DAVINA
I let out a shaky breath as two guards stepped out from the car first and then followed by a clearly strong man who looked to have seen a number of battles.
His eyes were sharp with an unsettling aura around him, however, he let out a smile and in the blink of an eye, everything went calm.
He suddenly didn’t look harmless, but deep in my heart I knew this was a camouflage.
But then, Darius stepped forward, eting him halfway.
"I didn’t know you would be coming out this way, Alpha."
Alpha Damian glanced away from Darius and looked straight at . The next second, I had my head down for a mont, unable to et those eyes.
"I figured you wouldn’t want to bring her. I was right."
Darius imdiately protested, "It’s not what you think—"
However, his guards pushed Darius to the side and he almost stumbled on the side of the road. I had the Alpha coming for and it seed every step he took was a storm incoming.
And still, I wasn’t able to raise my head.
But the unexpected happened.
"Get your fucking head up, Davina!"
It was Seraphine, harsh and commanding, and as if on command, my head whipped up to look straight in the Alpha’s eyes.
The sharpness seed to blur, as my lips curled, "Hello, Alpha."
He stopped, a fleeting look of shock flashing in his eyes as he nodded with a small smile.
"She is brave..."
"What do you expect?" I tilted my head to the side. "I am the blood wolf after all."
"I hear you were eager to see . Is there anything I can do for you?"
He folded his arms behind him, "I have heard stories of quite a number of blood wolves, but you seem to be very different."
"Ohhh..." I raised a brow. "In what way? Don’t tell you have so sort of prejudice against them?"
"Oh, of course not!" He laughed. "You just seem to fascinate ..." He stepped forward and stretched his palm to .
"Why don’t we take a walk? We can get to know each other after all, you have co to live in my Pack."
"A walk?" Seraphine sneered inside . "At this ti of the night? He seems to think we are a bunch of fools."
Darius glanced at , waiting for what I would say next.
"I don’t think that’s appropriate, Alpha." I took a step back, as I stared at his palm with my nose scrunched up. "I never knew I was going to et you."
"Why don’t we set up a proper eting another ti?"
He glanced at Darius, with a slight crease of his brows and then back at .
"You seem not to understand how serious this is—"
"Trust , I do." I smiled. "Darius has spoken of your benevolence and I am grateful. However, you wouldn’t force your guests to do your bidding, would you?"
"I could just leave the Pack if that’s the case."
My smile turned into a grin, with no single flicker in my eyes. I would do what I said, hook, line, and sinker. And with such an Alpha who looked like he had caught his big fish, he would be reluctant to let that big fish go.
He let out a heavy breath and drew his hand back, "Let’s et tomorrow then, at my place. I have a proposition for you."
He waited, with bated breath for my reply but I turned around sharply while waving at Darius.
"Quick! Co drive!"
He followed after , rushing to the driver’s seat while I sat comfortably by his side. However, he kept glancing at his car mirror, checking on the Alpha.
"You have angered him."
"I know." I chuckled. "I just had to. I hate it when soone tries to force ."
He glanced at , with raised brows, "You seem different than earlier."
"Yeah..." I shrugged. "I think I have multiple personalities now. With such an entity inside , who wouldn’t be so fleek?"
He laughed, the sound echoing through the car and I let out a small smile—a proud one. Even though Seraphine had been in control just a tad bit earlier, I had so traces of in there too.
A sassiness I never knew I had and the ability to stand before those sharp eyes and bounce off the attacks without letting them touch .
I wished I could go back in ti, and embody this part of before my mother and Alpha Diego, and of course, Aria and her goons.
"What do you think the Alpha wants to speak to you about?" Darius cut in, with creased brows.
"Well, he wants a piece of the cake, doesn’t he?" I sank into my chair, while glancing at the road.
"Do you know the story of Ciara? The boys’ mother?"
I sat up imdiately, "Not really. All I know is that she died and Diego was the cause."
My intrigue pushed him further to tell everything about the previous blood wolf.
"Do the boys know about her? I an, her powers?"
"I don’t think so..." He shook his head. "Diego never told them after all, he took all the glory for having two packs under his belt."
"I see..."
"So, can you guess what Damian wants to speak to you about?"
"I guess I can..." I smiled. It wasn’t far off what I thought of him after all.
"What will you do?" He glanced at again, his eyes searching for answers only I could give and a flicker of doubt. And I watched the way his fingers tightened around the wheels as if he was tense.
I turned to the window with a defeated gaze, "This is my safest place to be. I have to play by his cards at least, for now."
I reclined in my chair, shutting off every other noise in my head.
But Seraphine wouldn’t keep still, "Don’t tell you are going to listen to that Alpha tomorrow?"
"All that bravado was for nothing?"
"Of course not..." I chuckled inside. "Darius doesn’t have to know everything. Who knows if he is working with the Alpha?"
If he were a backstabber, I would want him to tell the Alpha that I was just a weak ass girl behind the scenes and only putting up a front earlier.
It would let Damian’s guards down.
"I have a question, Seraphine." I probed, as my curiosity rose.
"Do you know Ciara? What was she like?"
"No, I don’t." She snickered. "Who is that?"
"The last blood wolf?" My brows creased.
"Oh, I don’t recall any other person. Once they are dead, they disappear from my mories too and I get a new person."
"A worthy person." She said proudly.
But it wasn’t a proud mont for at all as I felt a knot in my chest. My eyes blurred at the edges as a cold trickle of sadness went down my body.
"Do you an you are going to forget the minute I die?"
She went quiet, as if my question had choked her which was unusual for Seraphine.
"Uhmmm..." She stuttered. "I...I think that’s how it works."
"You won’t rember either. So, I think that’s a win-win for us both."
However, it still didn’t quench the ache in my heart. I went silent too and even though she bugged and tried to get to speak to her, I didn’t say a word.
I got out of the car, straight to the living space that had been prepared. It was a house, with four bedrooms and I must admit Darius and the Alpha had put a lot of consideration into it.
However, as soon as I got to the door with Darius following after I turned around.
"I think you should go back ho." I bowed my head. "Thank you for everything today. I will see you tomorrow."
He gasped but then bowed his head as he stepped back. He went back to his car and I watched him drive off before I got in.
But just as I got in, I felt a pull.
It was Uriel, with eyes red in anger, "Where the hell have you been?"
"Uhmm..." I smiled, sheepishly. "I had to do sothing with Darius."
"What is that?" Ethan and Shawn’s voices bounced off the walls as they appeared in the living room.
Uriel dragged toward them, and soon, I was surrounded by three boys oozing with pheromones. Their anger, the danger made squirm and that wouldn’t let stay still.
I glanced at the couch, "Can I sit for a mont?"
"No." Shawn refused, with a cold voice that sent chills down my spine.
Ethan and Uriel had the sa cold look Shawn had and it seed they had embodied themselves. I couldn’t even tell them apart with their faces at this mont.
I had to quickly speak up, narrating all that happened and assuring them I didn’t give Alpha Damian an audience.
But they didn’t ease up, still and the air was still just as tense.
"Is anything the problem?"
Shawn walked to one side of the room, bringing out a thick envelope and as he pulled out the contents for to see, Ethan began explaining.
"We received that from an anonymous source when you were away."
I grabbed the docunts, pictures, and other things inside the envelope and I checked through every single one of them with my brows creased.
"It’s about our mother’s death. Apparently, Alpha Diego wasn’t the only one involved."
I nodded, as I muttered, "Darius too."
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