Mated To My Best Friend's Lycan Alpha Brothers-Chapter 136: Sorry, But No Sorry

(Author’s POV)

"We did everything we could to catch the kidnappers in time but they had already escaped from our grasp. We searched for Nora and the other child who was kidnapped with her everywhere but got no clue about either of them. But after several failed attempts we have confirmed that Nora’s kidnapping wasn’t just some trafficking incident. It was planned out, the abduction. Some did all of that intentionally," Sara conveyed with heaviness evident in her voice.

Noah continued about his side, "After the conflict ended at Half Shade Lunar, me and my comrades returned back home without any delay. But it was already too late. Those traffickers weren’t found on any of our radar as if they had vanished completely. The elders as well as the werewolf council members blamed us for such neglect, especially Matthew. Because he was at the hospital the entire time and as the pack Beta, it was his responsibility to look after all of it." He made a sad face. "When I was fighting the enemy, my wolf’s hidden powers came out and that’s when I acquired the title of not just Alpha King but Lycan King. The only one in the whole of this planet. So, the council members didn’t dare to punish me or my people but instead they made us swore a vow to keep us in check."

"A vow? Father what are you talking about? What vow?" Alaric questioned. He was perplexed.

"Yes, a vow, Al. Neither you nor your siblings know this but we were made to pledge. According to which, we couldn’t reveal our werewolf identity to normal humans anyhow. The humans from our packs also made those pledges on council’s order for safe keeping. All of us were restrained by those rules and vows. So, we didn’t reveal anything to you when we met you Ms. Miracle," Noah completed, his voice solemn.

"Then why are you telling me about this now? Aren’t you breaking those rules your council has set?" Myra asked with a curious face.

"Because the pledge broke. Do you remember at Elio and Nora’s birthday banquet. We announced to the whole world that you are our goddess daughter, right? The pledge broke at that moment. Being a goddess daughter of a Lycan King and his Luna isn’t an ordinary thing. By that, you are considered a part of our family. Though, not by bloodline but by bond," Sara finished her words.

"She is family? Why didn’t you tell this to any of us, mother, father? I disagree. She is not family," Alaric asked with a disbelieving look on his face.

"Alaric Everests, don’t make the situation worse. It was your father’s and my joint decision. After all, Myra has been there for our daughter through thick and thin. When you, me or any of us weren’t there for her. She was with Nora and I am grateful and glad she was. As a Luna, I consider her my goddess daughter and these are no empty words," Sara said in a reprimanding tone towards Alaric while the last line was for Myra to know that they were sincere towards her.

Myra was left speechless. She didn’t know how to react in this situation. If all of this was true, her pinning the blame on Sara and Noah wasn’t anything other than being ungrateful. She was ashamed of herself for that. She pressed her lips in a thin line, desperate to form the words for apology.

With a hoarse voice, she uttered, "Mr. Everests, Mrs. Everests, I am sorry I said those things to you without knowing the whole truth. I was blinded by my anger and was scared because of what happened last night. It shook me, it shook me to the core." She got up and bowed as an apology.

Sara walked towards her and picked her up, "No need, I understand your reaction, dear. You must have been frightened after last night’s incident."

Nora’s eyes were gleaming at this moment. She sighed in relief. She was hopeful to hear Myra’s words. In her mind, Myra had already come to terms with her werewolf identity and she had accepted her identity. She was happy and wanted to hug Myra.

She approached her friend but Myra stopped her, gestured her to stop, her steps halted midway. Nora was confused and wanted to ask why when Myra commented, "However~, a betrayal is still a betrayal, ma’am. You guys had your reasons to not disclose your truth to me and I understand that, I really do. But, my childhood friend, with whom I have spent twenty years, when she concealed such a big thing from me. It hurts. It hurts more than anything." Her words were stern as he conveyed her feelings.

New burst of tears came streaming through from Nora’s already reddened eyes, as she kept apologizing to Myra, "Ra~ra, I know I have hurt you deeply and betrayed your trust in me. But please~ .... Please, please can’t you give me one more chance. I swear this won’t happen again. You can ask anything from me. You can punish me in any other way. But please don’t break our friendship. You have been my rock all my life. I can’t lose you. PLEASE MYRA."

She bent to kneel on the cold floor in front of Myra. Alaric shouted and walked towards her, trying to pick her up, "What are you doing Ora? You are kneeling before a human?"

"No Brother Alaric, I am kneeling and apologizing before my friend," Nora spoke her voice trembling though she was firm with her words.

Alaric gritted his teeth as he seethed in anger. Myra looked at Nora, sighed and walked up to her. She crouched and held Nora’s shoulders to lift her up as she said, "Nora, please don’t make it difficult for me. I just want to return home and be with my family. At least, give me some time to think." She sounded exhausted and burned out. After all, a lot had happened. She needed time to process.

Nora chewed her lips anxiously, wanting to say something more but no words came out of her mouth. Myra took it as she had understood her perspective and stepped back in retreat.

She then looked at all the Everests present inside the study room and said, "Thank you for having me at your house. I will be taking my leave then."

She turned to leave but was interrupted by Sara, "Wait~, Myra."

Myra’s steps halted midway but she didn’t turn around. Sara continued, "There is something else we would like to discuss with you. It is about last night."

Myra pursed her lips and looked back at Sara asking, "I thought we were already done with it."

"I know I am being shameless but can you please stay for a day or two. Just until Brave wakes up. We would like to confirm something. Please, I urge you as a mother," Sara said in a pleading tone.

Myra gave a confusing look to her, "Ma’am~, What is it about?"

Sara uttered with a serious expression, "It’s important for Brave as well as you."

"If you want me to stay back, at least tell me what it is about, ma’am?" Myra was a little annoyed. She thought they were trying to change their approach.

A huge sight escaped from Sara’s mouth, she too was stressed and drained. She didn’t know how to say it out loud, because nothing was confirmed. But Myra was persistent, she didn’t back down, "Ma’am, if there is no good reason for me to stay. I would like to leave Kimberg today. My flight is already scheduled."

"Last night, Brave called you, his mate, do you remember?" Noah cut in, asking Myra.

Myra pupils dilated at his words as last night’s events replayed in her mind. A shiver ran down her spine she remembered Brave’s wolf figure Raw, growling and chasing her relentlessly. His mammoth and ink black furry wolf were intimidating as well as scary.

Both Sara and Noah noticed her reaction. Alaric looked at her curiously as he was observing Myra’s expression all along. He wanted to check whether Myra had any kind of involvement with last night’s incident. But when he saw Myra’s pale face, he couldn’t decipher whether she was acting or if she was genuinely scared.

Myra tried to compose herself, she didn’t want to be seen weak. She looked at Noah and Sara, "Yes, I do remember. What about it?"

Sara replied, "You might not know what the term ’mate’ means to our kind. A mate for us werewolves, is a life partner gifted to us by the moon goddess herself, the fated one. Although, the probability of it being a mistake is high because there has been no such case as of now, a werewolf and a human being fated mates. But we would still like to confirm it from Brave."

Myra knew a bit about the mate and mate bond from that book she had read earlier, but when Sara explained it with such serious look she was left dumbfounded. She took it as a joke, a prank. Suddenly, something struck her, ’Didn’t Alaric, Dion as well as Elio called me that word?’ Her eyes widened in shock.

To Be Continued . . . . . . . .