Chapter Eighty-Eight – Impulsive.
Chris’s POV
This was preposterous. When I awoke, there was a scar drawn from my face to my neck. It didn’t burn as much also.
I leapt from the bed, looking at my environment. I passed out the moment I rested on Edwin.
“Where are we? Where’s Your Silver?” I asked my wolf. He seemed disconnected from me, no matter how I tried to reach him.
A female warrior walked in, wearing the Silver Pack uniform which informed me I was at Silver Pack.
Why did Edwin bring me here? Did he and Rihanna let the Lycan get away?
I groaned, getting up, it felt like a heavy wall had fallen on my face. Surely it was more than silver in that water.
“Where’s your Alpha?” I asked the wolfess.
She frowned. “I should ask you, Alpha King. Where’s my Alpha?”
Such guts. And how’d I know where her Alpha was when I just woke up?
Deciding not to engage her, I thought hard on the last thing that I could remember.
The Lycan’s outrageous laughter after saying I read his letter well. Of course I did, and had a good plan to put him in place.
“Fine, where’s Edwin?” I asked the wolfess.
She smiled, folding her arms. “He caused trouble with our lead warrior so she ordered us to lock him up.”
The hell? I advanced towards her but then a memory came to my head. The Lycan saying he wanted to kill the silver wolf.
I froze, turning to the window. The silver wolf was Logan’s target? He never stated that in the letter.
“Release my Delta now! I need to look for your Alpha.” I pointed at the girl and ran downstairs.
Did Your Silver stay back to fight the Lycan? That was impulsive, she’d surely need help.
Getting downstairs, I saw Edwin stooped on the ground. I rushed to him, the corners of his lips where blood stained.
He grunted, seeing me, trying to get up. Did Dara do this? What was wrong with Silver Pack warriors?
“Alpha, Ray is here… he’s mad.” Edwin sighed, holding me to get up. Ray was here and mad?
“He did this to you, why?” I asked Edwin, brushing the blood off his lips.
I heard the door slammed open. It was Ray, and his eyes were flaming orange glaring at me.
Zeke came closer to the surface, he never did that for Ray, but I deemed it as he saw a threat in him. I frowned. “What’s this nonsense?”
He said nothing, pacing around the room, like he was marking me. “Ray, I said what is this? Why did you beat up Edwin?”
“We didn’t leave Rihanna there to die! The Alpha was badly injured and I can’t fight a Lycan by myself!” Edwin yelled at him.
Ray was at my side, I fully faced fully, giving a questioning look on my face.
His eyes dilated seeing my face, he blinked then looked down.
I didn’t know how bad the scar was but I shrugged it off. It’d heal in days, hopefully.
“Your Silver is dead? Or what? We met with the Lycan but I got injured, what else happened?” I came closer to him.
He took steps back. “That’s not an excuse, Edwin. My sister was badly injured and the Lycan wasn’t found!”
Was he responding to me or Edwin?
Edwin came forward to him, with clenched fists. “Well, she’d have run back when the Alpha was hurt but she stayed….”
“Don’t dare use that as an excuse! She isn’t a coward, why would she back away from a fight!” my Beta retorted.
Was he indirectly calling me a coward? I exhaled, trying to get more from the events that happened. No memory was coming.
I knew Ray always had a crazy side whenever it involved his sister, I replied calmly. “Where’s she and the Blue Bloom Princess?”
He raised a brow. “Blue Bloom Princess? Why would I know? I left my sister where I think she’d be safe, Black Rose.”
“Wouldn’t she be safe here..?”
“With you in it?” Ray barked, shutting Edwin up.
It wasn’t Edwin he feared to hurt his sister, but me. He knew Edwin wouldn’t dare. Also, why’d I hurt his sister?
The situation happened suddenly, and Your Silver should have backed away as I was injured. The plan was for us both to take Logan down.
I wondered if Your Silver thought I purposely left her and turned her to bait?
That’d be breaking the treat I signed. As her Alpha King, her protection was important too.
“Ray, we didn’t want to leave her there. How bad is she?” I enquired when he finally sat down.
He glanced at me then back at Edwin. “I left her there and ran back to the forest. I hope she’s good. She couldn’t even move.”
Edwin silently hissed, then asked. “Did she get the Lycan…”
“Is that all you care? There was no dead body close to her so I guess no. But there was blood, which weren’t all hers.” Ray replied.
Wasn’t all hers? Did she bleed? I felt Zeke’s heart dampen. Did she still affect him?
“You weren’t at Black Hills or we both would’ve gone. The Lycan kidnapped the Blue Bloom Princess and asked for me to release her.”
I explained, sitting besides him. He nodded, listening, with a slight frown on his face.
Perhaps Edwin forgot for a split second that the bruise on his lips was caused by Ray. Or he assumed Ray would take his words lightly.
Because his next words were, “Alpha thought since you were hurt by the Lycan last time, your sister would do something more impressive.”
It took time before his words made meaning to me but Ray caught on it and punched him before I could react.
Edwin pushed him back, standing his ground. “What? A silver wolf who was almost beaten to death by a Lycan. What’s her pride for?”
I’d have loved to agree with Edwin, because Your Silver was annoyingly proud and it affected her warriors who had no respect.
But still a Lycan Alpha King was work, and since he meant to kill her, she being alive now meant she was strong enough to withstand.
Also, I wouldn’t support Edwin as it wasn’t in his best interest. Ray could kill him.
“Oh really? You think so, huh?” Ray started with his delusional laughter and his claws reacted to them.
I sped to hold his hand just as he raised them to strike Edwin. My Delta went back stunned that he was about getting killed.
“You forget you’re messing with Ray, right?” I reminded him in his mind link.
He took more steps back then walked away.
I shoved Ray’s hands away with a huff. “You forget you want to strike my Delta, right?”
He dropped his glare on Edwin, looking at his claws like he didn’t know when they reacted. He always worked with his claws not brain.