Chapter 56

CHRISTOPHER'S POV
Louise picked up her earrings and walked out of the room immediately without even asking me why I was standing there in shock.
I also decided not to bother her with this cock and bull story of mine. I mean who would even believe that I saw a picture lying on the floor and I could not pick it up because the moment I tried to reach it it became invisible.
I looked at the position where the picture was lying and it was still there. I decided in my heart that I was not going to go after it anymore.
What I did at that moment was to move out of the room with my pillow and duvet in my hand.
I decided I was going to spend the night in the living room.
So I dragged myself along the stairs as I walked down to the living room.
I was shivering because I was still scared of what I just saw.
"Do you need me to get anything for you?" A servant just walked into the living room and asked me that, without even making sure that I was aware of his presence.
I was startled and I almost screamed. I mean I was still in shock and fear and here was someone else trying to complicate things the most for me.
"I don't need anything. If I do, I will let you know." I answered and dismissed him as I laid in one of the couches and wrapped myself with the duvet in my hand.
I closed my eyes and tried to force myself to sleep but all I could see was the picture I was trying to pick yet I could not reach it.
I started sweating profusely and I could visibly see my body shaking.
I have never been this scared all my life and it was amazing because no one would even believe a word if I told it.
Suddenly there came a voice calling me to stand up from where I was lying but I decided to ignore it. I was almost falling deeply asleep so I felt it was either a dream or I was just hallucinating.
But not long after that a hand tapped me and then I jerked up in fear.
"Calm down, it's me." Louise spoke to me and I tried to catch my breath which I was already losing at that time.
I took a deep breath and set up on the couch and asked her what the matter was.
She told me she had gone to check up on me in my room but I was not there so she guessed I should be here.
"Yeah I came to relax,'' I said to her and tried as much as I could to hide my fears.
She obviously saw the fears in my eyes so she was becoming very inquisitive and I tried as much as I could to get her mind off it but she wouldn't.
"Let's go inside. I will spend the night in your room tonight." She tried to persuade me but my mind was already made up. There was no way I was going to spend this night in that room, not with that picture.
"Don't worry Louise, I am okay here." I said to her as I laid back on the couch and tried to sleep again but I could not as my heart was beating fast and all that I could think of was the evil that I have done and the fact that my day of reckoning is fast approaching.
Since she could not talk me out of spending the night in the living room she left me there and walked upstairs. I tried all I could to sleep but I could not find rest until it was past midnight.
Suddenly I saw myself with Miriam, all through the time we spent together he had never had a fight. We usually had some arguments but it has never resulted in a physical combat.
But for the first time today we're fighting seriously. And the funny thing was, I did not know why we were fighting but we were both struggling for each other's head.
When we saw that nobody was ready to lay low for the other we decided that we are going to reschedule the fight then we went our separate ways.
I saw myself running away from Miriam and deciding that I would never come back to fight her. She's an enemy now and all that came to my mind was the best way to eliminate her.
I woke up panting and I noticed that my whole body was hot.
I wondered where the fever came from but all the same I took it as the after-effects of the fight I just had with Miriam. I suppose she should also be feeling the same way because it wasn't easy over there.
I looked around and noticed that it was still dark although it was morning.
I stood up and headed towards the staircase then I remembered the picture I ran away from last night so I had to turn back. I will go back to the room when it's dawn and I will get people to get the picture out. I thought to myself as I went back to the living room and sat down although I was still very scared.
Moments later while I was still seated there, the servants started moving about the whole house cleaning and dusting.
Seeing them boosted my confidence a bit, so I had to move out of the living room for them to clean.
On my way to my room, I called one of them and asked him to accompany me so he could clean the room and he followed me immediately.
As we got to my door I stood aside and allowed him to open the door for me. I even moved back a bit so he could enter first and he did there after I followed him and went straight to the bed and sat down while he began to clean the room.
I still saw the picture sitting there staring at me and I hoped he would see it and take it out but amazingly he did not. As a matter of fact he cleaned that spot where the picture was sitting as though nothing was there.
I had to call his attention to it but he told me that he was not seeing any picture.
At that moment it dawned on me that my real enemy here was Miriam and she was trying so hard to cut me off.
Then I proposed in my heart that I will do all it takes to destroy her.
I went straight to the picture after the servant who was cleaning had left and stood there watching it.
At that moment, I heard a knock on my door and without even giving a response to the person that was knocking, Louise walked into my room.
I was standing behind the door where I had seen the picture so she didn't see me immediately she stepped into the room.
She first of all walked to the bed. It was when she saw me that she came towards me and hugged me from behind.
"Can you see that?" I asked her pointing at the picture that was staring at me.
She chuckled and said nothing so I had to turn to look at her face but the beautiful red lipstick she was wearing distracted me and before anything else I kissed her.
"You were saying something." She said the moment I pulled my lips away from hers.
I turned around and pointed at the picture again and asked her if she was seeing it.
"What is there? I can see nothing." She responded as she continued kissing my neck.
I was surprised that she could not see it just as the servant did not see it.
Maybe it was meant for my eyes alone but it was destroying me and I needed it out.
"Those pictures you took out of this room where did you keep them?'' I asked her but she pretended as though she did not know what I was talking about.
"I mean Miriam's pictures that you took out of the room." I repeated myself and then she placed her hand around my shoulders and tried to kiss me again but I stopped her because I really wanted to know where this was coming from.
"I discarded them and you don't need to know where they are." She responded, still holding me.
I want to push her away but I need a hug right now at least to calm my soul down so I pulled her closer and hugged her.
I could feel her smile but I could not see it and I was glad that I made her smile this morning.
"Should I make you breakfast?" She said and walked towards the door immediately.
I smiled at her in return confirming the fact that I needed that breakfast. She was going to make it so she walked out of the room while I went into the bathroom to freshen up.
By the time I was done and out of the bathroom the first thing I saw again was the picture. It was as if my eyes were programmed to always go to it.
"I don't give a damn to whatever it is you're doing or whatever it is you're going to do. I know you are after me but I'm sure I'll come after you too." I spoke to the picture as though I was talking directly to someone standing in front of me.
As I turned around I saw Louise sitting on the dressing table. I didn't notice she was already there because my whole focus was on that picture.
The look on her face was one of surprise to see me speaking to the wall.
She asked me what all that was about but I didn't say a word. However, after the pressure I received from her I had to open up to her about my encounter last night.
"Are you saying that picture is still right in this room?" She asked me and I nodded in affirmation.
"That means only one thing, she is not ready to leave your life." Louise said as she walked towards the picture following the direction I had given her she stood right in front of it and kicked it.
I'm sure she was not seeing it but I was as she had moved it from the position it was.
"So what are we going to do to get her permanently out of my life?" I asked Louise because I was really scared of this whole thing. I no longer understood it anymore.
"All you have to do is to make me your wife so that it can be on record that I am your mate and not Miriam." She proffered a solution and I bought her idea.
"So tell me how long is it going to take for the council of elders to confirm our marriage so the process can begin? " She inquired further but I didn't have anything to say to her immediately
"The process is already on. All we have to do is to wait patiently for them to get back to us." I stated after taking a thought as I raised my hand and placed it on top of my head.
"You don't have to work yourself too much, it's all going to be fine,'' she tried to console me but everything that has been going on in my life lately is something that needs urgent intervention.
"Should I call for another council of elders meeting so that they can come and tell us what they have found?" She asked me and I felt that she was too forward so I had to talk her out of it, reminding her that they just left yesterday.
"The council of elders will get back to us when they're done with what they are doing. It's not in our position to summon them at this time." I explained to her and she nodded.
"Then come eat your food and stop bothering yourself, Miriam must leave your life." She assured me as she pushed the tray to my side.
"Have you seen Emily today?" I asked her and she confirmed to me that Emily was in her room.
"I will be going to the hospital today to see Mr James."I told her whilst eating my food and she didn't take it well.
"You don't have to go see him anymore. I believe he will no longer be in the hospital." She said and I agreed with her although I still felt like going to look for him.
I'm not ready to take part in whatever it is he was planning. I was only going to go there just to be sure that he is fine and also to leave this house for a while. Maybe I will feel better by the time I get back.
"What business do you have with Mr James?" Louise confronted me with one of the questions I was not ready to answer so I told her I just wanted to go check up on him and nothing more.
Mr James has been on my neck for me to join him and fight the alpha of a silver moon pack.
From the information I gathered he is planning to overthrow the Omega alpha and take over the pack.
He knew he wouldn't be able to embark on this journey alone and that is why he came to seek my help and I would be the last person to fight the alpha of the silver moon pack who happens to be somebody I revere so much.
I'm not yet sure but I guess Mr James is leading a rebel group.
I think I need to pass this information on to the alpha of the silver moon pack soon because if care is not taken Mr James might successfully overthrow the alpha of the silvermoon park and take over his position.
At that point I began to wonder what would happen to me.
I have never been on good terms with Mr James before now. Thus if he successfully fights the silver moon pack he will definitely come against me.
"Hey," Louise snapped me out of my thoughts as she hit my shoulder lightly.
"Hey." I responded since I could not think of anything else to say to her.
"It seems you are not okay, feel free to tell me what is going on." She demanded but the last person that would tell what was actually going on was Louise.
"You don't have to bother yourself my dear I am perfect." I lied and tried to keep my concentration on the food.
"I know you are not okay and I also understand that you are not comfortable disclosing things to me. Maybe when I finally become your luna, you will." She said and moved out of my room immediately.
I rushed the food I was eating and immediately I finished, I dashed out of the house and went in search of Mr James.