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Chapter Twenty-Four
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2022-03-31 15:25:23"Caius... Knight...?" I could hear myself ask in a strained voice. I hadn't heard that name in an incredibly long time.
I'd tried so hard to forget it.
"Are you okay? You suddenly look really pale again. Are you still too weak from before?"
I couldn't hear him. Emotions were overcoming me. Guilt, shame, disbelief... regret.
Caius Knight, future Alpha of the Silver Lake pack, had risen to power after his father had been killed; or, more accurately, once he had been killed by Aleric. It was debatably one of the craziest political moves Aleric had ever done during his Alpha reign.
It started with Caius' father, Tobias, who had managed to lead his pack up the ranks until their power was arguably on par with the Winter Mist. As such, negotiations were required to amend the terms of the alliance. Tobias came to our territory for a meeting with the intention of continuing the friendship between us... and he returned home without a head inside a body bag i
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His shining eyes stared directly at me and I had to fight the urge to look behind to see if someone else was standing there. But no, I could feelthe touch of his hand against my cheek, even the warmth emanating off his skin. This was real, he could see me."Aria...," he said weakly."I'm here," I replied.I wasn't sure how to react. I was still unnerved by the whole situation. All I could do was stare down at him confused and uncertain. Was this part of the vision or had something changed?"...Aria," he called again."Cai? Can you see me?"I wrapped my fingers around the hand he was using to touch my cheek. Maybe he was too weak to see me."...Aria."I frowned at him. It was starting to feel more than just being unable to see me as he persisted in trying to call out for me."Can't you hear me? I'm right here."His eyes continued to bore into mine intensely before, finally, it was like he saw me. I w
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"M-miss, please don't make me do something illegal," Lucy stuttered, taking a step back.I held up my hands to calm her down."Relax! Relax, jeez," I said and ran a hand through my hair, sighing at her dramatics. "I'm doing them a favour really."She still looked incredibly uncomfortable."Do you trust me, Lucy?" I asked.She was silent, hesitating over how to reply back. Probably trying to figure out how to not offend me."Okay, okay, don't answer that," I laughed. "Do you want to get paid while saving a young girl's life?"She took a few seconds to consider before nodding."See? It's not that bad. I promise nothing will go wrong. Just please ensure this gets to Alpha Raymond as soon as possible."She shakily took the letter from my hands."Just don't think of it as blackmailing...," I said, trying to reassure her. "Just look at it more as... exploiting a situation for the benefit of both parties... and then mayb
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"Aria!?"He had understandably been surprised to see me, so had the girl under him who was also missing her shirt.She was laying down on a school desk, legs wrapped around him, and I quickly averted my gaze before I saw anything else."What the hell are you doing here?" he yelled. I could hear the sound of him zipping his pants back up and tugging a shirt on."What am I doing here?" I repeated incredulously. "You mean why am I here after you made me wait for over an hour?!"I turned back around to face him having assumed it was safe to do so now."Oh shit, was that today?""Oh, really? You don't recall even though I literally reminded you only a few hours ago?!"He rubbed at the back of his neck staring at the ground. At least he looked a little guilty. But it didn't matter because I was furious. Nothing he was going to be able to say would make me calm down. It was like something inside me had been triggered and I could feel
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I regretted the words as soon as they left my mouth.My mind kept trying to justify his actions, justify how he'd treated me. Really, it was probably my fault for thinking we were closer than he felt we were. I'd realised too late that I'd built up some sort of reliance on him without even knowing.It was such a bittersweet feeling to have had something I craved so close, only for it to be taken away having never realised it was there. And the worst part was that the entire time I'd been back, I'd been telling myself not to get close to anyone again... and yet here I was, crying over a stupid teenager of all people.It had been self-indulgent of me to begin with given the circumstances. I didn't know why I felt I deserved to feel validated by him. Did I think that, if we became friends, then what I did in my past life to him would be forgiven? I still carried that burden around with me, one which still weighed heavily on my shoulders. It was something I'd comple
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A million thoughts and feelings swept through me as I scrambled to figure out what to do. Should I wave? Smile? Walk over to him? ...Pretend that I'm actually looking at the shop behind him? It was a sort of nervous energy that made my legs shuffle under me and my heart race.I had so much to say to him, yet so much I shouldn't have said to begin with.And yet the most important thing, at the forefront of my mind, was still the debate as to whether I should tell him about the future. Because I knew he had a right to know, even if I ended up sounding insane.I took a step towards him and began to hold up my hand to wave."Cai—."But I didn't get to finish my sentence as he instantly looked away, turning back down to pack his bag. All I could do was watch mutely as he got onto his motorbike and kick it into ignition, not even bothering to look at me again before he rode off.It was as if he'd just slammed a door in my face. I stood there
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"Beta? No... that's impossible."I sat staring at Elder Luke in disbelief, unsure if he really had just suggested that."...Why?" Elder Luke argued."Because I'm a female," I pointed out. "There is no such thing as a female Beta. It's not a rank we can hold.""And neither is an Alpha female, but we both know you could claim that authority if you really wanted it."He was referring to my new title of 'Saintess'. With it came the perk of overthrowing Aleric and becoming essentially an Alpha in the process. But Beta...?I paused in thought. No, it really wasn't possible. Being a leader was one thing. I knew I would be capable of making the correct choices for the pack as an 'Alpha', however, as a Beta, there would be more reliance on being able to carry out whatever those orders entailed; sometimes by means of fighting. I had never even managed to win in a fight against Cai, there was no way I would be able to hold my own in a real battle.
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“I… Rheyna Knight… of the once lost Silver Mist Pack,” I started, my voice barely louder than a whisper. “Hereby reject y—.” …But I wasn’t able to finish the sentence. Because I’d been wrong… so wrong. I could see that now. I didn’t recall that prior timeline memory to prepare myself for the pain I’d feel upon completing the rejection. No… I’d seen it as a reminder. A reminder of why I shouldn’t go ahead with it. And as his lips came crashing down against mine, immediately cutting off my words, this newfound realisation seemed so obvious. Why hadn’t I seen it sooner? It was as if something inside completely broke down the second he reached for me. Now all that was left was this connection drawing me to him. It was so incredibly strong, almost impossibly so. Like this was something I was meant to be doing. I didn’t have the resolve to resist him, instantly kissing him back. There was an urgency in my response as if I’d been starving for this. To just feel the sparks and desir
