Carter rushed to the infirmary with Alex in his arms, just as she saw in her vision, Alex was badly hurt. His calves seemed to be crushed under the impact and so did the side of his ribs. He looked like a broken mess and Thalia didn’t blame Caroline to gasp out loud as she started crying. “Oh, Oh..my Alex.” Caroline took a step towards Carter but then stopped herself, seemingly torn between getting close to her son and checking what was wrong with him and letting him have the necessary treatment as quick as possible. In the end, she chose the latter with some hesitation, suppressing her maternal instinct.Carter brushed past everyone, closely followed by Alice who was carrying a medical kit in hand. Thalia winced through a shifter’s ability to heal themselves was great, these threads and needles weren’t going to help Alex much, she stood up from her seat and walked towards the infirmary but a muscular arm stopped her as soon as she tried to enter

Jake sighed, he looked at Carter with an amused glint as he said, “ Brace yourself, everyone.”Carter rolled his eyes and strode forward to stand next to Thalia, he protectively took a stance next to Thalia and the female next to him snorted as she turned her attention to Scarlet whose face was now morphed into a snarl that seemed to have been fixed on her face. The other wolves of the pack all turned their attention to the two of them, Kim looked frustrated while the enforcers seemed to be having the time of their lives. Especially, Dan who was smiling at the catfight that was taking place.Scarlet huffed as she flicked her hair back. “ This was your plan wasn't it?” She asked with a mocking sneer. Her entire image was full of hostility, sourness and indignation as she glared at Thalia, causing Thalia to purse her lips and curl her lips in a distasteful sneer.“ are you out of your mind every day or today is just special? Because I a

Thalia suddenly felt suffocated and so did her wolf as she went shock still, if she was being honest being with Carter was fun. He was not as much of an asshole as she thought and he treated her well enough but—— she licked her lips and looked down at her hands. “ I am not ready Carter, and nor is my wolf she is still accepting you,” she looked at the brown irises that have dimmed and felt a pang of guilt surfacing in her heart. “ But I am not leaving, I have every intention of being with you just not yet. I am sorry.”Carter nipped her lower lip. “ you don’t need to apologise to me, I can wait for the claiming to happen if that's what you want.” Though his expression was full of reluctance he didn’t push her again. Secretly, Thalia heaved a sigh of relief, she didn’t want to be claimed when she was still unaware about half of the things that happened between her and Carter. She knew that she was being selfish but there was nothing else she could do, her wolf was slowly accepting Car

An hour later, she walked inside the main room of the pack hall and as she entered, she saw that most of the pack was gathered around the dining table, all of them looked very grief-stricken. Especially, Caroline who was shaken up until her entire face turned pale—- just last night the woman almost lost her son and now she received the news that her sister was dead, it was understandable why her eyes were rimmed red and her face was all puffy and splotchy. Thalia wasn’t good with grieving people, since she never got the chance to grieve anyone. She didn’t even remember how her parents died much less whether she cried or grieved their loss, she shifted from foot to foot before she headed towards Carter who was standing in the corner of the room in a pitch-black suit. She intended to say something nice but then thought against it, she didn’t know his aunt and though she was grieving it was because the deceased was Carter’s aunt and nothing else—- she was intending to say the typical ‘

“Are you okay?” asked Carter and Thalia snapped out of her daze as she nodded and looked at the tombstone that was apparently too clean for something that has been neglected for years, however as she was looking at her mother’s tombstone, her gaze swiftly fell on the grave next to Lydia’s and then all the wind was knocked out of her lungs. There laid her father’s tombstones just next to her mother’s—— alone and forgotten like no one has paid any heed to it and that was what stuck ominous to her. Why was it that her mother’s grave was so well taken care of but her father’s was not —— who was—- her eyes widened as a realization snapped in place.One that was akin to robbing her breath away. “ He is here..” she turned to look at Carter who was frowning as well, as she clung to the sleeves of his suit. “ That monster, he is here… I knew it. I knew it… my mother was a good woman there had to be something that was troubling her, you see that… someone cleans her graves like every second week