The Lycan King's Rebel

𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐲-𝐭𝐰𝐨

"Be-because you're ugly!" Ezekiel's arctic voice didn't only pierce through the dark she-wolf's heart but it also managed to pull out gasps from the lips of the four entities watching them from distance, lingering in the shadows in distance.

They watched, holding their breaths, as Ezekiel hurriedly pushed the she-wolf through the portal.

Lyra balled her fists. She had never felt angrier at Ezekiel before. For a moment, it was hard for her to believe that he could even say something like that. Lyra had heard it all- she had heard Ezekiel questioning a woman's strength and intellect but she had been tolerant of his extremist views so far but this... this was an atrocity on an absolutely different level and the fact that he had the audacity to say this to his mate! She was just a small and very innocent pup!

"I can poison his drink. It would be easy for all of us," Lyra offered. Inanna sighed beside her and Aphrodite snorted. Meanwhile, Eros was already busy selecting the sharpest arrow from his quiver.

"That would be of no use. He would still dig his way out of the underworld," Aphrodite grumbled before turning to Inana and accusing, "Look what you are doing- making an innocent she-wolf suffer,"

This made Inanna frown. She shook her head and told her, "I'm very sure that she is the one for him,"

"Oh really?" Questioned Aphrodite.

"Yes... it's just that she is still just a pup and doesn't know how the ludicrous male species thinks and functions-" Eros straightened up at this comment and looked at Inanna with a frown but Inana continued anyway, "Otherwise that she-wolf is just the perfect candidate to tame this brute,"

"I feel very bad for her," Lyra couldn't help but comment. "We're just sacrificing that sweet little girl into this... she doesn't deserve this,"

"Lyra," Inanna straightened up and looked at the beautiful woman, "If you want to make a Queen out of that she-wolf, this is what she has to go through. It is only under extreme pressure heat and pressure does a piece of coal turns into a diamond. If she is to lead Thastonia beside Ezekiel, she has to have a thick skin otherwise she'd be eaten alive here,"

Lyra sighed because Inanna was right, very right. But she couldn't help but feel bad for that young little thing at the same time. It was just the beginning.

"So what do you think we do for now?" Lyra asked.

"Give the she-wolf time to grow up, some more years, precisely. Take her under your wing when she comes here. Teach her your ways,"

"Do you think Ezekiel would leave her alone now after all of this?" Lyra asked, nodding to Eros' arrows sticking out of Ezekiel's back. Only the four of them were able to see them.

"Well, he must suffer equal parts as our girl, don't you think? It would be very unfair otherwise," Aphrodite smirked as she nodded at Eros. He pointed another arrow at Ezekiel before shooting it. The three of them watched with their mouths gaping as the arrow left Eros' bow and pierced through Ezekiel's heart. Ezekiel straightened up for a moment and clutched his chest.

"No," The four of them heard Ezekiel grumble. Even though his voice was just a whisper, the guilt was clearly audible in it. It was so intense, they swore they felt the thick stone walls shiver.

"Wait! Why would you do that?" Lyra jumped. Eros smirked and spoke, "There's a saying..." He trailed off. "The distance makes the heart grow fonder," Aphrodite completed his sentence with a huge grin on her face. Inanna clapped as soon as she understood their plan but Lyra shook her head in disapproval.