CLAIMED BY THE LYCAN

Episode 5

A CURSED ROGUE

LIZA’S POV

I quickly used the comforter to cover my body as shame gripped me. I became vulnerable, embarrassed and scared of how the Lycan would react at the revelation that I was a rouge omega. We had mated but that did not guarantee that I would not be rejected.

“What do you mean rouge?” he asked Julian as he put on his trouser and I looked down as I began to fumble with my hands, hoping the ground could open and swallow me.

“She… she…” Julain started but was cut off

“And what the f**k happened to knocking Julian? Have you lost your senses!” Lycan Ryder exclaimed, clearly remembering that our moment was abruptly disturbed.

“I am sorry Sire,” Julian started, sounding a little bit scared before recovering himself “But she is a rouge omega who was put in the dungeon, meant to die and rot.” I felt a pang in my chest. I have been treated in several cruel ways but right now, I really was not ready for this.

Lycan Ryder looked at me skeptically, questions filled his eyes and I averted his gaze swiftly as I was not sure how I should react or what to do. I just f****d my mate at first sight and now I am faced with his questioning eyes and the judgmental eyes of his Gamma.

It seemed as though he understood me and he turned to his Gamma and said, “Leave us, Julian.”

“But Lycan, you cannot let what she did slide. You at least need to get to the bottom of this. No crime should go unpunished, especially one done by a filthy omega,” he said with his voice clearly laced with hatred.

I looked at Lycan Ryder and I saw a glint of anger on his face and demeanor. It was evident that he was unpleased with what Julian called me. It looked like he was about to give him a black eye but then he took a deep breath and controlled himself, I guess that is one of his immerse qualities as a Lycan.

“Get everyone involved in her case ready, I will handle it. Now, leave!” he commanded, making both me and Julian jump in fear as he exited the room.

"What happened Liza? Why were you sent to the dungeon?" He asked as he approached me and sat next to me on the bed, offering me my clothes to put on and I obeyed. By now, every feeling of sensation and lust had suddenly died down and I was forced to revisit my pending case.

"If I lie, can you tell?" I asked to be sure of what to say.

"I'd appreciate honesty," he insisted.

"What if I told you I was a murderer?" I asked as I finished dressing up. I wondered where I got the courage to talk freely to him, considering how I nearly jumped out the window when he shouted at Julian.

"That wouldn't scare me away. I've been worse" he replied with a smirk. "Also, depends... Who'd you kill?" He asked curiously.

"Someone who was getting on my nerves" I replied, unbothered.

"Serves him right, I guess" he replied, then we both laughed in sync as we cuddled, oblivious of the fact that Julian was setting a trial on my case. With his eagerness, one would think we had a dispute prior to now.

"It was my boss, Mr. Alfred. He tried to rape me so I stabbed him till he became unconscious" I explained sadly, still feeling guilty for my actions. He might have been a beast but nobody deserved to be injured.

"And you were taken to the dungeon because you tried to protect yourself from somebody who tried to hurt you?" He asked unbelievably.

"I wasn't granted a fair trial, clearly because I am of a lower breed. But it is okay, I am out now," I said as I gave him a sad smile

"Liza, I don't think you understand. You are to be my mate and any man who lays a single finger on you is a dead man" Lycan Ryder declared angrily.

"If you burst out your rage on him, he would eventually reciprocate that hate and I would be the one to suffer it in the end. So please, just let it go" I urged but he didn't listen.

"You are mine and mine alone. How dare he lust over what is mine?" Lycan Ryder said, anger lurking around his eyes.

He raised my chin and looked into my eyes, “How don't you understand the gravity of his action?" He asked.

"You don't know me, Lycan Ryder. You can't claim me just like that. Besides, Erica will kill me if she hears that I am your mate" I insisted but internally, I craved for him to claim me.

"Guards!" He called out, turning a deaf ear to my previous statement. Soon, his room was filled with a couple of guards. "Set me up with Marcus, Julian and some elders. Also get me Alfred, the innkeeper. Now!" He ordered.

“Lycan, Gemma Julian already set the meeting up,” one of the guards said.

“Perfect!” he said as we fully dressed and headed for the meeting room.

The meeting commenced; I was in the midst of the same people who did nothing as I was sentenced to life in the dungeon. But this time, I wasn't kneeling before Julian with my hands tied behind my back. I was standing next to Lycan Ryder and Mr. Alfred was the one kneeling before Lycan Ryder with his hands tied behind his back.

"Please, have mercy on me. You listen to the words of a rogue and not the one of your very own?" Mr. Alfred cried out.

"Shut up! I listen to the words of the just, be it my own or that of a foreigner. Why did you do it?" Lycan Ryder asked.

"I didn't do anything! She attacked me because I refused to give her a raise" Mr. Alfred lied. Out of anger, Lycan Ryder stood up from his seat, grabbed Mr. Alfred and put his claws through his chest, ready to rip his heart out.

"Tell everyone the truth before I complete what she started,'' He threatened. Mr. Alfred was already losing blood, enough to make him confess.

"She was so succulent. I couldn't help it. I'm very sorry, please forgive me" he begged. The crowd was amazed. The look on Julian's face said it all. He had wrongly judged me all because I was of a lower breed.

"How dare you lust over what is mine?!" He asked in anger, heedless of the presence of others.

"Is Erica a joke to him?" Gamma Julian whispered to Marcus.

"I've loved Liza since the day she walked into my inn. That's why I gave her a job. That's why I gave her a roof over her head, food, warmth! She's an ingrate...I wanted to treat her like she deserved but she chose otherwise,” he said in between sobs and the joy Lycan Ryder got from seeing him scared was evident on his face.

“I don't know why you stand with her,” Mr. Alfred added as he coughed blood.

“I don't know why you stand with a cursed rogue" he added.

The crowd gasped in shock at his last statement.