have brought the bitch back to...'' Her  neck was gripped before her body was pulled up from the floor effortlessly. I was still trying to calm the pounding in my head as i watched them. 

Lucas eyes, glowed for a split second, switching from a golden color to a pitch black. In that moment, there was a snapping sound that ripped through the vicinity before a chunk of blood splashed over the walls.

"Alpha NO!'' The screaming sound of a woman from the bottom of the stairs slightly distrcuted me as i turned to look. The high priestess, mouth agape as she stared up at us, continued to stand there, perplexed and staring up at Lucas like she's seen a ghost. 

The quick beating of my heart did me no justice, and neither did my stubbornness despite the wolf inside me warning me to just get up and run. 

I turned around, and i looked at Lucas. The world around me seemed to halt, i was paralyzed with fear and horror as i looked at him, holding a lifeless body in his hands. 

it wasn't just the dead girl that scared me, but it was how brutally he had kiiled her. In his left hand, he held her dangling head, gripped her the hair, blood still dripping, horror still covering her eyes. 

The blood painted on the wall certainly stood as a testament to what he had done. He threw the head accross the stairs, watching as it dangled down the staircase and stopped at the high priestess feet. He turned to me, and suddenly my will to run was pumped back into me.

I got up, I turned around, and I run for my dear life.