UNTAMED: THE ALPHA

"Since you know that he has been avoiding you, you should know when to stop going after him." That was the most logical thing that Knox could think of, seeing his current situation right now. He was not in the position to give Zuri some advice, nor did he want to do that.

"I can't do that," Zuri replied pathetically. If she could do it, she would have done so and she wouldn't be here, seeking advice from Knox, knowing this man would love nothing more than to kick her out of the room.

The two of them simply couldn't be in the same room without tiring each other out, yet here they were.

"Just follow what he said," Knox said simply.

Hearing that, Zuri narrowed her eyes. This man was really not helping at all. "No," she said sternly. "If I agreed with him, I wouldn't have come to you."

Knox then glanced at Zuri. "Then follow what you want to do."

"You said it so simply," Zuri grumbled, because Knox paid zero attention to her, which she should have expected even before walking into this room, but seeing his ignorance made her feel morose. "It's not as simple as that."

Zuri laid back on the long sofa and stared at the ceiling. This bedroom was filled with Knox's scent and alcohol smell, this made her dizzy, but because his scent was almost the same as Chaos, it gave her a little bit of comfort.

Her head had been aching so badly since a few days ago.

"Why is it not simple?" Knox glanced at Zuri and found her laying on the sofa with her arm covering her eyes. She sighed deeply, feeling irritated. "It is either you follow him or you follow what you believe."

Hearing that, Zuri pursed her lips and threw him a glare from under her arm before she closed her eyes again.

"It will be uncomfortable if I go as an uninvited guest," she said sullenly. Actually, Zuri knew that she could just follow them. Unless Chaos chained her to the wall, there was no way he could stop her from going, but somehow, she wanted him to want her to come as well.

She felt like she was being abandoned, though that was not true.

Maybe Chaos was right that she needed time away from him for a while to be able to think straight and clear her muddleheaded mind.

However, she didn't want to be away from him, yet she didn't want to be in the same position as back then.

Zuri was afraid that Chaos might be right; she would grow to resent him…

That thought alone made her grit her teeth.

"Do you really care about such silly things? Since when do you care that you are being a nuisance?" Knox scoffed because the excuse that Zuri gave to him simply sounded very absurd coming from her mouth.

This time Zuri propped her body on her elbows and shot him a dagger look, yet he didn't even flinch in response.

"Am I wrong?" he asked innocently. "You are focusing on a trivial thing and stressing yourself out, it doesn't look like you at all."

Zuri mumbled something, but she didn't talk about anything anymore after that because all she could think of right now was… Knox was right. She could just follow them, what was wrong with that?

Ugh!

She grunted and groaned, which made Knox furrow his brows. "Bring your bad mood somewhere else, I don't want to see that," he said in a low voice, staring out of the window.

However, Zuri didn't make any movement and instead, she closed her eyes with both of her arms. She plopped back on the sofa, mumbling something incoherently, either it was a stream of curses at him, or she just vented out her anger. Knox didn't really care about what was going on with Zuri, since he had his own issues to mull over.

Lucinda city…

What if they met again? Did she forget about him already? Was she happy now with Sebastian? He wanted to know about her, whether she was happy with her decision six years ago or not, but at the same time, he didn't want to learn she was happy with another man.

Roughly, Knox rubbed his face and sighed deeply. He chugged down the remaining liquid inside the bottle and then stood up from the windowsill only to find out Zuri was sleeping on the sofa.

"I have a problem and you only came to add more." He looked at her begrudgingly, but then he walked toward the bed and took a blanket.

Knox put the blanket on her body to keep her warm and then walked out of the room, leaving her alone there.

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Emily bit her lips nervously when Eros told her that he wanted to meet with Xerxes again after the issue with Josh had died down.

They couldn't find the poor man and no one was suspicious of them, since they didn't have any evidence to even point them out.

"Can I hear what you are going to say to him?" Emily asked Eros. She felt very nervous right now. She twiddled with her fingers, as she walked beside Eros toward the old building, where the previous Alpha was being held.

On the other hand, Eros glanced at Emily, he took her hand to calm her and intertwined their hands together.

"I will tell you what our conversation is about later, when everything is clear to me," Eros promised her and with that, Emily couldn't push further, because she didn't want to make him uncomfortable until he found her annoying. "Did you learn something new in the infirmary?" he asked after a long moment of silence.

"Not really…" Emily mumbled. "Me and Ariana are trying to find how to extract the beast's blood from a shifter."

Eros furrowed his brows. "I don't remember you telling me about this," he said. "Tell me more."

"Oh, I must have forgotten to tell you." Eros had been busy helping the search team in relocating Josh, while the alpha added a lot of work to his plate. They rarely met with each other recently, because he would only return when she had already slept and went out even before she could even wake up. "Yes, Ariana wants to do some experiment on it."

And then Emily told him what it was about.

Extracting the beast blood from a shifter would cause them to lose their beast side, which would turn them into normal creatures, just like humans, without actually killing them.

"The alpha knows about that?" Eros found that strange, why would they even try to do something so useless like that. What was the point of trying to turn a shifter into a human?

Emily lowered her head and then mumbled. "Actually, Ariana said that it is a secret between us," she said meekly, feeling guilty because she had betrayed her trust again. The first time was when she told her about the previous alpha and now this one.

But somehow, Emily couldn't keep anything a secret from Eros and Ariana shouldn't have high expectations of her about this part.

The healer was too confident that Emily could keep something from Eros.

"I have guessed it…" Eros mumbled as reply. "Why does she want to do it?"

Ariana lived well, she was not in any form of danger. After all she was the gamma's mate. Moreover, Colton was a respectable man, he was on good terms with all the members of this pack, and he always looked calm and level headed. But why did she want to try such an experiment?

Emily shook her head. "I don't know," she said timidly. "I didn't ask."

Eros nodded. He knew her habit very well to guess it, but this thing interested him. He wanted to know more.

"Hm?" Emily raised her head when Eros stopped walking and turned her body around to face him. "What happened?"

"Can you find out what she wants to achieve with that experiment?" Eros asked softly, he squeezed her hand in his to emphasize that he needed the details. "Can you do that?"

Emily wetted her lips, she was conflicted. She didn't want to betray Ariana's trust further, but at the same time, Eros's request was not something that she could deny.

"Please?"

Not to mention, when he was pleading with her like this. He had been nothing but kind to her, always protecting her and he even threw himself into great trouble by killing someone for her. How could she repay all of that?

"Okay," Emily agreed. "I will try to find out about it if you want to know."

Eros smiled and leaned in to kiss her cheek, which was nothing out of ordinary, since they had done such kinds of gestures since they were children, but after they had grown older, this gesture started making Emily's heart skip a beat every single time.

Her face flushed red whenever he did this, though she was not sure whether Eros felt the same toward her or not.

However, it was only her, who he would treat this way.

"Thank you." Eros squeezed her hand again and they continued walking down the old building in silence again.

It took some time for them to reach the room, because they needed to avoid a few guards, but fortunately, they couldn't smell their scents thanks to Emily.

"Eros." Emily stopped him when he was about to enter the room to meet Xerxes.

"Hm?" Eros turned around and then looked at her, waiting to hear what she wished to say.

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