Alpha Azriel의 모든 챕터: 챕터 61 - 챕터 70

[Azriel]The text comes just after Aysel leaves. I have been anticipating something like this. After all, I have been warned. Denzel Knight has already informed me that I am to expect such excellent treatment from the present alpha king.However, I had expected something during the coronation and not before. When the texts come from my mother, whose number I had gotten hold of after returning to the palace. I was glad she used a mobile phone, which… made her even more real.[I am not well. Maybe introduce me some other day.]It might seem normal to others—a normal text from a mother to her son. But I knew my mom, even if she wasn’t able to spend the majority of my life with me. She would never shy away from confrontation. She would never… say she is ill and if she is really, she doesn’t show it until she is collapsing.Which is why I knew that this was not what it looked like. She was in danger maybe? The mere thought had made me spur into action and after leaving a small note on the

[Aysel] I call up Mason, my hands trembling and my mind feeling like cotton wool.We have not spoken since the day he left the alley. That was a day or two ago but seems like ages ago. I feel ashamed to call him, but I don't know anyone else whom I can call.Kai has left, I don’t know where. I just hope he is not seeking bloodlust. The saddest thing is that I can't even write a letter to Azriel. I just have to leave…But he will come behind me even if I leave without a word, and what about Kai? Would he bear the brunt?I cannot let that happen.My thoughts are interrupted as Mason answers, “Aysel?”I let out a shaky breath.“Aysel? Are you okay? Hello?” He starts speaking fast as if sensing my danger.“I…” my throat clogs when I try to answer. I close my eyes, letting a few tears fall. No, you have to be strong. I am not strong enough when it comes to Azriel but now…“Aysel, answer me dammit. Are you in danger? Can you not speak there? I can ask questions if you want to,” he suggests

[Aysel]“Where are you going?” Mason asks as I am hurrying towards the bike with Kai. He has somehow found out and is now as always asking after me. His concerned gaze makes me want to hug him. I am not sure how I ended up getting a friend like him.“Work,” I lie, my voice trembling with sadness, anger, and fear. He gives me a pointed look, one that says that he is not convinced. When I avert my gaze and take my seat on the bike, he frowns and looks at Kai.I am glad he hasn’t asked who Kai is, or maybe he has received the information about him as well.“We have more urgent matters to solve. Please excuse us,” Kai answers his quizzical look with a curt nod.“I will call you later,” I say to Mason and then we leave for the palace. My hands are clammy with sweat as Kai picks up speed to reach the destination as fast as possible.He has not divulged much to me because when I heard the news, I almost fainted and felt numb all over.How did he…? I can bet that it was due to that medicine w

[Aysel]“Hello? Hello?” Despite the line going dead, I keep the phone pressed to my ears.Kai rounds the table and hands me a glass of water. Rubbing my shoulders, he asks, “Who was it?”I keep the phone down on the table, and stare at it for some time as if waiting for the person to call again but as predicted the screen stays black.“Someone… said ‘he is not the alpha’,” I reply in a quivering tone. I look at Kai for his reaction, and even his gaze has clouded with worry. His eyebrows have furrowed.“You mean—”I push back the chair to stand up. My vision blurs with unshed tears. My brain feels tired yet restless.“I think… that’s not Azriel.” I sniffle.“He cannot be… he cannot behave like that no matter what medicine he took.” I grab Kai’s shoulder.“Can’t you ask Alessia? Like she was on guard right? When you came to bring me back?” I ask hopefully. Kai nods slowly, his gaze on something on the table.“I did not think about that,” he murmurs. Neither did I. The shock of Azriel be

[Azriel]I expect to wake up with darkness before me, with the smell of dirt and desolation engulfing my senses, but when I open my eyes, I see a ceiling.I blink a few times, trying to get rid of the blurry vision. Yes, this is a ceiling and as my senses become more aware, I smell a familiar scent. Aysel’s scent.At that moment, I hear a door open. I feel too weak to move but become alert nonetheless. And then… and then I hear a gasp.“Azriel?”I am dreaming, I think. Surely dreaming because there’s not a chance of her being here. Or is there?I find my answers in the next few seconds as the citric scent engulfs my senses completely when she practically wraps herself around my prone form. I grunt, and that makes her pull away, much to my dismay.Aysel doesn’t pull back too far. Taking a strand of hair behind her ear, she says, “I… Sorry, I was too excited to…”Her gaze doesn’t meet mine, but I can tell that she is trying to hold back tears. I compel myself to lift my hand. Rowan has