Untamed: The Alpha

195 UNEXPECTED ENCOUNTER

Being in a crowd like this had made Zuri feel really uncomfortable, but Chaos’ request was the one that caught her completely off guard.

He wanted her to find a piece of his shattered soul and he insisted. He had never forced her to do anything before, thus, his persuasion left her puzzled.

Yet, that was not all, Zuri’s eyes skimmed this place briefly and then landed on the bartender behind the counter. He was staring at her, as his lips moved and spoke her name.

Of course, with the distance between them and the loud music that was so deafening, Zuri couldn’t hear what he said, but she knew exactly it was her name that he mouthed.

Because she knew who the man was.

Nikolai.

Zuri was stunned and of course, Chaos caught the change of her demeanor. Her whole body was stiffened.

Don’t come.

Don’t come.

.....

Don’t come.

Zuri said it repeatedly in her heart, as if it were a spell, but then not all spells would work, not to mention this one.

From afar, Zuri could see Nikolai talking to his friend briefly, without breaking his eye contact with Zuri, as he made his way toward her.

Damn.

He shouldn’t come over. Chaos would kill him.

In a split second, Zuri remembered how Chaos had killed the man, the cleaner, in her school. The last piece of shattered soul that she told him about. No, she told Knox, but he let Chaos know to finish it.

That was the first time Zuri saw the entire process of how Chaos took back his soul and she was dreaded by the sight. The fear that gripped her heart that day was still fresh even now, and to see Chaos do that to Nikolai, was the last thing that Zuri wanted, since the moment she learned that Nikolai was one of the shattered souls.

“Let’s go from here,” Zuri mumbled, panic rushed in her blood when she saw Nikolai make his way through the crowd to reach her.

Yet, Chaos didn’t budge, he sensed something and he felt her uneasiness.

“The thing that you want is not here. We need to go. I feel it in a different direction,” Zuri blurted out. She was at a point where she would say anything to make this creature move, so they could avoid Nikolai at all costs.

In this crowd of people, Zuri knew it was the color of her hair that stood out and made Nikolai recognize her in a beat. But then, who would have thought that Chaos would bring her to a place where Nikolai was actually working?

“Blue! Is that you?!” Nikolai shouted at Zuri to overcome the loud music around them.

They were slightly to the side, so they wouldn’t bump into people, who were moving their bodies crazily on the dance floor.

Zuri turned stiff, she gritted her teeth and was about to deny it, but it would only add to Chaos’ suspicion. It didn’t mean that he was not suspicious of her right now.

Zuri could see a calculative glint cross Chaos’ dark eyes. He was deep in thought right now, trying to gauge the situation and she knew he would get it sooner or later and Nikolai would be done for.

“Blue!” Nikolai was in front of Zuri now, he looked at his friend from school and didn’t believe that he had actually seen her again. “I know it is you! My God!”

At this point, Zuri could see from the corner of her eyes that Chaos was done with his calculations and he had come to a conclusion.

“I thought you were...” Nikolai didn’t finish his words, he looked at Chaos, only now he did realize that Zuri was not alone. He wanted to talk about her being a supernatural creature and what happened when The Hound managed to get a hold of her, since the members of the McKeltar family disappeared all of a sudden.

No one knew for sure where they had gone. There were a lot of rumors about it, but none of them made any sense for Nikolai, since he knew a small chunk of their secret.

“Hi, Nikolai,” Zuri said, her voice was on edge, as she was trying to act normal. “Long time no see.”

Zuri’s greeting sounded very formal in his ears and he frowned because of that, but before he could understand what was going on, the man, who was standing beside her had spoken first.

“This place is too loud, take us to a quiet place, we need to talk.” Chaos looked so callous when he spoke, but Nikolai nodded, despite his confusion.

“Come over here,” he said, walking ahead from the two of them.

“So, it is him?” It was the same as before, Chaos’ voice was so close to her ears, despite he was not even leaning toward Zuri to whisper those words.

“No. It is not him,” Zuri seethed, but it only made things easier and clearer for Chaos about his conclusion.

“Are you coming?” Nikolai shouted above this screaming music when he realized that neither Blue or Chaos was following him. He tilted his head, confusion was written all over his face.

“Your friend is waiting.” Chaos was blind, but he didn’t look so caring about his current condition. He looked fine, and not like someone who had lost their sight.

“What are you going to do to him?”

But Chaos didn’t entertain Zuri with any answer, as he followed the sound of Nikolai’s voice to get to where he was standing. His ability to move among the crowd was unthinkable. He bumped into two people on the way in this crowd, but he managed to approach Nikolai nonetheless, without any necessary delay.

No one would believe that he was sightless.

“Keep going,” Chaos said in a dark voice, once he was standing in front of Nikolai and the young man frowned at him, staring at Zuri, who was standing a little bit further from them.

“Is she not coming?”

“She will.”

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