UNTAMED: THE ALPHA

Emily felt her heart throbbing painfully. Even the night when they walked in secret toward Xerxes's room was no longer enjoyable to her. She was fidgeting the whole time and after Eros went inside the room to talk with Xerxes, she felt extremely uncomfortable.

"Emily, what are you doing here?"

Emily jolted out of surprise when she heard Ariana's voice, as she walked closer to her with a frown on her face.

What was she doing here? That was the first thought that came to Emily's mind, because it was not usual for her to be here. Ever since she was tasked to look after alpha Xerxes, Ariana had never set foot in this place.

"I…" Emily found herself unable to speak. What should she do now? If Ariana came closer, she would know that Eros was inside with Xerxes and the last time something like this happened, the other person ended up dead.

However, there was no way they could kill Ariana.

"Hm? What is it?" Ariana narrowed her eyes, as she fixed her gaze on the door behind Emily. Of course, she knew what room it was. "Someone is inside?" She guessed it right.

Emily gulped down so hard and without her knowing, Ariana was already standing in front of her, she extended her hand to twist the door knob, but Emily immediately yanked her hand away and shook her head.

"No, Ariana. Please, go. Just forget about this." This was a very foolish plea, since it would only increase her curiosity.

Ariana was silent for a moment, as she studied Emily's expression. "Is Eros inside?"

That was not even a question that needed to be answered, since Emily's change of expression had answered her already.

She was not really good at lying, especially to someone close to her.

"Eros is inside, right?" Ariana swatted Emily's hand away and then walked into the room.

It was not that Emily couldn't hold her back, but what was the point in doing that? She would only create commotion and more people would come, which was a disadvantage for her and Eros.

Moreover, Ariana could guess the reason why Emily was there at such a late hour. There was no way she came alone.

"Eros." That was the first word that came out of Ariana's lips when she saw the man was standing right in front of her as soon as she opened the door, as if he had been waiting for her.

Eros had heard the conversation between Emily and Ariana. If this was someone else, or any other guard like the previous time, he wouldn't think twice before killing them, but the problem was; this was Ariana, Colton's mate and the healer of the pack.

If she were found dead, there was no way the investigation would be dropped so fast like it had been the last time. She was a very big figure in this pack.

"May I know why you are here?" Ariana glanced over Eros's shoulder and found Xerxes was sleeping already. Eros had sedated him and put him to sleep when he heard her voice. "I think I made it clear to Emily that no one should be here, except for her as this is a secret task." Ariana shifted her attention toward Emily right now, who was standing behind her with her head lowered.

"This is…" Emily was trying to find an excuse, racking her brain to no avail, because she couldn't think of a reasonable excuse under this pressure.

It was Eros who talked first. "Can we talk somewhere quiet?" He stepped closer to Ariana, but the healer didn't feel intimidated by him. She stood her ground and looked the young lycan right in the eyes.

"Sure," Ariana said after some thinking and then turned around to walk out of the room, while Emily looked at Eros apologetically.

"Eros… I…"

"It's okay." Eros ruffled her hair to calm her down, as if saying that she didn't do anything wrong. He would handle this.

Emily lowered her head, she didn't look at ease, as she followed them out of the room.

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"He is Chaos's shattered soul, right?" Knox said, as he looked at Nikolai from afar. He had keen eyes and recognized the traits immediately and then shifted his attention toward Zuri. "You can not lie to me again, Zuri."

Zuri schooled her expression and spoke curtly. "Yes."

If she lied again, Knox would know that she was capable of doing that with a straight face, just like the case with Eros and it would be hard for her to gain his trust, not to mention that there was the case of July's daughter.

She had never told anyone about it and still cursed Gael secretly for telling her such a thing. This was when she finally realized that ignorance was bliss. She wouldn't get a headache like this if Gael simply didn't let her know about it in the first place.

"We need to get him," Knox said, there was no room for negotiation. "What is it?" He frowned when he realized that Zuri was staring at Chaos as both of them started communicating in silence.

"This will happen sooner or later," Chaos simply said. He promised her previously that he would save Nikolai for the last and Zuri swore that it would be the last time she asked for him to do something like that.

However, Eros came into the picture and she pleaded with him again, therefore, what they agreed on that night was invalid.

Zuri lowered her head and then nodded. "I will go and see him, wait for me in the back alley." She then stood up. They would create commotion if they took his soul right there and then.

But above all, she wanted to greet her childhood friend. A few minutes of conversation wouldn't hurt and Zuri believed he wouldn't turn her away or do her harm just because he knew she was a supernatural creature.

"Nikolai," Zuri called his name as she walked closer to him.

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