Chapter 97

97 The Alpha’s Fated Mate Made A Fuss For Nothing

The atmosphere inside the car was chilly. The cold tension that emanated from the backseat was enough to cause both Noah and Jake discomfort throughout the ride.

One would think that alone the thought of having to face sixteen werewolf packs in a war would be enough to force even the bitterest enemies to put aside their disagreements and work together as a team; let alone a couple who was clearly in love with each other. Not so with Ronan and Lucien who, instead of getting closer, were getting into an argument instead.

‘You two are ridiculous,’ Beowulf commented.

‘Talk to your Landon. I did not do anything wrong,’ Ronan quipped.

‘Ronan, it is not always about being right. Argh, you are the human being here. Why am I even giving you advice on how to deal with Lucien?’

Ronan rolled with his eyes.

‘I did not ask for any.’

‘...’

Ronan turned his head toward the window on his side. In the car window, the man on the other side was reflected. Ronan glared at Lucien’s silhouette with growing indignation.

.....

In Ronan’s years of experience in helping out women and men alike, werewolves or humans, they were usually very grateful for his help. Especially if said help involved preserving their lives.

Not so with Lucien.

Ronan would not go as far as saying that Lucien was trying to die young, but the man was really reckless with his own life. He would do anything to preserve the lives of those around him, whether or not they were worthy of his care and protection. On the contrary, he did not care about himself at all.

This was what Ronan hated about Lucien the most.

On the other side, Landon shared Beowulf’s sentiment.

‘Lucien, why can’t you just say thank you?’

‘Did I ask for his help?’ Lucien snapped.

‘You need his help.’

‘I can manage.’

‘Did you really plan to go kneel in front of Kinnon Youngshaper and beg his whole pack for forgiveness?’

‘Of course not. I cannot risk you trying to kill him again.’

Landon giggled viciously.

‘Lucien, you are so smart. I like that most about you.’

Lucien did not think that that was funny at all.

‘We can just run away together, you know,’ Landon suggested. ‘You and I, just the two of us.’

‘And what about my family? My pack?’

‘Honestly, Lucien? They did not care about you that much.’

‘Are you the right one to talk to me about that?’

‘...’

‘...’

‘...’

Lucien rubbed at his temple and sighed in his heart.

‘Sorry, Landon. I am not in a good mood. Can we please just drop the topic? I need to think.’

‘I am truly sorry for everything, Lucien. That was not a lie. Whether it was about the past or the present time. I just think that we stand a chance for happiness.’

‘You are still reveling in that beautiful Alpha Camp dream.’

‘It was not a dream. It happened.’

Lucien closed his eyes.

‘It ended. Now it is nothing but a dream.’

Landon let out a sorrowful howl and went silent.

Great, Lucien thought. That was the last thing he needed. He had a war hanging above his head, and then he had an argument with both Ronan and Landon. The bad things always happened all at once.

The air inside the car was so suffocating. Lucien could barely breathe. He looked out of the window and saw that they were in the middle of Hapsborough City.

“Please drop me at the central train station, thank you,” Lucien spoke in a cold tone.

Ronan turned his head toward Lucien, his eyes were blazing with anger.

“What are you trying to do?”

“What else? Going home of course,” Lucien snapped at Ronan with an equally furious look. Ronan was not the only one who could be intimidating. They were both alphas.

“No,” Ronan determined.

Lucien was like a volcano close to eruption.

“What do you mean ‘no’? Ronan Silverback, just so you know, I am not your property.”

“You are sick in the head. It is my responsibility as a good fellow werewolf to make sure that you don’t go to the East Temple City to offer yourself up to compensate for everything that happened.”

Not that Lucien did not do that once already, so Ronan’s words for once had weight. Red color crept up Lucien’s face and marred his expression. The mere fact that Ronan had to say all that in the presence of two other people was excessively humiliating. Jake and Noah, on the other side, were as still as corpses. They did not even dare to breathe. They wished they were not there at all to listen to the lover’s spat.

As soon as Ronan saw the change on Lucien’s face, he knew that he went too far. Unfortunately, the milk had been spilled on the ground. He could no longer take back his words.

“Let me out of the car now or I will jump,” Lucien said through gritted teeth.

“Fine,” Ronan said. “Stop the car.”

Noah wordlessly abided. The car pulled up smoothly near a traditional market not long after.

Wasting no time at all, Lucien climbed out of the car with a huff. Ronan did the same.

“Go back to the pack house, no need to wait for us,” he said to Noah.

When the Alpha gave them a reason to flee, naturally they had to express their gratitude by complying with the order. Noah did not need to be asked twice. He merely uttered a “Yes, Alpha” before he escaped from the scene.

Ronan sucked in deep breaths a few times before he caught up with Lucien. When the other man saw Ronan, his temper flared up again.

“Why did you get off the car as well?”

Ronan put both his hands into the pockets of his suit while he strolled casually next to Lucien.

“Who said that I am following you? Lucien, you always act as if you own a city when your holy self walk on one of its streets. This is never the case, be it in South Bedford City or the Hapsborough City.”

Lucien decided that every stupid sentence that Ronan Silverback spouted would kill one of his brain cells, so he decided to no longer waste his time, ignore Ronan, and just walk away.

As expected, Ronan did not let him go that easily. The Alpha grabbed Lucien’s wrist and stopped him from getting away.

“Lucien, let’s talk. What are you so dissatisfied about?”