The Lycan king-Chapter 111

*Leonora*

It was almost starting to seem like I wasn’t going to ever see Jax again. Every thing was taking up his time, whether it was council meetings or trainings or even the drafting of their battle strategy. Bethany got to see Devon once in a while and by once in a while, I meant now. They were currently in their room, probably making out.

I was currently seated in the kitchen waiting for the water to boil. It was just me, sitting alone. If Jax knew, he would throw a fit and probably punish Bethany or Devon for leaving me alone but they both didn’t even know where I was.

The door opened and Claire strolled into the kitchen. I adjusted my top because I didn’t want her to even get an idea of my baby. I wrapped my jacket around my stomach waiting for whatever snide remark she had to make.

"You have nothing to say to me, miss I am now the queen." Claire said as she pulled out a box of cereal. She took out a bowl and a spoon, quickly pouring the cereal into the bowl. She placed the cereal box back in its spot. "I also noticed you haven’t been attending council meetings. Why’s that?"

"I don’t have to answer to you, Claire." I said as I looked back at the kettle. Why wasn’t it boiling already? I hated being in this same place as her. I just wanted to make my tea and leave. I curse Jason for leaving me here all by myself.

"You’re going to have to answer to the council someday. Why is the Queen not attending meetings? Is she actually in her room or she’s with her lover, Luke?" Claire asked and I turned to look at her. A frown was plastered on my face as I watched her eat her cereal now covered in milk. "You think I don’t know about your brief stint with Luke. How he felt you up in the woods? How he choked you. I bet you liked that, huh?"

I eyed Claire up. How did she know? The only people I told were Bethany and Jax and I knew there was no way they would ever tell anyone. Why would Jax tell Claire about how they felt up his mate? That would be insane.

"If I knew how much of a whore you were, I would have spoken to Jax earlier. I would have warned him greatly about taking you as his Queen. You don’t even know anything about your role. All you do is lounge around all day and get fat." She said and I could feel my heart drop. Yes, I added a little weight because of the baby but I didn’t think it was so much that anyone would notice.

"You can say whatever you want but don’t say shit about my body." I wanted her. It wasn’t her place to talk about my body. It wasn’t her place to even judge me for ’lounging around’.

"Don’t you know that every part of your life is scrutinized? How can you spend all day eating and eating like a pig? No wonder Jax tries so hard not to go back to you." She said and I gave her a look. What did she mean by that? "Oh, you don’t know. He has every opportunity to go back into bed with you but he’d rather spend time drafting plans and I assist him. Well, we don’t always draft plans, if you know what I mean." She said and I scoffed.

The kettle whistled and I jumped down from the stool and quickly walked over to it. I turned it off and I poured the water into my empty cup. There was a single teabag on the counter. I tore it open and placed the little bag into the cup.

"I don’t have time for mind games with you." I said as I grabbed my cup of tea. I turned to look at her, shaking my head in the process.

"I’m not playing mind games with you, darling." She replied. "Whose baby are you carrying? Jax or Luke’s? Does Jax even know?"

I adjusted my jacket over my belly. I hated this. I hated the way she was scrutinizing me. I felt tears gather in my eyes as I thought back on all the things she had said.

"I think I can guess that it’s Luke’s." She said. "Jax is very careful and I don’t think he would want to ever have a child with someone like you. Does Jax know?"

"No, he doesn’t and I would like to keep it that way." I lied. I wanted this to just be between us. I didn’t want her thinking anyone knew about my pregnancy. I didn’t know why I lied in the first place. This felt terrible but I didn’t know what else to do.

I needed Bethany. I needed Jax. I just needed someone to talk to. I wish Bethany was here to have witnessed all that she had said to me. I quickly walked out of the kitchen.

I made my way to the room only to find Jax seated in the middle of the room.

"Where were you?" He asked me immediately he saw me. I don’t know what it was but I just broke down like a baby. Jax took the cup out of my hand placed it on the bedside table. "What’s going on?" He asked as he quickly hugged me. "What’s making my baby cry?"

"Am I really fat?" I asked through tears. "What did you tell Claire? Why are you even telling Claire anything?!"

"I didn’t tell her anything." He said as he led me to the chair. He sat down and pulled me onto his thigh. "Baby, please calm down and talk to me. I can’t solve the problem if I don’t know what is really going on."

I rested my head on his shoulder and cried. I didn’t know what else to tell him.