CHAPTER 71: 71: LANDON’S SCENT

Angelo

I watched as Landon regarded Damon like he was contemplating lounging at him right now.

"Considering how she hates us, it would be a miracle if she doesn’t bite off our dicks instead." Landon pointed out to Damon who shrugged once again.

"I mean, as our slave, we can definitively..." he was still soaking when Landon cut him off.

"Absolutely not, we’re not sending for her to suck us off,"

Damon huffed then rolled his eyes. "Ugh, fine. I suggested that because of you two anyway." He muttered and I snorted.

"Just keep acting like you don’t care if it makes you feel better," I offered in a dry voice but Damon stared at me like he was contemplating murdering me right now.

"But I really don’t, you all know that." Damon argued while Landon rolled his eyes.

"That’s what you keep saying, and I’m too tired to argue with you. However, you looked quite annoyed this afternoon when those triplets were talking about leaving our pack with her." Landon pointed out, and Damon stiffened as if being caught doing something bad when he’s a child.

"T- that has nothing to do with my feelings, the fuck? I was just annoyed that they thought they could just come here and demand to leave with anything they want, like they have any power here in our pack." As he spoke, he kept glancing between Landon and myself like he really wanted us to believe him. When neither of us responded, he continued.

"That’s exactly how I’d react if they wanted to take anything else here in the palace, so Sue wasn’t anything special."

Landon rolled his eyes and snorted. "Alright, brother dearest. We believe you."

Damon scowled at him cause it was obvious that he definitely didn’t. When Damon looked over at me, I shrugged, which made him scoff and glance away.

"Anyways, back to what you previously said, Damon, like Landon explained, having Sue suck us off is a bad idea. We already have a lot of bad books between us, having her do would only worsen things, especially seeing as she now believed she has another option. Plus, it won’t be consensual that way."

Landon hummed. "But she does have another option though. And besides, I believe we stopped being an option to her since the day we had her turned into a slave."

Damon rolled his eyes. "She’s a hybrid, trust me when i say that someone like her can’t be selective of the likes. She should be happy the moon goddess decided to make us fated mates with her, cause that’s the only way she can get a little of our ficus at least."

"Get off your high horses, Damon. I’m certain she doesn’t even care about that shit. Anyways, we should send for her though. Weirdly, I’d like to set my eyes on her after hearing she had dinner with those fools. She needs to come and explain to me who gave her permission to do that, as our slave." I breathed out and my brothers nodded in agreement.

"You’re right. Let’s do just that." Landon said, then I called out to our butler.

After he arrived and we gave him our orders, he bowed and left, leaving us to ourselves. Landon was still pacing around, and he seemed way worked up about this than I could have ever predicted, cause he always went off about feeling nothing and how he was allergic to emotions, so this is quite a shock to me. I had a feeling he might deny whatever I chose to say about it, so I decided to act oblivious for now at least.

"What do we plan to do anyway? Those stupid princes would undoubtedly not leave her alone now after the stupid dinner they all shared." Landon sighed and he was completely right.

"Yes, we need to decide quickly." Damon muttered and I couldn’t agree more, but that’s a problem for tomorrow. Presently, I just want to set my eyes on her face, and perhaps subtly get close to her and ensure that those princes’ scents aren’t on her yet, because if that’s the case, I might have to kill then tonight, war be damned.

We all waited for this butler to arrive with a scowling Sue in tow, but when he did return, he had a panicked expression across his face that had panic pulsing through my mind as I rushed to my feet.

"What happened?" Damon barked.

"Where the fuck is she? You didn’t bring her along with you?" Landon snapped after stopping his pacing.

I remained silent just as the butler began to speak.

"Your majesties... Sue, she’s..."

He was stumbling over his words but I was so impatient and irritated that I was before him in a second, gripping his shirt tightly.

"What’s the matter? Out with it right now!"

He stumbled over his words again before revealing.

"Miss Sue... she’s no longer breathing!"

The silence that stretched between everyone was heavy at first, then we all thundered at the same time.

"What??!"

~~~

"What happened to her? Where is she?" I demanded as my brothers and I walked fast, taking the elevator leading to the top of the palace where she was apparently in. I frowned in confusion, wondering if she tried to kill herself. That would be so shocking cause she didn’t seem like the type to do something like that to herself.

"She was flogged a hundred times, your majesties." Our butler revealed and I was so shocked that I almost punched the butler.

"What?" Damon gritted out through clenched teeth.

"It’s true, your majesty. She fainted in the middle of it, but the guards still didn’t stop flogging her. By the time they finished, they realized she was no longer breathing.

I was seeing nothing but red right now, and my chest was feeling so tight right now. I almost couldn’t breath well from how angry I was feeling right now, my hands were flexing at my sides with the urge to punch someone right now.

"What did she do? Who gave that foolish order? Who dared to?" Landon barked out and the butter flinched a little.

"It’s the new lunas, your majesties."

I couldn’t believe my ears right now. I was so shocked that a laugh filtered out of my throat.

Really now? Their first night being Lunas and this is what they chose to do?

I guess they’re already tired of being Lunas at this point.

~~~

When we finally arrived at the top of the roof, on the floor where people get punished or tortured, I caught sight of the guards kneeling at the far end of the room, their heads casted down. Good as they knew to start apologizing right away, but it’s too bad that they still would be getting punished thoroughly.

We sighted Sue in the next moment, and she was in a crumpled heap on the ground, her hair framing her face. We all rushed towards her, and Landon who got to her first, gently took her in his arms, his hands shaking a little.

My eyes widened when I saw the sheer sight of her back, it was completely battered and the back of her shirt was torn in so many spots where the whip had clearly destroyed.

"Careful." Damon muttered to Landon, then he was holding a finger beneath her nose, and when his eyes met ours, I noticed panic in his eyes as he slowly shook his head.

"What about her pulse?" I asked without wasting any time. I was panicking on the inside, hoping that she really hadn’t died, cause the thought made me feel so sick. I couldn’t believe my brothers and I had been talking about sending for her to come over just so we could mess with her and ask her why she chose to have dinner with those triplets, when she had been up here getting beaten into an unconscious state.

"Nothing." Damon finally said and a heavy feeling settled in my chest, blocking my airway and making my eyes go dim a little. I felt numb all over, watching as Landon stroked her hair out of her beautiful face, then he was leaning down to run his nose across her throat.

After doing it a few times, she unexpectedly sneezed.

That sound had my brothers and I to exchange shocked gazes, then I was leaning over to touch her cheek which felt cold as hell. Her skin looked very pale as well.

"She really just sneezed?" I whispered, unable to believe I hadn’t just imagined that up.

Damon was checking if her pulse had come back and if she was starting to breathe again. There was no steady breathing yet, but at least she now had a pulse, which was beyond relieving.

"I think Landon scenting her was the reason." Damon stated and Landon’s eyes widened in clear shock.

"Are you sure?" I whispered tentatively just as Landon leaned down and scented her again, and in the next few moments, she sneezed again.

Okay, that confirms it.

It was definitely Landon’s scent.