CHAPTER FOURTEEN
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LUCAS POV
I sit in the bushes looking up at her, watching her stare at moon from her bedroom balcony. I know I'll get in trouble for leaving my room but I can't help myself, inferno and I long for her. He doesn't stop howlng in my head, asking me to go to her and claim her. I try to convince myself that I can't right now because the situation around me is complicated, but I know in truth its because I feel unworthy of her. Nyssa is everything I have ever desired in a mate and so much more than I dreamed I could ever have.
She is beautiful, tall, smart, patient, caring and even though she hides it, I sense great power in her. I sleep with her sweater on my pillow every night because it is the only thing that helps me sleep but when I close my eyes, her beautiful eyes haunt me in my dreams. I want her, I need her like the air I breathe and its getting harder for me to resist the bond. Inferno is driving me crazy.
She looks in my direction from her bedroom balcony and I lower my head, my black fur making it easy to blend into the darkness. I hear Lisa's voice and her response but I cannot make out the words. I sense someone continuously tapping on my mind, trying to mind-link me so I open up in frustration at the disturbance.
'Someone had better be dying', I growl in an irritated tone.
'They better not for your sake' my father replies.
'Dad! How'd you...? How are you able to mind-link from home?'
'I would tell you but you aren't in your room, which I am told you should be given that you are under house arrest, which apparently you currently are not.'
'The school authorities are with you in my room?'
'Of course not! Your mother and I snuck in but since you weren't here we decided to have s*x in your bed.'
'Dad!'
He starts laughing through the link and answers, 'Your mother and I just arrived at the dragons castle on the school premises, meet with us there. You are in enough trouble as it is Lucas, and right now I cannot protect you. I know you very well and I know you wouldn't break a law unless it is absolutely necessary but I am asking you as your father and your King to leave whatever it is you are doing and come here right now.'
'But dad...'
'Now Lucas.'
'Yes sir' I respond defeated, closing the link
I look up at her and find her talking on the phone, smiling at something the person on the other line has said. Inferno whines at the thought of leaving her and only after I convince him of our return does he move stealthily back to the dragon castle. As a lycan crown-prince I have my own residence within the school, but given the situation with Warren I stay with him at his castle. Inferno hates staying far away from our mate and honestly so do I.
Who would have thought the day would come that I would feel this overwhelmed. I want to protect my mate, I want to protect my brother Warren, I want to protect my family and my people from an enemy I don't even recognize and the more I try to understand, the more difficult and complicated things get. I'm scared that one wrong move will cost me everything I hold dear to me, yet I can't just sit around and do nothing.
I reach the dragons lair just before sunrise and find that the security has increased tremendously. I shift back to my human form, dress up and go up to my room to take a shower. Standing beneath the showers, I imagine her with me holding me from behind, telling me everything's going to be okay. I imagine her wrapping her arms around my neck as I lift her off the floor and taste her sweet lips, her moans filling my ears as I devour her. Closing my eyes, I moan her name pleasuring my self while inferno conjures up naked images of her in my head until I come undone beneath the showers, temporarily relieving myself of the s****l frustration I have been experiencing recently.
I dress up and walk down the stairs, mind-linking my dad to find out his location.
'I'm with your mother in one of the study's on the second floor.' he replies and after a few minutes of searching, I find them. My mother rushes to give me a bear hug and but when she releases me I find myself staring at an older woman with an uncanny resemblance of my mate, sitting extremely close to a well dressed, tall and handsome man. The man growls at me and my father smacks me at the back of my head saying, 'show some respect boy, that is princess Nadia, the mate of crown-prince Resus; future king of the sirens'. I snap back to reality and bow apologizing to them both, stating my surprise at her uncanny resemblance with her daughter. She giggles and replies that she gets that a lot and strokes her mates arm trying to calm him, but her husband still gives me a hard stare saying nothing.
'Good job i***t, you just nailed our chances with our future father-in-law', Inferno says to me sarcastically.
'Shut up, fur ball', I respond.
'Do not be troubled Prince Resus, prince Warren may be a werewolf but he is honorable and loyal to a fault. I vouch for his character', says a female voice I am surprised to hear. I turn towards the direction of the voice and find the dragon queen sitting beside her husband, the dragon king, smiling at me.I bow to the ground and pay my respects to them both.
'He may be loyal but, the both of them cannot help getting into trouble the moment they are left unsupervised.' said the dragon king but I didn't respond to him. I stayed in my bowed position with my hand to the ground.
'Rise boy', the king says in his deep baritone voice and I stand up.
'Where is Lucas? We tried reaching him but he didn't pick up his phone, isn't he with you?', my father asks me.
'He's still in his room. ', I respond but then a young dragon comes in and announces that my sister and my mate have arrived and are waiting outside, the dragon king simply nods and the doors to the library are opened. Both princesses walk in, dressed in corporate skirt suits but my mate looks beautiful and regal in her pink skirt suit paired with a pink pair of heels and a beautiful diamond brooch with adorned the suit on the left. They both bow to all the royals in the room, paying their respects. Prince Resus introduces his daughter to my parents and the dragon royals. Inferno purred and I think my father heard it because he turned to me looking suspiciously.
'The siren princess is far more beautiful than they say', says Warrens mother smiling.
'Indeed', my mother responds and turns to princess Nadia, 'This is all your fault!'
'Me! What is my fault Winter?' Princess Nadia asks my mum.
'If you didn't stay away, our children wouldn't be strangers.'
'If I recall, you are the one who asked me stay away.'
'Don't be like your mother Nyssa', my mum says pointing to my mates mum who simply rolled her eyes. I didn't know my parents had personal relations with the sirens.
'Dad, were mum and princess Nadia friends?', I ask through the link.
''They were once inseparable', my dad replied
'What happened?', I asked again
'Its not my story to tell.'
Another dragon comes in to announce the arrival of Cecil with her parents. The dragon king nods and the doors open. Cecil walks in and inferno growls at her. Cecils parents stand before her and growl back at me but I hear a much louder growl behind me and look back to find my mother standing behind me, her lycan Ripley coming to the surface to protect me.
'Dragon king, Prince Resus; I leave this to you while my wife and I check on Warren.'
The dragon king nods in response to my fathers words, his eyes fixed sternly at Cecil and her parents who are currently bowing.
'Lisa stay with your friend. Honey let's go find Warren, Lucas lead the way', my father says, touching my mothers shoulder. As we walk up to Warrens room, my father questions me about the incident and I answer as honestly as I can without giving too much away, his questioning stops but he continues to look at me and I act like I do not notice, continuing to walk ahead. Upon approaching Warrens door however I perceive another scent in the room and hear grunting. My parents hear it too and rush through the door before me, I walk in behind them to find Warren with his beautiful mate sprawled beneath him in bed. I am both surprised and somewhat relieved at the sight, but before I can react my father drags me and my mother out of the room but not before I fist bump into the air to encourage Warren to claim his mate. When we step outside, parents mind-link each other before my father looks at me and walks away taking out his cell phone
'Lucas, my son', my mother says to me gently. 'Who is that girl?'
I look at my mother thinking on how to reply carefully without saying too much.
'She was also wounded during the night of Warrens attack.'
Then why is Warren with her?'
'I don't know.'
'What are you both hiding Lucas?'
'Mum, I'm not I really don't know how or why they are together.'
'It doesn't change the fact that you are hiding something.'
'Please don't make me lie to you', I mind-link her as my father approaches us. My mother looks at me conflicted, before looking at my father who calls her name
'Winter, join the queens in the library to talk with the girls. Lucas bring your brother with you and meet me in the royal art room on the fifth floor. The both of you have a lot of explaining to do.'
We all disperse and I return to Warrens room to find him arguing with Nyssa's friend, refusing to let her leave. Warren was visibly upset and raising his voice at her, he's eyes blazing red over something she said to him. Looking at them and listening to them argue like lovers, I felt in my heart she was perfect for Warren. Warren insulted her and she hit him unafraid, she may be small statured but shes a fire cracker. I quickly stepped between them and walked her out of the room despite Warrens obvious anger at me. My intention was to lead her to the room my mother was in but Warren came from behind me and snatched her from my hands, taking her into the third floor drawing room and locking me out. I am about to bang on the door but I hear sobbing below me and observe as several dragons walk down down the stair case carrying various bags. I look down to find Cecil crying on the ground floor surrounded by several suit cases which were being carried out my various dragons. I slowly walk down trying to understand the situation but she senses being watched and looks around before looking at me with a deadly cold stare. She cleans her tears with the back of her hand and walks out angrily.
:What is happening?', I ask a dragon walking past me.
'Lady Cecil has been transfered to another residence by the order of the king and queen, prince Lucas', the dragon replies.
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