Chapter 43

REID:
“Why didn’t you tell me?” I ask, expressing disappointment in my beta who I thought would let me in on things that have to do with anything related to the pack issue. “I would have tried to figure out something with you but you let it affect you by keeping it yourself,”
“You think I didn’t want to tell you? Why do you think I have been clamoring about meeting with Alpha Simon? Why? I just wanted this to end once and for all because I thought going through the prophecy like the Elder said to do was going to work out. But you have been adamant on not establishing a communication yet,”
I feel a bit guilty because it was more like I was at fault for his predicament. Still, I felt I should not take the blame. “How was I supposed to know, Hunter? How? If I had a chance to know, wouldn’t I have taken the bait? I only thought you wanted the meeting with Simon done and over with because you didn’t want to have much to do with the Green Dales. That is what I thought, I promise.”
“Well, that was not it.”
Knowing he has this much on his mind makes me feel like I didn’t reach out to him as I ought to. And it beats me that I should have known better than arguing with him constantly instead of making assumptions about his adamant decision. I really should have known better.
“Ryu, don’t tell me you are experiencing the same thing as he is?” I ask my head warrior without looking at him.
“No, I’m not.”
“Good.”
“I literally have no idea what is going on here,” Venice says which brings my attention to her because all along she has not contributed to the discussion.
“I’ll let you in on everything later,” I say before turning to look at Ryu. “Find out from those that have witnessed the substance, including the laboratorians. I don’t want anyone else going berserk without our knowledge,”
That was the final instruction I leave and just as I am about to walk out the door, Ryu asks, “Should we set him free?”
I turn to give a brief stare at Hunter still tied down on the bed. The chains were obviously still hurting him because his body was wincing which would signify that he was going through pain.
“No,” I say. “We haven’t confirmed yet if he is fully stable,”
And then I walk out of the room, my thoughts filled with the idea of the visions Hunter told me has been having. I cannot help but wonder about the possibility of being in his shoes and going berserk. Who would put me down in such a situation? Would I have killed a lot before a solution comes into place?
The thought goes through my mind even when I get into my room in the pack’s main quarters. I was standing right in front of the only available mirror in the room as I checked the damages done to my skin.
Hunter in his wolf form had clawed at me a little too much that I could see the effect on me. Especially on my face where I had suffered the first blow while attempting to save the others from getting hit by him.
I have no idea how I got the strength to put him down because it took a lot to eventually get him to stay down. I had clawed and clawed and even gotten close to biting his ear off before he eventually, most probably, lost the will to go against me again. But it took a lot of blows on my end to get him to say down.
Now the pack square would need rebuilding because most of the things that could be found there had been destroyed during the clash. We were fortunate that no pack member was around there at that time lest it would have been a different story.
Now it is left to me to decide what to do next. Perhaps it is time I met with Simon. I cannot hold on to the issue any longer.
*****
KIRA:
I felt like inhaling the sweet scent of the breeze as it blew straight to my face with every chill that could be found. I enjoyed it, I won’t lie and it’s making me question myself about the reasons I had not been a fan of staying around my quarters before.
I was sitting on the balcony as the day started to fade while watching events around, like members coming from their daily activities and the like.
School had been eventful, especially with the gossip that went around about Alpha Simon visiting the school. It still surprises me now because I cannot fathom what he had to do in the school today.
I wish I could find something to do other than sitting here but it would be unwise to try because I just got out of my punishment of being grounded. What if I got myself in another trouble? Who is going to bail me out this time around?
It was best I just sit still and wait for probably my mother’s call for assistance. Or maybe Adam who would need something from me. It is hardly any fun except for the coolness but I will wait still.
I hear approaching footsteps from the side so I turn my head to see who it is. My mind had first gone to the possibility of it being my father’s return but to my surprise, it is Bradley.
The moment I notice it is him, I have stood up to my feet just so I could head inside the apartment. But I was not too fast and I also forgot about how much experience he has over me because he caught up with me before I could even handle the doorknob.
“What do you want?” I demand after I force my hand out of his which he had grabbed tightly while preventing me from entering into the quarters.
“I’m sorry, Kira. I just want to talk to you. Please spare me some time,” he says apologetically.
I scoff and move away from him because I needed to keep my distance away from him. I cannot get over what happened between us the last time I was next to him. And trust me, I hate him more than anything else in the world at the moment.
“Say what you want to say and be quick with it,” I tell him without sparing him a glance. Outside seemed to be more delightful to look at than to even look at him at all.
“Look, I just want you to know that I’m sorry about the nasty things I said to you that day. I only said that out of the moment. Trust me, I meant nothing of what I said. It was never meant to be said in the first place. Please, forgive me. Let's just end this drama because my mind hasn’t been at ease ever since that day,” he pours out his mind which was not even close to being welcomed by me.
“Oh, so that is why you decided to tell the alpha about the issue I discussed with you, right? You wanted to get on my good books so the best way you thought was to go inform him that there might be a problem which you know would be the way to get me to—”
“Wait,” he interrupts me before I could even complete my statement. “I have no idea what you are talking about,” he says.
I give him the look to let him in on the fact that I am not buying his act not one bit “Now you wanna act oblivious, is that it?”
“I honestly have no idea. What is this about?”
“Alpha Simon was in the academy today for an unknown reason. But what else would it be if not to talk to the management about the issue I told you about that needs to be looked into? The alpha has never been to the academy in years or so and he decides to pay a visit just after I told you what Kelvin had me tell you. And then the same day, you decide to come to meet me to apologize. Are you going to tell me that everything happened out of pure coincidence?”
“That is what it is,” he admits which I know is what he would say. “Everything you just said is purely coincidental. I have not told anyone about the issue you discussed with me. Not even the head warrior. I have no idea what the alpha was even doing at the academy but I am certain it has nothing to do with me because I haven’t discussed it with anyone,”
“You expect me to believe you?”
“I’m not lying. I only came here to apologize because I felt I had to. I could not take the burden anymore which is why you see me here. It totally has nothing to do with that issue.”
Of course, I start to think about what to believe when a voice that doesn’t belong to either of us sort of interrupts.
“You!”