Chapter Hundred and Seventy-One – Running.
Jaden’s POV
Some wolfs were coming to me. Not from my pack but from Silver Pack.
My sense of smell heightened. They were still miles off but I could smell them by their distinct reek of silver.
Silver repelled me, not as much as it used to before. Like how it repelled Lycans. Logan hated it. I basically had all his weaknesses now.
The scent of my mate hit my nose and I stood standstill. I had forgotten about her for while.
How’d she react to me being a Lycan? Silver wolfs and Lycans were very different, enemies.
Would she hate me?
She hadn’t accepted our mate bond yet so I didn’t want anything to drift her away.
“She can read my energy.” I gasped.
She was a powerful wolf so realizing my Lycan energy won’t be hard for her. What’d I do now?
Her warriors were far from where I was, while she was closer. I swerved to the direction of her warriors. They can’t read my energy.
I broke into a run as I wanted to be away from her as quickly as possible. Perhaps I’d say I was mourning and stay indoors?
“For how long would you do that?” Leon chuckled. Why did he think it was funny!
“Till I find way to break it to her that I became Lycan somehow. I didn’t understand all the gibberish you explained!” I barked.
I kept running. Her warriors slowed down, perhaps sensing my powerful energy.
She was far from me now, very far. Since I couldn’t sense her, then she couldn’t sense me.
I got to where her warriors were and slowed down. They bowed, realizing it was me.
“Our Alpha had sent us to search for you, Black Rose warriors are that direction.” One of them reported, then pointed south of where I was.
That was where Rihanna was. Was she searching for me with my warriors? Then I shouldn’t go there.
I nodded then trotted ahead, straight to Black Rose. The warriors didn’t expect my reaction but they ran back to their Alpha.
I caught scent of Liam and Mi Destino as I got closer. I wondered if Liam would sense the change in me.
Mi Destino Lycan energy was one-third of him so wasn’t active.
Liam’s energy went further as I came closer to my pack. He was already leaving, perhaps to search for me.
It was better, I’d break this news to him later.
My border warriors recognized me and bowed, one blew a horn. Was it to announce my arrival?
I sped to the main house as fast as the wind before the pack would gather around.
I caught scent of everyone inside. Only a handful. Jake and Jonah. I couldn’t face them yet, not in wolf form.
It was hard to pass the door in my form so I shifted back to human and ran to my room.
I banged the door annoyed and fell on my bed, butt naked. A soft sigh left my lips.
There was no time to sleep or rest so I quickly changed to proper clothes. My pack needed me.
Jake and Jonah were the first ones I saw at the courtroom. They stared at me in surprise, then anger. “Did you chase after Logan?”
“Something happened to me. I’d tell you later.”
They glanced at each other questioningly. “Tell us now.” They said in unison.
Didn’t I have to give a speech to the pack first or something? “It can wait, really.” And I hadn’t yet figured how’d break it.
Jake shook his head. “I addressed the pack for you. Rihanna gave information on how Ralph died but we don’t mind hearing from you…”
“Your energy is weird, what’s it about?” Jonah asked, pointing at me.
Jake glared at him for interrupting then nodded. “I know you have always had a weird energy but this one is really weird.”
Weird? They called it weird? That’s not good.
“Okay, first I’d like to ask if mom or dad are Lycan in any way?” I asked Jake.
He folded his arm. Jonah’s eyes widened and he hurriedly closed the door behind us.
“Mom is a werewolf, and was a Lycan Hunter in her prime. Our father is a Delta werewolf before he became Alpha consort. So?” he asked.
I nodded. Of course, I was born here and not adopted. It wasn’t possible I had Lycan parents but I needed to be sure.
Then this was really a gift of the Moon goddess. Though I’m still not sure how I merited it.
I broke the news. “I became Lycan, somehow.”
“Logan kind of Lycan?” Jonah immediately asked.
My hands I had used to gesture, came down, quite disappointed by how he took the news quickly. “Is they any other type of Lycan?”
Jake’s mouth was still open, he exhaled through them. “Like Lycan Lycan, Jaden?”
Could he be less dramatic? “Yes, Jake.”
Jonah slapped his hands together and rubbed his temples. “And how did that even happen?”
“Is it a rank you broke that felt like being a Lycan or…” Jake peered into my eyes.
Could it be a rank I broke that felt like Lycan? But Leon was clear when he said I became a Lycan.
But then he didn’t know as much. Or did he?
“I think I became Lycan. I shifted to one at least. But hey, it not bad, as long as I can control it, I’d be good.” I grinned.
“Control it! Do you know any Lycan who has self control?!!” Jake screamed!
Jonah punched his stomach on reflex and he shut up, holding unto it. I was glad, I would have done it myself if he didn’t shut up.
“Sorry.” Jonah went back. “But please stop the screams. We need to think of a solution before someone else find out.”
“Solution?” I frowned. “I don’t think there’s a solution to being Lycan.”
Was there a solution to being an Alpha, Beta, Delta? What nonsense was he spitting out?
“Red Moon could have. And they dropped a letter recently. We send one back, talking about it.” Jake suggested.
I shook my head. “No, let’s…”
Jonah interrupted. “No, no one should know. Alpha, can you de-shift? Is that even a thing?”
Did it sound like a thing to him!
“No.” I replied. “But then, we could…”
“Oh, oh, why don’t we just ask Rihanna if she can kill the Lycan part of you somehow.” Jake suggested again.
My fists clenched.
Jonah was about countering with something when I slammed the wall, creating a huge crack on it. They snapped their heads at me in unison.
“I’m keeping the Lycan!” I yelled.
Jonah sighed.
Jake gasped.