149 Love?\u2026 did you just say love?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jarek.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When Keisha said those words to Leilani on the day we finalized our rejection process, I didn\u2019t count it as anything. I had just brushed it off as words of a bitter woman, but then, afterwards, after she left my office and told me in her words that; \u201cWe\u2019ll be seeing each other soon because of my new freak,\u201d I couldn\u2019t help but think about it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
From that day, I began to pay closer attention to Leilani and her mannerisms, but nothing seemed off. I then began to think back to all the moments in the past that she\u2019d acted out of line.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The times she\u2019d manifested weird traits that didn\u2019t feel normal-like tearing down my car\u2019s door, picking up heavy objects effortlessly. Hell, even though she never told me what happened that day at her house, I suspected that her weird surges of strengt had everything to do with the reason her fridge had been on the floor even though she\u2019d told Maya and I that it had simply fallen.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I sighed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Is she a silver wolf or a Lycan? Or something else entirely? Something dangerous and unheard of?\u00a0<\/p>\n
My hands trembled slightly as I thought about it but deciding not to scare her just yet, I brushed my finger over her cheek and asked; \u201cIs there anything else you\u2019ve noticed? Anything at all that must\u2019ve come off as strange to you?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
At that, she went quiet. She seemed to ponder over the question for a while before she finally shook her head and answered; \u201cBesides always being tired? Nothing!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her tone was light and I couldn\u2019t help but smile at her cuteness. It was funny that to everyone, she always appeared as the cold aloof young woman whose eyes were so cold, they could literally turn a person to stone, but to me, she was sweet. She was soft\u2026 and even behaved almost child-like.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I nodded. \u201cOkay then, I\u2019ll ask a few experts about it and get back to you. But if you\u2019re in a haste to know what\u2019s going on with your body, we could simply tell the lab to run\u00a0<\/p>\n
some tests on-\u00a0<\/p>\n
11\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d She snapped almost too quickly, her eyes lowering as she whispered; \u201cNot the\u00a0<\/p>\n
tests. I don\u2019t want it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
11:36\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\/5\u00a0<\/p>\n
149 Love?\u2026 did you just say love?\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause I don\u2019t want it and it wouldn\u2019t be the first time.\u201d She answered coldly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
My eyes widened slightly when I heard her say those words and I didn\u2019t know why, but I felt like there was a lot more story to that than what she was willing to say.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Goddess, I was curious but I didn\u2019t want to push her for answers, so I said the only thing I could think of. I whispered; \u201cDo you want to talk about it?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She shook her head at first, but a few seconds into it, she suddenly changed her mind\u00a0<\/p>\n
and nodded.\u00a0<\/p>\n
You see what I say about her being almost child-like? 1\u00a0<\/p>\n
I smiled despite myself and held her hands, using it to pull her forward as I helped her into a chair. When she was seated comfortably, I leaned against my table and crossed my arms over my chest.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But I didn\u2019t say anything; I simply waited for her to get herself together.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A moment of silence passed between us before she mustered the courage to speak, and when she finally did, she sounded hurt, lost.. she sounded like a drowning child.. like someone in dire need of help.\u00a0<\/p>\n
-And I would offer that, even if it was the last thing I did.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMy mother used to sneak me to the hospital when I was around ten years old or so. It was since then that I began to understand that I was different from everyone else. We would usually spend several hours at the hospital and she would watch while the doctors probed me from every angle as if looking for something. I never knew what it was that they were looking for, only that the procedures were extremely painful\u2026 so painful that I could hardly walk after each one.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOh, my god!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd when I turned fifteen, dad would follow us sometimes to the hospital and the usual would happen. This continued for a very long time even until I turned nineteen. The last time I went with them to the hospital was a couple of weeks before I ran off with you\u2026\u201d she explained, her voice breaking as she quietly began to sob.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But I was too stunned to speak or move.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fuck, I couldn\u2019t even bring myself to console her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
11:36\u00a0<\/p>\n
2\/5\u00a0<\/p>\n
149 Love?\u2026 did you just say love?\u00a0<\/p>\n
My heart was racing frantically in my chest and my once shaky hands now shook even more, not with panic or fear but with rage.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Because I knew what this meant\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n
I always knew\u2026 always suspected it. But the first time I ever mentioned it to her, she had shrugged me off because she\u2019d been too traumatized to see the truth.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She didn\u2019t even want to know the truth at the time!\u00a0<\/p>\n
My hands cupped her face gently and she flinched for a nanosecond before she finally relaxed, I didn\u2019t feel bad about it, if anything, I understood it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Because even I, Alpha or not\u2026 semi feral or not would also be traumatized if there were suspicions that my wolf had intentionally been suppressed by drugs and\u00a0<\/p>\n
whatnot\u2026 if I had been made to undergo the painful medical procedures and forced to live with the aftermath.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And that exactly was Leilani\u2019s case.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her innocent purple eyes met mine, and in that moment, I couldn\u2019t hide my susp from her anymore, I said slowly;\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI think your wolf was suppressed by your parents. Hence, the reason you never shifted even when your twin did.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Truth be told, I had half expected her to argue. I had expected her to quickly jump into defending her parents like she did the last time I mentioned this to her, but I guess she must\u2019ve changed a lot these past few weeks because she simply looked away, her voice cold and detached as she whispered; \u201cWhy would they even do something like that?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
It wasn\u2019t a question, it was her thoughts.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I frowned. \u201cDo you think they tampered with your wolf too?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI do.\u201d She answered coldly. Quickly. \u201cI do because it\u2019s all too coincidental. First, I never got to find out what those \u2018treatments\u2019 were. Then after I left home with you, a few days later, I shifted for the first time.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThat one time that almost killed you?\u201d I asked quietly and she nodded.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cJay, it\u2019s all too coincidental\u2026 I think it\u2019s beginning to make sense. However, what I do not understand is why! Why they hate me so much that they\u2019ll do something like that to me! Why they would go to those lengths to keep my wolf hidden\u2026 and why they\u00a0<\/p>\n
11:36\u00a0<\/p>\n
3\/5\u00a0<\/p>\n
149 Love?\u2026 did you just say love?\u00a0<\/p>\n
joined everyone else who called me a runt. They even used the words on me more than anyone else\u2026 when they knew the truth.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLeilani\u2026\u201d I cried, pulling her into another hug when tears steamed down her face.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This time however, she didn\u2019t hug me back. She didn\u2019t lean close to me like she always did or snuggled into my arms;\u00a0<\/p>\n
And I knew that she was mad\u2026 and that the wheels in her head were already beginning\u00a0<\/p>\n
to spin.\u00a0<\/p>\n
First, she had gone for her twin sister, Chalice. Then she had gone for the triplets, and even though she swears that she\u2019s not done with them yet, she had dealt them a hard\u00a0<\/p>\n
blow.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And now, I knew that the next people on her radar were her parents; And I know that you may all call me an evil friend but I couldn\u2019t wait to see what she would do to them, or how far she would go to find out the truth.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fortunately, she had me to help her out with whatever she wanted, and I had all the resources in the world to help her with.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was a win-win situation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
-I help her with getting back at her family, and her presence helps to calm my wolf.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I sighed softly and planted my lips on her forehead, kissing it gently. But just as I tried to pull away, she held me back and slammed her lips against mine. \u2191\u00a0<\/p>\n
Did I ever tell you guys that her lips were always on fire? Well, I just did.\u00a0<\/p>\n
My hands fisted into her hair as I kissed her back fervently. I took all she had to offer and gave all I had to give.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The kiss was fiery and hot and it was the very first time she would ever devour me with as much passion as I did her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And I let her\u2026 because I loved her. 1\u00a0<\/p>\n
Wait, what?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Love?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Oh, no sweet moon goddess in the sky! How complicated can my life be?\u00a0<\/p>\n
11:36\u00a0<\/p>\n
BAT\u00a0<\/p>\n
20\u00a0<\/p>\n
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