Chapter 57.2
Chapter 57.2
Clara’s POV
What’s wrong with Erik’s face? I didn’t kill someone innocent. As far as I know, I am not doing something wrong. “I still smell some rouge,” Angeline said, and I threw the body of the rogue that I had just killed on the ground. I looked around at the pack members and saw one rogue quietly leaving, and I ran towards the rogue. When I got near him, I let out my claws and instantly stabbed him from behind. In a few seconds, he fell to the ground, lifeless.
I looked back at the remaining pack members, who were currently shocked by what had happened. Erik was one of them who was now standing and just watching with a shocked face. I didn’t care about it anyways, so I started walking away from them. I saw Alpha Louis’s wife walk towards me. “What is it?” I asked coldly.
She bowed down to me nervously. “Your highness, I suggest you take a shower,” She said, and I slightly tilted my head sideward, trying to peek at her face while bowing. I touched my chin and thought about it for a while. “Understood, lead the way,” I said and heard Luna sigh in relief.
I looked back at my brother Vincent and Erik. Seeing their shocked faces didn’t make me feel anything. I can’t blame them for being surprised. I don’t want to be weak anymore, and I don’t want someone to die for my sake. What happened to Alpha Louis is enough to wake me up. I need to be strong enough to face countless rogues so no one will die protecting me anymore.
“Are you okay?” I asked Angeline.
“I am, don’t worry, and this place is clean. I can’t smell rogues any longer. No matter how many potions they use to hide their scent, I can still distinguish them,” Angeline snarled, thinking about rogues.
“That’s good enough for me,” I replied proudly to Angeline.
I followed Alpha Louis’s Luna to the room where I would be changing. Along the way, some she-wolf handed a new set of clothes to the Luna, and I’m guessing that it is for me to use. When we arrived at the room, she immediately went inside the bathroom to prepare everything that I would use. She was about to leave when I stopped her.
“You know where his study is at, do you?” I asked, and her eyes grew big in surprise. She immediately masked her surprised face and lightly bowed her head at me.
“Yes, your highness,” She replied softly.
“After I shower, I will go there,” I said, and she nodded. I turned my back to her and entered the bathroom to clean myself. I saw my reflection in the mirror, and I looked like a ghost full of blood. I sighed and took a shower.
The cold water dripped and touched my skin, making me feel refreshed. I feel so tired. Should I tell Erik and leave everything to him? Thinking about waiting at home and making Erik do the work seems like a dream. I told myself that I would no longer rely on him and that I should be strong enough to handle things by myself so I won’t experience this kind of thing again. I closed the shower and wiped myself dry before leaving the bathroom. I changed into new clothes and headed straight outside. I saw Alpha Louis’s Luna waiting by the door. She saw me and bowed. She quietly guided me to the office of Alpha Louis.
“This is his office and personal space,” she said and left me by myself at the office. I looked around the office, it was full of bookshelves in any corner, but he said to look for his diary in his hidden study. Walls, walls, walls, he said the entrance was on the walls. I need someone to move these bookshelves. I sighed when I thought about asking Erik for help.
“Erik,” I called in our mind link.
“Hmm,” he replied like he didn’t want to talk to me, but I didn’t care. I need him to move these big bookshelves.
“Come to Alpha Louis’s study and help me with something,” I said to him, and in a few minutes, the door flung open. Erik was breathing heavily, and it seemed that he had run here.
“Move the bookshelves enough for me to walk through, and I need to suspect the walls,” I ordered, talking to him as coldly as possible. Every time that I face Erik, I feel so irritated. I do not want to be in the same room as him.
“Oh, okay,” he said, looking disappointed, but I just stood in the middle of the room, quietly waiting for him to move.
When he noticed that I was waiting for him to move, he awkwardly turned his back on me and walked closer to one of the bookshelves. He easily moved the bookshelf without breaking a sweat. He continued moving the bookshelves, and I walked through behind the bookshelves one by one to inspect the walls. The wall was flawlessly done. Not even one crack was on it until I found some small hole in the corner of the office.
I put in my finger to see if something was inside the hole, and there was something like a button. I pressed the button, and the wall moved until an entrance was shown. I looked back at Erik; he was watching everything I was doing. “Aren’t you going to leave?” I asked. I’m not trying to make him leave, but if he wants to come, he should follow rather than stand there.
“Can I?” He asked with a low voice.
“I never said you can’t,” I replied and turned my back to enter the hidden room. I heard him sigh from behind but acted like I didn’t hear anything.
We were just with each other for how many minutes, and now I am getting irritated again. I don’t hate him, but every time I see his face, I feel annoyed and angry for some reason. I know I love him and trust him with all of my heart, but after what happened and I saw him in front of me, I felt some distance between us, and maybe that is the cause why I feel irritated every time I see him.