Chapter 8 Ezekiel

EZEKIEL

It was hard to get through last night knowing that my mate is down there in the cold smelly dungeon.

Fuck… she's not my mate. I won't accept that.

‘Keep telling yourself that. She is made for us. She belongs to us. She's strong, beautiful, and valiant. We should love and protect her and not let her stay hungry in the bad dungeon.’ Erik sounds so pissed off.

This is the only time that me and my lycan have been on a different page. And seriously it's so hard to handle. I'm so pissed that he accepted Dalia so easily. He should understand me more than anyone. He's part of me, and knows how much I hate Selene. I hate that he's being a dick right now.

He's making these things difficult. I'm trying my best to stop thinking about Dalia, but he keeps pushing her into my mind. Especially how good it felt when I held her in my arms in that cold cell. The dirty scenarios he's playing in my mind are not helping matters.

After the council meeting yesterday, I have buried myself with work to stop my mind from going to where it shouldn't wander to. The council didn't ask any questions about Dalia, and I was glad about it.

The door to my office swings open and Nikolai walks in. I groan. He's the last person I want to see right now. He stayed back yesterday after I left the dungeon. I don't know what he discussed with Dalia, but after the council meeting, he was asking questions I didn't want to answer. I guess he knows who Dalia is to me.

“Stop being a dick, Ezekiel. Burying yourself in work won't help,” he says as he sits in front of me. “Is Dalia your mate?”

I wonder what he discussed with Dalia yesterday. He's even casually saying her name. What? Are they friends now? Why do I hate that notion? I don't want him close to her.

“Why am I even asking? She's definitely your mate because that explains all the tension and why you want to kill yourself with work,” he adds. “Even though I don't know why you hate the moon goddess so much. I don't think that's the reason you should leave your mate in that dungeon.”

“I'm not in the mood to have any discussion with you, Nikolai. Leave,” I say with hoarseness. But I know how stubborn Nikolai is. It is one of the reasons that I didn't tell him of my plan one hundred years ago which led to my ill relationship with Selene.

“She said war is coming.”

I raise my eyes from the bunch of files in front of me that I wasn't concentrating on. “What war.”

“She said the devils are coming back.”

I scoff. “I sent those bastards back to hell one hundred years ago.”

“She said they are coming back. That it is her destiny to stop the war, and you will help her fulfil her destiny” He says. “You didn't tell me your curse was lifted.”

“Because it wasn't necessary.”

I told him about the curse because of the rumors going around, but I didn't tell him why I was cursed.

“Look, Ezekiel. Whatever happened one hundred years ago. You need to sort it out, and accept your mate. I don't think there will be any perfect mate for you other than her. The fire in her eyes, I've never seen it in any girl before. She wasn't afraid of you nor me. And about the war. What if it's really coming? Those uncanny deaths that have been happening in the lower packs, do you think they are normal? Something is out there causing it. And it's not something we should ignore. Remember how cunning those bastards are. It could be that they are back.”

I don't say anything. I sacrificed a lot to send them back to hell. And there's no way that they are back. Whatever game Selene and her daughter is playing, I won't be part of it. If she's thinking that lying about war will make me accept her daughter. Then she's being delusional.

About the deaths happening in the lower pack, I'm taking care of it. I will sort it out soon.

Nikolai is about to say something but a sudden commotion outside makes him swallow his words.

‘We are under attack by some very strange creatures,’ Aaron, my head warrior, says through the mind-link.

What the fuck….

I stand immediately, heading towards the door. Nikolai is on my tail. I believe he received the information too.

“We have never been under attack before. What the fuck is happening!” Nikolai screams as we rush down the stairs. The pack house is in chaos. The guards were leading the children and those that can't fight to safety.

‘What the fuck is happening!’ I ask Creigh, my Gamma through the mind-link. He's fighting. I can feel it.

‘I've never seen these kinds of creatures before. They are powerful too.’ He replies. I was outside the pack house immediately and the chaos was much here.

I see them. The creatures. They look so eerie. They stand on two legs like a human, tall and imposing, reaching nearly seven feet in height. Their body is covered in thick black fur. Their chest and shoulders are broad, shaped like a strong human athlete, but the muscles ripple beneath fur instead of skin. They have long snouts and sharp fangs, and their ears are pointy.

I've never seen something like this before. They look so unreal. I quickly shift into my lycan form as I tear through the heart of one that charges towards me. Though they are big. I'm not small either.

As I rip through the heart and crush it. I move towards the next one. It is trying to go towards the pack house. It stretches its human-like hand that ends with claws towards me. I dunk and grab the arms as I tear it off the body. I twist the head, separating it from its body. I look beside me and see Nikolai fighting off three of them. I move in to help him.

I rip off the head of one and the heart of the other one. Nikolai handles the third one. I saw Creigh killing off one and that's the last one around here.

‘Where are others?’ I ask through the link.

‘They are heading towards the dungeon.’ Aaron replies. My heart skips immediately.

Dalia… she's there. Without thinking twice, I ran towards the dungeon. I know I have a great speed, but I've never run this fast before. Nikolai couldn't even catch up with me. And my mind is in a frenzy to even think about it.

In a flash, I arrive at the dungeon. I saw Aaron and other warriors fighting off the creatures. There were many here. As if this place was their main focus. I mind-link the other warriors that are in the pack house to come to the dungeon.

I kill through them, and make my way inside the dungeon. All the while, my heart is beating so fast. I've never felt this scared before in my life. My heart is beating so rapidly as I dash towards Dalia's cell.

This feeling….. It is consuming me. The fear of losing her is tearing me apart.

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