All Chapters of The Lycan Inheritance: Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

I hear the knock and then someone comes in. I don’t have time to respond, to hide, to do anything. My fear lurches through me that this is another attack and yet surely, they wouldn’t knock first, right?“Why are you sat in the dark?”I let out a breath of relief at the sound of his voice.“It’s safer in the dark.” I whisper back.I can just about see Axel’s frown but he doesn’t make any move to put the light on.He walks over to the couch and sits down on the arm, facing me. “I heard your wound isn’t healing.”“Ryker told you that?” I reply.“No, King Adriel did.”My pain flares. That he knows. That Ryker must have told him, and his response was to send Axel instead of come see me himself? I screw my face up trying so hard not to cry but it feels inevitable.“Maricela…”“Don’t.” I gulp. I don’t want to hear it. I don’t need kind words. I don’t need sympathy. None of that helps me.“Why do you think it’s safer in the dark?” He asks gently.I huddle up. I’m still by the window. Staring

I know I shouldn’t do it. I know it’s against all my reasoning but once Lia’s asleep I creep out, into the corridor, up the stairs to where Maricela’s room is.I don’t knock. I don’t want to alert her to my presence.In truth, I just want to see she’s okay. To see for myself because Axel gave me a full report after he’d finished stitching her up. And what I heard made me hate myself even more.I slip inside, shutting the door, and then I pause.I can hear her, the soft sound of her breathing. I can smell her too.I step further in, past the couch, past the door for her tiny little bathroom. I should have given her something more suitable. I should have made sure she was more at home here.As I approach the bed, I can’t see her. I frown looking around because where else would she be?And then I spot her tiny form, curled up, tucked away in the furthest corner of the room by the wardrobe. There’s a blanket beside her that she must have been using as cover. She’s wearing just a t-shirt a

I made excuses. I slipped away as soon as I could, disappearing to my room.With the curtains drawn, I can hide in the darkness once more. Hide and fester in my pain and my grief. But as the sun drops I feel something else.I feel them.Adriel and Lia.She’s touching him. Or he is touching her. Either way it doesn’t matter because the outcome is the same. He’s cheating on me, on our bond.A spark of white-hot pain hits me. I double over, gasping. They’re not having sex yet, but I know enough from how my body is responding that they’re getting intimate right now.I try to breathe, I try to steady myself and another spark hits me.I can’t stay here, I can’t just act like this isn’t happening.I rush out of my room, out into the hall and outside as fast as I can. I know they’re in the Residence. I can feel how close they are.Another wave of something hits me. It hurts so much I can barely think.Suddenly, I’m running, I’m sprinting as fast as I can. My Wolf is howling in my head, clawin

“First things first we’re fixing your wardrobe.”Khloe struts across the room while I’m sat on the couch watching her.“What’s wrong with my clothes?” I ask. “Your mum gave me these clothes.”“Exactly.” She says. “My mother is twice our age. Sure, she’s a MILF but we’re going for something way sexier.”I don’t know how to react to that. I’m not sexy. I don’t even know how to be.“And we’re sorting out your whole look too.” She says.“What does that mean?” I ask.She stops, fixing me with an expression so like her brother. Like all of them.“When was the last time you had a decent meal?” She asks.I huff. “Lunch today. Your brother made sure of it.”“Ryker?” She guesses.“I’m not intentionally starving myself.” I snarl. “But I’m not going to walk into the lion’s den willingly.”“Yeah, that shit stops as well.” She says.“What shit?““The bullying, you just seem to be taking it.” She states.My anger flares. Does she think I’m that pathetic? That I didn’t try to stop it?She pauses agai

I gulp, looking quickly away, staring at the screen. Only, my whole focus is still on him. He looks so much like Adriel. Like all his children. Though physically you can see that they’re all Lycans while he is a Wolf.I can hear my breathing’s picked up. I can feel my adrenaline pumping like any minute he’s going to declare himself for Lia and toss me out.“Popcorn?” Cain says, offering me the bowl like I’m not being so weird right now.I nod, reaching over, grabbing a handful and stuff it into my mouth, trying to act normal.“Stop hogging it all.” Connor says, getting up and stealing the bowl back from his father.“See how they treat me?” Cain says with a smirk. “I’m not as scary as I look.”I want to say that he’s not scary but that’s a lie. His children might be bigger than him, but he still dwarfs me. They all do.He lets out a soft chuckle. “I hope you’re more feisty with Ad.”“Oh, she is.” Ryker says. “She makes sure he doesn’t walk all over him.”I shoot Ryker a look and Cain l