Chapter. 7
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Lucien's p.o.v
"Enough, Axel. Stop screaming at me because of that homine like she didn't make me do it in the first place," I bellowed at my wolf as I parambulate inside my room in my manor. "She could have just said no like I asked her to before the marking and I'd just have to accept my fate of being mate less till my death. She shouldn't have embarrassed me like that in front of that... God! I'd scratch his skin off his face if I can."
I could feel my breath skyrocketing and my mind seething instead, as my wolf try to calm me down.
Seeing Freya walk down that isle was literally everything that very moment. Her body movement, large hypnotizing eyes, lips and luxurious, full and dark hair was just pure perfection. I felt Axel smile pleasingly knowing the moon goddess hasn't only blessed me with a mate but a beautiful and captivating sight to behold.
But then again, she's human.
One of her people is the primary reason for my unfortunate curses and I had almost wanted to eradicate them all in Luparia, but the law holds that no lycan shall be a slave to the other except he or she is a half regardless.
The more closer I get to my death with no hope in sight only made me hate them the more.
I know Cassius's presence in the court today was definitely to taunt me and remind me of my years—both before now and in the future.
Maybe Amarantha was right, I should just give up the thrown and go exile. Maybe, that will be a much better shame than try to lead without granting the wish of my people — an heir to continue my father's legacy.
"Amarantha, again?" Axel, smirked. "Didn't you promise not to ever mention her name again?"
I clenched my jaw, silence filling up the room.
I know Amarantha had hurt me in the most painful way unimaginable, but to think she had been my first love and the moon goddess was kind enough to mate her to me was a huge blessing. Or so I thought? until she had to ridicule me, leaving my wolf helpless.
I felt my wolf extremely weak and depressed following Amarantha's rejection. Despite knowing my weakness, she would continue to hurt me by making loud sounds of pleasure as Cassius bangs her in the court. Hence, the reason I left the court except there's a ceremony or gathering with other Alphas concerning Luparia.
"Hmm," my wolf hummed. "I can smell the tinniest bit of softness, Lucien. You can't fool me."
"Oh, shut up Axel," she's probably being banged by Cassius right now.
"And that makes me wonder why you still care."
Truly, Axel is right. Amarantha has always had a soft place in my heart ever since that Monday morning at school. We attended the same magic school and she was way too good with her magic. She was not only smart but strong and beautiful and I had always wished to have those traits of hers in my kids, but... it became a wishful thinking after she got to know about my curse.
"It's probably your mind telling you that, Axel. She's mated with Cassius and happy now. We have our mate," I sighed. "That human mate."
My mind reeled back to Freya and our last moment together. For a moment, I felt she seem pretty nervous and was literally fidgeting due to the bond but the presence of Cassius and his rogues in the room just got me completely disoriented after her trying to renounce the bond during the marking.
Axel got so mad that I had to mark her forcefully due to anger and say those hurtful words at her. But I feared that she might leave me and that my wolf gets depressed again.
"We should go to Astrid now," I said to Axel. "It's most likely she'd have received a revelation... or not. I even haven't visited her since the last time."
"Fine. But what about her, Lucien? Our mate?"
"And what about her?" I growled.
"We can't just leave her in the dungeon, right?" Axel snapped. "She could die."
"No," I said abruptly not minding what he thinks about my decision. "She won't."
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I sat patiently on the bamboo knitted mat at Astrid's crag as she chanted some incantations. The crag was filled with smoke scent and dim lights that the moon goddess was kind enough to have allowed from the moon light.
I couldn't care less what it was about. For all I care about this very moment, is my fate in the next three years and if at all I'd be any lucky.
I could hear Astrid's lips part slightly as she whispered this time.
"What does it say?" I asked.
Astrid smiled to my question and for the first time, I could only wonder what she was being revealed. Does it have to do with me in any way?
"The wild," Astrid chanted. "It's all I see."
"The wild?"
"It's the beginning and the end," Astrid added.
Her talks and choice of words only got me way confused because the only wild known in the whole of Luparia are two— the punisher and the maker and breaker's wild. Or does my fate ends with the punisher?No, it can't be.
"I... I don't understand you, Astrid."
"The maker and breaker's wild. It's all I have been seeing all the time and nothing more."
"Can you just make it clear, Astrid?" I try not to lose my mind.
"It is that your fate is sealed. However, the wild is kind enough to bless you. It's just not clear how it will show up or end."
I felt my brows furrow in sheer confusion as an unmatched level of delight erupted inside of me.
If the maker and breaker's wild is linked to my fate somehow then it could only mean one thing for me.
My curses could be cured since the maker and breaker's wild is the home and death of all curses.
But how?
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