UNTAMED: THE ALPHA

Zuri truly hated the situation she was in right now. She cursed under her breath that she didn't check with Knox first about the people that she would meet later if she followed him.

Her problem now was; she had been avoiding meeting Eros or Emily for the past few days. She didn't want to see them before they returned to the Shadow Moon pack, which was a success until now.

But now, when she came with Knox blindly, she was stuck in the same room with the two of them, with an additional bonus of Skylar, who wouldn't miss an opportunity to mock her and get on her nerves whenever she could.

Zuri sighed tiredly at her situation.

"What did she discover?" Zuri tried to act as nonchalantly as possible, but the more Emily talked and let them know about these two beasts, the more she understood that she was smart as she explained the situation and inserted her own opinion here and there.

All of them were silent when they were listening to her, even Zuri forgot about her annoyance for a moment and focused on the matter at hand.

"Is it all right for you to share this information with us?" Zuri eyed Emily. She knew the act of conduct for the Shadow Moon pack, unless Liam changed the rule, this girl shouldn't have disclosed such important information to them.

"Gael will kick us out if we don't," Emily replied begrudgingly. It seemed, Gael had done everything that he could do to pressure them to share this information, while they were not in an advantageous position to refuse such a request.

They needed a place to stay and couldn't go home now because Colton was not in his best condition yet, though Emily had done her best to save him.

"I didn't say that." Gael tilted his head. He looked tired and more like an old man now, but there was still a mischievous smile on the corners of his lips when he spoke. "I told you to choose, it was either you tell me everything, or keep it for yourself, and that I don't want to see any of you here if you want to choose the latter."

"That's the same thing," Eros retorted, throwing him a vicious glare.

"Of course not." Gael looked offended by that statement. "You chose the first option. Moreover, I don't want another attack in my hotel again, so sheltering you here has its own risks." He tried to be rational with Eros.

"So, you say this is an experimental shifter?" Knox said, cutting the two of them bickering with each other, but his eyes stared intently at Eros, which made Zuri fidget.

Would he realize it?

There were Knox and Skylar in this room, if any of them realized that Eros was Chaos's shattered soul, they would never let him get away.

"Yes," Emily said firmly. "Eros said there is something off with the way these two shifters behaved when they were fighting." Emily stared at the other beast and then looked back at Knox. "Someone did experiments on them and whatever they did, it made them more savage and apparently unable to feel pain."

"Is that even possible?" Skylar chimed in, she walked a few steps closer to look at the dead bodies, but then she backed away again because she didn't like the sight of it.

She must have used her power earlier so that no one seemed to be aware that she was still inside this room, if it was not for her voicing out her opinion.

"This is the proof of it," Eros replied, he glanced at the woman and frowned. If she didn't want to be here, she didn't need to force herself to stay. Seeing how she reacted made him want to roll his eyes.

"You can't be sure about that, moreover, she is only a human, what can she do? We need to call an experienced healer here." Skylar didn't like it when they seemed to be fascinated by Emily's explanation and this was what annoyed Eros.

She kept looking down on Emily just because she was a human.

"If you don't believe it, you should fight them yourself, instead of throwing up like you did," Zuri replied to her insult before Eros could.

"They had died before I went there!" Skylar was furious. "What do you think I could do?!"

"Good thing they were already dead." Zuri shrugged her shoulders nonchalantly. "If you came when we were in the middle of the fight, you will only get in the way."

Emily was surprised that Zuri would stand up for her, she glanced at Eros and caught him staring at the white haired girl, which made Emily lower her head and remind herself countless times that this happened because of the stupid mate bond. They didn't really like each other and Zuri didn't know Eros, it was the same case the other way around.

"Do you…" Skylar was about to raise her voice when Knox cut her off icily.

"ENOUGH!" Knox roared and Zuri smirked because she didn't get a chance to throw a snide remark at her, but then the smirk faded when she caught Knox glaring at her. "Do you know who has done this?" He shifted his attention to Emily again after Skylar finally backed down. She gritted her teeth and directed a dagger look at the floor beneath her.

"No, I don't know." Emily still had her head lowered when she answered the question. She was pretending to be busy with her tools on the table. She didn't want anyone to see that she was being jealous right now, because this feeling was not relevant at all.

"Who have you been in contact with?" Gael asked, there was no way these members of the Shadow Moon pack came to his hotel just for a vacation.

"We can't let you in on such important information," Eros replied sternly. "Sharing this much is already too much for us." He was the one who told her not to talk about anything aside from what they had agreed to.

"Okay," Gael said, though he was annoyed, this information was enough for him to make his own conclusion. But the question that was left was; what was the relation between the people from the Shadow Moon pack with the organization?

Gael had been keeping his eyes on the organization, but his main target was Sol and all the higher ups. He had a setback when Vanesha left. He knew where she was going to, but the fact that no one from the organization came here to find him, could mean she didn't disclose anything about him and this place.

At the very least, she kept her promise and starting from the day she left, they had been walking in different paths.

Vanesha had paid back his gratitude of himself saving her life by saving his daughter, River, but now the debt had been cleared and she was free to choose the person that she wanted to follow.

Gael was a little bit disappointed when he couldn't stop her, but he knew the next time they met, they would be different people, as they were going to stand on opposite ends of the bridge.

In the end, the discussion didn't last for long and after a few questions and assumptions, Eros and Emily were dismissed, as they had something to talk about.

The three of them walked out of the room.

"Where are you going, Zuri?" Knox asked her when he saw the girl was about to leave the room as well.

Zuri thought she could get away from there because she didn't want to be asked about Eros. They must have their own presumption about Eros and they would need her to confirm that, but Zuri didn't want to lie to them, nor did she want to tell them the truth.

"Going back to my room," Zuri replied. "I have not taken a bath for two days," she added and felt like a fool because she said it right in front of Eros.

She didn't care about the rest of them, but somehow, she felt embarrassed to say this in front of her mate.

"You will not die if you skip another day," Gael grinned and then waved his hand. "Come here."

Not having any other choice and because she could feel Emily's gaze boring into her back as she intended to go with them, Zuri grumbled and came closer toward Gael.

"What is it?" Zuri pulled her hair and then tapped her foot against the floor impatiently. She wanted to get done with it as soon as possible and then hole herself up in her room again.

"You know what it is," Knox said. He looked at Zuri with knowing eyes, which made her heart skip a beat. They knew. They realized it. "Is it him?"

Zuri tried to keep her calm façade when she blurted out lies from her lips. "No." The word sounded very natural and this made all of them raise their brows.

"No?" Skylar was the first person to react. "What do you mean 'no'? He must be Chaos's shattered soul," she insisted. "I know it."

"If you know it, why did you ask me?" Zuri countered and felt guilty as well, because she had failed her duty of being here.

However, this was not the right time. She would need more time. She needed to wait until the pull between them was not as strong as this.

Zuri promised she would be the one who ended this.

"It is impossible," Skylar was still unable to believe that.

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