A Luna for the Lycan King novel Chapter 39

Chapter 39

“Oh, I forgot. I met a younger boy on the servant stairs. I think it was Cleo’s mate’s younger brother. We need to go find him. He looked upset because he couldn’t find his brother.”

“Already took care of it. I had Rodney find him and tell him not to worry, that his brother would be out in a week.” Lyle beamed

at me.

…

“Well look at you on top of things.” I giggled as I looked over the railing. I stared at the setting sun with a small sigh. “Darren has been gone all day.”

“I did the best I could, but there are some things that require his sole attention. Plus, he had to speak with Ivan, too.”

I pursed my lips together as I remembered the werebear. “There’s a problem, huh?”

Lyle came and leaned his elbows on the edge next to me. “We don’t know that for a fact.”

“Lyle!” We whipped our heads around to see Tim coming up to us. “You won’t believe this. Darren controlled his temper!”

“What?!” Lyle’s eyes popped open wide as I listened intently.

“Yes, just a bit ago in his meeting, there was news about Alfred and Ivy. And that Alfred was still unaccounted for, and I saw it … I saw his eyes go to black, but then he recovered. I’m telling you, the whole room was shocked. Especially your father.”

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there.” Lyle’s eyes began to water and I could see how much this news affected him. “This is big … this was never possible.” He turned to look at me, his bottom lip trembling for a second before he regained his composure. “Are you the cure? The more he’s around you, the better he’s getting. I’m seeing my brother again. The person he was before he became the king. I didn’t know if he would ever return. He has always been possessive and protective, but his temper was never so uncontrollable. This curse robbed so much from our family. They say some curses like this are justified, but I can hardly believe my family did something so horrible to deserve this.”

…

I reached out and rubbed his back. “I don’t think any curse that passes to innocent generations is justified. Just like innocent children being affected by war. What I do know about curses is that your family had to do something that ended up hurting all future generations. That is why the curse continues to be passed down. I feel perfectly fine, so it doesn’t seem to affect my health. Maybe it is something else …” I frowned as I thought about it. “My mother lost her mate maybe it has something to do with that? I was betrayed by Alfred. Maybe it is linked to something like that.” But if that was the case, did that mean something could happen between me and Darren? I felt my heart begin to race. I loved Darren at a level that was beyond words. If something happened between us, would I end up like my mother? A shadow of myself? Could I even recover after something like that? Was that the real reason I was the only one left? Without your mate, it is hard to live, let alone reproduce.

Reproduce… could it also have something to do with fertility and carrying babies? I was an only child. I lost my baby because of Alfred’s actions, but perhaps there was a deeper reason at play. Was this just a tragic coincidence, or was there a greater force at work? Only time would tell.

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Suddenly, I felt Lyle’s body grow tense. His eyes widened as he stared at Tim.

“What is it?” I glanced between their worried eyes. Lyle looked down at me, and I could see he was trying to decide what to say. “Lyle!” I growled.

“The village of Lyionette has been captured.”

“Lyionette, but that is neutral territory. Who would do such a thing?”

“The vampires.” Lyle placed his hand on my shoulder. “Something like this could start a war. And a war like this… would be devastating.” He then looked up at Tim. “It will come down to which species takes up the torch to defend, and if anyone will join them in an alliance.”

“That’s it! We call for an alliance. We invite the leaders of all the clans to discuss what the vampires have done. A truce is long overdue, and something like this can bring unity.” It had to work. I knew Darren, and he would be one of the first ones to lead the lycans to battle. But the vampires had the numbers on us. The battle would be evenly matched, and would be devastating on both ends. We needed strong allies to help. Maybe, with enough support, we could help the vampires form a new leadership.

“I don’t know about that. Relations are shaky between the othe species,” Tim said, rubbing the back of his neck.

“I understand that, but no one wants to see a neutral village being captured. All species live in those villages. I am betting they will want to help.” I looked at Lyle who nodded his head

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“I think you’re right. Let’s talk to Darren and see what he’s thinking.”

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Was I nervous? Just a bit. For what I said to my mate? Not at all. But because of Ivan, the big brooding man next to my mate, whose gaze was fixated on me. His golden eyes seemed to be studying me, as if I suggested we all jump out the window and fly.

“You want to start an alliance?” Darren’s brows knitted together in deep thought.

“There hasn’t been an interspecies alliance in over a century. Since the big fall out,” Ivan said in a voice that was as deep as I expected it to be.

“Exactly. Whatever happened was so long ago that none of the current leaders were part of it. These are all new leaders.”

“You know, she has a point there.” Ivan turned to look at Darren, and I was shocked that he was agreeing with me. For some reason, I felt like Ivan was the type who would fight with me over everything.

“She does, doesn’t she?” Darren’s hands shot out, slamming me to his chest. “She is amazing, isn’t she?” he boasted proudly.

“The verdict is still out for me. But she has a decent head on her shoulders,” Ivan said indifferently, almost as if he hated to give me the praise.

“I heard you are a werebear.” I turned my smooshed face to the