Seth walked straight up to Kai, who was lying painfully on the gurney. He grabbed the man by the neck and said, “How dare you say that to her?”
“Argh!” Kai’s voice was choked by the strong grip of Seth’s hand.
“Seth, he’s suffering. Get your hands off him!” Edith screeched.
“He’s heating up, Edith, and he wants you. I won’t let that happen.”
“I said don’t hurt her. Just find something-anything-to make him more at ease.”
Seth was at the height of his anger. He gritted his teeth and violently removed his grip from Kai’s neck. He walked to one of the glass cabinets that contained some medicines. From there, he took an injection and returned to Kai. He injected Kai’s neck with the injection that was in his hand, and a few seconds later, Kai was unconscious. Edith exhaled with relief when she saw that Kai’s body was much quieter.
“What did you inject him with?”
“With a low dose of monkshood extract and 10 mg of morphine, he’ll sleep for the rest of an hour. You don’t have to worry,” Seth said in a flat tone, his hands still clenched hard.
“Monkshood?”
“Wolfsbane, a kryptonite for our kind. This school always has plenty of stock for something like this. Edith, I asked you to stay away from him, but why are you helping him?”
“He’s my friend Seth; I can’t just let him be like that.”
“Tell me, what friend would want to be mating with their friend?”
Edith could only remain silent. She was unable to answer the questions Seth put to her. Edith only wanted to help Kai, but this is how it turned out.
“I’m sorry, Seth. I just wanted to help him. Of course, I would never do as he asked. You can trust me.”
“Of course I trust you, Edith. But we are talking about werewolves. We have tremendous power. If he forces you with his power and I’m not around, what can I do? Not even a wolf nor a human male can rape a woman,” snapped Seth.
Edith fell silent for the second time. She felt very guilty for not heeding Seth’s words. Seth was right; it could have happened to her. Edith bowed her head and wiped away the tears that fell down her cheeks.
“Edith, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to yell at you. I was just worried about you, and I’m jealous as hell. Because I’d hate to see you with Kai or any other man.”
Seth embraced Edith’s body to get closer to him. Seth did not want to hurt Edith; he just wanted to protect her. Jealousy almost overcame him until Seth could not contain his anger. Seth only loosened his embrace when Edith had stopped crying.
Seth asked Jadden to take Edith to her class while he waited for Kai to wake up. The monkshood effect Seth gave Kai left the man unconscious and paralysed for an hour.
Kai opened his eyes. His body felt very weak, and his head was very dizzy. He tried to straighten his body, but to no avail. All his bones were too painful to move.
He saw someone standing in front of him. Kai let out a low moan and felt pain in his head. He saw the man turn around after hearing his voice.
“Oh, you’re awake. Malachai Henderson.”
“What did you do to me?” asked Kai, because he couldn’t move his hands.
“I injected you with monkshood. I thought we should talk. I’ve been very annoyed with you. What do you want from Edith?”
“As you wanted. I feel like she’s my mate, and I want her badly. She’s Veela, isn’t she?”
Seth grabbed Kai by the neck so that the man could not make a sound. Seth was so angry at the answer to his question. He wanted to kill the man right now, but he had promised Edith that he would not.
“If you dare to touch Edith, then I can assure you that you will no longer walk on this earth anymore. I will shred you until there’s nothing left, you understand!”
Kai exerted all his strength to release the grip of Seth’s hand from his neck. He managed to pull Seth’s hand away and stood before Seth. The two men stared at each other fiercely and were filled with the desire to kill each other.
“You think I’m afraid of you. We’ll see who Edith decides on her immortal mate. Don’t be surprised; I know how Veela’s magic works, and let me guess, Edith hasn’t done it yet, has she?”
Seth smashed Kai’s face with his fist. The punch sent Kai flying into the gurney, and his body was half-bent to keep his balance. Kai wiped the blood from the corner of his lips and grinned at Seth.
“You’re strong too. The monkshood I injected into you only took effect for a short time. This is good; I have all the time in the world to beat you up. Edith just told me not to kill you.”
“Fighting isn’t really my style, but I’m ready to ruin that handsome face of yours, Seth.”
Kai half ran to reach where Seth was. He punched him in the face, right in the temple, and left a rip there. Seth staggered when he was hit by Kai’s fist, but he stood back up and managed to dodge Kai’s punch that was aimed at his face for the second time.
Seth managed to punch Kai in the stomach and push his body against the wall. He punched Kai in the face, causing blood to come out of his nose. The man slid to the floor and wiped the blood from his nose.
“Still want to fight me?”
Kai raised his hands in surrender and felt an intense dizziness in his head. He knew he was no match for Seth in a fight. Seth was too strong for him. He tried to stand up with both hands, but his body was still too unsteady to stand.
“Mark my words, Kai!”
Seth left Kai, who was still on the floor of the infirmary. He didn’t care; he was already satisfied beating the shit out of that guy. Seth walked to his car and immediately hit the throttle to return to the pack house.
*
“Why must you be in a fight, Seth?”
“He deserved it. I didn’t kill him like you asked.”
Edith saw a bruise on the corner of Seth’s eye near his temple. She exhaled harshly as she wiped her face with both hands. Edith could not change Seth’s temper. Seth and his arrogance were a package deal that Edith had to accept.
“Did I become ugly?” asked Seth.
“No, you didn’t. You’re still handsome.”
Edith swallowed; she didn’t mean to say that. Seth was just baiting Edith’s reaction, and to Seth, it was adorable. Seth stared fixedly at Edith without blinking.
“What?” Edith shifted her gaze in another direction after her eyes caught Seth looking at her.
“I continue to be grateful that the Moon Goddess imprinted me with you. Despite your stubbornness, you are so innocent and adorable, as well as beautiful, especially when there is nothing covering your body at all!”
Edith realised early on that she had always been enchanted by Seth. Although she adamantly denied that she had fallen in love with Seth, the feeling continued to grow over time. Even when Seth teased her with vulgar words, Edith still felt flattered by his seduction.
“You make me breathless. I can’t resist the seduction from you, Seth. By the Moon Goddess, I’ve even submitted to it. I’m so un-bloody-hinged just being near you.”
“I told you from the start that you wouldn’t be able to avoid me, but back then you didn’t listen and left me in anger.”
“How could I not be angry? You…”
“Are you still angry with me about that?”
“No!”
“That’s it; don’t bring it up again! I’ve proven to you that I’m a different person since then. All that matters now is that I love you, and I can’t bear to lose you.”
Seth kissed Edith’s forehead and took her into his arms. He could feel that Edith was his extraordinary Luna.
“Is there one thing I want to ask you?” Seth pulled himself up to see Edith’s current face.
“Do you want to make me your immortal mate, Edith?”