Chapter 19: Chapter 20

Chapter 20: The Truth Finally Comes Out

“How are you? Have you been eating? You don’t look well. Lily, 1-

She held up her hand and he fell silent. “Look, I really need space right now. I am so confused about so much stuff. I only called to make sure you ate. So, please, have someone bring you some food. I know if I haven’t eaten in as long as I have, you probably haven’t either.”

She watched as his eyes glazed over and minutes later, there was a knock on his door.

Enter!”

to came into view as she set down a platter in front of Lukas. She glanced at the phone and her mouth dropped open. She hurried out of the room and they were left alone yet again. He took the lid off and she giggled when she saw the loaded nachos on his plate.

“Those look so good,” she mused

He swallowed, watching her. She made a show of sticking a bite into her mouth. She chewed slowly, before nodding at him.

“Your turn.”

He took a bite. They ate slowly, but that was okay with her. She had missed him alot and was just happy to see him again. She wanted to talk to him about everything, but every time she went to speak, fear made her close her mouth. She knew what she had been told today, but her parents, cruel as they were, only wanted the best for her. If he had wanted her for real, he would have come for her again in the last four months right?

*Lukas?”

“Yeah, Lily?”

“Have you heard about the school competition?”

“No. What is it?”

“It’s where we compete for a spot to go somewhere on a trip with our school. We have to write an essay.”

“Okay?”

“I know there is alor

talk about, but I don’t think it should be over the phone.”

you so much, Lily. I want to explain everything to you. I-”

“We do. I miss you

“Will you

you meet me there? We are going to the Golden Clan for a week,”

“I’ll meet you wherever you want me, too. Do you want me to come today? I can-”

Fear tightened her chest and she shook her head. “NO! Daddy will really kill me then.”

His eyes went dark green. “Excuse me?”

“LILIANNA?”

She jumped when she looked up. The principal stood there, glaring at her.

“Why do you have a phone during school hours?”

Lukas bared his teeth.

“I’m sorry, Mrs. Carmichael. I was just on a small lunch date with my mate. I do sincerely apologize.” She glanced at Lukas who was smiling at her. She touched the phone’s screen. “I’ll see you soon, okay?”

“Be safe and if you need me, don’t hesitate to call,” he told her.

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She nodded and hung up. She pocketed Ana’s phone. The principal sat at the table with her.

“You know I have to tell your father about this, right?”

She felt a shift in her mind and she cocked her head. “Do you, though?”

“You know I do.”

“Do not tell my father,” she commanded, confidently.

The principal broke out in a sweat and she tugged at her collar. She fell to the ground, trying to draw in a breath. Lily blinked in shock and hurriedly stood up, collecting her stuff. She fled from the library, going all the way to the gym Gregory’s attention immediately focused on her. He rushed over.

“Are you okay?”

She smiled widely at him. “I am much better now. Can I hang out here and work on my essay while I eat?”

“Of course. Can I get you anything?”

“Can I ask you something?” She countered.

“Sure.”

“Can someone have two mates?”

“No. There has never been a case where there is a dual mate situation. There are second chance mates in some species, but not for a dragon. We mate for life and then we die.”

“So, if you know someone

ne is your

your mate, there can’t be another?”

He eyed her curiously. “Do you have two mates, Lily?*

She looked down, debating on how to answer. “I was told I did.”

“But you don’t believe it?” He p

“Not

at all.

“Why?”

He prodded gently.

“Because they told me that the sparks are barely felt and Lukas’s make me feel like I’m standing in front of a volcano while it’s erupting. I get hot and tingly and I want to feel more, but Loatie’s were weak and now they’re gone.”

“Loatie?”

“Yeah. He’s been to see

me everyday. Daddy makes me talk to him and lets him touch me and-”

“What do you mean touch you?” He hissed.

“Like he kisses me and is always touching my shoulders and holding my hand. I don’t like it, but Daddy says I have to. When I don’t, I get beat.”

“What do you mean you get beat?” He asked, his voice strangled.

She stood up and turned around. She pulled her shirt up and he growled.

“Oh, he’s dead,” Gregory said.

Lily went to put her shirt down to hide the claw marks and whip wounds, when he bent her forward. His tongue moved over her back. She felt her skin mend and the pain dissipated. He sat her down on the stands. “Uly, after school, you are to come straight back here. Do you understand me?” She nodded. “You are not going back home. There is no reason they should be treating you like that. We need to tell Lukas and-”

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“Lily, he could never hate you. It is very clear that you did not

it want to do

any of that. He is

s going to be pissed and not at you.”

‘Gregory, please. You can’t. It has to be me. I invited him to the competition. Please, just wait. It’s two weeks. I will be okay.”

‘Lily”

‘L. I have something at home I need to get.”

“You’re not going home without me. I will take you after school. You are going home with me, where Sasha can fully heal you. You can take your time here. There is no way out of this, Lily. You are 13, and King Lukas’s mate. We will not sit idly by while our future queen is abused. It’s not happening. io get it out of your mind.”

Future queen? Oh, Goddess. She had never thought about it. She swallowed.

“Okay,” she whispered.

He sighed and sat down at her feet. “Lily, I’m sorry. We just love you. We were wondering what had happened. Everything makes so much sense now. All we want to do is protect you.”

“Can I ask you something?”

“Sure.”

“Is he going to use me as a breeder?”

“What? Who told you that?”

“Nobody. Just.. I need to know.”

“Hold on. Ana will be here in a minute.”

She waited silently with Gregory until Ana came over to them. She climbed the stands until she was sitting next to her.

“Give me your hand, Lily.”

Lily shyly held her hand out. She lifted her shirt and pressed Lily’s hand to her stomach. Lily’s breath caught in her throat when she felt something

hard

“What is that?”

“That, Lily, is an egg. Ever since Sasha came, as the Mother of Dragons, our females have been able to conceive again. There is no need for breeders anymore. Lukas has no need for breeders. He hasn’t been with anyone since he met you.”

“Cadence said she had been with him,” she said, her head spinning with doubt.

Gregory laughed darkly. “That whore? Lukas killed her when he caught her in his office. The boy she was with told him she had pretended to be doing stuff with Lukas while she was on the phone. That was the day you told him you hated him. He said that was the same day you rejected him, as your mate, over the phone.”

“What? I never talked to him that day.”

“None of us thought so either. We all thought it was an elaborate plan to break you two up, but we couldn’t tell Lukus that. He didn’t us. He was going to one time, but he sent her away,”

‘t want to

to listen to

Her heart skipped a few beats. “He did what?”

“Lily, listen, men are not perfect. You were 11 when you guys met. When you know who your mate is, but can’t have them, it’s hard. He never touched her and she didn’t touch him. He sent her away immediately.”

She sighed as her cheeks got heated. “I wanted to have sex with him. My best friend, Sommer, told me how to do it. He wouldn’t”

“Good. You are still too young, but don’t ever think he doesn’t love you.”

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The bell rang and she jumped. “I should get to cla

Come here after school. Don’t mess around.”

the gave him a hug, before hurrying g out of the g

gym with Ana. She tossed her phone to her as she darted down the hallway. She rounded a comer and jounced off of someone. She looked up and her heart stopped.

‘Loatie,” she whispered.

Chapter Comments

chika brooke

Oh. This is bad. He’s going to kidnap her. Oh no!……My not yet mate

Shaanan Day

oh my godess! the sniveling rotten man has turned everyone around all over again poor queen Lilly!

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