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The Lycan Marked Me and Walked Away 

Chapter 20 

Logan 

Five Years Later. 

There was a silent rule in this palace. 

No unexpected visitors. 

So when one of my warriors came knocking before sunrise, muttering something about an old 

seer who had “politely requested” to see me, my first instinct was to throw the request 

straight into the fire. I didn’t like surprises. And I sure as hell didn’t like seers who showed up 

unannounced. 

But I gave permission for them to let her through anyway. 

The throne room was a bit chill when I walked in. I sat with my arms draped over the sides of 

the chair, trying to reign in my annoyance. I hadn’t even asked for breakfast. I just wanted this 

over with. The doors creaked open after a while, and in walked someone who looked like she’d 

crawled straight out of the pages of an old storybook. 

She stopped a few paces from the dais, lifted her chin, and met my eyes with a stare that 

didn’t waver. She bowed slightly, but it was still obvious she was clearly part of the seers who 

felt they wielded all the power in the world. “You’ve made a mistake,” she announced, delving 

right into her message. 

My brows lifted. “You walked all the way here to tell me that?” 

She smiled faintly, as though I’d cracked some kind of joke. “You misread the prophecy. Made 

the wrong decision. But your mistake can still be corrected.” The room stilled. The warrior 

standing behind her stiffened slightly. Mistake? There was no room to make mistakes. 

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“You’re assuming I believe in prophecies,” I said slowly. 

Her smile faded. “You believed enough to leave your mate.” 

I flinched before I could stop myself. 

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The woman stepped forward. “You looked for strength in what was already strong. And 

dismissed the one vessel that had the kind of power even you couldn’t see. But it wasn’t your 

eyes that failed you, Logan Draven. It was your own fear.” 

My hands fisted. 

Why was I entertaining her? 

I should have dismissed her the second she’d stepped into the room and had the nerve to 

declare that I’ve made a mistake. 

“I had given that vision to the elders myself,” She continued, “Not realizing how deeply they 

feared what they did not understand. I never said she needed to be royalty. Or a warrior. She 

would carry fire in silence. Perhaps I should have mentioned that she would come from ashes 

and choose to rise.” 

She was talking about Sienna. 

Her name hadn’t passed between my lips in years, but she had never truly left me. “Why 

now?” I asked quietly. “Why tell me this now?” 

She looked at me, and for the first time since she’d stepped into the throne room, her 

expression shifted. There was something mournful behind her eyes. “Because the storm is 

close by. And if you’re not standing where you’re meant to be when it breaks…everything will 

fall.” 

Before I could muster the courage to ask what she meant by that, she had turned and walked 

out. I knew a seer’s unannounced visit never went well, but this had me feeling even more 

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unsettled than I’d expected. I sat in the throne room for a long time, saying nothing. Thinking 

of too many things at once. 

After what seemed like hours, I stood and headed to my room. I dismissed Maurie, no longer 

having the appetite to have breakfast. Instead I decided to take a stroll into the woods in a bid 

to clear my head. I was barely past the courtyard when it happened. 

A horn sounded. The high-pitched, frantic one that meant only one thing-rogues. Someone 

was sounding the alarm. The one that meant they had gotten past the borders and were 

already in the pack. I immediately tensed. There was no time waste, no time to ask questions. 

I noted some of the warriors immediately swinging into action. 

We shifted mid-run, our wolves hitting the forest line at full speed. The trees were already 

echoing with snarls and roars. How on earth had they made it past the borders? They had 

come fast, too fast, like they’d known exactly where to hit. 

I didn’t hold back. 

I didn’t think. I tore through the forest like a beast, lunging at my enemies with claws and 

teeth. There was chaos all around me, sounds of whimpers and howls of agony. Somewhere 

between the snapping of bones, I knew— 

This wasn’t random. 

They hadn’t just found a weak point in our borders. Someone had told them where to find it. 

When the fight was done and the ground was littered with the dead, I shifted back, chest 

heaving. Kael came up beside me, blood streaked across his face and neck, his eyes still half- 

glowing. 

“They knew our terrain,” he pointed out. 

I nodded once. “Who was posted on perimeter duty last night?” 

“Cassian assigned Rafe,” Kael replied. “One of the older Lycans. Doesn’t usually miss a shift.” 

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“Then where the hell had he been?” 

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No answer. I cursed underneath my breath. “Find him,” I said darkly. “Now.” Kael took off. I 

stood there, blood drying against my skin, my mind spiraling until he returned minutes later, 

his expression grim. 

“Cabin’s empty. No signs of a fight. He’s gone.” 

My jaw clenched. “He ran.” 

“Looks like it.” 

I didn’t say anything for a long moment. The rogues weren’t just testing our borders anymore. 

They were starting to infiltrate. Was the doom the prophecy had spoken of? The storm the 

seer warned was nearby? “Organize a search party,” I said, my voice low. “Now. If he’s running, 

I want to know where he’s running to, who he’s working with, and how long he’s been giving 

them intel.” 

Kael nodded and shifted again, taking off into the trees. My mind drifted to Sienna, regret 

curling in my stomach. It was almost impossible that she would suddenly show up after five 

years. 

But maybe, just maybe, the goddess wasn’t done with us yet. 

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