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Chapter Ninety
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2025-03-19 00:40:36
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“Khai,” I called after him as I followed him upstairs.“Khai!”He entered our room. I closed the door behind us and grabbed his wrist.“This is not fair,” I said.“How so?”“He’s your brother, this is your chance to find closure. Maybe you can rebuild your relationship.”“Maybe I should get Intiyago here and you can get some closure too.”My hand let go of him and I staggered back. Khai pinched the bridge of his nose in exasperation.“I take that back, I did not mean it, Roman. Really-”“Your issues with your brother have had nothing to do with me but I’ve had to face them since.”I started fiddling with my ring. Panic flooded his face.“Ever since I got here, I had to deal with a Khai who was a leftover of whatever others did to him. You never gave me a blank slate and you were never honest with me. It’s not fair of you to shut me out.”“I’m not shutting you out, I’m trying to process.”“Why does your process involve shutting me out?” I shouted.I slipped my ring from my finger.“Hey,
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The following day Khai had to tear himself away from me to attend work. I stayed in bed torn between guilt and the butterflies of love raging in my stomach. Why had my aunts, grandmothers and older sisters made sex out to be a terrifying thing? Khai had been anything but painful, rough or sore. He was tender with me, gentle. I had to assure myself of my own existence after our first round because I did not disappear nor did Yaga crawl out of the sun to burn me to ashes like my sister said when we were kids.It's funny how superstitions stayed with us well into adulthood. I had a lot of unlearning to do.I rolled back and forth in bed as he showered, playing back the whole night. Nothing but bliss, there was nothing like sex. All pleasures fell short, all pleasures. How had I held myself back from something so beautiful for so long?The way we were so close was like nothing I had ever felt before, we practically melted into each other and never let go.I assumed the telepathic and immu
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The next hour was nothing but excruciating pain. The poison returned with a new rage and fervour hell-bent on destroying me from the inside out. The further away Malcolm went the pain seemed to wring my insides into a tighter coil.I fell back on the porch, out of breath. Linda rushed to my side and helped me from the floor.“The poison?” she asked, her face twisted in concern.I could hardly speak, my throat burned and my head pounded. I shut my eyes as the sunlight made the pain worse. With each step Malcolm took from me, my intestines and chest stabbed at me.The pain was too mind-numbing I could hardly cry or scream. Linda carried me upstairs to Edna’s room. When Linda barged in with my body in her arms Edna was startled but immediately knew what to do. Linda put me on Edna’s bed as the poison began spreading to parts of my body it had never touched before.All along, it was on the outer parts of my body, my head, arms and feet but I could feel its fiery coils wrapping around my c
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Linda told me not to tell a single soul about what I had told her. She stressed about my reputation, that I was already in enough trouble, if anyone were to even assume I found Malcolm attractive or any mate nonsense, as she phrased it, I would be condemned.She left me in the darkness of the room as the sun set behind the trees. I rolled over and fingered my ring.I was exactly where I was supposed to be. Khai loved me and I loved him. We had come this far, we deserved to be together.But why did I suddenly feel hollow at the aspect of marrying him? Suddenly I felt that I should be somewhere else. Doing something else. On the night of the proposal Edna said the doubts would come, that I should pay them no mind. I shut my mind off and went to sleep.When I woke up it was morning and my doubt was the first thing that crossed my mind and pain engulfed me in its thorned embrace. I ran the water in the bathroom as the sun rose a pink hue in the blurred bathroom window.I didn’t want to bo
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After work I couldn’t go straight home, I needed to think. I had organized everything we needed for the wedding. The elders and my mother wanted it to be a big wedding, inviting each and every Traga in the world but that felt unnecessary. Also, I didn’t want anyone to see their luna in such a weakened state. It was sad enough for me. The only people I invited were the wolves on land and around the city. I figured I should invite my second mother, Emelda who I lived with when I ran away from home. She was always a better mother to me than Edna.I decided to go to the home and invite her personally. It was the deepest respect I could give her. Since it was late the security guard, Arnold was the one who opened the door.He recognized me and went upstairs to wake up Emelda.She came down in an emerald gown, her hair tucked inside a bonnet. Her face was gaunt, her cheeks hollowed out. I stood up to receive her and we sat together in the quiet and dark living room. I remember as a kid, she
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I said goodbye to Emelda and kissed her on the cheek, hugging her tightly as if it was the last time I would ever see her. I had more to think about.Wolves didn’t need a certain blood type like humans in order to transfer blood.When I got out of the house there was a figure standing in the street, shrouded in the ugly yellow of a streetlight. Smoke elevated from him and he turned around to face me.“Can I help you?” I asked.Malcolm turned around and tucked his hair behind his ear. He wore the biker jacket mom gave him when he was 20. It was tight but I knew he liked to wear tight clothes. Malcolm ashed the cigarette on the street and walked toward me.“I know you hate it when I smoke. Can’t help the smell though,” he said when he reached me.He leaned in for a hug and I stepped back.“What can I do for you?”He was frustrated but he tried to hide it as best as he could.“Can’t I catch up with my little brother? I’ve caught up with everyone but you.”I walked past him. “I don’t want
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All that ran through Roman’s head was death and she must’ve believed it helped. I held her to my body as she shivered under the blankets. Her hair was dripping and her skin was cold.“Where were you?” she asked.“I went to the home to invite Emelda,” I replied quietly.“All this time?”“I was at work the rest of the time.”“I’m not an idiot Khai,” she stated.I held her tighter.I know. “Where have you been?”“After work I sent out invites for the wedding and went to check on my suit. Then I took a run, that took all of my time and then I went to Emelda’s and then… Malcolm found me.”She shifted in my arm and looked up at me.“Where is he?”That was not the question I expected from her.“I left him out there… I told him not to come home. You did not see what he did.”Her breath hitched. “What did he do?”It was like she consumed my silent rage and tension. Her body stiffened and I could read the anger in her eyes. It was like she was always part of this pack, the way she could alread
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I postponed the wedding, I was too weak to get out of the house to go dress shopping or any other commitment. I didn’t tell Khai this but I didn’t want him to be a widower, that was my true reason. Just months ago I wanted so badly to get married but now it felt like a curse on him. He deserved freedom after I was gone, even when he was an asshole.Khai refused to allow Malcolm back. About a week passed and I spent most of it bedridden, too sore to do anything. My muscles hurt and my skin was sensitive to everything. My neck and head pounded like someone was in there, hitting the walls of my bones. Sometimes both my muscles and bones felt like a mining site of explosions and drilling. I couldn’t do anything without crying and my back and body ached for staying in bed a lot. I was developing bedsores. Khai would carry me around the house to make me sit in the living room or kitchen but sitting up straight made me nauseous. I hated the look of pity that was the default whenever anyone l
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I reached out for her and she moved her hand away. That's when I knew there was division between us."Do you know what you sound like?" she said as she glared at me.I shrugged helplessly."A colonizer.""Excuse me?" I breathed.I wasn't sure if I heard her right."I should've listened to Malcolm. You've made Malcolm a reliable source. Do you know how insane you need to be to make Malcolm sound reliable?" she shouted.The workers around us watched us and all the harvesting had stopped. Audrey saw the eyes and closed the space between us and lowered her voice."How dare you use Khai's name to justify your schemes," she said through clenched teeth."This is not my scheme Audrey. I don't want this either but Khai said-""How dare you?"Her eyes became glossy and she jabbed a finger in my chest."Doing that will eradicate everything that makes us Traga. You came in here and usurped our leader and now you
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Winter covered the garden with its cold whiteness and a few months breezed past. The trees grew bare with leaves and frostbite crept up my fragile human toes.I never had to worry about these things when I spent every day and night as a wolf. My fur always kept me warm but as a human, which I spent most of my time as - I found sickness and shivering to be commonplace.They were generous with the mourning period but time was running out. I couldn't avoid the subject of marriage to Malcolm any longer. Eventually, the elders would end their kind silence and come to the house again.Intimidated and confused, I had said yes to marrying Malcolm under the condition that they would lend me the guard dogs in my fight against the Azraels. They had done that for me.This was against my moral code. Growing up, my father taught me to keep my word but then I felt Khai, heard him in my head and promised him I’d never marry Malcolm and see the plan through - my mor
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It became apparent why I was here. Why it was the doorstep of the Tragas I fell upon. It was for this moment right here. Khai and I were nothing but collateral, a means to an end.I was but a small cog in the machine, a pawn in a chess game played by the gods. Traga was willing to sacrifice himself to Yaga so his children would get stronger and live longer. My blood would certainly guarantee that.After Khai left my mind and body I felt lonely. Lonelier than I’d ever been or believed was possible. I sat in the desert crying for what felt like an hour as the black hole in my chest gaped wider.I saw them looking for me in the distance and I ran to hide so I could cry all the cowardice out of me.I couldn’t continue like this anymore. I needed to take the first step. Move out of the passive and into the active.For the first time in a long time, I got on my knees and said a prayer.Give me the strength to see these plans through. Please soften the hearts of Traga Wolves so they may rece
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The night went on and I left the crowd to sit alone with my fourth drink. I wanted to cry but my body felt too tired of all the sadness and pain. Also, I was tired of forcing smiles.I walked a mile off and sat on the dirt, gazing up at the moon.I’d never given the moon much thought till I came to Traga. All I cared about before was the sun and now I was of both the sun and the moon.As I stared the moon it began to glow. I kept my gaze fixed on it and I felt my blood rushing through my veins. I stood up to my feet as my heart pounded in my chest.What was happening?It went on for a while until my chest felt warm. Tears brimmed at my eyes as I felt it again. His love. His warmth, his presence glowing from inside of me.It was Khai. How?Roman. Khai?Yes. How? I laughed, a mix of joy and tears.How was this happening. I’d never felt so whole in my life. My
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Ginos was a place out of town, randomly in the middle of the dessert like area. It was made of shipping containers huddled into a circle where people could sit and have drinks. They only served barbeque meats and alcohol. The air was heavy with spices, smoke and charred meat which made my mouth salivate.I couldn’t believe the Tragas had finally managed to get me off raw meat. I couldn’t imagine eating it.We joined two tables and sat together, the loudest group in the whole place. Hannah, Falcon, Jacob, Yolanda, Audrey, Malcolm, Linda and apparently Greg was coming. The idea didn’t excite me and I felt that it was disrespectful seeing as Khai was barely gone for a week and she was already going over his head.Khai never wanted Greg around them. He could do nothing about Linda’s love for him but he made it clear he didn’t want him around other wolves.I didn’t have the energy to argue and fight a losing battle. No matter what I said, Linda would justify his presence in her head. And on
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The guard dogs ran ahead of me, howling in celebration. I turned my head away from the corpses and tried to convince myself I was walking back from somewhere else. But I couldn’t forget what I did, not while I had his skull in my mouth.The howls filled the air all the way back to Traga land. Outside the house many wolves in their human forms had gathered, ready to receive us. They were so excited to see us, cheering and joyful that the reign of Azraels was finally over. I placed Intiyago’s head in the middle of the garden and everyone erupted in joy.Where was my joy, I wondered. I couldn’t feel a thing.Intiyago haunted me for so long, made my life a living hell and now that I had ended him I felt no joy nor sense of completion. I entered the house and phased into a human in the kitchen.My behavior offset them but they continued to cheer and celebrate outside, hoisting Intiyago’s head and parading around with it. The house was e
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The world was red as I backed away, trying to shake the blood off my face. Intiyago walked slowly toward me. Prowling, Ravenous and angry but his eyes – his eyes were sympathetic.Roman, this is not what I want. His voice was soft in my head. He stopped in his tracks, his head lowered down and he licked drops of my blood which had fallen on a rock.No.But it was too late, his pink tongue wiped the rock clean and his eyes surged with a golden glow. A menacing growl ripped out of him.This is what I want!His voice was heavy again, dark and sharp. The sun healed the scratch and I could see properly again. I charged toward him and clawed at his face. Claw after claw I saw blood and more blood until his face was disfigured. He howled and jumped to the side where he rammed me into a tree. The impact almost broke my ribs but I got back up and gave him everything I had. I rammed him into the other tree and bit into his arm so hard I hit his bone.The painful howl he screamed satisfied me i
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Malcolm decided to return to the funeral with a busted nose and lips. I waited on the porch for the guard dogs to appear. They said that as soon as Khai was buried we would get to go.Nothing else mattered but my vengeance, nothing at all. There was no after. I couldn’t imagine it and if I died killing all the Azraels I would be satisfied, I would’ve achieved my life’s purpose.A couple of wolves… Ten? No fifteen. Twenty-seven? Thirty! Thirty, to be exact broke out of the forest, ravenous and ready to fight. Traga guard dogs. Slightly bigger than other wolves and their legs showed that they spent their time fighting and running. These were strong wolves. I almost felt pride when I saw them coming in, if no one knew – they would’ve thought they were wild wolves.I got to my feet as family members and other Tragas came back to the house in their human forms. Hannah ran to my side.“You don’t have to do this. You’re the alpha, send them out instead. You stay.”Vomit bubbled in the back o
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When we were out of sight he loosened his grip on me. My hand quickly found its way to his and I held it tight. I couldn’t let go of the warmth, even for a second. I still allowed my mind to play tricks on me. If I did not look at him and imagine his voice as Khai’s he would be Khai.“You can’t do that type of stuff. It’s traumatising,” he said.I knew it was wrong. I did not doubt it but I didn’t care.His other free hand ran down his face. He looked tired and sleepless. The bags under his eyes were swollen, and red cracked through the whites of his eyes. Had he not slept? I looked away from him, to the trees and anything else that would allow me to swap him out with who I wanted him to be.“That’s why we have to look at him before they shut the casket. It prevents such things.”Leaves crunched under his boots and my heels. My ankles and toes hurt.It was insane how it hadn’t been a complete year since I met Khai. I met him in winter and lost him before winter. I let go of his hand. H
