My Not Yet Mate

Chapter 42

Lukas

As soon as he stepped out of the castle doors, Gideon took off into the skies. He flew straight towards the Wolfsbane Pack. He shielded his body a few miles out, so he could move through the territory unseen. He had seen the bruises and healed wounds on Sommer’s body. He would also bet that for every mark he could see on her, there was one hidden by her clothes. He didn’t know her that well, but his mate loved her and that put her under his protection, too. When Lily was better, he would come back and make sure the alpha understood how badly he had fucked up.

He landed and began to walk around, scenting for Joy. He remembered her scent from when he went to meet Sommer the first time, but it was so faint all around him that he didn’t know which way to go. He pulled Gideon forward to let him find her. He was always so much better at tracking than Lukas was. He loved it. It was a sport to him. A game. Sometimes, he even had to remind him that the tracked was not necessarily hunted. Gideon laughed.

“They are always hunted, he growled in his head.

Lukas rolled his eyes at him as Gideon took them to a restaurant. He peered in the windows and they were dark. He went to the front door. ‘Closed. “He growled and lifted his head to scent again. A drum being beaten drew his attention seconds before a scream pierced the air. Gideon’s wings came out and he quickly flew to the packhouse. As he got closer, the scent of blood got stronger and sobs grew more steady. He landed and let his body reappear.

“HALT!,” he bellowed.

The man standing behind a shackled, naked Joy with a whip in his hands froze. An older man with greying hair and a scar across his face hurried forward to kneel at Lukas‘ feet.

“Your Majesty. Welcome to-”

Lukas grabbed the man around his neck and squeezed his throat until he turned red. He lifted him up until he could look into his eyes.

“Let me tell you what is going to happen. You are going to let her go.” He looked over the trembling man’s shoulder at the whipper. “And I do mean

now.”

The man scrambled to untie her and she dropped to the ground. She bent forward to vomit on the ground in front of her. Lukas pointed at the ground.

in front of him.

“Come, you fucking mutt.” The man hurried to him. “Sit,” he hissed.

He sat and Luaks turned his attention back to the alpha. “I am going to take her.” NôvelDrama.Org © 2024.

“But, Sire,

she-

“Is cleared. I am taking

her.”

Lukas growled, cutting him off. “Her only crime is setting her daughter free. You made a very big mistake putting your eggs in Luis‘ basket. He is in my dungeons. Now, as I was saying, before I was so rudely interrupted, she is free of your idiotic charges and will be coming with me.” He met his eyes. “If 1 were you, I would get your affairs in order. We will be coming back and we will host

an alpha challenge. If you run, you will not get an easy death. We will find you and we will hurt you.”

He threw the alpha across the yard and he landed beside Joy on the ground. She whimpered and tried to crawl away. Lukas walked over her and picked her up, before going back to the other man. He gently set Joy on the ground and knelt in front of her. He tipped her face up.

“Joy, my-”

She smiled up at him weakly. “Is.. have you seen Sommer? Lily?” He nodded. “Are they okay?”

“Sommer is okay and Lily needs her mother.” He ran his hand through his hair. “How had are you injured?”

“They have been feeding me wolfsbane and whipping me since the day I let Sommer free. 1. I don’t know how long she’s been gone.”

He nodded. “I understand.” He ran his fingers over her eyes, muking them close. “Keep your eyes closed.”

He stormed back over to the man still kneeling on the ground. He jerked him up by his collar. The man trembled, Lukas gave full control to Gideon who snarled at the man. He began to gather fire in Lukas‘ chest and he ignored the pain. Gideon bared his teeth.

“You think you are the punisher? You think that your alpha is law?” Lukas laughed, coldly, as his eyes changed to Gideon’s darker green ones. “I am the Bringer of Death and I sentence you to death.”

Gideon expelled a stream of white fire and it flew up the man’s nostrils. He screamed out, thrashing as the ice fire began to kill him slowly. Lukas kept his eyes trained on the man’s, taking great enjoyment in his wolf trying to fight to survive. The light went out in his eyes and Lukas let him drop onto the ground. He turned towards the alpha.

“Stay here. Inform your pack that you will not be alpha very soon. They have two options. They can stay here and accept the new alpha or they can go to join the Adamere Pack.”

He let his hand shift, before flexing one of his talons. He bent down to look into the whipper’s eyes. He smiled cruelly.

“Welcome to the Goddess.”

He plunged his talon through the man’s chest to rip his heart out. He brought the organ to his mouth and took a bite. He met the alpha’s eyes as he slowly devoured it in entirety. He cleaned his hand off on the now deceased man’s pants. He lifted Joy back into his arms. He turned back to face the alpha.

“Get Your. Affairs. In Order!”

He leapt into the sky and Gideon’s wings came out to shoot them upwards. He looked down at Joy.

“When we get to the castle, Sasha will heal you. Just hang on for me.”

She wrapped her arm around his neck, muzzling into his chest.

“No promises,” she whispered as she started to fade

His arms tightened around her as he urged Gideon to move faster. She was in bad shape and he couldn’t sense her wolf. All that wolfsbane had put her to sleep and without her, there was no way

to be certain that she was going to make it. He growled.

‘We might have to stop and heal her, Gid.

“No! She will make it. She has to.”

“I hope so. The girls need her.”

He heated his body as Gideon pushed harder. Lukas swallowed hard.

“Just hang on, Joy. We all need you,”

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