Chapter Nine

Emily's POV 

She had short bob hair with red makeup around her eyes. She was beautiful and had a very sweet smile.

“How are you?” She asked sweetly while I brought my right hand to my chest fearfully.

“You poisoned me.”

The woman shook her head and glanced at me with squinted eyes. “I don't understand what it is that you are saying.”

“Are you saying that just to sound wise?” I asked which led her to frown.

“I know I have been poisoned by you. Why else would I spit so much blood?”

The woman sighed. “Of course, you think I posioned you when I only fed you some herbs to clean out your insides.”

I looked around me. It was true that I felt lighter on the inside but why would I spit out blood?

“You had some internal bleeding due to your fall but thankfully it healed in time.”

“So you mean to say you didn't poison me?” I asked as I stood up to my feet with some struggle.

“Yes, if I did, you wouldn't be here as I speak.”

I stumbled forward and the woman led me back to the brick bed which was somewhat comfortable.

“You should take some rest, please. It wouldn't do you any good to rush yourself back to your feet.”

As soon as the woman helped me sit down, I noticed the pressure that I got from her hand. It was firm and very steady. It was unlikely that she was just a normal woman.

“You’re not just a normal person, right?” I asked, causing the woman to smirk.

“My name is Emilianna. What is yours?”

“Emily,” I said causing her to scoff loudly.

“You're not kidding me, are you?”

“I'm not, I swear.”

Emilianna looked at me closely with her fermented blue eyes which seemed to lock me down every time she stared into my eyes.

“Fine, Emily.” She responded and walked away from me. She grabbed a rug from the far corner and started to clean up the blood on the floor.

“Emilianna,” I said as I watched her. “Why did you save me?”

“You were laying right where I bathed my daughter for the last time. I couldn't just leave you there.”

My heart felt constrained when I heard her words. 

I got up from the bed. “I'm sorry, but I'm not your daughter.”

Emilianna turned back to face me, her eyes filled with tears. Then, as she cleaned the rest of the blood from the floor, she started to walk away.

“Emilianna,” I said, but she said nothing to me until she reached the exit of the cave.

“Just rest in.” She said and left the cave.

I could do nothing but sigh as I sat there in the cave.

On the walls in the cave, I saw near the bed two carved words onto the cave. 

‘Beautiful Day’

Could it be written by Emilianna’s late daughter?

The moment the sunlight hit the cave, I felt strong within me. I stood up and left the cave only to see Emilianna talking to a bunch of rogue wolves with red eyes and bulky bodies.

However, my scent seemed to interrupt their meeting.

“Who is she, Alpha?”

Without looking at me, Emilianna continued, “She'll be my daughter from now on.”

Fear crept up my spine upon hearing Emilianna's words. There was no way I was going to be a rogue leader’s daughter.

“Okay, Alpha.” The questioning rouge said with the bow of his head.

“Her name is Emily, y'all treat her like one of us.”

“Yes, Alpha.” They chorused, then they turned around to keep doing their bidding. Once they were out of ear shot, I walked to Emilianna and she turned to me.

“Next time if I say that you say in the cave, then you stay in the cave.”

“I guess I'm not just used to taking orders from people,”

Emilianna frowned at me.

“Here, I am the Alpha and you'll learn to take orders from me especially when I just saved your life. If you don't do my bidding I could just get you killed.”

“Some time ago you said you would look at me as though I'm your daughter,”

“Exactly why I'm disciplining you. You don't get to talk to your mother and Alpha like that.”

“Look, I admit that you rescued me and I owe you one. But this 'mother and daughter thing', keep me out of it.” I turned away from her. “I'm not cut out for it.”

“Seven days.” She said with a sigh. “Act as my daughter for only three days. After that you can go.”

I turned back to Emilianna and nodded. “Fine.”

That night, Emilianna showed me the pool where I could clean. It was beautiful and soothing. The moonlight made the water look scenic and captivating. It was like my skin got supplier with the bright full moon’s magic.

I stripped out of my clothes and went to the pool. The coolness of the water made me feel goosebumps down my spine.

“It's cool, isn't it?” Emilianna said.

“Yes,” i responded.

Emilianna ran her fingers through my hair. This action was soothing and it made me close my eyes and lean back to enjoy her massages. If I had to be honest, I felt really close to her. Her presence was warm, calm and very loving. Her daughter must have had a great time with her before she passed away.

“If you don't mind me asking, how did your daughter pass away?”

Emilianna withdrew from me. I turned back to face her and she looked deep in thought and ultimately broken.

I could tell that her daughter did not pass away on very good terms. Even if she did, it was something that Emilianna was very hesitant to admit.

“Don't worry,” I said calmly. “You can tell me.”

Emilianna swallowed hard. “She passed away due to illness, in her sleep.”

I immediately felt sympathy for Emilianna. “I'm sorry, at least she passed away peacefully.”

Emilianna shook her head.