Dangerous Lycan: Claim Betrayed Luna’s Second Chance Mate

“What are they going to say to me?” I asked unsure of what to expect. But from the way that he sounded, I knew that I shouldn’t expect anything good. They may likely have the same intentions as Ryan. And this time, Kieran might not be able to save me.

“Perhaps they just want to talk.”

“Do you believe that?”

“I don’t know,” he said.

I heaved a sigh leaning back on the bed.

“We would go as soon as you are fine. You don’t have to rush it, okay?”

I nodded.

“But what if it happens again? I mean this outburst of powers. I can’t control myself.”

“I have made arrangement for that.”

“What do you mean?”

“Ryan unlocked the powers in you. With time you will be able to control it. But for now Nikkei, the packs witch will come with us. She has found a spell that can nullify your powers just in case it happens again.”

“I want to meet this Nikkei,” I said.

“You will. I have sent words to get her. She will be here as soon as she can. But first, you need to get well. The doctor said that you are healing fast. But this new powers in you haven’t perfectly settled in that is why you feel weak.”

“So I see, explains a lot.”

“So for the next few days, you’ll be in bed rest until you have completely recovered.”

“And what about this meeting? Will the council members not find it disrespectful that we didn’t honour the invitation?”

“And who said that we aren’t going to attend it? We are. Just not when you are like this. You have to be able to stand and do things on your own.”

“Do you know what they want to talk about?” I asked again. That was what mattered to me. I needed to have an insight at least to be a step forward.

“I have my guesses but they aren’t good. That is why I need you whole,” he said and I nodded in response.

After a week of total bed rest, it was finally time to go for the meeting. Kieran’s position in the council meetings and as the Lycan King has made it easy to postpone the meetings until I was deemed fit enough. But the council members still pressed forward in seeing me. I had become a lot more popular as Ryan’s slayer. And just as Kieran had said, I didn’t really have many admirers.

Even the nurses and the doctors at the hospital looked at me a certain way. Like they were scared of me. They treated me differently. In a way that I could not very much understand. And even when I left, the people at the palace weren’t an exception. They took it to a whole new level. Most of them might have witnessed it first hand, I didn’t know but if I were in their shoes, I would have been curious to know what made the moon to almost lose its light.

“Are you ready?” Kieran asked.

“I can never be ready for this. But I’m strong enough,” I smiled. He smiled back as he led me out of the palace. The car was already packed right in front of us. Asides the driver, there was someone already in waiting for us.

“Who is she?” I asked.

“Nikkei. You wanted to meet her.”

“The witch?”

“Yes.”

“I don’t think she would be needed anymore. I mean I have been stable for a week now.”

“Yeah, I know that. But you never know what the council members have in mind. Some of them do not really know how to mince words. They just come out raw and it might trigger a lot of things. I wouldn’t want your powers to be one of them.”

“Well, if they can be that annoying, then I wouldn’t need Nikkei,” I shrugged as I entered the car. “Hello, you must be Clara. I have heard so much about you,” the strange looking lady said.Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.

“Are they good or bad?” I asked.

“Well it depends on who is speaking,” she smiled.

She spoke freely unlike other witches that I had encountered. Her teeth decorated with diamonds. And with the piercings around her face, she glowed. As I sat beside her, I felt my shoulder over her slacking skinny shoulders. She had a petite physique but it was hard to tell her height. I don’t know if it was a thing for all witches but her hair was shabby; a roughly arrange blonde dread with lots of shiny metals hanging from each strands. What was it with the metals? Maybe she stored spells in them. But she emitted a unique smell. Like an ancient oud fragrance. She could have easily be described as a teenager but she knew so much.

“Have you ever gone to a werewolf council meeting before?” Nikkei asked.

“Not exactly, I’ve been to a couple of meetings with Kieran though but I have never gone to any that was called on for me.”

“I see, me neither.”

“That’s quite hard to believe,” I said.

“Why?”

“Well, you are the pack’s witch. My guess is that you and Kieran would have gone out for one these meetings before.”

“Kieran handles the affairs of the pack so well that no one is needed. Like there won’t be any need to call on me or anyone at all.”

“I understand.”

“Everyone feels safe and happy. He just makes everything easy.”

“I guess you might have been surprised when the message came seeking your presence.”

“Not exactly,” she said.

“What do you mean?”

“Unlike others who had forgotten and neglected the old ways which is the one that lies in the bosom of the prophecy, I use this prophecies. And I knew that what happened will happen.”

“Oh like a vision or something?”

“Exactly.”

“So why didn’t you do something? Like give us a warning before hand? Maybe we could have stopped it from happening.”

“That’s not how it works. Don’t worry your pretty head about it. It’s a witch thing,” she chuckled.

Kieran had been quiet the whole ride. I didn’t blame him. There were two ladies talking about him. Asides that, he looked more worried about the meeting than I was. I was beginning to wonder if he knew something that I didn’t.

“Hey, are you okay?” I asked him.

“Yeah, I am. Why?”

“You’ve just been a bit distant since the ride started. Just wondering where your mind is at.”

“Just everywhere. The meeting, you,” he exhaled.

“Did they tell you anything?”

“Like what?”

“I don’t know. Maybe something you aren’t telling me.”

“Clara, there is nothing. Lets just hear what they have to say.”

I nodded and leaned back on the seat.

“It’s okay to be worried. I too will be worried. But you’ll be fine.” Nikkei whispered with a smile and I smiled back. I didn’t say anything else until we got out of the car.

Kieran led me in and Nikkei followed behind. Her job was easy; cast a neutralising spell if I get out of control. I hoped so much that it wouldn’t have to get to that stage.

The werewolf council members where already seated awaiting our arrival. As soon as we walked in, the hall went completely silent. I felt every eyeballs on me. And the more we stood there the more I began to feel uneasy.

“Kieran, what’s happening?” I whispered without looking up.

“It’s okay,” he squeezed my hands in his grip.

“Are you sure?”

“Hey look at me,” he took up my chin, “I will not let anything happen to you okay?”

I nodded.

“Now let’s get you seated,” he said leading me in. But they stared, their keen eerie stares. I knew something would happen but couldn’t tell what exactly would.