"Are you passing the night here?" I knew how it sounded asking him that question especially when it was the umpteenth time I was asking him that. I felt guilty asking him, it was as though I was chasing him out of my room. But that was not my intention, I wanted to go find out that person who was sending me messages.
"Are you chasing me out of your room?" He opened one eye, meeting my gaze.
"No, that is not it." I sighed.
"Come let's sleep. It's late and you have school tomorrow." He invited, opening his arm for me to come into his embrace.
I sighed, and without any hesitation, went into his embrace. My mind was filled with those texts and the faceless sender. Who was behind those messages? And they had given me a scheduled time, and I did not want to keep them waiting. They might do what they had threatened to do.
"Do I have to go to school?" I released another deep, melancholic sigh.
"Yes, you have to. No matter what they throw at you Katherina, never let them see how much it affects you. Do not give anyone the satisfaction of seeing you go down." He advised.
"I thought you were only crazy and arrogant, how come you're smart? I mean, when did you get so smart?"
He playfully tugged my hair, I hit him. Soon, it turned into a play fight. By the time we were both done, I was out of breath, so was he. My phone beeped, I took it and saw it was another text message from an anonymous. Same unknown sender, I guessed.
This person was always targeting when I was happy and in a pleasant mood. Whenever Baron had brought me out of my sour mood, my phone would beep with text to ruin my mood again. Fear and nerves would take over.
"What's that?" Baron had seen my face.
"Nothing. It's just some random text." I lied, trying to not make him suspect.
"This is the third time you're receiving a text and it's always changing your mood. Is it my brothers? Are they threatening you?" He asked.
"No, it's not."
"Katelyn?"
Katelyn? Why had my mind not gone there? She was the only person who hated me enough to want to do this. Or Melissa? Melissa hated me too and for some days now, I had not set my sights on her. Where was she even? If she was no longer interested in working for me, she should have at least told me.
"Is she the one? She's the one, is she not?" Baron tried to take my phone but I took it out of his reach. "I just want to make sure you're fine."
"I'm good, I promise." I hugged him, partly for him to believe me and also to assure myself I was going to be fine because I had him in my life.
He put his arms round me and gave me a long, comforting hug. Kissing a side of my temple, he pulled me to lie with him. "Let's not worry our heads anymore. We should sleep."
I checked the time on my phone, it was past nine pm. I went lax in his hold and while I could not sleep, thirty minutes later, Baron was sound asleep beside me. Releasing myself from his hold to go use the bathroom, I tiptoed so I would not disturb him. He was still asleep when I returned.
I laid next to him and waited, unable to sleep, I paced the room.
Few hours later, it was twelve midnight, the exact time I had to go meet this person. I quickly put on a hoodie to protect me from the cold, slid my feet into my slip-ons. As quiet as a mouse, I opened the door and slipped out of the room.
Dodging from the royal guards, I managed to get out of the mansion and into the cold night. I hid my appearance with the hood, pulling it tighter around me. Though there were street lights at almost every point, I doubted if anyone could see me. I went straight to the small lake closet to the mansion which was where the sender had asked me to meet them.
I waited, wondering when this person would come. I thought of this decision I had taken but I had no choice. I knew it was not a wise one, coming to meet someone I might know or not know. What if they wanted to harm me? Well, I guess that would be foolish of them. Moreover, who else knew me enough to want to harm me if not Katelyn?
Where was this person? Or had they forgotten the place and time they had scheduled? If not for the threat in those messages, I will not have come. I did not want David or my mom to hear of it. It was bad enough David was going to hear of my wolflessness. I did not want him to begin to view my mom in a negative light, she had done nothing wrong to deserve it. She was happy and I would do anything to keep it that way, even if it meant meeting strangers in an alley.
It had been because of me that my mother and I had been exiled from Moon Rock, our old pack. I was not going to let her keep suffering just because she had given birth to me. If this was the only way to keep her from getting condemned or possibly rejected by her mate because of her daughter, then I would do it.
If Baron had guessed right and it was Katelyn, I wondered what she would want with me. Why would she call me outside using threats? Why had she not done what she was good at doing at school? Why outside of school and at a time so late? And why was she not here? Or had she just lured me out of here for nothing? What if…
"Hello, Katherina. Long time, no see."
That voice. Was that not…