I snapped out of it immediately, asking my question again. “Do you have a girlfriend?” “No.” He answered, looking away. “It didn't seem so.” I answered, looking away. When I looked back, he was staring at me. “What do you mean? He asked with a baffled look on his face. “Well, no offense, you don't just look like someone who even believes in love.” I said, not wanting to hurt his ego. “Well. Love is for weak people.” He said loudly and strongly but the look in his eyes said something entirely different. His eyes looked hurt and I knew that he must have gone through some hurt in the past. “I'm sorry for whatever hurt you.” I responded as he turned to me, staring blankly. “Goodbye for now.” As I jiggled back to Diane's chambers, I stopped to look back and he was still there, probably still in shock about the questions I asked him. As I walked back, I noticed that the stars began to twinkle in the sky, it was such a beautiful sight to behold. I wished my mother could see it with me
The next morning, Damein was already waiting for me at the chamber given to Alpha-king Magnus by the people. We entered and he welcomed us quite happily.It was a room not quite befitting for an Alpha-king but he accepted it since that was his only option.“I hope this place is comfortable?” Damein asked him. I just stared, with no feeling of care for a man whose brother was after my life and that of my family.“Yes, it's nothing like my Palace but I'm grateful.”I didn't want to come but I had to because I had to hear him out. I didn't hate Alpha-king Magnus but I didn't like him either. He was not just someone I could talk to whenever I had problems with work.“How are you, Naomi?” He asked me, staring intently knowing fully well, I didn't like him. “How's your mother?”“She's fine.” I simply answered.“Can I see her today?” He asked me and I shrugged my shoulders indicating that I didn't care what he did with his time. I knew he was trying to open up to him. I was trying to be care
“I'm very sorry. I didn't mean to make you look stupid.”I didn't know how to react. Was I supposed to be very upset or calm since it was all a ploy to deceive our enemies? But then again I was deceived as well. She was right. She made me look stupid in this whole plan of hers as she claimed.There was no way I could trust Laura again. For all I knew she could be a spy sent to Mascot to come spy on us with these different made up stories. “I'm sorry, please forgive me.”“How can I trust you now? How can I trust that you are really for me and not against me? You once broke the trust we had for each other and that trust can't be built again.”“I'm so sorry..” Laura literally broke down like an infant of me. “I'm very sorry.”I was taken aback, I had never seen Laura cry before but instead of feeling pity for her, I just suddenly felt angry at the fact that she was trying to manipulate me with her tears. What is happening? Was she telling the truth or was she lying? I was sick and tire
Led by Damein, we ventured into the forest, seeking a solution to our problem and a chance to escape our downfall. We passed through treacherous mountains, deep dangerous valleys too.“What's our first stop?” I asked, Damein totally engrossed in making this journey a successful one.“Emm..” Damein checked the paper Alpha-king Magnus had given to him. “According to this, the Nightshade Park is the first.”“Why does it sound wicked?” I asked and Damein laughed.“Maybe because they are.”“Yes,I have heard stories about how ruthless their Alpha is. I just hope Lucas hasn't talked to him first before us.” Laura chimed in freely.I hated her guts. The fact that she actually followed us to this journey and was pretending that we were on the same page with her was so disgusting. Damien had no issues with her, in fact he discussed so much with her that I was afraid he was giving her too much information about us.Next we entered the thick forest, where the trees seemed to whisper the dangers
“I and Alpha-king Magnus have had so many adventures even when we were so little. We got to know each other because our fathers were close friends and now we've gotten to this point.” The Alpha laughed.We were yet to know his name or understand why he was laughing so much but either way we laughed with him so it wouldn't seem weird.“My name is Edward. I apologize on behalf of my men. I had instructed them to be active because we've heard about spies from different clans. So I'm sorry if it seemed like they were too harsh.”“It's no problem.” I nodded.“What do you want to be served?”“Oh. Do you have some meat?” Laura asked, then stopped to see my reaction. It was clear that I didn't look excited like she thought I would, so she instead kept quiet. I stared at her and knew she was trying to hold herself from speaking up so I did it for her instead.“I want meat also.” I said and with a side eye, saw the happiness on her face too. It was too lovely to watch that bond we shared.We at
We kept going so we could cover a lot of distance before nightfall, I was so glad that everything had gone well with Alpha Edward and the Nightshade pack. We kept walking until we were literally exhausted. “What's our next stop?” Laura asked, literally panting like she couldn't catch her breath. I halted at the sight of her trying to lean on Damien like she was going to faint any minute from now. “I think we should put up our tent here for the night.” Damien suggested and Laura nodded. “This place is to open, I think we should find a better place.” I said, trying to point out to them how open the place was and why it wasn't safe for us to be here considering the fact that our lives are in danger. Damein had to ask us to wait so he could go check it out for himself. Laura got her water bottle and gulped down some water and then asked if I wanted some. I shook my head to deny her offer while looking away when In fact I was truly thirsty. I had been looking out for a stream
The next morning, Damein made it a duty to wake everyone up. It was going to be another long day to meet new people and talk to a new Alpha on our quest.“What do you think?”“Well, according to my map, our route leads us towards the west.”“Seems like it's only in the west that the major clans are located.” I said as we continued our journey. I didn't know why but the little discussion I had with Laura yesterday kept popping up in my mind. I was totally restless and wanted to know if there was something I would do.I wanted to know what she saw when she was in that car. I needed more information on Mascot. Why did he join Lucas? What was he going to gain from them? If truly Laura wasn't lying about going there to find out things for herself, then I need to know what she found out.“What's wrong, Naomi?” Laura asked me.I came back to reality immediately. They were some distance ahead of me because I was walking very slowly. I ran to catch up with them.“Nothing. I was only thinking.”
We couldn't sleep over at the valley since we had enough time to do that when we got back from the Moonlight pack. Damein had made us pack after we had finished picking fruits for our long journey.“We should be leaving.” He said and we agreed. I was going to have a moment with Laura but it was cut short by Damein asking us to pack up. We said our goodbye to this beautiful valley that was the best thing we've seen so far in our journey. As we walked on, we kept on trying to move fast so we could get to The Moonlight pack before dark.I looked at Damien and I could see he looked disturbed so I asked him what the matter was.“What happened?”“I think there'll be a change in weather. “ He said.“Change in weather? What do you mean?” I asked him, quite interested in what he had to say.“I think we'll have thunderstorms in no time so we need to find a shade as soon as possible.” He looked around as he said this. I was wondering and I also that Laura was wondering how he knew things like th