UNTAMED: THE ALPHA

Zuri wondered, until when she could keep doing this because what she did now already started to eat her alive.

She didn't mind, she wouldn't even blink an eye if it was a ruffian or a hoodlum, or some jerk out there. Anyone could be Chaos's shattered soul. She would gladly present them to him and watch as life drew out of them as their last breath, but times like this were when she felt helpless.

Why should it be this poor, innocent soul? She couldn't understand the logic behind it. What kind of transgression could they commit?

Wasn't Chaos's shattered soul supposed to be someone that brought chaos to this realm?

However, seeing this family of four, what kind of crime did they commit? Zuri wondered if they were even able to watch livestock being slaughtered.

"That one," Zuri said in a placid tone, but her hazel's eyes were casted down. She raised her hand to point at the older child of a family of four, who was having their picnic not too far from where they were standing.

An emotion that she had tried to suppress came to the surface. She hated doing this. She hated herself for ruining someone else's life. Why should it be that child? What could he possibly do?

The young boy just seemed to be twelve or thirteen.

On the other hand, as usual, Chaos didn't even have a second thought about approaching that family, absorbing his soul and then leaving.

Most of the time, the people that related to his shattered soul would forget about their existence, but there would be rare cases where they would remember them.

When that happened, Chaos would completely erase their memory about his shattered soul altogether. Therefore, there was nothing to be worried about.

Zuri had witnessed something like this for more than a decade, she should be numb about this by now, but all she could think of was the guilt that gnawed at her heart when she watched how happy those families were before everything went down the drain.

They must be out to enjoy their time together, to have a vacation, but now their son would disappear before their eyes and they would never remember him.

Zuri knew that she shouldn't let this feeling sink so deep, because it would only trouble her and make her unable to focus on the task at hand.

This kind of situation was particularly hard for her to face.

"Hm?" Chaos turned around and threw her a questioning look. "What is it?" he asked, his brows furrowed.

At first, Zuri didn't understand what he meant, until she saw her hand that held his arm. As if electrocuted, she immediately pulled her hand away from him. However, she couldn't offer a reasonable reason why she did that.

"What happened?" Chaos fixed his attention on Zuri and realized the strange emotion in her expression.

On the other hand, Zuri couldn't tell him what was actually in her mind right now, but Chaos seemed to see how distraught she was.

He stretched out his hand and caressed her cheek, as the wind blew past them, playing with their long hairs.

Gathering her courage, Zuri looked up to him and watched the way he stared at her. His blue eyes were a few shades darker, but he looked at her tenderly, before he leaned over to kiss her temple.

This gentle act made Zuri feel conflicted. She felt so guilty for feeling guilty because she took pity on that boy. She wanted to focus only on Chaos.

Yet, a lot of things happened during these few years and she could feel her resolution turning into sand in her grip, where she could feel herself slowly losing it.

Chaos was still the same, she loved him without a question, but the things that happened around them made it difficult for her, her will was shaken up and she could feel it.

"Go home," Chaos said, as he kissed both of Zuri's eyes, forcing her to shut them and slowly, she lost his touch.

And when Zuri opened her eyes, she found herself already in her room. She was standing in the middle of the room that she had not occupied for months, since she had been spending most of her time with Chaos, Knox or she simply would go outside on her own mission.

All of a sudden, Zuri felt so tired and fell to the ground, her heart was so heavy, knowing that Chaos realized what she was thinking.

She didn't mean it that way. There was no way she would think of him badly, but it started to bother her conscience…

Zuri didn't want Chaos to notice her change of heart, not because she did not care about him, but because there was a limit for something that was acceptable to her.

In the end, Zuri realized her conscience was not really dead the way she thought it was.

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"Get up!" Liam shouted at Aiden, as he watched the little boy staggering on his feet, while trying to raise his hands. His face blanched as sweat dripped from his forehead. "Move faster!"

For now, Aiden was sparring with a pack boy his age, but not even once he could lay a punch on his opponent and this made him frustrated, but the more he felt frustrated the more he couldn't concentrate.

He wanted to win this, because he knew what kind of look that his father would give to him after this. He would be very disappointed in him, since he was his first son.

Aiden felt embarrassed because it was not only his father who watched this, but also some of the warriors, who were resting after training and also his twin.

Emma was standing next to Liam, her golden eyes were pinned on him, while her lips curled into a sweet smile, as she encouraged him to fight back, but the problem was; Aiden felt his legs were on the verge of giving up.

His face, where his opponent had punched countless times, felt numb. His hands were sore and he wanted to give up, but he was afraid of his father.

Aiden glanced at Liam, but that was a wrong move, because when he saw the disappointment that mixed with anger in the alpha's eyes, he lost his concentration and his opponent punched him right in the face once again, which made him fall to the ground again with a loud cry, as he could feel blood rush out of his nose.

Everyone there gasped and asked the alpha to stop this fight, after all they were still children and didn't need to spar this extremely. They were still young and there was a lot of time for them to be trained.

On the other hand, Aiden could feel his father's disappointment, even from the sound of his footsteps.

Currently, the little boy was curling his body on the ground, trying so hard not to cry, but a sob escaped from his split lips and then followed by the other, until he was left hyperventilating and his whole body was trembling.

Aiden flinched when his father scooped his body up and carried him away wordlessly, and shut his eyes. He didn't even dare to meet his father's eyes, but he could feel his anger rolling off his body.

"How dare you hit my brother like that?!" Emma shouted and then rushed to Liam and Aiden. She threw a fierce glare at the young boy, named Richt.

"He is so weak," Richt said in a soft voice, stating the truth, as he blinked his eyes, while the other warriors immediately yanked him away to go and change his clothes, calling it a day for today's training.

"Aiden is not weak!" Emma retorted, but that only made Aiden feel even worse. He felt like he was about to cry out loud when he heard that, because his father's body stiffened, though he didn't utter a single word.

Aiden didn't know where his father would take him, but all he could hear was Emma's voice, talking nonstop about how it was unfair for Aiden to be beaten up.

It looked like she was angry for him, but at the same time, she reminded Liam how useless Aiden was and indeed, how weak he was, as the alpha's first son.

Because Aiden was still a child, his healing ability had not yet developed fully, therefore with all the bruises that he sustained, he needed Emily or Ariana to check on him.

"What happened to him?" Emily immediately approached Liam when she saw Aiden in his arms. She remembered the young shifter was all well and happy in his mother's chamber this morning, playing with his sister, but now he was covered in black and blue bruises.

"Take care of him," Liam said, as he laid him down on the bed. At this point, Aiden had stopped crying, but he still covered his face with both of his bruised arms.

Ariana was away, so it was only Emily, who was there. "Is this from fighting again?" She didn't want to sound like she was rebuking the alpha, but she couldn't help it.

After all, this was not the first time Aiden came in looking like this, but she could say that this time it was much worse.

"Take care of him, I will come again this afternoon." Liam took Emma's hand and both of them walked out of the room, leaving Aiden in Emily's care.

Once the little boy sensed his father was no longer inside the room, he started to cry again.

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