Return of the Lycans (part 1: The Lycan's)

We sit at the kitchen table for dinner. Our mothers are back laughing and talking. Alpha Erik looks from Damon to me the whole time. Damon is jabbing his food with a fork in frustration and savagely stuffs it into his mouth. I look from under my eyelids at his father and him and eat in silence. The tension rises between the two Alphas at the table and suddenly it is noticeably quiet at the table.

‘What’s the matter sweetie, you are so quiet,’ Luna Vera remarks.

“Ask your horny son.”

“That horny son couldn’t help it. It was her horny daughter, ′ Damon shouts, pointing to my mother.

‘Respect to our guests, Damon. You are their host. You must behave.’

So, a woman may seduce a man with her scent. But the man may…”

‘Stop it,’ I shout standing up and hear my chair fall behind me. “This is not a topic of conversation for the dinner table. And I don’t want you talking about me as if I wasn’t there. ′

Everything turns around and suddenly I hear myself talking, but it’s not me.

“I want you to treat my human with respect. Especially you, young Alpha. And mother of Lana. your pills stop my search for my fated Mate. Normally I can smell it before she turns eighteen, but I can’t smell anything. Just the weird smell my human gives off and the smell of horny werewolf men. ′

“Sorry, wolf of Lana. I’ve gone too far. ′

“It’s Zoe and I forgive you. Promise me one thing, young Alpha. ′

“What do I promise, Zoe?”

“That you take good care of Lana. She needs a friend and is bumping into many walls because of her father’s reputation. ′

‘Is good. I promise I’ll take care of her.’ My wolf gives me back control of my body. Everyone stares at me, and I hear Vera whisper to my mother that I must have an extraordinarily strong wolf. Which makes Zoë incredibly happy in my mind.

When I get to my room after dinner, I look at the two boxes of pills. I take my one pill and stare at the box my wolf won’t take anymore. I toss it in my trash and lay in my bed to watch another movie on Netflix.

The next few days it’s really embarrassing that Damon keeps his word to my wolf. Everywhere I am he is and when I walk the halls, he is never far behind me like a dog following his owner.

My wolf is happy with the attention, but I like to curl up for a little alone time. I hide in the toilets and wait fifteen minutes before I come back out of the cubicle and wash my hands. Some girls join me when I’m drying my hands.

‘Look, look, look, who we’ve got here. The daughter of the Silverback Alpha. What are you doing here? You clearly smell like a lost wolf. Do you and your mother want to get back in a pack and touch our boys.’ Sara gets dangerously close to me and when we’re nose to nose, she growls: ‘Damon is mine.’

“I know,” I say back quickly.

“Then you also know that he and you shouldn’t be sitting at the same table anymore.”

‘Aghum, I know he came to sit at my table, and we share a house. So, we’ll be sitting together a lot whether you like it or not. And don’t worry, I’m not interested in your Alpha. I don’t need Alphas.’ A growl comes from deep inside and I startle as it escapes through my mouth. At that moment, a little girl enters. You can tell she’s an omega wolf.

“What’s wrong, weirdo?”

‘Is there a Lana here? Damon said she went to the bathroom?’

“Yes here, that mutt right in front of you is Lana.” The girl looks between Sara and me.

“Is something wrong, Daisy?” asks Sara.

“No, just that Lana has to come with me, or we’ll be late for the next class.”

“Take that smelly mutt with you.”

“Thanks, Sara.” Daisy and I walk out of the toilets and my eyes immediately fall on Damon who stares at us with a confused look.

’Was everything okay in there? I…” He stares straight ahead, then looks at me in shock. “Daisy, thanks for getting Lana for me.”

“You’re welcome, Alpha Damon.” The girl happily hops away.

“Why do you smell so strong?”

‘Those are those pills I had to take for my up-emotional odours. I haven’t taken one since last night and got up like that. But I got angry, and the smell got stronger’.

‘Uh, good. Smart of you. But...’

“What, but, I’m the daughter of an Alpha. Everyone will smell it now. ′

‘Yes, and then. Nothing beats the natural smell of a wolf.’

‘Yes, but I’m the daughter of an Alpha,’ is all I can answer back.

“And I am the son of an Alpha. What’s so different about you then? ′ Damon’s face comes dangerously close to mine. I stare from his lips to his staring eyes. I melt away from his beautiful eyes and get a lump in my throat. I open my mouth and can’t think of anything to say. I look alternately into his eyes and then wander back to his beautiful pink full lips.

’Damon, that... I can’t tell you, ′ I react confused and storm off.

Before I realize it enough, I am dragged into a room. His fingers dig into my arm, and I scream in pain.

“Let go of me,” I call to Damon.

‘What were you discussing in those toilets? Is it true what Sara linked? That you’re after me too?’ I look fierce into his hate-filled eyes. Why am I so emotional around him?

‘Why do you think? Do you really think that every girl wants to kiss you or even worse... share the bed? Do you really think I crave a kiss from you?’ I get furious. Who does he think he is!

“You will never, ever be my boyfriend. You don’t even want to touch this girl here. So don’t believe those bitches’ rumours. They just want to hurt me. ′ I no longer say this in anger, but with a broken voice. A tear escapes the corner of my eye.

‘They know who my father is. They laugh at my mother and me. Yes, my father has gone mad and impregnated many women after my mother. And yes, they gave him a daughter one by one. My father has many murders on his conscience, but those are not my murders.’

“Sorry, but Sara linked me... Sorry, I can’t just believe her.” Damon looks at me with sadness in his eyes.

Now that I see his eyes up close, I notice that his eyes look different from his father’s. His fathers are completely brown, but Damon’s have a green border and a golden discoloration appears as veins between the brown colour.

“So beautiful,” I whisper without taking my gaze from his eyes.

“What’s so beautiful?”

“That gold colour in your eyes.” Damon looks up and then says, “He says thank you.”

‘Who?’ I ask without thinking clearly.

Thor, of course. May I ask you something? ′

‘Yes please.’

“Did I just hear you growling?” I doubt.

‘Yes, I think so.’

“And when will you be eighteen?”

“In three weeks, why?”

“Normally you should hear your wolf in a week and get your physical features a week before your birthday. Everything goes so much faster with you. ′

″And here come the question marks little girl. Ask if you smell different? ′ My wolf asks.

“Why would I ask that?” I ask loudly to my wolf.

“What should you ask?” he asks curiously.

‘An odd question. I do not understand why. She asks if you want to sniff me?’

‘Ha, do you really mean that? Do you really think I’m going to sniff? So, Sara was right after all.’

‘Gggrrrrrom, Sara is not right. That stupid Beta needs to shut up,’ I snap at Damon.

Damon looks at both my eyes weirdly and takes a step back.

‘Lana? I’m still talking to you, aren’t I?’

‘To whom else. Argh, what’s up?’

“Your eyes have a purple glow.”

‘Real?’ I ask with my hand against my cheek.

‘Yes really. And when your wolf comes up, I think she’s very angry that I don’t believe you. Just like last time.’

“Sure,” I reply angrily.

’Okay, then I’ll sniff you, even though I still smell the weird smell now. He sniffs the air and moves closer to my neck.

“You definitely smell different. I can still smell the onion, but this scent is sweeter than the earlier one. I can’t say what it smells like. He sniffs again and moves closer to me. I’m frozen by the millimetres of air between our bodies.

“You smell like apple and a hint of cinnamon. You smell just like a warm apple pie. ′

“Warm apple pie?” I ask curiously. He nods and the gold in his eyes is stronger. His finger slides down my cheek to the corner of my lip and makes its way to my neck. I feel every touch as if it were fine little electrical sparks.

‘Sniff me? What do you smell?’ I hesitate and sniff carefully. At first, I don’t smell much. But if I take a second sniff closer to his neck, I smell something tasty.

“I smell chocolate and mint.”

“What are you two doing here?” Damon and I are startled and immediately let go of each other.

’Sorry, madam. Lana was being bullied and I was comforting her,” Damon says sweetly. The teacher checks with me and I nod.

“Then do that next time somewhere where the teachers can do and have you checked.”

“Okay,” Damon replies before walking away. I nod to the teacher before I leave the classroom and Nelly is already standing in front of me.

“Come on Lana, let’s go to German class.”

‘Nelly don’t wait for me. I’ll get there myself. I now know where everything is.’ The girl stares at me and laughs off my answer: “I got orders from my Alpha. I must follow them. ′

“He’s the son of your Alpha.”

“Yeah, and that’s the same as my Alpha.” I stop arguing This girl is too loyal to the alpha family.