The Lycan's Queen novel Chapter 23

The Lycan’s Queen Book 1 – Chapter 23

My lycan is excited, as am I. The thrill of Adonis chasing me pushes me to run faster. Excitement pulses through my veins as I run past dozens and dozens of trees in a blur.

My confidence levels rose since I thought Adonis would be too far behind to even catch up to me.

That was my first mistake.

A familiar growl sent shivers down my spine as I stopped running. Well, I couldn’t let him catch me this easily.

Thinking I had a foolproof plan, I ran in another direction and every few minutes changed my direction.

See, my logic was that if I change direction, my scent would be everywhere and that would confuse Adonis.

That was my second mistake.

I was so caught up in my own world, thinking I had fooled Adonis, that when I saw him standing in front of me with a smirk on my face, I panicked

So, what did I do? Turned around and ran off, of course.

And that was my third and final mistake.

I didn’t get very far before Adonis’s arms wrapped around my waist and pulled me to him. My lycan decided to give me back control when she saw we were caught. How lovely.

We both fell, but Adonis, being the gentleman, took the fall. Unlike last time when he pushed me down to the ground.

“Hmm… I keep chasing you, and you keep losing.” Adonis smirked at me.

“Well, it’s not my fault you’re too fast. If you slowed down, then it would be a fair chase.” I rolled my eyes and stood up.

“I do enjoy our chases though, little one.” Adonis’s eyes twinkled with amusement as he stood up and brushed off the dirt.

“Whatever, I know you’re just teasing me,” I huffed.

Adonis was trying hard not to laugh, and I glared at him. God, if he wasn’t so hot, then I’d punch him. No, I’d kiss him. Wait, what?

“You wouldn’t have had to chase me anyway. Blame that idiot hanging from Niya’s window,” I mumbled.

In a flash, the amusement from Adonis’s eyes vanished, and it was replaced with anger.

“Do you know how worried I was? I thought something had happened.” Adonis looked at me.

“You would have been certain nothing happened to me if you kept me with you.” I glared at Adonis.

Adonis sighed and ran his hands through his hair.

“Little one, I would have, but I wasn’t sure how the parents would react.”

“Whatever, no use talking about it now. At least tell me you got the guy?” I replied.

“Yes, and he’s being questioned as we speak. Aarya, you scared Niya when you jumped out the window. She was freaked out and only managed to say you did this.” Adonis sighed.

“That bastard held my cousin at knifepoint thinking she was me! I couldn’t control my anger, and my lycan took over,” I answered.

“Your lycan took over. I would have loved to see that.” Adonis smiled.

“Really?” I was shocked, thinking the opposite. I mean, who would want to see their mate lose control like I did?

“To us lycans, nothing is sexier than seeing our mate lose control. Seeing their lycans take over their body,” Adonis replied.

“Huh, didn’t know that. So, when can I see your lycan then?” I asked, finding what Adonis said to be true.

“Hopefully never,” he grumbled.

“Um, I don’t think so. That day I saw only a brief part of your lycan, and I want to see all of him. Come on, Adonis!” I begged.

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Yeah, I was nervous for the whole mating part, with Adonis in his human form. His lycan form was a whole different board game.

Something told me I wouldn’t be able to argue with his lycan, and that wouldn’t end well, for either of us.

“Oh, right… maybe another time then?” I looked at him hopefully.

Adonis chuckled. “Once all this drama has died down, I’ll show you him. He’s just as impatient to meet you.”

I smiled and then realized what the hell just happened today.

“Holy shit! I took you away from the meeting. Oh no! Did you find out anything? How where the parents? I mean how helpful were they?” I rambled until Adonis put his finger on my lips.

“And breathe,” he said.

“Well, it didn’t go too well. They don’t have much information, and they were too distraught for me to continuously question them. I have them staying in one of our guest rooms until they can take their daughter’s body home.”

Adonis looked at me defeated, sitting down by a tree, and I followed suit.

For the first time we both just sat there in silence. No words were even needed. It was then I realized that Adonis had the world on his shoulders but no one to share the load with.

His worries, his feelings were pushed aside so that the kingdom would run smoothly. But what was the consequence of that?

He was portrayed as this emotionless king with no mate. A great king, but one who scared people. One whose stories were told to scare children. But the reality was so much different.

Adonis had feelings, I have seen it since I have been here. He just didn’t care about them because, to him, making sure everyone was okay and there were no issues was more important.

Granted, everyone loved him, but they didn’t know the real Adonis, and that angered me. People are so quick to judge.

Now he had someone to share his feelings with, someone he could open up to, and someone who could share the pressure with him.

All the books I read throughout the years could have never prepared me for the pressure of being a queen.

“I won’t ever give up. I have to find the person who killed that little girl and who drugged my mate under my own fucking roof,” he growled.

“Hey, I wasn’t meant to make you cry.” Adonis softly laughed, wiping away the tears that fell.

I rolled my eyes before replying, “Whatever. But, on a more serious note, I have this nagging feeling that whoever did this will strike again. So, we need to put on a united front. We will find this bastard, but to do that, we have to work together.’

Adonis looked at me with reluctance but soon nodded his head. “Okay. But I will be right outside. I’m not risking it anymore.”