The Unknown Lycan Princess - Chapter 79: Chapter 79

Unknown POV
The same thing day in and day out. Well what I assume is night and day. It has been so long since I actually felt the feel of the sun on my skin. The soft caress of the wind on my face. This endless prison that is supposed to be my salvation from the horrid mortal life I endured. The pain and despair I felt when he uttered those cruel words to me right after making love to me still linger in my mind. “I could never love a pathetic human like you. Don’t think too much into any of this. I will not be coming back. This was just me giving into my beast before I sealed myself with a worthy she-wolf. You aren’t even worthy to lick my boots clean.” He said as he stormed out of my small bedroom.
That was one of the worst days of my life. I may have been a human but I had lived in that kingdom my whole life. I was abandoned at birth and a lovely lycan couple took me in and raised me. They may have been hard on me because of my limitations and they wanted me to be able to survive in the animalistic kingdom. I knew what a mate was and how sacred they were to the lycans. I had never heard of anyone rejecting their mates. I didn’t even know it was possible because that was how little it happened.
It wasn’t long after that night that I heard the rumors that he had found his ‘worthy she-wolf’ and my heart broke. I had hoped that the news I had for him would change his mind. I know how possessive most wolves were with their offspring. I still held out hope that he would change his mind until one night the most excruciating pain hit me in my stomach. It started out as a dull ache at first and then morphed into stabbing pain. I was fearful I was experiencing a miscarriage. The pain then moved up my torso to my heart. It felt like someone was squeezing the life from my very body and then a searing pain on my shoulder where my neck and shoulder met where his mark should have gone. I knew then what was happening. I had heard the whispers of what a mate’s betrayal felt like. The tears that fell down my face were of heartbreak because I knew then he had marked this she-wolf and essentially killed any hope I had of having a happy life. After the searing pain left it all seemed to stop suddenly and everything went black.
When I awoke the next day I feared that my baby was gone. The last remnant of my happiness and love. When I felt between my legs and didn’t find any source of blood I breathed a sigh of relief. My baby made it. They survived their father’s betrayal, they survived my pain. It was then and there that I knew I had to leave this kingdom. It would not be safe for me or my child if his new mate found out I was carrying his heir.
I quickly packed my things and ran. I ran fast and far until I couldn’t run anymore and then I ran some more. I couldn’t risk them finding me. I prayed to the gods and goddesses every morning and every night to protect my baby. I finally stopped running when I made it to the edge of the known world and took a step into the unknown knowing that even with the unknown it was still better than the outcome I knew would happen if Lupus found out about the child in my womb. As I rubbed my protruding stomach I sent up another prayer and took the first step into the unknown world.
I found a tiny cabin in the middle of a dark forest and that is where I stayed. The months came and went and I fell into a semblance of peace until my waters broke and I had to deliver my son alone. I prayed the whole time during his birth that he would be ok. I prayed for the gods to protect him. I was over a day into the birthing process when a flash of light lit up my dark little cabin. The fire had gone out long ago because I couldn’t stoke it. When I opened my eyes I saw the most ethereal woman I have ever seen and I knew she was a Goddess.
“Calm my child. You will be alright.” She spoke softly and quietly. Her gentle touch on my forehead eased my troubled mind and I felt a brief pause in my pain. “Let’s get this boy delivered shall we? He is definitely as stubborn as his father isn’t he. Stuck in his ways and not wanting to experience change? Seems like such a silly thing to fear does it not?”
I knew she was just trying to take my mind off of things, but what she said hit home and I felt that those words were the truest I have ever heard. Is that why Lupus did what he did? Did he fear change that much that he would throw me away? I didn’t get to ponder on that thought much more because another pain came and with it a pressure I had not felt before and I instinctively knew I needed to push.
With a final scream from my lips and a squelching pop the sound of my son screaming his little head off brought a smile to my lips and tears in my eyes. I did it! I successfully had my son despite the odds stacked against me. After a few minutes the goddess had wrapped my son up in a blanket I had laying on the bed beside me for him. The moment she handed him to me I could feel my tears burning stronger behind my lids and I finally lost the battle and they came pouring from my eyes. He looked so much like him it was surreal. He was like an exact replica of his father.
“Have you come up with a name for him yet?” The voice of the woman who helped me asked.
I smiled and said, “His name is Fenrir. Seems fitting. I bet his Lycan will be bigger than his father’s. It must be because he would have been the next king of the kingdom.”
The sad smile on the goddesses face had me stop in my thoughts. She shook her head and said, “That is a very strong and fitting name for him. He would have been a strong Lycan, and he would have brought about the change needed to blend all species together. Sadly his future will not be that anymore. We have heard your prayers Sierra and Ares and I have decided that the lycans aren’t ready for this world and we locked away their animal spirits. He still has his wolf, but he will never shift and he will never hear his wolf.”
I was saddened that my poor baby would never feel whole. He would always feel as if a piece of him is missing. My tears fell now for a totally different reason. I mourned for my son’s lost animal spirit. “Why? Why punish him for the sins of his father?” I asked.
“I know it seems this way. It will not be gone forever. One day a descendant will be born and will free the lycan people. It has been written in the stars. A female will be born from your line and when she is she will be a force to be reckoned with and will free and lead the Lycans to what they should have been in the first place. She will come to you when the time is right. You will be the one to decide if she is capable though. You will be the one to see into her heart and determine if she is the one or not.” The goddess spoke to me.
It gave me a little peace to know that it wouldn’t be forever. I just hope I will live long enough to see this happen. How little did I know that I would not live long enough to witness it. My son would not live long enough to witness it. I had almost given up hope until I felt it. I knew the moment she was born. Hades had even come to visit me that day. I haven’t seen him since though because I refused to learn what he called a card game. Canasta I think it was. He was quite angry that I didn’t want to play and left in a huff and hasn’t been back.
The tremble of the ground let me know that I will be seeing her soon. So I took my place in the chair in the corner of my cabin replica and waited as I watched out the window.