Chapter Seventy One - Maricela

When I get to my room, I see someone there, I see the mass of muscles, the undeniable shape of a Lycan and though my heart shouldn’t react, it still does.And then he turns, he turns, and I see the red hair and the lack of tattoos, and I know it’s not him. It’s not Adriel.I hate how much it hurts. I hate how much I wanted it to be him.“Hey,” Ryker says like he knows exactly where my thoughts are.“Hey,” I reply, giving him a small smile. I don’t want to take out my emotions on him. It’s not his fault. None of this is. He can’t help that his brother is the worst kind of person imaginable.“Please don’t leave.”I blink, fighting back the tears. So Khloe told him?“We need you, Mari, this Pack needs you.”I shake my head, as that emotion cascades out of me, as I start sobbing. Can’t he see how much this is hurting me? How much this is killing me?And he’s there, hugging me, soothing me, once more playing that kind, loving brother I miss so badly. “It’ll get better. I promise.”“When?”

Last Updated : 2025-09-26

Chapter Seventy Two - Marciela

I start slow, deciding that Luca is the easiest to paint. I’m not a fantastic painter but I’m not bad either. I take my time, sketching out his features, drawing and redrawing until I know they’re perfect.Then I do Jace. Then my mother, then my father, leaving my sister to last.I’m sobbing when I begin working on Lia’s portrait. It feels too painful to attempt and yet I want to see her face, I want to bring her back to life the only way I can. I feel like the fake Lia has tarnished her memory, has spoiled every moment I had of my real sister.By the time I’m done, days have past. Khloe comes and sits with me. Ryker pops in here and there. Neither of them speak. Maybe they can tell that this feels too precious, too intimate.I’m scared to paint them, to finish the canvases for fear that’ll mess it up but again, I take my time, after all, that’s what I have now. Time. So much time.Once they are finished, I stay where I am, half shocked, half broken, staring up at the family I loved,

Last Updated : 2025-09-27

All Chapters of The Lycan Inheritance: Chapter 71 - Chapter 72

Chapter Seventy One - Maricela

Chapter Seventy Two - Marciela