Chapter 279: The obligations
As Mona looked between her brother and Noah in puzzlement, her mother was kind enough to answer her query, "Both of them have the same mate, sweety" The wolf queen couldn’t help but smile looking at her daughter’s baffled face. Oh how baffled she and her mate had been when Lucas and Noah decided to court Lyra. They were initially scared of something going awry. The relationship between their son and Noah was complicated, to say the least. And as much as they wanted them to go back to how they were before Daniel’s incident, it was also okay with them if both of them stayed away as long as they didn’t hurt each other.
Now though, the Silver Wolf Queen was thankful that they got over their differences and returned to being each other’s friends and confidants. According to the queen, the best thing that happened in both of their lives was Lyra. That child saved her son in many ways just by her presence alone.
Lucas’ father the Wolf King too felt grateful that his son found a gem of a female. In the past, he could do nothing to his son other than stay silent as Princess Elena troubled him. He had felt powerless whenever his son looked at him with a pleading gaze to save him. However, there was not much he could do in this regard because he was a king first then a father. Helio was not selfish enough to put his son before their tribe’s safety. The Black Wolf tribe just like theirs was a strong opponent and there was nothing he could achieve by going against them. This was also why he didn’t make an effort to stop his son from leaving the tribe once Elena’s torment crossed the limit.
"You traitors!" Mona’s voice rang making all of those present look at her. She was glaring between Noah and Lucas with eyes dripping with displeasure as well as relief, "Why didn’t you guys inform me this sooner?" She felt betrayed. The reason Mona didn’t visit the city often was because of the animosity her brother had with Noah. For the longest time, she grew up seeing both of them friendly with each other but all of that changed overnight due to brother Daniel’s death. She could say it was the worst time their family and Noah had to go through. Right after that, she had to leave the city with her mate and hence failed to help her brother reconcile with his best friend.
"Do you know how worried I was?" Mona’s thoughts flowed out of her mouth. Only she knew how tormented she felt while thinking about the possible happenings between her brother and Noah back here in the city while she stayed in the tiger tribe.
Lucas’s eyes softened as soon as he heard his sister. She sounded so defeated while uttering those words. Noah too felt bad seeing Mona like this. He had no malice in keeping his and Lucas’ reconciliation because Noah wanted to see her surprised. Nonetheless, it was backfiring on him which made him say, "I’m sorry, Mona. I should have informed you sooner"
Mona sighed as she saw her brother coming towards her. Lucas hugged her as he said, "Forgive me, little sister. I should have known better" he really should have known better. He could see how his fallout with Noah affected his sister back then but he still kept his silence rather than letting her know of the truth.
The Wolf King and Queen too felt guilty in this situation. They never thought that keeping this secret would hurt their daughter. The Queen especially wanted to surprise her daughter but it clearly didn’t go well.
Mona on the other hand blinked back the tears gathered in his eyes before giving a hard pinch on her brother’s arm.
"Ahhhhh!" Lucas was caught off guard and yelped in pain while his sister continued to twist her fingers increasing his suffering, "I hope this is enough to teach you a lesson! Never, ever, hide things from me"
"Yes! Yes!" Lucas nodded fervently while trying to remove his sister’s hand to no avail. He could have done so easily but he didn’t want to hurt his sister accidentally. Hence all he could do was wait until her anger subsided, "I.....ah! Will never do it again"