Chapter 140 Game Of Alphas (V)
Kristen's POV
If someone had told me Ben would turn out to be my enemy, I would have called them nuts.
How could he do such a thing to Calhoun, upon knowing they would all swim with Sharks?
Just fuck!
I can't believe this is happening right now.
Calhoun is bleeding profusely and he's tearing his shirt to tie around his bleeding arm. The crowd is watching in awe. But I am not relaxed, upon knowing the situation has worsened for Calhoun.
The smell of his blood will lure the sharks to him if he enters that water. I need to stop him! To hell with the game, I cannot lose Calhoun over anything. Aiden is only three days old for goodness sake.
"Let me go!" Bruce is already restraining me from going forward, he was quick to capture me upon sensing what I had in mind.
"You cannot stop Calhoun, he's had a worse experience before," Bruce makes this known to me.
"He's going to get eaten by the sharks," my voice is shaky, and I can feel my whole body vibrating from fear.
"You underestimate your mate so much, Kristen?" Bruce casts me a disappointed look.
On my second attempt to go meet Calhoun, Bruce pulls me back again.
"Have you ever wondered why Calhoun is the Alpha of Alphas?" He asks with all seriousness.
There and then, I stop dead in my tracks as my mind creates images of Calhoun suffering all in the name of winning.
"He does this every year, it's like a child plays to him,"
"But he's never gotten stabbed before,"
"He'll heal in six hours,"
"You know I'm not talking about healing, it's his fucking blood! It'd lure the sharks to him!"
"Some Alphas are gonna get eaten anyway, but Calhoun is someone who won't get eaten even if he's bleeding."
Bruce's words are meant to make me relax but it's impossible upon seeing Calhoun in such a state. My paranoia is getting the best of me at this point.
Calhoun might be Alpha but I am too scared for his sake.
He and the remaining Alphas are waiting for the whistleblower, and the sharks are already going haywire from the smell of Calhoun's blood.
"Please do something, "I grab Bruce's arm.
"I am sorry, Kristen. But there's nothing I can do." Bruce looks at me with regret.
"For fucks sake, he's your Alpha!" My yell is enough to make the people around us stare at me weirdly.
"Calm down," Bruce puffs out.
"You're supposed to perform your duties when he's in need of help," I yell in his face.
"Trust me, Calhoun doesn't want help from anyone."
And the firmness in his tone gives out that he's telling the truth.
"This is bullshit!" I hiss out and take my heels.
"Kristen!" Upon sensing I am running, Bruce trails right after me.
I ignore him and start sprinting towards the pool to put an end to the silly game. Calhoun And I have been through so much together, for me to let him just risk his life like this. He has so much ahead of him.
While shouldering my way past the crowd, I realize my phone is ringing.
I want to ignore it but something deep within me is against it.
I am still running when I slip out the phone, only to figure that it's
Janette calling.
'Miss Kristen,' my heart skips in my chest upon detecting the fear in her voice.
"What?" I ask as I transfer the phone to my left ear.
'One of the maids just accidentally dropped Aiden to the floor, and
he's bleeding!' She informs me.
And I can feel my heart going still for a second.
"What!?" My voice is shaky and my body is starting to tremble.
"Hurry and return home, he just passed out.' Janette adds.
And I stiffen like a statue.
"Kristen, you can't go there right now!" Bruce quickly secures my
hand from behind.
I am still numb because my brain is trying to process everything.
My mouth parts and words don't come out.
I repeat the action twice as I stare at Bruce, my vision already
blurring with tears.
"Kristen?" Bruce blinks unsteadily.
"My son...Aiden..." it's even hard to speak at this point. All I can see
are pictures of Aiden bleeding, and Calhoun bleeding too.
Right at this moment, the whistle gets blown and Calhoun is the first
to dive into the pool of sharks.
Right now, it's like a double blow to me.
My son, Aiden, is in a crucial condition and Calhoun is in the pool of
sharks.
It's hard to think straight at this point, I don't even know how to
react.
Bruce is still holding me, restraining me from going further.
"Kristen, stop."
"Aiden..." a pang hits my chest.
"What happened to Aiden?" Bruce questions me with keen interest.
"He..he was dropped by a maid, he bled and passed out." It took
everything within me to let this out.
"Shit," Bruce curses.
The pain piercing through my chest is enough to make me slip and
fall, but Bruce is fast in securing my arm.
Tears which I never thought I would shed start dripping down my
cheeks.
Because I am torn between staying to ensure Calhoun is safe and leaving to check up on my son.
"I...I should go," I don't even know what I'm doing at this point.
Why on earth did I ever leave Aiden? I have been careless right from the moment I brought him into this world. Selfish and always after my own benefit, that's why I kept leaving him with the maid when he's just three days old.
"I'll go check up on him, and ensure he's fine.." Bruce stops me again.
"No, I'll go," immediately, my heart jumps in my chest when I see all the sharks chasing after Calhoun in the pool.
His side of the pool is getting bloody, and all the sharks are teaming up and swimming after him.
"Calhoun!" His name burst out of my mouth.
I have never been thrown in such a position before, where my mate
and my son need help.
Did Mom lay a curse on me? I can clearly recall when she told me I
would suffer.
My body is trembling from fright.
"You stay here, while I go check up on your son," Bruce instructs.
It's hard to even give Bruce a response when I feel like my brain is going to explode from anxiety.
The crowd gasps in horror when the sharks catch an Alpha and fests
on him.
"Calhoun!" I yell the name of my mate because fuck! He's the only
one bleeding.
I shift and run out of the audience, upon thinking it's Calhoun who's
getting eaten.
But then Calhoun resurfaces the water.
He's completely shirtless now and his shirt is wounded around his bleeding arm, and I cannot notice any trace of blood.
I would have been relieved but I can't at this point where three Alphas have been eaten by sharks and the whole pool is full of blood.
Calhoun is leading at this point, with other Alphas and Ben fucking Gregory right behind him.
My mate is the fastest swimmer of them all, and to think this is just the third level of the game. Five more are remaining.