| CHAPTER 60 : GIRLS SUPPORT GIRLS |
The next days went plain and ordinary except for me spending way too much time with the warriors. I had no one else to go to.
We mostly trained in the arena, joked around, partied some more, binged movies, learned and taught how to use weapons, had a lot of cleaning up to do, had an intense sword and pillow fight, accidentally chopped off Chase's arm, stitched it back up and now he's healing.
"I swear Matt if you don't start training your gonna lose your abs," Levi warned, giving a glare in Matt's direction who had his eyes shut and lounged on the bleachers.
He waved his hand, dismissing Levi.
"Why is he always sleepy and tired?" I asked, in the middle of a small hand-to-hand combat with Drake. I was getting pretty good at fighting and surprisingly, I learned fast. Very fast. It was almost as if-as stupid as that sounded-I was born to do this.
Levi said I was getting pretty brilliant too and that I could possibly fight off supernatural creatures if they went easy on me.
"He grew up differently," Chase replied, doing a set of crunches. The stitches circled his arm as it slowly healed. Everyone said it'd be fine until tomorrow.
"Meaning?" I asked.
"Had a severe case of anemia when he was young," Warrant replied, running on a treadmill.
"And he didn't heal?" I questioned, ducking just in time letting Drake's fist fly above my head.
"He was human when he had it," Fred shrugged, "turning didn't help him heal but made him more tired and sleepy. Slobby bastard."
I paused, wide-eyed, "Matt was human?"
"A very good-looking human." Matt quipped.
"Shut up, you were only six when you turned," Levi spoke.
"How does a human turn into a werewolf?" I asked, intrigued.
"Werewolf bite," Fred replied in a 'duh' tone.
"But then I'm not a werewolf. I got bitten by Ki-" a blush rose through my cheeks as I remembered how King Alpha bit into my neck while marking while also on my skin when we were... "you know..."
A teasing smirk came on everyone's face which made hiding my blush impossible.
"That's marking, Sweets." Drake spoke, smirking at me, "there are different kinds of werewolf bites."
"Why do everything you werewolves do has to do with biting?" I scoffed.
"What do you expect us to do instead?" Hans glared, "swap spits?"
Fred spit onto his hand, stretching it towards Hans in a handshake, "be my buddy for life?"
Hans swung his long knife. Fred snatched his hand back with a laugh, inches away before Hans chopped off his arm.
"Don't be so grouchy now, Hansy poo," Warrant mocked, "we're all soulmates here."
"Shut up," Hans grumbled, rolling his eyes.
The days went fine and maybe I was missing King Alpha. The bed stayed empty at night except for me. I noticed without King Alpha the room was starting to get messy and oh boy he would kill me if I did anything to ruin his perfection.
I started with dusting this beloved and darling desk that he spends hours organizing and clean. I always tried my best to snoop and go through his stuff. Obviously, I found nothing except papers about work stuff and numbers.
His drawers had stationary from all around the world I spent an hour just grabbing a different style and kind of pen and writing my name on a sheet of paper.
After that, I got bored and decided to sneak attack the first person I saw in the hallway. Might as well see how good I've trained and how I'll be able to defend and fight back.
An evil grin spread on my face as I got my first target in my sight.
Without even thinking, I dashed towards Drew who had his back towards me. My footsteps were silent cos of the soft carpet below my feet. I raised my hands for when I reach him, I'd jump on his back, hold him down in a chokehold and punch his sides until I'm sure he'd get bruises.
I neared Drew.
Without looking, Drew swung his hand back, blocked my body, grabbed my waist and non-too gracefully slammed my back to the ground.
A wince crossed my face and I groaned. His face loomed over mine before he removed his hand from my neck and stood up.
"That was just terrible, ma chérie."
"Come down here and I'll show you my true wrath." I scowled.
He lent out a hand and I took it, letting him pull me up.
"Wanna know how to sneak attack? First, make sure if your component is equal to your..." his eyes gazed at me, "size."
"Maybe the right lesson is to never pick fights with a million-year-old werewolf."
"Oui, that might be correct."
"So when is King Alpha coming back?" I asked, mentally chest-bumping myself at how smooth and collected my question came out, instead of the hopeful and sad I felt inside.
"So this was this attack all about?" Drew smirked, "leap on a million-year-old and demand when is her mate coming back?"
"No." I drawled out, smiling, "I just wanted to ask when he was coming back so I can savour my very few days of freedom."
"Uh-huh." His smirk widened.
"Mm-hmm." I replied in the same tone he used.
"Oh well," he shrugged, "I don't usually keep track of his matters. He's the King after all. He's got responsibilities. He'll be back when he sees fit."
I got a tad bit disappointed at the vague answer but nodded and left it at that.
The next thing I did was roam around the mansion and try to see if there were any hidden passages or secret entrances like those in the movies.
I came across a tiny spray-type thingy in one of the hallways and picked it up curiously. It looked ordinary. I shook it a bit and a liquid sort of thing splashed inside.
Furrowing my eyebrows in curiosity, I pushed the spray without even checking which direction the nozzle was pointed at and yelped when the liquid sprayed into my eyes.
"Ah! Pepper spray!"
The pepper burned my eyes and I almost started sobbing. This was how much pepper hurt?
I stumbled around with my hands on my eyes and bumped into tables and artifacts around. My body tumbled onto a door and without thinking, I opened the door and stepped inside hoping to find something for my eyes, like a wipe or tissue or water-
"Ezlynn?"
I froze. My eyes were still squeezed close.
"Katia?"
Darkness enveloped me completely and I didn't know where I was.
"What happened?" Her voice questioned.
"Erm...I sprayed pepper into my eyes."
"You sprayed pepper into your eyes?"
"Yeah."
"You sprayed pepper? On your eyes?" Disbelief masked her voice which made me feel stupid.
"Yeah."
"By yourself?"
"Yes! Now help me cos this thing is hurting like a bitch!"
"Oh."
I heard some ruffles before Katia spoke again, "Here."
My hand roamed around, feeling nothing but air until Katia grabbed onto my wrist and placed a wet wipe on my palm. Her skin felt warm and oiled as her fingers latched onto my skin.
I took my hand back and wiped my eyes with the wipe, blinking rapidly. After a little longer, I could finally open my eyes normally without the pepper burning my eyes.
I blinked and looked around to see I had stumbled into Katia's room. I looked at her standing in front of me in a bathrobe with her hair dripping wet.
"Sorry. Were you showering? Didn't mean to interrupt." I spoke.
She smiled, "I had just gotten out of a bath. No worries."
She turned around and walked towards her dresser, sitting down in front of it. She picked up her brush and brushed her hair. Her bathrobe came till her mid-thighs with the top displaying her smooth and prominent collarbones.
"Are you going to be standing there for long?" Her question made me realize I had been staring at her.
I cursed, "Why is it that you always dazzle people wherever you go? I mean you almost look like Maddison Beer, and I've never been that dazzled by her."
Katia blinked and turned around to face me, "I dazzle you?" her voice sounded shocked.
"Yeah." I said in a 'duh' tone, before frowning, "Don't you do that purposefully?"
She opened her mouth to speak but then closed it, dropping her eyes to her fingers on her lap.
"I...I thought it wasn't enough." She spoke silently.
I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion, "What?"
"I..." she took in a deep sigh, "I've been using my magic to make myself...pretty."
My eyebrows rose but before I could question her, she spoke on her own. This time, it felt like she was speaking to herself rather than to me.
"I thought the reason Roxy wouldn't accept me was maybe because I wasn't pretty enough. The day Roxy gave me away to the witches to be abused and tortured was the day I told myself that maybe, just maybe, if I had been a little bit more beautiful, she would have accepted me. Since that day, I have tried making myself pretty. I used my magic to perfect my flaws, to glamour myself. I tried seeking for more magic in the hopes of being more beautiful."
"Is that why you wanted my magic?" I asked.
"I just want Roxy to accept me." Her eyes, sad and unhappy, gazed at the ground.
"Katia," I began, feeling the 'girls support girls' spirit, "you shouldn't do this to yourself. If Roxy doesn't accept you for who you are or how you look, it's not for you to care."
Katia blinked and that's when I noticed the tears in her eyes, "I'm in love with her, Ez. I can't not want to be with her."
"Katia there are other people out there who would die to be with you. But in all seriousness, is Roxy really worth all this?" I asked, genuinely, "you're going against your brother who hates the witches to be with her and you're also changing yourself."
"Ezlynn," she inhaled through her mouth, "I spent years trying to figure out if my love for Roxy was because of the bond or because it was genuine. I know how I truly feel for her. It's genuine. My brother hates the witches because they tore our family apart. But Roxy isn't like that. She's kind, timid and a silly girl who's just getting pushed around by the witches."
"Why isn't she accepting you?"
"Because of the "stereotype" that all witches and werewolves are pure enemies," Katia rolled her eyes, "Complete crap if I must say. There might be some wolves who like witches, some witches who like wolves. It's only because of that blasted couple; Derek and Rowena that this has happened." Katia looked purely annoyed.
"Yeah." I rubbed my hand on my elbow.
"Let's forget about me," Katia dismissed quickly, "what about you? I heard you and King Alpha finally..." a smile came on her face.
Redness seeped through my skin. Was it really that big of a deal to everyone that I slept with their King?
"So much for 'I wanna be as far away from him as possible.'" Katia mocked teasingly.
My face heated up, "Well, things change."
She smiled wider.
A realization came to me that Katia is a Royal and before I could control myself I popped out my question.
"Why did King Alpha kill Alexandros and his mom?"
Katia's face closed off on that as a sudden rage bloomed within her eyes.
She inhaled deeply, "It's all the witches."
She didn't speak any further and right when I was about to question her further, she snapped her head towards me with a bright smile.
"Thanks for listening to me and stopping by. Hope to see you soon."
That clearly meant she wants me to get out of her room.
"Yeah," I gave in, bummed, "see you soon."
I walked out of her room and closed the door behind me.
Why doesn't anyone just give me straight answers about King Alpha?
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Date: 2nd September 2021