Part two- Chapter 21
“The reason it hurts so much to separate is because
our souls are connected.”
― Nicholas Sparks
ORSELINE P.O.V
After having a shower, I changed into a dark jeans and a grey top. Picking up my car keys and cell phone from my table, I walked out of my room.
“Are you done packing?” I asked Darya who was eating her breakfast along with Tyson.
“Almost” she replied. Pulling out a chair, I sat and then began eating my breakfast. Tyson daily brings breakfast for me, Darya and himself from a nearby restaurant since none of us know cooking.
Tyson who was reading news in his cell phone looked at me with concern. His eyes softened for a minute when he saw me. “How are you feeling?” he asked me and I shrugged.
“What about Duncan?” Darya asked me and hearing his name brought back all the memories I had with him.
“She told you already he has gone out of town for a few days” Tyson replied and I was glad he spoke because I was too tongue tied. I didn’t want Darya coming to know about what had happened between us after he came to know I am O.
“When are we leaving?” Darya asked me.
“Today evening, you stay with Tyson until then” I told her.
“Where will you go?” Tyson asked me with a frown.
“I have some work” I told him and he looked at me with a worry. I smiled at him but it only made him look at me very curiously. I knew he wanted to ask me a lot of questions, judging by the way he was looking at me but he kept his mouth shut for Darya’s sake and as for mind link, I had blocked it.
Quickly stuffing my mouth, I got up and rushed towards the door. It was a good thing that the Emperor Pack shared its border’s with the Supreme Pack. It would take maximum two and half hours for me to reach the Emperor Pack.
I stopped my car which I call Giggle, when the signal turned bright red. The red light of the signal reminded me of Darya’s eyes. Her shifting on her eleventh birthday was a total surprise to us all. Since she was not an Alpha Blood, I was stunned.
After Austin’s death we were all distraught. We had killed Herrick as a warning for the Alpha’s as to what is coming for them but his death, just eight hours later, was a shock for us. We had realized our mistakes just then. If only we had brought Austin with us then he would have been safe. We all thought that since Austin was in his pack with tight security around he would be safe, because his main enemy was his father and once he is dead there would be no one to harm Austin, but it was too late when we realized what a horrible mistake we had made. Bringing him with us also seemed wrong because it could also be called as kidnapping which is why every one of us voted against it.
The odds were against the Alpha’s. Only one more element was left and we didn’t know who the element was. While four more of the Alpha’s were left and we didn’t know who they were either. It was horrible not knowing anything. We had expected some kind of reaction from the remaining four Alphas’ but there were none other than Austin’s death which everyone blamed the rogues for.
Sinew pack was a total disaster after the death of Alpha Herrick and Austin. The next heir to the Alpha title in Sinew Pack was Alpha Herrick’s eight year old daughter so the Luna of that pack had to take care of the pack. Since she had lost her mate she wasn’t very good at it, but somehow the pack managed by itself. I did feel terrible for doing that to a pack but was also glad that unlike them Cortez hadn’t chose to wipe out the whole pack. He just wanted to take his revenge with those people who were involved in the killings that happened in his pack. He at least had a heart with him unlike Alpha Herrick.
It was Darya’s birthday and I had not gone to my ballroom dance practice/meeting the rest of the guys to discuss about what to do next since we had no clue who was the next Alpha. I had taken a day off to celebrate Darya’s eleventh birthday after pa asked me to. She had lost her father and pa wanted to make up for her birthday by being there for her as a family.
The party was in the evening and Tyson and Tyler too had come. Tyler had brought Vanessa with him. I had met Vanessa a few times before and we hit it off well. She was in the building that day with her mother who works there. Vanessa was a kind of loud and happy girl which was a complete contrast to Tyler who was always silent and strict. They were made for each other and anyone could see that. The way they used to look at each other made me realize that mates are the best thing that can happen to a wolf.
I shook my head from the thought because I wasn’t a huge fan of something so sloppy and cheesy. I had never ever had any intention of finding my mate before and to think of it for the first time, without panicking, was disturbing to me.
After Darya cut her birthday cake me, Twin bro’s, Vanessa, Darya and few friends were all in a park close to our house eating ice-creams and chatting non-stop. My gaze fell on Darya who was sitting alone in a swing and tasting her own ice-cream looking at the moon in the sky. I recall Orion sitting in a swing next to her whenever he and Darya would come to play in the park when they were kids.
I shook my head and tried to shake away Orion’s thoughts from my head, it was painful for me thinking about him again and again. Vanessa was in a full on snogging session with Tyler while Tyson was speaking on the phone with Granel and Cortez asking why the hell they hadn’t come to the party even after we had invited them.
I got up from my seat and walked towards the swing next to Darya’s and sat on it. She was still looking up at the sky and I followed her gaze. “What’s so special in there?” I asked her and she lowered her head to look at me.
“Nothing, it looks beautiful today” she said with a cute smile. “Even those flowers do” she told me nodding at the moon flowers which were surrounding the whole park.
“Their smell is so strong” I told her since I recall the power the scent of moon flower has.
“Is it true? Their scent induces us?” she asked me and I answered with a nod. “But don’t you have to be a werewolf to get induced by that?” she asked me and I nodded again furrowing my brows. “Oh” she said and sighed.
“Did you have fun in school today?” I asked Darya after few minutes of silence and she scoffed. “Why? What happened?” I enquired after hearing her scoff.
“I was reminded of dad again” she said sadly and I growled.
“Are you being bullied?” I asked her.
“Just some girls teasing” she said shaking her head. “I can take care of them” she said smiling.
“Okay, but don’t let them get too far” I told her carefully and she bobbed.
“What dance style are you learning now?” Darya asked me and I raised my eyebrows.
“Ball room” I lied. I already knew ballroom dancing but Darya and the rest of the pack didn’t know I was plotting to kill Alpha’s while claiming to have been attending the class.
“Wow” Darya said. “Someday, I want to dance like you” she said smiling. “You are a terrific dancer” she told me genuinely.
“Thanks” I told her smiling. Darya gulped and I turned to look at her. “You okay?” I asked her.
“Y-yeah” she croaked out. “I can’t eat this ice-cream” she said and then went to throw it in the bin. I was chatting with my friends Cristina and Malory and would sporadically gaze at Darya. She was playing with her friends but sometimes she would stop and place her hands on her head.
After Malory and Cristina went home, I sat alone and was looking around. My gaze then fell on Tyler and Vanessa who were looking at each other lovingly.
“They are cute” Darya said from beside me. She was out of whatever game they were playing and was now sitting beside me.
“Yeah” I told her.
“But they should stop kissing in public” Darya said shuddering when she saw them kissing again.
I looked away smiling and at the same time Tyler spoke, “I can hear you” he said playfully to Darya while Vanessa was hiding her face.
“That’s why she said it” I told him.
“Come on sweetheart, let’s go somewhere… private” Tyler said standing up. He stuck his tongue out at us and we did the same to him too.
“It’s getting late, let us go home” I told Darya getting up few minutes later after Tyler and Vanessa left. “Come on kids” I told the other pups who were still chasing each other. My gaze was on Darya who was keenly staring at the moon flowers. I looked at her and the moon flowers again and again wondering what was so attractive in them. “Darya?” I called her and she didn’t even divert her gaze from the flower