Silence.... Then the sword scraped against the marble floor with a screechy sound.
"You are going against your father?" Ragnar asked harshly.
"Yes, if it's for her, I will go against my own self", Lucien muttered under his breath.
Ragnar fumed in anger, he dropped his sword, the metallic sound made everyone in the throne room flinch.
Elara was terrified but she wasn't backing down, Ragnar tried approaching and Lucien immediately blocked his way.
His back facing Elara, shielding her from his father's piercing gaze, Elara instinctively held Luciens shoulder.
"It seems no one has bothered to teach you court etiquette, girl." Ragnars voice turned dangerously cold. "Perhaps I should correct that mistake myself."
Elara gripped Luciens shoulder, he felt it, he knew his mate is scared, terrified to be exact but something shifted and everyone gasped when they heard Elara,
"If manners mean silence in the face of injustice, then I'd rather remain untrained,
Perhaps, Your Majesty, it is not my manners that need correction… but your judgment."
Amused, Naaah!!
That' my Mate!!! Proud Alpha Prince, Damn yeah.
"Haven't your parents taught you how to be respectful?" Furious Ragnar asked. In his mind he was inches away from slitting Elara's throat but the whats stopping him is his Son.
"My mother taught me to take stand against injustice without getting scared of consequences", Elara stated as she came face to face with Ragnar.
Both the fierce gaze locked in, one with hurt of ego and pride, other with self respect and determination.
Lucien didn't interrupt, he didn't need to, he knew his mate will handle the situation, he was thrilled seeing his mate.
But he knew his father too, he knew how much of ruthless his father is, even he is not less than that .
When it's matter of ego and pride both the son and father won't back down. "Brave much, aren't you?" Ragnar asked narrowing his eyes.
"I wasn't taught to back down, bravery is in me," Ragnar was amused at Elara's remark.
"How did you got here?" Ragnar asked this time little calmly.
"Which place is this to be exact?" Elara cross questioned.
"This is Nightfang pack, also this is royal palace of the pack and this is throne room", Ragnar answered calmly.
"Pack.... As in Werewolf pack?" Elara asked slightly widening her eyes, Is this real?? She thought.
"Yeah Werewolf pack", Ragnar added.
"How is it possible, like it exist?? Werewolf they are real... But how??" Elara mumbled not believing.
"You are talking to one though", Ragnar deadpanned, fillng Elara with terror.
"You are a Werewolf, like An Alpha??" Elara asked shocked to the core, she knew some of these Werewolf things, she believed that it's only fantacy and none of it exists in real life.
She was speechless when she saw Ragnar nodding his head and saying, "Everyone present here apart from you are Werewolf, some are Alpha, some omegas and some betas, also one true blooded Alpha who is my son Lucien".
"You aren't making things up right?? Just because I voiced out my opinion, you are trying to scare me, if this is the matter, then don't okay, it's not at all funny ", Elara said taking some steps back.
"Stop scaring her", Lucien warned, "don't interfere ", Ragnar ordered.
Elara was in daze, she couldn't comprehend what was even happening, then she remembered.
The book
The title
The Legend Alpha Prince
That sudden glow of cover page
She really got into the book, not any ordinary book but something related to werewolf, What did I even do to end up here?? Elara questioned her fate.
"The book, it consumed me", Elara muttered, Ragnars and Luciens ears perked up listening her.
"What book?" Ragnar asked curiously.
"I..I don't even know how to put it into words, let me introduce myself first, I am Elara Montclair, I am a human, I got a book, I mean am old lady who didn't looked old at all gave me a book and then disappeared,
The books cover page said, The Legend Alpha Prince, It glowed when I touched it and then I felt like being pulled and when I got back in my senses I found myself near the waterfalls,
Your guards thought of me as a spy so they dragged me here, then you just gave the order of my imprisonment without even listening to my side of story, so I had to fight a bit to save myself from your injustice, I don't regret that at all though", Elara explained.
Everyone listened carefully, their was a silence which broke when Lucien asked, "Who was that lady?"
"I wish I could know, she was beautiful to be honest, she had serene purplish eyes, wavy hairs also their was a small tattoo on her wrist", Elara said trying hard to recall.
"What tattoo, any particular detail you could think of?" Lucien asked making Elara think more deeply, "Don't remember much, it was a sword and a flower on the top of sword, yeah something like that", Elara said nodding at her own words.
Soft gasp left from both Lucien and Ragnars mouth, they shared a quick knowing glance, both of them knew something but didn't said out loud.
"I didn't mean to invade in your pack, it just happened ", Elara cleared
"I trust you", Lucien assured and that made Elara feel relieved, she isn't someone who gives damn about what is others opinion about her but she needed that assurance and Lucien gave it, for her it was like a soothing balm.
"This is against nature", Royal adviser Kael said out loudly, "She needs to go back", he added.
Ever felt like ripping someone's head off, Lucien was feeling it that exact moment hearing kael, he clenched his fist tightly, his knuckles turning white.
He never liked that Alpha, he knew that the royal adviser gives the most unethical advice ever.
Why can't anyone understand that they are trying to send away the girl, his mate for whom he had been waiting for years now, When he finally got her they are bringing up laws and nature.
"Yeah, I need to go back to my home ", Elara agreed with kael.
Lucien was pissed, he was trying really hard to not kill anyone right there only, first it was his father, then the royal adviser, now his own mate is talking about going back.
"Enough ", Lucien roared in his Alpha voice and everyone apart from Ragnar and Elara whimpered, getting on their knees, submitting to him.
Elara just slightly flinched at the roar,
"Elara, we will not talk about you going back", Lucien commanded
"But why?" Elara retorted,
"Because I can't let you go , not when I got you after so long", Eryx, Luciens wolf screamed internally.
"We still don't know how to send you back, it's complicated, we have never faced a situation like this before, hope you understand", Lucien said despite his inner turmoil.
"How long will it take for me to go back?" Elara asked, "Don't know" Lucien said genuinely.
"Be our guest till then, we will find a way to send you back", Ragnar assured Elara who nodded slowly.
"Lyra take her with you", Ragnar ordered Lyra who excitedly came and held Elara's hand looking at her innocently which made Elara smile a little.
"We will stay together and have lots of fun, come I will show you the palace ", Lyra said dragging Elara outside the throne room.
"You accept her as your mate?" Ragnar asked and Lucien slightly smiled saying, "She is my fate, I would be a fool to reject
her".
"Already down for her?" Ragnar teased
"Yeah So bad. My mate is human but her rage is not less than a wolf", Lucien admitted.
"Agree on that, she isn't scared of keeping her points , she knows where to speak and make people shut, not gonna lie, I am truly impressed by her", Ragnar admitted.
"Were you testing her?" Lucien asked suspiciously, "Stop asking like you didn't know", Ragnar rolled his eyes.
"I knew that you were trying to instigate her to know how she reacts under pressure but when you pulled your sword I thought she really hurt your ego", Lucien stated .
"She surely did but then I realised her getting angry was obvious, I would have done the same thing, and I am convinced that she fits right to be the Luna, moon goddess really choose the best for you ", Ragnar nuged Luciens shoulder.
" My Alpha the guard you ordered to escort in Chamber of Wrath ran away, more like someone helped him out ", Theo, Luciens personal guard said bowing a little infront of him and suspiciously stared at Kael.