Awakened Beast

chapter 10

Edited.

The Lycan King Depp’s P.O.V

I sat there listening to her story and I loved listening to her talk because her voice, oh Goddess her voice, was so beautiful and mesmerising. I could listen to her talk for days on end and would never get bored or tire of hearing her. Is this what having a mate is all about, listening to each other and being so in love that all you want is them?

“Down boy, you don’t want to scare the hell out of her, do you?” Holler asked, making me roll my eyes. I hoped that she didn’t see me do that and if she did I hoped that she didn’t think it was because of what she was saying. I listened intently to her, but when she told me about the wolfsbane pills and how they kept her beast, whatever it was, weakened and then the rogue that pissed me off. I could feel my eyes turning black the angrier I got as I listened to what they had done to her and how they had lied to her.

“Calm down, they did it for a reason, they did it because they were scared of what is inside of her. They didn’t know, they didn’t understand what was inside her or what she is and that didn’t help at all. You need to calm down.” Holler said and that made me growl. I hadn’t realised that she had stopped talking and was now looking at me with fear in her eyes. My growl was so loud and mean that even my sister, June, jumped and then ran over to me, trying to calm me down. I watched as June looked across the table at Brie, who was still scared of me. s**t, I had made her scared of me again, s**t, s**t, f*****g s**t. I took deep breaths, trying to calm my heart and trying to get my anger under control, but it was hard. My sister was helping me and I was thankful that she always knew what to do when I was like this, but this time it was different. This time I was angry because someone had dared to cause pain to my mate. When I was finally calm my eyes went back to their normal colour and I saw how Brie was sitting, stiff and frozen in fear.

“Fuck.” I whispered to myself and slowly got up from my chair. I carefully and cautiously walked around the table, then held out my hands to her. She slowly reached out and took my hands, which I was grateful for and then I helped her stand up, pulling her close to my chest and holding her.

“Brie, I am so sorry. I know that you know that I’m a lycan and that we have bad tempers, but when I heard that my mate was hurt and that they were giving you wolfsbane pills, it made me angry. They should have told you long ago what those pills were for, but they didn’t and that makes me angry because they took your choice from you. What pack were you in? Did the Alpha of that pack know anything about this?” I asked and felt as she relaxed in my arms. She was finally calming down and becoming less scared of me, which made me happy and relieved.

“I’m from the Black River Moon pack and I honestly don’t know if the Alpha knew or not. I don’t mind taking them because they kinda relax me and I’ve got into the habit of taking them now.” She replied and I shook my head.

“Brie, do you want to know what is actually inside you? Those pills, taking those pills only prolongs the process, even if you did shift at a young age we need to find out. Come to my kingdom, at least to live for a little while until we run tests and find out what you are. I know you may get angry with me, but your clothes and your things are already there at my castle. My kingdom is very large and so is my castle, so if you want you can have your own room, beside mine of course, so I can watch over you.” I said and she looked at me in shock. Oh s**t, had I done the wrong thing by moving her into my castle or was she just shocked at the measures I had taken to have her near me?

Brie’s P.O.V

I honestly couldn’t believe my ears, I mean had he seriously done all of that? Had he seriously just moved me into his castle and invited me to stay? Me, going to the kingdom and living there with the lycan king? Wait, how did he get my things? How the hell did he know where I lived and what gives him the right to go into my house, take my things and move them to his castle?

“How about this, first, you tell me your name, second, how about you ask me before you just go ahead and take my things and third, yes, I will come with you seeing as you already have my clothes there and I can’t just go back to an empty house, now can I?” I said, shaking my head and rolling my eyes at him. I looked up at him to see that he was looking at June and then I looked at June, knowing exactly what they were doing.

“I know what you’re doing, I’m not stupid, you know. I know that you are linking each other, so don’t pretend otherwise.” I said, pulling away from him and he nodded, then smirked at me.

“Yes, I was mind-linking her. I was asking if she could drive your car and follow us back to the castle. I want you beside me and I’m definitely not letting you out of my sight, not now that I’ve just found you. Not ever. My name is Depp.” He replied, acting like a caveman. I mean Geesh, I am quite capable of looking after myself and have done for most of my life, but whatever floats his boat. I picked up my apron, my bottle of water and my bag, then stood in front of him.

“Well, I’m ready to go. I’m exhausted and need a shower to get the smell of coffee off me.” I said and he nodded. He opened the front door of the shop for me and let me and his sister walk through first, then he followed. Such a gentleman, I thought as June locked up the shop.

“I’m off tomorrow, right June? Unless you need me to work, then I will be here.” I asked, but June shook her head.

“No, take your days off, you have a long road ahead of you, especially trying to figure things out, so just come to work on Wednesday, like we talked about.” June replied and I nodded. The lycan king held my door open for me and I got in, then he closed it and walked around to the drivers side of the car and got in. The whole time we were travelling he was so quiet, almost brooding and it made me wonder if he was going to take me out to the woods and kill me.

“The name is Holler and I am his lycan. Don’t worry, he is just a big puppy dog and all he wants is to help you figure everything out. I promise that nothing will happen to you.” Holler said, speaking into my mind and it sorta calmed me down a bit. I wondered what Holler looked like in his true form and if he looked as handsome as his human was? My thoughts were of that and how I was going to handle finding out the truth about what I am, but also how I was going to handle being in the same place as the lycan king? When we finally got to the his kingdom I was shocked to see how spectacular it was and he wasn’t lying either, he really had a f*****g castle.

“Holy s**t, it's really a castle. It’s f*****g beautiful.” I whispered, but didn’t know I had said it loud enough for him to hear it, until I heard him laugh.

“Yes, it’s really a castle. It has over five hundred bedrooms, five living rooms, three kitchens as well as dining rooms, pool halls and there are even three indoor swimming pools. We also have maids to clean, cooks to cook and they are all well paid. No one that works here does so without being paid. There are not only rooms here, there is so much more. The very top floor of the castle is where our rooms are located and the others that help guard the castle. My kingdom is a pack where we all take care of each other and help one another. We have dungeons, where there are cells and torture rooms, we also grow wolfsbane, but we only use it when we have no other choice, when we have to torture rogues and traitors to get answers. Silver does the trick as well, but we have to use gloves to handle the silver because it will burn the skin from our bones. I have several offices that you will have a key to, of course and everyone else has to knock to come inside, but you will always be able to just walk right into my office. Even when I’m busy my door will never be locked or closed to you and I will never be too busy for you. Anyone else, yes, but never you, my little mate. Soon we will have the ceremony for you, to introduce you as my mate and crown you as my queen, but only when you are ready, my love.” He said, shocking me. He had just given me a lot of information, some of which I knew I would forget, but then he mentioned the ceremony. What, wait, a ceremony, me, being queen? This is all going way too fast and I didn’t know how any of it worked at all. Sure, I’d had boyfriends, but nothing ever came of it. A feel here or there, maybe some kissing, but that is as far as it ever went. I never had s*x with any of them, hell I never had s*x full stop. Yes, I masterbated, but I had never had a man inside me and now I had a mate, who was a lycan and we were going to have a ceremony where I was to become his queen, then we would mate and mark each other. Holy s**t, I had never felt as nervous as what I do now. Hell, I’m only eighteen years old and he was….shit, how old was he? I hope that he wasn’t an old fogie, but I wasn’t about to dare ask him his age. I didn’t want to know because it might ruin things, all I know is that I feel comfortable around him. We got out of the car and all I could do was look at his butt when he walked in front of me and all I could think of was running my fingers through his dark hair. Oh Goddess I was in trouble and there was no escaping it, but I really didn’t want to.