Chapter 243: WHAT ARE YOU?! (2)

Chapter 243 WHAT ARE YOU?! (2)

“ WHAT ARE YOU?!” His voice thundered again, his eyes not showing signs of letting her go if she dared answer his question wrongly. Haven gulped down. What was she to do? She wheezed again, trying her best to gasp for breath.

What was wrong with this man? Why was he attacking her without reason? What had she even done wrong? Haven couldn’t think of anything.

“ What are you?!” He said in a deadly voice. It was obvious he hated having to repeat himself. If she didn’t reply him this time, he wouldn’t think twice about snapping her precious neck in two.

Tears streamed down Haven’s cheeks. What was she? What sort of question was that anyway?

The question didn’t sound right to Haven but she answered all the same, saying the only thing she could think of at that moment. The only word that stuck to her head throughout the conversation she had with the siblings earlier.

“ Gua- Guardian angel?” She answered but it was more of a question rather than answer. They said she was a guardian angel so she just went ahead with their assumption Well it worked anyways because his tensed muscles evidently relaxed and she felt the man’s grip on her neck loosen a bit but he didn’t free her either. He kept her in place, his eyes scanning over her for any signs of threat.

Seeing none, he finally let go and Haven’s body came crashing to the ground once more. The woman didn’t look like she was a threat anyway. Haven groaned and coughed furiously, but she was glad to be able to breathe air once again.

“ When did she say she’ll be back” He asked not feeling one bit remorse for how he had treated her.

“ Soon.” Haven coughed again, holding her neck. She was sure his grip must have left imprints on her skin.

The man who had grabbed Haven was Owen, Katie’s partner. He has returned home after the day’s work earlier to meet the door still open. Katie never left the door open even when she was home. She would close it from the inside and leave the key under the flower pot for him. Owen felt something was wrong when he saw the door open.

Coming into the house, Katie was no where to be seen. He was about to go upstairs to check when he heard a sound from the room downstairs. He approached the room quietly and peeped through the open door only to see a strange woman standing inside. Owen was furious! Who was this stranger and where did his Katie go? Thinking this woman in the room had something to do with Katie’s disappearance, Owen approached her ready to destroy if anything were to happen to his Katie.

Owen frowned at Haven before turning to leave. “ Follow me.” He said and Haven didn’t need anyone telling her twice before trotting after him, holding her aching neck and wondering what he was going to do to her.

Fortunately, he didn’t say anything again. The two returned to the living room where Owen paced up and down, while eyeing Haven who stood as far away from him as possible, every now and then. Haven wished the ground could swallow her up right now seeing the death glares being sent her way.

She breathe a sigh of relief when the door finally opened and in came Katie, a little snow atop her coat. Owen rushed to her and took her in his arms, resting his head on her shoulder. Even though Katie was a big bigger and taller than Haven, she still looked small compared to Owen’s big and bulky frame. Seeing him hug Katie like that somehow reminded Haven of Lucious.

“ Where have you been?” Owen asked Katie as he helped her take off her coat.

“ I went to the elders to report something.” She answered with a smile. She liked it when her partner worried about her like this.

“ Couldn’t it have waited till the morning?” He murmured and she laughed.

“ No, it’s was really urgent.” She giggled and that was when she saw Haven standing quietly by the kitchen door. Her cheeks turned a bit red and she quickly released herself from Owen’s embrace.

“ Oh hi, Haven, what are you doing standing there? Is anything wrong?” She asked walking up to her. Owen walked right behind her and Haven ended up locking eyes with him. The look in them made her swallow subconsciously.

She shook her head. “ No- No everything is fine.” She answered and heard Owen grunt.

“ Okay, are you maybe hungry?” Katie asked and Haven shook her head. She had no appetite and even if she did, her neck was in no condition to swallow food after whatever happened.

“ Okay then, come with me, I’ll show you to your room.” Katie said and grabbed her hands before leading her upstairs. As they walked, Haven couldn’t help but look behind to see Owen staring at them sullenly. It was a relief he hadn’t followed them. That man certainly gave her the creeps. If only her wolf was still here, she would have at least taught him a lesson or two.

“ This will be your room.” Katie said opening the door to the first room after the staircase as she stepped inside. Haven followed her into the room which was painted in a similar color to the room downstairs.

The room was small and contained a bed, which took up almost all the space in the room and a wooden cabinet by its side. There was a square brown rug in the middle of the room and then a small window at the far end. A little stool was placed next to it. Apart from that, Haven couldn’t see any other thing in this room.

“ I wanted to get it cleaned a little later for the time you’ll wake up but decided to do it much earlier. Thank goddess I did, who knew you’ll be up so soon” She smiled “ You stay here and I’ll see if I can get you something.. more comfortable to change into.” She said before exiting the room. She returned soon enough with neatly folded clothes in her hands.

“ Here, I don’t have clothes your size but I guessed this one might be okay. We’ll get you dressed and after tomorrow’s meeting, we’ll definitely go shopping for more clothes. You don’t have any but it’s okay, we’ll fill up a whole wardrobe for you, okay?” Katie said excitedly loving the fact they’ll soon be out for shopping.

Haven on the other hand couldn’t understand why Katie acted like that. And what did she mean talking about filling up a whole wardrobe for Haven? It wasn’t like she was going to be staying here forever or something.

“ Thank you. But I don’t think that is necessary.” She said taking the clothes Katie handed over to her.

“ Oh but it is. You’ll be staying here now so of course, you’ll need a lot of clothes. Oh and I’ve packed an extra blanket along with the pajamas. Make sure to keep yourself warm, the nights tend to be very very cold.” She added and before Haven could say a word, Katie bade her goodnight and exited the room.

Haven stared at the clothes in her hands for a while before changing into them. Looking out the window, she could see heaps of snow on the windowsill but couldn’t see anything else due to the glass being dewy. She guessed snow must still falling which amazed her. It’s been snowing since morning, doesn’t it ever stop?

She pulled the extra blanket Katie have her over her body and was glad the woman was thoughtful. It really got colder with each passing minute. She just hoped to be able to survive through the night.

As Haven laid on the bed, her mind kept drifting off to only one person. Lucious. She wondered how he was doing now. How was his life going after she left? Did he even make an attempt to find her? Was he glad she left? Had he moved on with his life with his pregnant wife?

It hurt to think that Lucious really moved on after she left. Haven’s heart ached but what could she do? It was best she left before he kicked her out. Obviously, who would pick a woman over his own wife and child? She did be foolish to even think she stood a chance!

Her eyelid got heavier with each passing minute and before Haven knew, darkness o

verpowered her vision and she got lost, lost in dreams of her own.