The Love of a Lycan

Janus needed the guardian angels in order to save his mate's life and at the same time, Jedrek received an order from Selene, the moon goddess, to gather all the guardian angels for the upcoming war with the devils and also because of the rules, which were enforced by the shadow warriors could no longer be tolerated.

The guardian angels were not supposed to be locked up in one place, they should roam around the realm, to abate the darkness. This was also one of the reasons why the devils managed to create such remarkable force after so many attempts as no one except the guardian angels could suppress the darkness that they spread.

However, the timing was not right. Janus heard that and forced Jedrek to let him see the guardian angels when he heard Jedrek's warriors managed to tackle down the village of angels and eradicated all the shadow warriors who had been protecting them for years, only a day before the war.

Out of respect for his father, Jedrek allowed him to see those guardian angels without knowing his true intention

And the moment Jedrek learned about it, it was already too late for him to fix the damage. Janus had already sapped those poor creatures' energy dry and left them with nothing, but soulless bodies with valuable bloods. This was the first reason why they died in the battle. Only Jedrek knew about this.

He was conflicted with himself and was not able to tell a soul about this, including Serefina. Moreover, the witch couldn't be found after their big argumentation, just a day before the attack on the village of angels.

The second reason was because Jedrek ordered his people to use their precious blood along the war, just like how the shadow warrior would use their blood whenever they went to a battle.

Those reasons were enough to kill the guardian angels and wipe out their existence from this realm.

Therefore, when Selene lifted their curse and gave them the guardian angels as their mates, Jedrek felt like it was a punishment rather than a reward for their accomplishment.

Selene must have known what Jedrek had done to her precious guardian angels and with the way she gave them as the Donovan's mates, it was almost like another form of a reminder about the decision that he had made.

After the war, things didn't stop there, it only got worse, and after all the things that Janus had done, Diana was still not fully recovered.

In the moment of desperation, even though the devils did not have enough strength because of their defeat in the war, they came again and offered the same thing to Janus.

This time in exchange of Diana's life, Asmodeus wanted Kace's life instead, for some years of Diana's.

It had gone too far and too dark. Janus was insane to accept that deal.

Jedrek had led his people to defeat the devils, but he couldn't do the same when the devils had been rooting under their roof. His father had turned insane because of his obsession to bring their mother back to life.

It was almost like they won the battle, but lost the war, for Jedrek.

The moment his father wanted to kill Kace for that, Jedrek challenged him for the Alpha's title.

Jedrek knew the consequences, but he was left with no other choice. Their father had gone too far and nothing that Jedrek said could reach him.

Therefore, Jedrek was forced to choose between his deranged father or his younger brother. Whatever his choice, was not an easy or pleasant one. However, he had to think of an option that dealt less damage.

Once Jedrek killed his father, he announced to the outside world that both Janus and Diana had stepped down from their throne and went to live somewhere else.

The transition of power was not really a problem, since that title bound to be Jedrek's. It was his birth right after all.

However, the deal that Janus made with the devils turned the former into a lowly creature. He was dead, but his soul remained inside the castle, in the secret tunnel, in the place where Jedrek had killed him, while Diana was in coma state.

And the only way to end all the madness was to kill Diana, because Janus's soul was bound to her.

"…and I killed mother for good," Jedrek said in a completely unattached voice. He didn't show any emotion on his cold façade.

Kace was sitting on the floor with his head hanging low, there were a lot of emotions that flashed in his blue eyes. He was in denial. He was in disbelief. The information that he heard was simply too much for him to discern and too mind blowing to be believed.

"I will not say that my decision was right. Hell, I know my decisions were terrible, but that was the best thing I could think of at that moment and I don't want to regret it." Jedrek stood up from his chair. "I don't indulge myself in the past and neglect what we have to face now. I wish for the same thing from the two of you."

After saying that, Jedrek left the room, leaving his two brothers, who seemed to be having difficulty to move from their positions.

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"Where have you been? Why did you just come back now?" Hope rushed toward Kace, who just entered their bedroom, but the look on his face stopped Hope from her blabbering. "What happened?"

Kace didn't say anything, he just trudged toward her and buried his face in the crook of his mate's shoulder.

Hope couldn't see it, but she could feel Kace's body was trembling.

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Raine didn't know what had happened to Torak, but ever since he returned after meeting Jedrek, he started acting very strange.

It had been an hour since Torak was standing on the balcony, staring into the distance blankly, seemingly deep in thought.

Raine approached her mate and hugged him from back and slowly, his tensed muscles relaxed. They stayed like that in blissful silence, under the moonlight and starry sky.