The Lycan King novel Chapter 45

Avalyn

"Are you going to open the envelope?" I asked Nik when we entered our bedroom.

He took out the envelope from his pocket. "I'm not sure what to expect."

"I'm sure it will be something good." I took his hand and made him sit on the bed.

He looked at me, searching for something. I gave him an encouraging smile. With a sharp nod, he opened the envelope and unfolded the letter in it.

"Dear Nik," Nik read out loud, "if you are reading this letter, it means you have found your mate. It also means that I am not there with you to witness that, and for that, I am very sorry.

? I know what must be running through your mind. No, I did not foresee this. But I always knew your father would come for me one day. I wanted to be ready for it.

? I also want you to know that your father was not my true mate. That is not how a relationship between mates work. I am truly sorry you had to see all of that, Nik. We mated for the convenience of our packs. To merge the two most powerful packs in the world. That was not what I wished for you. I wanted you to be with your mate that the Moon Goddess had blessed you with.

? I want you to promise me that you will love your mate and keep her happy. I have raised you right and I do not wish upon anyone the fate that rested on me.

I want you to cherish your mate. You both have my blessings. I hope you find all the happiness in the world.

? Love, Viktoria." Nik finished. His heart was beating fast but he looked calm.

"She knew." He spoke. "She knew that Adrik would come for her. But she didn't tell me. Or anyone. We could have protected her. I didn't know he would come after us."

"Please don't misjudge her actions." I held his trembling hand. "She didn't?know.?She did this for you. Out of fear."

He took my hand and kissed the back of it. "I love you, Avalyn. And I will never not treat you right." He looked at me, his eyes wanting my assurance.

"I know you won't." I smiled at him softly. "You are a good man, Nikolai."

"I give you the permission to slap some sense into me if I'm being a dick to you." He half smiled, trying to lighten the mood.

"I'll be sure to remember that." I joked back.

Putting my lock behind my ear, he stood up, the letter held tight in his hand. "I'll go keep this letter in mom's room. I have some work after that, I'll meet you for dinner."

"See you later." I said before he left.

I went to see Sofiya after that. She was leaving in a couple of days and I wanted to spend more time with her before she left.

"Hello, my bitch." Sofiya hugged me.

I chucked at her greeting, hugging her back. I felt her tummy already prodding out.

I gasped. "has he grown already?" I asked.

"Yes." She grinned, lifting her top. "See." She said. Yes. There definitely was a bit of growth. Sofiya always had a flat stomach and now her lower belly was out.

"So fast? I have hardly been gone for a day." I asked.

"Vlad and I think its a mini vampire. Vampires grow faster than werewolves because their regeneration is faster than us. And Grace said we will know for sure in a couple of weeks what it is. And if it's a vampire, I'll be giving birth in four and half months." She said, her eyes wide and excited.

"That's amazing!" I grinned. "But shouldn't the baby be a wolf?and?a vampire?" It should be fifty-fifty of the parents right?

"Hybrids don't exist silly." She took a bite of a chocolate that suddenly produced in her hand. "Don't look at me that way. Momma's got to eat." She grinned, caressing her belly. "And yes. There are so many vampire and werewolf mates. At this rate, a lot of hybrids should have been here. That would be pretty cool. But it's biologically not possible." She explained.

"Oh." I blushed. didn't know that. I should have known it. "I also have some news to tell." I bit my lip.

"What is it?" She asked, sounding curious.

"I met my grandmother from my mother's side. I mean she was her adoptive mother but I got some information about her." I said.

"Shit! Really?" Her eyes widened.

"Yes." I smiled and then proceeded to tell her about out conversation with Max and then the one with Mary.

She stood up and did a clumsy curtsy. "Good afternoon, Princess Luna Avalyn Aine Alvarez-Volkov."

Jumping out of bed, I too, curtsied the best I could. "Good afternoon, soon to be Queen Sofiya Aleksandra Volkov." I giggled.

"Oh crap. You're a Queen too. Good afternoon Queen Princess Luna Avalyn Aine Alvarez- Volkov. Dang that's a huge ass name!" She laughed along with me.

"I don't even think it's said like that." I said thoughtfully.

"Yes." She snapped her fingers. "It would be something like, Avalyn Aine Alvarez-Volkov, Luna of the Rogue Pack, Princess of the Fae kingdom and Queen of the Mozog Kingdom." She grinned at me like a proud mamma. "My baby has grown so much." She wiped a fake tear from her eye and hugged me.

I hugged her back, laughing.?I really have come a long way.

"But we have to keep me being a princess or being a Fae a secret.?No one?should know about it." I said. I know she would never tell it to a soul but I was just worried.

"Of course. I understand." She smiled. "Now come, I want to spend some time with the kids before I leave too. They must be back from school by now." She said and pulled me to the living room.

True to her word, they had just arrived from school.

Nikolai

It was evening time when there was a knock at my office door. It was Ava.

"Come in,?Moya Lyubov."?I called.

The door opened and Ava entered, the kids behind her.

"Did something happen?" I asked.

"Not really." She replied and placed her hand over Adrian's shoulder. "The kids have something to show you. And tell you."

I looked at the kids. They looked scared for some reason.

Adrian stepped forward, placing a scabbard on the desk.

I picked it up, instantly knowing what it is. It was the Kozlov family dagger. It is Adrik Kozlov's dagger. My sperm giver's family dagger.

I looked at Adrian seriously. "How did you get this?"

"It is my father's." He replied, looking at me with knowing eyes.

"What's his name?"

"Adrik Kozlov." He replied in a beat.

I sucked in a breath. Fuck.

I took out the dagger and touched its blade. I was once beaten raw for trying to touch this thing. "What is it doing with you? Why are you here?"

"I stole it. He impregnated my mother, she gave birth to me. He got very happy because he finally got an heir since you ran away. He trained me. He wanted a back up, incase something happened to me, impregnated my mother again and had Vanessa. The baby was a girl which angered him so he killed my mom. In front of me." He spoke, his voice blank.

"He used to try to hit Nessa but I hid her away. One day I was out for training and he got her." He squeezed his sister's hand. "I planned everything. I took his most prized possession and then we left." He looked deep into my eyes.

"I knew you were the Alpha of Rogues. The entire pack loves you and they used to tell me about you. Davina told me to come here, to you, that you would keep us safe. She gave me flight tickets and money and helped us escape." He said. Davina was my best friend. The only one who knew of my father's torture. Her parents were the ones to help mom and I escape too. "She said, your brother will keep you safe."

Brother from a father I hate.

I liked them, both of them. I really did. But did I like them enough to see them as my brother and sister?

"Why did you lie before?" I asked. I hate liars.

"We knew of your history. Thought it would be the best if see for ourselves if we were safe with you or not." He replied.

"That does not make sense since you chose to stay in our house." They had options to pick other people. Why stay at someone's place you weren't sure about?

"You are a good man. We felt that at the initiation ceremony. And Vanessa loved you both ever since you snuck her more cake at the after party and Avalyn pushed her on the swings." He said truthfully.

"And you?" Avalyn asked him softly. "Did you like us too?"

His gaze shifted to Ava. He gave a hesitant nod. "I feel safe here." He said in a small voice, far more vulnerable than the way he answered me before.

He looked back at me, his gaze hardening. "You can give me any punishment you deem fit. I will take it for Vanessa too." He said, his voice blank again.

"Why will he punish you?" Avalyn asked worriedly.

"For lying. Hiding the truth." He replied, not moving his gaze from mine.

"Oh, dear!" Ava hugged him. "No one's going to touch you. Both of you. I'm so sorry you had to go through all of that at such a young age."

He was still staring at me.

A slow smile slid on my face as I nodded at him.

His tough mask cracked as he let a smile pass and hugged Ava back.

Vanessa smiled shyly as she walked up to me. She motioned me to bend down with her tiny hands.

I bent down in my seat to her level. "Yes?"

"You know the big secwet now?" She whispered loudly, as if she what she was asking was also a big secret.

"Yes." I nodded.

She looked at Adrian before looking at me again, "you won't kill us?" Her eyes got wide as she whispered loudly again.

"No." I replied softly. "Why would you think that?" I would never hurt anyone for something that wasn't their fault. Especially children.