The Lycan King

Chapter 8

Charlie

Tyler dropped me back off at the castle and I barely remember walking to my room and crashing on my bed. I hadn't even realized that I fell asleep until I woke up and it was 6:30 at night. I grabbed my phone to check to see if I had any messages. I had a couple from Kenny and a missed call from my mom. 

I haven't been able to talk to her that much the past couple of days. She knows about me and Kenny and what happened when I was rejected by Tyler. She was so happy when she found out I found Kenny, it's gonna break her heart when I tell her we broke up. I got up and threw on a pair of gray sweats and a blue crew neck and slippers then brushed through my hair again and braided it down my head. Once I had gotten downstairs it was quiet, too quiet. In a big pack like this, there's no such thing. 

I had walked outside, in my slippers, to try to find everyone. I sniffed the air trying to what little werewolf since I had to try and find everyone. And it led me to this huge field toward an even bigger castle if that was possible. How did I have no idea that this was here? But then I guess I never left the castle I was at. I was in prison but it didn't seem like it.

I started walking towards it and I started to admire it. It was a classic gray cobblestone castle. I remember learning back in my old pack that the King once announced will move into this castle with his Queen, so right now Tyler's parents who I still haven't met, live here. Or at least I assume. 

I pushed my way through the crowd to the front of it and of course, it took forever. There were so many people standing outside, it seemed like the whole pack was there. And they have so many people here too. It felt like it would take forever to get to the front of the crowd. 

 Once I was there, I see Tyler and Kenny and the Delta who I still haven't met. 

"Tyler what is going on?" I asked and he seemed a little tense and I have no idea why. But so did Kenny. 

"My brother is back." He said growling with his teeth clenched. 

"Brother? You have a brother?" I yelled, which caused some people to look over at me. 

"Yeah I do, there's a lot you don't know Charlie." He never once looked away from the road to look at me. 

"Well is he younger?" I asked trying to fill the awkward silence. 

"No, he's my older brother." That's when it clicked. 

"Then he must be the true Alpha King," I whispered to myself but I knew he heard it. 

"I thought he was dead." He spoke as something flashed through his eyes and I think it was hurt, remorse, and maybe guilt. It went by too fast, I couldn't keep up. 

"We all thought he was dead," Kenny said as he walked up next to me. 

He grabbed my arm and pulled me aside, further from Tyler. I guess he wanted some privacy. But for what?

"There are some things you need to know Charlie, about Tyler's brother. He isn't a werewolf...he's a Lycan." A freaking Lycan? Those were a rarity, and I never knew a Lycan to be born from werewolf parents either.

"He was born like that and he was sent off by Tyler's parents when they figured it out when he was 12 years old. But that's not it. Tyler and his brother have shared everything, down to the time they were born. Tyler's brother is older by 6 years, so they were pretty close. While he was away he stopped writing and calling, he left the boarding school he was sent to and no one could find him or had heard from him since. His sent led into the woods but was soon covered by rogues. So we just assumed that he was dead. It wasn't until earlier this week when we got the call that he was alive and well and coming home." 

"Okay, why is that such a bad thing? The true king is back! Shouldn't we be happy?"

During his time away the king and queen found out that they not only shared birthdays but they shared a mate as well. Charlie, you're not just Tyler's mate, You're his brother too." 

I didn't react. I just stood in shock as he talked to me. He knew all this time that my mate was a Lycan. That I had two of them? And he didn't tell me. Is that why I felt so distant from Tyler? Because I knew that he wasn't 'mine'? But when I meet this new guy am I going to feel the same way about him like I didn't Tyler or am I going to feel that mate bond connection?

"He's back because he heard Tyler found his mate, and that's why he broke up with Harley and tried to win you back. So you would choose him and not his brother just so he can be King." Kenny said clenching his jaw and fists. 

I turned to look at Tyler to see if any of this was true. Because if that is true, everything he said to me was a lie again. It's not that I believed him but it was the fact that I thought for once he was being genuine.

"Is that true Tyler?" I looked up at him and he was already looking at me and before he could answer the ground started to shake. I turned to look where it was coming from and that's when I saw 20 SUVs driving up the street toward us. 

"He's here." The current Alpha King said with a giant smile on his face, and he grabbed the current Luna's hand and squeezed it. 

This was my first time seeing the king and queen and I felt bad for not acknowledging them. 

The king was about 6'3, with salt and pepper hair and tan skin. He was a profound jawline that had a 5 o'clock shadow with green eyes. The Luna had long wavy brown hair and pale skin. She also had deep brown eyes that contrasted on her skin, she had rosy cheeks and long thick eyelashes and beautiful pink lips. I could tell they were nervous to see their long lost son again. 

I heard that Lycans were beautiful creatures, they were known as direct descendants of the moon goddess herself, but just as they are beautiful they are just as dangerous and unpredictable. And one of them was to be my mate...great. 

The tension was thick throughout the field, no one talked or said anything to each other. Even the kids were silent, it made this seem a lot more serious than a welcome home party. 

 After about five minutes of watching these vans get closer and closer, they finally stopped. My heart started to beat extremely fast and I began to get really antsy. I started hearing growling and purring in my head and it threw me off. That's when I realized it was my wolf. Sadie. This entire time it was her. I have never felt her this intense before but I am taking this as a good sign.

The King and Queen stepped forward toward the SUVs as they all slowly came to a halt in front of us. One by one Lycan after Lycan got out of the car. The first Lycans to walk out were in the backseat and driver side. I can only assume that Tyler's brother was in the passengers. The two Lycans that walked out the backseat were huge. I guess he ran away and found more like him. They all looked the same and had the same features as Lycans and their smell was very distinct. 

The man on the driver side walked over to open the door and out walked a beautiful, strong, built, Greek god. I couldn't see his eyes seeing he had sunglasses on but, from what I could see he was everything I wanted in a man and more. 

He stood at a solid 6'7, with broad shoulders and pecks that you wanted to run your hands on. He had washboard abs that I could see through his white t-shirt. He had strong legs as he wore slim black jeans with pure white vans. He had strong arms that I could see his veins popping out of them. His skin was a beautiful tan, with a jawline that could cut anything it touched. His cheekbones defined just enough, with full sculpted brown eyebrows. His hair was styled to perfection, it was short on the sides and long at the top.

 I'm sure I am not the only person drooling over this man right now. That's when I look around and see even the mated females looking at him like they wanted to jump his bones. He started walking to his parents and that when he took his sunglasses off and that's when I made saw and made eye contact with the most beautiful pair of silver eyes I have ever seen.

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