SWNOVELS Chapter 44
Chapter 44
Lukas
He picked up his phone to dial Sasha’s number. He tapped his fingers on the desk as he waited for someone to answer.
“Hello?”
Lukas’s body jerked when he heard her voice. “Lily? How are you do-
A dial tone immediately came through the phone as she hung up. He picked up the entire phone and threw it against the wall, yelling in frustration. He hated that she had shut him out. Again. It had been a week since he had gone back to see her and two weeks since they had gotten her back. He had called every fucking day and it was killing him not to be with her.
He wanted to hold her already and he wanted to tell her he was sorry for not protecting her. He wanted to beg on his knees for a second of her time. He didn’t even want to think about what he would do for a minute, much less an hour of her attention. He picked up his dagger and put it in his waistband. This was fucking it! He couldn’t take it anymore. He went to the door and snatched it open.
JOANN! ETHAN!”
He left the door open as he backed away to pace in the large room. They came running into the office a few minutes later. She immediately stood straight up with her legs spread apart and her hands clasped together behind her back. She had figured out very quickly that when he was in this kind of mood, it was best to not challenge him
“King Lukas, how may I be of service?”
He glared at her. “I want you to go to the Dragão Clan and watch over Lily.
She sighed. “I have been there everyday and you have been there four times. She doesn’t want to see us.”
“I don’t care. Go.”
“Lukas, Sasha is with her. So is Kalani. So is Sommer and Joy. Your father and Slonsky are there often, too.
“YOU’RE MY FUCKING BETA! YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO DO WHAT I SAY!
“I won’t do this, Luke. She needs time to heal. What he did to her”
He slammed her against the wall with his hand around her throat. “WATCH WHAT YOU FUCKING SAY! SHE DIDN’T ASK FOR ANY OF THAT!”
‘I know, Lukas. I didn’t say she did, but every time we have shown up she spirals back down. It’s only been 2 weeks. The last time we went there, she tried to abort the baby. She was in the hospital for 2 days. She wouldn’t even let Sasha heal her. You need to make a choice. What’s important to you, Lily or yourself?,” she asked through the link, not being able to talk around the grip he had on her throat.
He let her go and she dropped to the ground. She massaged her throat.
“You know she’s the most important thing to me. Person, Goddess, that fucking saying.”
“You know that as long as I am your beta, my presence won’t help her.”
He narrowed his eyes on her. “You’re fired, JoAnn. Now, go.”
She stared at him in shock. “Are you serious?”
“Yes and you’re banned from my kingdom. Get out,”
“Lukas, you can’t be serious.”
at back
in his chair and put his head down on the desk. “I don’t know what else to do, Jojo.”
He sat
She walked over to him and pushed his chair back. She sat on his lap and gripped his face.
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“Listen here, dickhead, I am not fired and I am definitely not banned. Get that out of your mind and get your head out of your ass. Lily is safe. No one there is going to let anything happen to her. Trust me and trust them. We have to let Lily heal some as much as it sucks, without you.”
He wrapped his arms around her waist and buried his face in her neck.
“What do I do, Jojo? I’m so lost.”
You bury yourself in your work and keep talking to Sasha. She’ll keep you updated,”
He sighed. “I’m sorry I fired you. You’re rehired.”
She laughed. “I want a raise. Also, since I’m not fired, Javier and Lucian are waiting to talk to you. You really need to find another assistant. I’m your beta. Bringing you coffee is way beneath me. She got off his lap and kissed his check. “You dick ”
“I’ll talk to Casey. I can use that as part of her training to take over a clan.”
“She’d love that. She needs a distraction since Lily turned her away, too. Casey wants to move there to be close to her. She loves Lily a lot. Not being there for her best friend is really hard for her.”
He put his cheek flat on the desk. “It’s really hard for all of us.”
“I know, Luke. Trust me, I know.”
She took Ethan’s hand and started tugging him out of the room.
“Oh, and Jo?” He waited for her to turn back to him with an eyebrow raised questioningly. “Get your raise from Ethan. I heard that’s his favorite thing to give you.”
She flushed and hurried out of the room. Javier entered and bowed low to him. Lucian followed behind him. Lukas gestured to the chairs in front of his desk. They sat. He leaned back.
“So, what’s on your mind, Javier?”
“I was thinking about the mate bond spell they used on Lily.”
“What about it?”
“I have never seen that spell fail so readily, even for a weak witch. It was like you were constantly there to remind her that you were her mate and she was here with you doing the same thing. It makes no sense. That spell is only broken by the true bond.”
Lukas” hand went to play with his bracelet. Javier eyed it, before he held out his hand.
“May I. Your Majesty?”
He clenched his jaw, but handed him the bracelet. He kept his eyes on it and his body moved to the edge of the chair in preparation to leap over his desk if he tried to do anything to it. Javier lifted it and turned it all around. He touched her hair embedded in it.
“I take it this is her hair?” Lukos nodded. “Does she have something with you in it?”
Lukas held out his hand for the bracelet, nodding. “I gave her one of Gideon’s scales. She keeps it on,”
“Ah, that explains so much.” He handed the bracelet back. “With both of you having something that provided the mate bond to you, the spell would. have worn off faster every time until it stopped working altogether.”
Lukas hooked the bracelet back around his wrist. “So, that’s what saved our band? The jewelry?”
Javier nodded. “Listen to me, King Lakas. All it would have taken was for you to see her once for the mate bond to reignite, but it helped. Everyone can see your love for her. Everyone could see her love for you, too. Guriel stood absolutely no chance.”
Lukas eyed
seyed Lucian. “Have you talked to Sasha or Kalani?”
“No, Why?”
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“You’re going to be a grandfather.”
Lukas” stomach rolled and he had to fight the urge to vomit. He hated saying the words. He hated that his Lily was suffering and it was all because of that douchebag
“Guriel,” Lucian growled. “How is she doing?”
Lukas sighed. “Well, she’s not seeing me. She’s not talking to me. Sasha said she’s struggling really had. Your son did a number on her.”
Lucian bared his teeth. “He was no son of mine. We didn’t raise him to be like that. He was raised to respect the mate bond. What else did he do to her?”
“He marked her and he beat her. When I saw her, she had lost at least twenty pounds. Take t but I felt it. I felt everything. She didn’t deserve any of that.”
e that a
as you will.” He closed h
his eyes.
- “I nev
never marked her,
“I know she didn’t. Do you think I could go visit with her?”
Lukas narrowed his eyes on him. “Why?”
“I want to
to apologize to her. I want to offer her my help for anything she needs.”
“Not yet. I don’t want your presence to trigger another suicide or abortion attempt.”
“Alright. I’ll wait. Well, I’m gonna head back to my coven. If you need me for anything, I left m
Lukas nodded and Javier got up to leave, too.
“If you need me, Sire, I’ll be at home.”
“Alright. Actually, Javier, can you answer me a question?”
Sure
my new contact info with JoAnn”
Lukas hesitated. “Is there something I can do to speed up her healing?”
“Yes, but I refuse to do it. Magic can only do so much. Any spell I use will fade and she will be right back where she started.”
Lukas groaned. “I was afraid of that.”
He watched Javier leave and reached for Casey’s link.
“Hey, little sister, I want you to come to my office. There’s a job I want to discuss with you.”
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Oh Lucas, this is hilarious but very difficult at the same time, its so hard for you to watch Lilly helplessly…..
…………..my not yet mate
BahDoom
the only thing that I don’t agree with in this story is the not letting her choose to terminate her pregnancy. If just seeing her m her what do you think a baby from her rapist.
mate triggers
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