Howling Hearts

I looked over to Lucian. "I want to be with Lucian forever", I said, without hesitation. His left eye was swollen and his jaw had a trail of blood along with a splatter of blood over the right side of his face.Ccontent © exclusive by Nô/vel(D)ra/ma.Org.

He was breathing heavily and was in bad shape. When I looked back at my Mom, I saw her smile brightly. "OK, then it settled", She turned to the elder.

"My daughter will mark Lucian today. Now please don't make me come back here again", she said before stepping out of the pack house with a walk of pride.

Both Lucian and Aiden fell to the ground and I went to help Lucian and support his body weight. The man with the star-like eyes walked up to Lucian before he held onto his jaw.

He turned Lucian's head left and then right, inspecting the damage. "Not too bad son", he said, and my eyes grew in shock." But you could do better", he said with a disdainful voice.

My eyes grew even wider in shock. At this point, it felt like they might even pop out. Was he Lucian's true father?

As he ripped his hand away from Lucian's face, he made his way to Aiden. He grabbed him by his hair. Aiden's back arched and he stood on his knees trying to lessen the pain from his hair ripping out of his scalp.

He groaned in pain as he looked up with hatred at this man. "Wait until my father hears of this", he said through gritted teeth. "When he does there will be nothing he can do about it Aiden". He then proceeded to yank him higher, forcing him to stand up straight. They started walking over to the door.

"Wait" He turned to look at me with somewhat of an annoyed look. "Your Lucian's Father?" He nodded without saying a word and continued to exit the pack house. When he left, I placed Lucian on a nearby stool and just ran everything that had happened in my head. "W..We are children of the G...Gods", I whispered in disbelief. Lucian lifted his head, looking strangely at me. I walked up to him and just started crying. This was all way too much, way too fast and my brain couldn't cope with it. I was happy, shocked, confused and somehow more lost all at once. My tears soaked through his shirt and soon they started glowing, blinding me.

I pushed back, fearing that I might have hurt Lucian when it was the last thing I wanted to do. When I saw his face, the cuts started healing up and color returned to his face.

Even the little bit of sleepiness faded from his eyes. "Wow Scarlet, what did you do?" He asked in a chirpy voice. I looked stunned at him.

Wordless and brainless. "I feel like I'm 10 years younger" he giggled and attempted to lighten the mood. In return, I just gave him an awkward giggle.

I started staring into nothingness. Feeling lost in all the information that was scattered before me.

It was everything I had wanted, but now it was everything I didn't want. I suddenly I felt a dampness rub down the side of my face and I jumped away in a panic.

When my eyes landed on Lucian holding a cloth in his hand and all cleaned up and handsome. Looking like the man that I knew.

He turned his head as an attempt to read me better. "Sorry Princess", he said with a worried look masking his face.

"May I just wipe away some of that blood that's on your face?" He asked in a soft tone, fearing that he might scare me again. I nodded my head and he started tapping my face with the cloth so gently, trying not to mess up my make-up in the process.

"I don't want this to change your perception of me". I looked up at him with a tear threatening to fall. I shook my head in protest and he cupped my face so softly like he feared that I would break if he didn't.

"No it doesn't" I said in a whimper. He furrowed his eyebrows. "Then why is your mind so far away from me", he asked in a sad tone. I could feel my heart crumble at the acknowledgement of his pain.

I cupped his face in return "No, it's not you, it's just all of this. The gods are our parents and Aiden is the son of Zeus and it's just too much too fast" A smile crept up his face.

This isn't funny Lucian",

"Yeah it kind of is" he said, shrugging his shoulders. I glared at him, letting him know that I didn't think the same.

"I agree it's a lot, but now you are really stuck with me forever" I smiled at his reply and just then the pack doors busted open again, revealing both our wolf mothers and both royally pissed "What's the hold up?" They both said in an irritated tone.

Me and Lucian just couldn't help but giggle. After everything that had just happened, they kind of seemed like a walk in the park.

Freya's eyes grew big and she gestured with her hands that we should get moving. Like two naughty children, we walked past her like soldiers saluting her on the way out.

Lucian grabbed my hand. And placed a kiss on my temple. Let's just hope second time round all goes well. We all returned to the altar ready to continue with it all.

I looked over the crowd feeling a sense of nervousness that I hadn't felt before. I felt Lucian tug at my hands, grabbing my attention. "Eyes on me princess"