Chapter 12

KAELION POV

I was extremely furious.

Furious at the situation and the pack maids for making such a careless mistake.

Seliora’s attitude didn’t come as a surprise but she did manage to piss me off. I knew she was a bitch who would seize any opportunity to torment me but it impressed me to see how fast she caught on.

She could tell in seconds that the shirt belonged to Misha and used the situation to her advantage.

I can still remember how I made the pack maids fold all Misha’s clothes in her room a few days after the burial ceremony and how I locked the room afterwards.

I was so broken but I wanted to keep all her things in place, it was all I had left. I wanted no one or nothing to have access to it.

“How could you make such a mistake?” I asked. “You all had just one simple task. All you had to do was look around the house and ensure none of her clothes were in the other rooms.”

I am sorry Alpha, I have no idea how the shirt got there,” Lisa, one of the oldest pack maids pleaded.

“Sorry does not cut it, Lisa!” I barked but seeing how terrified she looked, I took a deep breath and tried to calm myself. “ I want you to go into the new lady’s room and pack all the clothes in the wardrobe.”

“Yes Alpha,” Lisa answered.

“You should also get her some new clothes and essentials,” I added.

Lisa nodded her head and I watched as she walked away.

Seeing Seliora in the shirt was triggering for me but what triggered me the most was the fact that the shirt was one of Misha’s favourites.

It was a gift from me.

A gift I got her for her 20th birthday. She would always wear it at least once in two weeks and profess how much she loved me each time she had it on.

“Are you okay, Kaelion?” Jackson asked, snapping me out of my thoughts. “I heard about what happened with Seliora.”

“It’s all good, it was all just a mistake and it’s settled now,” I replied to him, walking away but the truth was I wasn’t okay.

For a moment, I saw Misha in Seliora and it brought back all the memories I had been trying so hard to forget.

I had invited Seliora to discuss the rules I wanted her to abide by but now I was too upset to even speak to anyone.

As I made my way towards my room, I paused for a while after reaching the door to Misha’s old room. Since I locked the door after the burial, I haven’t been inside.

I contemplated going to my room but decided not to. Maybe, just maybe entering the room would give me closure or help reduce the pain.

I slowly pulled out the key from my pocket and unlocked the door after much thought. My hands were trembling so much but I managed to push the door wide open.

I then walked into the room and shut the door behind me. The room was well arranged and the same as the last time I saw it.

Her clothes, shoes, and all her things were exactly where she liked to put them.

Misha was someone who loved to keep all her things in place.

“How can I ever get over this?” I mumbled, making my way towards her bed.

I gently sniffed her bedsheet as I recalled our last moments together. Our last conversation was about how she wanted to celebrate my birthday which was a few months away.

She could not stop talking about how much I was going to love the activities and gifts she had planned but what she didn’t know was that I had a bigger surprise for her, I was going to propose to her.

I was going to ask her to be my wife and officially be the Luna of the Obsidian Fang.

“I am so sorry I could not be there for you, Misha. I should have been there,” I murmured, rushing out of the room.

I just could not stay one more second inside the room, it was all so suffocating.

I locked the door and tried to catch my breath but my heart was beating too fast.

“Are you okay, Kaelion?” I heard Claire say as she rushed towards me.

“I am, I just….,” I stammered but she pulled me in for a hug before I could finish.

“You went into her room, didn’t you?” She whispered.

“It didn’t help, Claire. The revenge on the Ember fang pack was supposed to be a way for me to get closure, it was supposed to make me feel at peace but it instead made me worse. How am I supposed to live with all of this rage inside of me?”

I had tried my best to avoid breaking down in front of anyone but I was at my lowest.

I was tired of pretending I was handling it well.

“You are not the only one mourning her, Kaelion. You are not alone,” Claire said. “It’s okay to express your feelings and speak to someone, anybody.”

Her words managed to calm me down.

I slowly pulled away from the hug and thanked her for her help.

“I’m going to go get some breakfast, are you coming?” She asked.

“I will be down in a minute,” I replied to her.

I watched her walk away but I knew I had to do something to distract myself. I realised the countless nights I spent plotting my revenge against the Ember fang pack somehow helped take my mind off the grief.

“Alpha Thane,” I muttered.

Not only was it a great way a distract me, I desperately wanted to take him down.

“Playtime is over, Seliora. It is time for you to start what I brought you here to do,” I stated, making my way towards her room.