The Rogue Lycan's Mate

Clipped Wings

About an hour had passed since my parents had left here and I was still standing by the side of the road with this jerk who is next to me and nuzzling my neck without any shame. I'm uncomfortable with his skin touching mine, but I'm not disgusted either. With long and deep breaths, he was constantly sniffing my neck, the junction of my hair and ear, my wrists and under my chin. "Do you have any idea that how long I've waited for this?" he whispered to my ear seductively. I started to shiver when I started to feel his hot fanning breath on my ear. Seeing him licking his upper lip and then this malicious smile made me feel weak. As he smile, bit his lower lip too. Now I can see his eyes start to glow yellow and gold. They were as beautiful as sun in dusk but as cold as death too. While watching the beutiful colors of his eyes, my crying completely stopped and my heart was calmed. I was no longer struggling with him to let go of my arm. I could only feel the sensation of my back against his big warm chest and study his face. Oh my God. This man is so beautiful. Not handsome. He is beautiful. As I looked at his face, the hard look on my face began to soften, I can feel it. As the expression on my face softened, the face of this intimidating brute standing in front of me began to soften too, which clouded my mind with shameful thoughts even more. This glance, which took place in seconds, was interrupted by the brake sound of a black jeep standing next to us. I flinched suddenly and looked at the source of this voice. Two burly men got down from the jeep and knelt before us. Or rather, in front of him. "Please, accept our apology for being this late your highness. We tried to track your phone but we found it in the woods at Idaho." the man at left said. After gesturing the insignificance of the situation without speaking, Aidan pointed to car, looked at me and said, "Get in.". The road I took to Oregon with my family has now turned into a completely different journey.

We set off into the unknown, with two men in the front seat who I have no clue who they are, and a maniac in the backseat beside me who has acted like a complete pervert from the moment he saw me. Tears began to fall from my eyes again as I realized that my family was getting further and further away from me every second. I started crying silently where I was sitting. I tried not to show my sadness and helplessness to this cruel man as much as possible. I just had fear. My hands were starting to sweat from the stress and my heart was getting tighter every second. Then all of a sudden, a big warm hand touched mine and I exhale a deep breath as if I had been holding it all day. As soon as I felt his presence again I flinched where I sat and took off my hand under his in instant. He frowned and snarled in a low tone at my attitude. He brought his face closer to mine as his eyes widened even more. "Don't stand between my beast and yourself. Nothing good can come out of it. As if it wasn't enough that the moon gave me a human as a mate, that human is a skinny, ugly and disobedient brat like you. Don't test my patience. This is my last warning to you." he said in a scarily low voice, his eyes still wide and his pupils dilated. There is only one word that can be used for describing him right now. Horrifying. After a little time passed, my anger started to rise with the discomfort of the words he said and used to describe me. Therefore, with the self-confidence that my anger gave me, I suddenly turned to glare at him.

When he realized I was looking at him, he looked back at me without hesitation. Now, I can see him more clearly. Jet-black hair was short and shaven on the sides but messy at the top, light hazel eyes, beautifully sculpted features, and perfect-looking full lips. His eyes looks so beautiful with their slightly upward curves, hooded eyelids and almond-like shapes. His eyelashes are beautiful and long, and his naturally arched eyebrows are thick but neat lined. His lips are slightly curved, plump and in perfect harmony with his white teeth. His smooth, porcelain-like skin is beautiful enough to attract my attention with its flawlessness even in cloudy weather. And darn is he huge. Not just tall figure he has, also a perfect athletic body along with that length was enough to make me feel insecure before him. I am feeling like an ant with my 5.3 ft height. He had right to judge my appearance within this graceful figure.

He was studying me as I was studying him. Every second he looked at me, the frightening and harsh expression on his face was getting softer. Then he sighed tiredly and looked at me with a puzzled expression on his face. "All right, look. I realize I didn't make a very positive impact on you as a first impression, but I want you to understand that I'm not always this bad at controlling my temper. Me and my beast have been waiting for a mate for a long time and we found out that she is here, that is you. As soon as we learned where you are, we took that journey for days without thinking and we had only one thing on our mind that is finding our moon-given mate. During the celebrations, my beast almost ripped out my rib cage because you were so close to us, but we couldn't understand and couldn't find our mate, you. It drove us crazy not being able to scent or find you while feeling your presence so close to us. Running towards you in my beast form for days without hunting through the forests made my blood boil even more. For the first time, I was thinking of something other than hunting while I was running in my lycan form in the woods. It was you, your very being." he explained to me with sincerity. Strange feelings and thoughts began to race in my mind, but there were still things I wondered about and of course, the rudeness of his words still pissing me off. "Pity, you should be too disappointed when saw me. You have mated with a mere, simple, ugly and skinny female human such as me." I hissed. What am I for f**k sake? A child? 

He looked at me with a surprised expression before my complaint and raised his eyebrows. Then he chuckled in a dark and loud, powerful voice. "I don't expect you to understand right now, but I'll try to explain anyway. Mate bond is an important and strong bond that cannot be limited by our physical properties. I can say that it doesn't even matter if you are beautiful or not. Mate bond is something that connects souls beyond bodies. A wolf doesn't dicriminate his female as ugly or not in its own very nature and we follow the same path as our ancestors, whose blood we bear whose soul we share. While human only see the body, we care about the essence inside it. The words I said in anger mean nothing to me. It doesn't matter if you don't believe me now, because I'll make it clear to you once we begin the mating process." he said and finished his sentence tilting his head back, putting a grin on his face. I swallowed the knot in my throat in fear. "What do you mean by mating process?" I asked timidly. A devilish grin appeared on his face again and I felt uneasy. "Let's get home first, then you'll see." he said and paused before speaking again. After a short pause, he this time tilted his head left a bit and raised an eyebrow. "Are you virgin?" he asked. I gasped before that inappropriate question. "That is none of your concern, you brutish pervert!" I shouted at him. "It is, actually, since you belong to me from the day you were born." he replied, narrowed his eyes and smiled mischievously. What the hell is that even mean?  "Of course I'm not. You do realize that I am an eighteen-year-old girl, right? And who is belong to you? f**k off." I retorted and showed him a middle finger. 

I looked at him without breaking eye contact so that he wouldn't understand that I was lying and shitting my pants when he started to look at me with an expressionless face. "What is your name?" he asked and picked a flock of my hair, played with it. "If we have such a strong bond, why don't you know that?" I said mockingly and shoved his hand with the back of my hand hastily. He rolled his eyes to me and asked again. "Muiri, Muiri Lauren.". This time I asked him. "What is your name?". I had already heard his name, but I asked him anyway, not wanting to let him know that I hadn't forgotten his name as I heard and not let him know that I was impressed by him. He chuckled gracefully. It's like he's having fun this time.  "Aidan." he replied. How can someone look so graceful while chuckling?

I have so many questions in my mind. I'm thinking which one to ask when and how. I know he is an exiled prince. I've heard some sketchy things, yes, but I'm not sure if they're true. Was he really feeding on human flesh or were these superstitions, I have to ask him and find out.  

"You can at least tell me where are you dragging me, right?" I asked sarcatically. But he answered naturally and boredly, ignoring my sassiness. "First Inuvik, Canada. Then Aklavik." he replied. "Huh?" I tilted my head a bit and c*cked an eyebrow. "I'm not surprised that you've never heard of these names. But you better get used to hearing them from now on. Especially Aklavik. It has been my home for eighty years. It will be your home now." he shruged.  Eighty years?! He's already looks like in his thirties, and eighty more years on top of it? How? It's clear he's messing with me. "What eighty years? Don't try to fool me. You are not looking much more than thirty." I retorted. Another chuckle. This one was kind of sweet though. "I'll tell you everything when we get home. But for now, try to rest. We have a long fifty-four hour road ahead of us." he replied. " Fifty-four hour road ahead of us, you say. For love of god! Where are you taking me?!" I couldn't help but start to shiver like a little pupy and my voice trembled as I continue to speak. I found myself begging to him for letting me go. "Please, please let me go. I don't want to be seperated with my family.".

I wanted my pleas to touch his heart and set me free, but my pleas were in vain. It angered him even more, and he quickly turned his head and snarled at me. His canines began to grow more prominently from his gums, and his eyes again took on that terribly beautiful yellowish color and glow. "You don't need anyone but me!" he roared and I trembled even more "Forget your family, forget your past life. From now on you only have me and only me! No one! If you ever again talk about anybody else but us, I will go and shred them to the pieces right before your eyes!" he roared again. I was about to lose my mind with fear, but I still did not stop looking directly into his eyes. He put his arm on the car door, caged me between the back of the seat and his arm. My back touched the cold part of the car door. I involuntarily let out a shriek. Along with my shriek, Aidan stepped back and sat down. He took a few deep breaths to calm himself as I squinted my eyes in fear and began to sob silently. I could hear the rumbling inside of him with every breath he took. This man before me was really unlike anyone I knew, or any werewolf I know at all. No. He's a completely different beast. A real monster.

"Osta, stop the car." Aidan shouted at driver. The car stopped and I started to look around. "Where are we?" I saw that he was still angry when I asked him, and I realized that it was pointless for me to wait for an answer. But to my suprise, "Huntington." he replied sternly. When I heard the name Huntington, I was instantly excited because maybe if I could escape right now, I could hitchhike to Portland and get away from this lunatic. I continued to look around as I intended to work my head more than I have ever done and set up a plan. 

"You are going to eat something. Because we have to move forward without stopping for a long time. So tell him what you want now. Osta will take it and bring it to you." Aidan said. I had to find an excuse to get out of the car. He obviously has no intention of going out in torn clothes like these. This could be a big chance for me. "I have to pee." I said without hesitation or shame.  That evil grin appeared on his face again, for which I couldn't understand why. "Then go ahead. Go with Osta. He will accompany you." Aidan replied.This was not good at all. "So what? Will he stand next to me while I pee and watch me?" I said with a smug smirk on my face but as soon as my sentence finished he growled and grabed my face with a sudden move to turn my face to him, that grip didn't hurt me, it scared me. "Say something stupid like that ever again, my dear Muiri. I dare you!" he whispered me with hoarse voice. But my plan must have worked because Aidan's minions didn't follow me as I went to the bathroom. When I saw that the toilets were located on the outside of the restaurant, I was blown away with joy and hope. If I was going to try to escape, this was the perfect opportunity for me to do so. I walked slowly and unobtrusively from the blind spot of Aidan's seat as if I were walking to the restrooms. However, my goal was to cross the woods and reach the main road behind the restaurant. I prayed every step I took so that he doesn't see me and understand that I'm trying to escape, and I kept my eyes closed tight, my fists clenched, and I kept walking at the same pace. As soon as I set foot on the edge of the woods, I started running as if my life depended on it. I was running so fast that I could hear the sounds of cars passing by on the main street on the opposite side. I kept running even though the tears of happiness and hope blurred my vision. Now I could see the cars passing through the tree trunks and suddenly shouted  a big "Yes!" excitedly, tears still flowing from my eyes. Just as I was holding onto the trunk of the tree at the last border and trying to catch my breath for just a second, a strong, hoarse voice from behind me mockingly direct me a question. He spread his arms to both sides and turned around himself once as if to show me around. "Who would have thought you'd come to a place like this to pee? The girl who peed on the side of the highway. No, wait. Or should we say the girl who was about to get her legs broken on the side of the highway? By her beloved mate." Aidan said, that insane grin and glare. His back was turned against me as he finished his sentence, but he looked over his shoulder at me without changing his position. As soon as I heard his voice, my heart was beating like it was going to explode, but it made my chest hurt as if it had stopped beating. He approached me while snarling loudly, in a blink of an eye and grabbed my hair from the back. Then he tilted my head up to make eye contact while holding my hair tight, he looked down to me. I was hurting, but my pride wouldn't let me show it. Again, that horrible look in his eyes. But this time there was no gleam in them. The exact opposite. His pupils were so dilated that his irises could not be seen. It was as if his eyes were coal black. "You know what? Bird owners clip the tips of their bird's wings to get them accustomed to the nest and prevent them from escaping. Maybe if I break your legs, you'll slowly get used to me instead of defying me and trying to escape, hmm?" his voice has no sanity in it at all. I froze in fear before his words. My ears started ringing and the back of my head hurt. I couldn't react at all. He held my hair so tight that I couldn't even move my body. Uncontrollably, a small tear fell from my eye as I stared into his eyes with my mouth half open. I was desperate. Pathetic that am I. I was very angry with myself, but in fact, I resent my fate more than myself. "Growing up with a werewolf family taught you nothing. What could those lower bloods teach you though?" he said mockingly. Even if it hurt, I can't let him insult my family. "Y-you c-an't talk about t-them like that." I said sternly as posible as I could. His sarcastic demeanor gave way to angry looks again. "You will be as loyal as like that towards me in future too or believe me I will use every way to make you do so . Now do you want to use those legs to walk back to the car or to be disciplined by me?" he said mockingly again. He released his grip and pushed me foward in a humiliative way. Defeated, I started walking towards the car ahead of Aidan.

As we moved north, the weather began to get colder. My escape plan had failed and there was no way I could ever turn back  anymore. I'm going to a place unknown to me with werewolves I don't know, no, lycans, in an unfamiliar area. It's not just my body that feels cold on this cold road. Also my soul was cold too. I need my mother's loving caress, my father's heartwarming kiss on my forehead, Enit's advices and my brothers' funny stories. While I was thinking what happened in last hours in my life, I took off my shoes and gathered my legs up against my stomach on the seat and leaned my temple against the window. As I watched the road, I could feel the piercing gaze of him on my back, even though I can't see him right now. Then all of a sudden I felt a warm hand touch my neck and caress my back, down to my waist. Every place he touched began to throb. I was both startled and relieved by the warmth of his hand. I got goosebumps all over the place as realized that he was slowly snuggling next to me. And then he again started to nuzzle on my neck, sniffed me from behind. He pressed his lips to my earlobe and exhaled his hot breath then nibbled me. It tickled me and I let out a soft giggle unitentionally. I realized my mistake. And immediately I straightened myself up and turned towards Aidan. Just as I was about to push him away from me,  our eyes suddenly met with each other. He had such a strange expression of shock on his face that as soon as I saw it, my mind was blown away. I couldn't think anything but him. This villain, this lunatic who for hours had looked just intimidating and done nothing but hurt me, was now looking at me with affection, almost as if he were about to burst into tears out of joy. I couldn't understand what it was happening. But I can never deny the beauty and grace of this man. "Ah, f**k it. I can't wait." he cursed and plunged his tongue into my mouth. His arms also wrapped around my waist, holding me tight.