Chapter 71

71 You Don’t Deserve Him

Kinnon Youngshaper’s eyes were burning with jealousy and rage.

He was thankful for Ronan’s help in finding Lucien, but he in no way tolerated the closeness between them. Especially not after his and Lucien’s marriage plan had been announced.

Ronan should have known his place.

Kinnon stepped into the room and held out his hand to touch Lucien’s chin.

“Lucien, how are you doing?”

A strange light flickered across Lucien’s eyes when he caught sight of Kinnon. Instinctively, Kinnon withdrew his hand and retreated a few steps. That was the right thing to do.

A split second later, Lucien jumped off the bed and launched at Kinnon with an inhuman speed. Two sets of sharp, glinting wolf claws protruded from the pair of deformed human hands, aiming at Kinnon’s neck and chest.

“Lucien...!!!”

The claws missed Kinnon by a hairbreadth. If Ronan did not additionally hold Lucien back by his waist, Lucien would not have missed his target.

.....

All of them were shocked by the sudden aggression, especially Lucien. His body trembled in Ronan’s arms, his voice broken from a mix of shock and regret.

“I... Sorry, Kinnon, I...”

Ronan held Lucien tight in his embrace. He placed a kiss on Lucien’s neck to soothe him.

“Ssshhhh... Sshhhhh, it is fine. Don’t worry about it. Nothing happened.”

Lucien struggled to breathe. His eyelids were so heavy that he could not keep his eyes open any longer. The man slumped against Ronan’s body, his head resting on the latter’s shoulder. He suddenly felt so tired. The one attack drained the little energy that he had.

Ronan pressed a kiss against the side of Lucien’s head.

“Rest, Lucien. Everything will be fine, I promise.”

Lucien’s claws disappeared, and he fell asleep in Ronan’s embrace. Ronan sighed out of relief. He turned his head slightly in Kinnon’s direction.

“Please leave, Alpha Kinnon. Lucien is not in a good state for a conversation.”

Kinnon shot Ronan a sharp glare.

“Lucien is to be my Luna! If anyone should leave here, it should be you, Alpha Ronan.”

Ronan put Lucien back to bed and tucked him in. He then rose to his feet and faced his rival.

“Someone has to take care of him, and at the moment you are the last person he wants to see.”

Kinnon gritted his teeth.

Ronan was right, but did it mean that he should just let Ronan hang around his Luna shamelessly like that? No way.

“I will find someone to take care of Lucien,” Kinnon scowled. “I will not show myself before him until he gets better.”

“I don’t think that that is up to you,” Ronan remarked. “This is Lucien’s decision to make.”

Kinnon scoffed. He grabbed Ronan’s collar and shot him a scorching glare.

“So until he can make his decision, who will take care of him, you? Don’t make me laugh.”

His own blood pressure rising in response to Kinnon’s words, Ronan also grabbed at Kinnon’s collar and hissed at him.

“At least his wolf likes me better than you.”

Kinnon pulled his fist back and prepared to punch Ronan in the face, but then a booming voice rang out from outside.

“WILL THE TWO GENTLEMEN PLEASE KEEP YOUR VOICE DOWN? THIS IS A HOSPITAL NOT A BAR!”

The door was pushed open forcefully and a furious nurse stomped into the room.

Both the Alphas stared dumbfounded at the nurse. They still had their hands at each other’s collars.

“YOU!” The nurse yelled while pointing at Ronan’s face. “AND YOU!” Her finger moved like a blade and stopped at Kinnon’s face.

“OUT! OUT! SETTLE YOUR BUSINESS OUTSIDE! DON’T DISTURB THE PATIENT!”

That was what she said, but her voice was loud enough to awaken dead people. It for sure dragged Lucien back to consciousness.

The two Alphas were kicked out of the ward unceremoniously.

“This was your fault,” Kinnon hissed at Ronan once the door was slammed shut in front of their faces.

“How was that my fault? We were doing fine before YOU showed up!” came Ronan’s answer.

“Whatever. I will arrange for a Healer from my pack to take care of Lucien.”

Ronan scoffed.

“No need, my Healer is already in charge of Lucien for a week.”

Kinnon raised an eyebrow. “The Night Prowler Pack can provide a Healer to take care of their Luna. Thank you for Alpha Ronan’s good intention.”

“Do you even care for Lucien’s well-being? No wonder his wolf hates you. You are suffocating him.”

That was the last thing that Kinnon wanted to hear. He was about to punch Ronan across his face when an elder female voice announced her presence, her tone carrying a hint of admonition.

“I care for my son’s well-being. Can I take care of my son?”

For the second time that day, the two Alphas were caught off guard.

Alice Clearwater passed both men an icy look before she disappeared behind the door. Annalynne who accompanied her mother gave them brief nods before she too entered the ward.

Kinnon and Ronan were left outside, cursing softly more at themselves than at each other.

The grouchy nurse came out, and she did not look too happy to see the two troublemakers outside of the ward.

“The patient is resting,” she announced while looking down her nose at both men. “Please learn to conduct yourself properly before you show up at this hospital again.”

Ronan and Kinnon were thus kicked out of the hospital for the night.

It was a first for both Alphas to experience such crude treatment. As Alphas of renowned packs, they were used to being worshipped by their pack members and even enjoy comparable adoration from werewolves from different packs.

Kinnon raked his fingers through his hair. He shot Ronan one last glare before they both went back to their respective cars.

“Don’t you think that you are so special because Lucien’s wolf chooses you, Ronan Silverback,” he growled. “You don’t deserve him at all.”

Ronan chuckled. “And you think you deserve him more than me? How arrogant.”

A cynical smile spread on Kinnon’s face. “I never hurt him the way you did.”

Ronan’s smile drained from his face. Kinnon turned around and laughed all the way to his car. For some reason, Ronan did not feel at ease. He was 99% sure that Kinnon spouted some bullshit to provoke him, but the remaining 1% nagged at his conscience.

Did he really do something to hurt Lucien badly?