Chapter Chapter No 13 Prince s coronation
She got out of the car and hugged Jacob, who looked like a stone. “Jacob, This can’t be happening,” she said crying. He was not responding. Standing like a sculpture.
Ellis got out of the car and went ahead towards the woods where Gena’s body was lying. Her mother was crying, while her father was trying to calm her down.
“My daughter, Hunter, look at our daughter, she is gone,” and she was screaming.
Gena’s body was badly damaged; it was like she had been attacked by a wolf. Jacob was not looking at her. He fell upon his knees, it seems like he was also injured. There were injuries over his handsome face. Tyler had also arrived.
“What happened here?” he asked Ellis.
“It’s Gena, I don’t know how Jacob is holding up, it’s unclear if they were mates,” he said, dejected.
“Is it a rogue attack?” he asked. Ellis nods. His expression changed. He gives a sigh to Althea, which means she was in danger. He walked towards Jacob, Althea was crying.
He put his hand over his shoulder. “Jacob, Bro, I promise I will avenge her death at any cost,” he said.
Jacob looked at him with empty eyes. “I failed her,” he said and fainted.
“Jacob,” Althea screamed.
“Take him to the hospital, he is injured,” said Tyler while turning to the crime scene. Ellis and Althea took him to the pack hospital.
“It’s time, now the Riverstone pack will throw that Canis Lupis out of the pack and she will lose her safety,” said a sinister voice standing outside the territory.
“I told you my Alpha, it’s all happening because of that girl,” said Silva, annoyed.
“I am afraid Alpha, we have to do something, or else the rogue will attack us continuously,” said Kingsley. Peter was thinking something.
“Okay we will do something after the coronation,” he said while looking outside the window. Silvia smirked.
“He is not waking up,” said Althea with tears in her eyes.
“Althea,” called out Jack and Ruby.
“Mom, Dad,” she screamed and hugged them.
She was always a sensitive girl who was unable to handle situations. Now her best friend was in between life and death and she was detached from reality.
“Mom, he is not waking up, it’s been more than 6 hours,” she said crying.
“Relax Jacob is a tough guy, he will awake, His wolf is healing him”, said Ellis.
“How did that all happen?” asked Ruby.
“Aunt, we don’t know as Althea received a call from Jacob about the accident and when we reached she was already gone, now only Jacob can tell what really happened,” he said worried.
She walked slowly towards his bed and held his hand, “Get well soon Jacob I can’t lose you “ she said crying.
He opens his eyes slowly. “Gena,” he said in a whisper.
“Jacob? You awake,” she said in a whisper smiling.
“Gena, I failed her,” he said as tears fell from his eyes.
“Jacob, what happened in the woods?” asked Jack
“We had the plan to do camping in the woods, Gena wanted to give me a surprise, so she asked me to come a bit late in the woods, but she mind-linked me that she is in danger, I went in rushed to the woods, where I saw a wolf was killing her. I fought until my last strength but he was much stronger, he killed her and ran away,” he said in a whisper-like voice.
“I failed her,” he said while looking at the wall.
“No Jacob, you did a very great job,” he said while patting his hand over his shoulder.
“Oh thank God you are fine Jacob,” said Ruby.
“Jacob!” screamed Regina who had just arrived.
“My son, my sweet boy, I, I was so much worried oh moon Goddess, you are fine” Regina hugged her son and kissed him over his forehead. James also came following her.
“Who were they? Jacob, tell me now, I will declare war for touching my son” James was too furious. “Relax Dad, I am fine,” he said in a whisper.
“Oh Jacob my sweet boy,” said Regina she was still crying.
After a week
Jacob was discharged from the hospital, but he still did not recover mentally. He was in pain and denial of losing Gena. He does not want to talk about the topic. Althea followed him to the garden.
“Shall I come?” asked Ellis. “No it’s fine,” she said smiling, and followed Jacob.
He was sitting near the same bench where he met her for the first time.
“Hey!” she softly. He smiled in return.
“How is it going?” she asked.
“Fine!” he replied softly.
“I know you hate to talk about this Jacob, but we are friends, we are partners in crime, in good and bad, in happiness and sorrow since childhood. You need to talk about it with me” she said smiling.
Jacob took a deep breath. A tear fell from his eye. “Hey, Jacob, Don’t give yourself this much pain,” she said.
“I miss her Althea, I miss her smile, I miss her eyes and I miss our time together,” he said while staring at the fountain.
“Gena was a good girl, Jacob, she had always helped me with every situation, I don’t believe I won’t be able to see her again,” she said sadly.
“We had promised ourselves that after my 18th birthday if we were mates, we will move in, that was our plan,” he said sadly. His voice was indicating his pain,
“You guys were mates?” she asked while looking into her eyes. He smiled and looked away. “Is not it obvious?” he asked.
Althea looked at him with a confused expression.
“If she was my mate I would have broken by now, it’s all my heart that broke Althea, but my soul it’s still here, which means she was not my mate,” he said with a deep voice.
She took a deep breath. “Which means you have not found your mate yet,” she said in a whisper. He was staring at the fountain.
“Only If I find her Althea I don’t think I would be able to love again, the love I had for Gena,” he said in a broken tone. Althea gives him a sigh.
Tomorrow would be Tyler’s coronation, you are coming?” asked Ellis, she was working on the project, her heart beating in a strange way. “Yeah, Mum said I should be there everyone would be there,” she said smiling.
“Shall I pick you up?” he asked.
“No, his fine dad would give us all a ride, being beta we should go to a royal place as a whole family,” she said while staring at her pen. He nodded.
She was standing in the hall, it was the prince’s 18th birthday, and he was going to find his mate, the pack’s Luna, and the queen of the entire white werewolf race.
All Alphas and Lunas from every other pack were there to give their blessings.
It was the first time she peeked at him like that and studied his features. He was 6ft, 3 inches, and lean muscular. He had deep blue eyes and handsome facial features with jet-black hair falling upon his forehead.
She had always hated him because he was a spoiled prince who does not give a damn about anyone but himself.
She was already feeling sympathy for his mate. Who will it be? Maybe a bitch among thousands of his flings, who knows? He slept with every beautiful girl in the pack, that’s totally his taste, he was extremely sexist and always cares about beauty. At Least that’s what she thought of him.
His father Alpha Peter, the current Alpha of the Riverstone pack would announce his coronation if he found his mate today.
Everyone was excited. She hated such gatherings; she desired to sit in her room and read some books and listen to some music instead of getting bored there.
A lot of girls were excited to be his mate. He was looking at the crowd expressionlessly. His eyes met hers, but he did not change his expressions, he was looking at her arrogantly. She rolled her eyes in another universe and started looking away.
There were only 2 minutes left and it was almost 12 O’clock. The full moon was glowing in the sky. An important night for werewolves.
He seemed bored while girls were trying to please him. He was looking at Althea, continuously while she was avoiding his gaze.
“Why does he have to play in the staring competition with me?” she thought, annoyed. He turned and walked away.
Two minutes had passed and now he was 18, if his mate was here, he should find her automatically, his wolf could recognize his other half now.
But he was not there now and he was nowhere to be found.
“Where on the planet the jerk has gone?” she thought angrily, she wanted to go home soon. But then she felt her wolf being alert. Every werewolf got their inner wolf to whom they could talk.
“What is Lilly?” she asked her wolf.
“Mate, Mate is here,” her wolf said impatiently.
“What?” she said, shocked.
Lilly took over her body, something wolves could do by suppressing the consciousness of their human. Now Lilly got control of Althea’s body while Althea took Lily’s place inside her head. She started looking in the crowd. Just then he came back with his usual expressions, arrogant, cold, rude.
“It’s him, look, it’s him,” said Lilly excitedly.
She was about to run towards him, when she heard a mind link, “Stay where you are, if you come any closer I will reject you right here” It was him, his mind linked her harshly.
Lilly felt her bones numb. A word rejection is worse than death to a wolf.
He turned to the crowd, “Looks like my mate is not here, as I am unable to meet her today, so we will delay the coronation” he said keeping impassive expressions, and turned to leave.
Lilly gives control to Althea again. “Lilly? Are you okay?” she asked but her wolf remained silent.
“Lilly, please say something, ″ she asked concerned.
“He is our mate and you heard what he said,” said Lilly sadly.
“Yeah, I heard him Lilly and it hurts,” she said sadly to her wolf.
“Take me away please,” Lilly said in a broken voice, and then she left the ceremony walking slowly towards her home. His phone was ringing; he turned to look at her and answered the call.
Rejection, pain, anger, sadness, broken she was unable to describe which emotion she had at that time. She knew if her mate would be from this pack he would reject her for sure, but Tyler he would be her mate? She felt not only Rejected but also humiliated.
She was slowly walking to her home when she spotted Salvia and Julia outside.
“What are they doing here?” she thought. She hides beside the nearby tree.
“Well Mom, is it true? They will kick out the betas after the coronation?” Julia asked her mother.
“Shhh, Don’t speak loud honey” she shushed her daughter.
“Yeah it’s true, There is only way for Jack and Ruby to stay if they throw their rogue brat out of the pack, or else Alpha will kick him out and they will end up like their daughter,” she said laughing.
“No, this can’t be,” she thought.
“Lilly, what should we do?” she asked her wolf.
“I don’t know Althea if they kick us out I don’t care. I don’t wanna live here at all, please take me away before he will reject us. Trust me I won’t be able to bear that,” Lilly was scared.
Althea’s heart was beating fast. She was thinking about so many things.
“We will leave tonight Lilly. Mom and Dad did a lot for us and I don’t want my family to suffer because of me,” she said.
She walked exhausted towards the house. After 16 minutes she reaches home. She packed her important things and looked around her home for the last time. She wrote a letter tearfully.
Dear Mom and Dad,
I am leaving Riverstone forever. I don’t want to put your lives in danger. Please don’t try to find me, you would be unable to find me as I have made my arrangements. Thanks for taking me in. I love you both and my little demon Collin. I will miss you.
Your Little Bunny
Althea
She left the house. She was walking in the forest for hours, how many hours? She was unable to know but now she was on the end of territory. Patrolling wolves were already there. She had masked her scent already. She hid behind the tree while they were not looking and very slowly and secretly she had crossed the territory.
Now for the first time in her life, she was out of territory. She knew she was in grave danger, but she put her family’s safety first. Her heart was beating too fast. She had to cross that woods. She decided to turn right because she saw there was no wolf around and now she was not afraid of being seen. She turned into her wolf. Lilly was running as fast as she could until they saw the forest was gone and they were almost in the city. She shifted back and wore her clothes again.
“Whoa Lilly, you had never run like that before,” she said.
“Even that could not cheer me up,” said Lilly sadly.
It was already morning.
“By now Mom and dad must have read that letter,” she said sadly.
“Yeah and I have blocked their mind-links,” said Lilly.
“I watched on the Tv and Jacob told me about local transport, we can find a train station to leave the town,” she said smiling.
After 30 minutes of walking, she finally spotted the train station. She buys a ticket and gets inside the train for her very unknown destination which would change her life once and for forever.