VALERIE.
“Why didn’t you go with them?” I ask Sebastian. He has been sitting on the sofa, on edge the entire time, a deep frown on his face and his aura is overwhelming. Even the children kept their distance from him and so I had taken them upstairs quickly.
Although I myself have been channelling my aura and trying to draw on it, it is still not as strong as his, although I am part of the triquetra.
However, I have been working on drawing upon it, trying to become one with my inner strength, but Sebastian… He sits there with this effortlessly deadly aura that sends a chill down my spine. How in touch with his wolf is he?
He’s angry. Although he says nothing, I can sense it, clinging to him like the shadows cling to the dark corners of a room. He doesn’t respond to my question, and I walk over to him.
I have just put the children to bed, but I am concerned. Why do I feel there’s more to his mood than the others going and why didn’t he go with them?
“The Alpha Sebastian I know wouldn’t let Zaia out there alone,” I say quietly, taking a seat on the sofa opposite him and crossing my legs.
His piercing eyes turn to me. “You have been out of it for several years. You don’t know me, nor do you know Zaia.”
His words sting but I’m not a fool. “Oh, I beg to differ. I know my girl. She is brave, loving, and strong. I know she can handle this, but I also don’t see you letting her go alone.”
“I didn’t let her go alone. She has company.’ “It’s not the same as you going with her, and you know that,” I say, watching him sharply. “We all know how dangerous this meeting is.”
Our eyes meet and I feel uneasy. “You are a smart woman, Valerie. Why are you trying to push me for an answer you already know?” he replies coldly, and his words are like a weight suddenly dropped upon me, making me feel dread. No… I refuse to believe anything else…
I stare at him, now realising he’s in turmoil…
“You’re-”
“You’ve been working on a cure for Sia? Tell me how far have you gotten?” he cuts in.
I’ve sampled on her blood has only attacked
her health will only get worse. I don’t care if I’m selfish or not. Nothing matters more to me
remind him, my heart thudding. “You don’t want to hurt her,
strong… right now, my
whisper. I do understand… but will
heart to him again. I may not have been around, but I know she must have
but perhaps tell Zaia you have a plan to “There is no plan, no façade, I will get that antidote for Sia. Because as long as she has her
breaks as I stare at him,
be friends, and I don’t mean any disrespect, but don’t do anything foolish or dangerous.”
in you and yet she let you in once
“Lose her forever? Maybe.”
sting, my heart clenching. This
again. He scoffs and shakes his head. “No, she’s staying strong, because she IS strong. That is the
her!” I exclaim as he stands up and I stand up myself, blocking his path as I push him back,
I’d rather she be angry than…” “Than broken?” I finish, glaring up at him accusingly,
and you are not
I swallow.
to do exactly what I
going to join them… the
clamping a hand over my
have no option. Tell Zaia and she will only become weak. They need to know and believe that I have chosen without an incentive to become one of them… Zaia’s reaction
in his voice as if he needed me to understand
girl. She’s barely lived… she deserves to experience life to its fullest. She doesn’t deserve to
my mouth, but
what he
all know that even if Zaia is trying
Sia… our little princess….
I plead once more, but there’s no power behind my words any
I understand him…
off of him. I frown and although I feel strong enough to defy it to an extent, it still weighs upon me. I’ll leave it to you to decide what you will
leaves his threat open, and I know I can’t risk it. I too have found nothing.
and instantly, we both step away from one another. “Anyone there!” Atticus shouts, and
Zaia’s panicked voice comes just as I round the bend and the sight of both her and Atticus supporting a bloody
me and for a
flutter, sweat coating his forehead as he looks at me through half
there’s a makeshift bandage around
a
“You can do this,” Sebastian says to me
command. “I need clean water, bandages and I need to stitch
me what I need. Goddess!
beside Jai’s head, her aura swirling around her as if she’s concentrating on something. Sebastian is watching
was shot, and as you can see, a wolf managed to get his claws into him,” Atticus says, running his fingers through his hair. Sebastian rips open Jai’s shirt for me fully and
stare down at the three deep gashes along his flank, but there are
in a proper mindset right now. You are the only one who can
no other option, the table is already a bloody mess. “I don’t have anaesthesia, give
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