Chapter 77

KIRA:

I don’t know who suffered more from the attack between Bradley and me. Because we both look terrible at the moment.

After the pack warriors had come around during the showdown between Bradley’s wolf and Kelvin’s, they had been able to handle the situation by subduing Kelvin’s wolf. But it took a lot before they were able to get that done even though they had come in their tens.

Right after they had accomplished that, they took Bradley and me away from there while carting away with the struggling body of Kelvin who had been in his human form then. He was still not himself.

The warriors had taken Bradley and me to the pack hospital which is where we both are now. The pack doctor had tended to our wounds already minutes ago now what we were made to do is rest so we could heal in time. It seems the claws that came with the possessed Kelvin had more than just ordinary swipes because it was taking time for either of us to heal.

“That was your friend, wasn't it?” I hear Bradley ask, taking me away from my thoughts as I shift my head to look at him laying on the bed right next to mine.

“Yes,” I say with a sober voice to reflect how bad I feel at the moment. I could hear how Bradley was forcing himself to speak due to how much pain he was going through. The pain in me had subsided already because it has been long since I went through the whole beat down.

“What happened to him?”

“The thing happened to him...”

Bradley forces himself to look in my direction and it gave me a close look at how terrible he was. I guess he was going through a lot worse than I did.

“What thing?” he asks.

“You recall what I told you he had shown me at the academy, right? Well, there is a lot more to it.”

So I proceed to explain to him everything he needs to know to pertain to the substance. How Kelvin has been hallucinating as he told me but was worse than I could imagine. And then we had both gone to my family quarters to check on it when we had caught sight of it again before Kelvin totally lost it.

Bradley listened with keen interest as he stared at me with every form of sincerity. I was glad that despite what he is going through, he still wanted to know the full details on how everything went down today.

By the time I was done with my explanation, he was already in on everything possible. And I was exhausted by then because of my slow recovery.

“What you are trying to tell me now is that your friend went berserk because of something similar to what he showed you at your school?” is the first question Bradley asks after my explanation.

“Yes, that is what happened. Because there was no other logical explanation for that. It was the thing he was staring at before he had no control of himself again,” I stop there first and then ask, “Did you say berserk?”

“I did,” he admits.

“But I would mostly call it possessed.”

“No, that was a berserk state. Because he was already wild during all of his attacks. Almost felt like he was going rogue at that period.”

I process that for a while, making sense of it the way it should be. I have no counterargument because obviously, he knows better than me about stuff like that. “But was he?”

“He wasn't. Just seemed like he was due to the nature of his attacks. But I will not be ruling out the idea of him being possessed as well because there is a lot of explanation to what happened,”

And the silence ensues between us after that. I want to take the moment to relax myself as I think through everything that had gone down today.

I should have just stayed in when I had the chance to. But I had to leave the house because it has been long since I last did. At least after being given the chance to stay away from school. It was only right I had a time out from the building that has been housing me for over a week now.

“How did you find me?” the question popped into my head so I have to ask Bradley because I was curious to know how he found out about my whereabouts.

“You took too long to arrive home so I guessed you would be here. My intuition was right. And I'm glad I followed it or I would have been too late to save you.”

“But it cost a lot just to get you the chance to save me. Take a look at what he did to you.”

I watch as he tries to sit himself up. At first, he was unsuccessful but he finally succeeded in doing so.

He exhales with his eyes closed while looking ahead. Then he says, “I do not care what I had to go through just to end up saving you,” he pauses and looks at me. “It was worth it, Kira. If the option to die was involved, I would not mind because I cannot bear to lose the only true friend I have ever had.”

I am suddenly moved to tears because that was the sincerest words I have ever heard from anyone. It was at that moment I realized how much Bradley means to me. I guess I have been so caught up in my teenage fantasies that I did not realize how much of a true friend I have in Bradley.

I fight back the tears that is threatening to leave my eyes and tell him, “I just lost my parents, Bradley. I cannot afford to lose you too almost at the same time. It’s going to kill me.”

He throws a smile at me. “I do not plan to leave. If I did, I would have gone a long time ago.”

I smile back at him before taking my eyes off to stare at the ceiling of the room. All of a sudden, I felt better. It was more like a burden has been lifted off my shoulders. Guess I needed to hear words like that so bad that I did not realize how much was stored in me.

I close my eyes as I reminisce for a while. It felt good as the thoughts that go through my mind felt like the only thing I should be thinking of now. It was mostly about the times I have been with Bradley. Mostly when he helps my ass whenever I get into trouble. Because I always do.

“It would have been crazy if you did die today. I still haven't found the proper way to mourn my parents and yet I was at the brisk of losing you.” I utter those words to the hearing of Bradley with my eyes still closed. And that is when a thought crosses my mind. Not just a thought... a whole event.

So I open my eyes and then quickly sit up, which came with a bit of pain knowing that I was not healed yet.

“I didn’t tell you that I trespassed into the Night Blaze pack again...” I quickly announce to Bradley.

Bradley looks shocked a bit after hearing that. It was more like be could not believe that I would say such a thing. “When did that happen?” he still manages to ask.

“The day my parents died.”

“Was that where you were coming from when I asked?”

I nod to affirm the question. “Let us not get started on how I had gotten in there strangely,” I say. “Instead I want to focus on how I was able to feel relaxed while I had been with their alpha.”

“You were with Alpha Reid?”

“That's what I just said. But that is not the issue. I am beginning to question myself why our paths keep crossing every time. It is getting too much that I no longer have a reasonable explanation for it.”

Bradley does not answer directly because he seems to be thinking. He has not fully looked away as he still has his gaze in my direction but not at me. I could tell that he was thinking about a lot of things now.

“You know what made me not say anything yet?” he finally speaks.

“Well, no.” I have to say.

“You remember when we discussed about him and I jokingly mentioned that he could be your mate?”

I was not liking where the conversation was going. So much so that I start to frown at him because it was no longer sounding cool in my ears. “I do,” I grumpily say.

“Well, he just might be your mate truly.”

I was expecting that.

“You did not even let me explain the details that had to do with us crossing paths and yet you think he’s my mate.” I have to state, still frowning at him. “That is just absurd.”