h4Chapter 103: Blond Hair/h4

    strongKael’s POV/strong

    Once Sophia was taken inside the test room, I went to Liam who was monitoring the live scanning of Eira’s body on the monitors in front of him, while I watched on the other side of a ss window in the wall where Eira was lying under the scanning machine, quiet and her eyes closed.

    Only doctors were allowed in this part and inside this room, but I owned this hospital, so who was going to stop me. And at that, who dared even stop their Alpha.

    "Anything to worry about?" I asked as I stood looking at her.

    Busy scanning the monitor, Liam said, "Her recovery is kinda miraculous now that her wolf showed its presence, just like how it should be in the pureblood."

    "So she is entirely healthy now?" I asked again.

    "Not entirely, as wounds on one’s soul could never heal, though the physical wounds could. But still, I’ll say this much progress is good as well," Liam said and turned his chair to face me. "And for that, we should thank Lucian."

    I looked at him, as I knew what he meant.

    The old bastard chuckled as he said, "Well, I am not saying it was a good way for it to happen, I would never want any one of you to die. But him about to die in front of her—that’s what triggered it... and..." he stopped.

    I raised a brow, prompting him to continue.

    He continued, "Kael, you do know that such phenomena are rare to happen when someone’s powers are triggered this way... That means the person should be really important for one to do it... that also means Lucian is very important to her."

    As he said it, my fists clenched. I was definitely d she saved Lucian, but...

    "Kael, despite all of you having punished her with the suffering of the past six years, she was still desperate to save any of you... such a strong desperation... do you really believe she could ever think bad about you and betray you... betray our pack? She should be asking for your death instead."

    "I know what you are getting at, and I am going to look into it," I told him.

    "I hope it’s not toote," Liam said.

    "We will see," I told him and asked, "If she looks fine now, I want you to go ahead with Sophia’s treatment. I want her healed entirely as soon as possible."

    Liam offered me a skeptical gaze. "You still worry about Sophia... well, yeah... she could have been your child’s mother..."

    I could see the displeasure in his eyes and tone, but I wanted this. I want Sophia to get better, so there won’t be anything that stops me from getting the truth out of her. With her current weak condition, she might just go into shock and die, and I wouldn’t want that. Because I wanted truth. For that, even if I have to save her first and then kill her, I would do that even.

    "Just do as I say," I told him. "Let me know once you are done," and left.

    Sophia was taken back to her room after a small test. On the way to her room, I heard voices that didn’t escape my kin hearing senses.

    "...Mom. I am telling you the truth," it was Sophia’s panicked voice. "I saw her."

    "She can’t be here. You must have seen someone else, simr to her," Meryl’s voice was there. "She can never be here."

    "Mom... I worry if it’s truly her and she goes to Kael... he is in the hospital... I met him just a while ago..."

    "Shh! Don’t say anything," Meryl shut her quickly. "I will ask someone to get the details of today’s patients in the hospital, and we will know if it was her... but make sure to keep your mouth shut... Don’t say a word..."

    Standing outside, I heard it all. My gaze turned darker, and my fists clenched as my hands itched to drag her out and question her... but I reminded myself to be patient.

    Taking Eira, I returned home.

    On the way back, I looked at her through the mirror and finally broke the silence. "In the past, you used to be scared of me since the day you saw my wolf form. But now you don’t look scared at all."

    I didn’t expect her to reply, but she did. "I have seen worse beasts than the ck wolf."

    "Worse?" Imented, my gaze on her, but she refused to meet mine. "Why do you think ck wolves are bad? Is it because we are the most powerful? Or someone hurt you."

    "Didn’t you?" she asked, still staring outside.

    "When?" I asked. "That day you were screaming and I had no option but to shut you and tie you..."

    She scoffed in mockery and didn’t say a word other than a curse. "Bastard!"

    She dared curse me right in my face. She was truly fearless, unlike her scared self in the past.

    "It’s good you are not scared of me now," Imented.

    "What can you do to me other than hurting me and killing me?" she said, her words like poison, disdainful. "I am not scared of any of it. If you want to, be my guest."

    Damn! Since that day when she got to know we know about her son and she thought we wanted to kill him, she has not been holding back anymore. The person who is not scared of dying or losing anything—the ones who have given up on life—one can never scare them.

    Also, I never thought I would even be talking to her like this, but it seems like the event fromst night and what I am getting to know now had changed something in me.

    I decided to probe further. "Can I ask you something?" My attention was both on the road and on her.

    She didn’t reply.

    "You and Alice were good friends," I said, and I saw her expressions change. "Why did you shoot her?"

    "Because I had lost my mind," she replied, her brows creasing as if finding my question annoying.

    "And..."

    "I enjoyed killing people," she replied without an ounce of hesitation. "If I can, I would want to kill each and every one who is breathing and turn the entire world into a hell."

    Her heart and mind had truly turned dark to even say it this way. But the way she saved Lucian, I could tell she didn’t mean it.

    "And the first one I would kill would be you," she said as she finally turned to look at me, her cold gaze meeting mine through the rearview mirror. She looked like a vengeful ghost. "I wish I could have killed you long back. I hate you the most, more than I have ever hated anyone."

    iScreech!/i

    I mmed the brakes as her words truly struck my heart, as if her words had stabbed it. The pain was real.

    "And then, I will kill the rest of your brothers and everyone you cherish," she continued. "So, you better kill me now, or you will regret letting me live."

    I inhaled deeply and looked at her. "Then why did you save Lucian?"

    "Because he deserves to die in my hands, not in your enemies’ hands," she replied coldly. "You better not give me that chance."

    I was entirely taken aback, but then I could see it. Other than just letting me know how much she hated us, she was trying to provoke me to kill her. She was testing the fragile patience of an Alpha.

    "Then keep living and you might truly get the chance," I told her calmly and started the car to drive away.

    She frowned at her failure of provoking me and looked away.

    Though I resumed driving, her words—about how much she hated me—still stung my heart.

    I had a reason to hate her as well. Just at the mention of killing her son, she was so bitter. Then could she even imagine the pain I had when I collected my parents’ bodies piece by piece, even the kids in my family, the orphans my parents adopted, were ughtered mercilessly? That night, that pain—my heart would never forget.

    And we had so many undeniable proofs against her, with videos, if not for just someone’s words.

    I spent the rest of the day at home while working, and she was with her pets. Liam had informed me that the test results were fine and, if I wanted, Sophia’s treatment could be started.

    In the night, when the other four returned home, we talked after dinner.

    "What did Liam say about her health?" Roman asked me.

    "He said she is fine," I told him normally, and added, "and he can start Sophia’s treatment."

    As expected, all of their expressions changed.

    "Kael, we know you want to save Sophia and we won’t oppose you, but I think Eira is not that well. It will be painful for her if that procedure is performed on her now," Roman said. "I do not agree with this decision."

    "She is a pureblood and she can handle it," I told him dismissively, as if my decision was final. I stood up. "I am heading to my room. You all should rest as well."

    "Kael," Lucian called for me.

    I stopped and looked at him.

    "None of us agree with your decision," he said. "Won’t you listen to our opinion and continue to do only what you want?"

    I looked at the other three, and their expressions told me the same.

    "Why? Because you are a leader and our opinion is of least importance?" he asked again. "That’s it?"

    I could see they were worried for her and I am not the only one to change since that event.

    "Because she is not the one with blond hair," I told them.

    The moment I said it, all of their expressions changed.