Filed to story: The Lycan Queen Story (Nora and Helios)??
“Wait, didn’t you celebrate your birthdays in your old pack? ” Dave asked
I shook my head and explained.
“No not really, we celebrated things like coming out of age, our first shift, a higher ranking, winning a competition and things like that. But the celebration wasn’t personal, it was with the whole pack and these gifts Ben mentioned, we never got any.” I shrug
Now it was a complete silence over the room and I wondered if I said. anything wrong. A sharp intake of air snapped me out of the thoughts that had wandered into my mind.
“Excuse me my king, if I may speak” one of the maids took a step forward. She was pretty with brown eyes and dark blonde hair.
The king looked at her and smiled, waving her forward.
“Hello miss Nora, my name is Anna and I know what you are speaking of. The pack that I came from was like that also but if I don’t sound too rude I would like to invite you to a birthday party tomorrow actually. One of the maids’ birthday is tomorrow and I thought you wanted to see how we celebrate ours and also I wonder when your birthday is?” Anna say
“Oh I would love that. My birthday is next year, on the day of the ball.” I say and thinks
“What. Your birthday has already been? But then we need to celebrate it. We should set a date but we also need to celebrate that you guys have found your mate and our future queen.” Dave said and I tilted my head at him. So what?
“Yes you are right, we have a lot to celebrate but first we need to discuss the recent happenings and problems that we have.” The king said and dismissed Anna and the two other maids.
I wonder how I will go to the birthday party tomorrow if I can’t speak with Anna again.
“It’s okay Nora, Anna will fetch you tomorrow when the party is ready” Ares winks at me.
Like he could read my mind but then again my dad used to say that you could read my thoughts on my face from time to time.
“Yes, well to address the current problem. Mia caused a lot of trouble this time when she blew up some parts of the castle, turned Daniel into a puppet and let in the rogue lycans into the castle grounds. I believe that her plan was to get Nora kidnapped and marked by one of them because now every lycan knows that Nora exists like the last female lycan.” the king said and looked at all of us.
I look down at my hands and think back, yes they wanted me for something more than just a healing. And what about that one lycan that Artemis knocked down from the tree, I wonder who he is.
“Ben told me that Nora and her lycan kind of linked everyone together and healed them a bit, enough to get them back to their senses anyway.” Helios said and I nodded.
“Yes I touched a bit of their souls and gave them what they needed, but I really need to heal them completely before you can trust them all out.” I say and think back when I felt their sadness and devastation.
“Hmm yes I would really like to see you in action by healing one of them. even if I felt it first hand but I think it would be really believable if I could see it with my own eyes. When do you think you have enough energy to try and heal one lycan?” the king asks
“Hmm well it will probably take a few days before Artemis can heal a rogue lycan that hasn’t been healed before hand.” I say and ponder over my words.
“What about one of the lycans that you helped in the forest then? Do you think you are strong enough for one of them?” Helios asks and I look at him.
*What do you think Artemis, are you up to it?* I ask of her and she huffs.
Sure if you eat something already, it will take your energy to, you know. Ask for pancakes with maple syrup, I want to know what that is.* She answers back and I am confused. What is maple syrup?
“Umm Artemis said she could probably heal one of them that we healed back in the forest but that I need to eat first. So I wonder if I could try out pancakes with maple syrup, but I don’t know what that is..” I explain.
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Nora POV
Well, let’s just say that pancakes with maple syrup are one of my new favorites even though Dave told me they are usually served for breakfast. I don’t care, they are delicious, the pancakes were so fluffy that they melted in my mouth and the maple syrup was sweet but not too sweet, yummy.
When I had eaten three portions I and my mates along with Daniel walked outside to the backyard of the castle where the others were waiting. Oh da mn I got an audience, now I’m nervous.
The king, Dave, William, Ben, Daniel, Andrei, Gray, Linus and Tristan were all waiting there with a rogue lycan on the ground. I recognized the lycan, it was the same that kidnapped me, I looked at Ares and Helios.
“We didn’t choose him but I guess father did but Nora, just so you know this lycan is Linus’ father” Helios said.
I looked at him with surprise and then I looked back to Linus and I could see that he was nervous and worried and I just nodded.
We walked over to them and I dropped to my knees in front of Linus’ father’s lycan. He looked at me but didn’t do anything so I slowly reached my hands up and touched his head.
I felt for Artemis and she came forward in a matter of seconds.
*Let’s heal him then*
I was sucked into his memories without hesitation and the first thing I
saw was a very small Linus. He could have been one year old and they celebrated his birthday, it was so different from what I was used to. Balloons and candles, presents and bright and colorful colors everywhere. I got a bit jealous by all of it and I hoped I would get the same one day.
I watched as Linus clapped his hands in joy when a woman came in suddenly and I smiled because I thought it was Linus’ mother but the room got quiet and I wondered why. Linus’ father seemed furious when the mother came in but she just smiled and hugged Linus before she did something that made me scream.
I jumped backwards and released Linus’ father and I shook like a leaf when I looked at him and he looked down on the grass in shame. I stared at him, I couldn’t believe what I just saw but I knew it was true. Linus’ mother abused him from the very start, it didn’t matter how old Linus was, she punched him and kicked him whenever she could and Linus’ father couldn’t stop her.
The law forbade him, the very same law that said never to hurt your mate or your children. If Linus’ father had hurt his mate in an attempt to save Linus, they both would have been killed and Linus would have no one of his parents left. He would have grown up like an orphan. Stu pid laws.
I collected myself again and this time I just touched Linus’ father’s hand and dived into his memories again. This time Linus was maybe five or six years old and his mother had just stabbed him with a knife in his leg. She watched as he healed and then she stabbed him again and again.
“I know I should have stopped her but she was my mate and the law forbade me from doing anything.” Linus’ father said and I nodded with tears in my eyes.
“I will change that law someday” I whisper and he nods.
“Yes, please do that, you will help a lot of children that way”
Are there more children with abusive parents in this pack? I need to stop it some way.
“Are you ready to let this go now and come back with me?” I ask him and he looks down at me with a sad face.
“No” he said and I stared at him.
“But your son needs you” I say and he looks at me surprised.
“Linus is dead” he whispers and I tilt my head in confusion.
He grabs my hand and walks out the door and into another memory. Linus is perhaps 13 this time, his mother is choking him when the curse activates and kills his mother but her hands are still on Linus neck and chokes the life out of him.
Linus’ father rushes up to them and rips her from him, he takes her into his arms and howls before running away with her.
“See he died because I was too weak to stop her” Linus’ father blames himself and I try to tell him that Linus is still alive but this time he shoves me out of his memories.
The force is huge and I fly backwards and land on the grass about three meters away. I get up furious and so sad because he won’t listen. I take Linus’ hand and then I force my way into his father’s head but this time I take Linus with me.
We travel into his lycans space and there it is pitch black like he isn’t there and in some way he isn’t. We find his human side instead.
“Go away girl. It does not matter what you say, my son is dead and there is not anything that will change it.” he says and sniffles.
“Fine then if you want to dwell in self pity, do that but you will listen to me and do as I say You will look up at your son!” I say
“You will not say what I must do…” he says and looks up before he gasps
He stands up slowly and sta ggers towards us and touches Linus’ face before he hugs him
“Linus, is that you?” He asks and Linus nods
I feel his lycan coming back as there is a light and both Linus’ father and his lycan melts into one another, becoming one again. Still hugging Linus like he is his lifeline and perhaps he is that to his father
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