UNTAMED: THE ALPHA

July was still trying to discern the information that she heard earlier from Ciara, she blinked her eyes, as she stared at her flat stomach.

Was it even possible? Aaron said it could happen, it would happen and now Ciara also hinted at the same thing.

July was afraid, she was not afraid that she was having Knox's child, but she was afraid that she wasn't. Hope was a cruel thing. It was ironic, how a small hope could make you survive, but at the same time it could destroy you whole.

"No way…" July wanted to keep her sanity, but her imagination was running too wildly. She needed to put her own mind on reigns. "Is it possible?" July caressed her flat stomach, trying to find any indication that it was not just her wishful thinking.

She was ready to sacrifice everything if that really happened. She was ready for anything that was thrown at her…

Whatever it was needed to keep her baby.

"Are you sure?" July stumbled over her own words because she didn't think it was even possible. "Are you sure about this… that I am pregnant? How can you be so sure?" If she was really pregnant, someone like Knox and Chaos must have realized it already, there was no way they didn't know when they were so sensitive.

Moreover, it was just two days, there was no way you could be sure about that.

Ciara looked at July closely and then sighed. "I am not asking you to believe that, but I have to say that there was never a time when what Aaron said didn't come true or went wrong, especially when he had made a deal with someone."

Ciara knew that this woman had fallen into the devil's trap, she didn't know how Aaron would use her, but she knew the devil would make what she wanted come true, that was how Aaron kept his people around him, by making their wishes come true.

"I can't believe this…" July muttered to herself.

Right. Ciara was not able to read what kind of plan that was in the devil's mind, but whatever it was, it would end the way he wanted.

"So… I can be pregnant now…" her brows knitted together when she said that. This was not even a diagnosis, this was a prediction, they could tell even before the baby was really here…

"But, in that case, you have another problem." Ciara directed her eyes at Chaos, who was still fast asleep. Her eyes were so sharp, she looked like she was about to do something to him, but July was too immersed in her own feelings to realize that.

"What do you mean?" July lifted her head to look at Ciara, she was not fast enough to understand what she hinted at right now, since her mind was occupied with another matter.

"He will kill the baby," Ciara said without any scrupulousness, because there was no nice way to put it. "One of the reasons why he has not yet gathered all of his shattered souls is because those shattered souls kept procreating, bringing a tiny piece of themselves into the world again and again." She then tilted her head and looked at July again.

"You must know why Knox can't give you a child and why he is so against it."

July bit her lips, now her body was trembling because of that. She felt so exhausted all of a sudden because of too many revelations and realizations from the information that Ciara gave to her.

"What will you do?" Ciara asked July again. "Aaron promised to make you carry his child, but I am sure he didn't promise to protect it." Ciara directed her eyes at her flat stomach.

The witch was right. Aaron had never promised the safety of her baby.

And then… what should she do if she was indeed pregnant? What options did she have? Only a few seconds ago she swore that she would do anything for her baby and now she was slapped with reality.

"How long?" July asked, her voice was trembling, her eyes stared at Chaos, as she felt hatred creep into her heart toward this creature. "How long before they realize I am pregnant?"

Ciara didn't answer her question immediately, it took her a few minutes to give July the estimation. "Two to three weeks. After that, they will know that you are pregnant and the next thing that they will do…"

They would kill the baby…

July didn't need Ciara to let her know about that. She had seen how Chaos took back his shattered souls. How that person would die and later, it would happen to her baby?

No… there was no way in hell she would let that happen.

"Why don't we kill him now?" July said that coldly and emotionlessly, as if it was not her, who had suggested this.

"Do you think it is easy to kill a creature like him?" Ciara scoffed when she heard how easily July came up with that idea.

July had never thought about that before, but now when she mentioned it, she couldn't help but ask, "Why? We just need to rip his heart out."

Ciara chuckled, not because of how easy it sounded, but how clueless this human could be. "He is an immortal. There is a special way to kill him. If you can't find it within two weeks before they know about your pregnancy, then you should hide from them, or you can let go of your child."

Ciara then stood up and walked across the room to pour a glass of water for herself, as she glanced at Norbeat briefly.

"Apparently, you don't only have one option," the witch commented.

But for July, those options didn't sound like an option at all…

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"I am going to kill them all," Zuri grumbled through her gritted teeth. She was annoyed after a bullet grazed her shoulder and stained her clothes with her own blood. She looked at the man sharply.

"You have my blessings," Knox said, as if he was letting Zuri do whatever she wanted to these people, while he would relax and watch.

Knowing what was in Knox's mind didn't make Zuri happy at all, she didn't want to fight, okay? So why should she do this?

"No." Zuri stepped back and then stood next to Knox, but a little bit behind him, as if she saw him as her shield. "I am still recuperating, after all, it is not polite to ask a young girl to fight for you. Am I right, Mr. McKeltar?" Zuri glanced at Knox, while speaking in a mocking tone.

"I don't mind you fighting for me." Knox shrugged his shoulders.

Yet, their conversation about who would get rid of these people made it sound like the two of them didn't want to deal with them because they were outnumbered and wouldn't be able to fight back, at least that was how it sounded for those men.

"They are not as strong as we think if they are trying to back away from us," one of the men said confidently, as he raised his gun, followed by the rest of the men around him. "Catch them now and we can go to the capital city and get our reward."

Zuri frowned. How could they get the idea that they were bickering about who would fight them or them being afraid?

"You made them misunderstand us," Zuri muttered, she didn't like to have a gun pointed at her like this. She lifted her head and saw there was no indication of Knox wanting to fight them. "Tsk. I can't get how you can be Chaos's shattered soul, he is not even a fifth as annoying as you."

From the tips of her fingers, her sharp claws emerged and when she leapt ahead, she landed on all fours, in her white wolf form. There were still wounds on her body, but this white wolf looked graceful and alarming at the same time.

In the end, Zuri didn't want to waste her time because they needed to find Chaos's shattered soul now and Knox didn't look like he was going to help.

He was here because he wanted to keep an eye on Zuri. Deep down, he was worried that something could happen to her, since the world outside of the McKeltar fortress was a little bit unpredictable recently.

But of course, Zuri didn't need to know about that detail.

The white wolf rushed toward the nearest man and attacked him ruthlessly before she changed directions and attacked the second man, while the first man dropped to the solid ground, dead.

All of that happened in the span of three seconds. Seeing from this, it was apparent that the white wolf was trained to kill in one attack, giving them a clean death.

As if it was a cue for them to attack, they immediately fired their guns at the white wolf, but all of their bullets missed and hurt their friends instead.

However, before this chaotic situation attracted more attention and turned uglier, Knox waved his hand and all of them dropped dead to the ground, leaving the white wolf growling dangerously at him, as if saying; if you can do that, you should have done that earlier.

"You are the one, who charged ahead, don't blame me. Shit!" Knox said lightly, but he cursed under his breath when Zuri shifted back into her human skin, all naked and stood right in front of him with her fierce hazel eyes. "Damn it, Blue!"

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