Chapter Hundred and Fifty – Not his fault.
Jaden’s POV
Something similar had crossed my mind as well. It might be true. The wolf I had was unruly.
I laughed at Rihanna’s joke and sat back. “Well, I doubt knowing his name will change how crazy he acts. So about the Lycan energy?”
She had pinched lips as she began explaining.
“Yeah, you have to get access to a Lycan’s energy somehow and let it heal you. It’d be temporal but enough to remove the poison.
Was that possible? “Getting a Lycan’s energy and using it to heal me?”
She confirmed. “Yeah. Like Logan wanted to use my Silver energy.”
So we are doing what Logan wanted to do to her? Wasn’t that supposed to be wrong?
I understood that since Lycans are immune to the poison, we are to try using a Lycan’s energy to save me but it wasn’t as easy as it seemed.
“Then on which Lycan?” I questioned.
“Can’t your friend Liam help?” she called his name with some disdain.
“I don’t know how to find him and I doubt he’d want to give me his energy. We are friends but not that close.” I said.
She frowned. “It’s about your life here. We can’t find another Lycan so why can’t he help?”
“As I said, I don’t know him much. You don’t expect him to give his energy to a stranger!” I raised my voice.
She was quiet then made an ‘hmm’ sound.
“What?”
“Nothing. I just said hmm.” She shrugged.
“That ‘hmm’ has a lot of words to it.” I knew. “Are you meaning we should use Hunter?”
Her eyes widened. “But I didn’t say it.”
“Your ‘hmm’ was quite clear, Rih.” I scowled. “We can’t use Hunter, he’s just a kid.”
And for crying out loud, she was his Alpha, meaning she owed him protection.
“He’s also a Lycan. If we take his energy for a while, he’s still young and can regrow it. That’s if we really need him having it.”
“No, Rihanna, don’t see the boy differently because he’s a Lycan.” I pleaded.
“How can I not? Lycans have done nothing but cause trouble for me and this one was related to my most hated Lycan.”
“So you hate him because he’s Logan’s son?” I snapped. “The other Lycan who helped you was a son of Logan as well. They aren’t all bad!”
She hesitated before speaking. “That Liam too? He is?”
I rubbed my temples. I wasn’t supposed to tell but I just did. “He is from another Kingdom and was looking for his dad. He’s not bad at all.”
She looked down, hopefully to rethink her decision. “Lana once said Lycans weren’t born evil but grew into it.”
I exhaled, glad that she was understanding me.
“But Hunter being Logan’s son would always be a shock to me, I don’t know how to tell Beatrice.”
Then she shouldn’t. Hunter didn’t know and so should Beatrice or it could cause some conflicts in the future. “Don’t tell for now till he’s older.”
I began to see why Hunter always acted differently from other pups, his wolf was Lycan.
I looked at my injury, the blood shade was darkening and it wasn’t still healing. “They’d surely be another way to help me.”
“Using Hunter’s energy was all I could think of.” Rihanna said.
My head couldn’t bring up any more ideas either. She gasped, leaving her seat.
“To think we went through the trouble of talking with Logan, instead of just killing him, to help Hunter but now, he turned out to be his son!”
Did she regret helping a pup from her pack?
“I don’t regret helping Hunter. You shouldn’t either. This injury isn’t Hunter’s fault.” I said.
She huffed. “Yeah, it’s his father’s and Hunter is his son. A chip of the old block. He even helped his father distract you that day, didn’t he?”
That wasn’t intentional and she knew it. “Logan had been using his son. Hunter was a victim of Logan’s malpractices. Nothing else.”
“Yeah but he was his son and that is surely a leverage on us. Think of how the boy had been spying in my pack.”
“Spying? You don’t even know if that happened. If it did, it’s still not Hunter’s fault!” I yelled.
She took a step back and I regretted it. I sighed, rubbing my face.
“Why are you siding him though?” She asked with a low tone. “Sure, you like him and he’s my Beta’s son but you’re ignoring the big picture.”
I swallowed the words I wanted to say to prevent an overreaction or possible misunderstanding.
She, of all people, should know how it felt when your uniqueness was overlooked by others.
“As long as Hunter is a good kid, you shouldn’t treat him any less than you treat other pups.” I managed to say.
She cocked her head. “If he joins his father?”
Would she kill him? “He won’t. Connect him to your pack mind link as you said and Logan can’t connect with him.”
“Okay.” She breathed in and out.
“And if he acts roguish, bring him to me. I’d talk to him, he may have done it as he’s a kid who wants his father’s approval.” I had been same.
“That will be if he knows Logan is his father.”
“Another reason to make sure he doesn’t.”
Rihanna plopped down on her chair. “Thinking and planning are not my thing. I prefer action. I won’t be the same with that kid, I know.”
That was sad. Hunter was still Hunter to me.
If for anything, being Logan’s son was a plus to him. He wouldn’t be a push over as he’d be strong. “Try to accept him, for Beatrice’s sake.”
She made another ‘hmm’ to that, and it was firm and determined so I knew she’d try her best.
I left my mate to rest further, I needed to lie my head down as well.
The warriors bowed and saluted respectfully as I passed. It gave a sense of satisfaction to my prideful wolf.
He came to the surface. “You didn’t waste time to destroy my good name in front of Lana.”
He already called his mate’s wolf by her name?
I knew he meant what he said figuratively but I used it to tease him. “I don’t know your name so I can’t destroy it.”
He tsked, taking it as a joke.
“And Lana is a really pretty name, your name should not be disappointing.” I teased again.
He didn’t take this part lightly, and frowned.
I chuckled, while searching for Ralph. He wasn’t close for me to connect through mind link.
“Excuse me, do you know where my Beta is?”
The warrior I asked, looked down then recited. “He said to tell you that he had gone looking for a solution for your injury.”
My forehead creased. “Did he say where?”
She looked up thinking. “No, but I’m guessing Boots and Rivers market? Where else?”
I didn’t know also. Where else?
Author’s note: Wow, glad you’re still here with me at this chapter! Have you any questions or queries? Drop them in the commsec! ( ◜‿◝ )♡