Chapter 121
Hunter:
“Hunter! What’s going on? Mom approached me, sensing my unease Fil been glued to my phone, rallying my warriors for a search for Reyna. But I made sure she didn’t catch wind of my warriors’ mission, or else she would get upset with me again,
“I don’t want you guys to freak out, but Reyna’s phone has been itched off. Lexplained to my mother, conveying why I couldn’t find peace. I hadn’t slept a wink the entire night.
“Didn’t she block you last night?” Mom recalled how she had abruptly cut off my communication
Tm pretty sure that was because I was blowing up her phone, and she needed some time alone. Now, I’m calling from everyone’s number, and her phone is off, I confessed, feeling a peculiar anxiety gnawing at me.
Hmm, my mother sighed, then raised her head to regard me with sympathetic eyes.
“I think she doesn’t want to talk to any of us for now. You need to understand that the accusations the rogues made against you are wild. Polly was like her mother; it’s definitely going to take some time for her to get out of that headspace and think clearly. Mom couldn’t fully grasp my anxiety, as I usually coped by leaving the house and returning slays later when upset I was my fault for setting such standards, and now my anxiety a
“It’s different. Reyna would never leave Turner like that,” I coughed.
“Hunter! It’s only been hours since she left, and it’s still early morning. Maybe where she crashed, she’s still sleeping there Mom suggested, but my heart pounded harder. There was no way she could sleep for so many hours without waking up and getting worried for Turner.
“Mom! That’s another problem. I asked around the pack, and they told me she felt the pack last night. The warriors visited her home, and they told me she hadn’t come there as well. I pressed my lips into a tight line, holding in information until: my mother’s gaze prompted me to explain further. On top of it the rogues have been so hostile. They even attacked my warriors, and because I’ve told my warriors to avoid war or injuring anyone for olivious reasons.” I pauseil, remembering how angry Reyna got when she found out some kids from the rogue community died, and they accused me of killing them. Hence, I’ve warned my warriors to stay vigilant and avoid any altercations
“Hmm, do you think she maybe went to his home?” my mother said in a soli whisper, almost as if she could tell that saying out loud would hurt my feelings.
I sighed and ran a hand through my hair, unable to respond to fer. My heart didn’t want to believe, and neither did my wolf think she would go there, but the human in me knew she went there.
“And can we blame her? I plucked her out of his garden so that an have her. Obviously, her heart belongs with him,” it wasn’t easy for me to admit that I had lost her back when I didn’t believe her innocence. But after finding her again and staying with her like a mate for a few days, I began to wonder holy much truth there was to the accusations made against her years ago. Just the thought of her being framed in that scandal made me wonder how much I would regret when the truth comes out. Yes, I believed the truth was not what I had been told
“Let’s keep this information to ourselves and wait for her to switch her phone on. Maybe she will be able to tell us more. I am sure she will come back. There is no way she would leave Turner behind, my mother was optimistic, but I had too many worries to relax. My wolf was unable to transition, and I believed it was something Sammel had injected in me during the war. I have spoken to my doctor, and the blood test results would come back today.
“Where is Turner?” I asked my mother as I looked around for him.
“He slept in late, so he has not woken up yet, Mom replied. “Maybe we should not wake him up. I am sure he will ask for his mother when he opens his eyes,” Mom was right. Once he wakes up, he will be even more hurt that Reyna never returned for him.
“I was about to go and look for Samuel’s place–” I began to tell my mom about my plans when the main gate opened, and
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Chapter 121
Tara walked in. I had almost forgotten about her existence, and her arrival made me clench my jaw.
“Baby! You’re fine now,” she looked at my face, relief evident in her smile. It was so bizarre how she acted when she saw my disfigured face. When even little kids weren’t afraid of my face, she was. It was really surprising that she didn’t even try to hide the disdain in her voice that day. She rushed to wrap her arms around my neck, as if we had ever done that before, apart from the times when I wanted to make Reyna feel something about our closeness. I pulled back and frowned at her, making her lower her arms and pout.
“What happened? Why are you distant from me?” she asked, sounding oblivious as usual.
“Can’t you see he’s worried? When will you learn to give us space and leave people alone when they need some time alone?” my mother spoke up after a long silence.
“Huh! I did leave him alone for days when I felt like he was too embarrassed to show me his face. I’m only back because I was missing him. That should explain to him how much I love him,” she yammered while smiling fakely at me. I didn’t want to see her face. I remembered she was Reyna’s friend, and she had backed down from her in the past like she didn’t even
know her.
Reyna did so much for Tara and me, and neither of us believed her. Now that the curtain of anger had lifted from my eyes, I was beginning to question a lot of things, and some things didn’t make sense. Including Tara’s behavior towards Reyna and her quick acceptance of marrying me. Why would she do that to her friend? Why did she agree to marry me in the past when she was recovering from the rejection of her mate so much that she couldn’t even sleep alone at night and had to ask Reyna to accompany her! Wow! Why did I never think about all those things?
After Reyna left. I had become so cold and distant that I barely spoke about anything to anyone. I didn’t even focus on the pack matters that much. I distanced myself from everyone until I met Reyna again, and the same passion in me ignited. Everything lit up and seemed intriguing once again.
“Tara! Where were you all these days?” I asked, watching her glance over from my mother to me and smile with a hint of victory.
“Why? Did you miss me?” she clasped her hands in front of her body and giggled. But when my expression didn’t change, she answered herself, I couldn’t see you in so much pain. So, I left to stay with my father for a while. Even today, my parents and brother were insisting that I stay, but I was like, no, my Hunter needs me. So, I came back, she answered, sounding so fake.
It was the lack of attempt to look convincing that bothered me. She didn’t even want to acknowledge that none of her words were believable.
“Okay, so can you do me a favor?” I questioned, observing her constantly looking at my mother with a grin. My mother seemed shocked that I was speaking so politely with Tara
“You can ask me anything, you know that, right?” she blinked her eyes constantly and smiled at me, pulling her body closer to gently fix my collars, and I rolled my eyes.
I quickly grasped her wrist, and she shyly looked away. Then do me a favor and return to your father’s palace for another few days. I don’t want to see you around and making bigger messes by getting into arguments with my little son, the moment I finished giving the order, I pushed her back, and she gasped.
“You want me gone?” she gulped, her eyes fixed on my face.
“Yeah, I do, I nodded. I was done with her. But the only reason I had kept her around was to punish her for what she did to Turner, and I was still not done with that. It was just that it wasn’t her time for punishment yet because now I had to investigate her involvement in the scandal Reyna was struck with.
