Chapter 16
Iughed.
That was the only reaction I could muster because if I didn’t, I was going to hit him again and I knew
he would make do on his earlier threat. He looked genuinely confused with his head cocked to the
side like a puppy and I sincerely fought the urge to scream at him because there was no way he
could tell me he didn’t know we were
mates.
“Why are you acting so surprised?” I asked with my arms crossed my chest. “You’re acting like I
dropped some kind of bombshell. Was it supposed to be a secret? Do you not want the members of
your pack to know?”
“I-” he began but he trailed off.
e not mates a
I tried to act like his words didn’t hurt me but I felt the impact like a physical blow and my mouth fell
open. He took a step back from me and I stared at him with wide eyes wondering when he was
going to take those words. back but instead he started pacing around the orchard.
“This is the part where you apologize,” I said but he didn’t respond.
He either didn’t hear me or he ignored me and I could have bet my life that it was thetter. He was
muttering
under his breath and pacing the length of the room and for some weird reason, I could feel my eyes
beginning to water. I waited a little longer to see if he was going to apologize but he stayed trapped
in his own world and I scoffed slightly under my breath and made my way overto the door.
He didn’t stop me as I walked over there. If anything, he looked a little!!!
to have me leave. I pulled it open and I stopped in the middle of the doorway and turned back to
face him. He had his back to me but he had stopped pacing and I cleared my throat to get his
attention.
“You’re a real fu*king dick, do you know that?” I asked but he stayed silent and didn’t turn around to
face me. “Stay the f*ck away from me and my daughter. As soon as I’m able to get a ce, we will
be out of your hair.”
He finally turned to face me. “You will not take my daughter away from me.”
“She was my daughter before she was yours.”
“Do not make me involve the council because I will,” he warned. “If I involve the council I swear you
will never see her again and there will be nothing you can do about it.”
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I was shocked at the vehemence and anger
which he uttered those words. I took an involuntary step back
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and I saw guilt sh across his face as if he had just realized what he said.
“Freya,” he began as he reached out to me but I pulled my hand out of his grip. “Freya please, that
isn’t-”
“I always knew you were an a*s,” I said once I had found my voice. “I guess you just proved me
right. You can do whatever you want to do but I will risk upsetting the entire council if it means that
my daughter gets to be with
me.”
“I’m not going to involve the council F
he tried to exin. “I was just=”
I didn’t give him the chance to exin before I stormed out of the orchard. I heard him call out to me
a few times but I ignored him and made my way back into the castle. The first ce I went was to
Kiara’s room and I let out a sigh of relief when I saw that she was sitting cross legged in front of
Nadia while Nadia spoke animatedly to her.
They both paused when they saw me and Kiara’s face lit
Plike a light bulb, I made my way over to the both of them and sat on the floor next to my daughter. I
ced a small kiss on her head while I inhaled her scent. I wanted to pull her to my side and never
let go.
“Is it okay if I sit in on this one?” I asked Nadia and she wasted no time before nodding. “Thank
you.”
Nadia was surprisingly good with Kiara. She managed to keep Kiara engaged the entire day and I
could see that Kiara loved her. She told her animated stories about lycans and their history and I
watched as she captured
Kiara’s attention. The stories were amazing and I had never heard them before so I was also
intrigued.
She talked about how lycans were the direct descendants of the moon goddess and how in the
times of old it
was said that she woulde down and walk the earth. She came across a hunter and she was so
enamored by how skillful he was that she blessed his bow to always hit its mark and she watched
him for months.
He never killed more than he should have and was always kind to everyone. The moon goddess
sent her wolves to help him by bringing him food and game. He knew she was the one responsible
for his sess and he always gave offerings to her. One day, she waited for him to appear and he
never did so she’disguised herself as a human and went looking for him.
She found out that a vengeful king had forcefully taken him because he wanted the hunter to work
for him. The hunter had refused and the king had arrested him. His family was begging people to
speak on behalf of him but they were shunned. The moon goddess decided to speak to the king by
herself but not knowing who she was, he
shunned her.
The moon goddess then snuck into the cells at night and she turned the poor hunter into a lycan.
She gifted him with the power of thousand men and the strength to shift into a beast form that he
could control. The lycant killed the king and wiped out the entire vige but he was alone. The moon
goddess then turned his family into
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lycans
Over time, the moon goddess created werewolves but they were not as powerful as lycans because
no human had ever caught her attention the way that hunter did and when he died, she made him
immortal just like her.
I was so enamored during the story. I had never heard how lycans were born before and it sounded
amazing. Even Kiara had wide eyes and she sat still while Nadia told the story.
“Do you want to know one more secret?” Nadia asked and Kiara nodded eagerly. “Your father is
from the line of that hunter, that’s why he is king.”
Kiara’s eyes widened and she turned to me to ask if I had heard what was just said and I offered her
a small smile. She looked like she had just been told that unicorns exist and she could get gold at
the end of the rainbow.
“Does that mean that daddy knows the hunter?” she asked and Nadiaughed softly.
ter is yours
“He doesn’t know him because the hunter died long before your father was born but it means the
hunter and your father’s ancestor.”
Her eyes were as wide as saucers and she looked like she was about to explode into a pile of glitter
and happiness.
“Mummy did you hear that?” she asked and I nodded. “The hunter is my ancestor.”
She couldn’t pronounce the word properly so it ended uping out a little garbled but no one
bothered to correct her. She was extremely happy and I couldn’t bring myself to squish her
happiness. I was happy for her
and it was more information for me that I never knew.
Nadia looked up at the clock and cursed slightly under her breath. “Look at the time, I think it is time
for me
leave.”
“No,” Kiara pouted. “Please tell me one more story.”
“I’ll be back tomorrow and then I’ll tell you the story of how the hunter and the moon goddess met. Is
that
okay?”
Kiara paused to weight the options and finally she nodded. Nadia smiled at her and stood to her
feet then dusted off her jeans. I walked her over to the door and waited until we were out of earshot
from Kiara.
“I’m sorry Pcrashed your lesson today,” I said and she waved me off.
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“It is alright, I expected you to be curious as well. I heard you’re a wolf and wolves don’t know much
about our history. As long as you don’t tell the king because I’m not sure if I’m allowed to tell you
those stories.”
“I won’t, I promise.”
She smiled and picked up her bag. “Well if you want to know more then I will be here at the same
time
tomorrow.”
She started to leave but I stopped her. “Will Kiara be a lycan like Jaxon?”
She hesitated before speaking. “It rarely happens that a lycan gets a wolf pregnant. She could be a
wolf or a lycan, it’s a fifty percent chance but there’s also the chance that she is a runt. In a few rare
cases, both sides battle for dominance and end up killing each other and leaving her like a human.”
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