Chapter 4: Monsters

I reached inside the bag I was holding and took out a dagger.

I handed it to her, but she looked at it for a few seconds and then back at me.

“Take it, if I try anything then you can stab me to your heart’s desire,” I said, and she took it.

“What are you doing here? in the middle of the night?” she asked me as she sat down.

“Camping,” I answered, and she looked at me.

I could tell that she didn’t believe me, and she also still had her guard up.

“Should we move closer to your pack?

This is too close to the Lycans borders,” I said, and she looked around.

“It will be safer here, a walk to my side of the pack at this time of the night wont be safe,” she said and then shrugged.

“You don’t have to stay with me,” she added.

“I want to,” I said, and she didn’t say anything after that but looked up.

I looked at her, she was bruised and was bleeding.

“Let me help you, you are injured,” I said and took out my emergency first aid kit.

I was about to touch her, but she flinched which caused me to step me.

I looked at her, “can you do it yourself?” I asked her.

She took the first aid and I watched as she was tending to her wounds herself.

The way she was doing it, you could tell that it wasn’t the first time she was doing this.

How awful is that Alpha?

Treating members of his pack like this?

I heard some footsteps and my beta arrived.

I watched as the girl jumped from where she was sitting.

She quickly hid behind me, Charles stood there looking at me.

He then tried to look behind me, but I am guessing my big frame hid her well.

He was about to say something when I gestured him not to talk.

He just smiled and then walked off.

The girl came from behind me and watched as he was walking away.

“Are you okay?” I asked her and she just shrugged.

“Your Alpha, why did they bring you here? This far away from the pack border?” I asked her.

“They were hoping that maybe the Lycans would kill me,” she answered and then sat back down.

“Is it because Lycans are monsters?

Is that why they bought you here?” I asked her and she nodded.

“Do you also think the same?” I asked her and she shook her head.

“Not really, I have met monsters and I live with them. Unless someone has shown me that they are a monster, then I can never view them as one,” she answered.

The monsters that she has seen and lives with, is it her Alpha?

“These monsters, do they hurt you?” I asked her and she smiled.

“That is the nature of monsters, isn’t it?” she asked me.

I didn’t even have an answer to her question.

She seems to be about a few years younger than me but her eyes.

You could tell from her eyes that she has gone through a lot never mind the bruises.

Looking at her, for some reason I really want to skin those people alive.

How dare they hurt her?

Why would they even hurt her?

That Hendrick Watkins has pushed his luck.

This is not the first time that my people reported seeing his pack members outside his pack.

I heard that it was a punishment, and from what I know it would only last about an hour or two.

And they let them stay near the pack border where it is safer.

But with her, they bought her as far away from the pack where there is more danger.

It was her luck that I was hunting down some rouges.

Not only that, but they punished her to stay here all night after weakening her wolf.

As if someone really doesn’t want her to come back alive.

Will it be safe sending her back to that pack?

But she won’t agree to come with me once she finds out what I am.

Why am I stressed about her?

She is not my responsibility and not a member of my pack.

I will just stay with her today only and after that she is not my responsibility.

She seemed deep in thought after that and then looked at me.

She wanted to say something but then stopped before looking up at me again.

“Just say it,” I said, and she looked at me confused.

“No, it’s nothing,” she said, and I looked at her.

“There is something you want to say, just say it,” I said, and she nodded.

“I know we just met, and this is a weird request,” she said and took a deep breath.

“It’s okay to say no, and I don’t want you to think that I do this all the time,” she said and took a deep breath.

“Can I kiss you?” she asked me.

I didn’t see that coming, she flinches anytime a man comes near her.

Keeps a safe distance and seems to not want one near her.

And yet she is asking if she could kiss me.

“I know it is a weird request, I am sorry, I shouldn’t have asked you that,” she said and looked down.

“Yes,” I said, and she looked at me confused.

“You can kiss me,” I explained, and I heard her heart beating like crazy.

“Are you sure?” she asked me, and I nodded.

“You are not going to ask me why?” she asked me, and I shook my head.

She got up and walked towards me.

I don’t want to be the one to make the move considering her reactions.

I remained seated, she stood in front of me and took a deep breath.

Judging by how fast her heart was beating this could be the first time she was kissing someone.

I watched as she closed her eyes and leaned towards me.

The moment her lips touched mine I knew my hunch was right.

Her kiss was sloppy, but her lips were gentle.

I made sure not to touch her and kept my hands to myself which became even harder when she deepened the kiss.

She pulled away and then looked at me.

“Thank you,” she said.

She suddenly couldn’t stand and fell into my arms and fainted.

They gave her something, this is why she fainted.

And everything that happened today seems to have worn her down.

It is amazing that she was even standing the whole time.

I looked at her in my arms, that was probably her first kiss, then why did it feel like it was mine too?