Chapter Hundred and Seventy-Five – Joking?
Rihanna’s POV
What was he and Liam yapping about? “Which other Lycan?”
I sent my hands ready to throw hands. Any other Lycan wasn’t welcomed here.
“Me.” He deadpanned. “I realized I was Lycan yesterday. Like I just unlocked the rank.”
My hands fell down. He was the Lycan?
“Congratulations! My worse Lycan, after my father, had unlocked Lycan rank too. He was a crazy guy.” Liam chuckled.
Jaden sighed. “That’s not helping.”
“What you’re saying isn’t making sense either. You are Lycan?” my eyes widened.
How did he become Lycan?
“After Ralph’s death, I was venting then poof, shifted to Lycan.” He said causally.
I hit his arm slightly. With the way he sounded, he must be joking. “This is a joke, right?”
My hand was still on his arm I hit, he held unto it and shook his head. “No, I’m dead serious.”
I pulled my hand away from him. He was dead serious? “Are you kidding me now!”
Liam backed away. “Why do I sense a couple fight starting? Is she… Are you guys…?”
“Liam, get out!” I faced him. “And how’d you sense my own mate was a Lycan when I can’t even sense it…”
I exhaled finally reading the energy. “You are a Lycan.” I remarked with every disdain I could muster. How the hell had that happened?
Liam sped off, with Hunter. I wanted to chase after him but ignored it, as long as he doesn’t tell the boy they’re related, I’m good.
I faced Jaden again who wasn’t meeting my gaze. He didn’t also meet my gaze when first we met. Could he be really serious?
“First, I want to say I’m really sorry for your loss. I hope Ralph is at a better place.” I started.
Maybe he was going crazy because of Ralph’s death, right? My wolf came to the surface.
“I don’t know if this is a way to punish us, but it’s quite obvious our mate turned Lycan.”
Jaden looked down, nodding. “Black Rose and I accept your condolences, Rih. I also hope you accept what I became. It’s not my doing.”
Well yeah, the moon goddess! And she’s quite shitty for pairing a Silver Wolf and a Lycan.
“What would our pups become?” I mouthed.
I noticed the corner of Jaden’s lips curled up, I rolled my eyes. “I was thinking within myself.”
“I’m glad to know you’d want to have pups with me. You seem to hate pups.” He smiled.
I exhaled loudly. “So you mean you just, poof, became a Lycan?” he didn’t have any shitty backstory to it?
“The backstory was, by my wolf, he always felt a dormant Lycan in him but pain and anger he faced for Ralph’s death brought it out.”
Not much of that made sense but I found myself nodding to it. “Ralph’s death did this.”
“The pain I felt.” He corrected.
I did know pain turned people to different things, only I wasn’t aware Lycan was one of them. “How many people do you plan to tell?”
He should know he’d be seen as the same with Logan, especially after Logan’s last attack.
They’d think it psychologically made him like Logan somehow.
He took out a letter, Red Moon’s letter and showed it to me.
“I don’t care how wolfs see me, I’m just glad I can counter Lycan’s plans.”
Logan’s plan of draining energy from werewolfs to Lycans? “If you’re Lycan it shouldn’t work on you, right?” I snapped my finger.
He did the same. “That’s the catch. I think the moon goddess knew this will happen so gifted me this.”
She wasn’t that timely but okay. “My wolf told me that my barrier could prevent the energy drain wave from hitting me if I’m close to it.”
What she didn’t add was how draining it’d be to fight Logan while keeping the barrier on.
Everything would be at least a meter away from me. “I haven’t tried it yet but it’s my best shot.”
“Fair enough, and you’d be far away from Logan so his growls wouldn’t get to you too.”
What growls? I bet my face asked so he replied.
“Whenever Logan growled, it had an effect on you. Your body pause for a second, his energy trying to subdue you.” Jaden explained.
Embarrassing to admit but yes, I’ve been victim to that a lot. “It didn’t happen to you?”
“Perhaps as we are both Lycans, it didn’t. It also did nothing to Liam as he had saved you that day.” Jaden responded.
Okay then, that put me at a disadvantage because I’d still hear Logan’s growl whether or not my barrier was on.
He shouldn’t know that still. “Yeah, that’s done. And do you have someone to take over Ralph’s duties for now?”
I bit my tongue as those words came out.
They may have sounded like he replaced the guy already.
“After Jonah’s duel with you, he improved. He didn’t break a rank but improved, he’s handling Ralph’s duties now.” Jaden said, then sniffed.
Since he said handling, then it may have been something discussed already.
“I’d keep my pack ready as well. And I’d not be going anywhere till when you’d want an attack.” I said.
“Good, we both can take on Logan alone, like in the prophecy.” He replied, taking steps back.
He never spoke much of prophecies, at least not with me. “Yeah, that incomplete prophecy.”
It’s funny how the prophecy didn’t refer to us as husband and wife but just silver wolf and mate.
“Can I ask? I’ve wanted to ask.” I smiled. Did you have a mate before but she died? I heard the rumor at Boots and Rivers market once.”
He made a little pout. “I never had a mate.”
That was depressing and given his kind of person, he may have had no romantic partner all through his life.
I cleared my throat. “That’s unfair. You had to wait six years of your life waiting for a mate, and then she’s me.”
“What’s wrong with you?” he quickly asked, with a frown.
Maybe if he didn’t notice, a lot of things were wrong with me. “For one, I’m not really ready for love shenanigans or accepting the mate bond.”
“And did I force you?” he asked again.
I paused. He didn’t. But I felt… guilty. “Well, I had been, let me say, broken before so I’m basically someone’s toxic ex..”
He interjected again. “I doubt Chris sees you as a toxic ex. He knows he’s the toxic one to reject you for no reason.”
There was someone who saw it like that? It made me feel better but didn’t show.
I didn’t want the discussion to dive into a romantic one so I grabbed my horse. “Is there a way to get Liam for me? I need Hunter back.”
He smirked, understanding I didn’t want to talk to deeply. I was glad he respected that.
“Sure, give me a second.” He sped off, jolting the horse and me. That was damn fast.