KATOMI - RISE OF THE FAE QUEEN

CHAPTER 27 - SILVER LYCANS

KATOMI’S POV

I was still laughing when I pulled open the front door, but I sobered up immediately when I saw who was standing there

A tall muscular man in his 50ty’s stood before me wearing a fitted black suit with his short black hair brushed back neatly, his wide square jaw was neatly shaved, and his blue eyes looked shocked as they took in my appearance

‘E..Elder Andrea’ I stuttered, s**t, I now wished I’d listened to Wyatt and put on pants, I nervously pulled the shirt down lower over my legs ‘I…Umm.. welcome… please come in’

Was he looking for his daughter? Did she link him and tell him I’d kicked her out of the house? Now I really did wish I’d ripped her throat out

‘Thank you, Luna’

‘Oh please, you can still call me Kat’

‘I wouldn’t dream of it’ He said firmly as he wiped his feet on the mat and came inside ‘I’m glad to see that you and the King are getting along’ He added as his eyes swept over my body again, looking at Wyatt’s shirt I was wearing ‘The other elders and I were concerned after the shifting ceremony that you were too young for such pressure, the Alpha should have waited for you to come of age but it seems you’re settling in nicely’

‘Yes’ I nodded and started walking further into the house, still pulling down the shirt nervously ‘Wyatt and Kai have been very patient’

‘I’m glad to hear that’ He responded 'Alpha's can be difficult to handle, Kings especially, if you ever need anything or any advice, please feel free to come to me'

'I will, thank you'

‘Andrea?’ Wyatt came out of the kitchen and met us in the living room ‘Is this a family visit day?’

‘Family visit?’

‘Mich was here earlier’ Wyatt explained and I supressed a growl, I hated how he called her Mich and not Michiana ‘She upset Kat and Remi, I won’t have that happen again’

‘I see’ Andrea looked at me with concern ‘I will speak with Mich, I hadn’t mentioned to her that you’d found your Luna, I was building up to it, she’s always had a crush on you and we all thought the two of you would’ He looked at me again and cleared his throat as my eyes darkened angrily ‘Well in any case, it will take her a moment to get use to the idea, if she upsets you again Luna please let me know at once’

‘Yes sir’ I said politely

‘The goddess has plans for us all, now doesn’t she’ Andre smiled at me ‘Mich will come round’

‘Let us hope so’ Wyatt said calmly, threateningly

‘Can I get you something to drink Elder Andrea?’

‘Yes, tea would be fine, thank you Luna’

‘I’ll get it’ Wyatt said before he looked down at my bare legs ‘Kat please go upstairs and put on pants’

I nodded and quickly headed to the stairs, pulling the bottom of the shirt down again as I climbed the steps, of all the people to see me like this, one of our elders, my dad will kill me if he hears about this

‘So, what did you find out?’ I heard Wyatt ask quietly as I reached the top of the staircase

‘Nothing’

‘Nothing?’ Wyatt asked in frustration, and I heard something slam down on the marble bench top

‘There’s no history of a Silver Lycan ever being born’

I froze in the hallway, what? Wyatt was looking into me and Remi, this is exactly what my dad and I’d been fearful of, what if he found out I was Fae, I had to tell my dad.

‘Mate asked about us?’ Remi was concerned

I tiptoed back to the top of the staircase and knelt so I wouldn’t be seen and continued to listen to their conversation

‘There’s never even been a silver werewolf’ Andrea continued ‘I’ve looked through all the packs histories, she’s the first born’

‘So, we know nothing’ Wyatt growled and I heard a something break this time, Alphas really needed to learn to control their tempers

‘We all new she’d be different’ Andrea said and my eyes widened in fear ‘Though we all thought she’d be a white considering her hair colour, never has there been a Lycan with white hair before Luna Katomi but this, a silver Lycan, she’s bound to be powerful’

They’d thought about me throughout the years, s**t, I hadn’t done as good a job as I thought of staying under the radar, my hair gave me away, it was the only thing I refused to loose when we used magic to hide my form, it was the only thing I had left of my mothers, my dad had begged me to lose it but I’d thrown the biggest tantrum of my life and he finally gave in to calm me down.

I could lose the ears, the sparkling skin, even the power but my hair, I couldn’t let it go and now because of that, they’d been watching me, waiting for me to turn, thinking I’d be a white Lycan, it explained why the Queen mother was always doting on me

White Lycan's were indeed powerful, they had powers and gifts that changed depending on the individual.

They were also seen as the Luna of all Luna’s, any Lycan or Werewolf that came in contact with them would literally die to protect them

‘We could get our powers back’ Remi suggested ‘They would just think it was because we’re silver and not because we’re Fae’

‘We can’t risk it’ I snapped ‘Fae magic leaves traces, they’ll know it’s not from a Lycan, now shush, I’m trying to listen’

‘I don’t give a f*ck about that’ Wyatt snapped, making me smile ‘I asked you to look into it because I wanted to know how to help her if she developed powers, not so I could control them for myself!’

‘Think of your children Wyatt’ Andrea suggested, my heart skipped a beat ‘With a powerful father from your line and a silver for a mother, they will be the most powerful royals ever born, the two of you should start thinking of a family sooner rather than later, her first heat is fast approaching, perhaps’

‘When Kat and I decide on children will be none of your business’ Wyatt growled angrily and firmly ‘And we don’t even know if silver Lycan’s have powers, it could just be a colour’

‘Don’t be absurd Wyatt’ Andrea rolled his eyes ‘Of course she’ll be powerful, you can feel it seeping off her in droves, even as a child you could feel it, we should test her, see what she’s capable of’

‘You aren’t testing her for anything’

‘We should have started training her as a child’ He went on ‘I don’t understand why your father always refused, you have to be smarter then him Wyatt, if she’s more powerful then a white Lycan then she’s beyond special, the goddess must have a great destiny in store for her, you can’t keep her to yourself, she belongs to us all’

‘SHE BELONGS TO ME AND KAI!’ Wyatt shouted in his Alpha tone

‘Think about what this could mean Wyatt’ Andrea turned pleading ‘If the other kings find out a powerful silver Lycan, the first of her kind has been born, they’ll try to take her, she needs to be tested and trained, for her own protection’

‘The other kings?’ I said to Remi ‘Why would they want us?’

There were 8 other Lycan kings throughout the world, each covering their own territory, Wyatt’s territory being the largest and they were all coming to our pack soon for a Royal Ball.

‘If the other kings try anything then they’ll all die’ Wyatt threatened, my heart skipped a beat again, he’d go to war for me ‘SHE IS MINE! And I will protect her to my dying breath, she doesn’t need to learn anything’

‘Then you have to mark her’ Andrea’s voice rose in annoyance ‘That will be the best protection’

‘She’s 17!’ Wyatt reminded him angrily ‘I can’t mark her yet, no matter how much I’m dying to, I should have waited, I’ve put her in danger because I wasn’t strong enough to wait another year’

‘Don’t blame yourself’ Andrea said softly ‘If it’s true you’ve known she was yours since she was four, I’m surprised you didn’t claim her years ago’

‘She was just a child’

‘You still would have felt the overwhelming desire to protect her’ He went on ‘I don’t know how you left her in the care of her father’

‘It wasn’t easy, believe me’ Wyatt admitted and my heart went out to him ‘Especially every time she was hurt, I hated that her father got final say over her but she’s mine now, I get to decide from here on out’

I rolled my eyes, if he really thinks he gets to decide things for me then his going to be sadly mistaken.

‘Any way’ Wyatt changed the subject ‘Lets get back on task, do you think there is a way to mark her before she’s 18?’

‘I’ll look into it’ Andrea said thoughtfully ‘If there’s a way to mark her earlier, we have to find it, the Kings won’t try to claim her if she’s marked, it goes against our highest laws to touch someone’s marked mate but in the meantime, you must speak to her about her powers, she clearly has no idea’

‘Or she does and she’s just never told anyone’ Wyatt mumbled thoughtfully ‘She used to say some odd things when she was young, especially about dreams she had but as she grew up she closed off, it was like she was watching everything she did or said so she wouldn’t draw attention to herself’

Shit, I really wasn’t as careful as I thought I was or maybe it was just because he was watching me more closely than I’d realised because I was his mate

’Sometimes I think she’s still keeping something from me’ Wyatt continued ‘Something serious, something important’

I felt guilty again, I hated lying to him, betraying him

‘Perhaps it’s why she wanted to refuse you’ Andrea commented, s**t, Wyatt had told him I’d tried to reject him ‘Why she wanted you to refuse her’

‘There were other reasons behind that’ Wyatt said, clearly thinking about my inability to have children

‘What reasons?’

‘Private ones’ Wyatt said firmly ‘Now about the other matter?’

Andrea cleared his throat ‘As for this other matter’ He answered ‘I’ve reached out to the Boltic coven, they think they can help with the Luna’s silver problem’

I froze, Wyatt had asked them for help

‘They’re sending one of their most powerful witches’ Andrea told Wyatt ‘They can’t spare him for another few weeks, they’re currently at war with a dragon clan near their territory but he’ll come as soon as he’s able’

‘Excellent’ Wyatt sounded hopeful, I couldn’t bare it, we’d tried witches before but there was nothing they could do, they'd spent 9 hours putting me through complete torture only for the silver to regrow inside of my blood 'Though I do wish they'd send a female'

'For goddess sake Wyatt' Andrea sounded amused now 'I see you're going to be extremely over bearing as a mate, I hope our young Luna is prepared for your jealousy'

‘I’ll speak to Kat about the witch when he’s here’ Wyatt exhaled but otherwise ignored Andrea's comment

‘And about her powers’ Andrea added but Wyatt growled and Andrea fell silent

‘How are plans coming for Janes birthday party?’ Wyatt changed the subject to Andrea’s wife

I quietly rose and snuck to the bedroom, I grabbed the first pair of Wyatt’s pants that I saw and once again, used my hair tie to tie up the waist band and rolled up the legs.

I couldn’t believe what I’d overheard, my mind was racing, Wyatt did think it was strange that Remi was silver, he’d investigated it, he didn’t understand that it was because of my Fae blood but he thought it was something strange.

Would Remi have powers outside of my Fae abilities, we’d never thought about it before

‘I don’t think I have powers’ Remi said thoughtfully ‘Lets shift and see, if I have powers, it’ll be easier to try using them for the first time in my form before we try in yours’

‘Maybe’ I bit my lip nervously ‘Do you think they’d even work though, if the potion suppresses my powers, it will work on yours too, we should speak to dad, we might need to change the dose, oh my goddess’

‘What?’

‘The day in the car’ I gasped ‘The day it exploded, dad said it wasn’t my powers that caused it, what if it was your powers?’

‘No’ She said ‘It felt like Fae magic, it can’t have been mine, if I have powers at all’

‘So there really is some Fae after us’ I sighed

‘Kat?’ Wyatt called out, s**t, I quickly rushed out of the room and back down the stairs

‘Sorry’ I smiled at Wyatt and Elder Andrea as I headed back into the kitchen ‘I was talking with Remi’

‘Oh’ Wyatt smiled as he walked over to me and kissed my head ‘I wondered where you’d gotten to’

Elder Andrea was sitting comfortably at the table, a mug of hot tea steaming in front of him, he didn’t look his age, he still looked to be in his 50tys despite being over 300 years old, I’d always been too shy to ask his actual age.

Lycan aging was a confusing thing, you would age normally until your 18th birthday but once you became of age, your aging would shift, only aging 1 year to every 10 human years which is why Wyatt only looked around 27 instead of 108, then once we reached 50, we were frozen at that age until our deaths a few hundred years later.

‘I was just inviting you both to my wife’s birthday this weekend’ Andrea spoke to me as I walked over to were I’d left the salmon ‘Everyone would love to formally meet you, it would be wonderful if you’d come along with the King’

‘What day?’ I asked nervously

‘It’s this Saturday night’ Andrea answered, and I smiled

‘That’s fine’ I looked at Wyatt ‘If you want us to go, I can’

‘Right’ Wyatt frowned thoughtfully at me

‘Would you like to stay for dinner Elder Andrea?’ I asked him

‘No thank you dear’ He smiled and stood up ‘I’ve already taken up too much of your time, the two of you were clearly in the middle of something’ He looked at my outfit again and I blushed ‘I’ll leave you to eat, and we’ll see you both on Saturday’

Wyatt walked Elder Andrea out and I got back to organizing dinner, I’d finished seasoning Wyatt’s Salmon by the time he’d come back, I smiled at him and placed it into the oven while Wyatt crossed his arms and looked at me from where he was leaning against kitchen island.

‘If you don’t want to go on Saturday, we can skip it’ He said ‘We can organise a formal dinner for you to officially meet all of the elders as my mate when you’re more comfortable with the idea and Mich will be there on Saturday, I don’t want you to be upset’

‘I don’t mind’ I shrugged and picked up the couscous packet ‘I’d rather meet everyone when the attention is on other things and not me and as for Michiana, I really should apologize to her anyway, I shouldn’t have lost control like that or ordered her like I did, don’t get me wrong, she’s a complete cow and I still don’t want her in this house but it’s not her fault that she thought she had a chance with you, she didn’t know about me’

Wyatt exhaled in amusement and shook his head ‘You really are to kind Kat’ He smiled ‘If the roles were reversed, I wouldn’t do what you’re willing to do’

‘If the roles were reversed, you’d have killed my ex so it wouldn’t matter’

‘True’ He said as if it was a causal thought to kill someone

‘Not that I ever had any ex’s because a certain Alpha made me promise not to be with anyone but my mate’

Wyatt laughed ‘I said I was sorry’ He smirked ‘I couldn’t help it’

‘Yeah right’ I rolled my eyes

‘But anyway, you don’t have to apologize to Mich, in fact you shouldn’t, she needed to learn her place and also, it was f*cking hot seeing you command her’

‘I still don’t know where that came from’ I said as I continued getting dinner ready

‘Me’ He answered and I spun around, looking at him in confusion ‘Just like you can draw on me to help you heal and take my strength, you can also take my power, my command, I’ve never seen a Luna do it without being marked though’

‘Does it hurt you when I draw on you?’

‘No’ He assured me, smiling ‘It just drains me a little, it forms a kind of bridge between us, similar to the mark and you can pull my power if you need to’

‘Do you feel anything from me?’ I asked nervously, s**t, what if he could feel my power

‘Not yet’ He said, giving me a calculated look ‘I will once your marked though, why, what are you afraid I’ll feel?’

‘Nothing’ I laughed, attempting to act as if it was no big deal ‘I'm just curious about how this whole thing works, being mated to an Alpha and a King is a lot different then what my dad taught me, we figured my mate would be a Beta like myself’

Wyatt growled and his eyes darkened ‘MINE!’

I giggled and pulled out a cutting board, I placed it next to Wyatt and started cutting up some vegetables to put into the couscous that was boiling away on the stove top.

Wyatt attempted to help me cook after that and I pushed away everything I’d heard between him and Elder Andrea, I just wanted to pretend I didn’t hear anything, pretend we hadn’t been interrupted, I just wanted to be with him, he clearly felt the same way and we spend a fun night together, eating and playing games in his sitting room.

He beat me at poker and darts but I wiped the floor with him in chess, he pouted like a child when I beat him for the fourth time and he changed the game.