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29 Everything went dark
Karima Sa'ad Usmanxx
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Once In The Dust 30 Come Home To Me.
Christopher. We arrived at the Rain pack sometime in the evening before sundown. I rushed to my room, and to my dismay, Aida followed me. It was her room too, but I did not want her near me. I was running out of patience with her and Mark. I had made up my mind but needed to be wise about my moves so I do not create a problem for my people and Willow. I entered my room and took a deep breath to prepare for Aida's banter. "Really?" She asked, and I sat on the couch. "Really, what?" I asked, and she sat at the foot of the bed. "You will give me up if they demand you give me up? Why will you say those things to my father?" She asked, almost in tears. "He meant what he said, you know. He meant it. He will place another alpha above you to succeed him," she said, and I began to laugh. "And you think I care about being the werewolf king?" I asked her, and she was in shock. "I want peace, Aida. I know your father was behind the bear attack. He won't succeed at forcing my hand. I would
Once In The Dust 31 I wasn't in my senses anymore
Christopher. I picked myself up from the floor to spring into action. Every second counted. As things were, we had already wasted so much time. From the look of things, they had a vehicle waiting on the main road because their scent had ended abruptly. I wouldn't put this past Aida and Mark. They wanted Willow gone so badly. Did I have to take her everywhere with me? I was also mad at her for wandering too close to the border, but she was still in my territory. How would she have known that someone would let the Lycans in and lead them to her? I asked Leeana to meet me at the training ground while Luis and I went there. Jet was enraged, and I had to control myself. I could not let my feelings show. I need to treat this as a missing pack member's case. My blood was rushing hot. I wanted to go wild searching for Willow, but I kept it together. How I handled this would determine if I would ever see my mate again. Leeana arrived with puffy eyes. She must have sensed something was wr
Once In The Dust 32 Back On Track
Willow I heard muffled sounds, and my vision was a blur. Something cold was sprinkled on my face, and someone was shaking me too. "...ake up!" I heard someone say. I could not make out the words, but whoever was speaking was trying to pull me up. Was I dead? "Wake up!" I heard, and a slap followed. Soon my vision became focused, and I tried to remember what was happening. Then I saw the woolly-haired man, Jenkins, and it all returned to me. Did they kill me? Did I come back? "She is awake, Beta," I heard Jenkins tell the dark-haired guy that had ordered my execution. "Give her some water," I heard the Beta say. Someone placed a bottle to my lips, and I took a sip. They made me sit and lean my back against the wall. I composed myself and looked at the Beta. I was glad to be still alive. "Don't embarrass us like that again, Willow." I heard Raya in my head and realised I must have passed out from a panic attack. "Lycans don't pass out." the Beta said, making an observation and l
Once In The Dust 33 The goddess had answered my prayers.
Christopher. It took a lot of strength for Luis to pull me off Mark. I had injured him significantly. Giving Willow to the Lycans did it for me. He was screwing my wife and probably working against me, and now he plotted against my fated. "What do you want from me, Mark? Why did you have to do this?" I asked. When he did not reply, I advanced towards him, and Luis intercepted. I raised my hand so Luis knew I did not plan to hit Mark. Mark managed to get up, staggering. "I had to.." He managed in pain. "She is a distraction. Ever since she got here, you haven't been acting right," he said, and I could not believe this bastard. "And what do you mean by that?" I asked him, and he looked at me. "You mistreat your wife and go against King Aaron for her sake. The king isn't happy with you, and we do not even know the kind of ill luck his anger can bring. He might be your father-in-law, but he is king and has more power than you. You have disrespected him several times, and now you wan
Once In The Dust 34 What happened?
Christopher. I rushed to Luis's room. He left the door open, so I did not need to knock and wait for him to answer. I opened the door, and there she was on the bed. Tears of joy fell from my eyes, and I was grateful. "I will sleep in her room," Luis said, ready to excuse himself. He understood the situation too. There was no point pretending anymore. I was sure the entire pack would know by morning. Hiding and lying about my feelings for Willow was no longer necessary. I looked at her where she lay. "Where did you find her?" I asked Luis. He paused and took a while to answer me. Something about his countenance made me know I would not like the answer. "The men on night duty do not know she is the one missing. So they arrested her and locked her in the cell before reporting to me," He said, and Jet began to growl. Luis raised his hands to calm me down. "I have punished them for letting time pass before they alerted me. They claimed they thought I was asleep. Nonetheless, they w
Once In The Dust 35 I had told him a dangerous truth.
Willow, My body shook with fear. How could I have gotten carried away? I served the damn tea again. Things had happened differently, yet I served the tea. If it weren't for his words, I would have failed. I was still shaken. I was grateful for my nightmares of the day he was poisoned. If it weren't for those nightmares that fate refused to let me forget, I wouldn't have remembered his exact words. I looked at the broken mug, and the content spilt on the floor. I began to wonder who made the tea. "What is wrong?" Christopher asked me, but I couldn't speak because I was still shocked. Tears of fear and relief streamed down my cheeks at the same time. Raya was silent. I knew she was shaken too. "What did they do to you?" He asked, and I could not respond; instead, I tried to breathe. He made me sit on his couch and held me. "I guess there won't be tea for me anymore," He said, and I looked at him, grateful to the goddess that he was alive. In the past, he should have been lying in
Once In The Dust 36 I felt played
Christopher. What Willow told me was shocking. I wasn't surprised about King Aaron's intention towards me, but I was shocked about what Mark did. It all started to make sense. It was Mark that served our wine during the meeting. He was the one that made us pull over. Those wolves smelled familiar because they were from Aaron's Pack. It made sense why Mark never came to our aid until Garet found us. Above all, his miraculous recovery from Foxglove poisoning made great sense. There was no way a wolf could recover from foxglove without ingesting the antidote. The trust blinded me. I trusted Mark so much that I did not see anything wrong when Willow said he did not need her help and was already recovering. How could I be a fool? I was a fool, and Mark and Aida took advantage of my stupidity. Jet was raving mad, and he stood growling. I knew he was scaring Willow, and I had to wrestle him to take over. "Luis, arrest Mark and Aida and lock them up in a silver cell for questioning,"
Once In The Dust 37 Questions I knew only Willow could answer.
Christopher It was decided by the sitting council that I keep Aida's lands as payment for her treachery. She did not protest. Somehow, she knew she wouldn't be going home to her father because he could not look at her by the end of the hearing. The shock of Aida's revelation stayed with me. My drive back to Rain Pack was quiet and long. I did not know how to process matters. How were they managing? Whenever I had relations with Aida, Mark was bound to feel it. Why didn't he say something? I felt used and manipulated. "I can't believe it either," Luis said, and I could not respond. Even if I wanted to, the shock I felt in those moments made responding impossible. We arrived at the pack with Aida's car in tow. She walked past me in tears and fear. The pack members were looking at us. The entire settlement knew we went for a divorce proceeding, but they did not realise that Aida had cheated on me with Mark. I could not speak to her, but I had so much to tell my ex-best friend. I did
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