Untamed: The Alpha

436 HIS LIPS WERE SO COLD

“I lived in far away village, trying to live a normal life,” Zuri answered when Norbeat asked her what she had been doing when she went missing with Chaos.

“Normal life?” Norbeat scoffed when he heard that and then shook his head. “There is nothing normal with us and now you said that you want a normal life? You shouldn’t dream about that, because it will only hurt yourself.”

Zuri was silence for a while when she heard the way he criticized her and then nodded. “Yeah, you are right.”

“Hm?” Norbeat was surprised to hear that, it was not a common thing for her to agree with him, therefore he was slightly taken aback. “Are you okay? You don’t look fine.” Especially, when Zuri talked in dreamy voice, so soft, it almost sounded like a whisper.

“I am fine,” Zuri said, as she stared at the wolf and then sat down on the ground, didn’t care that her clothes and pants would get dirt. Her hazel’s eyes fixed on the wolf on her laps, but her mind was elsewhere. There was something that she was thinking right now, something that had been bothering her.

“Are you sure?” Norbeat seemed to determine to annoy Zuri with his useless question, until she threw him a dagger look and made him stopped being a pain in the arse... “That’s better,” he mumbled.

“If all of you here, it means, Skylar is here too?” Zuri asked, she glanced at Norbeat, waiting for his reply.

“Yeah, of course she is here. You should go to the library immediately, because right now she is there with lord Chaos as well.” Norbeat then sat down next to Zuri, staring at the wolf on her laps that looked so docile, like a little puppy.

“For what?” Zuri asked, she stared at this garden, if she walked toward her left side, there would be a door and behind it, it was Ann’s grave. She should come to visit her, since she was here, but she her steps felt so heavy.

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“Don’t you think she is a nuisance?” Norbeat frowned at Zuri, as if her reaction was not acceptable. That was the wrong response for his information.

“Chaos is awake enough to take care of her if she is going to try something funny.” Zuri then laid down on the ground, used her arms as pillow behind her head.

She attacked Skylar before because Chaos was unconscious, as he used a lot of his energy to show her his own realm, but right now, he wouldn’t want that woman to touch her.

“Don’t you feel threatened by her?” Norbeat scoffed at Zuri’s indifference, he didn’t want to say this and fortunately, Skylar was not here to hear this as well, but... “If you put aside her annoying nature, she is a beautiful and lord Chaos is a man.”

Zuri glanced lazily at the soul possessor, did he got brain injury or the intelligence of the body that he occupied affected the way he was thinking.

“Don’t you worry about that?” Norbeat didn’t really like Zuri, but she was better than Skylar. Living with her for weeks in this place was really suffocating, as that creature was so full of herself.

Yet, Zuri didn’t answer that stupid question and chose to close her eyes.

Chaos and she had gone through a lot of things and more than one lives, Skylar’s existence was not a threat for her. She was only a nuisance that didn’t worth of her attention, therefore, she chose to sleep and didn’t give a fcak about what Norbeat was trying to imply.

“You are so careless,” Norbeat scoffed again and then laid down on the ground next to her. “Are you sleeping?” he asked, but there was no answer from her.

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“But, where should we go?” the woman was crying when she heard what July said. They needed to go away from McKeltar, if they wanted to save Flo’s life.

“He will help you,” July said, as she looked at Aaron, who was smiling so softly toward them.

People, who saw the smile on his face would think he was an angel, but as it turned out, the truth was the other way around.

“Who is he?” Daniel, Flo’s father asked in confusion, he was a shifter, he was not strong enough to be part of the McKeltar, but their family was accepted because July’s fondness toward Flo. She had fallen for the little girl ever since she met her for the first time.

Therefore, how could she let her to be absorbed like the other Chaos’s shattered soul so easily? She wouldn’t let that to happen.

July had chosen the wrong path by having a deal with the devil, so why she didn’t go along with that in order to save Flo? She had dug her own grave, there was no difference if she dug it deeper.

“Go with him, he will help you.” July could see the hesitation in Daniel and Grace’s eyes when they were told they were no longer welcomed in McKeltar.

“Did we do something wrong?” Grace asked, she held Flo’s small hand, as the little girl was standing quietly next to her mother.

“No.” July shook her head.

“Then why Flo’s life is in danger? Aren’t you here to help us?” Grace didn’t know how to describe it, but she felt a bad feeling toward the man named Aaron that July introduced to them. He looked nice, but there was something not right with him...

“This is beyond me,” July had to admit this. There was no way she could confront Chaos, when Knox’s soul belonged to Chaos, if she provoked him further, something bad would happen to Knox, just like before.

But, July was sure Chaos wouldn’t kill him, because he still needed him. It was different story with Flo. For him, she was only insignificant thing. If Zuri couldn’t be convinced to not do it, then she had zero chance to save Flo’s life.

“Go now,” July said sternly, she then fell to her knees and then hugged Flo. This could be their last time to see each other, but this was better than having Chaos killed her.

“Aunty...” Flo called her, her small body was shaking, as she hugged her back. “Aunty, why are you crying?” her voice was so soft and this made July became even more determined that what she was doing right now was the right thing to do.

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Zuri felt someone caressed her face, but she didn’t feel the repulsion that she used to feel whenever someone touched her.

“Chaos...” she mumbled her name. It was only him, who could make her feel like that.

“Hm?” Chaos replied. “What are you doing here, sleeping in this place?” Chaos cradled Zuri in his arms, while the sky had turned so dark. It was night and the moon was hiding behind the cloud, thus this place was a little bit dark.

Slowly, Zuri opened her eyes groggily and then looked around her, for a moment, she didn’t remember the last thing that happened to her, she didn’t even know why she was here, until she saw the empty space beside her and White, which was still sleeping next to her.

Oh, right...

“I was here with Norbeat,” Zuri said, as she snuggled closer against Chaos’s chest, he was so warm, she wanted to fall asleep again now.

“Yes, you were, but that didn’t answer my question why are you here?” Chaos kissed her forehead and then hugged her a little bit tighter.

The way Chaos treated her was so careful and gently, as if he had absorbed some of his shattered soul, but when Zuri opened her eyes, his eyes were still as dark as the night sky.

“Your eyes...” Zuri said, as she reached out her hand to touch his cheek. “I found a girl who has your shattered soul in this manor. She is with July.”

“She is gone,” Chaos said in calm tone, but his eyes a few shades darker, if it was even possible.

“Gone?” Zuri frowned. “How could that happen?”

No. Norbeat was right. She underestimated the bond between July and the little girl. She would do everything to help her, because she knew, once Chaos got his hand on the little girl, she would be gone from this realm.

“She didn’t want to say anything,” Chaos said, he looked so calm for someone, who was on the verge of losing control. He could feel it, the monster within him had been scratching his head, trying to resurface and create more chaos.

“That can’t be happening,” Zuri said sternly, as she stood up. “I will go and talk to July, she knows very well what it means, why she did this?!”

Chaos stood up with her as well, but before she could go, he grabbed her hand to stop her. “I need you here with me,” Chaos said. “Knox is with her now.”

Zuri wanted to swat his hand and confront July about the stupid things that she had done, but the way Chaos looked at her made her feet so heavy, she couldn’t move.

“Stay with me please.” Chaos put his hand on her hips, as he drew her closer. “I need you to be with me now.” He put his hand on the back of her head and then leaned over to kiss her lips.

His lips were so cold against her and the way he kissed her was so different...

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