Part two- Chapter 14

“Masks camouflage the faces of both good and evil. Keeps hidden what is a truth and what is a lie.” ― Patti Roberts , The Angels Are Here

DUNCAN P.O.V

Aunt Isa’s theory made sense but to some extent only. Some extent only because numerous questions rose in my head, after hearing what she had to say. A) I have doubts about Remy that will be confirmed only after I talk to Raven. B) This was told by a soothsayer and that is something I don’t believe at all. C) According to her theory O is involved in the destruction of Elegance Pack and I feel it difficult to draw a connection between my father and O.

It just confuses me more and more every time I try to think.

“Duncan” I heard Aunt Isa calling me but I was deep in thought trying to draw a connection between my father and O after coming to know about all this. It just didn’t make sense. The previous theory that I had was much better than this one.

“Duncan” Aunt Isa called snapping her fingers in front of my face.

“What?” I growled at her and she blinked.

“I-I’m sorr-”

“No, I am sorry. I was just….” I trailed cutting her off. Taking a deep breath, I looked at her. “What did you want to say?” I asked her.

“Uh… okay. This is a stupid question” she said chuckling nervously. “However can you guess the age of the she-wolf?” she asked looking at me curiously.

Could i? No, Actually I couldn’t. “No”

“Oh” She sulked. “But… how was the wolf? Huge or…?

“Huge. For a she-wolf she was huge but not as huge as Seline” I said. I remember that the she-wolf is huge. I have seen Sel’s beige wolf which is pretty big compared to other she-wolves because both her parents are Alpha bloods which explains the powerful Alpha tone she had used while refusing to have guards. I wondered, if Sel had a brother then he would have been the strongest Alpha male. The black she-wolf was also the same.

“Like the girls with title?” Aunt asked cocking one perfect eyebrow.

“Yes”

“She must be an Alpha blood then” Aunt Isa murmured lowly which was audible to me courtesy of the heightened senses.

“I don’t know. I couldn’t smell her” I said scowling. “Or any of them for that matter”

“I know honey. Every time the investigators say the same” she said sighing. “Hence it is difficult to catch O” she said. “I don’t know how that vile creature escaped every time.” She growled.

“They preplan everything” I told her and she had a distant look in her face.

“Preplan?” she said in a whisper and I stared at her. She still had a distant look but then she snapped out of it herself after few minutes.

“Aunt, I still have a qualm in this theory of yours” I said and Aunt stared at me.

“Uh… What qualm?” she asked picking the forms and keeping it back in the file.

“I feel it difficult to connect my dad’s murder with O” I stated and Aunt dropped the forms.

“How is it difficult Duncan? Your dad was murdered by O. There are enough proofs for it” she said growling at me. “The locket, the coin” she said gritting her teeth.

At the mention of the locket, I recalled what was written in them. “Fire, Air and Water” I murmured.

“What?”

“The lockets”

“Yes. What about them?”

“It had the names of elements.” I said and Aunt narrowed her eyes. “Which means that the rest wolves of such kind are alive and working with O” I said and Aunt blinked. I didn’t want to say much until I was sure of it and hence I decided to keep my mouth shut. I wanted to be clear about everything for sure.

“Oh” she said and leant back in her chair.

“Then we have to save all of them” I said.

“We do” she said nodding her head.

“Do you have any clue about other wolves as Remy” I asked her.

“No.” she said firmly. “I have no clue. All I know is about Remy and the she-wolf you just told about” she said shaking her head.

“Oh, okay”

“I will call you again if I find anything” she said getting up from the chair.

I got up too, “Do call me Aunt”

“I will”.

“Thank you for your help” I said and kissed her cheeks.

“Oh, never mind about it. I told you before I will help you find and kill O because such people don’t deserve to live” she spat.

“I know, Good Bye Aunt” I said and walked out.

On my drive to the apartment, I couldn’t help but think about what Aunt said about Remy and any other wolves of such kind. The wolves had to be Alpha bloods and I wondered whose pups have such power. According to what Soothsayer had said such wolves were born after the destruction of Elegance Pack which is in 1998 and that means such wolves cannot be more than 15 years of age.

But there were confusion because Remy was born two months before the attacks on the Elegance Pack. It didn’t make sense. What exactly did the soothsayer predict?

The motive of O was still unknown and that is something I knew for sure only O knows. Was O involved in the destruction of? Most importantly is O a guilty or an aggrieved party?

The new information was too much for me to take in and I felt like I have grown old within an hour. I had to calm down and I needed a certain she-wolf, with big chocolate brown eyes, scent to do that. That is why, instead of going to my apartment like I intended to, I ended up knocking Sel’s apartment door around nine in the night.

I heard footsteps approaching the door and Tyson opened the door. I was immediately greeted by a scowl which I returned. He crossed his arms and stood in front of me glaring at me.

“Give me that back you bully” I heard Sel scream at someone.

“What are you doing here?” Tyson asked me.

Pushing past him, I stepped inside the house. “I came to meet Sel” I said once I was inside. I frowned when I saw Sel fighting with Cortez, over a remote. Darya was sitting on the nearby couch and yawning.

“Not happening little bear” Cortez replied calmly, pushing away Sel’s hand that was trying to take the remote.

“Hey” Sel said getting up from the couch as soon as she saw me.

“Hey” I said smiling.

“Go, go to your room and do all the lovey dovey stuff with your mate” Cortez said pushing Sel’s arm. I was not embarrassed after he said that but Sel definitely was. She turned a bright shade of red and then angrily placed a pink cushion on his head before walking towards me.

I cocked an eyebrow at Cortez who just grinned at me. “She needs to get laid or else she will keep watching these romantic movies” he whispered throwing the cushion on a yawning Darya, who immediately sat up straight when the cushion hit her face.

“What, what happened?” Darya asked blinking while Tyson pulled the book from her hand. At the same time Sel held the back of Cortez’s head in her hand and forcefully bent his head.

“AAA” he screamed. “Give the guy a warning at least” he said slapping her hand but Sel caught his hair in a tight fist and gritted her teeth.

“I was not watching a romantic movie” Sel, whose cheeks were beet red from embarrassment, muttered to Cortez.

“Go to your room and sleep, I will not carry you again” Tyson said to Darya, who got up and sleep walked towards her room.

“Hey” Cortez screamed at Sel and I growled at him for the tone. “Lover boy, take your mate” he said to me and I growled again for the nick name.