Lahat ng Kabanata ng Till Death Do Us Apart: Kabanata 11 - Kabanata 20

Raven stares blankly at the test tube she is heating over the bunsen burner, her mind constantly shifting the images of Draco on the day he died and the boy that died the other day. The purple trace of blood and their discolored lips are just the same. Who could have poisoned that guy and with wolfsbane nonetheless, it’s banned in this state and even if it isn’t illegal in most other states, it requires quite the regulation to get. The only person in this state she believes has access to it is her and she knows the ton of paperwork the school and professor have to fill with different bodies and agencies so she can do her experiment.She sighs, putting on the bunsen burner and dipping the test tube in the half filled sink of water to cool and as she stares at the warped reflection of her in the water, a thought hits her, a theory that she is unsure of but it makes her heart pound.The only person with ready access to wolfsbane is her, here in this lab and a few days ago, her experimen

“Where’d you get that from?” She presses Scott for further information, trying to wrap her head around the possibility.“It’s the gist around campus, he wasn’t the only one there that night but sadly, he’s the only one that od’ed.”Raven grinds her teeth, staring at the tincture of wolfsbane in front of her that is a part of her apparatus, an eerie feeling growing from her guts to her heart. Something’s not right about this whole drug thing, that boy died from wolfsbane poisoning.“Scott, I think someone might have poisoned this Craig guy, I don’t think it was drugs,” she says, looking back at Scott with certainty in her eyes.“Okay…..” Scott perks his brows at her, giving her a scrutinous look, “I didn’t take you for a conspiracy theorist but let’s hear it, why do you think so?”Raven frowns, tutting, deciding if she should share her thoughts with him or not because for her to make sense to Scott, she’ll need to tell him exactly how Draco died. No, she doesn’t, she has several other

“We normally do not run autopsies on druggies. I mean we pretty much know it’s a meth overdose but seeing these pictures of yours prove a point plus any friend of Gilbert is a friend of mine. How’s the old geezer by the way, haven’t seen him in the golf club for a while,” the head coroner of the school’s teaching hospital says to Raven in his office.Still dissatisfied with the whole drug story, Raven decided to pay the hospital morgue a visit and luckily for her, the coroner is a friend of professor McCall, known as Gilbert among his peers. After showing him pictures of the other wolfsbane victims and explaining her theory to him, he decided to indulge her and ordered for an autopsy to be done on Craig with immediate effect and the result sent to him.“He’s doing great, I’m sure he’s just busy,” Raven replies with a nervous smile on her face. She may or may not have insinuated that she is here on behalf of the professor and not herself.After a few hours of waiting, a female assistan

“You’re a long way from school and this is not a place fit for the star of our pack,” Royce frowns, his gaze piercing, suspicious, his voice authoritative, his demeanour like that of a disappointed elder brother.Royce’s father was the beta to Draco’s dad before Draco’s dad died. After his death, Royce’s father was named Alpha Regent, pending the time Draco claimed his mate and was ready to ascend his throne. After Draco’s death, he was officially made the Alpha of the pack with no one left in Draco’s lineage and Royce by default became the heir apparent.“You’re a long way from home yourself, alpha Scion,” Raven bows slightly to him, steadying her heartbeat, hiding her apprehension from her face, staring at the towering figure in front of her.Royce stands many inches taller than her, wearing a pair of black pants with a black short sleeve that hugs his biceps tucked into it, his sleeve tattoo on both hands running out of his shirt, down, all the way to his wrists, his hair shaved o

“I thought you said no contact till further notice,” Scott frowns as he steps into Royce’s apartment, “did something happen?”“I don’t know, did something happen?” Royce retorts, a crossed look on his face, blowing on a Cuban cigarette, looking directly into Scott’s eyes.Scott’s heart thuds, his lips part slightly. His brain does a quick scan of recent events to see if there’s been any slip ups in his duty but he can’t identify any.“You know I’m always straight with you, if I did something wrong, you can just tell me,” he says, his voice full of caution and a tinge of terror. He more than anyone knows how vicious it is to get on Royce’s bad side.“Sit,” Royce points to the couch opposite him, his eyes never leaving Scott, “guess who I found at one of our hotspots last night?”Scott squints, nervous, “wh- who?”“Our little bird, Raven.”“Raven? Are you sure?” Scott’s voice is full of shock.“Did she tell you where she was last night?”“No— I mean—”“I need you to go back to shadowin