UNTAMED: THE ALPHA

"Is she? Is she part of Chaos's shattered soul?" July asked, her eyes hardened. Fear started to creep into her mind when she remembered what happened to all Chaos's shattered souls.

Zuri's jaw hardened when she replied to her. "You should know why Knox didn't want to have children, because every child that's born from a shattered soul will be another one of Chaos's souls."

She hated how crestfallen July's face looked right now, but she should have known about this better.

July remembered Flo, the little girl in the manor, who turned out to be Chaos's shattered soul as well. At that time, July was willing to put herself in the crossfire for a child that was not even hers, let alone her own child.

Zuri needed to kill her first before she could touch Rhea, which was an easy thing for this shifter. She was born to kill and July didn't even stand a chance against her.

"You can't keep the child," Zuri said, she shifted her attention toward the sleeping Rhea and she literally felt her heart bleeding when she imagined how Chaos would suck the life out of her little body.

"No, please…" July whispered, she rushed toward Zuri and dropped to her knees, begging her. "Don't, don't say anything about her. I will do anything you ask for, you can even take my life… but not my daughter… please, Zuri… don't tell anyone about this, don't tell Chaos or Knox or whoever they are… please," she implored.

Zuri was floored when she saw July kneel down in front of her, hugging her legs, she didn't mean it in this way…

"Take me, take my life, you can kill me instead, but not her." She shook her head, tears streamed down her face. "Not my baby… don't hurt my baby, Zuri, I beg you."

Zuri had never seen July so upset and distraught like this, even when she chose to leave the McKeltar manor, she was so collected, knowing it was her decision.

But as it turned out, she chose this girl, she chose her daughter and would always choose her.

"Don't be like this, July," Zuri said in a low voice. She wanted to be callous and numb her feelings. She had promised that she wouldn't use her heart while dealing with such situations, but apparently, she couldn't even fulfill that.

She had already asked Chaos not to kill Nikolai, then not to kill her mate. Now, should she ask him not to kill July's baby as well? And then after that? This cycle would never end, she would keep begging him not to kill them.

And then? Chaos would get a backlash from this…

She wasn't even sure whether this would be the last one or not.

But then, how could she do that to such a young girl? And yet, how many children that had been killed because they were Chaos's shattered souls during that period of time when she started traveling together with Chaos? It was almost a decade… there were countless souls that had been taken away, women, men, older people and children alike…

When it would stop, would it even stop?

How many times would she have to put herself in such a situation where she had to witness such a thing? This wouldn't be the last.

No. She needed to stick with her original plan, with her own decision.

"July…" Zuri started, but she felt her throat get parched and the words that she wanted to say were so hard, she couldn't bring herself to do it. "July… I…"

July kept shaking her head. Tears streamed down her cheeks, as her face turned bright red. "I know what you are going to say, but please, reconsider it. You know that Rhea will not do anything evil. She will not turn into an evil person, I will guarantee that."

"You know that's not not the problem here. That's not the main reason why Chaos needs his shattered souls." Zuri cupped her face and wiped away her tears before kissing on her forehead. "You are like a sister to me, July, but Chaos…"

Zuri couldn't finish her words, because July was inconsolable, at this point, she would not hear anything that she said.

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"I really want to punch you in the face, Gael," Zuri said grimly. She closed her eyes and let Gael drive the car. She didn't have any energy left to deal with the aftermath of her meeting with July. She wanted to bury her face in her pillow and sleep away all these things that had been bothering her mind.

"I am old already, if you punch me with your supernatural power, I will be dead for sure," Gael replied dramatically, which made Zuri regard him with a nasty look. "What is your plan?"

Zuri really punched him, but on his arm, and he shrieked that he was driving, thus she couldn't do that again, or else both of them would die.

"I am going to survive a mere car accident, my healing ability is top notch!" Zuri growled, but she stopped punching him because she didn't want to get into another trouble and moreover, River would be sad and they still needed him. "You put this burden on me."

"I don't mean it that way," Gael replied, at least, he genuinely looked apologetic to her. "I couldn't bring anyone else to confirm that, because the girl would be dead by now if I had brought Norbeat or Skylar with me."

"You can bring Knox, he is the father of the child after all." Zuri glanced at him.

"You know that is out of options, he shouldn't know about it. July made me promise her that."

"You should have kept me out of this as well," Zuri complained, but her protests wouldn't help with anything. Now, the problem had already reached this point and she didn't have many options left.

Speaking of the devil, when Gael was parking the car, Zuri could see Knox and Chaos walking toward them.

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