VALENCIA’S POV
I looked at Caleb, unsure how to answer his question before taking a deep breath.
"That’s wrong. Of course, I know my parents. They belong to the beta rank in the Hazel Moon pack," I said.
There was no way I was going to believe that I was suffering torture and hatred in a household that didn’t even belong to .
I won’t question anything until soone cos to with proof.
"Is that so?" Cassandra asked and I nodded my head.
"Then how are you going to explain why you are a werewolf, an offspring of two pure werewolves yet you shapeshift into sothing different?" Veronica asked .
I didn’t have the answer to that, but I was sure there was a reason behind it.
Wasn’t that why I was here in the guest place?
"I thought I would find my answers here. That’s why I risked it all and ca here. But it looks like you guys are as oblivious about it as ," I said and they sighed.
"Do you want to know what the curse is about?" Cassandra asked, and I hesitated.
I bit my bottom lip.
I have always been impulsive about things, but this ti after hearing such words, I wanted to stay cautious.
"Give so ti," I said before looking at Asher.
I don’t know if it was because I t him first or because he knew how I was, I was more comfortable around him than the other Lycans.
"Can I co again to know the truth and the story once I confirm things?" I asked and they nodded their heads after looking at each other and probably mindlinking if they could do that.
As soon as they said those words, I stood from the table and bowed to them before ssaging Maverick that I was going back to the hotel because Dylan called urgently.
It was a lie obviously. But I needed ti with Dylan. If there was anyone who could tell anything about this, then it was Jonathan and Dylan only.
And I needed my answers without Maverick knowing about it. I was still not ready to open up to him. I might sound like a jerk, but the fear of losing this was bigger than anything right now.
I didn’t want to break Maverick’s heart just like that. I will tell him everything soon for sure, but not now when I wasn’t in my right mind either.
I hailed a cab towards the hotel and ssaged Dylan to be available at the hotel and that I needed to talk to Jonathan too.
’Don’t be so anxious, Valencia. I am sure it won’t be anything of that sort,’ Aurora said, and I humd vaguely.
Probably it wouldn’t be anything. I an, it made no sense at all, but my heart wasn’t going to relax until I -
I couldn’t complete my thoughts because, the next mont, the cab I was sitting in collided with another car.
I could feel my car being thrown in the air before it circled.
Survival instincts kicked in and I imdiately held the back of the seat, trying my best to cover my face and curl my body into a circle to incur lesser damage.
Boom!
The car hit the ground and the glasses shattered, the pieces hitting my body, making clench my teeth in pain.
A ringing sound echoed in my head.
The sound of people shouting and rushing around us was so loud, but to , it looked like nothing. The only sound I could hear at the mont was the loud ringing.
The only thing I could sll was the thick scent of mine and the cab driver’s blood.
The car was inverted and my body ached terribly.
’Are you okay?’ Aurora asked and I seriously had the nerve to crack her head open and see if there was this working organ called a brain in there or not.
Did I look okay in any way to her? I gritted my teeth, groaning loudly.
Moving my hand, making more glass pieces move around , I squared my jaws and tried to open the door, but to no avail did it move.
"Uhhhh!" I growled loudly, entering more pressure when I realized that I had a wound in my abdon too.
I looked down and noticed an iron rod-like thing in my abdon.
Tears flowed down my cheeks as my vision started to blur.
No. I wasn’t going to die like this...
’Happy!’ I whispered the only na who I felt could hear in this desperation.
’You can’t do this to , moon goddess,’ I snarled at the higher deity who was responsible for all the happenings in my life.
’Valencia, you are a strong person. You got this. I know it might be looking hard, but think about all the things we ca out of. This is nothing in front of it,’ Aurora said and I nodded at her softly.
She was right. I can’t rely on so kind of deity to help . She has never helped before. Why would she help now? She never thought about my happiness or pain before today, and she definitely won’t think about it now.
My life was probably nothing more than a series of events worth enjoying for her.
I can’t expect anything from her.
Closing my eyes for a brief second, I took a shaky breath before pushing the door with all the strength I could.
The rod was digging deeper into my abdon, but I knew if I stopped now, I wouldn’t be able to exert the sa kind of pressure again, and thus, without stopping, I kept pushing the door, the sound of it moving, making my heart full of hope and it wasn’t long before I was able to remove it.
The first thing I noticed as soon as the door was removed and the outer regions ca into view was another crashed car that was almost fully damaged.
No. Did those people die? I didn’t even know how many people were inside the car.
"Hey, the girl is alive. Let’s help her first," Soone shouted and I saw a bloodied hand being extended towards .
Thinking it was the hand of soone who probably was helping the people who got wounded, I took the hand and tried to move out, doing my best to not puncture my abdon and hurt any organ.
It was not that deep. I could feel it.
After struggling for so ti, I was finally able to get out of the car and as soon as my gaze t with the person, to say I was surprised would be an understatent.
This gaze...
I knew this man. I don’t know when and where, but sowhere in my heart, I could feel it.
I looked at his hand and noticed how badly it was hurt. Not only his hand but he was wounded all around.
I stumbled back a little, not being able to stand properly and the man held my hand, pulling close as if wanting to help .
"Unfortunately the drivers died," Soone comnted around us and I imdiately turned to look at the n in both cars who weren’t moving.
People around us were doing their best to pull out their bodies as it looked like the other car was about to burst.
The loud sound of the ambulance’s siren echoed around us.
My body felt slightly numb. The people around were humans, and thus I didn’t suspect them.
After a few minutes, that man and I were pulled into the hospital on stretchers.
I could see the doctors taking his stretcher in another direction and I closed my eyes.
"You did well," Aurora said softly and I gulped. I don’t know if I did well.
’Fuck ,’
’Well, I don’t think this is the best place for that,’
’Stay where you are, woman,’
’Shut up. Are you wounded?’
’Yes,’
’What kind of wound?’
’A wolfsbane-laced dagger,’
’Are you decent?’
’A pack she-wolf,’
’A human,’
As my body started to fall into the pit of unconsciousness, I could hear this conversation happening and my heart finally eased at the realization.
Yes. I knew this man. Now I rember. He was the sa wounded rogue that I had t on my birthday.
I was running after seeing Tyler and Matilda together and had ventured into the no man’s land.
At that ti, he was groaning because he was wounded and I had helped him with the wounds.
He was quite battered that day and had wounds all over his body, but of course, the wolfsbane-laced one was the one that was treated.
I can’t believe he was the sa man. A rogue that I helped.
It was ironic how he had told he was a rogue and if I was sure I wanted to treat him. Who would’ve known that I would turn into a rogue the sa night because my mate cheated on and didn’t want ?
Life was surely unpredictable. I took a deep breath as soone injected sothing into my body, probably anesthesia to treat my wounds.
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