The Lycan King’s Breeder

Chapter 67: Talon’s POV

When I thought nothing could go wrong, I was being a fool.

As we stepped out into the courtyard, I realised then that everything had gone wrong.

Bodies of five of my men lay on the floor in a pool of their own blood. And the moment I saw the first of one of them, I knew already they had come for Avalyn.

Greg jogged towards me with panic in his eyes and I didn’t bother to hear what he had to say.

I could have recited it with my eyes closed.

“They have taken Emily and Avalyn!” He announced.

My rage slowly built within me like the boiling steam of water. I was gasping and breathing as I turned around and tried to get a hold of myself.

The rogues got into my fucking kingdom and killed my men. They didn’t stop there, they kidnapped my sister and Avalyn.

“Get me Walter, now!” I yelled as I stumped back to the room to get my gears.

I was not going to wait around for anybody. I was going to find them on my own.

“Talon,” Willow called but my ears were blocked by my anger and I could hear no one.

“Talon! What is wrong with you?” She snapped pulling at my shoulder.

I moved away instinctively and her hand lost me by a few inches.

“Willow, I do not have time for your games! Emily and Avalyn have been kidnapped, I need to go find them before it is too late!”

I pulled out my jungle boots and pushed off the ones I wore earlier. If I was going to move on uncharted terrains, I had to be fully prepared for whatever situation I found.

“Talon, don’t you think this is a sign from heaven?” She whispered and I stopped strapping my sword and glared at her like she had grown an extra head.

“What are you saying?” My ears were beeping as my blood flowed in excess to every part of my body.

“If they have gotten her, let them be. You can’t let them draw you with that girl? Can’t you see?” Willow insisted.

I shook my head, surprised that she would even say a thing like this.

“I don’t know who you are but I want my mate back when I return!” I growled pushing past her.

If I stayed there and continued listening to her, I was surely going to hurt her.

I got to the throne room and everyone was already seated.

“I am sure Greg has brought you all to speed at what is going on,” I began, staring into all their faces. “I am setting out with a team to pick and extract the Princess and Avalyn.”

Greg turned his head in my direction and slapped a fist against the table. “I don’t think that’s a safe move, my king!” He blurted out.

“It is obvious that they want you. This is a trap and you can’t follow through with it… I will go in your place, my king,” Greg finished.

Walter slapped the table as well. “My king, let me go with the beta. He is the best tracker in all of the land, I am sure we can figure something out,” Walter said.

“I also think your cousin, the Alpha Jared can be of help with his advanced technology, maybe there could be a way we can track the princess,” Thomas suggested.

“Emily never goes anywhere with her phone,” I informed them. I knew that much about my sister. So it would be a waste trying to track her with it.

“But you are right. We can use Jared’s help. Greg make, the call.” I turned to Walter, “The rest of you are dismissed. Walter stay,” I ordered.

All council members got on their feet and moved out of the throne room, leaving me with Greg and Walter.

“How did they get in without our notice?” I asked the moment the door closed behind the last council member.

Walter lowered his head at once. “My king, we found scent masks on the market and the castle.”

“The castle?” Greg asked.

“Yes, Beta. Someone placed scent masks in the hallways and the gates. None of my men could distinguish between the real soldiers and the rogues-” His words got interrupted as the door to the throne room burst open.

“My King,” Dawn said breathlessly.

I got to my feet and walked to her immediately.

“All the market women who had the scent masks in them are dead!” She reported.

“What?” This could only mean whoever their informant was, they must be a very top person.

“Greg do not waste time, go now!” I yelled bursting out of the throne room myself.

I couldn’t keep sitting here when Avalyn was out there in conditions that I couldn’t even imagine.

I ran out across the perimeter as far as I could but I couldn’t pick out anything. There was absolutely no sign of her.

“Avalyn!” I roared.

But the more I ran across the forest, the more I realized how far she was gone from me.

If Desmond was the one who kidnapped her, there was no explaining what he could do to her. Desmond was a monster.

He had no thoughts for others except himself!

“Avalyn!” I yelled again as my legs became weak and I collapsed onto the floor.

Everything was my fault.

If only I had listened to Greg, then they wouldn’t have left the castle in the first place. They would have been safe in their rooms.

“Fuck!” I hissed, punching the ground with all of my might.

For the first time since my father died, I felt a trickle of a tear roll down my eyes, and my heart got filled with even more anger.Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

To make things worse, he took Emily as well. I would never forgive myself if anything happened to my sister as well.

“Talon,” I heard behind me and I stopped punching the ground.

I didn’t need to look, I knew who it was.

“You need to get a hold of yourself. We are going to find them-”

“How?!” I snapped. “How are we going to fucking find them?! They are gone!” I roared, motioning my hands around us.

They must have used the scent masks even in the forest. I had no idea where they went or what direction they stood.

“I can’t pick even a single scent, Greg! They are gone and it’s all my fault!” It was difficult to admit but it was the truth.

Greg had warned me that my love for Avalyn was blinding my judgment. I thought he was just being himself by overthinking everything but he was right.

“Look at where my stubbornness got me!” I yelled as I turned back to the ground and continued hitting it.

The small gravel scattered apart, and tore my skin open but it healed back as soon as it came up for momentum.

My blood covered the ground around me, forming a circle at the spot I was pouncing.

“Talon, that’s enough. You are going to lose too much blood if you keep doing that!” Greg whispered as he came to sit by my side.

My first hung in the air as his words weighed down on me.

“I picked up the men’s trail not too far from here-”

I snapped my head in his direction and made to get up to run in that direction but he stopped me, with a shake of his head.

“They are not there anymore. But I was able to pick up their identity.” He turned his attention to the ground where my blood formed an artwork of pain.

“They are Desmond’s men…”

My heart squeezed in my chest as I realized my fears had come to pass. Desmond had them.

“We need to tear down the lands, Greg. We can’t let Desmond keep them for too long!”

“The men are in there. We will find them. Now we need to get you home,” he said and offered me his hand.

I took it and got up. My clothes were decorated with splashes of blood and I wished they were the drops of blood of the rogues.

We walked in the direction of the castle and when we got there, Greg stopped.

“I need to go back, Talon.”

I nodded and made to move but he held my shoulder back.

“Keep an eye on Willow. I know you think I am just saying this because we don’t get along but open your eyes and you will see that every attack that had happened in this castle, is connected to her,” he said.

“I will keep an eye on her but I wouldn’t want you thinking she is the mole we have been looking for… Willow loves me. Why will she pay a bunch of amateur rogues to kill me?” I asked furrowing my brows.

“Greg, don’t say that. Willow is innocent,” I breathed harshly before marching on to the castle.

Willow was only stressed lately. She couldn’t have sold me out. She wouldn’t do such a horrible thing.

No.

By the time I returned to the castle, Jared was already there with Aaliyah.

“Talon, I heard what happened. I want to assure you that I would do whatever it takes to bring back our family,” he said.

“Thank you for coming,” I offered as I gave him a first handshake.

“You shouldn’t thank me Talon. We are family, you will do the same for me,” Jared said as we started moving into the castle.

If Avalyn and Emily weren’t found in the next couple of hours, I was going to lose my mind.