Destined

Episode 10

Celestine's POV:

"Don't bite your lips."

My eyes immediately darted to his lips unconsciously as I swallowed visibly. He released a warm breath on my neck and a shiver ran down my spine to my toes. My heart was beating faster than even and I swear I could hear it for a moment. Despite his close proximity, I made no move to push him away instead my body seemed to like him close. I tried to remember the pain I had to go through but I was unable to think anything other than how his lips would feel on  mine. 

Lucian, on the other hand, tilted his head to look at my face clearly. Time stopped for us as my eyes met his deep ones. There were many emotions swirling around his eyes lust,confusion, anger and something I couldn't put my fingers on. The deep, hypnotic pools of his eyes were trying to suck me in and I wanted to get sucked in them to know what made him this way. Their intensity hit me hard and I was lost in them. I couldn't bring myself to turn around.  An unexplainable feeling passed between us and for the first time his eyes softened a bit. I could gaze into his eyes my entire life trying to see everything they've seen through all the centuries he's lived. His eyes turned yellow as he wrapped his fingers around my thick locks and pulling them gently to pull my face closer to him. Our lips were just an inch apart and my eyes closed on its own accord due to his closeness and there was a strong burning  was spreading through my whole body.  

We were coming close and our lips were about to touch when a knock broke the trance. 

"What's taking so long, bro? Are you making babies in there? "

We pushed each other away as the knocking increased. He opened the buttons of his shirt abruptly and before I could ask any questions he threw it at my head.

"Wear it fast."

I wore it fast  leaving two buttons from the top showing little bit of my cleavage. I motioned him with my head to open the door but instead he came towards  me while I went back. He used his speed to stop me from going further back and wrapped an arm around my waist. 

"Leave me." I muttered. He gave me an intense look while his free hand  buttoned my shirt hiding my cleavage. 

"Come on. Come out fast." His cousin banged the door. Lucian opened the door in a swift second only to see a smirking Katherine. She peeked into the room to look at me and a large grin spread on her face. She almost danced her way to me looking too cute with her puffed out belly.

"Possessive much brother. Go put on something." I was so thankful she finally said about what I was thinking. His delicious body was distracting my thoughts too much and no matter how hard I tried my eyes seemed to get stuck at his delirious abs. And I could already smell his scent in every breath I took due to his shirt. The piece of fabric was warm and reached upto my knees. I, unconsciously brought my hands to my chest to feel the fabric rubbing across my skin just the way it was rubbing on his a few moments ago. 

A moment later he came out in another shirt  and in a second I was thrown on his chest. He placed his palm on my back and held me close to him and I looked down shyly.

"You guys are so much in love." I gave her a dirty look for pushing me. She just shrugged in return. I rolled my eyes mentally thinking about the number of days we have to keep up the facade. He directed me towards the end of the stairs following behind Kath who was so excited that she was grinning to herself.

Kat held my hand while walking down the stairs where her mate was waiting for her. He smiled at her in adoration and looked at her with so much love that a part of me felt bad for myself that I'll never be able to have something like that. He then tore his eyes from hers and smiled at me and Lucian.

"I'm Jason, Alpha of the Dawn Pack." He introduced himself to me and shook my hand.

"I'm Celestine." I smiled at him politely. Our short introduction was halted by an another gorgeous man. The same one I bumped into while entering the pack house for the first time. His green eyes were shining as he made his way directly towards me. He took my hand in his and slightly bowed.

"I'm Drake, by the way. You're stunning." He smirked at me as his lips grazed my fingers. I felt uncomfortable but chose to ignore it thinking that this isn't the first time someone kissed my hand while introducing themselves. 

"I'm Celestine. And thank you." There was something different in the way he was looking at me. It gave me chills and all my instincts were alert. He had bad vibes coming off him. Before he could continue the conversation, my mate decided to step in as he pulled me to his chest away possessively.  

"We should go."  He said in a bitter tone.

"Where are we going again?" I decided to stop being clueless all the time and step in.

"We should go to the pack house. I really want to see your skills." He said looking at me in the eye.

"What skills?" I asked.

"You know what I mean." 

"I don't." He remained silent for a moment and then answered, "Fighting skills."

"That's a good idea." Seconded Kath and she immediately held my hand and pulled me towards her Porsche. I could feel a cold glare on my back but I was too scared to look behind me.  

"Wait where are you taking her?" My mate asked his voice slightly laced with annoyance.

"She's going with me and Jason. And see I think Drake is joining us too."

And sure enough that man was hot behind our wheels. I raised my eyebrows as Lucien advanced towards me as well. He and Jason sat on the front seat while the rest of us were behind with me in the middle. Drake smiled at me and occasionally our arms would touch. I tried to shift a little but that was considering there was less to no space left since I didn't want to disturb Kath and her baby. 

"How much time along are you?"

"Oh seven. It's a girl." 

"Woah. Did you think of a name?" I asked happily.

"We are going for Taylor. You and Lucien should also start searching baby names since you're going to give Taylor a cousin to play with soon.", teased Jason.

I was dumbfounded and I saw Lucien looking at me intensely through the mirror as if waiting for my answer. But I only blushed hard under his gaze and averted my eyes to see Kath smirking seeing my reaction. She must be thinking that we are so in love. 

"Bro, why are you sitting in the front rather than sitting with your mate. Come on guys, this is like the attraction phase of your relationship. It's almost like you don't have the hots for each other." Kath started after a moment. Thankfully, before she could dwell more on the topic we arrived. I took a deep breath as I already sensed how the day would end. I was pretty sure that I was about to screw up and embarrass Lucien due to my weak physical strength just like he said. 

I knew he was thinking the same thing as me and everything that happened this morning was nothing. He exits the car and didn't even help me out of the car. Drake was the one who pulled me out. My heart beat increased and I was pretty sure everyone of them could feel it. I played with the hem of my shirt which was actually his. Everyone bowed a little sensing his presence. I was startled when he suddenly paused and pulled me against his body. I gulped at what he wants to say but he remained silent and after a while resumed walking tightening his hold on me more. There were no emotions in his actions and that scared me more. Before we reached the pack training field, Kath and I went to her old room to change clothes. 

I heaved a sigh as I sat on her bed.

"Hey what's wrong?" She asked as she bumped our shoulders.

"The thing is I'm an average werewolf."

"Hey it's okay. However your skills are it doesn't matter. What matters is your intentions for the pack. And I already know that the pack members already adore you as their Luna. I know Lucien hid it from all of us when he brought you here but he is an ass. "

How should I tell her that her brother is the only one who doesn't accept me for who I am?

"Okay there's a sports bra and yoga pants." She threw them at me enthusiastically clapping her hands like a small child. 

We reached the pack field together and Kath was holding my arm trying to comfort me as she whispered insults about her cousin again and again to me. Some were so funny that it made me laugh even in such a tense mood. 

A low growl was heard as soon as we came near to everyone and I saw many people looking here and there but none looked at me. I didn't think a lot about it and proceeded to meet Lucian, Drake and Jason along with Brian, his beta and Aubrey his mate. Aubrey hugged her cheerfully as she hugged her back. 

"Should we start training?" shouted Drake as he eyed me with a smirk. He had removed his t-shirt.

I felt a hand on my back which sent tingles around and I immediately knew who it was. The rest of the crowd was slowly gathering towards us and my nervousness increased.  

"Let's form groups of two." shouted Lucien to everyone. I just noticed that he also got rid of his shirt and was gaining the attention of many girls. They were staring at him with lust and a brunette dared to approach him. 

"Where do you want me to stand, Alpha?", she asked seductively nibbling on her lower lip. She bent down pretending to tie her shoelace giving him a show of her fake boobs and ass. I turned my head not wanting to see his reaction. My skin was burning in anger and all I wanted was to grab her ponytail and yank it really, really hard. A feeling of uneasiness crept on my chest as I tried to force myself to stop thinking about what happened. I felt a tap on my shoulder.

I turned around to find the same brunette mock smiling at me.

"Would you like to partner with me?" I nodded my head not giving out any reaction. My anger was at its peak now and it was a miracle that I was still silent and not already tearing off her skin. Before I knew everyone had a partner.

Lucien and Drake, Brian and Jason, Aubrey with a girl I didn't recognise and other groups followed behind us. We did a little warmup and then on the command of the Alpha the combat started. 

My instincts were at alert because the cunning girl in front me was a Lycan and she was smirking knowing that she has the upper hand.  Before I could make myself ready for her attack, she pounced on me and kicked me in my calves. I blocked her legs with mine and used my hands to put it around her throat and pressed it a little tightly to divert her attention. The moment her legs and hands were vulnerable to me I rolled her on her back. However she quickly understood my plan and punched me in the face repeatedly. Her nails were scraping against my skin and her fist hurt my face.I could feel blood flowing down my nose but I refused to give up. She was so engrossed in beating me that she forgot my hands were free. She locked her legs with mine in such a way that I couldn't move. She threw me away before I could overtake her.

By this time we were the centre of attention and Lucien was staring at my back. I could feel it due to the goosebumps forming on skin. But I had no idea about how he was feeling. The second round started.

We circled around each other, thinking about the stance of the other person. My eyes followed her movements. They were long and impatient and she had no focus. I pretended to not notice her actions and stood in a wrong stance. One, which I could correct in a second. She eyes me from head to toe and her lips pulled into a smirk as she noticed my intentionally wrongly placed legs. She went for a kick, but I pulled a roundhouse kick on her neck shoving her behind. She growled at me but that didn't stop her. She punched my stomach and pain ran through my body. She went for another punch on my face but I held it and moved fast to kick her specifically in her kidney. Blood poured out her mouth and her eyes were on fire. She used her Lycan speed and went behind me in a blur and kicked me on my back. I stumbled and fell. She pounced on my body but I rolled over just in time. I sat on her back and held her face to the ground. She used her strength and moved me from her body. She kicked me in the face and then my stomach. I went down on my knees as every blow from her hurt double than that of a werewolf. And my situation was getting from bad to worse because I didn't have my wolf and I was healing slowly.  She twisted my hand behind my back and put her knees on my hand applying pressure. 

A crack echoed through the hall as my face contorted in pain. She kicked me in the back as I fell to the ground. Her heels were on my stomach as she bent down near my ears and whispered, "I will claim the Alpha as m-" A surge of anger passed through, as my wolf returned. I growled letting the anger course through my veins. My hand which was almost healed gripped her feet and twisted it and there was the second crack of the day. 

'I will kill her' shouted my wolf ready to tear off her skin and throw them in a garbage dump.

I was back up in a second. My wolf made power and confidence surge through my body. I wiped the blood dripping from a gash on my head and released an animalistic growl. I could see a hint of fear in her eyes. She turned into her wolf in a second and came running towards me. She was bigger than me but I wasn't one to back and neither was my wolf. She was practically leaping out of my head to teach her a lesson. 

She jumped in the air to attack me from upwards due to my height but I turned into my wolf just at the right moment and stepped aside causing her to fall where I previously was. The fall was hard but before she could recover, I bared my teeth at herand scratched her body. She quickly healed and looked ready to fight. She threw herself at me and I dig my claws into her body and rolled her over despite my strength. I had kicked her in the legs and bit her paws. She wailed in pain but it did nothing to stop me. She dig her claws on my back but I bit her paw and with a loud growl my wolf showed its true power by throwing her on the ground and digging her claws into her heart. A slight movement and she would be dead.

She bowed her head to me in submission and then I backed away from her. There was pin drop silence in the ground. She might have her strength and speed but she didn't have the brains and the intensive training about almost every form of karate. I would rip anyone who looks at him to shreds whether or not we have a relationship. The exhaustion and pain was all coming back to me. I could feel the leftover energy draining from my body. It wasn't easy to overtake a Lycan and I had lost every ounce of strength I had. At least  I didn't let anyone look at Lucien.

I didn't realise I was still glaring at the Lycan on the ground until I felt a hand stroking my fur. It was Kath. My wolf was disappointed that it wasn't Lucien but I wasn't sure about what I should do with my feelings.  Everyone had respect in their eyes for me many were happy. They all dispatched to their own respective work and I went behind a tree to change into my clothes that I came here wearing. I walked back to the group as almost everyone except my mate greeted me with a smile. 

"Hey Brian, both of you should also join us. I'm very happy." I said not able to contain my happiness.

He looked at Aubrey who was already walking towards me and she answered, "Sure. We haven't really hung out together." 

All three us walked in the front with the boys behind us. I tied my hair into a bun as it was sticky due to all the mud. 

This time Lucien decided to sit beside me in the back and Drake was coming in his own car as were Brian and Aubrey.

Kath gave me a thumbs up confusing me but I just thought maybe it was because of the win. We were silent during the first half of the ride. There was a considerable amount of distance between us. I kind of avoided him. The car turned sharply and I lost balance and fell sideways on his lap. I scrambled up fast and was moving to my side of the seat and there was another sharp turn, this time knocking me off completely. My upper body was on his lap. I unconsciously kept my hands on his thighs to balance myself. This time I decided to not move farther away incase there were other sharp turns. 

And, indeed, there were a few. By the end of the ride, my body was completely resting against his hand. I was blushing deep and there were a few times he held my arms to stop me from falling. He pulled me out of the car and I gave a dirty look to Jason for his rash driving. He just smiled at me in return. Something told me that this was intentional. 

It was still early so all of decided to sit in the lounge and play board games. I yawned as my eyes were drooping. I tried my best to stay awake but I didn't realise when I dosed off.

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I'll try to write longer chapters like these from next time. 

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