UNTAMED: THE ALPHA

After July and Sebastian left the room, Zuri looked at Darius, who was still in dismay because his request to save Jasmine was denied. July turned down his request almost immediately with a reason that he didn't expect at all.

Darius thought the relationship between July and Jasmine was not that bad and hearing her twin sister was in such a difficult situation, she would help her, no matter what happened in the past.

But, July didn't even reconsider her decision at all, after his plea, there was no room for negotiation whatsoever and all he could do was to swallow back his desire to save Jasmine, to get her out of there before their child was born.

No, Darius was afraid that Liam would do something to Jasmine's pregnancy, knowing it was not his child. He could kill the baby without any scrupulousness.

After all, there was no reason for Liam to keep a baby that was not even his. And what could Jasmine do if that alpha decided to do such a thing?

"You are Zuri, right?" Darius raised his head and then looked at Zuri, his mind was elsewhere. He wanted nothing, but to find a way to save his child before it was too late. He had nothing now…

"I am," Zuri replied, as she walked toward Darius and sat down in the same chair where Sebastian was sitting a few moments ago. "Sit down, there are a few things I want to ask you about."

Darius knew Zuri, though they had never been on the same mission before. After all, it was hard not to pay attention to this girl, especially when the previous alpha, alpha Xerxes, had always bragged that he got his hands on a white wolf. The legendary white wolf and how his first son would have her.

Well, both of them died now.

"What do you want to know?" Darius became defensive. There was not much information that he knew about Zuri, because he didn't pay attention to her, but from what he learned, this girl was the creature named Chaos's important person.

"Tell me everything that you know about the Shadow Moon pack," Zuri said lightly. She didn't think she would be able to meet July soon if this conversation started and he cooperated well with her, but at the very least, that was a very cheap price for what she had done before.

"What will I get if I tell you everything that I know?" he asked her with desperation lingering in his voice, as if this was the bargain that he really wanted.

Unfortunately, Zuri had nothing to lose when she asked this question. Darius could either answer her or choose to keep silent, but she didn't mind kicking him out of the McKeltar property. Moreover, she had the power to do so.

"You are not in the position to negotiate things with me, I know what you want and I agree with July. I will not sacrifice any of the McKeltar people for you." Zuri would have her own revenge on Liam, but the rest of the pack had nothing to do with this. "If July didn't even want to help her own twin sister, what made you think I would?"

That was a logical question. Zuri had nothing to do with Jasmine, she didn't even know her and Darius realized that.

"But, just like July, I can kick you out of this place if I want," Zuri added finally. They didn't need more people to protect this place and having Darius here didn't make any significant difference for them either.

Darius could only sigh deeply, feeling defeated. It seemed he needed to find another way to get Jasmine out of that place, but to do so, he needed to have a plan.

"What do you want to know? What is the specific thing that you want to know?" He, finally, relented. He didn't want to aggravate this woman like he did to July.

Zuri thought about this for a moment, before she finally decided there was no better way to bring this matter up. She could only be direct with it.

"Is there a lycan in your pack?" Zuri asked him straight to the point, because she didn't want to waste any more time on this.

But, from the look on Darius's face, she knew immediately what the answer would be. "Why do you ask about him? Do you know Eros?"

Eros…

That was his name…

"I met him once in Kalee city," Zuri replied.

Of course, Darius knew when that happened, Eros went to Kalee city with the alpha and that was when his affair with Jasmine began.

"When did he join the pack?" Zuri didn't remember meeting him there when she was in that pack, but it was already years since she left that pack.

"Around two years ago, when Chaos lost control, there was a civil war between the humans and the supernatural creatures." Darius remembered that it was a complete chaos at that time and he still couldn't imagine the power that a creature like Chaos held to be able to do so. "The alpha brought him to the pack along with a human girl."

"A human girl?" This piece of information piqued Zuri's interest. There was no way that human girl was his sibling.

Darius gritted his teeth when he had to explain about Eros to Zuri, because his hatred toward that young lycan was so real. Just the mention of his name was enough to make him seethe with anger.

However, he kept telling Zuri about all the information that he knew about that damned lycan, while trying to gauge her reaction, did she ask because she was curious? Or they had a dispute when they met for the first time and she wanted to get back at him.

It would be nice if it was the latter.

"Emily…" Zuri said the little girl's name. From the way Darius said it, it almost felt like this girl was so important to Eros.

"I think when they come of age, I will not be surprised if both of them actually turned out to be mates," Darius said. He looked so grim when he said that, because he imagined killing Emily right in front of Eros, to let him know the pain of losing someone that he loved. It would be great if they were mates.

However, Zuri knew better. Eros and Emily couldn't be mates. It was common to have your mate from a different kind, but… no. It was not Emily… the air between them when they met for the first time was so disturbing for her to forget.

"Why are you so angry every time you mention his name?" Zuri picked his anger. It was as clear as day. She would be deaf if she couldn't hear it.

Hearing that question, Darius looked at Zuri sharply, he looked like he was going to kill her, but the girl in front of him didn't seem to be affected by it.

But still, the anger in his eyes was so clear.

"Because he killed my brother. He killed my younger brother," he said grimly and this surprised Zuri. She frowned when she heard that.

"Why?" She didn't believe that the young lycan would kill anyone out of spite. There must be a story behind it. Moreover, she didn't think Eros was someone so impulsive to kill someone else without any strong reason.

However, Darius didn't answer her question immediately when he was asked about the reason.

"Why?" Zuri asked again because Darius kept silent, she looked at him intensely and could see the troubled look in his eyes. "Because your younger brother did something unforgivable?"

This question set off Darius, as he immediately stood up. He knew what his younger brother did was messed up, but it didn't justify what Eros had done to him.

"He didn't deserve to die!" Darius roared, as his claws emerged from the tips of his fingers. He was ready to attack Zuri if she provoked him further.

Both of them were warriors from the Shadow Moon pack, who had gone on various dangerous missions and it was hard to say who would be able to take down the other first at this point.

"So, it's true that he indeed did an unforgivable thing?" Zuri didn't know what Darius's younger brother had done to cause his own demise, but that was not her concern at all.

However, Zuri stood up from her chair when she saw how angry Darius was because of what she said, she needed to be ready if this man decided to attack her.

"So, why are you the one who was being chased out instead of him?" Zuri asked out of curiosity, she should stop by now and leave him alone, but she had started this and just wanted to get done with it.

"Because he is the beta of the pack!" Darius snapped. "That bastard alpha chose to protect the murderer of my brother!"

He was the beta? What about Damon?

Zuri wanted to ask more about it, but Darius seemed to have lost his patience. Apparently, the topic of his brother's death was a sensitive topic for him.

Therefore, he didn't even realize when he shifted into his beast and roared at Zuri before he charged toward her at full speed.

Seeing that, Zuri immediately shifted into her white wolf, this conversation wouldn't end up well, but the two of them were very familiar with battles like this.

At this point, it seemed July needed to wait a little bit longer right now.

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