Locked Away Lycan

From the day we are born all shifters hear their parents go on and on about mates. We are taught how precious mates are and just how much we should treasure them and thank the moon goddess everyday for sending us one. The day I found my mate I was so happy, he was an amazing guy who I fell in love with as soon as my eyes landed on him. I thought like most mates we would get to have a happily ever after but I couldn't be more wrong, my life and love was ripped away from me in one night. Sixty years ago... "So when is the mating ceremony?" My future mother in law chirpily asks as she takes a seat at the dinner table smiling warmly between Jared and I. Thinking of a mating ceremony makes me flush bright red, the thought of being in front of the entire werewolf pack and pledging our love to each other makes me very nervous, a mating ceremony is kind of like a human wedding but a lot more intimate. Jared grabs my hand under the table giving it a soft squeeze in reassurance, gazing up at him my heart melts at the amount of love in his eyes. "Marla." Jared's dad gives his mate a warning tone as he stares sternly at her. "They don't have to have a ceremony." His eyes move away from his mate to look straight at me immediately softening his features. "We all know how shy Crystal is, if she has to do something so intimate in front of the entire pack she might have a heart attack. Remember when she nearly fainted just from being introduced as the soon to be Luna?" The three wolves laugh at the memory making me embarrassed, meeting that many wolves at one time was way too much for me to handle, we all thought once I got onto the stage then my nervousness would vanish but nope it became worse. All I remember was staring out at the cheering pack with sweaty palms and frantic heart beating then black spots started clouding my vision making me stumble and fall onto my knees fighting as hard as I could to not succumb to the darkness. Once the laughter dies down Jared decides to speak. "The Alpha and Luna don't have to have a ceremony. Honestly I would just like to have a private night for the both of us." Jared caresses my cheek, his mother sighing at the sweetness her son shows only to me. Who knew the big bad Alpha would turn into putty when it comes to his mate? Jared and I met a month ago when he came to Hawaii for Alpha matters and I just so happened to be on vacation at the same time. I was sitting on the beach close enough to the water to where the tide would come and go against my feet as the sun set. In that peaceful moment the most amazing smell hit my nose, taking a good sniff of the air my head turned in the direction of the mouth watering scent. My heart stopped as the most beautiful man I've ever saw was standing about one hundred feet away speaking with the Alpha and Beta of the area. Not knowing what to do I just stared at every inch of his body taking in the exquisite sight of my mate, a strong gust blew by me making my hair sway in the wind and I watched as he froze mid speech sniffing the air. Turning ever so slowly his eyes landed on me, almost instantly a huge grin covered his face, feeling embarrassed for staring at him I lowered my head a little deciding to peek up under my lashes hoping he couldn't tell my gaze was still fixed on him. The Alpha and Beta looked confused until they followed my mate's gaze then a knowing smile covered both their faces. My mate starting running at full speed towards me and in just a few seconds he pulled me up off the sand and had me wrapped in his strong arms placing a passionate kiss onto my lips. We spent the entire night getting to know each other and we even marked each other but obviously we didn't complete the mating, as soon as the sun rose I went straight to my beach house packed up everything then left with Jared. "Crystal what does your family think about not having a ceremony?" Taking my eyes off my mate they flick to his mother who just does not want to let up on the whole ceremony thing. Meekly I shrugged. "Well I'm sure my mom has told you her thoughts about it, she would like us to have one." My parents came to the pack a few days ago to meet everyone and insist on staying til I'm fully mated and my mom and Marla have been almost inseparable. "Dad and my brothers don't really care, but I think they don't want to watch the only girl who is also the youngest in the family do something so intimate in front of them." Knowing my dad he would probably have to be held back by my brothers to keep him from punching someone, and that someone would most likely be Jared. Jared's father chuckles. "If I had a daughter and she had a mating ceremony I don't think I could stand the sight of some male marking her, I'd probably try to rip his throat out." Marla smacks his arm giggling probably imagining something like that actually happening. "Well they are already marked so the ceremony won't be that bad." Jared's dad rolls his eyes at his mate's words causing me to giggle and Jared chuckle. Once dinner ended Jared being the gentleman he is insisted on walking me to the guest house where my family is staying, that's probably twenty feet away from his family's house and just as luxurious. As we make it in front of the door to the house we can hear my rowdy brothers wrestling and my parents laughing at them, we both shake our heads smiling and face each other. "Make sure you get plenty of sleep tonight cause our moms are going to drag you to every store and salon for 'girl time'." He says using air quotes making me groan at the reminder. Two perky middle aged women with unlimited money taking me out tomorrow is going to be exhausting. He chuckles at my groaning and pulls me to his hard chest wrapping his arms tightly around me. "I wish I could spend the day you." I pout as I crane my neck up to look at him. Sighing he replies. "I wish the same sweetheart, every second without you is agonizing." I bury my face in his chest at those sweet words. "It is, I'll miss you." My voice is muffled by his shirt. We stay in each other's embrace enjoying the feel and smell of we give off to each other for about thirty minutes. Knowing I have to go in I pull my head off his chest making him loosen his hold on me just a little, our eyes meet both filled with emotions of love, he starts to lean down making my breath hitch as I tiptoe to meet him halfway. Our lips gently meet in a sweet kiss showing off just how deeply we feel for each other. All too soon he pulls away, my face instantly blushes making Jared grin at my red cheeks thinking it's adorable but quickly his grin vanishes once we hear a twig snap. We both stiffen listening closely to our surroundings sounds of light paws stealthily moving in the night is heard all around us. Instinctively my shaking hands clutch tight into Jared's shirt, very slowly he places a kiss to my forehead. "I love you." He whispers. Tears stream down my face, his words sounded so final making my heart feel like it's being crushed. "I-I lo-love you." I stutter out. Carefully he removes my clenched fists from his shirt giving me a sad smile then places a lingering kiss on my forehead. Turning to face in the direction where the most sound is coming from he lets out the most powerful snarl I've ever heard. In seconds my family and his parents are outside as a large pack of rogues appears all around us, my eyes widen as I slowly back up til I'm against the porch railing. Being a lycan and only living on lycan territory I've never had to deal with rogues or even bother learning to fight cause we are a superior form of werewolf that is much stronger and deadlier so all rogues and werewolves stay away from us, males however do occasionally train just in case someone is stupid enough to try to take on a Lycan pack but us females don't especially when you're the Alpha's daughter like I am. Silently sobbing and trembling with fear I watch in horror as both families shift and the fight breaks out. My mate takes on three wolves at one time easily winning by ripping their throats out in mere seconds, I want to continue watching to make sure everyone will be ok but someone wraps their arms around me hastily picking me up and throwing me over their shoulder. Not wanting to leave I scream and thrash around to get out of the grasp of who I realized is one of my brothers. Not one wolf turns their attention to me as my brother forcefully carries me into the house. Through my blurry vision I see him lift up the carpet in one of the bedrooms revealing a secret hatch. As my brother opens the hatch I start thrashing even harder not wanting to go down there while everyone else is fighting for their lives and the pack's safety. My Lycan tries to claw her way out but I hold her back because she's too strong for me to handle at a moment like this. With a few grunts and struggling my brother easily tosses me into the small dark room. "I'm so sorry, but we can't have you caught in the fight, you're the most precious being to all of us. Remember we all love you more than anything." A single tear slides down his face as he closes the hatch leaving me in the dark hearing the howls and snarls of fighting outside. I scream and claw at the hatch in hopes of breaking through it so I can get to my mate and family, but no matter how hard I try the hatch won't break, it was made to keep someone in for instances like this. Once all sounds of fighting has ended I get up and try again to open the hatch, I breath out a sigh of relief when I hear the lock automatically unlock, that means someone is about to come get me or the timer of the lock is up, these kinds of hatches have timed locks in the case of someone forgetting about you or if someone can't get you for some reason you can get out on your own. Slowly crawling out of what was like a prison to me the heavy stench of blood and death fill my nose making me gag. I live in a world full of death but have never actually been around it, aside from lycans being superior we are also rare so supernatural law dictates that harming one results in the death penalty, no trial or bargaining so we live in peace, we also try to keep our small packs hidden and spread out so it's harder for any enemies to get to us. Getting to my feet dread fills my entire being as I don't hear any of my family entering the house or talking outside, on numb legs I lean a hand against the wall to help keep me up as I head to the front door that is left wide open. As soon as I step outside my blood freezes at the sight before me, hundreds of dead bodies are everywhere both pack members and rogues. A horrified scream leaves me as I spot my family in their lycan form laying dead in their own puddle of blood, my dad's lifeless body is laying protectively in front of my mother, my three brothers are all right next to each other showing they fought together as a unit. Dropping to my knees in sorrow at my lost family my eyes land on a body that makes my heart feel like it's shattering into millions of pieces. Crawling on my hands and knees with all the strength in my shaking body I make it to a very bloodied Jared. Reaching him I sit down then pull his large wolf head onto my lap relaxing a little as his chest rises and falls with shallow breaths showing he's not dead. "Babe?" I gently pat the side of his face wanting his eyes to open and thank goddess those beautiful chocolate brown eyes peeked open. He tries hard to focus his glassy eyes on me once he has enough focus he softly smiles at me. Sobs wrack my body as all range of emotions goes through me, from sorrow of the death of the pack and my family to relief that Jared is alive. "I need to get help." I urgent cry out as blood pours out of multiple wounds on his body. He just shakes his wolf head no staring into his eyes they beautiful orbs hold no hope of survival, using as much strength as possible he lazily raises his head just enough to lick my face then drops back down onto my lap with a pain filled whine. Running my hand through his matted fur I place a kiss on his muzzle putting all my love into it my heart breaking as I do so, this will be the last time my lips will ever touch him. Gently moving his head off my lap I decide to lay down and wrap myself around his large body realizing there's not much time left since he doesn't want me to get help and I need to stay by his side, I can't let my mate suffer all alone he needs to know I'm here for him. It didn't take long til Jared's body went completely still no longer moving from slow labored breaths. The second he died a searing pain went through my entire body crippling me in place as screams left me. The bond was breaking, tearing away at my insides and it felt like my heart was literally being torn to shreds, I could also feel my mark burning away. After an hour of agonizing pain and going in and out of consciousness my lycan completely took over my body wanting the blood of every single rogue that stepped onto this territory and those who hurt my family and mate will die cruelly and slowly. My lycan sniffed my mate picking up the scents of the rogues that's on him then went to my family doing the same. She then closed my eyes taking one deep breath before she howled out in pain then raced off into the forest. For ten years I killed every single rogue I came across whether they be innocent or not. I got my revenge and oh how I loved it, I locked the rogues into the dungeons of Jared's pack and tortured them to the brink of death daily every scream and drop of blood was almost euphoric, my lycan evilly cackled in my head as her blood lust was being filled. When a lycan loses their mate they go crazy, my lycan turned crazy the moment Jared's last breath left his body then I turned crazy as soon as I caught the first rogue that had a hand in my mate's death, seeing a monster that destroyed my mate, family and my future my last shred of humanity snapped. During my rogue murdering spree it was quickly noticed all the deaths were caused by one being, all bodies showed signs of torture and had missing hearts where I ripped them out like they ripped mine out. It took ten years but I was eventually caught and trialed for the murder of hundreds if not thousands of innocent rogues, I had single handedly cut the rogue population in half. Since I was a lycan they couldn't give me the death penalty everyone believed I deserved so they locked me up not saying whether it was for the rest of my life or not, it would suck if it was for the rest of life cause lycans are immortal, hopefully they'll let me out in a couple hundred years and I can continue killing all the disgusting evil rogues in the world.