Lucas' POV
Fuck.
I enjoy hunting. It's the forth best thing I enjoy doing in the world, ranking closely next to fucking, drinking and cursing.
My wolf is a fucking killing machine. He is able to kill almost any fucking moving thing in this fucking world and whenever I ask him to kill, he has to obey my commands and...
"I don't want to kill a rabbit. They taste like paper," my wolf said.
"It's a fucking rabbit. That she-wolf might throw it into a stew or something. I don't know. Do what you've been fucking told," I grumbled.
"No. I don't like rabbits. I'll look for a boar or something. She needs something fattening." My wolf grunted. That fucking rabbit heard his voice and sneaked away right under his nose.
OK. So my wolf is a very critical eater. He sometimes defies me and I can't do anything about it, because what do I know? I'm just a fucking voice blabbing in his head.
"What's the deal with that fucking vampire?" I asked him.
"Since when did you care about the vampire?" my wolf asked.
"I don't know. I guess we just don't get along with each other. Vampires are like parasites. You're supposed to hate parasites. You're a wolf."
"Yeah, tell me about it," he said briefly while tracing the footprints of a boar.
He was doing it again. That fucking passive-aggressive shit.
I raised my voice, "Do you mean I'm the parasite in your body? I have absolute control over you. Whenever I want to transform into a hUman, I can do it. And you can't do anything about it. So you're the fucking parasite and freeloader in our relationship and..."
"Luke?" I heard Lucian's voice in my head.
"What?!" I replied angrily. Nobody lets me finish my sentences these days.
Lucian sometimes does this mind-link shit. What can I say? He just can't do without his Alpha.
"Are you in a bad mood?" he asked.
"Fuck, Lucian. I'm always in a bad mood. What the fuck do you want?" I asked.
"Is Finn giving you a hard time?" Lucian asked.
"A very good morning to you, too, Lucian. It's always a pleasure to have two hUman beings talking in my head," my wolf said.
"Luke sometimes can be a bit handful and I understand it's slowly driving you mad. But there's no need to be this hostile, Finn. I'm just calling to give a daily briefing to my Alpha. If there isn't too much trouble, I'd like to talk to him without unnecessary interruption." Lucian said in a mellow voice.
My wolf said, "You're the one who makes the call and interrupts our conversation, Lucian. If you don't like my style of greeting, I'll change it into a more straightforward vernacular next time."
"I'll be very straightforward with you as well, Finn. I don't like you and I want you to shut up." Lucian said bluntly.
Lucian likes everyone but he hates my wolf just like me. That's why he always takes my side when I have an argument with my wolf.
I absolutely loved this guy to the death of my life.
I had to play the role of mediator.
"Hey, guys. I can't believe I'm saying this, but can we be civil for about five minutes? Let's keep it short and sweet. No interruption. No comments. Let Lucian finish his briefing and he's off the line."
"I have no interest in your two-legged business. Another kind suggestion to you, Lucian. Stop treating him like your substitute son and spoiling him. Get a life and make a real one with Gianna. It's been almost a year now since you got married. You know how to make women pregnant, right? " My wolf said.
"As I was just saying... Give me the briefing, Lucian." I cleared my throat and tried to take back control of the flow in this briefing.
Lucian paused for a few seconds and replied, "First of all, Gianna's due date is in three weeks. According to the Shaman, it's a boy. Thank you for asking..."
"What the fuck?!" I violated the rules I set up myself a minute ago and interrupted him, "Are you going to be someone's dad in three weeks?!"
"Congratulations, Lucian. I wish him a healthy and muscular boy." my wolf said sincerely.
"Thank you, Finn," Lucian replied politely.
"Can I play with him?" my wolf asked.
"Of course, you can," said Lucian.
"I like tiny hUman babies. They're so cute. Do you know his name?"
"Not yet. Gianna refuses to talk to me these days. The last time I mind-linked her, she said I'd been away for so long and she wouldn't talk to me until I went back home."
"You need to talk to her. Buy her some flowers when you see her, maybe." my wolf suggested.
"Yeah, that will definitely work. Women love flowers." Lucian agreed.
Then, they chuckled happily with each other.
I was completely ignored, left high and dry on the side like a fucking idiot.
I was fucking speechless. Somehow I just didn't know how to get involved in a fucking conversation like this.
I racked my brain and blurted out, "I've fucked my mate, you know..."
"Yeah, the one you want to reject and kill. I'm so proud of you." my wolf said half-heartedly.
I could see him rolling his eyes so hard that he could see the back of his head.
"Take it easy, Luke. You don't have to be so overwhelmingly competitive over this one." Lucian tried to console me.
"What's the second thing on your briefing sheet?" I had to push this fucking conversation forward before my wolf stole Lucian from me.
"It's about your Gamma. Kylo wants to know your whereabouts and I believe it's high time you went back to the camp to reassure him before he really loses his mind and kills everyone." Lucian replied.
"See? That's what I was fucking talking about. People just can't function without me. They're just desperately in need of my leadership." I said to my wolf.
"He didn't even notice that you were gone during the feast. He was busy fucking those dancers. He functioned perfectly without you at that time." my wolf said.
"Luke, what have you done to Finn? He has never been in such a bad mood like this before." Lucian asked me.
"I made love with that she-wolf and he was jealous of me," I said, gloating.
"You need to have love first and then you can make love with someone," my wolf said.
"OK. The third thing on my briefing sheet..." Lucian didn't give me a chance to talk back to my wolf, "...is about our future arrangement. I understand that we want to stay in the South till the end of the year, so I need to have Gianna and the kid transferred from the Fire and Wind Camp by the end of next month. Leo will also come with them."
I wasn't so enthusiastic about having a baby in our camp. But if that was what Lucian wanted to do, so be it.
"I need you to stay with me all the time. Kylo will be marching to Vanderville next month. So, I'll send my private brigade to escort them. I don't want you to be distracted by this issue. See it's done. Leave everything to me," I said.
"Thank you, Luke," Lucian replied and continued, "The last thing is regarding the rouges. It seems a certain plague is spreading among them."
"And why should I be concerned about it?" I asked.
"Because we're still not sure about the cause of this disease," Lucian replied.
"So?" I didn't see any significance in anything relating to rogues.
"Finn, help me out here," Lucian said. I could imagine him rubbing his forehead in my mind.
My wolf sighed, "If we can't find the cause, we don't know how to cure it. This means we can't stop the spread of it, which means your soldiers might get it and die from it. You might get it."
"I've got a solution," I said.