The Gumiho's Mate

Lucas was having mixed feelings of happiness, anger and fear as he ran through the woods. He can't let any harm come to Cara, she's innocent of Togi's allegation and she's also pregnant. 

His pace is so powerful that the trees he bumps into while running all shake greatly and the powerful sound of his feet against the earth awakens the animals in the forest, but Lucas doesn't care a bit.

He decides to take the forest path which happens to be the quickest shortcut to the broken bridge and after an hour, he gets to the broken bridge.

The damage on the middle of the bridge is still as great as ever and the only way to cross it to the other side is by jumping. The wolf is breathing heavily and faster, the sight is a dead end, but he can't back out no matter what.

The life of his mate and unborn child depends on it, and Kula also has to be set free as well. She doesn't deserve such wicked treatment from a monster like Smith.

He runs back, far away from the bridge and rushes forward with such strong force at a fast pace, and he leaps over the broken bridge straight to the other side of the bridge and he lands safely. The alpha wasn't sure he would make it, but with the thought of his mate and his little prince on the way increased his confidence and he made it through to the other side.

Without wasting any more time, he took off straight to the dungeon still in his wolf form, and the moment he arrived at the front of the dungeon, he sighted two alphas guiding the dungeon and he shook his head.

Even ten alphas put together won't be able to stop Lucas at this moment and he advanced towards them when they sighted him. He's not in the mood to kill anyone and so he made them unconscious by hitting against the back of their necks.

He's actually not sure if they will survive it because he's a gray wolf with big hands.

He makes his way into the dungeon still in his wolf form. The place smells like death, he sees fresh blood on the wall and he prays that it is not that of Kula. He walks further into the dungeon and just then he catches a faint cry, and a man's dirty laughter.

He decided to walk more steadily to avoid making any sound till he finally arrived at the said dirty place when Smith hid Kula. He sees a man holding a silver sword in his hand, and his other hand is gripping tight on Kula's hair.

"Your mate Togi is going to kill an innocent omega today. She's the king of Avalon's mate who is the famous dark raven and Togi believes that she's the one responsible for your death. But don't worry, I will also kill you for real tonight and then the king of Avalon, Lucas will rip Togi apart after the death of his mate." The man chuckled and gripped her hair tighter.

"Lucas will be devastated and weak over the death of his mate, and I will take advantage of his weakness and attack his kingdom. With the big gray wolf unable to function properly, I will end his life and become the king of Avalon kingdom." He chuckled yet again and forcefully pulled Kula up to a standing position.

"You're indeed so beautiful when I look at you closely, so I will have fun with you first and then kill you like a dirty little fox you are." He drops his sword and reaches his hand to touch the crying lady's chest, but Lucas has had just enough of Smith's nonsense and wickedness. Hearing the voice of the man that killed his parents makes him furious

He growled in anger and bitterness, and he swiftly hit the rover behind his neck just like he did to the alphas outside the dungeon, and Smith passed out immediately.

He turns his head to the crying lady and he approaches her, but she moves backwards with more tears in her eyes.

"Please don't kill me, I've done nothing wrong." She pleads and Lucas halts his movement.

"I won't kill you princess Kula, I'm the king of Avalon kingdom, Byun Lucas and I'm here to save you and take you back to my kingdom. So please don't be scared of me." Lucas says softly and she stares at him with more tears streaming down her cheeks.

She seemed to be thinking about something and she quickly looked at Smith and then Lucas and she gasped.

"O-Oh no." She stutters in fear. "You're king Lucas and that means Togi is going to kill your mate by sunrise." She bites her lower lip in fear and Lucas walks closer to her and speaks again in his wolf form.

"Togi doesn't know what the truth is, but if you come with me now, then I will be able to save my mate and unborn child. Please." The alpha pleads and Kula nods her head quickly.

"Okay, I will come with you, but what about Smith?"

"Put him on my back, I will lay low to make it easier for you and when you're done climb on and hold Smith firmly, there's a broken bridge we have to cross." Lucas instructed, and Kula nodded her head in understanding and she managed to drag the unconscious man over to the gray wolf's back.

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Cara wakes up to the sound of the birds chirping as usual. She feels a little headache despite sleeping all night. She sighs and turns over to Lucas's side of the bed, but the king wasn't in bed.

Cara stares at his pillow for a while as she tries to recall everything, and she sighs heavily on realizing that Lucas has already gone on his trip.

"I miss you, Lucas." She mutters before getting up from the bed to stare at the uprising sun. It's always her favorite thing she does every morning because she feels as if she's closer to the sky. 

After having a moment of long enjoyable stare at the sky and the rising sun, she finally steps away from the window. The fact that she's going to be all lonely is something she's trying to come in teams with.

Cara has never imagined herself falling in love or having the feeling of wanting to be so close to any man or an alpha before. She always thought that she's alone in the world and so she has to fight her way through to get what she wants. Well, she can see how wrong that notion is. 

Meeting Lucas is the best thing that happened to her. She never thought that life could be so interesting and full of love, but with Lucas she discovered that love is the sweetest thing in the world.

"Good morning beauty, it's time for your morning bath." Rita says as she marches into the room after a single knock which Cara didn't hear because she was too busy thinking about her mate

Turning around to look at her best friend, Cara chuckled. "Good morning Rita, I can see you had a beauty sleep last night." 

"Of course I did. I will set the bathtub while you get those clothes off your body." The lively omega says and Cara nods to her words.

"Sure, but please make the water warm, I'm feeling a bit sick this morning." Cara informs and sits on the bed to relax, but when she lifts her head up to look at Rita, she blows out a sigh. Rita is staring at her with a look of concern and Cara knows that whatever Rita is about to say must involve Lucas.

"Poor you. You must be missing Lucas so much, isn't it?"

Cara sighs at the question. Of course she's missing Lucas a lot and she wants to cuddle with him, but the morning sickness has been bothering her for some days now and she has no idea why. 

"I'm fine Rita, please just make the water warm." She gives Rita a small smile as she watches Rita walking off to the bathroom.

She blows out a deep sigh and decides to lay on the bed while waiting for Rita to be done setting the bathtub, but as she's about closing her eyes, she suddenly feels a wind of fear surrounding her and she quickly sits up.

The feeling is so familiar to Cara and she immediately gets up and grabs the gun next to her and points it towards the door despite her shaking hands.

She knows who's coming for her, she knows that Togi is already close to the door, but she didn't expect him to rush into the room and twist the gun away from her hand as if she wasn't using her strength.

"I finally found you, dark raven." He whispers into her ear while wrapping his hand around her neck as he suffocates her. His eyes are pure black which clearly means that he's in for killing.

The Gumiho quickly glanced around the room for a while, trying to figure out where the voice of a singing omega is coming from. He's not here to hurt the innocent, only Cara and Lucas, but he won't hesitate to kill anyone who tries to stop him.

"The bathtub is ready for you, beauty." Rita says as she walks out of the bathroom but her eyes double in size when she sets her eyes on Togi choking Cara.

She starts panicking and makes an attempt to call for help, but the Gumiho waves her with his hand, sending her to an unconscious state in a matter of seconds. He turns his attention back to Cara and lets go of her neck.

"If you try to act smart with me, then I will kill everybody in this kingdom including the babies. So just come with me to the river bank behind the palace, let's just end this." He whispers and leans closer to her to press her throat, but he suddenly stops and moves away from her.

He turned around to look at Rita and he shapeshifted into the unconscious omega. "Now follow me and act normal, else in a matter of seconds, everywhere will be bloody. Got it dark raven?"

"Y-Yes." Cara replies with a trembling voice. She walked behind Togi till they made it to the river bank behind the palace and no one even suspected a thing.

She's aware that her end is near, in fact she has always known that she would die someday. In the past she didn't really care about her life as she had nothing to actually live for, but after meeting Lucas, she wants to live by all means.

"Why are you after my life? What have I ever done to you?" Cara asks. Her eyes are already blue, tears streaming down her cheeks as she watches the Gumiho changing back to his real self.

He glared at her and hissed in anger. "You dare ask me such useless questions, right?" He approaches her and pulls her hair forcefully. "Do you think I'm a fool and a softy like your so-called king, Lucas? I'm a wounded heart who was forcefully separated from his mate three years ago all because of you, dark raven." He yells into her face and she is troubled greatly.

Cara feels so scared and also shocked at the allegation. She doesn't know who Togi's mate is to begin with, so how on earth is she responsible for their separation?

"I-I don't understand what you're talking about, Togi. I don't even know your mate to begin with." She voices out what's in her mind and it only angers the Gumiho.

"Have you forgotten a girl named Kula? She was the princess of the Gumiho clan and my mate. She was so kind, slow to speak with a pure soul. She has never hurt anyone before, but you killed her because of some bags of money."

"No! Never! I've never killed a woman throughout my life as a bounty hunter. I'm a woman and I know what pain and suffering feels, so how then can I do that to a fellow woman? You just have to believe me, please. This is a lie, I've never killed any woman all my life." Cara pleads, she's trying to make the Gumiho understand and believe her, but the man isn't listening to what she's saying.

Togi nods his head and steps away from Cara with anger evident in his eyes. "I'm no fool dark raven and I'm not here to discuss either. I only came here to rip you apart and that's what I'm going to do and then I will kill Lucas and kill myself. You can't separate me from Kula, the only reason I'm still alive till today is because of vengeance, and so shall it be." He hissed as half of his body, which apparently is his upper body gradually transforms into that of a fox, but his claws are more longer and scarier than that of three years ago.

On seeing the sight of the Gumiho that almost killed her three years ago, Sana gasped in fear and more tears streamed down her cheeks. She doesn't want to die, but it seems it's her time and no one can change it.

She shut her eyes closed, ready for what awaits her, but suddenly, she hears a loud growl and she feels the earth shaking beneath her feet.

Cara staggers on her feet at the force at which the earth was shaking and quickly blinks her eyes open, but she gasps in shock at the sight of a huge gray wolf running towards her direction.

Cara stares in shock and she recalls what Lucas told her about him being a gray wolf, and a huge one at that.

"Lucas? Lucas!" She screams out longingly and the Gumiho gets more furious. He advanced towards her to rip her apart, but Lucas hit him off just in time, and he stood in front of his mate.

He put down his garment, boots and magical globe and transformed back to his human form. He wastes no time in putting his clothes back on because he knows that Togi won't stay on the ground for long. 

He turned around to Cara and hugged her to himself before placing soft kisses on her face. "I'm so sorry my love." Lucas whispers into her ears before pulling away to look at Togi who's already getting up.

"You're wrong, Togi. My mate never killed Kula, but the man you've been working for is responsible for the pain you feel today. Kula was never dead, but she would have been dead hours ago if I didn't save her from that irritating monster, Smith." Lucas explains without letting go of Cara.

"If you still don't believe me, then see for yourself." Lucas gives the magical globe to Togi who looks shocked. "Ask it whenever you want to and you will get your answers." The king placed the globe on Togi's hand and turned back to look at Cara who's equally staring at him with blue eyes.

"Are you hurt?" He asks, but she hugs him instead and cries into his chest, crying heavily.

"I thought it was the end. I thought I was going to die without seeing your face for the last time." She lifts her head up to look Lucas in the eyes with more tears streaming down her cheeks. "I was so scared, alpha. I was so scared of dying for the first time. The thought of leaving you was more painful and it hurts greatly." She cried against his chest and Lucas slowly caressed her back.

"I love you Lucas. I love you so much, my alpha, my king." She says between tears with a low voice, and she gradually unwraps her hands from Lucas's body as she loses consciousness, but Lucas was fast enough to hold her to his body before she could fall down.

He bent down and scooped her in his hand and carried her against his body in bridal style, and he turned around to look at Togi.

"So is it clear to you right now?" Lucas questions the Gumiho who has already transformed to his full human form, and Togi falls on his knees with his head bowed low in regret.

"I'm so sorry, Lucas. I know that I have nothing to say about my actions, but please forgive me. I almost killed your mate for something she never committed, please forgive me." Togi pleads to the king and Lucas stares at him for a while before speaking.

"It's fine, Togi, but I can't say I've forgiven you. You almost killed her three years ago, you left a deep cut below her stomach and now you're nothing but Cara's worst nightmare. You will have to make sure you kill that fear in Cara's mind, only then will I forgive you." He says and looks down at his wife in his hand and he kisses her forehead and a gentle smile graces his lips.

"My mate is pregnant, she needs to rest, so come with me to the palace, your mate Kula awaits you and Smith is in my dungeon." Lucas retrieves the magical globe from the Gumiho and walks back to the palace with Togi following him behind.

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