Finding His Luna

Ch. 16 Scars

Three years later Alcina sat on a checkered blanket in the front yard watching as her boys chased each other, giggling and playing. It was hard to think that just four years ago she was enslaved and beaten daily. Now she was a mother, a wife, a Luna, and a queen. She placed her hand on her swollen stomach and felt a tiny kick. She was already five months into her seven month pregnancy. She smiled thinking about her unborn pup.

"How's my kicker doing?" Xavier asked sitting next to her and placing a hand next to hers. Their duties had finally started to die down so they were able to be parents more often than leaders. Alcina closed her eyes and sighed in content, leaning into Xavier. She sat there for awhile listening to her children and enjoying the peace. Before too long the laughter turned into a piercing scream and the couple jumped up. Looking at her son's Alcina noticed a large calico wolf standing on the edge of the woods, looking directly at her son's.

"Xavier! The boys!" Alcina screamed and took off in their direction. The wolf saw her move and headed towards the twins. The strange wolf reach them and swung a large paw at Lucien. Seconds later Lucien started screaming and Alcina picked him and Lucas up before turning to run. Just as she turned she saw Xavier's large black wolf jump over her and latch onto the rogues neck.

Alcina ran carrying her son's on each hip, going into the house and slamming the door. Out of breath, she set the twins down and turned to Lucien. He had blood pouring down the left side of his face. With Lucas holding one of her hands, she picked Lucien up on her hip and went upstairs to her bathroom to clean the wound. Once she wiped away the blood she could see three long claws marks from the beginning of his hairline all the way to his chin. He would have scars from the encounter since he didn't have a wolf just yet. Once she disinfected the wound she heard a loud clattering downstairs and set the boys in the tub. She held one finger to her lips and closed the door. As she turned around a dirty disheveled man appeared in the doorway.

"What have we here, your majesty?" The man sneered. As he started closer Alcina braced herself for an attack. As soon as she was at arms length the man attacked, swinging a larger fist and hitting her in the temple, making Alcina stumble back. After the training she received when she first arrived, Alcina recovered quickly and swung at the stranger. Her blow landed directly on the man's nose which immediately began to bleed. "You bitch!"

He came towards Alcina again and this time she ducked when he swung and quickly kicked him in the knee. The man dropped to his knees for a split second before jumping at Alcina.

"You think you're so high and mighty? I'll show you." He said wrapping one hand around her throat while trying to tear her clothes with the other hand. He began to squeeze her neck before slamming her into a wall. Alcina reach out a hand and began looking for something hard. Black spots were starting to appear as she picked up the first thing she touched and swung with all her strength. The pressure on her neck left and she swung again. Thinking about her son's and what this man could've done, Alcina kept swinging until she could no longer lift her arm.

When she finally stopped she let out a harsh breath and leaned against the wall before sliding down the wall. She closed her eyes and focused on breathing while listening for anymore noises in the house. After thirty minutes on the floor, Alcina finally summoned the courage to stand up. She walked to her closet and pulled out a purple shirt and black jeans and quickly changed before looking out of the window. She could see multiple large wolves the she recognized but no rogues other than the ones who had been killed. Now knowing it was safe, she covered the bloody, unrecognizable rogue with a blanket before retrieving the twins and heading downstairs.

The rogue had kicked the door in, busting the door frame and breaking a vase. The front room had multiple picture frames that were now broken and smelled like a rogue. Just before she got to the door Xavier appeared in the doorway.

"There's a rogue upstairs. Someone will need to dispose of the body. I'm taking Lucien to the doctor." As she tried to step past him he stood like a statue, staring at Lucien's face. Xavier stood in the doorway for awhile. "Xavier, move. I'm taking Lucien to the hospital."

He stayed for a moment longer before turning and going back outside. Alcina went to the door and saw Xavier walking in the direction of the calico wolf that fae and a few warriors were holding. She watched as he approached it and swung, hitting it in the snout. For a few moments nothing seemed to happen. Then out of nowhere there was a strong aura that began to wash over the entire pack. Everyone had to stop what they were doing and sit down. Alcina watched as the wolf struggled before collapsing to the ground and shifting to it's human form. It shifted into a small, dirty, brown haired woman. Alcina called a nearby pack member over and told them to stay with the twins before making way towards the rogue wolf.

"Who are you? Why attack us?" Alcina said once she reach the wolf.

"He said he would reward whoever brought him your head.  We would be special. Gifted." She smiled. Taking a closer look Alcina realized this girl was only about fifteen.

"Who? Who is he? Why is he attacking us?" Xavier continued when Alcina said nothing more.

"You got a crown and took his life away so now he's gonna burn everything you love to the ground." She began laughing until Xavier put his hands on both sides of her face.

"Xavier wait." Alcina put a hand on his shoulder. "Tell us what we wanna know and we may let you live."

"His name is Brent. He said if we attacked you guys we could have all the land. That the witches were weak. He said he wanted you to suffer." She looked dead at Alcina. There was fear evident all over her face. The girl was afraid to die.

"How old are you? How many people have you killed?" Alcina asked and Xavier looked at her curiously.

"This is my first time leaving the badlands. Before him we never had a reason to leave." She answered honestly.

"Xavier, this girl deserves a chance. Give her the chance that she wasn't born with. Let her try to be part of a pack." Alcina said touching his shoulder and walked away. She went back to her son's and carried them to the hospital. The doctor informed her there was nothing that could be done. Lucien would have the scars the rest of his life since he's too young for his wolf to appear.