CHAPTER 106; THE SILENT SUFFERING
CHAPTER 106; THE SILENT SUFFERING
CIERRA
We finally reached an old worn-out house, one I don’t fail to recognize. It was the house I was locked in by Gabriel and the silence in the area prompted me to begin my questioning.
“I thought you hated Gabriel?” I questioned as she unlocked the wooden door and walked into the cramped living room, settling on the dusty sofa before staring at me.
“I still do hate” She pauses and stares out the window.
“He’s the reason I always thought my life was ruined, he raped me when I was younger and I hated him, because of him I had left my sister,”
Her words sliced my heart into two. I never knew Nadine was raped much less by Gabriel. I can hear the bitterness in her voice while her eyes are lost in the space. But I can’t say anything, I don’t know what to say to comfort her, and it hurts that I’m just standing still and hearing her painful life story.
“Plus he always hurt my sister but I didn’t mind becoming a rogue because I was selfish and needed to protect myself, so I left and came down to the rogue’s land. It was hell, every day of my life, I had to run away from wild wolves, both the ones on all four and the human wolves, until James Johnson came into my life. He wasn’t a good person I was certain about that but he helped me, given that Madeline was now then and your father had flee, it was just you and I and he wanted to take me in as a member of the pack but I refused but instead of trashing me out like useless pieces of paper, he helped me to complete my studies, that’s the reason I became close to them, but I didn’t understand what was going underneath, I didn’t know they were all working together all just to get the treasure. They kept me safe incase I am have something to do with the vault, funny,”
Nadine’s explanation is an eye opener, I never knew she held on to so many things. I thought she just loved her freedom and wanted to be out here, I didn’t know that is all that brought her here, to the wild world.
“You know, when I saw you with Xander the first day, I was so nervous, aside from the fact Gabriel killed his father, I also thought he joined hands with the killing of Madeleine, so I really didn’t want you both to be together, but I had a talk with him. The day he was shot and left at the forest, Cassius and I had found him and brought him here”
“Xander was here?”
Now that I think about it, I never truly got the full story behind Xander’s survival after been shot two times.
“Yes, Gabriel had informed us and told us to bring here, because the Johnson’s will be on the haunt for his body and this was the least place they would ever find him”
“Gabriel helped Xander?”
He was the one to have shot Xander but Nadine nods in agreement which leaves me more stunned.
“It was Selene’s order that Xander shouldn’t die, and Gabriel worked for the Robertsons, they all worked for the Robertson’s but given James position he loved acting like he was the powerful one when the orchestrator of everything is the Robertson” She pauses and stares at me as if expecting me to say something. I have nothing to say, I’m been showered with things I never knew, and it’s hard to process everything much less talk.
“He really does love you, that night he was bleed profusely but still calling out your name, the next three days was hell, he wanted to run to you, that was the day I was certain I could die in peace”
My heart flutters and ached after, the minute she mentioned death. How can she say such so freely.
“You know that was my thought, to make sure you are safe hands then kill myself and join my sister”
My eyes watered as I drop myself to seat next to her, worse of all she has a small smile on her face while she’s on about this, it’s heartbreaking, it’s as if she has been on the committing suicide for a long time now and it has become a dream for her.
“Nadine, you can’t-“
“I won’t commit suicide, I had a change of mind thanks to someone. Someone that caught my heart” At her words, her eyes glistens. I can practically see stars floating in her eyes as she stares passed me, and her smile becomes more wider.
Could it be…Nadine is…
“I’m in love with Cassius…Your Xander’s beta”
My jaw drops, astonishment consuming me and almost jolting me to rise on my feet. I have been in the dark for so long, I know Nadine and I are not close but how can we be so distanced, love each other and yet I didn’t sense anything between my mate’s beta and my aunt.
“H-how, when?” I manage to stutter out a question.
“The day before Ryan’s death,”
The rejoicing in my heart ceased.
“We were out and we engaged in little chat that escalated into something else and it began to grow from there, then we met again when I was called by Gabriel to find Xander in the woods and bring him here, and during their stay here, we bonded and I realized I have feelings for him”
Her confession sweetened my up, brightening my mood as my lips stretches to a smile, I am genuinely happy for her, she has always been alone, it’s time she gets a shoulder to lean on, I don’t know Cassius well, but he doesn’t seem like a bad fit, even though he’s younger but I think they will match each other.
“And right now, saving you is not my only priority” Before she can finish her statement, the door swings open and my heart flies so high, I feel a thud in my chest as I recognize the person standing before the door.
“Gabriel has been taken to the location, I think it’s time we start” Cassius who looked disheveled from head to toe, informs, his breath ragged as he pants.
“Start what?” I look back and forth between the two and they both nod to each other.
“We are getting Xander tomorrow, and a bonus, we are bringing down the Robertson’s tomorrow”