Welcome to the 50th Chapter of Twisted Fate. Its funny how Silent Whispers and Twisted Fate reached its 50th Chapters in the span of 2 months from their starting date!
But Thank you to all of you for making it possible and trust me when I say I couldn't get done saying "thankyous". Spotify is playing Get Low for some reason. *blink blink* Anyways lets get started with the chapter. Don't let me bore y'all with THIS Author's note.
Liam held onto Zayn for as long as it took, which felt like hours. Zayn and Louis ran through the woods for miles and miles. The snow thickened as they travelled further north.
Liam wished he could ask Zayn where they were going. He hoped they were travelling to another pack house, but Zayn didn't seem to have many friends in the werewolf world.
By the time Zayn slowed, Liam's hips were stiff from keeping his legs tightly around him. His shoulders ached when he sat up. Liam watched Zayn sniff around, wondering what he could smell. Earth? Other animals? Other wolves? The thought made Liam shiver.
Zayn moved slowly through thickening trees, stopping every few metres to sniff the air and scan their surroundings. Louis did the same, though the woods were so thick, Liam could barely see him.
Liam kept opening his mouth to ask Zayn something, but remembered that Zayn couldn't reply, well, not with actual words. Liam wanted to know how much further they needed to travel, or where they were going, or why they weren't going back to the Shadow if Zayn was sure that they would win the fight.
He doesn't want to risk it, not with me with him. For that, Liam was thankful. He knew he was useless in a fight.
Liam would probably break a wrist by trying to punch someone, or trip if he tried to run. I made it out of the first fight. Liam glanced to Harry who stared glumly ahead. If Harry hadn 't helped me from the windowsill, I might have been captured. Why did he come back for me if he hates me so much?
The woods eventually parted and Zayn stopped. He sat down to let his mate off his back. Liam almost stumbled into the snow but kept his footing. The snow was halfway to his knees, but at least he didn't shiver from head to toe after almost two hours of burying himself into Zayn's warm fur.
Liam and Harry stood awkwardly as Zayn and Louis shifted to their human forms. Zayn stood first and stretched his arm above his head to crack his shoulder into place. Liam was still a little stunned by watching him transform. He wanted to ask why Zayn kept his clothes but decided that if he wasn't going to ask why he could shift from human to animal, then the clothes were insignificant.
"We're by the Sea Claw Packhouse," Zayn said lowly, looking around.
Liam stared at the tall, muscular, sharp jawed and dark eyed man before him. Riding on the wolf suddenly felt like a dream. When will this feel normal?
"We're allies. They should let us in"
"The Alpha, Junes wasn't at the annual meeting. My mum sent an invite, but they never responded. Are you sure they're allies?" Louis asked.
"As far as I'm aware, I've done nothing to piss him off."
Louis opened his mouth, then closed it sharply.
"What? Zayn growled.
"Nothing."
"Say it." Zayn said whatever he wanted to anyone's face all the time. It was only fair that they do it back to him.
"Well," Louis clasped his hands together. "It's just that since your father died, everyone kind of blames you. So, your dad's allies are not really yourallies. You have to tread carefully here Zayn. Outside of family, you don't really know who to trust."
Liam watched Zayn's reaction. To Harry or Louis, Zayn made no reaction. To Liam, his eyes leaked guilt, and his face hardened to mask anything else.
"They're your allies, aren't they?" Zayn asked stiffly.
"Yes. I suppose you want me to do all the talking?"
Louis looked to Harry and motioned him closer. "Let's go to the gates. I'll tell them what's going on."
Zayn grabbed Liam's hand, keeping him close as they trudged through the snow and onto the path. Two guardsmen dressed in dark blue jumpers and trousers, patterned with green wolf heads, tensed when they saw them approach.
"Stop," the guards demanded, so they paused.
"Tell Junes that Louis Tomlinson is at his gate with his mate and friends. Tell him it's very urgent."
The guard recognised Louis' name and nodded curtly. He spoke her message through a slit in the wal.
Then, they waited.
The cold seeped back through Liam's clothes. He stood closer to Zayn when he couldn't control his shivering.
Zayn was starting to see the ripple his dad's death had made around him. Zayn was starting to see how his careless actions tore everything apart.
Liam jumped when the gate suddenly opened up from the middle, screeching violently on weathered hinges.
An elderly man, robust around the middle and strong on the shoulders, stood with crossed arms and half a frown.
Two people stood behind him with suspicious eyes.
The elderly man, who Liam assumed was Junes, smoothed grey hair over his spotted head. His eyes lingered over
Harry and Liam before landing heavily on Zayn.
"Zayn Malik" Junes looked him up and down, staring at his hand intertwined with Liam's. "Are you here to take my wife and make empty threats until I give you my land?"
Junes smiled smugly, and the guards stifled their scoffs.
"No," Zayn said through gritted teeth, not m bothering to show him any warmth.
Junes grinned at Zayn's hostility. He had known Zayn's family before Zayn was even born, and he knew that Zayn with a scowl was his honest self.
"You'd best come in then." Junes looked back to Liam who clung to Zayn's arm.
"Before that human freezes to death."
Junes turned and walked down the path, he moved fast for an old man.
Zayn took one last look around before following. He didn't have to look to see if Liam was with him. He felt his mate shivering by his side.
"I need a phone," Zayn said digging hands in his empty pockets to make sure his phone wasn't on him.
"I have mine," Harry mumbled, pulling out a red smartphone. Louis took it and passed it to Zayn, who didn't even look at the phone before he lobbed it as far as the eye could see.
Harry stopped dead in his tracks. "What the fuck!"
Zayn dislodged Liam's hands from his arm and stormed to Harry, still fuming from when he shoved Liam down the slope. "Be thankful that was your phone and not you," he growled in his face. "Touch Liam one more time and I really will end vou."
"I'd listen to him if I were you," Junes said as calm as if Zayn had just told him what he had for breakfast. "Mister Malik here likes to act on impulse. You piss him off, he will hurt you before he thinks about the consequences."
Zayn ground his teeth and fought against muttering under his breath. Liam was freezing and tired and needed a safe place to sleep.
Falling out with Junes wasn't on his to do list. As they approached the building, Zayn was handed another phone.
"Make your calls," Junes said, looking Zayn up and down again. "Your father was good to us, so we'll be good to you."
Junes left and yelled down the corridors for more wolves to guard the perimeters. Junes'Beta wolf hung back to sort them with rooms.
Zayn glared at the Beta wolf who stared blankly at Liam.
"You can have one of the empty Omega rooms for the night." The Beta wasn't pleased about their intrusion, but Zayn was just glad they were inside and not sheltering under a tree.
"I need dry clothes for my mate" Zayn said, eyeing Liam's soggy jumper, jeans and shoes. Even Liam's hair was a little wet from the snowflakes.
"Sorry, no." The Beta couldn't have been blunter.
Louis pursed his lips. If he wasn't family, he would struggle to look Zayn in the eye, let alone reject his command.
Zayn clenched his fists and stopped in front of the beta.
Liam watched him tear the Beta down with just a look. "I wasn't asking, I was telling," Zayn growled.
The Beta then lowered his head. Zayn had a reputation, and by now, the death of Zayn's Beta wolf was spreading.
Zayn had killed Jaiden for trying to kill Liam. Zayn didn't see what was so shocking,.
"Fine, but they won't fit him." The Beta wolf m pointed towards a door. "You're in there." He turned and pointed at an opposite door and looked to Louis. "You're in there."
When the Beta was gone, Zayn and Louis gave each other a nod and entered their rooms for the night.
Liam rubbed his hands together. The small window by the single bed was open. Zayn closed it and the bed creaked under him. Liam was reminded of his bedroom at his aunt and uncles house. The room was small, bare and dull, but it was out of the snow. Liam couldn't be more pleased to be somewhere with light, and a room shared with Zayn was a room worth sleeping in.
He sat next to Zayn on the bed, who stared at the phone in his hand.
"Will you phone Baela?" Liam wanted to talk about connecting the bond. He felt different, but he wasn't yet sure how.
Junes didn't ask why we're seeking refuge, Zayn thought. Was he expecting us? Viktor either didn't care or knew more than he should.
"Liam." Zayn's voice was a little quiet and very deep.
Emotion shaped Zayn's features. Liam saw worry glazing his hazel eyes. "Are you scared to phone in case someone is hurt?"
Zayn nodded, pleased that someone was starting to understand him.
"I can phone her if you like?" Liam smiled, deepening his dimples, and Zayn's heart warmed.
"It's okay." Zayn softly pinched Liam's cheek. "But thank you."
Zayn dialled Baela's number. The phone rung four times before she answered.
"Hello?"
"It's Zayn."
"Zayn! I'm so relieved to hear you! Have you found Liam?"
"Yes. He's with me now." Zayn eyed his mate shivering next to him. As soon as he was off the phone, he would chase down the Beta wolf for clothes. "We're at Sea Claw Packhouse. Ethdellin Packhouse has been taken."
The silence was almost painful.
"By southern wolves?" Baela's voice was heavy with disappointment. "That was their plan all along, wasn't it?"
"Yes." Zayn felt the anger rising. He wanted his home back. "Who's dead?"
"Nobody from our pack. Your mum is with me, and Ni's pretty hurt but he's doing okay too. We could stay here at Shadow Pack, but I get the feeling we're not welcome. Thea and Brandon haven't shown face since the fighting happened. They sent no pack members to help us."
Zayn's eyes darkened. "Get yourself out of there. Let mum travel on your back and bring everyone to Sea Claw Packhouse. We'll make a plan to rescue the rest of the pack from Ethdellin Packhouse when you're here."
"Yes Alpha. We're on our way."
Zayn hung up first, feeling lighter after knowing that Baela, his mother, and his Delta wolf were still alive.
Zayn wouldn't rest until he saw them with his own eyes. The Beta wolf soon arrived with clothes for Liam. Zayn locked the door after him, knowing he wouldn't rest at all in such an unfamiliar place.