CHAPTER 62CLARA'S POVI took a deep breath as I looked at him.The fact I was actually trusting this man enough to take that leap should be alarming to me. I mean, what if he had not caught me?Well, I did take the jump and he caught me bridal style and for a moment, we found ourselves lost in each other's eyes."I told you I'd catch you." He said to me,"Yeah, right. Barely." I teased him as I smiled sheepishly."Say that again, Clara." He dared me.I felt uneasy, as he was actually leaning in closer to me."Um, we should get to the principal's." I said, squirming out of his arms.He noticed my unease and let me down. I stared deep into the pools of his eyes again, another mistake I should try to fix. I mean, how do I live with myself everyday? I see his intense gaze on me."Let's go then." He said to me, giving me his hands."Sure. Let's go." I responded as I rose up smiling at him.We made our way through the back, being careful to keep off the public path as we went around the sc
CHAPTER 63ALPHA DERRICK'S POVI crossed into the bedroom the moment I opened it. It was arranged and the bed, untouched. Hawkins obviously never entered the room. I still had to check even as there were no blood stains in the room.I checked everywhere in the bedroom and there were no signs of him. I stared at the bathroom door and started off."Of course, he's not here." I muttered under my breath as I closed the door I had just opened.I came out of the bedroom and found Clara standing there with her arm stretched out in front of her. She looked overwhelmed with fear and delight as the cuckoo bird I had just left in the cage stood majestically on her arm."I told you not to touch anything." I said to her,"I know you did but the poor thing just caught my eyes." She said to me,"That poor thing should be in its cage." I said to her,"The cage you left open, right?" She asked me.I looked at her and sighed as I came close."We need to go." I said to her,"Are we going to be cruel eno
CHAPTER 64CLARA'S POVI had not been totally wrong to be suspicious of anything. I could tell from what I was feeling right now that a lot of things had gone wrong and down the drain with Principal Hawkins.The blood stains was more than enough evidence and now, I could see Professor Derrick had caught on with my fears too as he looked around the area."Did you find anything?" I asked him."Hold on." He said to me as he was busy looking around.I stood there observing him for the moment and then suddenly, he turned around to look at me with those eyes of his."We would go this way." He said to me solemnly.I knew things were going badly right now. I quickly went over to him as I fell in step with him and kept walking briskly beside him.We went on silently as I kept myself from saying anything. I could not have him lose concentration at this point. We went further into the woods and he would occasionally sniff the air and would have us turning into one part of the woods or another.P
CHAPTER 65ALPHA DERRICK'S POVWe approached Hawkins where he was propped up, my heart full of expectancy. I wanted him to be alive as I would fare better with him telling us the take of what had happened to him. It would be much easier and better to hear it being told from the horse's mouth itself than from mine and I would finally have something to argue with."Please be alive, buddy." I said to him as I knelt down in front of him.I carefully unwrapped the handkerchief around my hand and reached out two fingers close to his nostrils. I wanted to catch him breathing especially as I was listening but could not hear his heart beating. I was still trying to hold onto the false hopes of having seen him jerk when a maggot crawled out of his nose.My hands dropped sadly as the dawning realization hit me drastically. He was clearly dead. I stood up sadly as I looked at him and around us."He's dead?" Clara asked me."That he is." I responded sadly to her."But we saw him move." She cried o
CHAPTER 66ALPHA DERRICK'S POVHearing that someone from Beta Benson's camp was here seemed to aggravate me even more. But more importantly was whatever they were doing?This was my chance and it was right here. My eyes widened when I saw someone coming out of the house bearing a bucket in one hand and wearing a glove stained with blood.Those bastards! They were trying to get rid of evidence and I had to stop them."Is it coming off at least?" The one who Clara had said was the right hand bodyguard asked."We got everywhere wet and now it is gradually getting out." The man with the bucket responded."Well, hurry up with it. We don't have all night." The man responded."Yes, Sir." The man with the bucket responded as he proceeded to throw the contents. He had just spilled a little from the bucket when he was stopped."Asshole! You want to pour it out there?" The bodyguard asked again."Well, where do we pour it, Sir?" The man asked.By the look of things, the cleaners did not want to
ALPHA DERRICK'S POVWe had just enough of dancing around each other and I was actually beginning to tire of his games. It was time to end this and end this I would.He had suddenly come at me again when I caught him by the neck really firmly. My claws were daring to pierce his windpipe.He put his hand up instantly."Who sent you?" I demanded."I'll not say anything!" He said angrily."Oh, really? How about I start off on the basis of killing you?" I asked him."Go ahead. Killing me would be way more merciful than what he would do originally to me. Be my fucking guest!" He yelled at me."Oh, I see. I wasn't exactly planning on killing you. I was going to pierce your windpipe like so but not so deep. Just enough to make you feel ultimate pain and enough to let you heal. Then again. What do you say?" I asked him."You're not evil. You wouldn't." He said to me,Whatever was making them think I was Maximus the merciful?I smiled wickedly as I recalled how angry I had been at his master. O
CLARA'S POV"Did you see all that move from our man? He is so strong!" Clover said to me.I had been watching them retreat and then I turned to sit on the cold ground by the tree, pulling my legs up to me and wrapping my arms around them now.I was actually worried that he would be going into the den of the lions alone and I was not there to protect him."Aww, come on now, Clara. He would be fine." Clover said excitedly to me."Really? Because I am actually beginning to worry more." I said to her,"Derrick would not be harmed. Not a single hair on his head." She said to me,"And you know how?" I asked her."Because it's the way. To harm an Alpha is like drawing blood and swords for war." She said to me,"How old are you, Clover?" I asked her, trying to distract myself.I needed to feel better because the night had covered the sky now. It was dark now and I was all alone at night."I'm very old, Clara. You want to hear the story of what happens to us wolves?" She asked me."Would that
GRACE'S POVI had to figure a way around this. Perhaps I have not been the best of friend's to Clara owing to the fact that I have been keeping a number of secrets from her. For a while now, I have been unable to get actual sleep but I had to pretend. Several times I would be awake but pretend not to notice her sneaking out of the house to see Derrick. The reason for this was something I could not actually tell her.It would be best if she does not know.It all started with the night I turned sixteen. I was supposed to be linked to my wolf and find my mate but that had not happened either. Something however happened to me that night.I had fallen asleep on my bed but then I had a number of bad dreams and omens. I kept finding myself running in the woods and trying to figure out where the noise was coming from in my head. It was as though all the nocturnals had suddenly awakened and were trying to tear down through my defenses. I screamed for my own peace but it did not happen.I even