Chapter 3 History

• Lucian’s POV
• “This is unacceptable, Lucian! I will not stand for this! Forget the mate bond and kill the girl.” Aria, the beta’s daughter and the girl who has been my girlfriend for months now paces back and forth in my room. She has been this way since she learnt about me finding my mate and it annoys me.
• I am not in love with Aria, she knows that much. We grew up together because her father is the beta of the Blood Moon pack and he does a lot of business with my father. We are together by mere familiarity and because we have similar interests but nothing more. I have always made it clear to her that I do care about her, but she will never have my heart. Aria, however has always wanted more from me.
• “It is decided Aria. I don’t want to talk about this anymore. The girl will stay here and serve me. When she finally gets her wolf, we will break the mate bond and she will be sacrificed.” I say as I walk towards the transparent window in my room, letting me see everything outside although those outside cannot see me. I bring the glass of scotch to my lips and take a sip, letting the alcohol heat up my insides as I let out a deep breath.
• “But every day you spend with this girl, the mate bond you feel towards her will be strengthened. What if it gets to your head Lucian? You’re with me remember? When I found my mate, I immediately convinced him to break the bond with me, no matter how good it felt, because I wanted to be with you. We are promised to each other because our families are at the top rank. You and I being together is good for the Blood Moon pack. With your father’s strength and my father’s riches we will be unstoppable.” Aria strides towards me and folds her arms across her chest stubbornly. I glance towards her as I feel irritation creeping in.
• “I am very well aware of why we are together Aria. I made a promise to your father and to mine. When it is time, we will be married. I will be alpha and you will be Luna. Me finding my mate doesn’t change anything. I know my responsibilities, and I do not need you to repeat them to me.”
• “So why then do you need this girl to serve you Lucian? What possible reason could you have to want to make her your personal maid? Throw her in the dungeons and let her live the rest of her days there.”
• The glass in my hands shatters and Aria lets out a gasp as she stumbles backwards. My eyes turn red as I avert my gaze towards her and I see her visibly swallow in fear. I don’t know why I am reacting this way but I reckon it has something to do with this pesky mate bond. When I felt it, something changed inside me and I immediately had this feeling of certainty that the girl my father was about to sacrifice was made for me.
• In that moment when I felt the mate bond, I knew that I would do anything for her and with each second that passes by, the feeling only grows more and I have this urge to hold the girl by my side and never let her go. When she told me she couldn’t feel the bond, it felt like a knife was plunged into my heart. I don’t even know her but the mate bond is already suffocating me. It feels amazing but at the same time it sickens me and as much as I want it to stop, I want again to feel the way I did when I held her small body in my hands. It felt like electricity. I was on fucking cloud nine.
• I have never cared for the mate bond. Growing up, my father, the alpha and the beta already decided that Aria and I would be married. I always knew the day would come where my mate and I would have to reject each other if we ever found our way to each other. Well, the day is finally here but the mere thought of being apart from this girl makes me want to crawl out of my skin. It is a foreign feeling and I am curious about it.
• “You forget your place Aria.” My voice comes out with a growl and Aria’s eyes widen at me from my reaction. “I am the future alpha of this pack and don’t ever repeat the mistake of thinking you can tell me what to do. I do not have to explain myself to you. The girl is none of your business. She is my problem, not yours.”
• Before Aria can answer me, there is a knock on my door and I remember ordering a guard to bring my mate to my room. I glance at the door and order the guard to come in. As soon as he steps into my room with my mate, I almost fall to my knees, weakened by the redness in her eyes. My wolf howls in pain inside me at seeing her in such a state. I do my best to keep a straight face as I glance at her from head to toe.
• Every nerve in my body is telling me to run to her, to take into my arms and take care of her.
• “Get out.” I say, referring to Aria and the guard. The guard walks out without another word but Aria lurks for a second too long, glaring at the girl standing in front of her as her eyes turn red with jealousy. Aria launches towards the girl with her werewolf speed but before she can get to her, I am standing in front of my mate shielding her from Aria’s wrath.
• “I said leave, Aria. Do not make me repeat myself.”
• “When it is time for you to die, I will be there to watch and when all the life has been sucked out of your body, I will feed your skin to the vultures myself, rogue!” My heart thunders in my chest at Aria’s words. Listening to her say these things about my mate activates that protective side of me. It’s taking everything inside me right now to keep my cool, to ignore the power of the bond. Without another word, Aria walks out of my room, slamming the door behind her in anger.
• I hear a small whimper coming from the girl behind me. I turn on my heels and face her as a tear escapes her eyes. Her body trembles under my stare but as she looks up at me, all I see is fire and determination in her eyes.
• “My parents. They need to know I didn’t die today. I need to see them. Maybe I can finally have a chance to say goodbye to them. I need…”
• “You’re already a dead girl, Serena. Don’t make this any more painful for yourself. You will never see your parents again. You will die alone.” I state, keeping my hands balled in fists at my sides to stop myself from holding her. To stop myself from comforting her. I am the alpha of the Blood Moon pack and I cannot show weakness. I cannot let myself care. I didn’t know anything about this girl before tonight. She is nothing to me but a means to an end.
• “How can you be so cruel? I have done nothing to you and your family! My only crime is that I was born a rogue. Why am I being punished for it? And why in God’s name do I have to be mated to someone as unworthy as you!?” She shakes in anger as she stares up at me. I know my father and I are hated but I have always known everything we do is for the pack. Besides, there is a reason the rogue wolves were banished from our pack all those years ago and there is a reason their descendants are considered outcasts.
• The rogue wolves are dangerous and the banishment they received was mercy.
• “You don’t know your history, do you?” I ask her with a tilt of my head as I stalk towards her. She takes a step backwards in fear as she looks up at me. Her body trembling as her back hits the wall.
• “How about I give you a lesson about your ancestors, then. Do you think your kind are called rogues for no reason? Do you think the alpha of the Blood Moon pack banished your kind a hundred years ago because he was bored? It is because your ancestors threatened the balance of nature. Your ancestors were corrupted and they terrorized villages with their blood thirsty rampage! Your ancestors were murderers, little wolf. They couldn’t coexist or associate properly with humans and the pack risked exposure because of their recklessness. That is why you lot are called rogues. That is your history!”