9

Ezequiel, after a few minutes of silence asks me:

"How did you end up here?"

- I heard screams.

- Did you hear screams? But weren't you supposed to be in your apartments?

- I was there.

- But, how could you hear these cries, he continues surprised, I am the only one of the pack to have heard, simply because I was passing by...

- All right, it's very interesting what you're talking about, but I don't care. Can we go now? I'm hungry.

- It's just that you have superhuman hearing...

- Whoops ! That's good, since I'm not human. Well, enough chatter, I really have the slab!

- How can you want to eat when a woman has just died?

- Don't tell me it's the first time you've seen a dead person, I ask shocked.

- No, of course, but I don't get used to it.

- Have you lost loved ones?

- Yes... I witnessed the death of someone dear to my heart.

- Well, too many confessions kill confessions. Let's go. »

Ezequiel puts up no resistance, far too caught up in his thoughts. It's always strange to see someone reminiscing about their dead friends. The first beta, seeing the deceased, plunged back into his past ordeals. But in my case, it doesn't matter to me. I have nothing to cry. Or did I just get used to seeing people die? I do not know. Regardless, the past is, as dumb as it sounds, the past. The only thing to make these advances and to remember the moments of life that united us until the fateful moment of loss.

We continue to advance in the castle, each in his thoughts. A religious silence marks our passage, and when we pass the step of the door of the dining room, the laughter is heard. How is it possible that the pack doesn't even know what happened a few feet away? They laugh, not knowing that a woman has just died because of what brought us together.

Ezequiel approaches the rectangular table and begins to explain the event. I sit down while he continues his story. In the end, the laughter gave way to surprise and for some to pain. While everyone seems to be stopping, I start doing the one thing that's sacred to me: eating. I am extremely hungry, so I enjoy the meal while the motionless statuses continue to be frozen. I help myself under the watchful eyes of the curious and begin to eat without paying attention to the many inquisitive looks. Abby, to get attention, says:

“In any case, this poor woman was really useless until the end. It's a shame for a strong Luna like me. »

His sentence is followed by a silence. No one dares to contradict her, I even see a wolf nodding. I thought we couldn't do worse than me, but she has the palm. I may have moved on quickly, but spitting on a deceased person who suffered more than Abby in her lifetime disgusts me. I'm not hungry anymore. Outraged, I was going to intervene, but Abby speaks again, digging her grave a little deeper:

“This wolf just came crying in our arms, not even able to give any information. It's going to be complicated to reign over such a pack of broken arms...

- But nobody asks you to reign. I'm sure everyone would be extremely sad if you decided to leave the crown. However, I think for the good of the pack, what am I saying! For the good of all people in this world, you started from yourself.

- But who do you take you for...

- You continue, I ask taking a harder tone, you dare to criticize your future pack. You dare to say that they are useless? »

I get up and put my fists on the table with anger:

“But what are you for, apart from criticizing? So far, I haven't seen you raise even a finger to help your pseudo-pack members. You were all laughing while we were able to get some vital information. You don't even know what's going on under your own roof and you think that one day you will be able to rule? Let me laugh for a moment. »

I now look her straight in the eye with a red look:

“I hope you'll never be the queen, because no pack deserves such trash as you. You are not a Luna and you will never be a Luna. »

I approach her slowly while continuing to watch her.

“You are as useful as you are a Luna. »

I am now two steps away from her. I look her straight in the eye with such rage that my mirror would shatter under my dark eyes. To humiliate her and show her how weak she is, I let my aura out and crush her. She's totally curled up in her seat and it's pitiful to see.

“Between this woman and you, there is only one strong person, it is true, but the latter died 20 minutes ago. »

Without another word, I leave. When I leave, I hear the whole room breathing, because my strong aura has dissipated with my departure. I hear the wolf get up quickly to give herself countenance and I hear her moo:

“You will regret it, I will make you pay for this affront! »

I know I went too far. According to the status she says she has, she can have me killed. I'm sorry, she can ask for me to be killed, afterward, murdering me is no small feat. But whatever, she doesn't scare me. And even if I may be burning my wings talking to him like this, I don't regret anything. I couldn't let her keep talking badly about a dead woman. A woman who was happy with her soul mate. Everything I wouldn't be. Everything that is forbidden to me.