Chapter 9

Kael didn’t stop me, he never had and I couldn’t expect him to do anything for me. I was content with what I had found, my boy, his boy, our child which he plans to cast out.

He always loved the easier way out , what an Alpha that makes him.

I was lost in thoughts as we both walked out of Blackridge woods, let them come ,I was more than ready to defend my child.

And so they came, in an instant I felt the swift of people moving, it was so fast ,so tense that I found it hard to pace my steps.

“Mother !” Eryx had called to me, he didn’t just call with an ordinary look, he called out of fear and a hidden loyalty.

Just like that I saw it right before my eyes , he took action and grabbed one of the unknown figures arms. Dead blood in his eyes, I saw a child devouring a full grown abnormal figure. Tearing it limp from limb, strength conveyed in a way that even Kael, his father would’ve been jealous of.

This was no child, no this was a weapon, a half breed weapon that was choked by every motive except to surrender. The look he had in his eyes was too divine for any young boy to even feel. So dark I could see his wolf spiral in him.

Wait it wasn't a hallucination, it was his actual wolf, did he awaken it ?…. But how ?.

Before I could get a grasp of what was happening, he pushed forward to attack the rest. There were plenty, more than a lot, and losing so terribly over a child who had not clocked 12.

“Who sent you?” he said ,still so calm you would’ve believed a demon had taken control over his body.

One of the rogues who was now left in embarrassment and fear begged for mercy at the expense of his life.

“We came for her”. He said,

Me!….me again!!…. wasn’t it bad enough I had enough enemies in my past life, why come for me in this life too. I was so pissed off by everyone's damn claim over me, it was either this or that, day by day.

“You will speak with your tongue, or you will bleed through it” With vexation, I cooked toward the rogue, steamy and cold.

“The resurrection vessel” he rasped. “He waits for you”.This was nonsense talk, before I could spit out the truth from him, Eryx had sliced his throat, blood dropping everywhere.

“Who told you to do that” I asked,

“He had spoken loud enough, my wolf was echoing in me” he said, and I swore I had the urge to weep him till he learned proper decency.

“Mother “ he called again, his face now winced with pity, I saw it, the humanity in him, it was there, behind the mask of violent training and manipulation. He was still alive, still the boy I always wished him to be.

“Would you still love me if I was soaked, when I am soaked to death, mother ?” The vulnerability in his voice, the same child who had fought like he had rehearsed the moods of death, was the same boy who only wants assurance of love, I am sure he had never had that kind of love, but not anymore .

I will be here to protect and guide him, till the ache goes, till the humanity in him succumbs that foul identity in his head.

“Yes, especially when you are” I replied, and how I meant every darn word.

“Then prove it “ he said, was he asking me to love him?… was he testing my loyalty.

“Because that will be what will save you when I can’t myself” he said, and I saw regret in his eyes, part of him was trying to fight him, trying to let go of all the pain and just live.

But the part of hate was more, yet his light was still asking for salvation.

“Listen to me, you are my boy “ I said, trying to give him that assurance, because I know what it felt like feeling totally alone. And I didn’t want that traumatic curse to be passed down to him.

“You didn’t even know my name “he said , and he was correct, I had only known his name today, but was I wrong, I was also misplaced, it wasn’t my fault, I was also dreaded into a dark pit where I drowned all together.

“I didn’t, but I had searched for you around the world,” I said.

He smirked, and that smirk was greater than any sigh could say, my boy was handsome, too handsome it reminded me of that wild wolf Kael.

“Don’t over exaggerate your demise, you haven’t been to a lot of places of the world”

I giggled, for the first time brightly, It wasn’t forced, it was natural. I giggled and laughed so hard for the first time it made me feel a sting of happiness, something I had never felt before.

“Come here,” I opened my arms to him. He hesitated for a while, but ran over to me.

This was freedom, finally I was free, no matter what any prophecy had said, or if the person in my arms was a weapon against me. This was the freedom I had always wished had come.

As we both cuddled, I couldn’t help but feel a presence, the feeling turned visual as I spotted a shadow figure creeping his eyes at us through the buses.

“Step out while you are given a chance” I said aloud to it, still having Eryx in my arms.

This was not like the previous encounter, it wasn’t fast in motion.

It was slow and steady and I could feel another headache mounting.

It obeyed and what I saw was a person buried in a red cloak.

“He’s coming for you and me,” Eryx said.