UNTAMED: THE ALPHA

"It is impossible," Skylar was still unable to believe that. She knew that she was right, the lycan boy from the Shadow Moon pack was one of Chaos's shattered souls, the trait was there, but why did Zuri say otherwise? "We asked you because we need you to confirm that. What do you take our ability for?"

They had been doing this from even before Zuri was born. It was because she was born with a gift to know for sure Chaos's shattered soul that it would make things easier for her, but they could also recognize a creature with Chaos's soul. They knew the trait and they noticed it on Eros.

"If you don't believe me, what is the point of asking me about this?" Zuri narrowed her eyes, she hated it when she had to repeat the same thing again and again, but it was only a façade that she showed to them, because deep down, she was trying her hard not to scream at Skylar to drop this topic. "If that was the only thing that you want to ask, I need to go. I want to take a bath."

Zuri was about to turn around when Gael grabbed her wrist and stopped her.

"What is it?" She really needed to go from here, or else, she was afraid that they would read her lie easily on her face, after all, Knox and Gael were so hard to be lied to, and it sucked…

"Let's have lunch together later," Gael said, he threw her a mischievous grin, which made her feel suspicious.

"What is it? Your smile makes me uneasy." What she said was a genuine thought of hers because there was no way that was a genuine smile. He must have a hidden agenda to invite her to a meal all of a sudden.

"Don't put your guard too high with me, what do you think I will do to you? I have known you since you were little." He tousled her hair, but she swatted his hand away from her.

"So, lunch?" Gael still didn't back down from his offer. "Only the two of us." He added when he saw Zuri eye Knox and Skylar.

She wouldn't want to go anywhere if Skylar was there. The girl had been a pain in the neck recently when she refused to go out of her bedroom. Even Norbeat was not as annoying as she was.

"Okay." Zuri swatted his hand away from her again, if this was what it took for her to get away from this place quickly, she would agree to Gael's suspicious invitation for lunch.

Meanwhile, she hoped Knox and Skylar would drop the issue about Eros. She hoped even if they doubted that Eros was really Chaos's shattered soul, she could be the one who told him that eventually.

After all, in their eyes, there was no reason for Zuri to lie. She would do everything for Chaos.

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"What is actually happening in Lucinda city?" Ariana asked Liam. She couldn't hold back any longer when she heard what had happened to Colton. She would drive by herself to the new capital city if it was not for her mate, who stopped her.

Actually, Colton also didn't want her to confront Liam about this, but she couldn't. She needed to get the answer from this.

"Good morning, Ariana," Liam said. He just got out of his room to start his day, only to find out Ariana had been waiting for him since dawn.

Pressing her lips tightly, Ariana murmured a 'good morning' to her alpha and then tried to calm herself down.

"Can you please explain the situation to me, Alpha. Why was Colton attacked?" Ariana lowered her head submissively, because she didn't want to let him know how angry she was right now to know that her mate was injured because of the attack from an experimental creature.

All of them knew where those experimental creatures came from. There was only one place that led the experiments on the supernatural creatures and currently, Liam was trying to strike another deal with them.

"Don't worry, he will be fine," Liam said in a light tone, patting her shoulder. "It will be good for you if you return to your own room and perfect the serum, so we can use it."

Ariana didn't buy it, that was not the question that she wanted an answer for. She didn't need to be reminded of the job that she had to do, therefore, she stood her ground. "I wish to know more about what happened in Lucinda city."

Liam narrowed his eyes, it was not like her to demand an answer. Even though she lowered her eyes and looked submissive, you could tell how stubborn she was at this moment since it came to her mate.

"We will talk later when Colton and the others return." Liam walked away from her, but she pestered him relentlessly. She didn't look like the young healer, who always kept to herself like she was used to.

"Alpha, please, I need to know. I am worried about my mate." Ariana felt her palms were so clammy, but she didn't want to back down, she hastily followed Liam, until the alpha lost his patience and turned around to face her.

"What do you want to know?" he asked tersely. He was annoyed to be bothered by her so early in the morning.

"I want to know, do you still intend to cooperate with the people that hurt him?" Ariana raised her head and then looked Liam straight in his eyes, because she needed to see whether this alpha was telling the truth, or if he was just trying to waltz his way out by sugar-coating his words. What was his end goal in this matter? She thought he hated the organization and the humans.

Years had gone by and the alpha seemed to forget his initial ideals for this pack.

"I don't need to discuss the problems in this pack with you," Liam said sternly. "I don't have that obligation, do I?"

Ariana pressed her lips tightly into a thin line. She was worried sick about Colton's condition. If the attack was very bad, he would have returned within two or three days, that was plenty of time to recover, but more than a week to recover? How severely had he been injured? Especially when there was Emily there to help.

"Yes, alpha." Yet, she couldn't do much here.

"Good. Now, stop following me." His voice was cold, he glanced at her over his shoulder and then walked away.

Ariana stood rooted in her place, staring at Liam's retreating back. Something flashed in her mind, was that anger?

The fact that she didn't appreciate how the alpha treated this matter recklessly, or maybe he didn't see Ariana worth having this kind of discussion with, made the healer hate him even more.

She finally turned around when Emma approached her father.

"Father!" Emma chirped, as she rushed toward her father and hugged him so tight.

"You are up so early." Liam's smile was genuine when he held his daughter in his arms. She was the only joy in his eyes. She was perfect. All he had to go through when he had to make a deal with the devil was worth it.

Liam loved Aiden too, but he was lacking in a lot of aspects and needed to work so hard if he was going to take his title as an alpha.

"Yes, because I want to go to the training ground with you," Emma replied happily, but then she looked at her father. "Can I go with you?"

"Sure." Liam bent his body and then lifted her up before carrying her to the training ground, as she wound her arms around his neck.

However, the moment Emma rested her chin on Liam's shoulder and her expression was out of his sight, her gaze turned cold as she stared at Ariana's retreating back. Her golden eyes were filled with so much calculation.

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"What is it?" Zuri opened the door. She had not yet taken a bath and her appearance was the same as when she left the storage room, where they kept the carcasses of the beasts.

"I told you that I will take you to lunch, right?" Gael reminded her. He frowned when he saw how messy this girl was. "Can you at least wash your face? I can't understand how Chaos can stand you."

"He has been away for two days," Zuri grumbled, as she let Gael enter her room.

"So, that's the time you decided to stop taking any showers?" Gael was not pleased with Zuri's appearance, but he was satisfied that at least she took care of this room.

"I am not smelly." That was true, she smelled fine. "What do you want here?" Zuri didn't want to entertain him by listening to his nonsense. "I am tired, I want to sleep."

"You have been sleeping more than a normal human, are you hibernating?" Gael eyed her. "Go get changed, I want to take you to meet with someone."

"Who?" Zuri sat on the sofa, while Gael leaned his tall body against the wall. "I don't want to meet with anyone. I don't want to leave this room."

Gael stared at her for a while longer, before he blurted out the question. "Is he your mate?"

The question was so out of the blue that it caught her completely off guard. "What do you mean?"

"I see…" Gael mumbled. "I didn't believe it at first, I thought I was seeing things, but your reaction just now gave away the answer."

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