Chapter 188

Chapter 188

Raven

Two weeks he had been gone and it was absolute torture. He wasn’t dead, I knew that. If he were, I would have felt it and Salem would likely have returned

It must mean he is chasing Salem. He had to be. There had been no sign of Salem here, though most nights, me and Mallory bunked together, just in case.

Eric was a mess and rightly so. Klaus had sort of stepped into his role, helping my brother in any way he could while Eric spent his days at his parents house, grieving.

And thankfully without Salem’s presence, Neah was calm…. to an extent. She cried the other day because she cracked an egg. An egg she wanted to crack so she could cook it. I had to leave the kitchen before I burst into laughter. Damien could shoot me if I was that bad when I eventually got to carry his pups. One day! I sigh.

“Please come back to me. He will.” Midnight mutters. ‘He has too. I drop my empty cereal bowl into the sink and lean forward, looking at the Wolves carrying on like nothing had happened.

Less than two days of no problems and Dane had them back to duty, it didn’t sit right with me. One, we didn’t know for sure where Salem was. And two, there were alot of people grieving over Eric’s boys but Dane insisted normality would help. What part of kids being killed was normal?

I had tried to argue with him. Asked him if we should expect him back to duty if something happened to his twins. He hadn’t answered, but I could see the fury in his eyes

He’s just trying to keep the pack occupied.’ “l know.” I mutter back to Midnight. “I know. It doesn’t mean it has to sit right with me.”

I touch the mark on my neck, Damien hadn’t even linked me or anything. Not a single whisper of his voice. Maybe he thought it was best this way. To keep me in the dark until there was something to tell me. Maybe I would be a distraction.

“He will be okay.” Mallory interrupts my thoughts as she bursts into the kitchen. She had told me the same thing, multiple times a day for the last two weeks. It didn’t make it any easier to hear.

“How can you be sure?”

“It’s Damien.” She gives me a tight lipped smile, almost turning her lips the same white as the scar just above her lip. Even she was starting to question it. “He survives everything.”

Surviving wasn’t the only issue.

[turn as she starts pouring herself some cereal. She had practically.” made herself at home now. I didn’t mind. it was nice to have another femate I in the house. I was soused tobeing outnumbered by the men.

She shovels it in like she is never going to eat cereal again. “Sorry,” she splutters, spraying pieces of half chewed frosties across the table. “Dane wants me in training today.”

“Seriously?” She had asked, but he had always said no. What has changed about today? Her head bobs up and down as she shovels in another spoon “With Damien chasing Salem, Dane wants me to help guard Neah.”

I had to hide my surprise. He had made it quite clear Neah was to be with him. “How does Neah feel about that?” She had accepted Mallory’s help, but she still barely tolerated her.

She shrugs her shoulders at me. “Probably hates it.”

‘I could join ..».” I watch as her eyes drift down tomy bad leg before I even finisk my sentence. I had ~ stoppedUsing crutches but I was: still hofbli ng everywhere as I oY couldnt straighten my leg properly without intense pain icking tp my béhes. 10

Whereas Salem, somehow walked with half his thigh missing. He ran too. That day! had seen him, he of sappeared into the trees at breakneck speed. Like the inj jury was non-existent, but I had seen it. myself. Maybe pain was nothing to hin. Maybe that’s why he gets a kick out of playing with his foed, listening to the screams, because he found their pain hilarious. to

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Mallory washes up her bowl super fast and hurries out the door without even a goodbye. We could go hang out with Neah.” Midnight suggests As much as I loved Neah, I would rather not right now.

Instead I found Klaus sitting in the freshly decorated office. It had to be done after the blood bath that took place