The Love of a Lycan

"Where is Ryan?" Torak asked the same question again. His expression was devoid of any emotion as he kept his hardened eyes fixed on Clarice.

"I don't know…" Clarice shook her head as she glanced again and again at the closed door, where the Lycan had taken her son to. "He was here this morning… but, when… Beta Gary came and told him something… he went outside and… I don't know anything else…" Clarice sobbed again.

She felt so distressed with all of these happenings, especially when she couldn't have her child in her arms, she didn't want anything bad happen to her son.

"Where is Gary?" Torak asked, staring grimly at his people.

One of the Lycans stepped forward and reported seriously. "Beta Gary had disappeared along with Alpha Ryan." He said.

"And his family?" Torak furrowed his eyebrows.

"Beta Gary is an orphan, he doesn't have family." He replied. That was why they couldn't bring Gary's family here, because he had no one.

"Did you check all over this place?" Torak asked Calleb, who was standing beside Raine, and behind himself.

"Yes, Alpha." Calleb nodded. "We have all the area checked, but still we couldn't find him and his Beta."

"Announce this! I will have his mate killed if he didn't show up before the sunset." Torak said cruelly.

An announcement like this would spread faster among the Lycans and werewolf as they used their mind- link to share their thoughts.

As long as Ryan was still near his territory, he would be able to receive it.

"He will not come Alpha… he will not come." Clarice was weeping once again. She clutched her chest tightly as if she was holding back her grievances. "Even if you said you will kill me, he will not come…"

Torak narrowed his eyes. "What do you mean?" It was impossible for their other half to stand the pain of losing their own mate.

"Because I am not his mate… I am not his mate…" Clarice said it repetitively. Her tears wetted her face. "I was just his chosen mate…" She confessed. "He will not care about me…"

Torak had never heard that Ryan was together with Clarice because she was his chosen mate. Though this case was not unheard of, but it was very rare within the werewolves and Lycanthropes, because they always chose to wait for their destined mate.

Except…

"Why? Did his mate die?" Torak asked rigidly.

Because Ryan's status before was Alpha Xavier's Beta, he didn't care or bother much about him.

"No… because his destined mate was Jenedieth, the late Alpha Xavier's daughter." Clarice blurted out.

This revelation not only surprised the Alpha, but also shocked the rest of the people, especially those who were part of this blue moon pack.

They also didn't know about this back story.

In truth, for Clarice to admit something like this could be considered as a humiliating experience. However, she didn't have any other choice, she must save her son.

He was the only reason why Clarice was able to survive until now.

"Jenedieth?" Torak frowned. This piece of information felt more absurd toTorak.

If Jenedieth was Ryan's destined mate so, why were they not together?

"Because…" Clarice looked at the people from the blue moon pack over her shoulder, she was hesitant to reveal the reason in the presence of those people.

Understanding this, Torak gestured his people to bring them away, so Clarice could talk more about this matter.

Mate was a sacred thing for shape shifters like them.

One living with their chosen mate was a rare occasion, but to reject their own mate was unheard of. How could they do that?

Torak thought Jedrek would be the first one to do so, however he actually got to face such an issue here, in his own pack.

Those blue moon pack people were taken to the third floor and were locked in their own bedrooms until any further orders.

Even if they didn't lock them away, they wouldn't dare to step out of their bedrooms under Torak's orders. They knew better to not cross the Alpha's bottom line, moreover at a time like this.

After it was only Torak's people who were left around Clarice, she choked on her tears as she started to talk again.

"Ms. Jenedieth rejected him…" She bit her lip to hold back her agony when she continued to speak. "He was enraged and… and he marked me by force…" Tears began rolling down her cheeks again as she hastily wiped them away.

When her last few words came of her mouth, Raine could feel all the people inside the room holding back their breath in shock.

Raine knew it was something bad, but didn't really know how bad it was to be marked by force… actually, she had also experienced one…

Torak marked her without her consent when he is in his beast form, yet she was fine and there was not any major damage that were done.

[What happens if you were marked forcefully?] Raine asked Calleb through mind- link.

[It would severe the mate bond between you two.] Calleb answered. [In Clarice's case, she would never meet her destined mate ever.]

[But, Torak did the same to me… and I am fine…] Raine glanced at Calleb who glanced back at her.

[That can't be counted. Your case is different.] Calleb shook his head slowly and continued to explain. [Between you and Torak, the mate bond could only affect the Alpha, and since you don't feel it, how could it be severed?]

In other words; the feeling that she felt for Torak now was pure because she loved him, without any intervention of the mate bond.

[Then, how bad it is for the lady?] Raine shifted her attention back to clarice, who was wailing pitifully. There was regret, shame and anger in the way she expressed herself after the confession.

[Forced marking is similar to rape in your world, and as if that wasn't enough, you will be forced to live the rest of your life with your rapist. Our kind despises that kind of act the most. So, how bad do you think it is for her?] Calleb looked at Raine, who was staring at him with eyes wide open in shock. [That is why she said Ryan will not come for her. She is not even his mate in the first place.]