Dr. Luna
The Vampires Promised Bride Chapter 45

"Is he still avoiding you?" Rhea (Wyatt's sister) watched as Lee reappeared in front of her.

"That bastard keeps giving me the slip but I'll track him down. He can't hide from me forever. I need to talk with Aken and get all of this figured out. I have a suspicion of who this Wicker might be... but I need to talk with that idiot." Lee (Levi, Leviathan, Rhea's mate) growled in agitation. He pulled Rhea into his chest and wrapped his arms around her. He leaned his head down taking in her scent to calm him down. Ever since the premonition, he has been looking for the Kraken, Aken. But he kept managing to avoid him. Yet there were times he felt like he might be close by...

"You need to face it... you are getting old papa bear." Titus (dragon king of the west) chuckled as he and Cody (Rhea's adopted brother and guardian) walked into the room. Cody rubbed his shoulder and grinned.

"I'm not getting old... I'm getting better." Cody looked up at his sister and looked around. "Are you bored without Lila and Kelsie around?"

"No, I'm outnumbered." She giggled. "At least Kelsie will be back today. Lila will be visiting her brother for a few more weeks right?"

Titus pouted and nodded his head. "They are getting things organized for the mating party that is coming up. We are hosting it this year but she is helping organize and plan events with Ciana (Lila's sister-in-law and her brother Dex's mate)." "How is Justice doing with his training?" Rhea looked at Cody and Titus.

"He is doing good. His training has come a long way and surprisingly he is able to control himself very well. He is now giving Micah a run for his money. Which with how strong Micah is that is saying something. I think Micah has been the most natural raw talent the guardians have seen. And incredibly strong... Which you know I have my theories on that. I think because of Alexis being a demigod her guardian had to be stronger." Cody was certain this is the reason Micah was so strong. Fairy magic was peculiar that way. It adjusted for its owner.

A portal opened before them and through it the sound of screams belted into the room. Aiden walked through carrying Lucy and Jasper hurried through beside them before Aiden reclosed the portal.

"Oh no..." Rhea ran up to Lucy running her hand over her forehead. She was pale and her eyes were squeezed tight.

"Hand her over here. Titus go get Justice quick!" Cody pulled Lucy from Aiden's arms and was shocked that he was able to connect to her so easily. Almost as if she was his charge but not as strong.

"It just happened." Aiden was almost frantic sounding as he paced in front of Cody who carried Lucy down the hallway.

"Where is her mate? We need to send for her mate. She can't continue to endure this pain... it is worse than I expected..." Beads of sweat dripped down Cody's forehead as he eased him and Lucy on the bed. He kept her held into him while he tried to control his breathing. He could see the pain lessened slightly on Lucy but she was still in excruciating agony and so was he. "No." Aiden growled angrily.

"Now Aiden wait..." Jasper said but Aiden shot him a dark look.

"I don't trust him right now. I am not bringing someone in who might have another woman." Aiden growled angrily.

"What?!" Lee's voice was dark and lethal. If someone was messing around with his precious niece he didn't care who the person was... he didn't fear the vampires.

"I trust the prince. It was a misunderstanding, I am certain of it." Jasper tried to reason with Aiden.

"Look what it has done to her?! Do you think that just randomly happened? This is the stress from her mate not being faithful." Aiden snarled, balling his fists up.

"Okay. Aiden... go and get your parents they should be here right now." Rhea said calmly as the door burst open. Titus, Alexis, Raine (Cody's daughter), Brian (Titus' son), Micah (Alexis guardian), and Justice all ran into the room.

Justice sprinted to the bed. He looked up at Cody who was squinting in discomfort and then down at Lucy who looked pale. She was exhausted and was whimpering quietly. He reached his arms out and took Lucy into his chest. Immediately he was being cut apart with liquid fire. It burned his skin and stabbed him internally. This wasn't pain... this was torture. How was she even managing to endure any of it on her own?

Cody sighed and looked up at Micah. "We are going to have to take shifts among the guardians. It's too much. I've never felt anything like it... Somehow I was able to connect with her... I think all of us guardians should be able to." He looked up at Rhea. "Why is it this intense?"

"I don't know... we need to get my parents here as well. Raine, if I open a portal for you can you go to them?" Rhea watched as Raine nodded her head while she kept her eyes glued to Lucy's body. "Okay good. Aiden and Raine, you two need to make haste. We need to know how to proceed here. And we will need Tristan and Jason's help with Lucy."

"I'll go see Grandpa Sage." Titus turned quickly and jogged down the hall as two portals opened up. Aiden and Raine each vanished. They wouldn't be gone long only a moment. Just the time they needed to tell the others what has happened.

Alexis walked to the edge of the bed. She watched the sweat pouring from both Lucy and Justice. "It isn't much... but it's all I can do." Her eyes watered seeing them in pain but all she could do was offer some comfort. She moved her hands slightly and a cold chill flowed around them. Small sparkling blue crystals glistened and flickered through the wind she pushed around them.

"Good thinking Lex. Your ice element will be perfect here. Keep it even flowing and don't over-exert yourself." Rhea watched as Lucy's body continued to tremble. But what was concerning was that it seemed like Lucy wasn't able to maintain consciousness. She was able to cry out in pain but she wasn't responding to any of them. "Lucy. Lucy, can you hear me?"

"Right before we went through the portal she quit talking. It was like she fainted but she didn't... Is she going to be alright? I never knew werewolves had heats like this." Jasper walked near the bed. His hands were trembling. "I can't do anything. I can't help her and it's killing me."

"Easy, Jasper." Rhea patted his shoulder. "This isn't normal. Werewolf heats can be painful but I've never heard of anything like this."

"Maybe it is her new fairy powers causing conflict?" Alexis looked over at her mother who seemed to be at a loss.

"I've never seen..." Rhea looked over at Cody who still was recovering and then at Justice who was doing his best to alleviate the pain for Lucy. "It's draining the guardians..."

Almost simultaneously two portals opened up and the room was becoming crowded with people. Freya and Wyatt ran to Lucy. Jason and Jin went to encourage Justice. While Lilly, Tyler, and Tristan stood there analyzing the situation. (Lilly and Tyler are the reigning fairy king and queen and Tristan is Lilly's guardian. Rhea is the fairy queen but hasn't accepted her reign yet. Jason and Cody are twins and are Wyatt and Rhea's adopted brothers plus are guardians.)

"Brian, Jasper, Raine, and Aiden, why don't you go and get something to drink. We will call for you if there is anything." Rhea's voice was gentle, calm, and commanding. There were so many people in the room and everyone wanted to help. But it was best to leave this in the hands of the guardians and leaders. So a solution could come with level heads.

Jasper and Aiden stood there as the other two left. They were reluctant to leave her.

"Why isn't she responding..." Freya turned to look at Wyatt. For the first time in a long time real fear was in her eyes.

"We need to get Derek here." Wyatt sighed as Aiden growled menacingly.

"No!"

"Aiden. We will work out the details with him after we get him here. But..." Wyatt looked back at Lucy and shook his head. "I've never... even when Susan went into heat..."

"She's being locked inside of herself. Her lycan's heat is different from a werewolfs..." Lilly said quietly.

"I'm sorry... a what?" Jasper looked up dumbfounded. This was the first time he was hearing about this.

"Aiden... please take Jasper out and explain this to him. We will take it from here." Wyatt said calmly but his silver eyes meant business. He watched Aiden begrudgingly pat Jasper on the shoulder and walk out of the room together.

"As I was saying... her lycan's heat mixed with her fairy powers..." Lilly rubbed Lucy's arm gently. "There is something else there too... a strange green energy that seems to be protecting her. It won't let me enter. I don't think we can reach her... but a soul mate can." She looked at Wyatt.

"Bring the boy here. But we will have a nice little chat with him before we allow him to see Lucy." Tyler's voice was dark.

Lee chuckled darkly. "If he has wronged Lucy you won't have to worry about the vampires for there to be a treaty with." "Now you can't go and kill all the vampires, Lee." Rhea swatted at his arm. "But I wouldn't be opposed to just the prince." "That's my girl." Lee chuckled. "Let me find him. It shouldn't take me long."

Wyatt nodded his head. "Thank you."

Lee kissed the side of Rhea's head. "I'll be back as soon as I can." Then he vanished from the room.

"Alright... let me see what we are dealing with here." Tristan sat next to Justice on the bed. He chuckled when he saw Justice was unwilling to hand Lucy over. Guardians became naturally protective and possessive, it was their nature. "You can't keep this going. It is best that we take shifts with her." He reached out and Justice reluctantly handed Lucy over to him. "Shit." Tristan grimaced as his arms shook. "What the hell is this?"

"That bad gramps?" Jason chuckled as he helped Justice over to a chair.

"Yes... it is like nothing I have ever felt before." Cody looked at his brother with worry. There was no way Lucy's body could survive this on its own.

"It doesn't make sense. A heat is supposed to help with a mate. It isn't supposed to be this dangerous." Freya growled.

"But for a lycan it is severe." A gentle old voice said from the door as Grandpa Sage and Titus walked back in. "Lycan's don't exist anymore. Now Aiden and Lucy have magically become these stronger versions of werewolves. For self-preservation the heat for a lycan is intense. Because the need for her to reproduce is dire. But Lucy is also a fairy princess now... where an heir to the throne is also desperate. The storm created by these two rarities has put her into a deadly state and I am not saying that loosely. We aren't even guardians but all of us can feel it... this could kill her."

"Wyatt..." Freya whimpered as she squeezed onto Lucy's hand. Wyatt's hand landed on Freya's shoulder and gripped it lightly. "What are we going to do..."

"We will talk with Derek first." Wyatt frowned as he listened to his daughter's cries. One of the most painful things in the world is watching your child suffer and there is nothing you can do to ease it.

"And what if it's true... what if he does have someone else but he is the only one who can help her?" Freya tilted her head back to meet with his silver eyes.

"If he marks her will the heat stop?" Alexis asked as she continued to cool Lucy and Tristan with her ice.

"No..." Wyatt said quietly.

"He needs to mark and mate with her." Grandpa Sage said in his elderly voice.

"But she's unconscious!" Alexis said, outraged.

"We would make sure she consented and was awake." Freya smiled and looked at Alexis. "But she might not be able to consent to the marking. It should be enough to break her from this state though."

"He is the only one who can wake her? So what happens with all of this if..." Alexis looked at her mother Rhea mortified.

"That's what we are trying to figure out." Rhea looked over at Wyatt. "Maybe someone else can mark her and be with her. If she can't have her fated mate. I am not about to hand her over to anyone who doesn't know what a special treasure she is. She deserves the best. I can't just hand her over to him if he plans to keep a mistress."

Micah growled. "What about Jasper? Couldn't he help her instead?"

"Do you think he would mark his prince's and cousins' mate?" Wyatt shook his head with a frown. "I don't think he would... and I couldn't ask that of him."

Micah listened as Alexis' voice entered his head and he chuckled slightly. He rubbed his forehead and looked back at Lucy's pale face. "Don't you think that's problematic?" He arched his brow at Alexis who shook her head no.

"What is it?" Rhea asked looking at her daughter.

"I asked if Micah would do it. If her mate isn't someone who will take care of her... if he would..." Alexis looked at him almost pleading with him.

"I think honestly the next best choice would be Brian." Micah looked up at Titus. "I'm Alexis's guardian. It would be a bit of a conflict for me... but Brian could. He is unrelated." He shrugged a bit. "But I won't let her die. There are options here. We don't have to force her fated mate on her. But we would need to reach her..."

Freya gripped Lucy's hand tightly. She could feel her daughter's body trembling from the pain. She couldn't reach her because of the green energy from her daughter. It was troubling her and a realization hit her... it was demonic.

"That light Lilly... the energy..." Freya met with Lilly's eyes. "It's demonic."

"Yes... I think so too." Lilly nodded slowly.

"What the hell happened to her in the vampire kingdom? Get Aiden back in here!" Wyatt growled.