The Lycan king-Chapter 51

*Jax*

Luke walked into the hall looking smug. He had his hair pushed back and I could still see the scar on his eyebrow from when we were younger. I had the exact same scar and I preferred to hide mine. It was a memory I never wanted to remember, especially not now when the person who gave me the scar was trying to kill me, take my pack and my woman.

"If it isn’t the abomination they call Luke." I sneered as he walked around like a predator sizing up his prey. There was a good enough distance between us and I wanted to keep it that way.

"For someone who is so cautious about who enters and leaves their pack, they would know that you have a traitor in your camp." He said and I frowned. I looked over at him and he was holding the same weapons as I was. "I know everything. The food you eat, the girls you sleep with, the movies you watch- everything."

"Luke. This is a fight." I reminded him. I knew what he was trying to do. He wanted to manipulate me. He wanted to make me cower in fear. This is not the first time he had done this and one thing he doesn’t know is that he’s predictable. "Drop your weapon and let’s fight. Man to man. That’s if you are a man."

Luke lunged for me as I threw my knife away.

He quickly wrapped a hand around my neck as he pushed me to the floor. I struggled and shook hysterically, trying to free himself from Luke’s tight grip.

I lifted his hands, aiming for Luke’s neck causing him to let go of me. I scrambled away from Luke and pulled myself up trying to catch my breath.

"You are so weak. I just choked you and you’re heaving." Luke smugly said as I massaged my neck. I pulled myself from the ground rushed over to Luke, punching him in his diaphragm. He keeled over, clutching his stomach.

I sensed Leonora and looked behind Luke. She was standing by the door and I could see a silver blade in her hand. What was she up to. She motioned for me to keep quiet and I slightly nodded.

I knew it. Leonora wasn’t a traitor. Luke stood up straight and began walking towards me. I walked backwards faster than I had ever done, letting the sound of my boots mask the sound of Leonora’s. As she got closer, she screamed and lodged the knife into Luke’s back.

His body fell the ground and so did Leonora. I rushed over to her and she began to cry. I pulled her into my arms and I watched as blood pooled out of Luke’s body.

I knelt down beside her and pulled her into my hands causing her to cry harder. I used my knee to push Luke and he wasn’t moving at all.

"Was there wolfsbane on the silver?" I asked and she nodded in a fit of tears. She looked like a mess. I wondered what had happened over night that made her like this. "Please stay here, let me get someone to take Luke to the dungeon." I said and she nodded. I quickly got up and ran outside. I spotted a guard running towards my direction. I motioned to him and he picked up his pace.

"Take him to the dungeon now. Inform everyone that Luke has been captured. What are the casualties?" I asked as soon as he got closer. He entered inside and picked up Luke’s body as if it was a piece of paper.

"We have lost almost hundred of our men." He said and I grimaced. That was a lot of people. "They had a witch with them. We couldn’t hear them."

"No! Don’t punish her. Please. She helped me. Please." Leonora cried out as she stared at the pool of blood on the floor. What happened to her?

"Capture the witch. That’s all." I ordered and he left. I went back to Leonora and I pulled her up. I cleaned her tears and kissed her. Her body froze as if she was in shock. I pulled away from her and assessed her face. What was wrong?

"I accept-"

"I take back my rejection. I, Jax, take back my rejection." I quickly said before she could accept my rejection. I wasn’t going to make the same mistakes again. The tears gathered in her eyes and she began crying again. "Leonora. Talk to me. Please. What happened?"

"H-He wanted to touch me last night. After we left. H-he choked me and said we wanted to mark me but he didn’t. I-I feel so disgusting." She cried out. I picked her up and carried her to my room. I wasn’t going to sit back and let her beat herself up.

"Do you want to have a bath?" I asked and she nodded. I carried her into my room as she sniffed. I made sure to lock the door behind us. I didn’t want to have to deal with Claire especially now that Leonora needed me. "I should have fought for you to come back with me last night but I thought you didn’t want me. I’m so stupid. It’s my fault. I knew the kind of person Luke was and I didn’t stop you."

"It’s not your fault." She said and I sighed. I wasn’t going to argue with her. It was my fault. I pushed her away and I hurt her. I dropped her on her seat and headed to the bathroom. I walked to the shower and turned on the water, waiting for it to get hot.

Immediately it got hot, I stepped out. "The shower is ready and I also got some products for you. I didn’t know when you were coming back but I prepared in case." I said as she got up. I noticed there were blood stains on her hand. She must have touched his body when I stood up.

"Please shower with me."