The Howl of Claim | COMPLETED

XLIV | F r e y a R u t h

Hermoso ( G o r g e o u s )

"Mr. Rodriguez?" Marco says and seems to think while chewing slowly.

"So he finally came back." I snap my eyes towards Avalon who just spoke. He leaned back in his seat with his arms crossed.

"Please elaborate."

"Yeah," Klepto agrees with me.

Avalon looks up at Darius and I too turn to my side to get a clear look at him. Tilting my head slightly, I notice his eyes glazed over with his pupils dilated.

He was thinking something.

They know who he is, definitely a past with him.

"Well?" I ask again, indicating that I was not going to back down.

"He was our friend, he and his brother." Darius stopped to think and I raise my eyebrow. Can't he go a little faster?

"Just like last night?" My eyes widen and I pinch Darius' thigh but he does not give a reaction.

I seriously have to do something about him jumping into my mind just like that!

"Yeah, friends who banished them." Marco's female spoke and we all look at her in surprise. Not all maybe, just me and Klepto.

"Let her speak, maybe we will get to know something. She was one of them anyways." Darius' mind links everyone.

"She still is!" I snap.

"Not anymore." Marco snaps back. How naive!

"She is still one of them, she still wants to take m-"

"Just like you are still one of those lowlife wolves!?"

"Yes, and I don't have a problem in claiming the place from where I belong. At least I didn't want to torture my own mate!" I hit a nail, I knew it by the way his body started to tremble slightly.

It was the truth.

"Yeah, you wanted to kill him on sight! Isn't that worse?!"

"No! I was ending his misery once and for all while you would be going for your whole life by the hands of that wench!"

"You lit-"

"Shut up! Both of you!" Darius snaps at both of us and we oblige.

"Yeah, I don't want to talk to that mannerless Lycan anyway."

"Don't forget you will be a Lycan in a matter of few nights too!" I growl loudly, not caring if the female heard me. He was right though, my hormones and emotions were raging, thus the start of the fight.

And maybe he was right, I might be going to shift soon.

The female probably thought I was growling at her because she growled back. We forgot about her.

But anyway, she was angrier now.

"The man you talk about was a scientist who was taken by the witches along with his little brother and sister!"

"He did not have a sister." Avalon cut in. The female shook her head,

"That's what you know! The witches experimented their magic on the three of them and succeeded. Turning the three humans into wolves. The three went wild and ran but the witches had cast a spell on them so they would not be able to go too far."

The female's voice was strong, not flinching one bit, it was like she was just letting all her anger out. Who was she anyway?

"The oldest brother liked how it felt, how the power felt so he wanted more. The witches worked on their magic, making it stronger while the oldest brother returned to his lab and searched on himself. The younger two were always the free-spirited ones."

How does she know all this again? Also, her voice is really nauseating.

"The younger two somehow got to know that there is something stronger than werewolves, Lycans. When they informed their brother, he wanted to be one right then and there. He was that hungry for power. So he returned to the witches, The witches got their test subjects back. The three siblings in return would present their loyalty."

This time, her voice was not empty, but filled with pity.

"The witches knew that the siblings were coming so they were ready. The older brother went first, the witches succeeded in their magic once again, turning the oldest brother into a Lycan. The younger brother also wanted to become a Lycan, following his brother's footsteps. Witches succeeded again but then, the sister didn't want to be a Lycan but she also didn't want to leave her brothers."

I noticed, her tightening her fists. Everyone in the room did.

"So she too asked the witches to turn her and when it was her time, her body couldn't take it and the witches failed. The third sister went wild, killed one witch, and escaped the place, breaking the magic that was once placed on her so she couldn't go too far. She ran away and didn't return. The two brothers set out to search for her and they came here the Lycan pack."

I glanced at Darius who had his lips set in a straight line. I moved my eyes to Avalon and Marco, they both too were so focused on the story.

They knew where this story was going.

"They befriended you guys. The younger brother was genuinely happy here while the older brother only needed the throne. His throne."

The female pointed towards Darius and I noticed him clenching his jaw. Something stirred in me as well.

"Somehow, he got the wind of this and challenged the older brother to fight for the throne. Of course, King Darius won." The way she spat his name made me want to kill her but I pushed my raging hormones down.

My hands under the table started to tremble, Darius noticed and immediately grabbed them. I pulled them away, annoyed.

"The older brother was banished but the younger brother didn't want to let him go alone so he followed, breaking all ties with you. They suffered in the wild. Started killing themselves slowly since they still didn't know the side effects of using magic to be turned. Because of you they almost killed each other. If only you wouldn't have banished them, but then, their sister found them."

"How do you know all this?" Darius finally spoke.

The female left a sickening laugh, fucking bitch.

"That's because I am the sister, Kamri Rodriguez." It was like all hell broke loose. The emotions I was trying so hard to control broke out and in a matter of seconds, she was pulled out of the seat and pinned to the wall.

I feel my eyes turn Gold.

"Freya!" A chorus of voices said my name but I was too blinded by rage that I wanted to kill her then and there.

I didn't know what is happening.

"Because of you - All because of you, females from different packs were taken, sold, and experimented! Females from my pack were taken."

"Your pack? Don't make me laugh. It's not your pack anymore."

"You fucking bitch!" I raised my hand, claws extended, ready to rip her apart but then I am slammed into a wall with a raging Marco in front of me.

My clawed hand was now slammed against the wall.

"You cannot hurt me until he is alive." Kamri snort and that tick me off even more.

She was just using him! And Marco being the loyal duffer he was, played right into her eyes.

I raise my leg and slam it hard in Marco's belly, causing him to hunch and loosen his grip on my wrist, and just like that, I lift Marco up and throw him on the dining table causing it to break in half.

The cutlery rumpling on the tiles.

I move forward towards Kamri - blinded by rage - who was ready to run when Darius calls,

"Freya!" I stop to look at him but Marco took its advantage and slam into me headfirst. A yelp escapes me and I find myself being pushed toward the wall.

But before I come in contact with the wall, I change my position with Marco himself and he slams into the wall instead.

I snort.

"Don't forget, I am the strongest warrior of the Lycan pack." Just as Marco says that he sweeps my legs from under me and I tumble down.

Marco immediately grabs my wrists and pins them down.

"Stop this! I cannot hurt you!" The fact that I wasn't fully shifted but still able to throw Marco feet's away just told me that how much stronger I would be after I do shift.

"I cannot! I am not in control!" I scream at the sudden itch in my body, itch to kill.

I raise my legs from behind Marco and lock them around his neck, pulling him back.

The moment his grip loosen on me, I twist my arms and slash his chest open with my clawed hand causing him to stumble back.

Blood immediately coated his and my body.

My eyes widen, realizing I had hurt Marco severely but my body was not willing to stop.

I had stood up now and grabbed Marco from the scruff of his neck.

"Darius! I can't stop!" I called out, begging for someone to stop me from taking Marco's life.

Marco had his eyes wide as he had his hand covering the area of his chest where his heart was.

If I didn't stop now, he would die!

Please stop! I don't want to kill him! Why the fuck is my body not listening to me!?

"No!" Kamri shouted for me to stop and made a move forward to stop me as my clawed hand finally move to Marco's neck but then . . .

I am grabbed and ripped away from Marco and pushed on the tiled floor.

My breathing is ragged and my gold eyes wide.

"Darius - I don't know - it wasn't - What is wrong with me!?" I ask him baffled but Darius only looks at me with this weird look that I cannot decipher and push my face in his chest. My nerves immediately calm down.

Marco, I hurt him.

"Marco . . ." I push Darius away and look at Marco who is being led out of the dining hall by Avalon and worried Kamri and Klepto stare at them.

I watch too.

"Marco-" My whisper is cut short when Kamri snaps her head towards me.

"You! What is wrong with you!?" Kamri stomps towards me and raises her hand to slap me but Klepto steps in and grabs her hand.

"Stay in your limits rogue."

"Says the rogue herself."

"Don't fucking tempt me or I'll break your arm."

"Go -"

"Shut up! Both of you! Go to your rooms, and no one will come out until I allow you to!" Darius uses his King Lycan voice and both females immediately lower their heads.

Even though both of them were not part of the pack but both their wolves knew that Darius stood above them. Way above.

Just like that, Kamri and Klepto turn around and leave the dining room.

I turn to look at Darius, still kneeled on the ground.

"I-"

"Don't worry, you are going to shift tonight probably that's why you are losing control. That's why all the things you are feeling are out of control." I nod and look down at my hands to find them shaking really bad.

"It's not your fault." Darius grabs my chin and makes me look straight into his eyes.

"So I want you to not think too much into it. Marco is too frustrated about his mate the way she is so he is also on the edge." I nod again.

Darius pulls my face forward and slowly kisses my lips. Calming me by the way everything felt even more.

The kiss was slow, sensual, and full of love.

I moan quietly and Darius immediately pulls away, laughing softly.

"Who would've thought, that this female right here would be kissing me in a trashed dining room."

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