Chapter 190

190 Lady Adele Fangblade’s Death

Lucien’s heart went cold when he heard the news. He wished with every cell of his body that he misheard. Unfortunately, he did not.

Numb from shock, what he heard afterward were broken sentence fragments such as “heart failure” and “gradual health deterioration”.

He barely registered his sister’s squeezes around his upper arm.

The two people then ushered him out of the Werewolf Council Headquarters foyer and pushed him into a car.

Lady Adele Fangblade, Ronan’s mother, the previous Luna of the Infinite Eclipse Pack, passed away two nights ago.

That was why Ronan made that single call. He needed Lucien but Lucien was not there to answer the call.

How terrible.

Lucien could not believe that he was not there for Ronan when he had to go through the loss.

Having met Lady Adele Fangblade just a few times when he stayed at the hospital and when he took care of Ronan after the war ended, Lucien was unable to get to know Ronan’s mother thoroughly.

.....

All he knew was that she was an exceptional individual with a strong personality but an endlessly gentle heart. Two traits that she passed down to her son other than good looks.

Ronan rarely spoke about his mother or his parents in general because his parents were involved in an outrageous marriage scandal. He and his father maintained a distant relationship, but he was very close to his mother.

There was a special connection between the mother and son. Lady Adele Fangblade had been in Ronan’s life from the time of his birth and she never left.

She watched him grow from a newborn pup to a man who was worthy to become the Alpha of the Infinite Eclipse Pack.

Lady Adele Fangblade was the only person who treated Ronan as a regular werewolf who could feel pain and sorrow. In front of her, Ronan could be himself. Just Ronan Silverback and not the Alpha.

And now, Lady Adele Fangblade was gone forever.

“Lucien.”

Jake grabbed Lucien’s shoulder hard to pull him out of his daze.

“We are here.”

Lucien climbed out of the car and looked up. Enclosed within a vast, thick forest was a group of buildings that stood tall and mighty before them.

They had arrived at the Infinite Eclipse Pack House.

Three hundred or so families that made up the whole pack were living in altogether seven apartment buildings. The seven buildings were arranged so that the main building was situated at the center, surrounded by six others.

This main building was the heart of the pack house. This was where the Alpha, Beta, Gamma, the Lead Warriors, and the Elders resided with their families. It was also the place where various pack events took place.

Jake pulled at Lucien’s elbow and led him to the highest floor of the main building, the private residence of the Alpha and his family. Being unmarried, Ronan Silverback had the whole floor for himself.

As the Beta, Jake had access to Ronan’s apartment. He unlocked the door with his card and let Lucien into the lavish living space.

The apartment was spick and span without a single item out of place. The surface was dustless, the plants were watered regularly.

The place was beautiful but lifeless. It lacked the touch of a living person. Almost as if no one had lived there for a long, long time.

Ronan’s bedroom was located at the backside of the apartment. When they arrived before the door, Lucien could sense something ominous behind the door.

Jake turned to look at Lucien with a beseeching gaze.

“Ronan has locked himself up in his bedroom since he came back from the mortuary. Lucien, I beg you. Please talk to him. He shut off his Mind Link and does not answer his phone. I don’t know how he is doing inside.”

Lucien nodded wordlessly.

Jake bowed at Lucien before he left, leaving Lucien in front of Ronan’s bedroom door alone.

Lucien inhaled and then pressed both of his hands against the door.

“Ronan...?” He called gently. “Ronan, are you there? Will you please let me in?”

Lucien could hear a faint tinkling sound coming from inside the room. The sound of glass hitting a surface, probably the wooden floor. Relief filled his heart in an instant. At least Ronan was still conscious. It was better than nothing.

Unfortunately, that was all that Ronan was willing to let Lucien know. No further movement was heard.

“Ronan? Open the door, please.”

No answer.

The Alpha did not allow Lucien in but he also did not ask him to scram. Lucien gritted his teeth. If Ronan thought that it was enough to make Lucien leave, he was sorely mistaken.

Lucien started to hammer at the door with his fists.

“Ronan. Let me in, now!” he shouted. “If you don’t let me in, I am going to kick down the door!”

Lucien must have pounded on the door for almost ten minutes before it finally opened with a soft click. The narrow gap at the door allowed light from outside to flood the room, but Lucien could not see anything. It was pitch dark inside.

The first thing that he noticed was the smell of thick pheromones that seeped out like a poisonous cloud.

Before Lucien was able to react, a hand shot out from inside the bedroom and pulled Lucien inside.

It was unbearably hot inside the room. Ronan must have turned the heater to the maximum. Lucien was pressed against Ronan’s naked, sweaty body. Wrapped in the Alpha’s strong and muscular arms, Lucien was forced to inhale Ronan’s strong pheromones. The strong salty sandalwood scent told him that Ronan was not in his regular state. He was having a rut!

“Lulu,” the Alpha said in a hoarse, broken voice. “My mother... my mother is gone.”

“Ronan... mmmph...”

Before Lucien finished what he wanted to say, Ronan slammed him hard against the wall and plundered the inside of his future Luna’s mouth with his tongue.

“Sorry, Lucien...” he muttered once he broke the kiss. “I can’t take it anymore.”

In the next moment, a loud ripping sound tore through the air.