Chapter 29

I froze. I had totally forgotten that Anna was with me.

I cursed myself for being this careless.

“I won’t say it again seer” the person taunted. I widened my eyes. I knew the person that was taunting me. I was about to turn back and confirm my suspicion on the person but I was stopped.

“It’s best you don’t turn back, just do as I say”

“I am not doing anything!” I said. As the person on the floor held her throat in panic. She wasn’t breathing.

“Don’t play games with me. You know I’m not that patient”

“Eloise!” Anna screamed. She seemed terrified. Like she wanted to cry. “Please just listen to her” she pleaded.

From my peripheral view, she was being strangled by the woman behind her with her own bare hands.

*Please” Anna begged further. “She is literally making me kill myself” seeing her have no control over her own limbs made me panic.

“I swear!! I don’t know what is going on! I am not doing anything.”

The witch in my front seemed to be going out of breath. “Your friend is going to be tomorrow’s news” it happened so fast, one moment the one in front of me had passed out from lack of oxygen and then Anna was fighting for her life as the witch, which I had confirmed to me Louise, one of my mum’s friends from her coven, made Anna squeeze her own neck. When all of a sudden. Ian came from nowhere tearing Louise to shreds.

He looked at me with fear and rage, turning back immediately and wearing the shorts that were on his legs. “What the fuck the fuck were you trying to do!” he said at me then turned to Anna. “I told.you to stay in the room!”

“I was trying to help!” she argued back. He seemed to be more mad. “Help? Incase you haven’t noticed, this is not a banter at the work place.! They were freaking witches. One snap of the fingers and do you know where the hell you’d be? Dead!”.

He has this look of exasperation on his face. “You never listen to me.” He said in a low and tired voice “ you are always trying to be what you are not.” She opened her mouth to argue but he continued, not even giving her the chance to speak. “You aren’t a wolf, you don’t have super strength you aren’t with special abilities. You are human. And I don’t mean that in a despising way. And if you can’t accept who you are, or won’t listen to me when I need you to the most? Then I …” she looked like he knew what he was going to say.

Fear swamped her eyes. “Then I think we shouldn’t be together. Maybe.. maybe we are just meant to be one of those mates.” He said and walked out. I noticed the gush of blood coming out just above his ankle. I dared not say anything about it, or to him since he was crazy mad at me for putting him mate in harm’s way.

“Where is she!” Eric thundered, storming into the room. He looked around the room and I could see how much relieved he was as his eyes met mine.

He walked across the room and hugged me. I almost couldn’t breathe, but I didn’t say anything. I would rather be suffocated in his hug than not have it at all.

“I went to the room. I was so scared when I didn’t see you.” He said hugging me tighter.

“I’m sorry about earlier” we both said at the same time. There was a pause as I waiting for the other to speak first.

“ I am sorry. I should have defended you earlier in front of my people. I shouldn’t have let them talk to you that way.. you are not an abomination and you aren’t solaria.” I felt my heart squeeze a bit on hearing her name. It was so unhealthy how I jealous of a dead woman

“And I shouldn’t compare you to her.” He completed.

“I am sorry for pouring out anger at you earlier. I swear I didn’t mean to hurt you. I couldn’t control my self.” We stayed in each other’s embrace for the longest of times.

“I am starting to fall for you” he said in a relatively calm voice. My brain didn’t register it at first. It took me approximately ten seconds to register what he said. I tried to pull out from the hug to see his face, buy he held me tightly, effectively trapping me in the hug.

“Please” he pleaded, “just stay a little more. I need this” I stayed in his hold for a few more minutes before he allowed me to leave

“ I do care about you. I may not be the best at showing it, but I swear I care about you.” He said then or ked my cheeks. “I’ll have to go with the others to clear the dead body from around the premises. I nodded.

I watched his retreating figure, with the words he had confessed few moments ago play in my head like a broken record.

“What should we do with the body, Luna” a guard called, snapping me out of my thoughts.

“We would perform some right. Is there some place quiet? Somewhere I could easily see him?” the guard nodded. Right this way….

He led me to a garden. It was perfect. Right infront of my room window.

“It’s perfect” smiled.

“the alpha chose it the morning after your father’s death. He thought it might be the perfect spot for you and that you would like it” I felt something drop to the pits of my stomach. I had accused him that morning of not wanting to wake up beside me that’s why he had gone for his meeting.

“I see” I said. I had the urge to go look for him and apologize right that instant. “I would like the body to be transported immediately please.

“Yes Luna” he said and left. I stood looking at the sky with one thought in my head.

I really did fuck up.

… The body was properly bond together. I looked at the body as It was lowered into the soil.

“Dad!! Dad!! Carry me” I still remember my little self call for my father’s attention “dad? Am I your pretty princess? I had asked another time “always and forever” he said smiling at me and throwing me up to the sky.

Tears fell at the memory.

“I miss you dad” I said lot at the place that was now fully covered with him laying bin the ground.”linchanteé” it was a sealing spell. I don’t know why, it felt right to say it.

Since the witches came for the body of my dad, it meant that they needed it for something. It was best to seal up his body where I knew it was safe and secure.

“rest well papa” I stayed till the sky turned gray.

“Hey” Eric said, coming to sit by me. “He is in a better place.” He encouraged. “ want to come in?” he said stretching his hands for me to take.