The King

chapter 30

I gathered from the comments on the last chapter (which im so thankful for!) y'all are pretty pissed at lucas...

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I didn't know where in the castle I was, just that I knew I was far enough.

I had to force Zeke out of my room, he seemed very concerned about how I was going to handle this. But all I wanted at this moment was to be alone. Zeke had left hesitantly, he told me to mind link him if anything happened or if I needed him. I had simply nodded, not having the energy to form words. Not even having the energy to cry, maybe I finally ran out of tears to cry.

Currently, I was sitting on the counter in the bathroom that was connected to the bedroom. My clothes, I should rather say Lucas', were scattered across the floor, and in my undergarments I viewed myself.

My fingers traced the most noticeable one, I started at the star shaped scar placed right above my hip bone. The one I had gotten from when my father had shoved a jagged broken beer bottle into my stomach with the intent of letting me get the whiff of death. "I could press down deep ya know, but there just something's I need to keep you around for."

My finger traced over the raised skin to the sunken skin that masked my back and wrapped around my stomach, these were the result of when my father flogged me, a week after my mother had died and I dared to ask him where she had gone.

I skipped the rest of the marks on my back that was results of my father's friends knife play, to the brand new scar on my neck. "I promise that I'll never hurt you."

My finger touched it softly at first, all there was to the mark was two large dents in my neck, then I pressed down on it. I was hit with a wave of pleasure and I immediately stopped. I felt disgusted that I felt an emotion like that after what I had just seen. I stepped off the counter and my feet connected to the cool tile on the floor. I saw Lucas crumpled shirt on the floor and walked past it.

I walked over to the bed and wrapped my body with the duvet before focusing, from the last time I mind linked, I figured out that all I needed to do was think of speaking with whoever I needed to and it would work.

"Penny?" I spoke out in my mind.

"Dawn? ...Since when do you know how to mind link?" She questioned.

I paused for a second, before realizing I didn't want to talk more than I needed to. "Penny, could you please bring me my clothes from my old room?"

"Old room?" She asked. "Where are you now?"

I sighed, I didn't want to ask Zeke but it looked like I would have to since he was the only one who knew where I was. "Actually never mind. Sorry, Penny."

"Ohhhkayyy. Is everything okay?"

I nodded, then realizing she couldn't see me. "Yes, I'm all good."

I immediately mind linked Zeke, not waiting for her response. "Zeke, could you please bring me my clothes?"

"Alright." He said, and I was thankful for the easy response he had given me.

In a mere few seconds, I heard a knock on my door. "Hey!" He called out. "I left your bag out here!"

I wanted to thank him but I couldn't bring myself to. Instead, with the blanket around me, I cracked open the door and grabbed the bag.

Zekes POV:

I leaned against the wall, I heard her shuffle around inside before I saw her arm stick out and grab the bag, dragging it into the depths of her room. I sighed and pushed my hair back. I warned her of not hurting Lucas, but I didn't expect him to hurt her. I moved from my position and walked out of the secluded hallway. Making my way to Lucas, I had some choice words that I wanted to smack his ass with.

I neared the kitchen and heard fast-moving footsteps from upstairs. I went straight to the stairs, my feet thundering against them. My eyes narrowed as I thought of all the things that I could say to rip him apart.

But the sight of a woman quickly leaving Dawn's room widened my eyes, she noticed me and ran away quickly. I noticed her outfit and didn't pay much attention to it, but maids don't enter your room without notifying you first.

Storming into Lucas' room, his hair messed up as he was no doubt thinking about what he has done, He turned when he heard the commotion I caused.

"Zeke? What are you doin-" He was cut off when I charged over at him and socked him in the jaw.

He held his jaw in his hand while his eyes held anger. "Zeke what the fuc-"

"No!" I yelled. "Lucas, What the fuck is wrong with you!?"

He glared at me, as he fixed his hair. "Zeke, you don't know what happened and you better have a damn good reason as to why you just punched your Alpha." He threatened.

"She was going to tell you." I seethed, and his face grew confused. "She was so close to accepting you as her mate."

"What?" His face paled.

"She came in here with the intent of telling her mate how she really felt, but when she came in here, YOU told her how you really felt about her," I yelled. Lucas didn't say anything. "All those times you bitched to me about how you won't ever have her as your mate, and how badly you wished for things to be different between you two. Guess what now things are different. This time you're the one who fucked up."

I watched him as he brushed his hair back, his eyes downcast as he scratched his neck. "She didn't want me, remember. She didn't want to be my mate!" Lucas roared, "I'm not going to force her to be!"

"Unbelievable..." I scuffed. "I can't believe you betreyaed her, after all the wrongs you have done to her. Your mate was crying downstairs about having hurt you!" I yelled. "Do you know how much it pains me to see that? I had a mate. She's gone and there's nothing more I want than to hold her in my arms!" I brought my hands up, looking down at them until they fell to my sides. "Watching you do this to someone I care for, to someone I see as my own family?" I seethed out. "You're disgusting."

I watched his eyes harden, "Do you know who you're talking to exactly?" He fired at me.

"No," I stated. "I don't know who I'm talking to right now. Because this isn't my King that I'm talking to, this isn't my Alpha. And this is not my cousin."

I turned on my heel, I couldn't stand him anymore. "I hope you realize what you've done. I doubt this kingdom will have a Luna to call their own anymore." And with that final blow I delivered to him I left his room, slamming the door so hard the walls holding it shook.

I wiped my own tears that had fallen, from reliving my past, as I walked my way over to the wing of the castle that I spent all my time in.

My pace increased, I tried to walk past it, but couldn't manage to.

My feet planted down in front of it, and I faced the painting. Before I collapsed in tears before it.

I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry!! I know this is a shorter chapter, but that doesn't make it any less important! I can't promise anything as of right now but, Dawn and Lucas' road does not look good right now, and it doesn't look like smooth sailing anytime soon.

Or does it ;)