The Lycan's Soul Mate

The following morning Luca awoke feeling stronger than he did the day before. He was eager to help. As he had caught the scent, it had weighed on his mind and invaded his dreams. This person had planted Nina in their pack and tried to kill him. All because they needed their sacred plant; something that he had not known to exist until yesterday. He was full of anger and just wanted to rip someone to shreds for what had been done to him. He had been used as a pawn. Bewitched by Nina causing Luna to possibly think of him as a two-timing regular teenage boy.

The look on her face after she saw him kissing Nina had haunted him and he could not chase after her to tell her that he had no control over it. He wanted to break free. The thought of her all over him repulsed him now more than ever. How could he have not seen through her. Maybe things would have been different. Maybe if he had swallowed his pride and told Luna how he felt from the moment he saw her at school then this could have been avoided. He could have helped her find herself.

He still had a bit of pain in his stomach and was not as strong nor as fast but he was good to follow the scent. He could not allow it to be erased. He needed to track this person and maybe find the coven. He got dressed and went downstairs to grab a bite and found his father, Lucian and two warriors. Luca sat at the table and greeted everyone. “Good morning, welcome back to the land of the living.” They replied, all more than happy to have him back. “How are you feeling today?” Lucian asked. “I'm feeling so much better. Not as strong but strong enough to follow the scent. How is Luna doing anyway.” He asked all in one breath. He was so concerned about Luna. He just hoped that she was going to be ok. She had tried to help him. In fact, she is the reason that he was alive. “Luna is getting stronger but we gave her something to allow her to sleep since she is so stubborn and refuses to rest. She just worries about everyone other than herself. Just like her mother.” He smiled. Lucian had been told that Luca had chosen Luna as his mate but was going about it slowly. Lucian was impressed by him and could not have asked for a better partner for his niece. He could now rest assured that she would be happy and well protected in this pack if anything were to happen to him. He had passed all of his inheritance over to Luna in his will. She meant everything to him.

They all finished up their breakfast and set off into the forest with Luca in the lead. Lucian was surprised to see how fast Luca was even though he had claimed to not be fully recovered. It was closer to the full moon and Lucian was not as yet able to transform as he was not Lycan but he was strong. They moved deeper and deeper into the woods. He remembered when he had found the old abandoned hut in the woods near Attica with evidence that was tied to his brother and his wife's death.

He was happy that this Nina girl was out of the picture. Hopefully this threat would be eradicated once and for all. They soon came to the end of the wooded forest and saw a cabin. Lucian and Luca went in cautiously. They're sat Lydia at a table in the kitchen. Lucian was surprised to see Lydia seated there. So was Luca as he'd recognized Luna's mother at first sight. Her scent was different though.

“Luca, what are you doing here? And Lucian?” she asked pretending to be surprised. “Well, I hate to say that I am surprised. I see you have recovered quite quickly. SOOO disappointed.” She laughed. “How is my niece doing? Is she dead yet? You Know, this is really not what I wanted. Don't try to come any closer because I have a protection spell. If u want to stay alive that is. I had to kill my sister and her nosy husband had to get in the way when I tried to poison that old bat of an Alpha. Useless all of them. I always admired you though, Lucian. You would have made a great alpha. I never intended on hurting Luna. I just needed her as leverage. But she turned on me. I gave up a life with my own child only to be betrayed by my niece whom I had raised as my own. She was useless, no powers, nothing. Just when her gifts emerged when I could have used her to fulfil my goals You showed up and ruined everything.” She muttered with scorn.

Your family has been nothing but a thorn in my ass for as long as I can remember. Now it's time to pay. You little prince, an eye for an eye. Your father killed my child and now I will have the pleasure of ridding him of his. It will destroy him. Yes, that's right, Nina was my daughter. But no matter, her sacrifice was not in vain. You and Luna are weakened, we have the part of the plant that we needed to fortify our spell and as an added bonus I will have my revenge.”

Luca could not move. Lydia uttered something and Luca was frozen, he was paralyzed. She then charged toward him with a dagger and in a fit Lucian jumped in front of him and was stabbed instead. Just then Luca growled and his father and the warriors charged in. Lydia got in the middle of a circle and vanished. Luca was holding Lucian in his arms. He had been stabbed by a silver dagger. It is fatal to werewolves. “Take care of Luna. I entrust her to you. Tell her what happened and keep her safe. Tell her that her mother was nothing like Lydia. Tell her that I love her and that we will meet again in the next life. Continue on your quest and defeat this evil.” With that he took his last breath.

The warriors ran outside and hunted the environs but Lydia was gone. They carried Lucian’s body back to the Packhouse and head the elders prepare his body for burial. Luca was given a sedative and sent to rest while his father went to find Luna to break the news to her. First, he Summoned Soccorah as Luca had told him how close the two were. She would need a friend as she had just lost her last living relative.