The Howl of Claim | COMPLETED

LI | F r e y a R u t h

Epilogue ( A f t e r w a r d s )

They - who thought that a female is not capable of leading - now stood in front of me and Darius, bowing.

"King, Queen." They, the elders, were about to leave after looking over the damage caused by the war that broke out a few nights ago.

I held a higher rank than them now.

"Thank you for coming." Darius nodded and Marco led them out. When they left, Keith and Asher moved to stand in front of us next.

Speaking of Asher, he and his sister were still mourning over Ace - not that I wasn't - It was decided that his body will be buried back at AshenWoods.

It was true, Ace had a very special place in everyone's heart but he was not going to be with us anymore and that ached my heart even more.

Looking at Asher without his brother standing beside him made him look incomplete.

"King, I want to leave with Asher," Keith spoke and I knitted my brows.

Wait, what!?

"But you are a Lycan," I stated as a matter of fact and Keith nodded. I looked beside me at Darius who was deep in thoughts.

Was this allowed? Since wolves and Lycans did not mix but after the war - I think that might not be true.

Both kinds helped each other.

"I want to go there, I never was a Lycan in the first place, and being here reminds me of my brother and as for Asher, he will need a Beta so if you will allow me." The fact that Keith had to ask for permission from Darius - because he was the King of Lycans.

"I would be happy to make him Beta," Asher added. A werewolf pack with a Lycan beta?

"Okay, you are allowed to go, it's your choice in the end - you are not a part of this pack, I will not hold you back." Darius nodded at Keith and he slightly bowed his head as well. "We will be leaving then," Asher stated and I wanted to stop him.

To stop the hole of emptiness from getting bigger, I wanted more time with him.

Darius nodded at Asher and I took a step forward, wanting to stop them but then I realized, he had a pack to take care of. How can I be so careless?

As if Asher knew what I was thinking, he stopped and looked back at me with a slight smile, "I'll see you back at AshenWoods, Queen Freya." A smile broke onto my face and I nodded.

"Of course."

Marco returned back from the giant gates while Keith and Asher exited the packhouse.

"Queen Freya-" I looked at Marco who had a smug look on his face, what does he want now?

"Yes?"

"You owe me hundred dollars."

"No, I don't."

"Yes you do, remember the bet we made? I said that you will be mated in a span of a month, come on, don't back out now." I sighed when the memory rushes back to me.

This fucker was smart, and I wouldn't want him any other way.

"Uh - That one," I mutter under my breath and then towards Darius.

"I need a hundred dollars."

...

3 Y e a r s L a t e r

I sat in the field of flowers, their enticing smell filling my nostrils as I worked on the crown I was making.

The wind tumbled past me making my long hair take a flight and I sigh in content, the way the wind caressed my skin and brought new stories with it made me calm.

I carefully stand up, trying not to step on any flowers, and make way to where I thought the two very important people of my life would be.

I place a hand on my swollen belly and walk through the fields and towards the clearing.

How did this happen? How did I get here?

Ah, I still remember that day.

I was giving a very important training session to the Lycans of the pack with Marco - I was basically beating him - when my body decided to faint, well I blacked out and woke up with beaming Klepto and Kamri looking down at me. When I asked them if everything was okay, they told me I was pregnant.

Since then, Darius forbid me to even enter the training grounds but as I obeyed, I went every day - and everyday Darius would drag me back to our room.

It was fun dragging him to the edge.

But then, slowly I started to get fatter and fatter which made me lazier and I stopped going altogether. Let's just say, Darius was happy.

Gosh, it's really hard to walk when being this fat.

Anyways, on with the story, Avalon and Klepto mated - with Klepto causing occasional chaos among Lycans by taking their things - and as for Marco and Kamri, let's just say that I still annoy him up to this day.

What? I am young! I am allowed to annoy him! Like he annoyed me.

Not to forget, I once put itching powder in his underwear with a little from Kamri. Let's just say, he was not able to stand in one place the whole day.

But of course, he had his revenge by adding salt to my mango juice.

I didn't even know when he had become a best friend to me.

A girl's scream reaches my ears and my eyes widened, I try to walk faster with my heart beating faster and walk in the clearing from the bushes, I immediately release a sigh of relief when I spot her safe.

Darius's beast tried to scare the three-year-old Eleanor but she only laughed.

"That's right, no one can take daddy seriously." I pick Eleanor up from the ground and smile at her. She was perfect.

Just like the little girl I had seen once in my dream.

She had those ginger hair - from me of course - and goldish eyes - from Darius - that would sparkle like stars at night.

"My baby." I coo at her.

"You know, now I wished we did not have children." I look back up to see a half-dressed Darius smiling at me.

"Uhu, shut up."

"You don't give me the time of the day anymore!" Attention seeker.

"I don't? Well if I did, I would be ending up with another bump." Darius laughs and walks closer to me.

"Why don't we leave Eleanor with Alaska and have the day to ourselves today?" I let out a sarcastic laugh.

"Don't tell me you forgot?" His face drops.

"What!?"

"It's Ace's death anniversary today and I am going to AshenWoods today with Eleanor."

Darius sighs. He still never liked going there and didn't want Eleanor to go there either but then again, if he was the head of the pack, I was the neck - I decided where he would turn.

Thanks to Klepto for telling me that, I will never forget it.

"Darius, please don't say you won't all-"

"Of course I won't! You are pregnant! About to deliver my son any day now and I cannot let you go out of this boundary." Okay, maybe I didn't decide where he would turn every time.

"Asher will-"

"He will understand. We can go once he is born." I knit my eyebrows. "I hate you!"

I mutter and start to walk away after putting Eleanor down.

"Mama really hates you?" Little Eleanor questioned her father but I didn't stop walking.

"Uhu, she tells me this every day since the day I had taken her but she still comes back to me." Liar! He comes to me!

I roll my eyes and waddle my way back to the packhouse.

"You look so sexy, love," Darius spoke through mind link - idiot knows just what to say - but pull my walls up.

I keep walking until I find Marco.

"Marco, I need your help." I never thought I would be asking for his help but it has sort of becoming a norm for us.

"If you want to sneak somewhere again, I can't help you. King won't allow me." He knew me so well.

"Please! You can ask me for anything! This day is very important for me so Marco, help me out." I stomp my foot angrily on the ground and Marco immediately jumps.

"Careful! Don't stomp your feet like that when a child is about to pop out!"

"I am going to punch you." The fact that Darius had asked everyone in this house to watch over me makes me really annoyed!

At least it's not as bad as the time when Eleanor was inside me. Darius was barbaric then.

"Okay fine, I'll take you but if King asks me, I'll say that you went there yourself."

"Deal." Marco sighed.

"I can't believe I am doing this - again." The fact that I had asked Marco the last time to take me to AshenWoods was the day Eleanor was born.

Darius had run all the way from here to AshenWoods.

"Only for me." I mutter smugly, "I'll be waiting outside. Hurry up!"

...

"Are you sure you are supposed to be here?" Keith asked as he helped me down the vehicle. Kamri and Klepto also joined us when I told them about my plan. They liked it and now we all were here except Avalon and Darius.

"I cannot miss this for the world." I walk inside the pack with confidence.

Each and every pack member was there and a smile immediately decorated my face.

I missed them.

"Queen Freya." Someone cleared a throat behind me and I turn around. I immediately throw my arms around Asher.

"I am assuming you sneaked again."

"I asked Eleanor to keep her father busy so I could come here." Asher laughed and I pulled away.

Asher stopped laughing when he took a glance at my stomach.

"Another one?" I sighed but nodded.

"Come on. The ceremony is starting." I nod and we move to where everyone was gathered.

The ceremony goes on, everyone came and paid their respects, some places flowers, some placed a valuable object and the list goes on.

When it was my turn, I pulled off my slippers and walk barefoot, the jewelry that once Darius gave me made small sounds every time I moved.

"I cannot kneel, Ace, deal with it." I laughed softly at my own words. After that, I only placed a picture of Asher, me, and Ace smiling. The picture was taken just before the banquet where I saw Darius for the first time.

I said nothing else.

"Goodbye." And just like that, I walked away. I reached Marco and stopped.

I had a very calm composure until water dripped down my thigh and my eyes widened.

Not again.

"Marco?"

"Yeah?" I watched as Klepto placed a large bouquet of flowers.

"My water broke," I say quietly.

Marco froze and turned to look at me.

"You are joking."

"I am afraid to say I am not." Marco looks down at my feet and I too look down to see a puddle of water.

Marco looked back up and by the constipated face he was making, I knew he wanted to run away.

"You like to annoy me, don't you?"

"Yes, I do."

Marco immediately pulled at his hair, frustrated. "King is going to kill me."

"Yes, he will."

"Shut up!" His reaction was the only thing keeping me from freaking out.

"Marco, I am going to pass out."

"Freya, you are not going to pass out. Ash-" A wave of pain wash over me and I immediately cover my belly.

Panic started among people and females pushed me into some room. Doctors came and started to help me out.

I am sorry Darius but I wanted both my babies to be born where I was born.

Call me selfish or whatever, but Darius has selfish for keeping me all to himself and not letting me come here. If he doesn't value my opinions, doesn't matter, I'll do it myself.

But-

He is going to freak out again.

...

The end!!!

I hope you liked this epilogue! I didn't even know what I was going to write the half of the time but here it is!

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