Chapter 106

Dylan POV

"Why would someone mark their mate without permission?!" Lewis asked, while still holding onto the man's limbs.

V was very quick to answer his rhetorical question though as she met my eyes with a hard expression.

"Because the king announced live on television that it was his intention... as soon as he finds his queen he would mark her." My head shot up to her with wide eyes, why would the king say something like that on live television?

"The king said that? He must have known how many people would listen to him. After meeting Carlos I know for a fact there's more people unwilling to bend to the lycans. His words just created open season on any reluctant mate." I wasn't wrong. The king although an absolute bastard of a tyrant, he had influence, his title made it so.

"Youre right, if the king is able to mark his mate without consent then Lycans from all over will expect to be able to do the same." The doctor suddenly barged past Lewis with a long needle ready to help the poor man that was still screaming in agony.

"That can be discussed later..." Doctor Bennet didn't waste any time in rolling the man over while I kept my fingers plugging the holes in his neck. The needle was injected into the man's spine and witching a minute the man was silent, feeling the instant relief the anaesthetic gave him, he fell asleep instantly. Lewis sighed and let the man's ankles go before walking over to me and placing his large hand on my shoulder. My head met his and I watched his pupils widen slightly once he met my gaze.

"Are you ok?" He asked his voice holding nothing but sincerity. I nodded my head as I gazed at him, the heat from his hand made a lump form in my throat as I forced my eyes away from his.

"This can not keep going on like this..." I stated shaking my head slightly in disbelief at the situation before me. "The lycanthrope can not take anything else away from us! Giving our consent to the mating tradition was the only thing that they had no control over, and even though it's a death sentence, they have still taken that away from us." My fingers still plugged the wound of the man while the doctor flitted around gathering items to replace my phalanges. "What is going to happen to this guy?”

My question was only answered by facial expressions that showed nothing but unknowing comments. They had no idea. John was holding a small tray of items when he finally broke the silence surrounding everybody.

"Well… There are rumours that it can trigger a change... as in a change in species." I frowned deeply and looked at the poor man who lay on the bed next to me, barely clinging to life.

"You mean, a forced marking results in the human becoming a Lycan?!" If that was the case then surly every wolf would have been forcibly marking their mates long before the king ever threatens it.

"I've heard this too..." Lewis agreed with John while his hand still rested firmly on my shoulder. "But it never works. It always results in death. A wolf bite simply acts as a type of venom, killing every cell in your body. It's why forced markings were illegal from the beginning, before even my dad was born."

“So right now, this guy…” The doctor nodded and walked over to my hands to inspect the would I was currently stopping from bleeding everywhere.

“Right now, this poor man is in excruciating pain.” He gently took hold of my wrist and pulled one of my fingers out in order to assess the damage. Instantly the wound began to weep which caused Doctor Bennet to get to work in stopping the bleeding.

It took two hours all together before I could safely remove both my fingers from the guys neck. The sedative the doctor gave him was still in effect, I didn’t doubt Bennet would lower the dosage any time soon.

“So will he die then?” I couldn’t help but look at all the blood that had come from his neck and wonder weather anyone could survive something like that.

“There’s no way to tell what will happen. We will just have to keep closely monitoring his vitals.” Not a very convincing answer.I wasn’t holding out much hope for him.

“Does he not need blood or something? He’s lost a lot of it.” A small noise sounded from Lewis and it made me turn my head towards him once again. “What?” I frowned at the ex royal beta but couldn’t help the small smile that formed on my lips. God even just seeing him brightens my day up.

“It’s just, in the past, you’ve lost much more than he has and yet, you’re stood here worrying about him.” Now I knew Lewis was talking nonsense, my mother might have lost much more blood than this, but if I had, I really would have been dead.

“I haven’t ever lost this much. I know king Josh did a lot to me, but he always stopped when I got too bad.” This time it was John who spoke, his head shook and outrage took over his features.

“Have you forgotten about the time he damn nearly beat you to death on live television? Even I’m certain you would have died had Gamma Oliver not fought him off.” Now they truly had lost me. Gamma Oliver? When did he ever stick up for me?

“Oliver has never helped me and the only time I’ve ever been hurt publicly by the king was when I got burnt, and then lashed.” V nodded her head and sighed before taking an old beeping pager out of her pocket and frowning at it as she spoke to me.

“We all saw it, Oliver fought the king while Lewis took you inside the palace. Trust me, everyone thought you were a dead girl after that one.” Way to sugar coat it. I couldn’t understand it, I always thought Oliver didn’t give two shits about what happened to me… then again, he probably was more focussed on Josh’s reputation. Also, I remember being in agony but I don’t recall bleeding all that much. “I’m going to have to go to the drop off sight, there’s been an issue with some of the merchandise.”

“In that case, I’ll come too. We’re done here right?” V shook her head and looked to Lewis, something was very odd about her instant refus, I had grown wary of anything that didn’t sit right with me.

“It’s fine, you should go to the Dining tent with Lewis and John. I don’t think I’ve actually ever seen you there.” That’s because I hadn’t been. “I’ll meet you in a short while.” With that she disappeared out of the medical tent, leaving me with John the doctor and Lewis.

“What the fuck was that about?” I think everyone left in the tent knew I was going to follow her, John even stepped out of the way in order to let me through. It was fairly clear that they wanted me to see something that V didn’t.

And so without uttering another word I calmly yet hastily followed her to the drop off clearing situated at the entrance of the base.

A large truck was parked in the unloading bay but there was no one there to unload the items or to reload. I frowned as I watched V walk up to a lady and began to talk to her. I was so damn curious as to why though. If it was atypical drop then I should have technically been the one to greet the lady, but no. V didn’t want me there at all.

I walked up slowly to the van, trying to stay out of the sight of V and opened the back door only to have my jaw hit the floor. Piles and piles of weapons sat just ready for the taking, I knew I hadn’t seen the vans license plate on our list before.

There was absolutely nothing in the storage except for the large amount of guns. Ranging. From machine guns to pistols. Knives and chainsaws rested to the left, bullet proof vests were hung on the walls and grenades were lined up.

Why the fuck would there be a van completely packed to the brim with weaponry for a base that had no intention of fighting against the king? The only conclusion was, was that this place wasn’t the true rebellion that was reportedly growing, not by a long shot.

“Ok…” I finally made my presence known to V as I walked out and stood with my arms crossed in front of me. “Get your answers straight, as I’m only going to ask once…”

Vs face dropped drastically at my sentence and the lady opposite her began to fiddle with her fingers slightly.

“What the fuck is this place?”

**I hope you all had a wonderful christmas, and wish you all the best for the new year. We are finally just starting to get to the part of the story that I am the most excited for. Everything has been penned out in draft, so now its finally getting underway. I cant believe we've made it to over 100 chapters, and im really thrilled to have the opportunity to continue. I hope you are all staying safe and wish you all every bit of luck and happiness for the new year.**