The Lycan king-Chapter 116

"I love you too, my Queen." He said and he kissed my forehead. "Don’t worry, we can use this time to work on communication. It will be hard but it will be worth it. I actually hate fighting with you. It feels so terrible. I would want to kiss you or hug you and I’ll remember that we aren’t talking."

"I hate it too. I hate the distance it creates. For me, its not about the kissing or hugging. It’s more about the emotional distance. At that moment, I don’t feel loved and it hurts me even more." I confessed and he hugged me tighter. "But its fine. We’ll work on it now. Like you said, it’s us against anything."

"Yes, it is." There was silence before he cleared his throat. "I have to go now. I’m pretty sure Dev is waiting for me." He said and I nodded. This was the part I hated the most. The goodbye. He pulled away from me and for a second, it felt cold. Too cold. "Don’t worry, this night, I’ll use our mate bond until you fall asleep. I’ll get someone to watch over you, okay?"

"I know." I said as he lifted his bag. He walked over to the door and I stayed rooted on the spot. I didn’t want to watch him leave. I knew it would break my heart, having to see him walk down the hall with Devon. "Be safe for me, okay?"

"I will." He said as he finally walked out of the door. I would never be able to handle it. I walked over to the bed and sat down. The one thing that comforted me was knowing that once this was all over, I wouldn’t ever have to worry about him leaving me.

But there was a feeling in the back of my mind. I knew something was coming. Something dangerous and I prayed to the moon goddess that nothing would happen to Jax.

My mind wondered about Luke’s silence. It was suspicious. Luke wouldn’t have gone far without the help of someone and everyone had attended the coronation. During the after party, there still wouldn’t have been any way for him to escape without leaving because most of the pack had gone back to the quarters.

One question popped in my mind.

What if Luke hadn’t even left the pack? What if he was still here gathering information and waiting for the right time to strike. Maybe he was even building allies within our pack. My mind was swirling with thoughts. I needed to tell Jax but I had to wait until night time. That was the free time Jax had and I couldn’t use his phone unless it was an emergency.

I prayed this wouldn’t turn into an emergency.

*Leonora*

All I could see what black. Not even one stream of light. I tried to move and realized that my hands and legs were bound. My heart raced and I looked around. A sense of panic began to fill my system.

My first thought was to scream which I did but there was no response. Not even one. I couldn’t tell what time it was. I prayed it was night time so that Jax and I could communicate with our mate bond.

"Jax." I called out to him. "Jax, I need you." I called out with our mate bond but no response. I hated this. I hated that I didn’t know what was happening and that I was alone here. I hated the darkness.

I had tried getting used to being in the darkness but I don’t think I would ever get used to a full on black out.

I didn’t know at which point that the tears started flowing. I tried to recount what had lead me to this position.

There was a knock on the door and I begrudgingly got out of the bed expecting to see Bethany instead I was met with a strange man standing in front of me.

"Hi, I’m Kale. King Jax sent me to watch over you." He said and I nodded, slamming the door in his face. I wasn’t in the mood to interact with anyone just yet. I proceeded to go back to the bed and there was another knock.

I opened the door and Bethany stood there with a confused look on her face. "I don’t even know if I should ask you anything but I think it’s all Jax." She said as she pushed her way into the room. I gave Kale an awkward smile before closing the door again.

"Jax sent him to watch over me." I responded as she both walked over to the chairs. I plopped down and slouched to accommodate my back. I was starting to feel a bit of pain but it wasn’t serious.

"I would say that Jax’s possessiveness is a bit sexy." She said and I rolled my eyes. He wasn’t that possessive because if he was he would have sent Kale to watch me a long time ago but I held that thought to myself. "So what happened between you and Jax."

"Claire said some shit and it affected me and I kind of felt Jax wasn’t attracted to me because he hadn’t touched me since they started going on trainings." I explained to her and she sighed. There was a look in her eyes and I knew something was wrong. "Beth, what happened?"

"I think Dev’s and I’s sex life is pretty much non existent." She said and I frowned. That wasn’t the energy I got from them.

"How come? I thought after the apartment, things changed." I asked and she looked away. And they seemed so happy and in love.

"He never initiated sex. It sometimes felt like I was begging him to touch me. I know he loves me and all but I like when I can see that he’s clearly turned on." She said and I nodded. I understood because I liked when I teased Jax. "He’s just always in his head and the worst part is that it takes him a really long time to orgasm so I just fake it multiple times till he’s done and that if he agrees to have sex with me in the first place."

"Have you tried talking to him about it?" I asked her. Bethany wasn’t the type to shy away from conversations like this .

"No. I don’t want to stress him even more. Training is hard enough already. I usually give him a day to rest and when I try to kiss him, he acts weird." She said and I watched her. It seemed like this issue was really putting a strain on her. "I’ve not really thought about kids but I would like to have one someday and I don’t think his attitude towards sex is going to help. Like look at you and Jax. You’re like literal dogs and you even got pregnant before the coronation."

"I really think you should talk to him. He might even be beating himself up for it." I pointed out and she sighed.

"I know he is. That’s the hard part. We use our mate bond all the time so I hear his thoughts and he hates what’s going on." She explained. I opened my arm and she leaned her body towards me. She rested her head on my shoulder and I patted her back. There was only so much we could do because of the chairs. "I love him and I don’t want sex to be the only issue we have. I would rather we fight."

"I hate fighting. Jax and I fight a lot over little things and it can be draining." I said and she nodded. "Once this is all over, sit Devon down and talk to him. You know it’s not always about sex. There is more to it."

"Yeah I will, I just hope he’s willing to work through it." She said and my stomach grumbled causing the both of us to laugh. "Okay, time to make something to eat." We got up and made our way over to the door. I opened it and Kale immediately jumped up from the floor.

"What do you need, my queen?" He asked and I looked over at Bethany. "King Jax specifically said I should handle the cooking. Are you hungry?"

"Yes, we are. Just make something with a lot of protein and fruits." I ordered and he ran off. "This is so weird."

We both went back down to the bed and laid down. What Jax doesn’t know won’t hurt him.

The last thing I remembered after that was eating and falling asleep. What if the food was poisoned by Kale? And Bethany ate it too.

"Beth!" I shouted but no response.

My body ached from the position I was in. I don’t know how long I’ve been here but I was parched. I needed water or something. Saliva had been gathering in my mouth for so long and I tried spitting on the floor. It didn’t help