132 WASTING HER TIME
The first thing that Mateo did when he heard the news of the mating ceremony and all the decorations for that event would be done by the next day was to meet Blue.
He was an omega in this pack, though he was a former beta for Blue’s uncle’s pack, but since he had crippled his leg and Alpha Xerxes did not allow him to go near the training grounds or even exercise, he wasted all of his time in the garden and helped with menial works.
And now, because he needed to meet Blue immediately, he crossed the field and ran to the training grounds. He couldn’t wait until the sun had set to meet that girl. His blood was boiling with anger.
The thought that Blue would be mated with her uncle’s murderer made him sick in the stomach.
“Zuri!” Mateo called out to her when he saw her white hair that stood out among the other members of the warriors.
“You are not allowed here, cripple,” one of the warriors came to him and tried to stop him, but Mateo growled furiously at him. “Oh, do you want a fight then?” he snickered.
However, before he could do anything to Mateo, someone had grabbed his collar and threw him away, across the training ground.
“Don’t touch him,” Blue growled at him, her hazel eyes fixed on that man until he scrambled to his feet and walked away from them. Great. He knew that he wouldn’t be able to take her in a one on one fight. “What is it? You know that you are not allowed here,” Blue grumbled at Mateo, because he knew the rules.
“I need to talk to you.” He grabbed her hand and took her somewhere quiet, out of earshot of everyone there. “Is that true?”
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“What?”
“The mating ceremony. It will be held in three days.”
Blue didn’t want to answer that, she didn’t even want to talk about it. The thought of that alone made her want to smash something against Emmet’s skull.
When Blue said nothing about it, Mateo understood, he shook his head. “You need to leave, Zuri. I can’t bear to see you mated with the son of your uncle’s murderer.”
Blue gritted her teeth when she heard that, she averted her gaze because she didn’t want to look at Mateo with hostility in her eyes that was not directed for him.
“I will leave if I can,” Blue said through gritted teeth, her voice barely audible.
“Of course you can.”
“Where?” Blue was not stupid enough to run toward the enemy den and surrender herself to be an experimental subject for those humans, since there were not many options left for her if she walked out of this pack.
Mateo looked restless when he said this. “I can’t find any members of the McKeltar family.”
The name made Blue flinch, she didn’t want to hear it, but most of the time, she would subconsciously think about it before she snapped back to reality.
“I can’t find them, but there is this organization that supports the non- human beings like us, they don’t think of us as monsters.”
Blue scoffed when she heard that. “The organization that thinks that supernatural creatures and humans can live together side by side?”
“Yes.”
“I don’t want to go.”
Mateo frowned. “That, or you will be mated to Emmet.”
Blue grimaced. “I will kill him if he dares to touch me.” Mating ceremony was one thing, but they didn’t have to follow the aftermath, right?
“Zur, you know that it’s not how things work here.” Mateo shook his head.
Blue was aware of it.
The afternoon sun was shining so bright above their heads when they talked about it, but none of them seemed to care about the weather right now.
“Where is this organization?” Blue mumbled.
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July had an appointment to meet with Lise two days after she contacted her. Lise explained the situation on her end and she needed July to give shelter to Anne.
Of course July knew Anne, though their encounter was very short, but she had heard a story about the girl that was saved by Chaos decades ago and chose to stick with them until the end.
Obviously, the little girl was not young anymore, she looked exhausted in her old days, fatigued even. With wrinkles on her face and her white hair looking shabby, tied messily behind her nape.
Somehow, July couldn’t bear to see her, because it was a reminder for July that it would be her in a few years, with wrinkles, eye bags, white hair, fragile, old...
July averted her gaze from Anne. She needed to get rid of the picture of herself that was reflected perfectly on Anne.
What is the difference between the two of them? Both of them loved a supernatural creature that wouldn’t age even for another ten decades. Time meant nothing for them, but it was everything for humans like them...
July felt a pang in her heart when she looked at the ring on her finger. Should she wait for him? But then, what would she get?
It was fortunate in July’s case that Knox loved her back, but Anne...
Would she waste her time? But, for what?
“July?” Lise called out her name. “Are you okay?” she looked at her with concern in her eyes.
July snapped out of her dark thoughts to the reality before her eyes and smiled brightly at Lise to hide her restlessness.
She didn’t want to think about it, but it was always at the back of her head and now seeing Anne only made it so real.
When Knox returned, how old would she be? Forty? Fifty? How could she face him when he was as young as he looked the first time they met?
What would become of July then?
She couldn’t get rid of that thought...
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