Chapter 13

Alpha Alfonso's POV

"No, no, no, don’t work up yourself. We did good," my wolf says with satisfaction. "She deserved it."

"I killed her," I whisper.

"You were just protecting what is yours ."

"She's not mine!" I reply angrily. “This can be a chain reaction. This can lead to serious war! I am not ready to fight any war! I am tired of all the killings.”

“ but you were just protecting your territory. There’s nothing wrong with that…” Bimbo is trying to explain. But I don’t know what annoys me more; the fact that Bimbo Is trying to justify this killing or fact that he is just hungry for Elaina’s blood on the ground and his primal instincts is making him want to lick the blood off the floor

“Stop it! Dakina does not belong to me!”

"Doesn’t she?"

I look down at Dakina's unconscious body. I realise that I feel some type of way so I look away immediately. When I took her purity, her body was so calm and sweet. I like her more when she is unconscious. And she is conscious she is just a chattering, and annoying person. I didn’t want to take her, but my wolf gave me reasons to and honestly it was worth it. I did it to help her.

“Now pick up and stop loathing…” my wolf tells me

I do not speak back to him. I carefully lift her into my arms and I carry her back into my room and lay her gently on the bed.

“What of Elaina’s body?” my wolf reminds me with a grin. “You have forgotten so soon?”

“I wouldn’t have to take care of that if you had not killed her!” I chide him

“We just need to get rid of her body,” Bimbo says

“How?” I ask

“Take her corpse somewhere else and clean up the blood in front of your door. It is as simple as that, dummy”

“Fine! All the trouble is because of you! You just needed to teach her a small lesson, instead you went ahead to kill her,” I grumble out loud as I go back for Elaina's body.

“What of the girl on the bed?” Bimbo cuts me short

“What about her?” I ask in irritation.

“You need to take care of her. You don’t know what kind of powder Elaina placed on her. She could be dying slowly”

“Well, I am not a doctor or a pack healer!” I snap with more irritation in my voice

“ I wasn’t the one that asked you to lock her out in the first place!” Bimbo snaps back

“So what do I do now?” I ask, genuinely confused

“Elaina mentioned something about dark magic, probably you need to deep kiss her before for her to wake up…” Bimbo chuckles

“Stop, I am serious!” I snap once more, and the fact that he is making a joke in this serious situation

“Fine, Mr Grumpy head,” Bumbo kisses his teeth. “Just give her the dried powder lye leaf you saw in the cupboard earlier. If the magic is not so strong, it will help her. But it takes time to work…”

“What do you mean that it takes time to work ?”

“She might not wake up …”

“But we need to leave this pack before Lucan finds out what we have done…” I say alarmed

“He would not find out if you dispose Elaina’s body well”

“Okay… let me just…” I say as I walk to the cupboard. “bring the lye and give it to her.”

In no time I find the lye bottle and I walk to where Dakina lies.

“How do I give it to her?” I ask Bimbo

“Put it in her nose…” he instructs me

I proceed to do what he instructs me to do, but as the lye in my hand approaches Dakina’s nose, Bimbo begins to chuckle

“You actually believed me?” he chokes on his laughter

“This is no time to joke!” I lash out

“Why do you always have to be uptight? This is no big deal”

“How do I administer the lye to her?” Ignore his complaint.

“Force it down her throat,” Bimbo replies to me sharply

“ I hope you’re not joking this time”

“No I am not. Now be quick so that we can go and take care of the body outside- since you are too scared to get caught”

***

I go out

The corridor is empty except for the corpse and the iron smell of death.

“Now, let’s do this…” I mutter to myself. Then I grab Elaina under her arms, put her in a trash nylon that I brought out with me. Then I proceed to drag her toward the stairs, being careful not to leave a trail of blood as I drag

“For fuck’s sake, just lift the damn body! You are making a hell of noise!” Bimbo lashes out

“Where are we taking her to?” I ask as I ignore his lash out.

“ Where do you think?”

“You tell me”

“Let us take her to the pack square,” Bumbo suggests

The pack square is deserted at this hour. I take the bag, open it and dump her body in the center.

“Now let us go,” I say to Bimbo

“You left every day everywhere ,” he replies to me

“What do you mean?”

“Arrange the corpse to look like she was attacked by rogues. There's enough wilderness around here that should make it believable. Just make sure there's nothing to connect us to her death. No witnesses, no evidence.”

“Fine”

get to work. I take out an old bleed from my pocket and start to cut her skin up roughly. That is when I noticed that she is still breathing. “She is still alive… she is breathing…” I say to Bimbo

“Then finish her off,” Bimbo replies nonchalantly

I move backwards, away from the body that is moving slightly. “ I can’t.”

“What do you mean you can’t? Is this your first kill?”

“We should just leave her alone, she will die eventually,” I tell him

“We have to make sure she is dead. If she survives this, she will make a comeback,” Bimbo warns

“She won’t,” I say with finality in my voice and I began to walk back to my quaters

When I get back to my room, Dakina is still unconscious. I sit beside the bed and watch her breathe, watch the rise and fall of her chest.

"We killed for her," my wolf says quietly .

"We killed Elaina because she disrespected us"

"Same thing."

"No. It's not."

"You care about her."

“No. I don’t”

“You care about her,” Bimbo repeats

I don't answer. I don't know what I feel for her. I don't know if it's caring or possession or something else entirely. Sacrifices like this can make your feelings go haywire for nothing. My mind has attached something to Dakina because I killed Elaina and saved her again. Whatever my heart is doing does not water. My mind is simply just confused

All I know is that when I saw Elaina about to take her away, I just had to do something. It was not that deep. I made a deal with it Dakina and I am a man of my word, so I had to protect her

I cannot sleep. I spend the night sitting beside her bed, watching over her, making sure she's breathing, making sure she's safe. When morning comes, she still hasn't woken up. I am worried. Did the lye powder not work? Whatever Elaina gave her was strong.

Finally, around noon, her eyes flutter open. She looks confused at first, she blinks rapidly- her eyes trying to adjust to the light. Then she sees me and the fear comes back. She jerks back

"Stay away from me," she whispers in fear

"I saved you from Elaina. At least say thank you," I say simply. "She drugged you."

"Where is she?"

"Dead,” I say as I make sure to catch her eyes

Dakina gasps. “What killed her?” she tries to refuse the glaring truth in front of her

“I killed her,” I say, making sure there is not even one single emotion on my face

"You killed her?" she repeats after me

"Yes."

"Why?"

"Because she was trying to take you back to Lucan," I say simply.

Dakina stares at me for a long moment. "You killed her for me?"

"I killed her because she was on my territory taking what was mine."

"I'm not yours."

"We made a deal, little wolf," I find myself smirk a little. I must really love pushing her buttons

She doesn't answer. We both know the truth.

Finally, she speaks, “All these will not have happened if you didn’t throw me outside”

“ I wouldn’t have thrown you outside if you washed your tongue,” I reply sharply

She goes quiet and I do too

"We need to leave," I say, standing up. "Now that Elaina is dead, Lucan will come looking for answers. This place isn't safe anymore."

"Leave? But I am not even strong…”

“Lucan would not care about that when he finds you,” I stand up and start walking to the wardrobe to pack my things. Bimbo had told me to go and park my things earlier on, but I refused. I was too busy watching Dakina and making sure that she was alright

“Where are we going?"

"We are going to my pack”

"And what happens to me when we get there? We have not concluded our deal.”

"You beer children for me. It’s that simple"