The Lycan King’s Gamma
Chapter 44

Lycan Prince Hunter

I could feel how anxious and scared Kailen was through our bond. But this had to be done. I refuse to have anyone threaten my mate, our queen, and get away with it. Jake biting over Kailen's mark was a crime, plus everything else he did. Kailen may not be my fated mate, but our people will respect her. And as soon as my uncle called to inform us that Kailen would be arrested, he declared war. I knew I could beat him. I've been training my whole life for a challenge and he's a second-born alpha. My father is stronger than him and I could beat my father.

Kailen was quiet the rest of the flight and I could tell that she was growing more anxious the closer we got to our destination. She was watching out the window when I reached over, resting my hand on her thigh. She jumped before she turned her attention to me. I could tell she was on the verge of tears.

Undoing my lap belt, I reached over and undid hers before I stood up from my seat. Taking her hand, I led her back into the bedroom at the back of the plane. I knew she was holding back because she didn't want to breakdown in front of the warriors. She didn't want them to think that she was weak.

I closed the door behind us before I took a seat on the bed. Kailen was standing by the door, watching me intently.

"Baby, please come here." I asked her. She sat down beside me, but I pulled her onto my lap so she was straddling me. Resting her forehead against mine, she let out a sigh. "Please talk to me?" I breathed out.

"Hunter, you should have talked to me about this. What if something happens to you? I can't watch you get hurt. Aurora will force the shift, and then we will break the law." She told me. Staring into her hazel eyes, I could see that she was terrified.

"I will not lose, and I will let no one arrest you for protecting yourself. You are their queen, and they will respect you." I told her and she sighed.

"Hunter, I killed a prince."

"Kailen, you killed your attacker. Your life was in danger and you protected yourself. And you outrank him. The title has nothing to do with this," I told her and she nodded.

"Baby, I will not lose or get hurt. I've been training for this my entire life. And I can almost kick your a*s. I think I'm ready." I chuckled, and she gave me a small smile.

"I still feel guilty about all of this." She said, and I pulled her closer.

"You have nothing to feel guilty for. I should have protected you. And that's what I'm doing now. No one threatens my queen and gets away with it." I told her.

The pilot announced we were about to start our descent, so Kailen and I had to make our way back to our seats. As soon as Kailen looked out the window, she gasped. Zach looked out his window and cursed. Looking around Kailen, I noticed we were about to land and there were warriors everywhere.

I'm not sure the amount of favors my uncle had to pull to get all these warriors here, but they were about to feel my wrath at this level of disrespect. Regardless of who Jake attacked, he still attacked someone, and his title would not protect him from his actions. I looked over at Kailen to see her shaking, trying to hold back her tears as the plane hit the tarmac. I wrapped an arm around her shoulders and pulled her into my chest. Looking over at Zach and Greyson, I gave them a nod. They knew about the plan and their job was to protect Kailen. All the warriors with us were here to protect her.

Exiting the plane, a few warriors went first. My uncle was waiting at the bottom of the stairs waiting with some of his warriors. Kailen walked down beside me. She was squeezing my hand as her eyes never left Prince Andrew. Zach and Greyson were right behind her. Everyone had their orders and this should be over quickly.

"Finally, come to your senses, Hunter." My uncle sneered at me.

"You're an even bigger i***t than I thought if you, for one second, thought I'd hand over my queen." I told him and he growled.

"You will go to war over some w***e?"

"Your son broke the laws and if Kailen wouldn't have killed him, I would have." I growled out.

"And how the f**k do you know she didn't like it?" He yelled and Rex let out a murderous growl. All of his warriors took a step back, and I could even see the fear in my uncle's eyes.

"Are you challenging our future queen?" I growled out.

"No, I'm challenging the w***e who killed my son." He sneered. With that, Rex forced me to shift, ripping my clothes to shreds.

My Beta, Gamma and warriors surrounded Kailen while Rex started circling around his prey. The fear in my uncle's eyes as he looked at Rex made me chuckle. If he thought I was protective of Kailen, wait until Rex rips him apart.

My uncle shifted, and so did his warriors. What my uncle did next didn't surprise me. He took off and Rex started the chase. Rex would never let this fucker live.

Fighting broke out around us and it didn't take Rex much effort to catch up with my uncle's dark gray wolf. I don't think his wolf wanted to fight, but there was no going back now.

Gamma Kailen Steele

As soon as Rex shifted, I knew there was no going back. Everyone shifted around me, and I noticed that all our warriors were surrounding me. Now I knew why Hunter had brought all the warriors. It wasn't for him; it was to protect me. Greyson and Zach were both standing guard around me as I watched the scene unfold. I tried to shift to help, but I couldn't.

"Aurora, shift." I commanded as wolves targeted Greyson and Zach. I knew Aurora was stronger.

"I can't. We are pregnant." She whined, and I was stunned, lost in my thoughts, until a wolf tackled me to the ground. Greyson's massive brown wolf tackled the wolf, and he flew off of me while I tried to get up. "Hunter!" I yelled out through our link. This situation just went from bad to worse. I needed Hunter to get back to me.

"Kailen, shift," he commanded.

"Hunter, I can't. I'm pregnant." I told him, while trying to dodge around the wolves fighting around me. This was terrifying as I tried not to get hit or cut by bodies and claws, my arms wrapped around my abdomen.

How the hell could I even be pregnant? My heat was less than eight hours and the damage. This shouldn't be possible. Someone knocked me to the ground and a large light brown wolf had me pinned to the ground, his long claws digging painfully into my shoulders. Snapping his powerful jaws in my face, I kicked him in the stomach. The action only angered him as he growled out, digging his claws in further, causing me to scream out in pain.

Before I knew what was happening, the wolf was gone and Rex was standing over my body, growling at any wolf that would come close.

"Baby, you're hurt." Hunter said through the link. I looked at his body, now covered in bites and scratches, but nothing was still bleeding. Before I could say anything to him, he let out a howl and all the wolves stopped what they were doing.

Our warriors surrounded us, with Zach and Greyson being the closest. Hunter shifted back. Kneeling down beside me, he helped me to stand up. My shoulders were bleeding, but I was okay.

"Everyone stand down. Prince Andrew is dead and if anything happens to my Queen, I will rip all of you apart." Hunter yelled out. Zach and Greyson shifted back, about to take me back to the plane.

"I have her. You two figure out this mess until I return." He told me.

Hunter walked me back to the plane in silence as some warriors surrounded us until we were on the plane safely. Hunter closed the door behind us as I walked back into the washroom to look at the damage. My shoulders were killing me. "Aurora, is our baby okay?" I asked her, afraid that I had lost too much blood.

"Baby is okay." She answered, and I let out a breath. Hunter came into the small washroom wearing a pair of shorts. He growled when he saw the wounds on my shoulders.

"Kailen, why didn't you tell me? I never would have risked this," Hunter said, and I sighed.

"Aurora just told me when I tried to shift and couldn't." I told him. He pulled me out of the washroom and into the bedroom. After sitting on the bed, he left the room. He came back into the room with a first aid kit and I was feeling anxious about his lack of excitement, or maybe he didn't want to risk getting excited.

"Aurora, does everything feel okay with the baby?" I asked my wolf.

"Kailen, everything seems to be okay." She answered.

Hunter cut off my shirt before removing it and started cleaning up the wounds. I noticed I was healing slower than normal, and I assume it's because Aurora is making sure our pup is safe. "Hunter, are you okay?" I asked him. His emotions were all over the place.

"Baby, we should have had you checked before we did any of this. I could have lost not only you but our pup." Hunter said after he set everything down and knelt down between my legs. "This isn't your fault. And I'm okay, a little sore, but I'll live and Aurora is taking care of our pup." I told him with tears in my eyes. I never thought I'd even be able to have a pup of my own. Hunter wrapped his arms around my waist, pushing his head into my chest. I wrapped my arms around his neck, pushing my hands through his hair.

"I can't believe this is happening. And I could have lost you." He whispered.

"I'm okay, Hunter. And I'll get checked out when we get home. But right now, we need to deal with the fact that you just killed your uncle." I told him and he looked up at me.

"We are going home. We will come back and investigate once it's safe. I'm not risking you or our child." He told me. And as much as I wanted to argue, I couldn't. I would not risk this pregnancy for anything. This may be my only chance to give him a child. "Okay." I told him and he let out a breath.

"I'll have Zach on the plane with you and warriors watching the door to the outside. You need to rest. I'm just going to clean up your wounds and then I'll get you some water." He told me and I nodded.

After my wounds were all cleaned up, I was ready for bed. Hunter tucked me in before going to get me a bottle of water. Once, he was satisfied that I was safe. He leaned down, kissing my forehead. "I'm so happy that you're pregnant, Baby. I was just scared." He mumbled against my forehead.

"I promise I'm okay." I told him. He pecked my lips before he left, closing the door behind him. It didn't take long for exhaustion to take me, as I snuggled under the blanket.