A Mate For The Last Lycan-Chapter 28: MONSTER HUNT

"Someone is here to deliver a letter for you," Caiden said, as he handed Khaos a letter. The room was dim, with only the faint glow of the luminous pearls on the walls providing meager illumination for the dirty cell, where they put their prisoners.

Shawn was still breathing. He was one of the elders of the River Creek pack. They had been trying to extract information from him and so far, he had spilled all the information he knew hoping to save his life.

Little did he know, the moment he was captured by them, his life ended right there and then. It was only a matter of time before Khaos lost his patience and killed him.

"Luna Zuri's personal maid apparently is here to deliver the letter personally. What do you think it is about" Caiden asked, as he watched Khaos open the letter. He tried to peek from the corner of his eyes. "What is it? What did she say?"

Caiden couldn't read what was written on the letter, but whatever it was, it made Khaos decide to kill Shawn.

"Kill him." He waved his hand toward Shawn and Gayle immediately stepped forward and killed the old man, while Khaos walked away with Caiden right behind him.

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They emerged from a dungeon that was located in the underground. The entrance of this place was a small rickety hut behind the alpha's quarters and only a handful of people knew about this spot. Khaos was there when Zuri came to visit his pack and now, he was also there when her letter came.

"Arrange something on Mount Eve. I want another monster hunt."

"But, the monster hunt just happened four months ago," Caiden reminded him. Usually, monster hunt was an annual event, unless there was a peculiar thing that happened and that was what Khaos aimed for.

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"Another monster hunt?" Xaden growled. "It just happened four months ago! Those stupid creatures wouldn't have been able to procreate during such a short span of time!" Xaden slammed his fist on the table, clearly furious.

"Apparently, Alpha Khaos was the one who requested it. His warriors spotted Vermeyes so close to the town." Logan flipped the report that was sent to them this early morning.

"Nonsense! There are no Vermeyes on that mountain!" He hated monster hunting and now after four months, he had to return to that mountain again. "Why doesn't he go there himself?!"

"Apparently, at the same time, there is a problem in the Three Deadly Ways. The Great Lunar kingdom caused trouble at the border and he is needed there."

"From the looks of it, sending him to the three Deadly Ways was not a punishment at all. He got comfortable there."

Logan couldn't say anything about it, yet he only had one concern. "You have locked up the luna for three days without giving her food or water, don't you think it's too much?"

"I don't want to hear that." Xaden glowered at him.

"If Alpha Roland catches wind of it, he will cause trouble blaming you for starving his daughter," Logan tried to talk sense into the alpha, his judgment was currently clouded by anger. "She explained to you that she only went there to return the cub, the cub was hurt because you kicked it and Alpha Khaos showed his courtesy to escort her back. The luna could stay the night there, but she chose to come back, I think that's reasonable."

Xaden didn't want to hear anything about it anymore and walked away from the room to visit Zuri's bedroom. It was still locked and no one dared to go closer to this room after his warning. The only good thing that came out of her stubbornness was sleeping in a different room, now she could stay there for as long as she wanted.

[Get me the key to the Luna's bedroom.] He mindlinked one of the warriors, who came almost immediately to deliver the key.

He unlocked it and found Zuri sleeping on the bed. Her face was pale and her lips were parched, she had been deprived of food and water for three days straight and was locked up.

"I didn't want to hurt you, but you caused this to yourself," Xaden said in a small voice, more to himself than to Zuri. He then mindlinked the warrior again to bring food and water.

Zuri was still sleeping when Sarah and Esther came inside at the alpha's demand. They looked at their luna warily, seeing how weak she was, but every time they sneaked in to feed her, she always refused vehemently, her anger so intense that it made them stop.

"The two of you can leave."

Sarah and Esther left, though their eyes still lingered on their luna, while the alpha tried to wake her up from her deep sleep.

"Why are you so stubborn?" He sat down on the edge of the bed and the shift on the bed made Zuri open her eyes, she found him and frowned. "Come, you need to drink something."

This time, Zuri didn't refuse, she accepted it. Xaden helped her sit down and brought the glass to her lips. Her dry throat hummed in acceptance when the fresh liquid washed away the

thirst.

This was why Zuri rejected all of Sarah and Esther's attempts to feed her, because she knew Xaden would eventually cave in. He wouldn't have the guts to kill her, but more importantly, she wanted this to be more believable.

The only side effect of her hunger strike was; she couldn't take her medicine either and those voices came back to haunt her.

'Kill him.'

'Smash the glass on his head.'

'Claw his throat.'

'Hit him like he hit you.'

Those voices were her intrusive thoughts. Without her medicine, her intrusive thoughts became bolder and louder now.

"I need to go to Mount Eve in three days." He informed her. Before, he just left. There was guilt in his eyes. "I want you to stay away from Khaos. Do you understand?"