The Lunar Curse: A Second Chance With Alpha Draven-Chapter 103: She Needs Us

Draven.

As I continued eating my breakfast, I thought of Wanda’s brother, Levi, coming over to Duskmoor.

Their father, Reginald Fellowes, must want some kind of information from them.

I no longer trusted Wanda enough to believe that she would pass my rules and order to her brother. Even if she did pass them to him, I wouldn’t trust that she would make sure he upheld them.

So, I plan to keep him under watch from the time he set his feet upon my land.

My eyes fell on Meredith again and then her plate. She had already eaten half of her food. She seemed to have a great appetite this morning as well.

Immediately after breakfast, Dennis, Jeffery and I left for the training grounds where I directed and engaged then on intense training that left everyone panting for breath within half an hour.

It wasn’t until I called for a little break that Dennis came to meet me.

"Brother, you know, our straights and talents doesn’t match with yours. At least, sure us some mercy," he said and dropped on the chair next to me.

I wiped sweat off my arms with the damp small towel I had picked up from the cooler in front of me.

"The vampires won’t be showing any mercy when they get their hands on any of you," I responded without meeting his gaze.

For a fact, I knew no vampire can easily harm me. I was sure of fighting off one myself. But two, three at a time was something I couldn’t vouch for.

"At this rate, you might as well kill us before the vampires so."

I snapped my gaze to Dennis, watching him picked up an unused towel from the cooler of ice in front of us. Then, he slowly rubbed it off the back of his neck before turning his eyes to him.

"Did I say anything wrong?"

I shook my head and turned my eyes into the distance after disposing the towel in my hands into a stainless bucket by the side.

"It’s better to die by your Alpha’s hands than a wild animal, right? What do you say?" I looked at him.

His brows furrowed in consideration and the next second, he was nodding.

"It’s hard to tell. But surely, having my neck snapped isn’t the way I environed how I would die." Dennis chuckled.

I shook my head and looked away.

I drilled the warriors for another few hours before leaving for the house. I took a cold shower before having lunch and going into my study to make a few important calls before I continued my studies on vampires.

Since that day they appeared, I haven’t slept a night without checking them out.

The more information I stored in my head about them, the more it will lead my team and I properly into the confrontation with them.

The more I knew about them, the more confident I was in training my warriors, and the more we were a step closer to victory.

Dusk began to set and soon, it was getting to dinner time.

I was rounding up my papers when the sleeping Rhovan let out a growl in my head.

"Our mate is causing a ruckus."

"isn’t that part of what she is known for now?" I asked, closing the file in front of me.

I don’t think Meredith would ever be able to get a reaction out of me with any new antics.

"She’s on heat," Rhovan announced, suddenly crippling me.

That wasn’t what I was expecting to hear.

Seeing Meredith all quiet and normal during breakfast earlier today completely put me my attention away from her. I had actually forgotten about her wild pheromones and the fact that her heat would rise to its peak during the full moon tonight.

On another thought, I wished Rhovan hadn’t reminded me about it as never came up with a solution on how I would handle the situation.

That wasn’t what I was studying behind my desk.

"How much trouble is she making?" I wondered why Meredith would be causing a ruckus when she is on heat.

I knew she had anger issues, but I couldn’t see the connection.

"One that could put her life in danger, and everyone’s" Rhovan’s response came in rushed.

He needn’t say more as I was already on my feet.

The last thing I wanted was for Meredith to attract attention to herself while in that ugly state.

I stepped out of my study and hurried down the hallway and after two turns, I started hearing loud noise and the sounds of things breaking.

Instantly, my eyes narrowed as my steps quickened. And I was right on time to see all of Meredith’s maidservants standing outside her door, each which similar expressions on their faces.

Azul, her closest maidservant was teary. Kira, Deidra and the other two all looked weary with their gazes on the tightly shut door.

"What is wrong?" I inquired immediately before arriving in front of them.

They hadn’t heard me coming, which seemed to bother me.

"Alpha..." They bowed.

They all panicked at first, then a few seconds later, they looked relieved. Relieved to see me.

"It’s our lady." As soon as Azul replied, I heard Meredith’s crying voice from behind the door.

And for a brief moment, I turned my head towards the door before shifting my attention back to Azul.

"She’s unwell, and she won’t let us look after her."

"She chased us out," Deidra sniffed.

Then, Kira turned to me. "She slit her arm to stop the pain after she couldn’t near it."

And that was all I needed to hear before understanding the situation, and walking in would only show me how dire it was.

Initially, I had thought Meredith was merely throwing a tantrum. But going to the extent of inflicting harm on herself for this very purpose, stopping the pain, was proof of how intense it was.

"Wait here," I ordered before reaching for the door handle.

As I pushed the door and walked in, I wondered if this was what Meredith faced every time she went into heat.

I froze in my steps the moment I walked into Meredith’s bedroom. I couldn’t recognize the woman in front of me.

She stood with her side to me, her fingers pulling her hair, her breaths, coming in sharp.

Her sight hit me before her pheromones did. They were strong and powerful that I found myself unmoving.

"Quick! She has a shard in her hand!" Rhovan’s voice pulled me out of my trance.

In the little distance left between Meredith and I were shards of vase littered on the floor. That explained a lot on why she would have a piece in her hand.

"Meredith!" I quickly called out as I crossed the room for her.

Instantly, her gaze snapped to me. She looked... crazy and scared.

"Don’t..." She pointed a finger at me as soon as she realized I was the one in front of her.

I knew what she was going to say. She wanted to tell me not come near her, but I couldn’t let her finish that statement.

I grabbed her right hand that hard the shard. My hand burned immediately, but I quickly refocused and snatched the shard from, throwing it away.

"Don’t touch me!" Meredith snatched her hand back and took several steps away from me.

There were tears in her eyes. She has been crying.

Her pale skin was now completely flushed.

She turned, her eyes on a frenzy as if searching for what next to grab. I grabbed her hand instead.

"Meredith, snap out of it!" My voice thundered, but she didn’t even flinch.

I had forgotten that my Alpha commands doesn’t work on her. I had thought my voice would be powerful enough to pull her out of spell she was under.

Apparently, it failed woefully.

Meredith’s skin was hot. Scorching hot.

I was shocked to realize just how much she had been hurting. She was suffering. Really suffering, and I couldn’t come up with a way to help her.

Right as I was contemplating on how to assist her, she stepped into my arms and wrapped her arms around me.

"P-please help me..." she begged.

I froze. My hands hung loosely by my side.

This little woman, who had the temper of a bull, who never once agreed with me, had now forced herself into my arms, begging me to help her.

"Hold her, Draven. She needs us."

I didn’t respond to Rhovan.

"Can’t you see how much she’s suffering because of us?"

I appreciated Rhovan trying to persuade me to help Meredith, but I didn’t him trying to place any blame on me.

How was Meredith’s condition any of my fault?

Right at this moment, Meredith stepped out of my arms, shaking her head. And before I could understand her next move, she slapped herself hard on her right cheek.

"How could you do that?" She screamed on top of her voice, turning her back to me.

Her voice was filled with anguish and pain