Chapter 9: CHAPTER NINE

“Hey why are you being so…?” Andreus asked as he was being pulled back then Alexavian placed his hands on his shoulders and they disappeared from the second floor and then reappeared on the ground.

“Secretive”. Andreus finished his words as he looked around, they were on the ground a little bit far away from the packhouse.

“You decided to take me with you this time?” Andreus asked with sarcasm. He didn’t even take him when he was coming to Wolfendon.

“Well I should have just left you to fight with a bunch of Alphas. That would have been a great sight to see”. Alexavian said as he looked at Andreus with disdain. He was too loud and wasn’t always aware of his surroundings.

“Alphas? So you were eavesdropping?” Andreus asked excitedly as if he just discovered something important. He never knew he would see a day where Alexavian was eavesdropping on a conversation.

“I was just passing by”. Alexavian muttered as he walked back towards the packhouse.

“Are you feeling shy?”. Andreus chuckled, he felt that Alexavian was shy as he was avoiding the conversation.

Alexavian stopped walking and turned to look at Andreus, he felt a twinge of envy as he stared silently at Andreus who was grinning widely without a care. “Something big is happening tomorrow. Something you have never encountered”.

Andreus has been sheltered by their parents and he also protected him the best way he could after their parent disappeared. Andreus never had to worry about anything else except himself, unlike him…

Andreus looked at Alexavian’s countenance but before he could decipher the expression on his face, his face went back to normal. Calm and serene. He shrugged it off and felt like he was mistaken.

“What’s happening tomorrow? Why are you being so mysterious?” Andreus asked, there was nothing important happening tomorrow as far as he could recall.

“Hmm you will see” Alexavian said as he grinned wickedly, he was definitely going to have fun.

At this time Koryn was in her room with Nyra after Keldon left his office to the meeting room.

Nyra was sitting on the big bed while Koryn was sitting on a couch close to the wall.

“What did you talk about?” Nyra asked Koryn about the conversation she had with Keldon and Rhory in the meeting room.

“Nothing serious”. Koryn said trying to shift the conversation.

“It’s definitely something serious, I saw Rhory going into the office too”. Nyra said. She felt like they were hiding the situation from her.

When she came back from the forest the previous day, she saw Koryn conversing with Rhory privately outside. Then Rhory also came to the packhouse after breakfast which was unusual since as Keldon was fine already.

Nyra’s eyes widened in surprise as she thought of something “Are you going out with Rhory? Was that why brother invited you and Rhory to the office?”.

The more Nyra thought of it, the more she felt like it made sense. Then she looked at Koryn and nodded in understanding.

“Look Koryn, I know that sometimes you can’t control your fierce side but try being calmer when facing Rhory. Don’t be fierce”. Nyra said gently. Koryn was too fierce sometimes and she was scared that Rhory would be too scared and run away. It’s already intimidating enough that she is an alpha.

“I saw you talking with Rhory outside yesterday and he looked intimidated why don’t you try…” Nyra rambled on. She looked at Koryn like a proud mother.

Koryn has never been in another relationship after she broke up with an ex, which was quite rare for werewolves. Most werewolves liked fooling around after hitting twenty because it’s rare to find a mate after you hit twenty and they had high sex drive. Only few of them stay celibate.

Koryn looked at Nyra as she rambled on without filter. “What nonsense are you spouting? What do you think about all day?” Koryn asked.

Nyra paused and asked “Who do mean? If I am wrong then what else were you talking about?” She felt like there was nothing more convincing than a relationship.

Koryn rolled her eyes at Nyra’s silly thoughts. “It’s something more important”.

“What could be more important than a relationship, how do you cope without getting laid?” Nyra asked as she wiggled her brows playfully.

“Stop that!” Koryn exclaimed. Seems like even Nyra was more experienced than her.

“Is that a blush? Are you blushing?” Nyra asked as she saw Koryn’s ears having a tint of red.

Koryn widened her eyes in surprise as she quickly covered her ears. Then she arranged her hair to cover her ears awkwardly.

“There’s no need hiding it. You have been exposed”. Nyra laughed loudly as she pointed at Koryn.

Koryn cleared her throat as she said “We were talking about what made Keldon so weak during the fight”. She diverted Nyra’s attention.

Nyra stopped laughing as she turned serious “He was weak? I thought he was overpowered”. She simply thought the vampires overpowered them.

“It’s more complicated than that” Koryn paused as she stared at Nyra straight in the eyes, then she said “He was laced with Wolf’s bane”.

“What? How was that possible?” Nyra raised her voice, she wasn’t expecting a backstory like that.

“How did they get their hands on it? The vampires have never done something like that before”. Nyra said as she tried to get a good grasp of everything.

“You are right, they have never done something like that before”. Koryn nodded.

“Then?” Nyra asked. She felt like they were not on the same page.

“It wasn’t done by the vampires like how we thought at first, it was done by one of us”.

“What?” Nyra was too stunned to say anything else as she tried to gather her thoughts. After a brief moment, she looked at Koryn and asked again “What?”.

“Yes, Rhory discovered that he was poisoned slowly. With little quantity everyday”. Whenever Koryn thought about it she felt pissed all over again.

“Do you think it’s the luna clan? I mean we have been at odds for a while now”. Nyra said as she thought about how the the luna clan was the only clan that had a motive.

When she thought about Lucan who has a mate from the Luna clan, her heart wrenched as she thought about how everything they had went down the drain.

“Let’s not conclude yet” Koryn said. She doesn’t want to accuse anyone blindly, though she shares the same thought as Nyra.

“It has to be them”. Nyra said firmly. The pain she felt yesterday was still very vivid. She wanted to burn the Luna clan down along with Lucan’s mate.

“Don’t conclude yet!” Koryn raised her voice as she saw the dark look on Nyra’s hazel eyes.

“Yeah sure” Nyra smiled widely though her eyes seems to be devoid of smile. They looked menacing.

Nyra looked down as she thought of how to stop her rage from consuming her and then she raised her head and looked outside from the terrace.

Then something or rather someone caught her eyes. There were two men standing outside, they were quite tall with raven hair and pale skin.

One of them talked while smiling widely and the other stood with a dead-pan expression. They had a striking resemblance and she wondered if they were siblings.

“Hey Koryn, check this out” She beckoned on Koryn excitedly as she smiled.

Koryn looked at Nyra as she looked as if she saw something yummy. She got up and walked towards the bed, then she sat down on it.

“Check out those boys, I don’t think I’ve seen them before”. Nyra hurriedly pointed at them as if she was afraid they would disappear.

“I haven’t seen them either” Nyra said as she observed them. They looked good but the taller one with a straight face caught her attention as looked at the other boy with hints of laughter on his lips.

“They are pretty, don’t you think”. Nyra said. Her eyes were glued on them.

“I’d say they are handsome not pretty”. Koryn said lazily.

“Yeah they are pretty handsome”. Nyra grinned. Their face can put some females to shame. She groaned inwardly, they are so lucky.

“But we have never seen them in our clan” Koryn said as she stared at them.

“There are many Alphas in the meeting room, maybe they came with one them.” Nyra waved it off. “But I wonder which one though”. She held her jaw as she thought of the Alpha that would be more likely to bring them.

“Maybe Xylon” Koryn guessed, Xylon was more likely since they had similar aura.

“I will have to ask Xylon later” Nyra said, she has already planned everything out. Immediately after the Alphas meeting she will definitely approach Xylon.

Koryn looked closely at the taller man trying to get a closer look at his features when at that moment he turned and looked straight at her terrace.

She was shocked that she forgot to respond when Nyra dragged her down and they fell on the bed.

“Do you think they saw us?” Nyra asked as her heartbeat increased. She placed her hand on her chest in a bid to calm herself down.

“I don’t think so” Koryn replied, her eyes were still widely opened.