Chapter 18 Missing
>>Mael
The more I smelled his pheromones, the more I found myself easing into him. It was such a calming and mind-numbing process that I didn’t even realize what I was falling into.
Then, I felt his lips slightly press onto mine and butterflies began to go wild in my stomach before we even got to the real part.
The door opened, “Mael! Are you here!?” It was Mr.Owen.
His voice snapped me back to reality and my eyes went wide while a frown appeared on Eli’s face. He was heavily displeased but I was so shocked at myself that I pushed him off and squirmed out of his grip. Then ran past the curtains without looking back.
“Yes sir!” I stood in front of him, “I’m here.” My heart was still drumming in my chest.
“Oh good,” He placed his hand on my shoulder and my whole body jolted in pleasure.
“....” Mr. Owen looked at me with wide eyes.
“...” A blush crept on my cheeks as I suppressed the urge to jump out of the room.
Oh My God!!!
I’m still sensitive from what just happened. This is so embarrassing! He’s going to question me now and I’m done for! I’m so ashamed of myself!
“Oh God Mael,” The teacher took his hand off, “Does it hurt that much?” He looked shocked, “Your face is red too,” He touched my forehead making me flinch again but this one was very subtle.
I gulped, “Yes,” Oh! Thank God! He doesn’t think that was something weird, “But I’m done treating it.”
“Okay,” He nodded, “Good.” Then his eyes squinted, “Do you smell that?” He looked around,
“W-what?” I gulped, “What smell?” I immediately knew something was wrong and it was me.
“Sweet,” He said, “Pheromones?”
I suddenly felt funny between my legs, “I’ll be going now.” My knees felt weak as well.
‘Ah,” I didn’t let him say anything and ran out, “Okay…”
I ran to the sleeping room and went straight toward my backpack. I was so frantic that I was losing my mind. My hands were shaking as I searched for my pills and my mind was a mess.
What just happened there? I made a mess as I grabbed the pill bottle from my bag. I tried to open the pill bottle with trembling hands but I couldn’t even manage such a simple task
“Fuck!!” I cursed and used extra force to open it, making the pills fall everywhere around the mattress, “Shit!!”
…
Shit…
I felt stupid at that moment and took a deep breath to calm myself down, then began to pick up the pills and put them back in the small jar. My body was still hot so I kept three capsules out as I sniffled.
I didn’t know what to think but nothing was going my way and eventually, it was all just stressful.
“Mael!” The door opened, making me jolt in surprise. I looked back with the pills still in my hands as Calix and Killian came in, “You got hurt?” Calix came and sat down in front of me, “Are you alright?” He took my hand, “What happened?” He was concerned.
“Ah-” I gulped and stared at the capsules in my hand and then at him, “That-” I wasn’t sure if I should eat these in front of them but then again, they were Alphas too and I needed this. I subtly put the bottle back in the bag, ate three capsules altogether, and gulped them down without water.
I didn’t notice it but Killian was observing me quite keenly, “What was that?” He asked as he handed me a water bottle.
I took it, “Just some vitamins…” I didn’t meet his eyes as I drank from it.
“How did you get hurt?” Calix’s grip on my hand got a little tighter.
“Just,” I paused, “I fell.”
“Hmmm~” Killian wasn’t convinced, “You fell?” He snorted, “On spikes or claws?”
I froze at his words and my eyes went wide.
“What does that mean?” Calix looked at him.
“He was obviously bullied.” He tied his hands behind his head but I looked further down, “But is too embarrassed to say it.”
I pursed my lips as I felt humiliation creep up on me, “Ah!” But my lips hurt and bled again
“Mael,” Calix had a frown on his face.
“...” I didn’t respond.
He sighed, “Come on,” He made me stand up with him, “Let’s put some ointment there too.” He was genuinely worried about me and that made me feel really fuzzy inside
It made me think,
He’s a good person…
The kitchen was huge, something you’d expect from a popular inn but the problem was cooking. Almost everyone was back from their hunting trip and had to cook for themselves. In our group, the only person who knew something about cooking was Calix, so while we tried to cut the ingredients he prepared the seasoning.
“Just how do you skin rabbits?” Killian held the two things with their ears and dangled them in the air.
“Just take the skin off with your claws,” Eli said.
“Don’t spill the blood anywhere!” Calix glared at us, “Do it in the sink.”
I remained quiet as I cut the vegetables. Honestly, it wasn’t that bad. Since the people in my group involved me in everything, it felt nice. I didn’t have my binder with me but since my breasts are non-existent wearing a jacket over my shirt did the trick of hiding them.
I looked around the kitchen, everyone was struggling but overall, it did look like all of them were having fun.
I smiled as I kept cutting. Calix was very gentle with me when he took me back to the medical room and applied some ointment, after which he didn’t ask me anything about my injury and we started to prepare ourselves for early dinner.
This feels like a school trip.
My heart was full of glee at the thought.
This was one of the things I never had.
“Mael are you done with the veggies?” Calix called out to me.
“Ah!” I snapped back to reality, “Yeah!” I picked them up, “I’ll bring them over.”
“Wash them first.” Calix pointed at the sink where Eli and Killian were busy skinning their hunt
“Okay…” I answered as I got a little shy. I didn’t talk to Eli at all after he treated me but I had to wash these veggies so I walked over to the sink. I didn’t look at either of them, they didn’t bother me either as they kept bickering among themselves about the meat.
It made me giggle a little but I focused on washing the ingredients. I had to bet forward since the sink was huge and the pipes were at the back when suddenly I felt someone’s gaze on me. I shot my head towards the other two and noticed Eli looking at my butt.
A blush crept on my face because even when he noticed I saw him, he didn’t show any remorse and only passed me a smirk.
Fuck you, Eli!
You pervert!!
I scoffed and took the clean veggies over to Calix who began to saute them. I stood by his side watching him but my mind was somehow getting drawn to Eli who had started the skinning.
Pervert…
I shyly looked away.
The door banged open out of the blue making everyone look at the entrance.
Mr. Owen made his entry into the kitchen,
His face was pale and his eyes wide, he scanned the room looking for someone but whoever it was, he didn’t find them. After which his frown deepened.
“Everyone,” He announced, “Has anyone seen Horis, Harry, Wendy, or Angeli?”
My heart dropped at those names and I felt myself blench a little.
“Why?’ The students asked, “Is something wrong?’
The teacher gulped, unsure if he should answer us or not but in the end, he sighed.
“The search team can’t find them.” He massaged his temples and my heart began to skip beats, “Plus they found some blood near the river.”
There were several gasps in the room but the way my eyes went wide could not be compared. I turned my head to look at Eli, the person who was last with the four, the culprit behind the blood there, but he wasn’t fazed at all. There wasn’t a hint of fear or remorse on his face and he didn’t even look at me. He calmly stared back at the teacher.
“No one?” Mr. Owen asked and everyone just shook their heads. He let out an exasperated sigh, “If none of you know anything then it’s safe to say they’ve gone missing.”
At his words, I felt my stomach churn.
Just what did Eli do?