Chapter 20

Jake was confused. When Gavin escaped, he called Ronan to share the news and then went on to carry out his duty as a good Beta, which was to handle the matter appropriately so that Ronan did not have to move a finger.

Ronan did not come back to the Pack House that night. He only came back the next morning, and he had bloody gashes and cuts all over his body. One would have thought that he found and beat Gavin up. Only that Gavin was found the very same day he escaped and was now chained inside his own bedroom that was found to be hole-proof.

Ronan returned in good mood. Jake assumed that he spent the night with another rogue she-wolf. Ronan did “take care of” a few of them financially, and they gladly repaid him with their bodies. Not that Ronan ever had to force them. If any of them managed to catch Ronan’s seed, then the she-wolf would become the Luna at once. Who would not want to be the Luna of the Infinite Eclipse Pack?

Then again, Ronan would not make any rogue his Luna. If he planned to make anyone his Luna at all. Jake was not privy to what was going on between Ronan Silverback and Lucien Clearwater, but if he believed everything that Robin found out about the past romance between these two ex-fated mates, then Lucien was supposedly Ronan’s one and only true love.

After that one rejection that ended their fated romance, the then eighteen-year-old Ronan threw himself into the arms of basically anyone just to numb out the pain in his heart.

It took seven years to erase Lucien Clearwater’s shadow from Ronan’s heart.

And only seven seconds to let him back in.

.....

A few days later, Jake stood at the side and watched as the Healer checked the progress of Ronan’s wounds. Most of them already healed.

“Barely anything left, Alpha,” the Healer confirmed with a smile.

“Thanks, Jane.” Ronan put on his shirt and buttoned it up. “Let’s go,” he nodded at his Beta.

Jake followed Ronan out of the bed-chamber. They got a report that Maya’s emotional state finally stabilized, and she was ready to speak. After they finished drawing conclusion from all the statements that Maya, Lucien, and Gavin made, Gavin would be punished accordingly.

Maya lived with her parents and a little brother in an apartment on the ground floor.

There was a little flower garden just in front of the apartment.

It used to be an empty patch of soil, but now all kinds of flowers were blooming in there. The flowers did not magically grow within a night.

The neighbors bought them in pots and planted them in the empty patch of soil to comfort Maya. Taking care of the garden proved to be therapeutic for the young woman.

Ronan recalled that Maya was also taking care of Lucien’s garden back when she stayed at his house.

Lucien...

Ronan felt a pang of regret in his heart. Should he have dragged Lucien to his Pack House instead of letting him leave with Kinnon? He could have locked him inside his bed-chamber, waiting patiently until Lucien’s rejection turned into acceptance. Beowulf would have consented to it.

The clinking sound of the cup of tea that was served in front of him snapped Ronan out of his daydreams. He regarded the young woman who was slightly trembling at his sight.

She looked terrified of having the Alpha and Beta visit her. Her whole family was.

Jake tried his best to loosen the tension. “Maya, how are you doing?”

“Good...” came the hesitant answer, as if doing good bordered on doing something wrong.

“Can you tell us what happened? With... Gavin?”

Maya flinched. It took a few minutes of persuasion before she finally started talking. Her explanation was no different from Lucien’s, other than the additional information that Gavin had tried to approach her numerous times while they were both staying at the Pack House.

Considering that they were surrounded by a bunch of werewolves, Gavin never dared to do anything reckless. He expressed his interest in a childish way. A love letter, a bouquet of flowers, a box of chocolate.

All the things that teenagers gave to each other as tokens of love, only to have the love disappear into thin air one day for no reason at all.

When Maya went to South Bedford City to further her education, she did not expect Gavin to follow her. She initially thought that it was a good thing to have someone from her pack close by, but then it became a nightmare.

Maya buried his face in her mother’s arms. She refused to continue describing her traumatic experience, and neither Jake nor Ronan pushed her to do so.

“I heard you are a student at Lucien... I mean Mr. Clearwater’s class?”

Maya nodded. Her expression brightened upon hearing Lucien’s name. There was even a slight smile that formed on her lips.

“Mr. Clearwater found me... and saved me.”

“Well, I guess the story is all clear now. Have you properly relayed our thanks to Lucien Clearwater?” Jake asked once they left Maya’s apartment behind. Ronan gave him a nonchalant grunt. It was neither a yes nor a no.

“Speaking about Lucien Clearwater, there are some updates about the war between the Silent Walkers Pack and the Night Prowler Pack.”

Ronan stopped in his track. He knew about the war, of course. He just did not care much because Lucien was no longer in the Silent Walkers Pack. But then why did Kinnon Youngshaper, the Alpha of the Night Prowler Pack look for Lucien?

Jake cleared his throat before he answered the question that Ronan did not ask at all.

“Alpha Kinnon Youngshaper has formally asked for Lucien Clearwater’s hand in marriage in exchange for the Silent Walkers Pack’s autonomy.”

Jake watched with a face full of concern as blood drained from Ronan’s face, only to come back and turn his face almost purple from rage. He gritted his teeth and asked, “Did Lucien accept?”

“Not yet,” Jake confirmed. “He asked to think for several days, but the Werewolf Council...”

“Write me a proposal with similar terms to the Silent Walkers Pack,” Ronan cut Jake mid-sentence.

Jake thought that he misheard. “Sorry, what?”

“I also would like to ask for Lucien’s hand in marriage. I will provide everything that the Night Prowler Pack promised the Silent Walkers Pack. I am also willing to negotiate for more.”

Jake was speechless. His jaw dropped open in disbelief.

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