(102)
Mia’s POV
Morning came, and we finally decided to get out of the woods.
It was a bit hard for me to look at him after everything that almost
happened between us yesterday. I can’t believe I let myself get distracted
like that-to the point that I almost let him have my body.
I feel stupid.
Useless.
And the only person I can blame for this is him.
After all, I got into this situation because I tried to save him. I would have
been able to get myself out of here if I wasn’t hiding things from him.
Doesn’t matter anyway.
After today, I don’t think we’ll ever get a chance to be together like this
again.
So he won’t get any more opportunities around me.
I didn’t say anything to him as we carefully walked through the woods.
“I don’t see any sign of them anywhere. I think they might be gone,” he
told me.
I nodded in agreement.
I already know that. You don’t have to tell me.
After that, I didn’t say anything else to him as we made our way out of
the woods.
Soon, we were met by some warriors who were coming to look for us.
Leading them was my cousin, Damon.
“Mia!” Damon called as he ran toward us.
He looked very worried, and I could tell they had been looking for me all
night.
I didn’t bring my phone or anything with me, so it couldn’t have been
easy to find me. But at the same time, they must have been worried sick.
I don’t know why, but it always feels good to know that people still care
about me, even though I am insignificant to them.
“What the hell happened to you?! We’ve been looking for you all night
since we couldn’t reach you! Why are you with him?!” Damon asked as
soon as he got in front of me.
I didn’t want him to get the wrong idea about Xavier, so I decided to tell
him the truth.
I thought telling him the truth would make things better, but instead, he
immediately grabbed Xavier’s neck-like he wanted to kill him for not
protecting me.
“Damon! What are you doing?! Let him go! What happened wasn’t
exactly his fault! We were trapped!” I defended Xavier for no reason.
“Why are you defending him? Don’t you know what kind of people he
and his brothers are? They would do anything to get what they want!
They are not good people, and they shouldn’t be around you either!”
He’s right.
Why am I even protecting him?
Shouldn’t this be my opportunity to kill him?
Why am I reluctant?
Why does it feel like it would hurt me if he died?
I should be happy.
I can finally get my revenge on them.
“No! It wasn’t his fault! He was injured in the woods! We stayed together
all night! You can check his legs if you don’t believe me!” I quickly spoke
up for him.
Am I completely losing my mind?
Why am I still defending him?
I shouldn’t be doing this.
Could it be that I’m bewitched or something?
Damon looked at me without saying anything.
I didn’t know why Xavier wasn’t protecting himself.
Could it be because the warriors were surrounding us?
He’s an Alpha. There’s no way he can’t defeat all these people.
The only real obstacle he would have is my cousin.
Is he doing this to impress me?
“I’m confused that you’re really speaking up for him right now. Are you
sure you want to defend him?” Damon asked again.
I looked at Xavier angrily.
“Are you not going to defend yourself? You think by doing this, you’ll
impress me?! You wish!”
Xavier shook his head.
“It’s just that Alpha Damon doesn’t trust me. Even though he asked me
to protect you, there’s nothing I can do about that. After all… I did fail to
protect you.”
“Stop trying to make me feel guilty! I won’t be grateful to you! I don’t
need your help!” I yelled at him and ran off.
I didn’t bother looking back at them or thinking about what they were
going to do.
They could kill each other for all I cared.
I was so mad that I didn’t want to talk to anyone.
I rushed back to my room and locked the door.
I couldn’t suppress all the anger I felt inside.
Even though my wolf wanted me to stop being angry, it was just too
much.
Why the hell is he acting so righteous right now?
He’s trying to make me feel like the bad person.
What did I even do wrong?
I saved his life, and this is how he repays me?
I should have left him to die there.
Maybe those people would have never found me.
I still have to think about who those people were and why they wanted
me.
I still have a lot to do.
I shouldn’t be worrying about useless matters like this.
But it annoys me to think that I have to tolerate all of this once again.
“Mia! Mia! Are you in there?”
I heard Daisy knocking on my door.
At first, I didn’t want to talk to anyone, but she was persistent.
She had always helped me whenever I was feeling sad.
She didn’t deserve to be locked outside.
So I went to check on her.
I opened the door, and she immediately hugged me-without asking any
questions.
She was trying to comfort me, probably because she had heard what
happened.
“Mia! I heard what happened! I’m so glad you’re okay! You don’t have to
worry. As long as you’re with us, no one will hurt you! As for that guy,
I’m going to beat him up the next time I see him!” she said, still hugging
me.
Her last statement made me laugh, and she broke the hug while looking
at me.
She smiled.
“You’re finally smiling.”
“You don’t have to do that, Daisy. I’m fine. You know I can protect
myself… even if they don’t,” I assured her.
She nodded in agreement.
“Of course, you can protect yourself. That’s why you’re the White Wolf.”
I sighed.
“I’m just carrying the title of the White Wolf by name. I don’t even think
I deserve it.”
She scoffed.
“Nonsense! No one deserves it more than you! It’s just that your powers
haven’t been fully unleashed yet. Also, you need to train more. And…”
she paused, looking at me with a mischievous smile.
“You also need some time to get away.”
“Getting away? What does that mean?”
“There’s a werewolf camp happening a little far from here. How about
we go there and practice with the best werewolves in the world? That
way, you might find an opportunity to unleash your power!”
A werewolf camp?
Why is this the first time I’m hearing about this?