Chapter 94
Cupter 94
Rhea
This can’t be happening.
My mother snaps at Luke while I try to get my breathing under control, my eyes wide as I stare at the front door. There’s a fear in my heart, in my mind. It’s one thing to leave, and another to be caught and taken.
Aron’s not going to forgive me. He will not understand. And I’m scared. Terrified of that.
My hands turn cold as I take deep breaths. I can’t seem to think straight.
I have to go. I have to hide.
“Rhea,” my mom touches my arm, making me snap my gaze to her.
“I can’t stay here.” I whisper to her, “I can’t, I shouldn’t have come. I shouldn’t—”
“No, stay” She stops my panicked words. “You don’t have to leave. We’ll figure out something. Well talk to the Alpha he will understand-
I shake my head. He won’t understand because it’s not him–it’s kael, and he knows now where I am.
“You don’t know what he’s like
Let me help you, Rhea,
I take a step back from her, and her hand drops from my arm as she watches me. I’m not sure if she should. I’m not even sure what to do. What I can do. If there’s even something that can be done.
“I can’t. Why would he do that?” The last question is a whisper that escapes me.
I turn to Luke again, and he’s still standing there. He’s watching us. You can’t stay here, and you shouldn’t. You can’t come back here and think it’s okay. You should’ve stayed away.”
“Luke!” Mom slaps his shoulder hard, making him flinch and look away. That’s enough. Go to your room. You’ve created enough trouble. Her voice is cold as ice. There’s no mistaking that.
He looks at her with wide eyes and a bit of surprise on his face. I’m shocked, too.
“Mom,” he starts, “It’s not
“Now, Luke. I’ve had enough of your behavior. Go before I make you leave the house. Her tone doesn’t allow him any other choice, He turns his gaze to me and looks at me for a moment, as if wanting to say something, but he doesnt and then leaves for his room. I hear him stomping on the stairs
Mom sighs, turning to me, her eyes are apologetic. Tm sorry, I’ve no idea why he said that; he shouldn’t have
“But he did.” I tell her, my voice quiet. I’m on edge.
Til call the pack house, see if they know if the Alpha plans on coming or not. Maybe Luke is just blutting, she tries to assure me. But even she is not convinced of it herself. Her voice shakes.
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She’s nervous, too. She can sense that this isn’t going to end well.
I’m pacing back and forth in the living room, not able to sit down, not able to do anything, as I think and try to come up with something to get myself out of this situation.
She makes the call to the pack house and talks to someone from there. I don’t hear much of it as I’m too focused on other thoughts in my mind, on the panic that has arisen.
When she puts the phone down and tums to me, her face is relaxed.
They confirmed that the last update they have on the Alpha was that he was heading in for the attack on the Redhollow pack. There haven’t been any other updates, and they said if there was one, it would have coine to them. They have to make arrangements if he’s coming into town.” She reassures me while wrapping her hand around
It makes me relax, only a bit. I can feel my shoulders slumping and some tension easing out.
“He’s not coming?” My words are a whisper.
my arm.
“Most probably not. Luke was probably just scaring you,” she tells me before looking up at the stairs. “Let me go have a word with him just try to relax.” She squeezes my arm, and I nod to her, not saying anything else.
She goes up the stairs and to Luke. I slump down on the couch and just stare ahead into the blank wall. The panic is slowly easing from me, and it makes me wonder if I’ve really messed it up.
Maybe it’s
‘s not too late, and I can go back.
I can apologize and talk it out with Aron.
It doesn’t have to be this way.
I’ve been selfish. And now it’s all wrong. Everything
Whatever he wants to do, whatever punishment he wants me to endure, I will I can do it. But what if he doesn’t accept me? What if he doesn’t take me back?
My hand goes against my face, and I drag it down. The remaining of the morning. I spent staring at the door and then the clock and then out of the window, thinking and worrying.
I try calling Kovas again, to get his input, to see what he says, but the calls aren’t getting through.
His phone is dead.
If I go back, there’s no one there to save me from Kael.
“Eat a little.” my mother tells “It’s your favorite stew
My eyes narrow on the food on the dinner table. It’s just the two of us here. Dad hasn’t been back yet from his work, and Luke is remaining locked up in his room. Mom has talked to him and told me to ignore his actions.
“The way he has been acting is unacceptable. I’m planning on sending him away to a training camp out of town for a few months, till he can get himself under control. Your father and I have spoken about it already.” She looks down for a moment, in disappointment.
I don’t really have anything to comment on it.
Before I can take a bite of the stew, something changes in the air, and the silence is deafening. My stomach churns, and there’s a sense of dread filling my insides. I raise my head up and look at the door at the end of the living room, and my mother does too, her spoon going still.
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There’s no sound, no voters, no noise. But my wolf senses him; she knows who is here.
“Rhea” My mom’s voice makes me glance at her and the confusion in her eyes.
I don’t say anything
My heartbeat slows down, but I feel it in every part of me, in my bones, in my muscles. It’s like I can feel it in my entire being. The terror of what is coming. Of the person that stands outside the house.
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