The Lycan King’s Breeder

Chapter 57: Talon’s POV

“No, my king. I need to do some tests on her blood to be certain what exactly happened. But the dead foetus and the blood coming from her, tell me she has had a miscarriage,” Sara explained with light in her eyes.

She was certain of what she was saying and I was dying. This was crazy. It couldn’t be real.

“She didn’t come to me, so I presume she didn’t know about it herself until she lost it…” Sara went on with her explanation but I was no longer listening.

I couldn’t possibly listen to what she was saying. It made no sense.

I started walking away from her, without replying or saying anything at that.

“My king? My king?” I heard her call me but I couldn’t bring myself to respond.

I wanted to, but I couldn’t.

“Go get the Beta, right now!” She yelled to someone but I wasn’t interested.

It felt like my soul was watching my body move but it couldn’t recognize it as my own.

My body had separated from itself. My wolf was out a long time ago. My brain was on hiatus. It was just my legs, walking away from the pain.

But how could I run away from the pain in my heart? How far could I run from myself?

The guards whispered among themselves as they saw me walking. I saw their lips move. I saw the confusion and fear in their eyes… but I couldn’t register anything else other than that.

I walked on till I got to my chamber and walked straight to the bathroom. I got into the bathtub and turned on the water.

Perhaps, the stinging cold of the water would slap me back to my senses.

How could all of these bad things happen to just me?

How could I lose two children just like that? In one fucking day?

“Fuck!” I hissed, hitting the edge of the bathtub.

The hit came out stronger than I intended and the poor material gave a loud crack.

“Fuck!” I yelled and then let out a ground-shattering roar that echoed through every wall in the castle.

I had to run.

I jumped out of the bathtub and my body transformed into my wolf. I got out through the window and started running in the direction of the forests.

I had to be a king. I was a Lycan. Pain shouldn’t be new to me. I should be used to broken hearts, they never stayed for too long.

They always heal.

And I could always try again. This was just a setback. This wasn’t the end.

“Ahh!” I howled into the night air.

The goddess had to be up there. She had to see me in so much pain. She had to realize that she had been too cruel to me and now it was time she gave me a break!

She had to!

“Ahh!” I howled again, shaking the trees of the forest.

I ran so much that I could see the castle lights from a very far distance. Yet, the pain didn’t go away. It was permanently tattooed on my chest. A reminder that I had failed as a Lycan King to produce an heir.

The air changed suddenly and I stopped running. I stood still in the middle of the forest and let the cold breeze blow over my fur.

I looked up and the moon appeared. It stood high in the sky despite the dark clouds that swam over it.

My wolf howled in pain like I had lost a part of me. It howled for all the people I have lost.

My father. My children and my people.

“Talon!”

I snapped my neck in the direction of the voice and my red eyes found Greg.

“You shouldn’t be here,” I hissed and returned my gaze to the moon.

“Neither should you, Talon,” he said.

I heard his feet move closer to me and I could tell he had stepped out of the shadows.

“What sort of a king am I if I can’t provide an heir to my people? Why can’t any of my women, stay with child?” I whispered as I stared at the moon.

The dark clouds were now more than before and they gathered around it, threatening to swallow all of the light coming from it.

I saw a streak of lightning before the thunderous clap followed a few seconds later.

Greg touched my right shoulder and I felt my wolf melt away. My human form returned and I felt even more vulnerable.

“Talon, you are brave. You are a warrior. I have been looking up to you ever since we first sparred in these fields… You can’t let this weigh you down.”

His hold on my shoulder tightened and his voice grew louder. “You can’t let it break you now!”

I broke eye contact with the dimming moon and looked at him. “I am not breaking, Greg. I just need my question answered.”

“I am sure the goddess has a way of giving us the peace we seek. You just have to be patient…”

I scoffed and returned my gaze to the moon again. I felt a drop of water on my nose and I knew it was about to rain.

“You should return to the castle. It’s about to rain,” I whispered to him as I continued staring upward.

Greg scoffed.

“You and I have been through worse. Rain doesn’t scare me,” he said and I glared at him.

“Don’t be stubborn Greg. You will get sick. Nathan and Ethan need their father,” I said, trying to make him change his mind by using his children whom he adored with everything he possessed.

He threw his sword into the ground and sat beside it.

“Nice try but I am not moving,” he said, flashing me a smile.

I groaned, rolling my eyes. I didn’t want to be responsible for it if and when he became sick.

“Fine, let’s go to the nearest post before the rain starts,” I said and he nodded.

We started jogging slowly at first but soon picked up pace as the rain also increased.

“This is fun!” Greg exclaimed and I smiled at him.

We got to the cottage in no time. It was empty just as we expected. It was an old abandoned post.

“When we get back, remind me to sign papers for this post to be restored. I need all eyes in the forest,” I said as I pulled a chair for myself.

My pain had subsided. I was still numb but my head was working now.

“Talon, I am sorry about what happened. I would have let you grieve longer but we have urgent matters to sort,” Greg said.

I let out a deep breath and looked at him. “What is it this time?”

“It’s about the women. I spoke to Dawn and Emily, they also suspect foul. Sara found something in Avalyn’s body…”

As if fire to an exposed gas, my eyes shone bright and my head sparked.

“What did she find?”

“Component of the human drug that could terminate a pregnancy,” Greg explained.

My eyes moved around as fast as my brain tried to process everything. “She was poisoned? In my fucking castle?”

“Yes, and the girls were certain about every food she ate except for the last one… A special cake from the chef,” Greg explained.

It was still raining outside but I didn’t care. I jumped to my feet and started for the door.

Greg got up too and stopped me.

“I have sent guards to search for the maid in question. As soon as they find her, I will be notified-”

I shook his hand off and held the door knob. “I don’t want to be notified, Greg!” I roared above the sound of the rain. “I want to be there when they find the one who had the bravery to kill my child!”

“That’s not all Talon!” He called out and once again, I stopped.

“What is it, Greg?” At this point, my heart was beating at a thundering rate. My wolf was on edge and it needed blood.

“The substance was also found in Willow. She ingested it directly in its pure state. I was hoping you could ask her who gave them to her… She refused to speak to me,” Greg said. “We need a lead from her before we can do anything…”

My enemies had infiltrated my castle. They were among my guards and soldiers. They wanted to finish my lineage before it even began.

They killed my children before they even got the chance to be born.

“She will speak to me!” I gritted out as I burst the door open and started marching under the rain to the clinic.

The rain reduced to tiny showers as the night got darker.

There were puddles along the path, but my legs were determined to move.

I got to the clinic and worked straight to the ward where I left Willow and pushed the door open.

“Goddess, Talon!” Willow screeched, holding her chest and the wall behind her for balance.

“Who gave you those medications you took today?” I asked her.

Her blue eyes flashed in panic and she moved to the window.

“What medication are you talking about?” she asked in that smooth voice of hers.

“The one they found in your system, Willow. It killed our baby! I need to know who fucking gave it to you!” I howled.

Her fingers started shaking as she looked at me. my heart squeezed in that instant as I feared Sara hadn’t broken the news to her yet.

She slowly turned and started heading to bed. I quickly ran to her and wrapped my arms around her.

“I am sorry my love. I thought Sara had told you already. Please forgive me,” I begged, holding her close to my chest.

She sniffled. She was crying. But she didn’t say a word.

I led her to the bed and she sat down.

“No one gave it to me, Talon. I took it myself,” she whispered looking into my eyes.Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.

“What?” I asked, corking my head to the side. She couldn’t know what she was talking about.

“Yes, Talon, I took the pills myself!”