Chapter 24: Lucas P.O.V

I could see the battle flickering through her eyes, her wolf fighting her aggressively to give up control before her bones started snapping and reforming. Her piercing scream made my wolf howl in agony, I was seconds away from running over to her. Seconds away from begging her to just stay human, but she isn't human. Neither were we. To try and get her to deny half of who she is made me sick to my stomach.

"You need to breathe, Rory," Levi growled out, trying his hardest to stay in control while blood dripped down his hands and onto the floor.

'Levi. Are you going to be able to stay in control?' I asked through the link. His deep breathing turned more into grunts and panting while he focused on her screams.

'Levi, you have to stay in control for her. She's going to need us, need you.' I whispered through the link, trying to find anything that might persuade him otherwise. Levi's wolf out of control on top of her wolf out of control put us all in danger, I wasn't a selfish wolf but I wanted to live past finding out who my mate was.

I looked up between the four of us, "Rory, just focus on your breathing and letting her out. She's angry, I want to know why and talk to her." I tried to explain, tried to give reasons why the hell her wolf should even be calm enough to listen to anybody but herself. Staring back at her, she is beautiful. Her wolf is larger than most of the she-wolfs on the pack grounds.

"Mate," Athena growled out, her tongue sliding over sharp canines while she glared at the three of us. Her eyes stayed focused on my brother, Levi. For some odd reason they were drawn to each other like a moth to a flame and none of us could understand why, Her paws hit the ground with anger and rage pounding into the ground while she made her way towards Levi."Athena," I smirked, damn she is a cocky one. Her wolf turned her head slightly and took in every part of me before she refocused on my brother, "What's so great about, Levi? Athena?" I asked, setting the trap for you. Hopefully, she was too drawn into her lust for him to understand what I was asking.

"He doesn't deny me." She growled, snapping her canines at me.

" We should talk, Athena. " I stated, confidently. Looking between my brothers and I. Who would actually have the most luck with talking to her wolf?

"What do we need to talk about, my Mate, or should I say, Mates?" Athena clenched her jaw. I knew she was angry but from the way she keeps threatening us she is resentful. Well, now I have a starting idea about what has her so provoked.

I let out a deep sigh and got down to eye level with her, "Athena, our wolves want to mate just as badly as you do, but it's dangerous. We could hurt yo-" I started explaining before she growled. My wolf was damn near, losing control and she just cut me off. I could feel the same thing happening between my brothers and their wolves too.

"Explain. Mate." She snarled at me, distaste and anger radiating off of her. Any other time our wolves would have been ecstatic that she used the term mate when she was talking about us, but she used it out of anger.

'That's good, right? She called us her mates.' Levi smirked through the mind link. I shook my head and refocused back on Rory and Athena.

"Athena, if you mate with her right now she could die, you could die. We are Alpha's, there are rituals that we have to do. Aurora is human and she has to heal from her trauma, she almost died. She could die. Plus, she's a virgin. Do you want to have her mate with us in the middle of the woods?" I whispered the last part next to her, I was getting too desperate for her to see the reason why we couldn't but the truth is I would be more unreasonable if I were her.

"We don't care!" Athena growled with hints of Aurora's voice sampling through.

"Aurora and I feel the same. If you do not want us, another male would and there are plenty who would love to mate with a beta-female even more." Athena threatened, snarling at the three of us. I could hear the way huffed in fury while she stared at the three of us, trying her hardest to get one of us to change our minds Levi and Lucas growled loudly, taking her threat literally and ready to kill every male within the very pac we swore to protect.

"Athena, I understand. Is there something that we can do to help Rory? To show you that we do want both of you?" I asked, looking back into her wolf's beautiful eyes and showing her every bit of sincerity I could muster. I just hoped that her wolf would be willing to help us find a middle ground.

" I understand Athena. Is there anything that we can do to help her?' I asked, praying that the wolf had an answer.

"Claim us as your true mate. I mean that's if you want and not one of your skanky whores the three of us like to sleep around with. Mark us and prove it." She raised her head at us proudly, she wanted nothing more than to be our mate. It was true then, her wolf was a queen waiting for a king. In this case her kings, but I couldn't mark her. I can't lose her. Everything I had tried to bring down the argument was lost with her. She is a queen, a Luna needs a crowning and to be at our side. We can't have her as our mate until we all complete the short list of required rituals.

'What if we can't.?" I asked, my brothers slowly moving closer to her side.

"She's weak and for some reason, love's you three. If you don't I can't keep her alive, she'll die." Athena stated with a montone edge to her voice, like she wouldn't also die.

"What if we try and get the rituals done faster? Can you help keep her alive?" I asked, scared of what her answer would be. I was desperate at that point.

The young she-wolf nodded in agreement to keep the love of my life alive for the time being, and her black eyes transformed into the beautiful blue ones I was accustomed to. Her body started snapping before her small cute human frame came back into view and her clothes were left in tiny pieces, we probably should have warned her about that part of me. She stumbled lazily around on her feet.

Her soft head hit the ground before her eyes rolled into the back of her head and her body fell weakly into my arms.

"what's wrong with her!" Levi growled out, his nails changing into talons while he stormed over to her body.