Chapter 28: Chapter 28

Moon kept on sighing in Skyler's head.

"I can't believe you let them take her away"

"There was nothing I could do at that moment" Skyler frowned.

"She's our mate for goodness sake" Moon growled.

"Fine, we will go and see her tomorrow, but we need to put things in order first," Skyler said. Moon responded with a snort.

After making sure that Skyler has had enough time to digest today's happening, Lucas finally walked over to where he was, still seated on the cold marble floor with a frown.

"Hey, get up, man. you can't sit here forever" Lucas said.

Cocking his head to face Lucas, Skyler let out a sigh, he knew Lucas was right. He can't keep sitting here and sighing like an abandoned puppy. Skyler pushed himself away from the ground with the support of Lucas.

"Thanks man, for everything" Skyler said.

He was indeed very thankful to Lucas, from helping him out of the rogues' den to this very moment. Skyler was indeed very grateful to have a friend like him. But then he remembered the little redhead and sadness came to settle in his heart. The young man had a whole life ahead of him but Xander had cut it short.

"Where is Drake?". Skyler Asked. "In the pack's morgue," Lucas replied. Leading the way to where the dead bodies are kept, Skyler silently followed behind. When they reached the morgue, Lucas pointed at the entrance of the morgue to Skyler. He waited outside while Skyler went inside. Skyler met with a wrinkled man when he entered inside the morgue, he was a werewolf too, Skyler could recognize him because the man had always been working here since he was a child.

On seeing Skyler approaching, a smile came to form on the man's lips making his wrinkled face become more apparent.

"Lucius" Skyler smiled back.

''Good to see you, Skyler or should I say alpha". Lucius said. Spreading his arms wide to welcome Skyler into his embrace.

Shortly after, he let go, and Skyler stepped away from his embrace. Skyler asked "how have you been, all this while?"

''I should be the one to ask you that,' Lucius said with a subtle frown.

"I'm quite okay, you can see" replied Skyler, while he stared at the wriggled face of his old friend. Lucius and he had been friends since he was only a pup. Their friendship surprised a lot of people as Lucius was almost a century older.

"You are here to see Xander" Lucius asked unsure, the news of how Xander was behind Skyler's disappearance, followed by the news of his corrupted mind and how he wanted to falsely mate a girl that ended up to be his brother's mate had spread throughout the park and that's why Lucius was surprised to see Skyler in the morgue.

"No, I'm here to see the boy with red hair," Skyler said. Lucius nodded and led the way to where the rogue boy was placed. He removed the cover from his face before leaving Skyler alone.

Skyler stood silently and watched the lifeless body of the once energetic boy. He remembered when the boy would always come into his prison cell with a grumpy expression and bruises sometimes. He would snort anytime he laid eyes on him and he would grumble under his breath but Skyler was always able to hear it. And when they finally became friends, Drake was one of cutest and sweetest kids Skyler had ever met. But now, he laid motionless on the cold steel. A teardrop fell from Skyler's eyes but he quickly wiped it off with the back of his hands.

Skyler had inwardly promised to give him a proper burial and also give proper care to Drake's older sister Margaret. He knew Drake would really appreciate that and that was the only way he could repay the little boy for saving his life, twice.

Skyler gave the body one last glance before walking away but he stopped when another body came into view. It was none other than his twin brother, Xander.

Skyler walked over to where Xander's body was placed. He stared at the body with no expression on his face. He had loved Xander as a brother but Xander kept pushing him away and always wanting to fight him for what was his. Xander had never for once been a brother or friend to him. But he never expected that Xander would one day end his life like this. Skyler sucked in a breath before turning away from there, he left the place.

He was surprised to see Lucas still standing at the entrance. He walked over to Lucas and they both made their way away from the morgue. When they got inside the pack house, Lucas cocked his head to face Skyler and said.

"Your room is ready, and the kitchen is on standby, Incase you need anything," Lucas announced. Skyler nodded, he really appreciated his best friend's effort, but he was neither hungry nor craving any comfort. He needed to speak with his father about something and needed to do it now.

"Thank you but I would love to speak with my father first," said Skyler. Lucas nodded and excused himself, he knew Skyler and the Alpha surely had a lot to talk about.

Getting to the Alpha's chambers, Skyler brought his hand forward and knocked twice on the door, but then he noticed the door was slightly agape. He pushed the door wider and went inside, his father was seated on one of the large sofas with a glass of wine in his hand. Pius beckoned Skyler to come sit on the sofa opposite him. Skyler went over and seated himself just as he was instructed to do.

He opened his mouth to speak but Pius beat him to it and said " you're here because of the girl, your mate"

"Skyler gave a slight nod" who are those people that took her?"

Pius stayed quiet for a few moments before he spoke.

"They are the wailing faeries, after a war that broke out between the witches and the wailing faeries that led to the death of the banshee queen, her people went dormant, only showing up now that a new Queen has risen". Pius explained.

"You mean the girl, my mate is going to be the queen?But how is that possible? She looks so naive and ignorant of our world and how come no one knew about her until today ". Skyler frowned.

"You are right, I'm guessing she was kept hidden away somewhere for all this time, even from her own people. The late queen had enemies such that they wanted the girl's life ``Pius explained with a frown.

" As to how Xander managed to fish her out from hiding, that I can't tell," he added.

Skyler frowned, not liking the thought of his mate being in danger, or having people who were after her life, but he shrugged the feeling away for now. He had more questions to ask.

"You seem to be acquainted with the woman from this morning " said Skyler and moon growled at the mention of the annoying woman with a staff that dared to take his mate away,

Pius stayed quiet for a long time, his eyes dazed as he recalled the past. Pulling himself out of those thoughts, he cleared his throat before speaking.

"Me and the late queen once had something for each other but we never nurtured that feeling as we both knew it was never going to lead to anything. A werewolf and a banshee together would be nothing but a disaster" Pius said, leaving aside some important details, he brought the glass to his lips and took a sip from it before he continued on his word.

"I know this would be difficult for you, but you will have to reject her as your mate, the wailing faeries will never allow their queen to be mated to a werewolf and the moon goddess also forbids it". Pius spoke quietly, acknowledging the fact that the present topic is a sensitive one. He knew the pain of rejecting one's mate but it had to be done.

After hearing Pius' statement, Skyler's heart shattered into many pieces. He wasn't ready to reject his mate and he would never do anything like that. He would fight however stood in the way of him and his mate. Be it the wailing faeries or the moon goddess herself.

Having had enough of the not so exciting news, Skyler bid his father goodnight and walked away from the room, he and his wolf together were angry, and the best thing now is to go and lock himself up in the room and have some good sleep.they would go and see their mate tomorrow. The girl with emerald eyes, only now did Skyler realize that he didn't know her name. He didn't get the chance to. This made him more determined to go and find the girl by tomorrow, even if it's just to know her name.

Meanwhile, Clara had just woken up from the long sleep, she looked at the unfamiliar room that was insanely spacious, the furnishing was exquisite, the high ceiling and the sparkling marble floor that reflected her image. She shut her eyes to recall how she got here and slowly everything started coming back to her. She remembered all that she had witnessed, starting from the ballroom to the silver eyed man, the wolf and Xander death. she panicked, she climbed out of bed and stood to her feet before running towards the door but before she could push it open, the door opened by itself and a young lady came in, holding a bowl of food in her hands. She placed the bowl of food on the table before turning to face Clara who was still standing by the door.

"Good evening" she smiled. "Please come take a seat and have dinner, you must be starving after sleeping for that long"

A frown came to settle on Clara's forehead after hearing what the lady had said, how long could I have slept for? She asked internally.

"Where am I?" Clara asked, her voice slightly raised and her eyes reflecting distrust.

"Your home" the lady replied with a smile.

Clara's frown deepened," Am i being held hostage?" She asked.

"No, you are free to go wherever you want," the lady replied. " But you need to eat," she added.

Clara wanted to refuse when her stomach made a rumbling sound, Clara bit back her words and walked over to the table and got seated.

Clara licked her lips as she stared at the plate of hot steaming chicken noodles, her mouth watered just by inhaling the sweet aroma. Picking up the chopsticks, Clara scooped some noodles and sent them into her mouth, she chewed and then swallowed them. She shut her eyes and quietly savored the taste in her mouth. She had to admit that this was the best bowl of chicken noodles she had ever eaten. But something crossed Clara's mind and she paused, the remaining noodles on her chopsticks were left hanging in the air. How could she easily accept a meal from someone she didn't even know?.Clara berated herself. What if it's poisoned? She asked herself.

She turned to face the Lady who was standing and staring back at Clara with what looked like admiration in her eyes.

"Is there a problem?". Asked the Lady, after seeing the strange way at which Clara held on to the boil of noodles.

"Did you feed me poison?" Came the direct question from Clara.

The lady's eyes widened,"no, no, I wouldn't dare, she stuttered. Shaking her head with helplessness but that didn't in any way help to soothe Clara's distrust. Clara dropped the chopsticks, stood up from the table and walked towards the door. Surprisingly, the door was open and Clara walked out of the room. The more she walked the more unfamiliar the place seemed. Clara caught sight of a large living room and she walked towards it. To her surprise, an old woman dressed in gray with a staff resting beside her, a man in casual wear and another woman with short hair, were sitting in the large living room. The furnishings were ancient but very exquisite, carvings of different types adorned the wall, but one out of the many carvings caught Clara's attention.

It was a large carving of a butterfly, similar to the one she has at her lower neck.