The Wolf Who Saved Me

Lila’s face lit up, and she smiled when she saw Reule slowly approaching her direction. She thinks that he might want to apologize for letting her join Landon’s group instead of his.

‘I must act a little shy when he apologized. I should not make it obvious.’ Lila thought.

But Lila’s smile disappeared and was replaced with fear when she saw how sharp Reule’s eyes were and how angry he was. Why is he giving me that face? What have I done? Those were the questions that formed on her head.

Reule stopped and ordered, “Come with me!”

Then, he walked towards a dark corner away from the rest of the pack, who was enjoying the party. Lila was feeling nervous when she followed him. And nobody, except me, noticed they left.

When Lila was near, she saw Reule standing with arms crossed like a father about to yell at his daughter. She stopped and looked at him with sad eyes before saying, “Yes, Alpha Reule, you wanted to talk to me?”

“What was that!?” Reule blurted.

Lila gave him an odd look because she didn’t know what he was talking about.

“What happened back there?” he added.

Lila grew more surprised and asked, “What do you mean, Alpha Reule? I don’t get you?”

“Back there, what did you say?”

“Where? With whom?”

“Stop acting like dumb! You know what I am talking about. But if you insist on playing with me, then let me make it clear for your slow-witted brain. What did you say to Wren?”

Lila froze and could not respond. ‘How come he knows that I threatened Wren? I made sure that he was not around earlier because I checked. Did that bitch tell him to get back at me?’ Lila thought but was still unable to answer Alpha Reule.

“Speak up! I don’t have all night for you!”

Hearing that brought Lila to her senses, and she said, “It was nothing, Alpha Reule. I just..”

“You just what?”

“I mean, Alpha Reule, we have never seen werewolf tracks in our forest for years. You have made our pack territory a safe haven for all of us, and no outsiders ever dared to threaten us. But when that bitch..”

“Watch what you say before you regret it!”

Alpha Reule yelled to stop her from calling Wren a bitch. It startled Lila that again, for a few seconds, she could not continue talking. She had never seen Alpha Reule this much angry.Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

“I told you I don’t have all day! Tell me what you said before I lose my patience with you!”

“Alpha Reule, Wren joining our pack might threaten our safety. I heard that she was a runaway from the White Pack, and they were all looking for her. Don’t you think that this might cause a war between packs? Heck, she might even be a spy from the White Pack!”

“You have been blabbering nonsense, Lila. I did not ask about how she runaway or what she might do to us. I simply asked you what did you say to her!”

Lila swallowed and replied, “I told her to be careful, and you don’t like spies.”

“What you said only took a second to relay, but the time it took for you to whisper on her ears is more that. Tell me the details, Lila!”

Lila’s eyes widened, and she thought, ‘Where was he when I whispered to Wren? I’m sure that he was nowhere near. I checked first before I approached Wren.’

“I told her that you hate spies..”

“Stop repeating what you just said!”

“I told her that if indeed she was a spy from her pack, you are merciless, and you would…”

“I would what, Lila!?”

Lila bit her lips then swallowed before she said in a faint voice, “Ripped her heart.”

Reule roared so loud that everyone stopped and looked in the direction where he was. People froze as they saw him with eyes blazing red, full of anger, and almost about to shift. Lila started sobbing out, and all was looking at them, wondering what had happened.

After a minute, Reule closed his eyes and stood there silent. Everyone was waiting for what he will do next. But he opened his eyes, and it went back to it its normal color. Reule walked towards the pack leaving Lila, who was still sobbing at the dark corner.

He then stood to face everyone with an expressionless face and said, “I am sorry for scaring everyone, especially the children! It is not what kind of alpha I wanted them to see.”

He paused and continued, “Today was not the usual night that we just ran, checked, and returned to have a party. Discovering a werewolf track was alarming, and I still stand by what I said that we are being spied. But it does not mean that anyone of you would just blindly accuse someone without finding first the truth. And what I am angered by the most is using my name to threaten someone. I do not like such behavior, and I certainly don’t appreciate someone speaking on my behalf. If you find someone suspicious, come to me, and we will discuss how to deal with it. Tonight, one of you just threatened someone without any evidence to prove it and use my name. I lost my temper because of it. I felt ashamed and disrespected as a leader. Moving forward, I don’t want to repeat the same actions. Am I clear?”

“Yes, Alpha!”

“Landon, talk to your sister. Let her stop crying and let her do all the dishes tonight.”

Landon nodded and walked towards Lila. Alpha Reule then walked towards the house and went inside. He did not come out that night anymore.

At the same time, the rest of the pack stopped the party and started clearing the mess and trash. I glanced at where Lila was. I saw Landon hug her to stop her from crying.

Tomorrow, she may act like a bitch to me, but for tonight, my heart aches for her. Lila had never been friendly to me, but she didn’t deserve to be humiliated like that. She was only a person who fell in love and asked to be loved. When I am done, I would surely knock on Alpha Reule’s room and ask him why he did that to her. And if ever I needed to yell at him to let him realize that what he did was wrong, I will.