King Of Monsters

chapter 6

Amara’s P.O.V

Mate? MATE!? How can I be my brother’s mate? I turned around and took a few steps away from mom, dad, and Ben. I was starting to hyperventilate, I needed to get a hold of myself dammit! I was starting to panic, and I couldn’t let that happen because I didn’t know if I would be able to stop. Taking a couple of deep breathes I steadied myself and tuned back around. I was holding my coat around my so tightly that my knuckles were white, but it was the only thing I could do to keep myself together. I looked at Ben who had taken a few steps towards me, I shook my head at him. He stopped “So what exactly happens now?” I asked, fear in my voice. I heard rejection was a pain so bad that most wolves who were rejected died of a broken heart. If they couldn’t survive it, I doubt that I could. Ben’s mouth was just opening and closing like a fish, but he didn’t say anything. I looked to mom and dad for help, “well sweetie”, my mum started out if you want to go ahead with the bond you both first have to accept each other verbally, then when you’re ready, you will usually mark and mate each other to complete the bond. But since you’re human I don’t know if marking is possible…” she trailed off.

I shook my head, “No, no I mean, you’re going to reject me, right?” I asked looking at Ben “you want me to reject you?” He asked in disbelief “Well you were obviously planning on it, that why you’ve been ignoring me, angry with me, avoiding telling me until now” I continued. “No” I simply replied. “I was just confused and scared, I thought that blood sucker had killed you and I almost went wild, I didn’t know what was happening. But I never wanted to reject you. Never even crossed my mind” I was shocked by his confession, does that mean he wants me to be his mate? But I’m sister I thought. “Do you want to reject me?” He asked me softly Did I? “I…I ... don’t know, this is all so sudden, so unexpected. You're my brother Ben...” I trailed off looking at the ground. I heard him take a couple of steps back and I looked up to see him walking away. “Wait!” I shouted after him running past mom and dad who stood there with shock on their faces. “Ben please wait!” I was running after him to catch up, he wasn’t running but he was so tall and had a long stride and I was short wearing heels. I caught up to him and grabbed his arm he turned on me growling in warning. His eyes black indicating his wolf had come forward and his fangs were bared at me. I took a step backwards in fear and fell. “Leave me alone Amara" he said harshly before turning to leave again

I stared after him for a moment before getting up and following him again "No, Ben. we need to discuss this. you can’t just drop a bombshell like that and walk away!" I shouted after him "I need to Amara!" He stopped and turned to face me "You have no idea what this is like for me. For Jet. Yes, yesterday you were my adopted sister but today you are my mate! It's that simple, that easy! and you don't feel anything" He shouted at me before turning away again "Ben please!" I cried after him, tears running down my cheeks destroying Sarah and Sally’s masterpiece "I don't want to lose you!" he stopped walking "Please Ben" he quickly turned and marched to me, he grabbed my face and kissed me. I felt the longing and the pain, the love, and the rejection he felt all in this one kiss. I didn’t even know you could put so much emotion into a kiss. It was so passionate he started pressing my body into his. Once he was done, he rested his forehead against mine for a moment, his training hardened hands on my cheeks, before he lowly growled and turned away again leaving me standing there staring in shock after him.

Ben's POV

I woke up to the morning light in my eyes, I shot up realizing I wasn’t in my room. I was outside in a clearing near a river. It was a beautiful spot, there was a babbling brook, gorgeous old trees protecting the area, keeping it secret. this would be a great place to build a cabin, I must have shifted into Jet and ran here I thought. Then the events from the previous night came rushing back to me. I doubled over, pain shooting through me at Amara telling me she wanted to reject me. Jet started whimpering again. I felt someone trying to mind link me, so I let them through. “Where the hell are you Son?” dad came through. “We’ve been searching for you all night” he said, pissed that id blocked them out. “I know what’s going on is hard right now, but you are the future king, you can not run off like that. Especially after the attack on Amara yesterday.” He finished. “I know dad, I’m sorry, I just needed to be alone”. Then his words registered “who’s we?” I asked “the family. Well, everyone except Nico” he replied. “Amara?” I asked “yes son. She’s blaming herself for your disappearance. She’s terrified something happened to you.” “Why does she care?” I asked dryly. “Snap the hell out of it Ben!” the poor girl was in shock” “she was attacked by a vampire then learned that the man she’s only ever known as her brother is actually her mate”. ‘He has a point’ Jet said. I sighed. “Yeah, I guess you’re right” I replied to dad. “I have no idea where I am though dad, I’m in some clearing, and I’m naked” I added. As I mind linked him about the nude situation the bushes to my right started shaking, I quickly got into a fighting stance, ready to take on whoever or whatever it was, when through popped Amara riding Sally’s Wolf, Crystals, back.

Sally reared up at the sight of me and threw Amara off her back knocking her out. Werewolves, Lycans and other shifters usually aren’t too bothered by nakedness because its unavoidable, but Sally obviously wasn’t expecting to see her brother balls-to-the-wall naked, with fangs and claws extended ready to attack her. Shocked by what just happened and what dumb luck I seem to be having lately I just kind of stared at Amara lying unconscious in the grass, watching her chest rise and fall with every breath. I was vaguely aware of Sally walking behind the bush she jumped out of, then walking over to check Amara was ok and then her snapping me out of my stupor by throwing some shorts she brought for me at my head. “Hey dipshit” Sally whisper shouted at me to get my attention when I looked at her, she continued “your miles away from our territory! You’re nearly in f*****g rogue territory”

Oh f**k, I thought ‘jet why the hell did you bring us here?’ there was no reply from him. “Are you listening to me!? You could have been killed in your sleep you f*****g i***t!” I just watched her in surprise, usually Sarah was the mouthy one, I don’t think id ever heard Sally swear like this. “I’ve already mind linked Dad where we are. He should be here with Phillip, Nathan, and Sarah soon. Now put your f*****g clothes on” she said turning her back to me and walking back over to Amara. Quickly putting the shorts on I was suddenly on high alert. Every leaf rustling in the breeze set me on edge. I did not like having my mate or my sister this close to enemies. Jogging to join them both I stood over them ready for any attack that could come. “If I was this far away from the borders, how did you find me?” I questioned Sally she looked at me with fury in her eyes contemplating what she should say. “I didn’t” she simply said “me and crystal were just the transportation. I was the only one that listened to Mara when she said she had an idea about where you were.” “It was like she could sense you” she added sitting beside Amara and stroking her hair. Sense us? Jet pipped up. ‘I don’t think even humans in a mate bond can do that. They don’t feel the supernatural bond like us’ I just looked at her confused ‘we really have to figure out what the hell is going on jet’. A few minutes later father, and everyone else arrived all being extremely cautious.

Sally picked Amara up and walked over to Sarah’s Wolf Camila. she placed Amara carefully on her back and then climbed up after her holding onto her as Sarah started bounding off back towards the territory. Taking my shorts off not bothering to cover up, I started to shift into jet. Being a Lycan it takes slightly longer to shift than werewolves because we are larger but being a royal makes it quicker for us. Shaking my black fur through, I nodded at my father signaling I was ready. But before we could start back off, we heard Sarah and sally mind linking us “Rogues are after us!” we took off full speed running after them. Jet and I were boiling with rage how dare these filthy mutts attack my sisters. my mate. I thought furiously. using my anger, Jet sped up seeing the first rogue coming into view we waited until we were right behind him before jumping at his neck, biting down hard until we heard a snap.

‘Fucker didn’t even try to fight back’ Jet said absently, looking at the rest of them I noticed none of them were baring their teeth, or trying to attack the girls. They were just running after them ‘we're missing something…’ Jet trailed off. That’s when we heard it.

Cars coming in at full speed and Gun shots rang out from the trees, ‘the rogues aren’t attacking us, they’re f*****g running from hunters!’ I shouted through mind link. ‘Notify the guard on patrol, the humans wont pass into our territory unless they want a war’ my father shouted back. Mind linking the guards, I let them know what was going on, our location and to meet us for assistance. Hearing the cars get closer I saw that they weren’t shooting at anyone but Sarah, Sally and Amara. ‘Dad they’re after the girls’ feeling panic, fear and more anger than I thought possible, I jumped at the car snapping my jaws at the hunter holding the gun, tearing his arm off and then turning on the driver. I’d barely finished taking them down before another car pulled up to the right shooting at me. Snarling at them, I saw a wolf out of the corner of my eye, fly at the car before watching another do the same thing. I looked around and noticed the rogues were following my example, trying to take down the cars and hunters while the girls kept running. Shots and whimpers rang out in the air, and you could smell the blood. We knew we were getting close to our borders when the remaining 3 cars slowed to take orders. We took this as our chance and bolted for safety. Making it over the borders I saw Sally take Amara down off of Sarah’s back and place her on a stretcher that had been brought out, Mother, Sally and Sarah still in Wolf form then rushed her out of harms way to the medical centre.

Hearing the cars approach I turned and walked slowly towards them, careful not to cross the border, baring my teeth and snarling warningly at them. My father followed but in his human form. One of the guards had brought clothes for everyone. Pulling up at the border what looked to be the leader of the human spoke “good morning, King Aleksey. How are you on this fine day” the way he emphasized his words made it obvious he was trying to provoke a reaction so they could attack. But my father calmly smiled at the man, “Better, now that you’re not shooting at us any longer. Who may I ask am I addressing?” he said simply. “I am Markus, leader of the hunters to the region south of here” clearly annoyed that my father had no idea who he was. “Ok Markus, why were you chasing and shooting at us?” my father questioned, “well, we were hunting down simple rogues that had attacked two human refugee camps when we came across you, kidnapping a human.” I looked at the rogues, they looked at me, desperation clear in their eyes. they were starved, and weak from running from these people for who knows how long. There was no way anyone in this state could have been able to attack anyone, except maybe a bunny.

Rogues or not, this treatment was unacceptable I thought to myself. ‘they’re lying’ I mind linked my father ‘I know’ was all I got in reply. My father chucked at the man “we were not kidnapping the human girl; you see she is my adopted daughter. We found her as a baby and took her in, she was unconscious due to an unfortunate accident, and my other daughters were rushing her here for medical attention. And” he continued, “if these rogues are guilty of the crimes you say, they will be punished. but first we will investigate, and they will be help here while we do so. Thank you for bringing this matter to our attention” he smiled at the man and turned away. Clearly pissed off the man shouted at my father “hey! These are my prisoners you can’t just take them!” my father turned around to face him dangerously slowly “young man, I am a king.” His aura coming off so strongly even the humans were beginning to cower; the lower ranking wolves and the rogues were whimpering in submission baring their necks to my father. It was intense for me but being a royal I was able to withstand it for now. “You will address me as such and show me the respect I am due” his voice a low growl now. “These rogues are werewolves. I am the king of ALL werewolves and Lycans, they’re punishment is under MY jurisdiction. Now leave” Markus stammered to come up with a reason that he should get the rogues.

When he couldn’t he just shouted, “we want I see the human!” my father raised an eyebrow at him while I growled threateningly. “Why?” my father questioned. “If you’re telling the truth about her situation, then we would like to hear from her to confirm it” Markus said this with a wavering voice clearly not sure what would happen next. I growled louder at him pacing along the border, my father held his hand at me to stop. I looked at him confused ‘what’s he doing?’ jet asked concerned ‘father what are you doing?’ I mind linked him, but he didn’t reply. I looked between the man and my father unsure. My father spoke up “Very well. When she wakes, she will be escorted here to speak to you. She will have guards with her for protection as well as my Son Benjamin” he said gesturing towards me “she will stay on this side of the border where she is safe, and you will stay on that side of the border. You can wait here until then. If these arrangements don’t suit you, you can simply leave” He spoke with such conviction that the man didn’t know what to do, he looked at the others for help, but they wouldn’t meet his eye. Swallowing Markus looked at my father “ok” My father turned to leave, this time Markus didn’t stop him. I turned and gave them all a warning snarl before following my father.

I shifted just outside the house and changed into some pants one of the guards handed me before storming into the house towards my father’s office. I opened the door and barged in. “what were you thinking?” I demanded. “He obviously doesn’t want to just talk to her!” I shouted pacing; my father watched me for a few moments before replying. “Sit down” he ordered, when I didn’t, he gave a look. A look that said I will kick your ass boy. He maybe older and he may be my father, but I knew he would and could do it, so I sat down. “I made the decision to let them talk to her to hopefully open up the lines of communication between the humans and us. If he truly is the leader of the hunters in the south, no matter how much of a moron he is. It might be possible to create a closer working relationship with them to help the kingdom. but none of that would have been possible if I just told them to piss off. And it be useful if they weren’t trying to kill us or meddle in our affairs” he looked me straight in the eyes while saying this daring me to question his judgment again. Before I could reply to my mother mind linked us “Amara is awake”.