“We’re doing absolutely fine as you can see.” Marcus pointed out with a grin.
I wanted to respond but no words formed in my mouth , I couldn’t even begin to imagine what they had to go through in this horrible place.
We passed through a small village before the car finally came to a stop in front of a gigantic black gate , ‘The Black Council ‘ imprinted bold and black on the stone walls .
As the gates opened a statue of a great dragon was the first thing that caught my eyes , there were two demon like horns on the sides of its face ,its eyes sitting lightly on a narrow skull was the scariest most intimidating feature of all , it seemed as though it were looking straight through your soul, almost as if the statue were alive. The mouth was opened widely showing off rows of large teeth and my mind subconsciously imagined the mighty roar that would have escaped the dragon if it were indeed alive.It’s massive demonic wings were spread out high up in the air along with two of the creature’s massive feet.
That dragon.
I’d seen it somewhere before .
My eyes suddenly snapped up to my brothers as my gaze travelled to each of their arms and there it was , the same exact dragon was drawn in black ink , imprinted on each of their shoulders.
My brothers caught my open stare .
“It’s the symbol that lets everyone know you belong to the black council.” Thane explained before the question could even escape my lips.
“Here she goes giving us that pity look again.”Marcus g*****d .
“Lucy.” Ermanno said , placing emphasis on my name. “You have no reason to worry about us , at first it was difficult but we all eventually adapted , we wouldn’t be the men we are today if we didn’t go through those hardships , it only made us stronger.”
Before I could respond the car came to an abrupt stop in front of a massive castle , my eyes widened , it was the biggest structure I’d ever set my eyes on. Even though it was daylight and the sun shone its light on the castle I still couldn’t help the sudden shiver that ran down my spine in fear at the powerful negative vibes that radiated out from it.The entire castle was covered in black , everything except the windows which were tinted in a dark red , resembling the eyes of the devil himself.
I slowly stepped out the vehicle , never taking my eyes off the sight in front of me.
“Ah I see the Cross brothers have finally returned.”My eyes studied the middle aged man in front of me who was watching me with curious eyes.He slowly moved his gaze from me back to my brothers. “I’m sure you know your father has been in a bad mood ever since you left , thanks to you men we’ve all had to deal with his wrath for days.”
father?
My heart raced at his words , my father was here?
And my brothers didn’t say a single word to me? Is this the secret they were keeping from me?
They all turned and gave me apologetic smiles , all except Marcus who had his hands stretched out above his head behind him , avoiding any eye contact with me whatsoever.
Those traitors !
“It’s nice to see you too Uncle.”Thane said dryly.
Uncle?
This man was my uncle?
“Well I would advise you boys to not waste any time in going to see your father , that is if you want any of us to live to see another day again since your father is going to explode any minute now.”
Suddenly every single one of my brothers stiffened besides me , their faces a pale white.My eyes followed their gazes and spotted a man who stood a distance away from us at the castle’s entrance.
His entire being radiated power , his stance demanded everyone’s attention , even the magnificent castle drowned out behind him , his eyes were on my brothers with a look so deadly that if looks could kill they were already dead by now .I actually felt sorry for them to be under a gaze that strong but all thoughts immediately flew out my head as he turned those eyes on me.
And I knew .
I just knew from the blond hair that looked very much like Thane’s to the green eyes that was strikingly similar to Marcus’s and the face that closely resembled every single one of my brothers .
This man was my father.
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AUSTIn’S POV:
I stumbled onto the bed , feeling completely lost.My room was the one place I craved being these days since it was the one place where Lucy’s fragrant scent still lingered .I inhaled deeply , her sweet scent filling my nostrils and calming my racing heart but only a little , for the body couldn’t be fooled , it knew Lucy wasn’t here by my side.
I g*****d in distress , the restlessness was becoming unbearable and soon enough not even her scent in the room would be able to comfort me for even that was slowly withering away with each second that ticked by.
Sudden footsteps outside my door caught my attention , followed by a loud impatient knock.
“You may want to hear this .” James said barging into my room.
“What’s that?”I asked on alert.
“follow me.”
I did as he said , everyone were already in the living room with a strange young boy I hadn’t seen around before .
“Tell the rest of them what you told me.”James commanded him.
The young boy looked scared to speak but eventually went on. ” I was ordered by Alpha Eric to dig up on Princess Lucy’s background.”He started , my heart leaped in my chest at just the mention of her name.
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