Chapter Sixty Eight

Emily's POV 

A smile crossed my cheek and I cleared my throat, “Thank you, ma'am.”

“You're welcome, Luna.”

My eyes widened, “Luna?”

“Your wolf is a special one, isn't she? It's not that hard to decipher a wolf from a royal bloodline.”

I smiled. “Although right now, I'm a Luna. I wish to become an Alpha someday.”

“Won't be hard for you due to your bloodline. Where are you from?” she asked me.

“You mean my pack?” I asked her. 

“Right.” She responded.

“You'll know in due time.” I said with a smirk and she laughed out loud.

“Fine. But wait a moment, I have something for you.”

The woman walked into her house and came back with a blue sachet and handed it over to me.

“What is that?” I asked her.

“You don't have to know what it is honey, just put a bit in the food and water for 14 days and whoever that eats it will die within a month.”

My eyes widened, “Really?”

“Trust me honey,” she responded.

My grip tightened on the sachet. I could use it on Jacob.

Then all of a sudden, I sensed some men coming from behind.

“Go, the woman told me.”

“Wait, I'm not done yet. There's a woman who lives several miles away from here. Her name is Beth and she's a healer, I wonder if you can look after her once in a while.”

“Of course, sweetheart. Now go, these men are nothing to write home about, go.”

My grip tightened around the stuffs in my hand and I turned around and started leaving. As soon as I walked past the men, I heard them say to the woman, “Wine. Give us some goddamn wine!”

I clenched my fists, feeling a certain way. These men were ordinary humans. I could kill them if I wanted to but the older woman probably wouldn't like if I did that. So I watched the woman give them wine.

I felt disgusted as I stared at them. All of a sudden, one of the men looked at me and laughed. “Hey you, come over here.”

I ignored him and started to walk away.

“Hey you, didn't you hear what I'm saying?”

The man got up from the chair and reached for my hair but I saw the older woman throw a stone on the man's knee, forcing him to go down on his knees. But he didn't see that it was her who did it as she was really quick.

Without hesitating, I sped into the woods and watched the woman entertain the men.

Her eyes directly landed on mine and I knew that she was telling me to leave, so I did. I walked back into woods and headed to Beth's hut. When I arrived there, it was close to evening time.

I entered the hut and yelled out loud, “Beth, Fayne, I'm back!”

Fayne was the first to come out, then he helped me carry the bag.

I held back a chuckle, “I'm stronger than you, I can carry it. Remember?”

“I just want to help you, Emily.” 

I could not argue with that.

I sighed. If only he knew that he was dying faster on the inside.

Beth some came back and she grabbed the bag from Fayne's hand and smiled at me.

“You're back.”

“Mhm mhm,”

I headed back to the room Fayne and I shared and was astounded by how pretty it looked. Obviously, some difference had been incorporated into the house. I wondered why that was.

I kept the blue sachet and walked out only to see Beth looking at the wines and herbs.

“You did a great job, Emily. The herbs and wines are much more than I expected to be honest.”

I chuckled.

“The seller was nice, that's all. All thanks to my pretty face.”

Beth chuckled. 

“Okay.”

Fayne turned to me. “You must be tired, there's some beans in kitchen. I'll serve you some.”

“No need, I'm not hungry.” I told Fayne and headed to the room. I laid on the bed and he walked into the room with me as well.

“When are we getting back?” He asked me.

“None of your business,” I said, turning away from him so I was not seeing his face.

“I don't understand what your plan exactly is. You used to tell me everything but now you're not saying anything to me, I don't understand you anymore.”

I sighed and got up from the bed and pinned Fayne against the wall.

“W-what are you doing?” He stuttered.

“I promised you that I was going to give you a reward. Tell me what it is and I'll give it to you.”

“W-ell,” he stuttered, his breath hitching in his throat.

Then all of a sudden, he broke into a fit of coughs.

I turned away from him, I might have made him way too nervous he couldn't even speak.

When Fayne stopped coughing, I turned back to him.

“Aren't you going to tell me?”

“With all due respect, Emily, what I want is not something that you can tell me.”

“How dare you?!” I snapped at him.

“You've been following me all this while and you don't think I can keep my promise?”

A tear trickled down Fayne's cheek which made me scared and worried for him. He'd never broken down in front of me before.

“Fayne, what's going on? Why won't you tell me?”

Fayne wiped his tears hurriedly. 

“I'm so sorry, Emily. But I'll never believe that you will be able to give me what I want.”

I held back a scoff. “You're so prideful, Fayne. Just because you used to be a hunter doesn't mean you're still that hunter now. Right now, I am the person you answer to. Do you understand that?”

Fayne hung his head low.

“If you insist Emily, then I'm going to tell you the truth. All I want is you.” 

Fayne lifted his head and I froze both in shock and in desire.

“Me?”