Chapter NineteenLAILA POVKevin stayed by my side while we passed through the people in the hallway, most of the younger girls giggled when their eyes landed on Kevin who didn’t seem in the bit fazed by the attention.“Hey Kevin,” One of the girls stopped in front of him to greet us, she looked no older than fourteen and had pink streaks in her black hair. Her eyes were large blue orbs that stared dreamingly at Kevin like an angel from heaven.“Hey Beatrice,” Kevin replied clearly not interested but remained polite.“You went out to the gardens again?” she asked. “I would’ve come with you-”“You’re allergic to the yellow sop.” Kevin pointed out and Beatrice's eyes widened in awe, like she wasn’t aware of her own allergies, This girl clearly was losing it.“You remembered- but”“But nothing, you could get hurt and I'm not sure I want your sister breathing down my neck for being inconsiderate.” he reprimanded and she recoiled. Kevin sighed.“Besides I had a friend around-” I raised my
Chapter TwentyLaila POVThe boy's eyes widened and his entire body tensed up. “What do you think you’re doing?” Ares asked the kid who looked like he could shit his pants any minute.“Uh-Alpha -” The kid stuttered and Ares' hands tightened around the boy’s arms and he winced at the pain.“What do you think you’re doing? You were going to hit her.” Ares said angrily. “No-n-” the kid was too frightened to finish his sentence.“Ar- Alpha Ares, please let him go.” i said softly in hope that Ares would listen and the boy would listen to me. Ares eyes found mine and the narrowed slits softened a bit and as requested he let the boy go. The boy nursed the red bruise around his wrist.“Desmond- where are you? did you find-” Two boys who looked older than the kid stopped when they caught sight of me and Ares with the boy between us.“Oh s-”“Alpha Ares, we didn't know you were visiting.” One of them with freckles on his face said he had slicked back hair, and a small tattoo at the base of hi
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE Lailai Pov The man in front of me had a scar on his eye which had sealed it closed. He was bulky and hairy with a mean snarl, the sleeves of his flannel shirt had rolled up to his elbow showing a band of tattoo. I remember him, he was there when I got initiated to the pack. I almost missed the fact but i could remember the face, it was caught on from a brief glance but he was there. “U-I was just asking hi-” he snarled at me interrupting my line of speech. “That didn’t seem like you were asking him any questions, you were harassing him for answers he doesn’t have to give.” The man responded. My eye narrowed and my lips formed in a thin line. “I wasn’t bullying him,” I answered again. “In fact, i’
Chapter Twenty-TwoLaila POVIt was bigger than expected. In fact, i had no solid expectation but this surpassed it. The single tower stood tall and i tilted my head backwards to see all of it. There was a slight whooshing from beside me and i turned in time to see a half naked Ares beside me.“Geez, warn me next time.” i hissed using my hands to block the side of face. “You should know that every time a wolf transforms they end up naked, you should get used to it.” He said. “You can look now.” he had his short on this time and i glared at his bare chest. He raked his hands through his hair and glanced up at the castle, he sniffed the place and as if he could tell, he frowned.“What is it?” i asked and watched as he stalked towards the entrance.“Someone’s here.” he said and walked inside, i followed and paid attention to how cold the insides were. My fingers traced the insides to find my way in the darkness, just a considerate amount of the moon light washed into the place. It had
Chapter Twenty-threeAtlas POVShe slumped in my arms as I carried her back to the house. I was on my way back to the main house when the sudden rush of danger crawled over my skin. It had led me to the castle where i saw Ares leaving but someone else was there and by the time I reached inside and found her crouched down in the corner with her breathing shallow. Now I was at the door which I kicked open with my feet, Ares was pacing around with his hands raking through his hair. He stopped when he noticed me in the room, there was a slight discomfort in his eyes which was replaced with disdain. His eyes moved to the person cradled in my arms. He turned to retreat, he had chosen to ignore the fact that something was back there and move on like it wasn’t a problem. It was nothing new, Ares had a way of hiding away from his problems rather than facing them head on, he might be the Alpha but his response to emotions are off the charts. Maybe that’s why he is the one leading the pack an
Chapter Twenty-FourLaila PovThe tension in the house increased over the days, Ares was already cold to me and he made sure that i knew that. He didn’t spare me any glnace when he left the house which was nothing new but Atlas on the other hand. I hadn’t seen him since, everytime i had gone to his room he wasn’t in and i was by myself most of the time. This morning i decided to go out for an early morning, i opened my door quietly and tugged down the hem of my hoodie. There was a quick shuffle behind me and i turned to find Atlas who was stuck at the door.“Atla-” he entered back inside the room without sparing me a glance. I rushed to the door and placed my leg just before he could close the door. “Atlas-” I said calmly. He remained quiet and stayed behind the door. “Atlas, please talk to me.” “Move your leg Lai, i don’t want to hurt you.” He said and pushed the door, i realized that this was a fight where i was going to loose.“Oh-” i retreated and moved away. I started running t
Chapter twenty-fiveLaila PovWhen Kevin told me about the race, i found out that i could use it as a perfect distraction from the problem at hand. I had dressed up in the most casual way possible, gym thighs, sports bra with a cropped hoodie to cover up. Neither Atlas adn Ares were in when i left and i jogged up to where Kevin said they were going to meet up. Ayesha who was talking to one of the guys stopped when she noticed me around, she continued but kept her eyes on me and called me over. I glanced around hoping to see Kevin but he wasn’t there yet and so i moved towards her and stood next to her.“Just make sure they’re at the borders and done with the inspection.” She said.“Yes ma’am.” the man responded and moved out leaving just me and Ayesha.“You’re here.” she stated glancing down at the watch strapped to her wrist. “Yes, i have nothing else better to do.” I answered checking the group of people that were forming around. “Will you be joining the run or will you just watc
Chapter Twenty-six Laila POV Before the hunt, I had taken out time to go through the geographical mapping of the area, it was easy to get it especially when it was right on Ares office wall. I agree that it wasn’t the best thing to do, i mean to sneak into his office, for some reason he seemed to lock it making it easier for me to go in. I had taken pictures quickly and stepped out before someone caught me and rushed back to the room where i replicated the image on paper and studied the outline. Now that we raced into the greenlands, i placed the images in my head in front of me as i slowed down the further we moved. The rest brushed past me and moved further into the darkness while i stopped and stared. I noticed that Kevin slowed down and turned back to find me, he rushed to me. “What are you doing? It’s not time to stop-” he said with urgency. “We should be movinng, the hunters will find us in no time if we delay.” “I’ll be fine just go on ahead without me.” I said turning away