Forever Luna

Gathering

verb ~ bring together and take in from scattered places or sources

POLLUX

I pursed my lips, glaring his direction with as much annoyance as I could minister. I channelled as much calmness as I possibly could. He didn't need to know I was plotting or gathering as much information as I could. The less I gave away, the more he would.

"Not in the talking mood?" The leader mused. "Don't think we haven't noticed your lack of voice. Finally gone hoarse from all the screaming?"

I scowled at his chuckle and placed all of my energy into standing upright.

"I wanted to speak with you." He sighed. "You must know why you are here by now. It is has been... a while."

Yeah, you take my blood like a damn leech.

"Now, I do hope your stay hasn't been too... painful." He snorted a laugh. "All the people that come into your room are fully qualified."

Fucking bastard knew exactly how I was treated.

"Anyway, I am uncertain about how much you are aware of the world outside of your bubble, but it is not all sparkles and power. You cannot just brush the world under the rug." He stated, and I frowned.

I listened to him walk, following the sound of his footsteps as he paced. I took his momentary pause to try to pinpoint his voice, but I couldn't. It had to be somebody I had met merely in passing; and there was a lot of those. Especially during the parties Blood Moon held.

However, I had heard it before, which means it is most likely a man of power.

I even tried to a put a figurative face to the voice, but I got nowhere. I wasn't sure of his appearance or his heritage and it was making painting a picture a difficult scene.

"Packs fight, and blood is shed. Wolves know we are all equal under the king's reign, but they still fight for the top position. We all do, unknowingly. We are greedy, and we want more. But that is not a bad thing. The only bad thing in this world...is you."

Me?

The fuck?

I don't even know this fucking guy.

"And not just you. Your entire colony of lycan wolves." He growled. "Your blood can heal so many wolves, and yet you and your family just harbour it. We know there are few of you left, but that is enough magical blood to heal the entire world."

There was this thing called consent, and this man was overlooking it.

"The moment we discovered you were no longer under the protection of Alpha Titan, I figured we may as well get our own back."

Protection? I wasn't aware that just living life in a pack was considering being protected. How did my leaving for... a holiday no longer count as that? I haven't left the pack completely; I was still blood sworn.

All of this for blood.

You think they'd ask nicely, but it was like he said. Wolves fight for the top position. There was always going to be somebody out there who thinks they deserve more than what they have. And in this case, they believed my bloodline would solve that.

"Why?" I muttered. "Why do you want it?"

"Why?" He laughed. "Because you don't deserve it."

I... What?

"I don't deserve my own blood?" I cocked my head.

My birthright?

"Yes." He snorted. "You are a selfish man, Pollux. To be gifted this and not share it is selfish. Your entire race is selfish. So is your family and your alpha for keeping it."