JEROME
“What has gotten into his head?!” Alpha Deron groaned over Alpha Argon’s sudden behavior. In fact, everyone was stunned by his action.
“On his own engagement, he’s fighting another man over his Ex-wife? Now I doubt if this ceremony is genuine.”
“Not just you. Seems he’s only pretending to be getting married to that model just to hide his shame.”
A group of business ladies gossiped, staring towards mine and Alpha Deron’s direction.
This brought discomfort to our hearts, leaving Alpha Deron with no other choice but to confront my Alpha. “He has some explaining to do.”
“Wait! Don’t leave the party!” I stopped him from going inside to see Alpha Argon. But Deron didn’t want to listen to me.
“You saw what he did, didn’t you? He humiliated my poor daughter by going after that woman! Just look at Estelle. She’s in a state of shock!” He pointed directly at his daughter, who was still on her seat.
Shocked? She doesn’t even look like someone who’s bothered about what happened. This is the same face expression she had on before and after the drama.
What is she thinking about?
“I have to talk some senses into that boy. He can’t behave like this on his own day.”
“Be calm, Alpha Deron. Let me go and see him. I am his beta, ” I said, stopping him once again.
Alpha Deron was puffing out, trying to stay calm. I patted him on the shoulder and advised him to be with Estelle instead.
“I don’t know what’s wrong with her these days, but she has been acting all lost.” I looked at Estelle, seeing how she gazed imto her phone quietly.
If she had seen what really happened, she would have brought down this party in seconds.
“Probably because of Argon and that woman, that’s why my daughter is like that, ” Alpha Deron groaned, justifying his daughter’s mood. He walked away from my point and went to meet Estelle, sitting beside her.
Seeing he complied, I decided to go into the mansion and meet Alpha Argon.
“I wonder what he’s doing with Brielle. That woman is full of drama. Why did she wear such a revealing dress? Since when did she start that nonsense?”
I was mumbling while drawing closer to the mansion, only to see Brielle cat walking out of the building.
I wanted to ignore her and just pass by, but she suddenly glanced my way, delivering a smirk.
It was weird when she did that. It felt… Creepy.
“Sorry everyone. Let’s resume!!” She yelled out, getting the party back on.
I came to a stop to have a look at this woman. She immediately dived into her admirers midst, dancing with them.
“Shameless. If she wants to spoil herself, can’t she wait for the wedding to be over before doing all of this? ” I snarled.
The moment I uttered that statement, Brielle’s eyes fell on me again. This time it wasn’t a glance but a long stare, accompanied with that creepy simper on her face.
I felt my whole body shiver when I saw this. She swayed her head, before she finally broke the lock, dancing passionately.
“What… What was that?” A wave of discomfort ran across my body, causing me to drift back towards the mansion.
Suddenly…
RING! RING!! My phone began to buzz in my suit. I pulled it out to see who it was while trying to look away from Brielle’s point.
When my gaze fell on the phone, I was stunned. “Hunter? Why is he calling? Could it be that he found the wolf?!” My heart skipped, as I immediately rushed to the side of the mansion to answer his call privately.
Once alone, I answered the call, hoping to hear the good news from him.
“Turn around,” He ordered me.
It felt strange at first, not until I picked his scent and realized why. I turned around and found him standing next to me.
His face filled with seriousness, while lowering his phone down. His brow narrowed down his eyes, followed by his nose twitching into the air, like he was picking up something.
“So, did you get anything? Have you found the wolf? ” I asked. But he didn’t answer me yet. He just kept on sniffing.
Once he was done satisfying himself… “The scent is gone.”
“What scent?” I uttered in confusion.
That’s when he looked at me and said, “The beast. I was picking it’s scent around hete, but now it’s gone. ”
“Wait, what?! From this mansion?!” I shrieked out, stunned by what the hunter had just said.
I found myself looking around in fear, wondering where the beast was hiding.
“I said it’s gone. The scent was a bit strong at first, but now it just vanished into thin air.”
“Is that why you’re here? I thought you came here to give me good news about that monster’s death, not to add to my stress, ” I complained, slowly losing my temper.
But the hunter hummed at my words and said, crossing his arms against his chest, “Sorry for spoiling your mood, Beta, but this isn’t the time for you to relax. Did you think I came here on purpose to just call you out of the celebration? No, beta.”
He pulled out his phone and showed me a picture of… The green-eyed wolf! It was looking horrifying, standing on its two legs close to… Wait, isn’t that the mansion?
“I picked up the scent of this beast from a crossroad, only to follow it down here, right outside the mansion, watching everything going on.”
Fear gripped me at that moment. He can’t possibly be thinking of what I’m thinking right now.
“Seems the beast was here to attack you and your friend, ” He said, pointing at Estelle. “It came looking for blood but fled when it spotted me. That’s why I had to come here to warn you two. That beast is crafty, ” He shared his observation.
This is terrible. At first, I thought he was going to say the beast lives in the mansion. That would shatter me and yet, still help me in fishing out the beast. But knowing it’s a beast that’s just on the loose, seeking to end Estelle and I, I’m extremely terrified.
“So, what now? Are you saying you can’t catch it? ”
“I never said that, Beta. I can get this beast, only if its scent stops fading away when I’m close. It’s almost like it’s luring me or something,” He shared his suspicion, looking around.
This was beginning to trouble me. Every peace I had in my body, vanished when he showed me that picture.
I can’t believe that demon was watching us!
The hunter soon left, just to avoid eyes from noticing him. He only left a warning for Estelle and I, telling us to be careful.
“It could be anywhere. Just be sharp and ready for anything,” He had said.
Now how do I tell Estelle what he just said? She’s going to freak out like hell.
“She’s even acting like a walking corpse. It’s best I don’t tell her but try my best to keep her safe. We just have to pray for that beast to be found on time, ” I hoped, heading into the mansion.
I didn’t go to meet Alpha Argon but went to get myself a glass of water to calm my racing heart.