UNTAMED: THE ALPHA

This was absurd. This was not something that should happen. This couldn't be true.

Those were the few words that kept ringing in Zuri and Eros's minds when they finally solidified the truth.

They had met around seven years ago and knew the bond was there, but because years had passed and they thought they wouldn't cross paths again, it didn't occur to them that something very absurd like this was going to happen.

They were standing on different sides of the bridge, they could avoid each other just fine, even if the doubt of their mate bond was there.

They had their own precious ones, someone that was important to them and the person that they would do anything for. This mate bond between them was insane.

However, just when they thought things couldn't get any worse than this, the universe proved them wrong.

"What are you doing?" Colton approached Eros with Kyle right behind him. The gamma frowned when he saw how pale Eros was, as if he had just seen a ghost, but even if he saw a ghost, he wouldn't make that kind of face, right? "What did you see?" Out of instinct, he followed Eros's line of sight and found someone that he recognized right away.

There was no way he could forget her, her white hair was too astounding for anyone to forget. That was the remark that gave away her identity.

"Zuri…" Colton mouthed her name, he blinked his eyes in disbelief. He thought by doing so, her figure would disappear, but that didn't happen. He was too caught up in this surprise, until he missed the way Eros reacted to this girl.

"Who is she?" Kyle asked Colton, as he looked at the gamma and the beta back and forth. "Why did both of you look at her like that?"

When Zuri was still in the pack, he was very young and didn't pay much attention to her, thus it was easy to forget about the girl with white hair that had killed the firstborn of alpha Xerxes at that time. He didn't pay close attention to that.

Only when Kyle mentioned their reactions, did Colton snap out of his reverie and then turned to look at Eros.

Kyle was right, there was something wrong with Eros's reaction. He was not someone who would be easily shocked, moreover, they didn't know each other, did they?

But then, Colton remembered that Eros had asked about a girl with white hair in the past. It was only a casual question, but it stuck with Colton, since he shouldn't be so curious about her in the first place.

"Do you know her?" Colton looked at Eros sharply. This was only a rhetorical question, since his strong response wouldn't suit the situation if he denied it. "Do you know her?" Colton needed to ask him for a second time and shake his shoulder before he could get the answer from him.

Eros finally snapped out of his reverie and broke the appalling spell between them. He directed his gaze toward Colton.

The word 'no' was already on the tip of his tongue when he was about to answer him, but from the look in his eyes, he knew that he couldn't fool this man.

"We met seven years ago when I went on a journey to the East Draghar with Li… the alpha." Eros tried his hardest to not look at Zuri again, but when the girl moved, his eyes followed her without him knowing it.

"You know her?" Colton narrowed his eyes. He followed Eros's line of sight again and found Zuri walking toward the convenience store. Should he go talk with her? But, what was he going to talk to her about? They were not on speaking terms with each other.

When Zuri was in the pack, Colton didn't really give her a hard time, but he didn't help her either. It was in his nature to stay away from trouble, yet this trait was also the thing that could make him stay in his position for a long time and helped him to have less people who hated him.

"I just know her by passing," Eros replied, he watched until Zuri entered the convenience store and tore his attention away from her. It was a great deal for Eros not to chase after his newly found mate. The pull was very strong and this made his whole body tremble.

"Are you okay?" Colton asked him. He could see how pale Eros was as he eyed him suspiciously. This couldn't be possible, right?

Both Colton and Kyle followed behind him.

"I am fine," Eros replied in a low voice, but then he turned around and looked at Kyle. "You."

"What? What about me?" Kyle raised both of his hands in a surrender gesture, his blood rushed to his head, trying to remember if he had done something wrong that could possibly incur his wrath.

"You drive the car," Eros said grimly. "I am tired."

"Okay," Kyle mumbled. "If you want me to drive the car, you don't need to give me that death glare, right?" he muttered under his breath and stopped himself when Colton threw him a dagger look. He would only ruin Eros's already sour mood further by his comment.

Colton went to Emily's side and opened the door for her. "You can sit in the back."

Emily was surprised. She didn't want to sit next to Kyle and Colton should have known that, but when she saw Kyle sitting behind the wheel, she threw a questioning look at Colton and looked for Eros, who was already sitting in the backseat.

"Eros is tired, Kyle will be driving." Colton gave her a brief explanation and without waiting for another second, Emily scurried away to the back seat and sat quietly next to Eros.

She stared at his empty hands and slightly frowned. Didn't he say that he would buy her grilled sausages, but why didn't he bring any with him? And what was with this atmosphere? It felt so heavy.

Emily was staring at the crowded street, so she missed the turn of events earlier entirely.

"Eros, are you feeling unwell?" Emily nudged his arm, this heavy air came from him, as if his entire body emanated a gloomy mood.

"I am fine." The answer was curt and indicated he didn't want to talk anymore, which shut Emily up immediately.

What had happened until he acted like this? He only went to buy her grilled sausages, right?

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Zuri went to the innermost part of the convenience store and when she was sure no one followed her, her legs finally gave away and she fell to the floor, her whole body was trembling.

She met Colton again, but even that fact was overshadowed with the fact she met him. Her mate. The young boy that escaped from the dragon's rage in Kalee city seven years ago. He looked so mature now. He grew taller and looked more like a man rather than a young boy.

But, that was not it. He was Chaos's shattered soul.

She needed to tell Chaos about this and the fact that he came here with Colton, it meant he stayed in Gael's hotel, right? Gael had told her there were people from the shadow moon pack, who would stay there.

It meant she would meet him again as long as he stayed there. He wouldn't know that she was staying there as well…

But, what did she have to say to Chaos?

Zuri really wanted to laugh when she remembered what Gael had told her about opening his hotel to all kinds of people with various backgrounds, it was for them to be able to easily find Chaos's shattered souls and now here it was…

Without her noticing, she was laughing, the tension was surreal and the whole situation was really preposterous.

"Miss, are you all right?" a young girl, who worked in this convenience store heard her laughing and came to check on her. "What happened?" She looked a little bit startled to find Zuri sitting on the floor. She was afraid that she was a crazy, mad person, but she dressed up so well for her to assume so.

Zuri hiccupped and then shook her head, she smiled softly at the perplexed girl and then stood up. She patted the dust off her jeans and spoke in a depressing tone. "No need to worry, I am just having a bad day."

Zuri was not sure whether the girl understood that, but she nodded regardless.

"I will take these." Zuri took a bottle of cold water and a can of beer and then headed to the car. River had been waiting for her, she looked much calmer than when she left her there.

"What happened? What took you so long?" she asked, concern evident in her voice. "Are you okay? You are sweating." River extended her hand and wiped a layer of sweat from her forehead. It was strange because the weather was rather cold tonight.

"I am fine," Zuri smiled to reassure her.

However, River was not sure about that, so she tilted her head to look at her closely. "Did you meet someone? I saw you staring at someone and you were just… stupefied." She needed to find the right words to describe it, but then she saw a can of beer in her lap. "You want to drink? You can't. We will go to the café, remember?"

However, Zuri didn't care about that silly café. "River. Don't tell anyone about it."

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