UNTAMED: THE ALPHA

Knox was sure that he didn't want to go with Zuri anywhere, but because this problem involved Chaos and everything about that man would only push you into the worst situation possible, he needed to help her to minimize it.

"Stop making that expression, you make my stomach upset." Zuri was annoyed to see his expression as it put her in a bad mood.

"Make it fast," Knox grunted. He didn't order anything because he wanted to get out of here as soon as possible, he had his own problem to be fixed too.

July…

He needed to know where she sent the little girl away, because she was not just any ordinary girl or shattered soul that they used to face. There was something about her that was unusual and had the potential to create another big problem, which they didn't need.

"Do you think I can find it with just a snap of my finger?" Zuri snapped her fingers to emphasize her point. She was glad that Knox took the initiative to help her, especially when her body was being thrown away by Chaos's power, which exploded out of nowhere.

Zuri's already injured body would have only suffered more injuries if it was not for Knox, who protected her.

Knox said it was because Chaos was not stable, that was why it happened, which meant, Chaos was trying to fight himself in that state. It would be detrimental if that kept happening.

"You don't think that way, right?" Zuri looked at Knox in annoyance, as she realized that he thought that way of her.

"Why can't I?" Knox took Zuri's drink and then chugged it down, which made the girl in front of him speechless. "You are the one who has that power," he voiced out what he was thinking.

"My power to recognize Chaos's shattered soul doesn't work that way," Zuri said begrudgingly because he finished her drink, as she could only stare at the now empty glass. "I need to be near enough to them to be able to smell their scent."

Knox sighed, he then stood up. "In that case, why are we sitting here?" he looked at Zuri disapprovingly, they had been in this café for twenty minutes, which they could have used to roam around and find that damn shattered soul.

"Because I am tired, can't you see? I am still recovering from my injuries from earlier." Zuri raised her hand that was still bruised and yes, there were still wounds that had not yet healed. "I can't catch up to your stamina, okay."

It wouldn't be Knox if he actually listened to Zuri's complaints, because the next thing that he said was; "Get up, we have wasted so much time here already."

"What?" Zuri gritted her teeth, she closed her eyes so she wouldn't flip at him.

"Do you want to see Chaos's condition get even worse?" Knox used this because he knew Zuri wouldn't have any words to retort this fact. "Get up, we need to find a shattered soul."

Begrudgingly, Zuri got up and then followed Knox out of the café, after he left a few bills to pay for her drink.

"Now, concentrate and sniff out the scent." Knox walked slowly on the roadside with Zuri next to him.

"Why do I feel like you are ordering a dog to sniff out something?" Zuri was not pleased with the way Knox was talking to her. This man was getting more and more annoying, every time she spent with him.

"That's what you do, right?" Knox glanced at her, as if she was saying something ridiculous. "Did I say it wrongly?"

Zuri opened her mouth, but then shut it down. She had learned how to be patient and not talk carelessly. She mastered ignoring something that would only upset her and didn't bring any benefit to her, but it was hard to apply it whenever she talked to Knox.

How could Chaos's shattered soul be this annoying? She wondered if he really was a part of Chaos, probably he was the annoying part of him…?

"Whatever," Zuri said curtly, as she focused all of her attention on the abundant scents in the air, but she couldn't catch anything.

She didn't feel it…

"Where did you find the shattered soul before?" Zuri asked, even though there was a low chance a shattered soul would be in the same place.

"There." Knox nodded to a building in front of them, it was a very shabby house with so many men walking in and out of there.

Definitely, this was not the place that a young woman like Zuri could visit, but she walked over to that house, trying to see if she could catch something.

Meanwhile, Knox followed behind her, not exactly behind her, because he didn't feel the need to protect her, since the worst case scenario would be her being attacked by humans.

Zuri was a warrior back in her days in the Shadow Moon pack, therefore Knox didn't think two or three men would be able to outdo her.

However, it was not Zuri, who was being approached by the men from the building, but Knox, as one of them recognized him.

"You are the person who talked to Jaden the last time, right? Where is he?" There were three men, who approached Knox and this piqued Zuri's interest, as she stopped looking for the shattered soul and paid more attention to them. "Where is he? We have not seen him since yesterday!"

Knox frowned, as this man was pretty aggressive and he knew what made him behave like that, because he could see a gun peeking out from the holster on his hip.

"He is gone," Knox said casually.

Usually, those people whose souls had been taken by Chaos would be forgotten by the people around them, so there were not many issues when Chaos took his soul back.

However, there was this case also, where people around them still remembered the shattered soul. It was not clear what the reason was.

"Do you need help?" Zuri asked, as she was standing a few meters away from them, tilting her head, as if she was only a normal, harmless young woman.

Seeing her like this, no one would believe that she had killed so many people, humans and supernatural creatures alike, though she was only in her early twenties.

"Can you find it in there?" Knox asked her, he didn't care about the three men, who were staring daggers at him, as he wanted to finish this task soon, so they could go back and he could talk to July.

It was also tiring to have a walk with Zuri, since they did not get along well. Knox couldn't help but think, probably he got the part of Chaos's soul that disliked this girl…

"No." Zuri shook her head and then walked over to them. "There is nothing there. We need to look in another place."

However, the three men were pissed because they were being ignored. How could they talk so casually to each other, as if it was only them, when they were talking to this man?

"HEY, I AM TALKING TO YOU!" The first man shouted at Knox, his face was red because he was drunk, while the pungent smell of alcohol came very strong from his breath.

"Quiet," Knox said, glaring at the man and that actually worked. The man opened his mouth and shouted at the top of his lungs, but there was no sound that came out of his opened mouth, which surprised them.

They were shocked, especially that specific man. He was trying to say something, but there was no sound…

He became mute.

"What the hell!? What the hell are you doing to him?!" the other man freaked out, while the third man had run away from them, as he rushed toward the building and almost knocked Zuri over, if it was not for her swift movements to avoid him.

Zuri raised her brows to see this reaction and then smirked.

However, the silenced man was trying to fight Knox. He threw a punch at Knox's face, which he easily evaded, while the other guy drew his gun and pointed at him.

"You are a supernatural creature! What have you done to him!?" His hands were shaking, as he pointed the gun at Knox.

Meanwhile, as the show went down, from inside the building, several men came out, it seemed the man who rushed into the building called for backup.

"Great." Zuri clicked her tongue. "I remember you saying something about being lowkey."

Knox narrowed his eyes, he didn't like this either, he considered killing them all, but they were in the middle of the city, though there were not many people passing this street at night time like this, he didn't want to waste his power on an unnecessary fight like this either.

"What should we do now?" Zuri asked, as she approached Knox, while the man, who was holding the gun, directed the barrel at her.

"Stop there!" he said, almost stammering because he could see there was no fear in both of these supernatural creatures' eyes. "They are supernatural creatures!" he informed the other men.

"We need to nab them and get money from the capital city!" one of the men shouted. "Capture them alive! Be careful!"

The situation escalated real fast and without Zuri and Knox knowing, they were already surrounded, as around twenty men circled them with their guns pointed at their heads.

"Why don't you just kill them all to save our time?" Zuri said. She was annoyed by this situation.

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