Chapter 63: Chapter 63
[Lucien’s POV]
It had always bothered me… how people asked who my son bore resemblance to even when Nivera and I walked down the streets together, but the fact that Luca wasn’t biologically my son hadn’t hurt me like the way it did today. It hurt worse to see the smirk on Tyler’s face and he seemed extremely excited. Why wouldn’t he? No matter what I do, he’ll always be Luca’s father.
“Careful now, do you think Luca here would forgive you for getting rid of his true father?” I heard Jocelyn’s voice ask, and I looked up to see her holding Luca tightly by his hand.
Instantly, I became numb and stopped dealing Tyler with blows, as I staggered towards where he was and ran my hands all over him to make sure he was okay.
“What are you doing here, big guy? Are you fine?” I asked him.
“Yeah. Mummy followed after you when you left and some ladies came to forcefully take Uncle Ryle and myself,” he explained.
Suddenly, I heard footsteps behind me, and before I could turn around, I was injected with something which made me slump heavily to the ground and foam gradually started pouring out of my mouth.
“Lucien!” Nivera said, as she rushed over to my side in a state of panic.
I could clearly still see my environment and I was well aware of everything that was going on, but due to the injection, I couldn’t move or react to anything.
Apparently, Tyler had injected me and now, he pulled my son into his arms and hugged him tightly,
“My heir. My long lost heir. I didn’t even know you existed because your evil mother tried to keep you away from me all these years. She made you believe that violent man who just tried to kill me is your father, but don’t worry. Now, that I’ve found you, I’m never going to let him close to you again,” Tyler said.
I wanted to tell Luca that it wasn’t true, but I couldn’t say a word and just laid on the ground, shaking feverishly.
“Get away from my son!” Nivera kept screaming, but she was subdued by some of Tyler’s men, so much so that she couldn’t even use her abilities.
Surprisingly, Luca pushed Tyler away from him. “I know who you are. You’re a monster. Celeste is about to lose her life because of you and you maltreated and killed my mum years ago. Lucien was the one who saved her life, so she could start life all over again as a vampire. He didn’t just save her life; he also saved mine. I’ve known him all my life and there has never been a time he hasn’t treated me like his biological son. Would you also say that Ryle and Celeste aren’t my uncle and aunt because they’re not related to me by blood? Families aren’t always created because they have the same genes, doofus. Lucien O’Hara is and will always be my father,” he said.
“How dare you!” Tyler yelled in utmost frustration as he raised his hand to strike Luca, but Malia showed up in time to hold his hand.
“You can’t hit a child,” she said, in a trembling voice.
Angrily, he forced her grip away and slapped her hard in the face.
“Dad,” his little daughter called, running over to hold his leg and prevent him from doing more chaos, but he shoved her off him, so that she fell on the ground with a thud and sustained injuries which made her bleed..
As if that wasn’t enough, he turned back to Malia and started kicking her numerous times in her stomach. “You miserable wench. If you had performed your duty and given me an heir, I would t have been this insulted today,” he thundered, as she coughed, crying and begging for mercy.
“Leave my mum alone!” his daughter begged as tears rolled down her eyes uncontrollably.
“That’s enough, Tyler,” the witch, Jocelyn, stated, but he had gone off in a state of sheer rage and he couldn’t stop his actions.
He approached the witch with a menacing look in his eyes and grabbed her by the neck, choking her. “Mind your freaking business, witch. The fact that you’ve helped me doesn’t change the fact that I thoroughly despise your kind,” he screamed at her.
Jocelyn scoffed. “I should have known you’d behave this way after all the help I’ve rendered to you. Well, have fun torturing your family and being a menace to your entire Pack who secretly offer prayers to the Moon Goddess everyday, with hopes of your impending death. My work here is done,” she said, and pushed him off her. She turned around to summon a portal, so she could make her exit out of Tyler’s presence, but before she could even get the incantations right, Tyler appeared behind her and stabbed her with a dagger.
Time seemed to stop as she froze immediately in shock, and slowly, she turned around to look deeply in the eyes of the one who had betrayed her. She opened her mouth to say something, but blood simply gushed out instead and just like that, she fell forward and hit her head on a solid rock, leading to her ultimate demise.
“Really, Tyler? After all she’s done to help you and our Pack settle down here? I really disliked her, but how could you do that to her? Don’t you have a heart?”Malia asked, slowly standing to her feet in her bruised and battered state.
“Say one more word and I’ll show you how heartless I can be,” Tyler roared, pointing the dagger which still dripped with Jocelyn’s blood, at her.
I thought Malia would back down, but apparently she had had enough. “I already know how heartless you can be, you evil bastard! I’ve seen it firsthand. After all, you did kill my father, didn’t you?” Malia yelled, as tears streamed down her eyes.
“I never asked him to jump in and take the sword for me. Besides, that old fool deserved it after conniving with you to hide the fact that you can never have more children, other than the stupid daughter you gave me,” Tyler retorted, in a similar angry tone.
“My daughter isn’t stupid. You don’t deserve to even call her your child since you can’t be the father she needs. Little wonder your precious son doesn’t even want to have anything to do with you,” Malia said.
Angrily, Tyler slapped her once again.
“Go on, hit me! Beat me up like the true insane being you are. All I ever did was be on your side even when no one was, and this is how you repay me? I loved you, Tyler. I truly did, but you don’t deserve my love or anyone else’s. How can you beat me up in front of our people? How can you treat my daughter like her existence isn’t appreciated? You’ve tortured and tormented people over the years.
I’ll admit it, I was also a terrible person, but all I did was for love’s sake, and I regret it so much. I didn’t know how messed up you were until I had my fair share of your wrath. My father might have let you have your way and I might also have done that, but never will I let this sick cycle go on with my daughter. Never! I love her more than anything in the world, and I have decided that enough is enough!” Malia stated, pouring out her heart.
Tyler smirked. “Yes, you’re fed up blah blah blah. So? What will you do about it? You seem to forget that you’re at my mercy, and the only reason you still get to call yourself the Luna is because I made it possible, so act right before I lose it,” he threatened.
“I would rather die than continue to be a disrespected Luna,” and with that, Malia swung her head and nodded at her daughter. “Give the vampire the antidote!”
Tyler seemed shocked and taken aback, wondering what was going on, but before he could comprehend anything, his daughter, Talia raced over to where I still laid on the floor and forced a liquid substance down my throat.
In minutes, I regained all of my senses, and with a loud roar; I got back on my feet, feeling revived and refreshed enough to take my revenge on Tyler and put an end to his unfortunate existence.