Her voice laced with fear and agony. She tried to look brave, as if she could take the world head on, but Khaos could see through her façade, where behind the feral beast that he saw earlier, was a little girl who had gone through so much.
She was scared.
And it reminded him of little Zuri, who was hugging herself under the maple tree in the middle of cold night.
"I swear, I am not crazy." She shook her head, trying to convince him.
Zuri knew she would crumble if Khaos said the word. Everyone around her called her with that na to the point she believed them, but if Khaos said it too, she didn't think there was no way back for her.
If the word ca from his mouth, she knew it was final. She was indeed crazy. Sothing was not right with her head, just like what they said.
"I know." Khaos leaned over and kissed her forehead. "You are not crazy."
Zuri blinked her eyes when she heard that. She wanted to hear it again, but at the sa ti, she couldn't believe there was soone, who thought she was not.
anwhile, Khaos wondered, how many ti people around her called her crazy to the point, she wanted to cling desperately for his validation on her own state of mind.
It was not the feral beast that Khaos saw in him, just like how Caiden described her, but a tortured soul, who had been longing for a touch of gentleness.
And that was what Khaos gave to her. He peppered kisses on her face, until she sighed in content.
"Where is the secret passageway to the pack house, can you show ?" Khaos asked, as he kissed her cheek.
"Yes." Zuri nodded eagerly.
Little did Zuri know, a 'leash' was not always in form of strict rule, harsh word and punishnt, but it could also take form of gentleness.
With that, Zuri took Khaos to the secret passageway that she told him earlier. She held his hand tightly, as if she didn't want to let him go. He was hers.
'Mine.'
Said the voice in her head repeatedly. This strong feeling was alarming.
They didn't talk about what happened earlier. Zuri didn't want to bring the topic up because she was afraid Khaos would change his mind and see her differently, but she wondered, why he didn't ask any question to her when he must have a lot of things to ask, in order to understand her.
'It's because he didn't care about you. Why would he care about those things as long as you are useful to him?'
The secret passage was at the north of the pack's fortress, hidden in the bushes, you wouldn't be able to find it if you didn't look into it carefully.
"Here." Zuri and Rhett created this secret passage for her to go out of the pack house without her father's knowledge. This was the only way for her to see the world outside of her pack, to know and learn a lot of things from her brother.
Rhett was her favorite and he would always be.
It was Zuri, who entered first followed by Khaos, but she stopped in her track when this familiar scent hit her.
"Rhett?" Zuri perked up when she noticed her brother was there. He had been waiting for her at the other end of the secret passage.
Without thinking twice, Zuri ran toward him and hugged him, while behind her, Khaos stopped walking, he watched the reunion of the two siblings in silent.
This was not the first ti for Khaos to see Rhett, they t a few tis before.
Rhett was the third son of alpha Roland with his first mate. From the information that Khaos got, Rhett loved to travel and was into relic. He appeared a few tis in the Three Deadly ways to observe the relic from the lycan Dynasty.
There was nothing suspicious about him, at least for now, aside from his relation to Lucas and the seal he put on that informant.
"Zuri!" Rhett hugged her and kissed her cheek. "I know you will use the secret passage," he said with a giggle. His eyes softened when he saw his little sister, but his expression hardened the mont his eyes landed on Khaos. "What do you want here, alpha?" He pulled Zuri behind his back, but she retaliated and then went to Khaos instead.
A smirk touched Khaos's lip. He put his hand on her waist and pulled her closer.
"This is the order from the king," Khaos said. "You need to open the gates and surrender. Alpha Roland has been punished for treason, if you kept this act, you will brand as a traitor too. You better cooperate this ti."
Rhett narrowed his eyes, not to what Khaos said, but to the fact that Zuri chose this alpha instead of him. He used to be her favorite person.
"Zuri, co here," Rhett said. He beckoned her and she looked hesitated.
"She is promised to , I think you must have known about that, knowing you even have your own informant," Khaos said, he then took Zuri's hand. "I will wait until the sun set and we will discuss your surrender."
Rhett looked annoyed because Zuri didn't listen to him. She looked at him apologetically and averted her gaze, but that was not what he wanted right now.
"Or what? Are you going to bring a battle to our door?"
"Do you think you can afford a battle with the royal warrior?"
Both of them knew the final result if the situation ca to that. It was no brainer that the only
thing River Creek pack from it was casualties.
Rhett finally put his focus on Khaos, his voice dripped with demand when he spoke again.
"Silas can't be the alpha."
Khaos raised his brows. "Do you want to be the alpha?"
"Yes." His answer was solid.
This progress was interesting for Khaos.
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