h4Chapter 101: In Kael’s Bed/h4

    strongRoman’s POV/strong

    The entire night had passed in dreadful silence where I could only stare at the empty spot in my bed where she used to sleep. It’s barely been a few days, and I was already used to having her in my bed, as it feltplete despite there always being distance between us. Just her presence—the mild scent of hers filling this room—was enough.

    Whenever I closed my eyes, the scene from the stable haunted me—her utterly broken.

    I couldn’t help but still feel heavy in my chest and the corners of my eyes moist as tears threatened toe out. Not being able to take it, I sat in bed while resting against the headboard, picked up Vixen to hold her against my chest, and caressed her soft fur. She carried her scent, and it made me feel at ease. Maybe this was the way I could sleep.

    iShe should be fine with Kael/i, I told myself, trying to find somefort in the thought.

    The morning came with Vixen no longer in the room. I realized I woke up a littlete, as I couldn’t sleep for long. When I stepped out of the room, others were there, except for Kael and Eira.

    Jason had headed to the kitchen already, Lucian was with Fluffy, keeping him quiet so he wouldn’t bark. Rafe was sitting in the spot where Eira always sat by the wall-size window with Vixen in her arms. Rafe was holding Vixen and caressing her back gently.

    I went to the kitchen to help Jason. No one said a single word to each other, except for just wishing a good morning, and the others simply humming.

    Everyone thought they were doing something, but one could tell all of us were lost in our own world—like bodies were here but minds were somewhere else. That ’somewhere’ was Eira.

    I looked at the clock, and it was already half an hour past the time when Kael usually came downstairs. But today, he was not there. I didn’t know what to think or feel about it.

    And I wasn’t the only one checking time here, the others had their eyes to the clock as well.

    Just like me, there were waiting to see her. But no one wanted to go to Kael’s room. It wasn’t right to do so.

    We just hoped, they shows up soon so we could be relived to see she was fine.

    "Lucian, are you going to cook today?" I asked. I wanted him to cook something for Eira.

    He hummed and told me, "Take care of Fluffy. Keep him busy so he won’t bark."

    I knew he was doing it so Fluffy’s barking won’t reach her and disturb her sleep, in case.

    I got the hold of Fluffy and took him outside, while Lucian went to the kitchen.

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    Kael’s POV

    Sitting in the chair, I watched her sleep in my bed. My eyes refused to leave her, my heart refused to let go, even though it was morning and I should have been downstairs by now. Seeing her here felt...plete.

    She was in my bed. She had always been meant to be here, and finally, she was. The truth I had long refused to ept now stared me in the face. Despite all my efforts, it was impossible to separate her from me—from my life, from our reality.

    Last night, when I brought her here and put her in my bed, even in her exhausted state, all she did was mumble, begging me to kill her.

    I simply held her in my arms and slept like that, as I knew she would feelforted this way. My scent would calm her at least a little, my embrace wouldfort her.

    And it indeed did wonders. Soon she was calm and fell asleep.

    In the past, I never got to touch her, let alone hold her like this in my arms. Now that it was happening, I didn’t want to let go. She felt perfect in my hold, as if she always belonged here, but it didn’t feel foreign.

    As if it wasn’t the first time we were in bed like this. Even her scent felt utterly familiar. Her hair carried a musk, and it calmed my heart and soul.

    When it was morning, I let her go and sat in the chair instead, so she wouldn’t be startled and scared to find herself in my arms.

    In the past, she used to be wary of me all the time, as if I was some kind of monster, and it started from the day she saw me in my wolf form for the first time.

    That day, on Alice’s insistence, all five of us converted into our wolf forms, as Alice wanted Eira to see the most powerful Alpha wolves in the pack. And then we had to listen to Lucian and Jason, as they couldn’t ignore their sister’s request.

    When we finally transformed, Eira didn’t feel scared of the other four, but only me. My wolf form seemed to have frightened her, and she ran away from me.

    I always wondered why. Though I admit my wolf is more dangerous and powerful than the others, it was never a threat to her.

    After that day, whenever we came across each other, she would try to avoid me or hide behind someone else to avoid being seen. It was so infuriating, but I could do nothing. Even in my human form, she treated me like I was some kind of scary monster.

    And it was even more infuriating to see her interacting with Jason and Lucian normally despite seeing them in their wolf forms. Roman and Rafe, she always kept her distance from, as they had their own issues with each other.

    Roman bullied her for fun, while Rafe hated her, saying to her face that she stank and he hated her scent. He often warned her to stay away from wherever he was. She hated him the same way, and with Roman, it was the same.

    She finally stirred in her sleep and opened her eyes. Her gaze scanned the room, as it was a new ce to her.

    "It’s my room," I told her, and she looked at me.

    But the next moment, she looked away.

    "It’ste. You have to wake up," I told her as I stood up from the chair. "Freshen up ande downstairs for breakfast."

    She didn’t react, simply closed her eyes. I didn’t expect anything different from her either.

    "Rafe is nning to take Vixen away," I said and left the room.

    The door closed behind me as I walked ahead and counted in my mind.

    iOne... two... three... out.../i

    The door opened, and a frail figure hurried out of the room, even passing by me to go downstairs.

    iHer love for her pets is going to be a real weapon against her./i

    As I watched her running downstairs, I followed at my own pace.

    The moment she descended the stairs, the others had their eyes on her, shocked, wondering what happened now.

    I looked at them and signalled, saying nothing to worry about.

    She looked here and there, and then her eyes settled on where Rafe was sitting in her ce.

    She went straight to him, and he looked up only to have his cat snatched away from his hands.

    "What?" Rafe eximed.

    She didn’t even spare him a nce, walked away from him, and went inside Roman’s room carrying Vixen in her arms. Fluffy followed her as well. The door shut behind her.

    They looked at me as if asking what was happening.

    "She wasn’t moving, so I told her Rafe’s taking away her cat," I said casually and settled on the sofa.

    "That’s my cat," Rafe said with a frown. "She seems to be forgetting it."

    "Our pets are not ours anymore," Lucian said and red at Roman. "Thanks to Roman."

    "Don’t act like an ass when you two clearly enjoy seeing your pets with her," Roman said. "And yes, now they are her pets. I dare you to tell her otherwise."

    As Roman said it, the other two kept quiet.

    Thankfully, the grim air in the home seemed to ease up now. Having pets was definitely of some use.

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