Unclaimed

Chapter Twenty-Six - Home is where?

"He wants to what?" Yazmin and Luca sitting with me by the beach. I'd invited them over for a lunch date to talk. Our parents walking hand in hand next to the water. Happily entranced with each other as they watched the sun climb higher in the sky.

I'd already gotten through most of my work for the day, I just had a few emails that could wait until I returned home.

"That's big Beau." Luca says, chewing their a cube of honeydew. "I mean, first it was just rumors but now everyone kinda knows your his mate."

"I know. I know." I sigh leaning back on my hands. "But the danger that's here is impossible to ignore, what does that look like? Just me up and leaving with everyone counting on me?"

"Honestly?" Luca shrugs. "I'd say the crown is bigger."

"Damn it Luca!" Yazmin shouts hitting his leg but he doesn't react.

"Look I'm sorry, but I'm not lying to you!" He clean his hands with a wet wipe before throwing it in the basket. "The crown fucking prince is walking around your territory. You are Alpha now, yes. But he's going to be king soon. King! He's a Lycan and he's going to rule over all of us. If you left it would be more on him then you so there's that small consolation, but as far as denying him. I mean that shit's never been done before." Luca shaking his head as Yazmin scoffs.

"You're his mate." She looks to me. "You can tell him to jump over the moon and he would. I don't think he'd ever force you into anything." She shakes her head looking sure of her words.

"But, it's not like you could say no either, in retrospect." Luca chimes in, sticking another piece of fruit into his mouth. "It's just law. You follow what the crown says, no matter what."

"This pack came here to be free from any influence that would overpower their free will." I sneer and Luca juts back at my show of teeth.

"Ok wait a minute, it probably isn't even that serious!" Yazmin slices her hand between us snapping me out of my brewing annoyance. "Why does he want you to go?"

To indulge in devious sexual activities that would make satan blush.

Which is somehow worse.

"He's in rut." I say simply.

"Oh!"

"Damn!"

Both Luca and Yazmin looking at me in shock.

"Well that's completely understandable." Luca says. "Male lycans in rut are a different breed."

"What's it like?" Yazmin leaning it with a curious glint.

"I'm not discussing my mates sexual habits with my sister." I reply flatly.

"You don't have to go into that much detail." She waves her hands. "But I hear lycans are different from wolves."

"It is." I nod. "Based from what Judas told me and what I researched so far, Lycan ruts are unpredictable. They can last any where from a week to a month and their behavior changes that to more of an animal than a person. It can be dangerous, if they lack self control. But the comfort and presence of their mate would easily be able to nullify that."

"That makes perfect sense." Yazmin nods. Taking a bite of the sandwich I brought for her. "Lycans are said to be the most territorial supernaturals, of course that possessiveness applies to their mate."

"I was training under the captain for the royal guard a couple summers ago, dude fell into rut right in the middle of a lesson and started screaming for his mate." Luca sits forward as he tells the story. "The entire team had to leave the room when his mate came running in. They almost started fucking right in front of us on the weapons table. We had to disinfect it right after, it was disgusting." Luca wrinkles his nose, his face twisting at the memory making me and Yasmin giggle.