SCHOOL OF MAGIC AND ENLIGHTENMENT THE LOST NEPHILIM

CHAPTER VI

LUCAS POV

I dress up and rush into the infirmary, following the stretcher that is carrying an unconscious Warren, lying on his side. Five spikes are imbedded in his back and blood spills from the wounds.

The nurses ask me to stay outside as he is rushed into a theater. I stand at the door, watching as different medical personnel walk in and out of the theater; oblivious of the activities, lost in my own thoughts.

How could Warren get hurt? Menace could easily have defended him from Cecil's attack. How could the spikes have easily penetrated Warren? If word of tonight's incident gets out, Warren won't be safe here. As I come out of my thoughts, I begin making security arrangements around the premises and few minutes later people start confirming their positions.

I perceive her scent before seeing her. The sweet smell of the ocean mixed with the scent of burning wood fills my nostrils and I turn around to find her running towards me. Her blond hair and tall body is covered by the large blue hooded sweater she was wearing with a pair of leggings and sandals. Her beautiful face is stained with tears as she looks around frantically as if searching for someone. She finds me and runs towards me but Cecil walks in after her with a bloody, swollen face and Inferno growls ferociously at the sight of her. Everyone in the hallway goes quiet and my mate stops;looking at me with both fear and confusion, clearly misunderstanding the situation. She becomes distracted when the girl whom was fighting Cecil is wheeled in unconscious on a stretcher. She runs towards her calling the name Nicarra repeatedly and my heart breaks as I watch her been pulled back by the nurses, while her friend is taken away into another theater. She races past me, following them and Cecil is taken to another floor in the building.

I fell someone trying to communicate with me through the mind-link and I open it.

'Lucas, the principal has asked that they take Cecil to the infirmary, I couldn't stop them. She's on her way to you now.' says Lisa

'Shes already here.' I respond coldly.

'I am on my way' she says

'No, go back to your room. I'll handle it.'

'Nyssas friend was struck by lightening and taken to the infirmary as well. Nyssa will be devastated and alone, I have to be there' she says closing the link.

Inferno whines within me at the thought of our mate being alone.

'Lucas, we have to go her.' he says

'We can't, Warren needs us.'

'Mate needs us' he growls back

'Calm down Inferno, we need to think.'

'How can I think when Menace attacked our mate? I am just waiting for him to get out of that theater so I can send him back in again.'

'Don't you find that odd Inferno? Warren and I sharing a mate.' I ask leaning against the wall and he goes silent.

Lisa walks into the hall with two lycans beside her. She runs towards me and hugs me upon seeing me, asking after Warren. Inferno and I take in her scent and he purrs in my head.

'Dude, totally gross ' she says through our mind-link.

I smile and order the guards to leave us alone in the waiting area.

'He's inside with the doctors' I respond sitting down

'This doesn't make any sense, he should be healed by now. He shouldn't even be in there in the first place' she responds sitting beside me.

'What happened outside Lisa? I ask

And she explains to me what took place.

The more she speaks the less sense I can make of what is going on.

'When Warren knocked Cecil back, she acted strangely.'

'What do you mean?' I ask.

'I can't put my finger on it but it seemed like she was desperately looking for something that had fallen from her.'

'Are you sure?' I ask with my curiosity aroused.

'Yes I am Lucas, she didn't stop looking until she saw Nicarra coming close to Warren.'

I opened up the mind-link to several lycans ordering them to search the entire area around the great hall and look for any suspicious objects and if found to give it directly to me.

'What was strangest to me was Warren himself, he kept holding his head and saying he needed to rescue his mate, only his mate can save him before he pulled Nicarra off Cecil.'

'Then what happened?'

'Cecil threw spikes at Nicarra but Warren turned around and took the spikes to the back.That's when you came. What I don't understand is if Warren needed to protect Nyssa, why reject her?'

'To be with Cecil'

Then why protect Nicarra from Cecil, who hit him for hurting Nyssa?'

'Nicarra hit Warren?' I asked surprised

'Yes, that's why Cecil attacked her.'

'So its Cecil who attacked first.'

'Yes, but she got the upper hand on Cecil before Warren intervened.'

'I like this Nicarra ' says Inferno in my head and I roll my eyes at his remark.

I pinch my nose bridge trying to make sense of everything I have heard and Lisa takes off the sweater she's wearing looking for something. Unable to help myself, I pick up the sweater and inhale deeply raking in the sweet ocean scent of my mate. I look up and find Lisa looking at me with suspicion and then realization.

'Noooo' she says pointing at me

'You.....and Nyssa....with Warren. Noooooo'

'Lisa, I need you calm down. Yes, we are mates' I tell her pulling her to sit with me.

'How can I calm down Warren? Wait! When did you find out?' she asks looking at me.

I take a deep breath and exhale, suddenly feeling overwhelmed by everything that surrounds me. I stand up and walk towards the window looking outside.

'Lucas?'

'This afternoon, in you room. I perceived her scent and Inferno literally started dancing in my head.' I responded

'I saw the picture of her with her friend by her bed and then heard her humming in the bathroom, and I got scared. Can you imagine that?' I asked looking at her, 'Me, scared to meet a woman.'

'That's why you left my room quickly.'

'And why I was reluctant to come to the great hall, until you asked me to come.'

'Then why didn't you help her?' she asked

'She was broken Lucas, you should have saved her not me.'

'I thought you were her! I caught her scent on you and carried you out thinking you were her.'

'Say that again?' she asked

'I thought you were her.'

'No after that'

'I caught her scent on you?'

'That's it! that's it! That's the missing missing link Lucas' she says standing up and pacing around the room.

'What link? Lisa!'

'Just hold on Lucas, we have all the pieces of the puzzle. We just need to fit them together. You said that you caught Nyssa's scent in the room this afternoon, am I right?'

I nod in response.

'And so did Menace but he didn't react at all.'

'But you said Warren reacted violently in the hall when he perceived her scent.' I replied

'Yes but what if the scent he reacted to wasn't hers.'

'You are not making sense Lisa.'

Nyssa holds up the sweater in her hands.

'Nyssa gave me this in the afternoon when we left our room to explore the school grounds, she told me to trust her and later in the evening it began to snow. This sweater is hers, and you mistook me for her because I was wearing it. What if Warren made the same mistake? What if Warren perceived his mate's scent on Nyssa and thought Nyssa was his mate?' and then she pauses.

'By the moon, its her' she whispers sitting back down.

'Lisa, talk to me.'

'Nyssa isn't Warrens mate Lucas, Nyssa is yours.' she says looking at me

'Tell me Lisa'

'Its Nicarra. Nicarra is Warrens mate.'

I look at her confused

'Nyssa was wearing Nicarra's sweater, that's the scent Warren perceived on her. Warren rejected the wrong mate.'

'It would also explain why Menace didn't fight back, and risked his life for her.' I respond.

'He was protecting her from Cecil. He knew Cecil would harm her and she's the only person that can save him from Cecil's clutches. Lucas I have to find Nyssa.' she says standing up .

'No Lisa, you cant!' I respond standing up with her.

'Lucas?'

'Listen to me Lisa, in one night you have seen how far Cecil is willing to go to have Warren to herself. Do you really think she will give him up without a fight? There is magic involved in this Lisa and until I am sure Warren will come out of this unharmed, we do nothing.'

'We can't just sit back and do nothing Lucas'

'Right now, your assignment is to keep Warrens mate safe, make sure no one harms her.'

Lisa begins to laugh

'Lisa this is no time for fun and games.'

'Sorry Lucas, but did you see Cecil come into the hospital?'

'Yes, why?'

'That was all Nicarra. It took six security personnel, a powerful witch and a lightening strike to get her to stop attacking Cecil.'

'Its not possible.'

'If you witnessed what I did Lucas, you would know the only person needing protection is Cecil.'

We are interrupted by a knock on the door and a nurse comes in telling us Warren has woken up and is asking for Lisa.

We follow her to a room and find Warren sitting up in bed shirtless with bandages wrapped around his torso. He smiles upon seeing us and Lisa rushes in to hug him. He hugs her back despite the pain I can see he feels and after teasing her a bit he asks that she let us talk alone.

'I'm going to check on Nyssa and Nicarra' she tells us as walks out of the room.

'Lisa' Warren says and she turns around to look at him.

'Never mind, be careful and take guards with you. Don't talk to strangers and come back soon. Don't make me worry.'

'Yes father' she teases and skips out.

Warren and I look at each other and know we need to talk.