Chapter 229: STRIKING RESEMBLANCE

Chapter 229 STRIKING RESEMBLANCE

The atmosphere in the office room was gloomy as a man entered carrying a report. Despite the sun not being completely gone from the sky, and just like it did for the past weeks, the spacious office room looked somewhat dark and desolate.

“ Alpha?” The man called out into the darkness. His eyes caught the figure of a man seated in the office chair which swirled left and right every now and then as he approached.

“ Tell me.” A voice demanded. The voice was deep and low, enough to send chills down anyone’s spine. “ Any news?” He asked unenthusiastically as if knowing the answer.

The Gamma shook his head at the question. “ Nothing yet Alpha. We’ve been searching for so long now yet there’s no news about the Luna.”

Lucious’ fists tightened. He knew what the answer would be yet he still dared to ask. His lovely mate had disappeared ever since that day yet all efforts to find her seem abortive. Days had turned into weeks of searching yet nothing has been found.

And the worst part was he had no idea what had happened to her and how she disappeared into thin air. Whether she left herself or magically whisked away, Lucious had no idea and it was killing him inside. What state was she in? was she was safe or….

No, he can’t think like that. Of course she was. Nothing would happen to his mate.

But where in the world was she? She had just disappeared with no trace and even though he hated to admit it, Lucious was beginning to believe she had really vanished into thin air.

“ I’m sorry Alpha.” Kai apologized.

“ Why’ve you come here? ” Lucious’ asked instead.

“ Well Alpha, it’s not the best.. but at least there’s some good news.” Kai replied, his tone a bit excited.

“ What news?”

“ It’s Raph. I’ve just gotten a report from the doctor, his treatment is over now and he’s being discharged”

Lucious’ eyes widened a little. “ What? What did you just say?”

“ Yes Alpha, he’s being discharged. He’s completely healed and ready to return home. He made it! Raph did it!” Kai chuckled dropping the result on Lucious’ table.

Lucious let out a sigh of relief. Finally some good news after all these past weeks. His best friend is coming back, he really did make it.

“ When is he arriving?”

“ In a few days. I’ll be sending Elliot and the others to pick him up.. better still, I’ll take some men and go pick him up myself.”

Lucious’ hummed in agreement eyes skimming through the report in his hands. His eyes settled on the name of the village and suddenly, a thought occurred to him.

“ Prepare a car, I’ll be coming with you.” He said without giving it a second thought. “ We leave tomorrow morning.”

“ What?” Kai asked a bit taken aback. “ I– I mean yes Alpha, I’ll get the car ready.” He bowed before exiting the room.

“ Rain Village…” Lucious’ repeated, letting the words roll off his tongue. He doesn’t know why, but the moment he set his eyes on the name, he had this sudden urge to go there.

Why? What was this urge? What is it that’s waiting for him in this Rain Village? Well there’s only one way to find out.

Rain Village, here he comes.

Haven’s eyelids fluttered open weakly with a small groan escaping her lips. Her head throbbed badly causing her to groan some more.

“ You’re awake?” She heard someone ask before a damp cloth was placed over her burning forehead.

Avena repeated the process a couple more times, soaking the cloth in the small bucket containing cold water before squeezing and pressing it over Haven’s forehead again.

“ You’re running a high fever, this will help you feel much better” She said to Haven who barely heard her. It took a while for Haven’s vision to finally clear up and when it finally did, she saw someone peering into her face.

“ Do you feel better now?” Avena asked with a smile. This made Haven shriek and jerk up, backing away from Avena and almost falling off the bed.

“ Hey!” Avena gasped. “ Be careful” She tried holding Haven but the latter jerked her hand away.

“ Ok- Okay.. Calm down.. Calm down… I’m not going to hurt you, I swear.” She said to Haven who was turning pale already.

“ Look I won’t even try so touch you, see?” She raised her hands and moved back. “ See I’m moving back, I won’t harm you. Just don’t pass out again okay? I’m not going to hurt you.” Avena assured her.

The way the lady before her stared at her gave Avena the creeps. It was as if she’s seen some sort of ghost or something.

“ Wh– Who .. Who are you?” Haven finally asked. “ And h- how how do you look- look like her?”

“ Look like who?” Avena was puzzled. Who does she look like that’s making the lady before her freak out like this?

“ Your mother?” Avena asked remembering the last statement the lady made before passing out. “ You called me mom the other time, do I really look like her?”

Haven didn’t give a reply but she nodded a little, still not taking her eyes off of Avena.

“ But I’m.. I’m not your mother.. I don’t even know her so how can I look like her. I don’t understand.”

Yes, Haven knew she wasn’t her mom. She couldn’t possibly be. Her mother had died a long time ago, killed by those horrible rogues right in front of her eyes and she couldn’t do anything about it except watch helplessly..

One cannot return from the dead so who exactly was this woman? She wasn’t Haven’s mother but the striking resemblance puzzled her. Both women were almost identical except for the fact that this one was the younger and slimmer version of Haven’s mother. And she had peculiar blue hair too unlike her mother’s silver hair.

Seeing someone who reminded Haven of her mum brought tears to her eyes. Guilt washed over her causing the tears to stream down her cheeks.

“ Who are you?” She asked one more time.

“ My name is Avena.” Avena introduced herself. “ I’m a junior healer here in Rain village. And you are?”

“ Haven… I'm Haven.” Haven replied, another drop of tear falling from her eyes. This woman’s face brought back a lot of memories.. most of which she had tried hard to forget.

“ What were you doing all alone in that forest?” Avena asked the question which was biting at her.

Seeing she got no reply from Haven, she cleared her throat. “ Okay.. you must be thirsty, I’ll fetch you some water. “ She offered before scurrying away and returning almost immediately with a cup which she helped Haven drink.

“ You shouldn’t move too much, your soul.. Its really weak.”

“ You wouldn’t listen, would you?” Avena shook her head when she saw Haven trying to sit up again.

“ Where am I? Where’s this place?” Haven asked after she sat up. “ How did I end up here?” Her eyes scanned the small scanty looking room.

“ For starters, you’re at Rain Village.. I found you passed out in the woods about four days back—”

“ Four days?” Haven gasped.

“ Well yes, actually.. you woke up after I brought you back here but then passed out soon after. You've been unconscious for three days straight.”

Haven couldn’t believe her ears. “ Three days? How is that even possible..?”

“ I don’t know really.. I guess you must have been really tired or must have travelled a long way. Where are you from by the way? how did you end up at the forest? Does your family know? They must be really worried. You should contact them to let them kn—”

“ No one would worry.. no one.” Haven voice cracked.

“ What do you mean?”

“ I don’t have a family anymore... so no one would worry about me.”

“ Oh..” Avena paused not knowing what to say. “ I'm– I’m sorry about that.”

“ It’s okay, I should get used to it now.” Haven wiped her tears away and took a look around the room. “ And you? Your family’s out? I should leave before they return.”

“ No, no.. I live alone here. I’ve never had a family of my own so you can stay here all you want, I won’t mind.”

“ Oh.. I’m sorry about that.” Haven apologized. She could understand her pain.

“ No, it’s alright.” Avena chuckled lightly. “ I’ve stopped feeling sorry for myself. it’s not that bad when you get used to it.” She said making Haven laugh.

“ Okay then, I’ll take your word for it.” Haven smiled making Avena smile back. Strange how this complete stranger was able to put a smile on her face within such a short period of time.

Okay, maybe staying here wouldn’t be such a bad idea after all