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CHAPTER 2: The Awakening

Alexia's POV.

Every step we take out of the study has my heart breaking, and in a split second, I yanked my hands from Pete’s hands and rushed after my papa.

“Papa, let’s call on Lucas. I’m sure he has the resources to get here in time!” I shouted as I ran after my papa’s figure.

On hearing my voice, papa stopped and then turned back. From where I am, I can’t see his expression clearly.

“alexia…” I didn’t hear what he said as another loud explosion shook the walls and filled the air.

“If you can’t call him in such a desperate time, then he doesn’t deserve to be called your friend.”

I hated that I was the one who caused their rift, and I also hated that Papa didn’t want to call him.

He was the Lycan King, for fucks sake!

How could he not call him at such a time?

“This life that I have was given to me by him. There’s no reason to blame a person for the things that fate has arranged.”

“La mia principessa, be good, okay?”

Tears rolled down my eyes, and I nodded my head repeatedly.

Papa pulled away from me and cocked the two guns that were in his arms.

“Let’s go, Alexia,” Pete said, grabbing my hands to go in the other direction.

Without saying anything, Pete grabbed me, carrying me princess-style, and then made a high jump into the building.

Pete’s speed was impressive, and soon, we were climbing into the underground cellar underneath my room.

“There’s only two ways to open the safe in this cellar. You either open it from inside, or someone with the key opens it from outside. Other than that, it is completely indestructible.”

“alexia, regardless of what happens, you are not allowed to leave here.”

“Even after all of these settles?”

“There’s more than enough for you to eat and drink, and the underground pipes would make sure that you have more than enough oxygen…”

“You have no reason to come out,” Pete added, and I nodded, eager to have him go so that I could decide the best way to help my pack get through this.

“As for the key, only one person has it, so you don’t have to be scared.”

“Who?” I asked curiously, and Pete shot me an accusing glare.

“You would know when it’s time.”

He stood up, his height too small for the space of the cellar, so he had to bend his head.

“One last thing before I go,” Pete said, pulling out a small box from his pocket.

“I know you would be mad at me for a month when we see again, but this is the only way to ensure you don’t run off from here, Alexia.”

My heart raced as I tried to make sense of his words.

However, Pete was faster than me as he pulled out a small piece of clothing from the box and then placed them over my nostrils.

My arms flail beside me as I struggle with the overwhelming pull and darkness that was trying to wrap over me.

Unfortunately, it was a losing battle.

When I wake up, I first notice how silent it is everywhere.

I have no idea about how much time has passed or what has happened.

As though it was timed, the cellar door was pushed open, and I squinted my eyes, adjusting to the light slowly.

I sat up the moment I saw him.

He is here.

He came!

“lucas!” I called out, lunging at my godfather's broad and familiar figure.

“Tesoro,” Lucas groaned as he lifted me up and cradled my body against his.

Aside from the relief, I couldn’t help the electricity that I felt from being this close to him.

“Are you okay?” he finally asked after a minute.

“Hmm, Pete locked me here and told me only one person had the key.”

Lucas said nothing and silently brought me out of the cellar and into my room.

Even though the curtains weren’t drawn, there was still more than enough light, and I smiled as I stared at Lucas’s perfect features.

While he was my godfather, I could not deny how drawn I had always been to him. Even worse was when my wolf had picked him as my mate.

After three months of not seeing him, I couldn’t help but let my eyes soak in the perfection that he was.

“I knew you were going to come.”

“I told Papa several times,” I added, and while my voice was barely audible, I knew that Lucas could hear me.

His face fell, and I felt the energy in the room drop at a very fast rate.

“I came late.”

A bad, foreboding feeling filled my heart.

“Came late? I don’t hear the sounds of battle anymore. You came just in time!” Papa had already promised me that he would hold out till backup came.

However, my godfather's solemn and forlorn look made me step back.

“Where is Papa?”

I don’t wait for his reply and rush forward, opening my room door and running down the corridor.

I can hear Lucas's footsteps hurrying to catch up with me as I rush out of my childhood mansion towards the pack centre.

Fifteen years Ago

I stared at the letter in my hands, blinking back the tears that threatened to fall out, on closer observation I noticed a smudge of blood, and what's more it was fresh.

Dragging my legs, I summoned the guards on headed on to her kingdom, I had to find a way to help her.

The horses were set and we headed towards her, in the werewolf realm.

A place I dreaded.

The pungent smell of blood and the sight of deaf bodies scattered all over the floor as we arrived at the werewolf realm. .

My team and I, manuverred our way through the crowd, reaching her abode and seeking an even more gruesome massacre scene.

We Checked each and every single one of the bodies, I found her, and a little boy sitted beside her, his face covered in tears. Sharing a striking resemblance with her, I didn't need a soothSayer to let me know he was her son.

"T---ake care of him for me, Alexia," she croaked, stretching her hands towards the little boy, and placing his hand in mine.

"But---why. Don't worry. You'll be fine, get up now," I said in protest, struggling with the tears that threatened to fall at witnessing her in that condition.

"I trust you," her lips curved into a smile, "you'll take him as yours,"

"What is his name?"

I watched as she struggled to keep her eyes open, "Denzel,"

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