Chapter 6: DID YOU MISS ME?

Xendtih

I dragged Aklan inside the pack mansion to the study room on the third floor.

“Hey, use yours words” Aklan complained when we were in the study as he freed himself from my grasp.

“I had a question to ask you”

“What is it?”

“Earlier on, you said you couldn’t see where I was with Kaia, was it true?”

Aklan frowned. “Would I lie about something like that?”

“Can you check to see where Mother is?”

Aklan pursed his lips. “Mother is going to kill me for this”

“That had never scared you before”

Placing a hand over his right eye, Aklan does as I’d asked. “Mother is still on her trip”

So, his powers weren’t broken yet he couldn’t find me when I was with Kaia. Weird. “Don’t you find that weird? The fact that you couldn’t find me when I was with Kaia?”

“Weird?” Aklan scoffed. “Rather, I’m challenged. Never have I felt this much excitement my entire life”

“Excitement?”

He nods. “Yes. At least, around Kaia I wouldn’t have to worry about seeing her future. Being around her would make me feel…normal”

“And you want to feel normal?” I scoffed. “Normal is boring”

“That’s easy for you to say, Xendith. Every day, I look at someone I see their past, future, things I wouldn’t want to see but can’t help it. And the worst part is that; the bad things always happen when I see them”

I looked away. I didn’t know Aklan was having such a hard time with his powers but that was the point, none of us cared about the other enough to ask.

“Honestly, I’m not even interested in this whole throne shit” Aklan admits, plunging down onto a nearby empty chair. “But Mother says once we find claim the throne, she’d help reduce my sharp vision. But you see Kaia, there I’m 100% interested”

“Could you two quiet down a little?” A voice inquires, approaching us from behind the study library. It was Cali. He had a romance book in his hands. Now that was new. “I don’t know why you’d come to the study to talk. It’s called a study for a reason”

“I could say the same thing about you” Aklan teased. “Did you sneak off here to the study to read romance shit? I bet Kaia got to you too, huh?”

Cali clears his throat, looking away embarrassed. “I couldn’t concentrate in my room”

“Cali, I have a question to ask you” I say. “Have you ever tried reading Kaia’s mind?”

Cali shook his head. “Never. And I don’t think I’m going to try that out for a while”

“Why?”

“Because I don’t want to know what she thinks of us” Cali admits. “Even without reading her mind, it’s clear Kaia hates our guts”

True that. But I just wanted to know if Cali’s powers work on Kaia or not.

“Oh shit!” Aklan exclaims, startling I and Cali. “The pack elders are here”

I tensed up. “All four of them?”

He nods. “Yes. Do you think they found out about Kaia as our mate already?”

“If they hadn’t found out by now, wouldn’t that be weird?” Cali inquires. “They must be here for another reason”

“Let’s go find out then”

I, Xendith and Cali moves to the pack ancestral hall on the same floor where we find the pack elders already there with Pliar. He seemed to be doing his best to ensure the pack elders were comfortable.

“I see Aklan informed the two of you of our visit” Pack elder Monroe says. Pack elder Monroe knew the four of us like his own sons because he was close to our father while he was still alive.

Our father nearly became the pack enemy for taking our mother, a vampire for a mate. it was pack elder Monroe whom stood up for our father. At that time, Monroe was contesting for the position as the pack elder.

Even with his duty on the line, he stood up for our father regardless. But he swore that would be the last time the rules of the pack would be bent. That’s why I was going out of my way to ensure that Kaia wasn’t an enemy in disguise.

“Correct” I admit. “To what do we owe this pleasant visit to?”

“Now that you four have finally gotten a mate, you need qualifications to the throne” Pack elder Charles informs. “Academic qualifications”

“All four of us?” Aklan whines. “I don’t want to go back to school”

“Just one of you” Monroe says. “But be rest assured Aklan, you’ll be counted out. We can’t have you using your sharp vision to cheat before an exam”

Aklan punches the air with his fist. “Yes!”

“And since Cali loves to read, he’s being exempted as well” Pack elder Kitly says. “So that leaves...”

Oh fuck! That leaves Pliar and I. “I can’t— “

“You can be rest assured that we never had you in mind, Xendith. You’d only cause trouble” Monroe says, turning to face Pliar. “So, Pliar as from tomorrow, you and your mate would have to enroll to Kaden university to gain some academic qualifications”

Pliar froze. “I’m going with my mate?”

Kitly nods. “Yes, is there a problem with that?”

I smirked. Of course, there was a problem with that. “School is sure going to be fun or you, Pliar. Don’t you think so?”

“Shut it” Pliar snarled at me. Turning to the pack elders, Pliar assured them. “That wouldn’t be a problem, pack elders”

“Then, we’ll be taking our leave now” Pack elder Figgly says. He’d always been the one who spoke less amongst all four pack elders.

As soon as the pack elders left the ancestral hall, I felt a strong wind blow behind me. This aura. I recognized it all too well. My hands began to tremble. It couldn’t be. We were supposed to still have about 36hours left or more.

“There are my boys” A voice says behind me that made chill run down my spine. My prediction was correct. It was her.

Turning around, I find Mother dressed in a red gown with a heavy dark sunglass over her eyes. Red. That was what she always wore when she went to hunt. “Mother’s home. Did you miss me?”