Lucas' POV
"Finn, you're fucking surprisingly quiet," I said to my wolf as I sat on the horse, looking at the farce taking place in front of me.
"What do you want me to say? Something offensive? You did push your mate into another man's cart. Do you know what he was going to do to her?" My wolf sounded worried.
I sighed and said, "What the fuck are you worried about? She's standing right in front of you! Completely intact. Zackery's a fucking royal prince, an enhanced version of Lucian plus a fucking questionable sexual preference. I haven't seen him fucking any men or women before. He's either working in a fucking garden or working on his fucking sculptures. Come on, we've seen his fucking masterpieces before. That flying fairy fucking on top of a freaking falcon shit, it's..."
"It's sexually insinuating and aesthetically disturbing. So, you've pushed your own mate into a pervert's cart. That's really a relief, Luke." My wolf groused.
I know where this fucking conversation was going and I didn't like it. So, I tried to change the subject.
"Anyway, the way she's being assertive, making commands to the soldiers and shit? Fuck. She's hot." I licked my lips and said.
I could still feel her warmth and scent lingering on my lips.
My wolf said, "I've always wanted to tell you, and I guess now it's the most appropriate time. You've got some serious mother issue, Luke."
"My mother was an issue, so what I've got was a mother instead of some fucking mother issue. And what do you know about mothers? You don't even have one," I scorned.
"But at least I have some decency. You're afraid of Zackery and you don't want to admit it. That's why you have to comply with whatever he asks you to do, including offering him your woman," my wolf said.
His voice sounded extremely annoying.
Again.
Every time I tried to change a subject, he managed to pull me back.
"I'm not fucking afraid of anyone!" I argued. "I fuck whoever I want to fuck and I don't share my bitches with anyone! I can fucking kill him right now and piss on his dead body if I feel like doing it..."
"Alpha Lucas, you look very concerned." I heard a voice behind me.
Fuck. It was him. Alpha Zackery.
I turned back and saw him sitting inside the carriage.
You're fucking with me. Of course, I'm fucking concerned. You fucking morbid son of a b...
"Isn't that annoying?" Alpha Zackery smiled and continued. "Sometimes things just get out of your control."
Out of control? What the fuck is he talking about? I'm fucking fed up with the shit-eating smile on his face.
Let me mindlink Lucian.
"Lucian, come here now."
"I'm kind of busy," Lucian asked. He was directing the soldiers to lift the stretcher up to a cart. The fucking nancy boy on the stretcher moaned like a fucking slut.
"I have to let some of the soldiers ship this guy to the camp and get treated. The injury on his legs looks pretty bad," Lucian said. "What's your problem, Luke?"
I replied impatiently, "This motherfucker Zackery is smiling at me and it looks kind of creepy. And he's talking about things going out of control and shit. I don't like his face and I want to punch it very hard until it bleeds."
"Maybe he has fallen in love with you. You never know. Try smiling back at him and maybe you can make a new friend." My wolf interposed himself in our conversation.
"Fuck off, Finn." I was vexed and said.
Lucian looked back and saw the intense standoff between me and Zackery. He sighed and said, "I'm coming."
I knew he didn't like hanging out with those royalties. It must have reminded him of the old days. But since he was particularly mean to me these days, I had to punish him by forcing him to do something that he really hated.
"Alpha Zackery," Lucian approached us and said, "I would like to inform you that your tent at the hunting ground has already been arranged. Feel free to advance your cart with other Alphas to the site, where you will be entertained by some sports and games we have prepared for you."
Zackery looked at Lucian with great admiration and said, "Sure, I'll pick up Miss She-wolf and we'll be on our way."
"About that, Alpha Zackery..."
"I insist," Zackery looked at Lucian and said. He still had a fucking smile on his face, but somehow he just didn't seem to be smiling.
He's making a fucking request that sounds like a command. And he looks intimidating without even raising his voice or an eyebrow. Fuck. I definitely should take some notes. I thought to myself.
My sight shifted to the little she-wolf, who had already walked into the yard with the two salamanders.
I tried to get into her mind and asked her to get the fuck out of the yard immediately, but I couldn't do it.
I gave it another try.
Again. Failed. Nothing happened.
I started to get nervous.
Fuck. What the fuck is wrong? Did she...
Block me?!
How did she manage to do that?! She's mine! I get inside of her whenever I feel like it! Either her mind or her body!
"Stop whining like a child and concentrate. Take a look at Zackery and you'll see what's missing," my wolf said.
I took a glance at Zackery.
"Fuck. Where's his ring? It's a fucking relic ring!" I was exasperated in my mind.
"Yes, it is missing." My wolf's voice sounded gloating.
"Did he give his fucking ring to my woman, so he can help my woman stay out of my control?!"
"That's what happens when you try to push your woman into another man's cart," my wolf said.
This is fucking outrageous. There's I'm going to let this happen to me. I want absolute control of that woman.
Life or dead, she's mine!
"Alpha Zackery, could you please excuse me for a minute?" I said.
Then, I jumped down from horseback and stormed into the yard.
"Do you want me to come with you?" Lucian asked through mindlink.
"No. Do not ever come into the yard. That's an order. I'm going to make that fucking little she-wolf regret it for the rest of her life and nothing you do can stop me. You fucking stay with that shit-eating prince and make him happy. When I go out of the yard, I want to see the shit-eating smile on his fucking face. Do you understand?" I roared.
"What am I going to do to make him happy?" Lucian sighed.
"Talk about fucking weather! I don't have a fucking answer to everything!" I shouted.
My wolf chuckled and said, "You'd better make it a quick one on this, Luke, before Zack the Good Prince gives your Beta a ring and proposes to him."
"You're a dog, Finn," Lucian said.
"Stop talking right now, both of you!" I barked.
Then, I heard the she-wolf's wailing from the inside of the room.
"No! Mrs. Flynn! Stay with us! Mrs. Flynn!"