Chapter 6 : Trust

Akira's POV

I could barely catch a glimpse of sleep, these days I can not lay for an hour without imaging Kaid's presence in the room. It is like his spirit has not rested yet and it keeps tormenting me. Maybe Kaid's spirit wants me to confess my evil deeds and turn myself in.

The door suddenly opens wide, Vincent barges in with a poker face. I furrow my brows in confusion at him while he stands awkwardly at the door.

"Sorry about that. I just wanted to check if you were awake." Vincent says rubbing the back of his neck awkwardly. An awkward silence falls between the both of us, he looks like he wants to say something but is thinking of the right words.

"Good morning." I pause to rise to my feet. "Have you had breakfast?" My tone is low yet clear enough for Vincent to hear.

"Breakfast, right." He says, with a nervous chuckle. He is acting a bit weird this morning and I find it rather suspicious. Ever since he saved me, he has done nothing but try to force answers about Kaid's death from me but I am surprised that he has not asked me a single question about Kaid this morning. I should be weary about that.

"Come on." Vincent gestures me to the kitchen.  In less than an hour, I am able to prepare some pancakes and milk. Kaid used to love pancakes a lot.

"Oh my goodness. These pancakes are fire!" Vincent yells, he pauses to gulp down the bottle of milk and then proceeds to give me a thumbs up with a wide smile. His smile, it looks familiar too. His smile is charming, I can not help but smile back.

"I am sorry I lashed at you yesterday. I should not have done that." Vincent apologizes. I nod my head at him and wave it off. I dare not to be angry, as a matter of fact, I owe him a lot for saving me from Elara and the Red Moon pack.

"Thank you actually. I do not know who you are or why are you helping me but I am grateful either ways." I say genuinely.

Vincent sighs, he runs a hand through his hair and replies "i can not tell you who I am yet. I do not want you to freak out but just be rest assured that I am on your side. At least that is if you can answer my questions." Vincent says.

Here we go again. Is he some kind of detective or something?

"Should you not answer mine first? At least if you can not tell me who you are then tell me why you are badly invested ininformations on Kaid's death." I state.

Vincent's face drops. He clears his throat and averts his gaze elsewhere ."Kaid was someone very dear to me. Like I said, I can not go into details but I owe him a lot and i think the only way I can repay him is by finding the truth about his death and giving him justice."

What is the truth about Kaid's death though? Vincent seems to be holding out some hope that I did not kill him. Why does he want to badly believe that I did not kill him?

I did kill Kaid, I pushed him. Yes, Kaid might have cheated on me and I did not deserve any of that but Kaid did not deserve death too. I should have calmed down, I should have given it second thoughts before acting. Now all of this is too late, sooner or later I would have to stop hiding from my judgement and face whatever punishment the werewolf committe decides to give me.

A drop of tears falls from my eyes and I bite my lower lip to hold myself from breaking down into sobs.

"I know this is triggering for you Akira but you need to let me know what happened exactly. Allow me help you." Vincent says, his voice is so reassuring and i am so tempted to actually tell him everything that went down but I do not trust him that much. He probably would never even believe me if I told him, Vincent said he owes Kaid a lot which means he will only listen to anything that is in favour of Kaid. His judgement would be biased.

"Akira--"

"I killed him." I blurt out.

Vincent sighs heavily. He slams the table causing a loud thud to erupt in the air, I jerk off the chair in fear and i gulp a lump down my throat as I stare at Vincent's cold eyes. He is so good at switching from calm to angry.

"Can you prove it?" He asks.

"What do you mean can I prove it? Is this some kind of joke to you? I said I killed my own husband! Turn me in if you want to! I am so sick of all of this right now!" I break down into sobs. I am so exhausted physically, mentally and emotionally. I am tired of living. I am so confused too.

This question will not leave my head. Did I or did I not kill Kaid? I do not even know and Vincent is only making things worse!

"Akira, get a grip of yourself! You need to stay strong and fight this battle if you want to prove your innocence!" Vincent blurts out.

"Innocence?" I wipe my tears away and stare at him with a surprised look. Why does he think I am innocent?

"I know you are innocent Akira and i want to help you prove that. All I need you to do is cooperate with me, together we can figure a way out of this and save you." Vincent says confidently.

"What makes you so sure that I did not kill Kaid and i will not do the same to you?" I spit out bitterly. Does he enjoy toying with my feelings? One moment I am the killer, the next moment, I am innocent.

"That is because the Moon Goddess would never ask me to protect a killer." Vincent blurts out. Immediately he utters those words, a loud bang on the front door startles us.