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Fear coursed through his body, numbing his head and throwing him into a psychic pool of terror that gripped onto his guts.
"Reyne is in school?" Ryley found himself standing next to his paladin friend as they both concentrated on the source where the scream had come from.
"She wanted to help me find you." Zander rather reminded himself more than answering his bestie.
Bloody fucking hell. He was so engrossed in the mission of pacifying his best friend that he forgot his mate was in the school, alone.
He was so much into the thought of unveiling his secrets to Ryley that the thought of Reyne being in school slipped away.
"Helppppp! Zanderrr!!" and now she was, most definitely, in danger.
"Now it's us who have to find her." Ryley announced as they jumped down the terrace like ninjas, with no fear of breaking their bones or hurting their s
79Everything seemed to blur around. Zander’s mouth slightly parted at the view and then it drastically came dropping down when his eyes captured the looks of her face.It was viridescent. Her lips, jaw, fragile cheeks as well as the forehead has turned like moss. Her hair, floating around her as though under water, made a knot of fear develop in his core.The white, hot crop top that had got his heart jump at the sight... was all green. Nope, she was not filled with colours like a picture in a picture book. It was indeed real. His porcelain skinned mate looked like a plant.“Goodness,” Ryley, who stopped right behind Zander, gasped, his skin instantly whitening at the look as memories from the past bothered him.A year back, he had seen his mate in quite the same condition. She was also captured in a freaking envelope under the silky strings spun
80"Mom!" Dashing inside the door, Zander went on his knees with an unconscious Reyne who was dripping wet in green sticky slimy stuff covering every inch of her body."Zander, Ryley!!! What is this? Is that... Is that Reyne?" His mother was sitting on the couch with Milan by her side, teaching her drawing.But as soon as she witnessed her son and his best friend slump on the floor with an unmoving body of a fragile girl that looked awfully familiar, she left her spot and with a quick run, sat from across Zander on the ground.Her eyes were wide opened, mouth unlatching and latching again and again as she struggled to put her emotions in words. She was beyond petrified. Her hands reached out to touch Reyne's face behind that nasty thick layer of green liquid that had covered her skin while her teeth clenched together."What happened to her?" Just four words were all
81 Zander's POV I can't put my feelings into words. Oh that I was alone with this dumb fuck! Then I could knock some sense into his head by shoving some hard punches. He was just messing my head with his fucking behaviour. Here I was nervous. Every cell of my body was shuddering. My mate was in a disarrayed condition while my mother cleaned her. My father with the other two significant leaders was standing behind me. I can feel his warmth gracing my back. I expected Ryley's support. Yet all that he showered me with was his absurdity. Zack was turning impatient inside my head. My own body's temperature was falling. I was in a wicked situation where I could neither say anything without thinking nor act as anything that would raise doubt. But instead of taking my back, this fucktard chose to mock and humiliate me over our l**k. I so wan
82 "Trust me, I never felt so dumb ever before in my life," Ryley remarked. "I mean... Uh, my father, my alpha father always knew what I had been doing all this while with Valen." He and Zander had comforted themselves in the guest room as they enjoyed the cool breeze gushing inside the white themed room combined with light emerald color. His was taken over... By his mate. Though it was not prohibited to walk in his chambers while his mate slept probably in nothing on his bed, Zander acquainted himself in the guest room with his best friend as they talked about the conversation that continued (after forcing it on them) after being kicked out of his room some hours back with their vile fathers. "Neither did I. I feel like all my secrets have never been secrets but an open message." Zander, whose bare torso was loving the cold assault of twilight air instantly replied, sharing his own fee
83 'Umm I would be the last person to refuse the sight but Zander, don't you think you must not enter now. She must be... Naked!' His shadow painted the tiled floor black, growing wide and big at his side as the dim light luminating over his head covered his fair skin into a shade of primrose. Soft and warm. Tickling and soothing. The blanket of light cast a shadow of his lashes on his cheekbones as Zane thought of his wolf's words. 'I know you know how eager I have always been to embrace our mate. This is not the correct time. She must be in pain. And shock. And in deep sleep. So let her be in that and gain back some energy. We have our entire lives to love her.' Yet another convincing set of statement from Zack. He sounded imperatively significant but then it was hard to unnotice the inquisitiveness he displayed. It was like 'Do it yet do not do it' voice. One that was supposed to convince
84Sun crept up and its golden rays diffused over the horizon, welcoming yet another eventful day. Zander stretched his arms for a second and went back to controlling the steering wheel.He yawned as his sleep was not satisfied. Nor was his body with his mate's fragrance and touch. But here he was, with Wendy, his badass girl. They were off to Reyne's house to bring some of her clothes.Wendy hated it. Oh no, or should we just reveal that she almost kicked Zander to the ground when he called her over to his house for this. For helping him with her clothes. She was mad for disturbing her sleep. And for whom? That bloody migrant bitch who caused a whole lot of chaos between them."Uh, Wendy, I was thinking of grabbing some coffee from Herman's." Zander spoke, but he must have forgotten that she was MAD at him.Her hard peripheral glare wiped off the layer of fog from his head and helped him reca
85Zander stilled there. No movements. No respiration. No blinking of eyes. He seemed more like a mannequin standing in his position ceaselessly that Wendy pulled at his arm to get his heed as he was not responding in spite of her constant calls.She tugged at his sleeve yet no movement. Defeatedly, she brought her feet angrily and stomped it on his, earning a loud cry.He jumped holding his feet as he painfully winced. Zander ultimately came out of his trauma and cast her a dark look. "Why did you do that?" He clenched and released his teeth."You were not responding let alone move, so..." She shrugged her shoulders and Zander came back to a standing position.His mind wandered back to Ryley's message and the colour of his cheeks transformed to sandy dull."You have zoned out again. What is wrong, Zander?" Wendy pulled his sleeve, she whined li
86 "How dare you!" Hari rose, his knuckles turned white as he clutched his fingers into a tight fist. The colour of his face became scarlet. He tightened his jaw while his gaze shot dark glares at them. Between his anger, there was a hint of insecurity that screamed in terror. Terror of losing something precious. The crescent moon mark on her back below her right shoulder was not known to anyone except for himself and Reyne. Not to forget her mother that delivered her to this world. Because she herself had one on her shoulder. "Mr. Stark," Ryley interrupted. He had had enough of the elders and their conversation. It was leading to nowhere but moving round and round. If they really needed to know the backstory then he was certain that this argument was not going to help it. Someone had to drift the motion of their conversation elsewhere. It was him wh