Dangerous Lycan: Claim Betrayed Luna’s Second Chance Mate

“Let me officially welcome you to my Chambers. My quarters. I guess you already know your way around.”

“Well thank you and I don’t know my way around. I just know that this is your chamber.”

“Okay, well you get to explore.”

“I don’t know about that,” I said.

“Well, get comfortable and try to get some sleep, tomorrow would be a long day.”

“Yeah,” I responded.

Although I didn’t fully understand what he meant by ‘a long day’ but I knew quite well that whatever the day would bring, I needed to be prepared.

“I will inform the maids to bring food and supplies for you here. Whatever you do, avoid staying out too long.”

“I know, I am not a kid.”

“Well, I just have to remind you. You know how stubborn you can be. I will not be able to protect you if you don’t listen to me,” He smirked.

I hated the fact that I needed him. He rubbed it on my face at the slightest opportunity he got.

“Yeah, yeah I know. It’s not like I have anywhere to go or anyone else to talk to. It’s just you and I now,” I said sarcastically forcing a smile.

He moved to the lower part of the drawer and took out a key.

“This is the key to the door of this chamber, just in case you need to move around,” he placed it on my palm.

“I’ll be right back,” he headed towards the door.

“Where are you going to?” I asked. Hearing the quiver at the edge of my voice was enough for me to know that I was scared.

“I’m the Lycan king Clara, you don’t expect me to be locked up in here in my chambers all day now, do you? Look, as long as you are in here, no harm would befall you. Just make yourself comfortable.”

He walked out and I locked the door after him exhaling forcefully just as I rested my back on the door. It had indeed been a crazy week. I never thought that being the sole enemy of an entire town would be the worst feeling ever and very much exhausting. Looking over my shoulders whenever I needed to walk out had gotten me neck pain. I couldn’t sleepwith my both eyes closed properly because someone might be looking. I would jerk in response from every noise. Everyone looked at me as though they would devour me even at the slightest opportunity.

I lounged on the bed watching the ceiling for a while. Ever since I saw Ryan again, everything just changed. It seemed like he came back with something, a wave of worries that followed him. For the first time in a long time I was scared. I just laid there waiting for nothing in particular. Kieran had not stated what he wanted to do to stop whatever was going on. It was like he spoke in codes. My heavy eyelids fell slowly as my head ached.

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The thud on the window glass pulled me out of sleep. I crawled out of bed my eyes still feeling heavy from not having just enough rest. And then the thud came again. I moved slowly towards the window to see who had the stones targeted towards the window. As I got close, a stone ran through the glass shattering it to the ground. I froze as I watched the stone roll on the marble floor towards me. I moved closer to the window and there and then, I saw the people standing there. They all spoke at once and had a look I didn’t like. They were more like an angry mob all chantingand pointing rods and wooden sticks towards up the window towards me. My heart raced and my lips felt dry. A few of the men already brought the ladders to the window and I retreated searching for ideas.

“Oh my God, Kieran please, where are you? This people are getting crazy. What should I do? How can I get out of here?” I trembled.

I turned away just immediately. Even as my legs struggled to keep still, there was not much time to wait around for help. The key still laid on the bed. I snatched it and fled the palace and headed towards the gate.

“She is over here!” A man yelled.

“Donna, please help me,” I pleaded as I sighted Donna standing by the gate, just like the rest of the people, she was with a spear. Her eyes glowed red like that of the red blood Luna. Suddenly, the sky turned red and I was sunken in the midst of the people. There gazes were like piercing arrows through my flesh. I looked around and kept turning again and again until it felt like my head spanned on its own. My chest seized and I began to gasped for air. My eyes already felt too hot and tears poured warming my cheeks.

“Please, I’ll leave your town. Just let me go.”

“It’s too late Clara, you should have left when we asked you to,” Donna’s voice echoed.

“What are you going to do to me?”

“Our Luna goddess needs her sacrifice.”

“What?” My eyes were blurry.

“You are what we need.”

Their hysteric laughter filled my head.

I screamed and jumped out of bed, sweat tricking from my forehead down to my chest. My already accelerated breathing pounded my chest as I gasped for air. I wiped my forehead with the back of my palm and turned sharply to the window and everything was still intact. I still heard my breaths and the laughter of the people. I stumbled on the bedside drawer and found a bottle of water. And with my hands clutched against the flesh of my tightening chest, I gulped down the water.

“It’s a fucking dream. All this shit is beginning to mess with my mind.”

Just then, the doorbell buzzed. I turned and face it sharply.

Now is really not the right time for this.

The memories from the dream still haunted me. Kieran didn’t say when he would be back. I had no idea how long I had been asleep. I just watched the door in awe, not realisingthat I had squeezed the sheets in my grip until I left the bed and walked slowly towards it. I was careful not to make a sound until I was close enough to know who it was, at least.

I placed my ear on the door for a while and the buzz came again. It aligned with my heart as it began to pace even faster. With my hands still trembling, I reached out for the doorknob. The thought of the people all lined up like they had done by the window, with their weapons, and the stare on Donna’s face haunted me. But the buzz did not stop instead, it turned into a knock.

“Kieran, is that you?” I whispered underneath my breath. But my hands only shook more when no response came. I couldn’t face anyone not even the maids that Kieran had asked to bring in the supplies, they all felt like a threat. In my dream, everyone was against me. Even Donna who made the palace a bit warm the first day I had come. If it wasn’t Kieran then I was ready to just head back and sit down on the sofa chair until he would come back and called out to me.

“Open the door Clara,” the voice said from outside.

“Kieran,” I had never been happier to hear his voice. I opened the door but he was not alone. The maid with the supplies stood beside him.

“What was your plan? To keep me out?” He asked.

“Not at all,” I responded. The maid handed me the supplies even if I avoided her eyes, I could still see the smile on her face. Maybe I was overthinking the whole thing. Having to stay with Kieran in his chambers has made me see it in a much different aspect. In a bit, she was gone.

“You took a really long time before opening that door. For a while, I thought you might be doing it on purpose.”

“I know I might not like you but I can’t possibly keep you out of your chambers at a time like this. I was just a bit scared. I had a terrible dream.”

“Oh I see. Do you want to talk about it?”

“I rather not. It’s crazy. I mean it has been crazy ever since I got here,” I scoffed.

He moved closer to me and placed his hand on my shoulders, “Somehow, it feels kind of good to see you scared. You should have seen your face when you saw the maid behind me. Maybe in your mind, you would have thought that I was with them now,” he chuckled.

“Oh Come on, do you really have to make a joke about everything?” I threw his hand off my shoulder.

“For you, yes. It’s a really good joke. Look, I might be helping you but it still doesn’t mean that you are on my good book or we might be friends.”

I laughed, “who says we might be friends? You are not even friend worthy.”

“Oh yeah, well you better still have this strength by tomorrow because we would be addressing the people.”

“We?!” I nearly yelled.

“Yes Clara, you and I.”Content bel0ngs to Nôvel(D)r/a/ma.Org.