Chapter 19

KIRA:
My eyes are fixated on the partially damaged ceiling as I lay on my bed. I’m drained and at the same time still trying to make sense out of today’s events. How everything started from a simple outing into the woods to unintentionally finding myself in another pack territory.
I thought today would be my end. Or maybe something lesser than that. But I was sure vindicated by the leader whom I expected to get me behind bars. Am I not a lucky one? Or is there something else to it? Like the Alpha trying not to be at war with our pack?
But one thing I know is that I need to learn how to control my mouth. I freely ran it when I shouldn’t, which even worsened the situation around there for me.
‘Kira?’
Wait, what? Is Alexia trying to contact me now that I didn’t need her help anymore?
‘Kira? I’m sure you can hear me,’
“You have been aired!” I respond to her, raising my hands as I twiddle my thumbs against each other.
‘Are you mad at me?’
“Pfft, why will I be mad at you? No, I'm not mad. However, I am so damn pissed off with you. Maybe even irritated. If you were right here with me, I would have given you the beating of your life... because you deserve it!”
Fortunately for me, I am the only one in the whole house if not I would have attracted the attention of my family after yelling out loud.
I thought I hear her giggle which only infuriates me more. “And what’s funny?” I demand to know.
‘Nothing,’ she says.
I roll my eyes at her behavior. She thinks I was actually joking with what I did. I wasn’t, because I hate to be ignored in important situations. And that one sure was important for me.
“Why the hell did you zone out on me like that?” I start to say, sitting up from the bed to rest my back on the wall. “I tried to reach you a couple of times but got no response from you. Is that how you operate? Leaving me in the dark when I need you the most?”
‘I didn’t mean to do that. And I’m sorry. But honestly, what happened was that every connection with you was severed the moment the Alpha showed up. I tried my best to regain the connection but nothing seemed to work. It just got back into place about two to three minutes ago,’
“Yeah, yeah, a perfect excuse to cover up your wrong deed,”
But she defends herself immediately, ‘I’m being sincere here, Kira. You have to believe me. I would never do that intentionally to you. It was not my fault and I promise not to let such happen again. Only if it is within my control,’
I scoff. I still do not buy her words of being blocked from connecting with me. Sounds more like an excuse to me and it is not going to be bought. At least not until I figure out if she’s telling the truth or not. But how would I even do that?
‘Kira, I said I’m sorry,’ she’s back in my head which makes me realize I haven’t responded to whether or not I have forgiven her. But I think I might because who am I to hold grudges against her. Especially after not having an idea of the full story.
“Okay, I forgive you,” I have to admit, apparently surrendering before she starts to bug me again.
One thing I realize now is how attached I am to her in just a week of having her as a part of me. I have always lacked physical connection with others, not even my family. Except for Bradley of course, whom, till today, I have no idea how we managed to click.
Having Alexia has been great because whenever I feel left out, I get in touch with her and she’s been the best company I could ever ask for. But I’m starting to think it’s too early to be this attached to her. Or maybe I was wrong about my intuition. Who knows.
“You saw what happened with the alpha and beta of the Night Blaze pack, didn’t you?” I suddenly ask Alexia because I feel it is time to go over that with her. Maybe she would have an idea of what happened.
‘I did. And to be honest with you, I was so scared for you. I thought they were going to have you arrested and all through I was screaming for you to make use of your legs and run. But you didn’t hear me speak in your subconscious which is why I let fate decide what next would happen,’
“I thought that too,” I say, seeming like I have fallen into a trance. “But then, nothing like that happened. Look at me now. I am still here and I don’t think I understand why I was set free. I mean, it was strange how the Alpha handled the situation with his beta. So much that I thought for a second that they would get into a brawl because of me. Isn’t that strange?”
‘Pretty strange,’
And for a minute, I let the thought of the events flow through my head. I am trying to point out something different about the scenario which I know would be hard to figure out after not knowing what was going on in the heads of both the Alpha and the beta.
‘I’ll advise you do not think too much about that. It could be insignificant, you know,’ Alexia tells me, snapping me back to reality.
“You think? Even Bradley would count me lucky for surviving that. Something tells me there is more to what happened but nothing makes sense, even as hard as I try to pit the ideas together,”
‘Which is why we are not going to tell Bradley... at least not yet,’
“But I think he needs to know that I got myself into trouble once again. What if a meeting is set up with our Alpha to report about my wrongdoing, who would try to justify my actions for me?” I ask her.
‘That is why I said not yet. You will tell Bradley eventually. But for now, let us watch and see how the events unfold. Remember, it could be insignificant,’
I lay back on the bed, needing to take a rest already. I am still exhausted from running too hard despite Alexia telling me that she gave me a little of her strength as a boost.
“Did you figure out what was on our tail?” I realize we have not talked about the reason the whole issue of today started which is why I make mention of it.
‘I still haven’t. And perhaps we might not,’
As I close my eyes to shut my head from the rest of the world, I tell her, “I won’t be making another attempt to make my first shift. At least not after what happened today. I guess I am fine being just an underage wolfling,”
*****
REID:
“Are you going to explain what the hell happened today?”
That was the first thing I heard when I collapse on the study chair in my study. And it was by Hunter who followed me in here after various attempts to make him leave.
I look up at him, and even with my tired eyes, I glare at him. “The first thing you need to remember is the position I have over you,” I tell him.
“Well, we need to go over that as well. I am your beta, Reid, and not one of your warriors. If you wanted to scold me or something, you should not be doing that in front of others. Not even in front of a girl that was both rude to you and me,”
I do understand where he is coming from and where he is driving to. “I would have cautioned myself, but you disregarded me as well. I’m sorry that you think I went overboard which is surely what I did, but you should have let me handle the situation over there and not act like I was just a mere being standing with you,”
Hunter looks at me and something tells me he is suspicious of me. It is written all over his face and I think I am beginning to be too obvious with my actions. Perhaps.
“Okay, I’m sorry for disrespecting your authority,” he apologizes. And when I am about to tell him that it’s fine, he speaks again, “But something tells me there is more to what you did at the scene,”
“I don’t understand you,” I say.
He goes to sit on the sofa by the side, looking at me with a lot of expectation. Wonder what is going on in that head of his.
“I saw the way you were looking at her,” he says, folding his arms in the process of his explanation. “Tell me, is there something that I need to know?”
Instantly I respond, “There is nothing you need to know. And if you will do me a favor and leave because I need to get back to work,” I tap on the pile of documents on the desk to imply what I was talking about.
But even after a minute, he is still sitting here with me.
“You’re hiding something, Reid. Better tell me what it is now because I am still going to find out one way or another. The man I know would never act the way you acted today.”
“And I’m telling you now that you are only imagining things. There is nothing to talk about here. The only thing we need to talk about is the fact that you are hindering me from getting my head into my work,”
Hunter stands up to his feet. “I could have sworn that there was a spark in your eyes when you were looking at her. Should we also talk about you going all out to see that she headed back to her pack safely?”
“That’s because it was not safe for her to return alone after being chased into our territory by whatever it was,”
“That’s some lie, and you know that,”
“I listened to her heartbeat and she wasn’t lying,”
“She’s your mate, isn’t she?”
“No.”