Chapter 4: The woman that night

Veronica's Point of View

I gave Uriel a serious look as I tightened my hold on Morgan. All the memories of being with him seemed to rush back as we stared at each other. My chest was surrounded by a jumble of emotions: anxiety, dread, exhilaration, and nostalgia for lost moments.

Uriel was a childhood buddy of both Ava and I. We were shocked, though, when the warriors pursued them one night, kicked them out of the Shadow Moon Pack, and accused their family of being traitors. It was depressing to see them reprimanded, dubbed as the catastrophe, and to be called who would bring many more tragedies.

The last thing I remembered as I watched him walk away to our territory were his sorrowful and hateful eyes. As time passed by, we discovered that he had become the Beta of the Alpha of our archrival pack.

Nevertheless, when we met again, he didn't recognize me—or perhaps he didn't want to remember me since I had been a part of his dark yesterday. My presence and my old pack would always be the reason he would clearly take back to his horrible past.

I was deep in thought, only to be interrupted by an authoritative voice from behind us.

I inhaled and clenched my fist as I felt a lump on my throat. I didn't want another discussion after he rejected my son and accused me of false statements.

As I turned to him to say that I wouldn't chase his help anymore, I stopped in middle and noticed his ocean eyes looking at my arm where Uriel was holding. I would have just shrugged it off, but his eyes glowing and turning red that seemed to have two meanings to me.

I took my arm away from Uriel's grasp so as not to cause any more trouble, but he didn't notice because he was just focused on my face. I was aware that it was a delusion to believe that Alpha Jaxon was impacted by his unassuming action.

"Who gave you permission to make your Alpha King wait only for a woman who came to claim that she is keeping my son without enough proof?" Alpha Jaxon's voice gradually raised, "Uriel, I ordered you to come within two minutes. It has been over ten minutes and you still have not arrived."

Uriel quickly turned around and responded. He knelt down on one knee and bowed his head as if a royal King was in front of him, "Pardon my impudence, Alpha. I didn't mean it... but this girl—"

"What?!" His voice echoed throughout the living room and even the omega servants who were about to pass by fell to their knees in fear.

"I, Uriel Rico, a lowlife, am pleading with you, Alpha, to grant me permission to share what I learned about what transpired on the night you asked me to look into the girl you were with on the night you were given drugs."

*bang*

In the blink of an eye, I heard a tremendous noise and noticed some stones falling from the wall before I saw Uriel being pulled up and slammed up against the wall while being choked by a powerful hand.

Alpha Jaxon emphasized the pressure and strangulation on him even more, which made me more concerned. "You dare to lie to this strongest Alpha in front of you!," he growled. "You told me you couldn't find the trace and smell of the woman who took advantage of me that night. Why does it seem like you are a dog with a split tail now?!"

"F-forgive me, A-Alpha. But t-that is the t-truth... Agghh! I-It's her." Uriel tried to answer the angry Alpha Jaxon even though it was very difficult to speak.

Alpha Jaxon let him go, but when he turned his neck to look at me with enraged eyes, I had to take a step back. His eyes were now much redder than the color red itself, whereas before they were simply flaming red.

"What do you truly want from me? Why don't you stop pestering me?!" His canine teeth were now displayed, "you're the girl who crawled into my bed the night I was drugged?!"

"I had never cause any problems to you, and I never even touch your bed. What the hell are you saying?!"

"Then, explain your purpose for being here; perhaps you planned everything?" He smirked without humor.

My chest grew heavy as he repeatedly accused me. After years of honoring the Shadow Moon pack and being respected by them, I never imagined that the Dark Blood pack would regard me differently. The worst part was that the father of my child was the one who said this words.

"Who are you to accuse me and take your anger out on me? I never imagined myself by your side, and none of my life's plans included becoming a part of your existence!"

Who was he to spat those things to me? Maybe I would be the second Alpha of the Shadow Moon pack right now if nothing had happened to us that night! I never would have become a Rogue! Even though I didn't like it all, Morgan was what came out of it, so I couldn't just toss everything away and be sorry for what occurred.

I pushed him away after wiping away my tears. The guilt was growing in my chest because I feel like I also regretted Morgan being born. As everything started to crash down again, I stopped listening to him.

"I won't disturb you again, and this is the first and only time I'll be here."

After letting go the lines, I ran outside, sobbing one after another that everything I stride appeared to be broken glass. My tender and young heart had never experienced such pain. I was not sure why Alpha Jaxon's remarks had such an impact on me. I was not ready in admitting it yet...

I started to stroll slowly toward my car but stopped dead in my tracks when I saw the blonde woman resting against the door with her arms folded.

"Who is she?" I couldn't help but murmured.