Chapter 26: Episode 26 - Panic attack
When I finally woke up from the nightmare, I felt like my lungs were burning from lack of oxygen. I threw the blankets from , ran towards the window, and opened it. I tried to take deep breaths but instead started feeling dizzy. I closed my eyes and put my hand on my chest, which was beating painfully fast.
"It’s just a nightmare, Aadhya. There was nothing real in it," I whispered and tried to co to proper senses again, but when black dots started dancing in front of my eyes, I opened my eyes and instantly my eyes turned towards Alpha’s balcony, which is a very good distance away but thanks to my werewolf senses that I can see him clearly standing there.
His eyes are closed, and his hands are stuffed in his pockets. He is wearing a black lower and white tank top. His shoulder-length hair is wet, and tiny water droplets are dripping from them on his broad shoulders. No matter how much his beard or bulky body screams that he is a hard, strong, and rude man but the peaceful expressions on his face are clearly showing signs of softness. I don’t know when, but my breaths beca normal, but I continued admiring him. I feel like his calmness helped
in calming myself.
He would have felt my gaze because suddenly, Alpha opened his eyes and looked exactly at . For a few minutes, we kept looking at each other without blinking, but slowly Alpha tilted his head and looked at his wristwatch, which made
finally realize what am I doing... {now, turning your back would be more embarrassing, Aadhya}... I nodded and agreed with my conscience, but still, my gaze turned towards the clock, which was showing 1:00 am. I again looked at him and found him already looking at . Suddenly I beca self-conscious. I know that I look attractive because of the beauty genes of werewolves that I got from mom and dad. It doesn’t matter if I am a werewolf or not. No one would have matched the standard of his beauty ... {damn, I have not tied my hair} ... I chuckled a little at my stupid conscience who is stupidly putting ideas on my mind... {co on, dude, from when I started thinking about others’ opinions on my looks} ... When I looked at him next, I found him still looking at , so I decided to break this staring ga. I raised an eyebrow and carefully mouthed, ’unable to sleep?’ and to my surprise, he understood it at the very first attempt.
’Not really,’ he mouthed carefully, and I smiled triumphantly as I also understood for the very first ti ’you’? He asked .
’ too,’ I mouthed, and he nodded.
’Wanna talk’? He mouthed, and at first, I thought that I got it wrong, but then he continued, ’I don’t think that’s a good idea. We should sleep,’ he mouthed this very fast, but luckily, I understood a few words and joined them to understand the whole sentence. I grinned as he looked a little awkward.
’Let’s talk then,’ I mouthed, and he nodded. When he calmly walked into his ho, I rembered that I did not have his contact number; then, how were we going to talk like this? Before I gave so complints to myself for my stupidity, I saw the main door of his house opening. I focused my eyes as it was dark there, but soon I saw him walking towards the hostel in the streetlights. I ran towards the door when I realized that all the ti in our little interaction, I was wearing a low-neck spaghetti top... now suddenly, I didn’t want to go and et him ......{but I can’t ignore him when he is already waiting for ... it’s alright, Aadhya. He is a werewolf, and nudity is not sothing uncommon in werewolves, and it’s not like you are naked. You are not just wearing sothing that you consider proper clothes}
I rubbed my face in irritation, wore the first t-shirt I got, and walked out of the room... {no need to act embarrassed or sothing like that} ... I told myself and ca out of the hostel. I found him waiting outside, he was wearing a white V-neck t-shirt, and half of his wet hair was now tied in a ponytail... {why does he have to look so handso all the ti?}.
"Let’s sit there," he said, gesturing towards our left, where a bench is placed at the corner of the footpath. I nodded, and we walked silently and sat there "you have aweso hair," he complinted
out of the blue, and I again beca self-conscious. {dude, you again forgot to tie your hair} ...
"Thank you," I told him but unconsciously tied my hair in a ssy bun, making him chuckle.
"I just complinted you for your hair, and you tied them just like that," he said in amusent, and I rolled my eyes.
"They are still aweso," I told him, and he smiled.
"You know, when I got the crown, the council suggested that I should build a bungalow or sothing castle-type for ," he told , and I chuckled.
"I never heard even in stories that a king loves in a normal house. Just imagine an author writing... ’once upon a ti there lived the greatest king of his ti, in his two-story house," I said to him dramatically, and he laughed out loud.
"Well, it is hilarious, but I don’t like all those things. I wanted a ho filled with love and not so castle or bungalow filled with riches, so I rejected their offer," he told
with a smile, "and we are only two people who live in that house, dad and . Sotis we feel that even this is huge for us."
"Very few rich people think like that," I told him, and he nodded.
"Yeah, but my dad is like that, and he is the one who is my role model, so this cos naturally," he explained, and I nodded.
"It’s good to have a family," I said to him, and he humd in response "seems like you overslept in the car," I pointed out, and he rolled his eyes.
"You are still stuck on that," he said, and I smiled. "I just ca from night patrolling before I caught you ogling at ," he said, and I chuckled at it... {there is no need to deny sothing that I have made earlier very clear.}
"That’s the fault of the moon goddess. She should not have made you this drool-worthy" as soon as I said this, I ntally groaned at my choice of words, and he smirked at .
"Well, these are not the words girls use to complint
normally," he said, but I did not say anything "drool-worthy... seriously, Aadhya," he asked
while laughing, and I couldn’t help but laugh along with him... {his laugh is contagious... and lodious too}
"Fine, I knew it’s weird, but it’s the truth," I told him, and he raised his hand in surrender.
"Fine, I accept that I am drool-worthy," he said cockily, and I rolled my eyes. "So, why were you not sleeping?" he asked . It’s not like having nightmares is uncommon, but I don’t think everyone can see the nightmares that feel so close to reality. I shuddered suddenly when I rembered the nightmare "you know I also don’t get accustod to new surroundings easily," he said casually, but I knew that he was trying to divert my mind... {he surely had seen
shuddering}.
"Back at the blue moon, they used to call
weirdo," I told him, and he looked at
and nodded "they started calling
that after the death of my parents. Initially, I was confused about why I was being called that, but Layla always told
not to listen to them. I tried to ignore them for a long ti, but whenever soone called
weirdo, I felt so annoyed. This always made
rember that I don’t have my parents to shield
from that" I took a deep breath and looked at Alpha. He was listening to
with utter seriousness " the day on which Layla and matt found Ellon and Mia .... that day was sad as well as happy for ."
"That day, I understood that no matter how much people love , they can’t be with
for my whole life. On the sa day, I made up my mind to join the warriors and accepted the word ’weirdo’ with open arms because that’s what I am, I am different, and I am glad to be like that" I smiled at that and again looked at him and found him smiling "so I don’t think there is anything wrong in adding a new thing in my weirdness" I said it loud to make myself confident and continued "nightmares are a part of my every night. Today I saw a real heart-wrenching nightmare minutes ago when you found
ogling at you. You can say that you distracted
from my nightmare" I told him the truth, and he chuckled.
"Glad to help you with the help of my drool-worthy looks, Aadhya," he said cockily, and without thinking, I slapped on his arm, and both of us froze instantly. He looked at , "you..." before he said sothing, I took hold of both my ears.
"Sorryyyyyyyy... sorry sorry sorry, alpha," I said to him regretfully "damn, Aadhya, why do you have to do this stupidity? Sorry Alpha, but it’s not clearly 100% my fault. You are the one who suggested we talk... Oh god, what I am saying... sorry, alpha" I continued blabbering until he got irritated and put his palm on my mouth. I looked at him with my puppy dog eyes, and he pinched the bridge of his nose using another hand.
"Fine," he said, and I blinked my eyes, "just be careful next ti. You have to believe that I am the fucking ALPHA KING for a reason. At least give
so respect," he said and took a deep breath "now I am removing my hand, and you are going to show so rcy on my ears and will stay silent for at least five minutes," he said and waited for my approval... {how can I tell you yes when you are covering my mouth} ... I gave him a bored expression, and he took a deep breath and removed his hand.
"If you are that annoyed, then why on this earth do you suggest talking with
first?" As soon as I asked him, he started chuckling while shaking his head.
"And I thought that you were going to listen to
this ti," he said and shook his head. "Why are you not afraid of , Aadhya?" he questioned
suddenly, and I shrugged. "Oh, co on, there has to be a reason. Not even Ellon and Mia are so casual with , and they knew
for my whole life."
"This can be the doing of mate bond, I think," I told him, and he nodded.
"Might be possible," he said, and I humd.
"But I think this can be one of my technical or wiring faults" as soon I said that, he again chuckled.
"Now, what are these technical or wiring faults?" he asked , and I shrugged.
"Well, I think that my adventurous birth caused many things. I am very different because of it. I had never felt dominated in the presence of Alpha and Luna before. I just never talked back because I respected them" I told him the truth, and he seed to be in deep thought for so ti.
"Or maybe Shira has to do sothing with this," he suggested, and I rolled my eyes, but suddenly an idea ca to my mind.
"Alpha, can I ask a favor from you?" I asked him, and he nodded. "Can you allow
to be present in dungeons when Amara is being questioned?" I asked him, but he didn’t look at
"please, alpha, I wanted to know about my family," I told him softly, but still, he did not react, so I added more, "I know that my suspicions can be wrong, but sotis I saw a few things in my nightmares which were very disturbing but very close to reality. Sotis I felt like I was watching soone else’s mory in my dreams" as soon as I said this, he actually turned towards .
"You are talking about today’s nightmare" he didn’t ask
this. He just stated this in a sentence. I turned my gaze down, but he put his index finger under my chin "look at , Aadhya, tell
what you saw?" he asked
more gently this ti. "I knew that you were disturbed. I saw you trembling, your eyes were red, and you were breathing like you were having an asthma attack. Tell , what was it" I closed my eyes, and as soon as I thought of mom and dad, I again shuddered. He took hold of both my hands but didn’t say anything after that. I took a few deep breaths and looked him in the eyes.
"I saw the day when my parents died. I don’t know why I saw that. I clearly rember the day when they died. Mom and dad were dealing with so border issues when a few rogues attacked them. They killed a few rogues, but in the end, both of them also martyred for their pack, but the dream was totally different," I told him in a timid voice, but he kept listening to
without disturbing . "I dreamt that I was also in the woods with them, and they were playing with
when the rogues attacked. Mom took
with her, and dad stayed back to save us. I dreamt that mom took
ho and ran to the woods again to help dad. They fought and killed a few rogues, but maybe one or two rogues ran outside the pack borders" I felt myself trembling all over again, and Alpha nodded in encouragent.
"He said to mom that they have seen , and they have to kill them before they tell soone about . So, both of them ran outside the pack borders, but when they finally chased and killed them, they found themselves surrounded by vampires, witches, and rogues." I stopped as I was unable to breathe again. I closed my eyes and tried to inhale, but my lungs began to burn again. I stood up from the bench and walked here and there. I can hear Alpha’s distant voice, but I cannot understand what he is saying. Suddenly he ca in front of
and jerked
towards him so that we were face to face with each other. I tried to wriggle in his hold as I could not breathe, but his grip was much stronger. I shook my head, but he cupped my cheeks and looked into my eyes.
"Shhhhhh... look at . Are you able to hear , Aadhya?" I heard his distant voice and nodded weakly as again I started feeling dizzy "breath with , Aadhya" I again shook uncontrollably in his hold, but his grip was very tight. "Take a deep breath with ," he said, pulling
closer. He took a long deep breath, and I tried to mirror him. As soon as I breathed, an alluring scent invaded my nostrils and senses.
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