Chapter 10: Chapter 10

Chris

I retracted my fangs and claws while my eyes went to normal. I turned around to Isabelle who was staring at the man who had gone limp.He was dead.

She looked at him without moving her a muscle in her limb.I walked towards her and stretched my hand to touch her but then I realized my hands was still bloody stained with that man filthy blood.

I retracted my hands which finally caught her attention.She looked up into my eyes while my eyes darted away from her to Elena who immediately bowed her head looking at the ground.

"You can go home. Your punishment is coming tomorrow. I specifically told you not to let her come, didn't I?" I asked her.

"I... I'm sorry,Alpha." She apologized.

"I forced her to tell me." Isabelle finally said.

I looked at her in disbelief as Elena immediately ran to her mate smiling at him. Antonio looked at her with a worried look before looking to Isabelle and myself.

"What do you mean you forced her?"

She opened her mouth to talk but her eyes darted to the man and then her face scrunched up and the next thing I saw she throwing her guts up in the bush.

I disregarded the fact that my hands was bloody and immediately ran to her. I packed her hair to not let it get in the way of her vomit.

"You can leave." I said.

Both Antonio and his mate bowed their heads before walking away hands in hands.

There was no doubt Isabelle was going to look at me in a different way. She just saw me slash a man's throat open with my bare hands...well not hands but claws. Still.

She retched till there was nothing left to vomit before she leaned on a huge tree trying not to look at the man.

"Do you want to...go?" I asked awkwardly.

She didn't give me a response as she marched ahead with me trailing after her. I've never felt this awkward after killing someone. Never.

We finally reached my house. Isabelle walked to the Living room and sat there looking at me. This is so awkward. Why was she staring at me like that?

I grinned which made her cringe back.

"I'll be right back." I said and dashed upstairs to wash up. Get that man's filthy blood away from my body.I dresses in a shirt and short looking at myself in the mirror.

I exhaled deeply and pulled the knob to come face to face with Isabelle who was folding her arms in front of my door.

I almost stumbled back in surprise. She was glaring at me... If it was a examination,trust me she passed with flying colours.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" I managed to say.

"I wanted to eat dinner. I'm making egg, are you interested?" She asked.

"Umm...yeah, sure." I said and she nodded before turning around. I watched as she descended the stairs before her figure disappeared.

Okay,what just happened?Aren't we going to talk about it?

I closed the door and walked downstairs to see her taking a bowl from the cabinet. She then took an egg and then the whisker. She hit the egg against the edge of the bowl and then cracked it open into the bowl as the yellow liquid flew out before the yolk.

She beat the egg before she realized she hadn't put a frying pan on the gas cooker.

She sighed and I moved to take the frying pan. I placed it on the gas cooker.

"So..."

"So..."

We said simultaneously.I chuckled but she did not smile.

"You can go first." I said.

"I was planning to." She replied rolling her eyes. The way she rolled her eyes was funny and cute.

"Sure sure, your highness." I said mockingly.

"That man... He was the one... The drug leader?" She asked.

I nodded my head mixing the egg breaking it. She liked scrambled eggs.

"Is he...dead?" She asked saying the last part in a whisper.

I froze for a second before looking at her and then I nodded slowly. She nodded and took another egg.

"Won't you ask why?" I said after a few seconds.

"Why you killed that man? I don't think I want to hear." She replied shaking her head.

"He was coming for you. I didn't kill him for nothing." I said nonetheless.

She said nothing and only continued beating the egg.

"You... You really won't say anything?" I asked.

"What do you want me to say Chris?" She asked dropping the bowl.

"Anything!" I said. Then I realized I had raised my voice.

"You just killed a fucking man! A man! A life, Chris!He has a family!How could you..." She paused at the end to catch her breath.Before she got the chance to, I had stormed out of the door slamming the door behind me.

I did this for her!I can't believe this. This is just so stupid. That ungrateful bitch.

I walked to my parents house stopping on thier threshold. I raised my hand to knock before I realized this was their home.

If anyone had to leave, it was her. I sighed and turned around sprinting to my house. I entered and walked past the kitchen where the two plates of egg sat. Abandoned and cold.

I growled in anger and turned to go upstairs.I saw her on the stairs looking at me.

I walked past her before stopping and turned around. She was still staring at me.

"You're an ungrateful bitch." I spat and walked to my room slamming it shut behind me that I felt the house shake due to the impact. When I called her an ungrateful bitch, I saw an emotion in her eyes... Hurt. Like I give a damn.I snorted and turned on my bed closing my eyes to get some sleep. I couldn't find sleep with the pent up frustrating and anger in me.I stood up and walked to my study.I had files to attend to anyway.

Her scent was lingering in the corridor of our rooms meaning she walked in about 10 minutes ago. I snorted and sat on my chair.

I worked there till I was dead tired. I woke up the following morning to a file. I sat up and tilted my neck to ease the tension in my neck.

I stood up and walked to my room before going to wash up. I dressed and walked downstairs. I paused in front of Isabelle's room before rolling my eyes before walking down the stairs.

I got to the kitchen to see her sipping ginger tea, I could tell by the smell of it. She never drinks coffee anyways.I walked past her to the door pausing for a moment before I opened the door and walked out.

Hee eyes had bags under them like she did not sleep well. I was tempted to ask but I walked out nonetheless.

Of course, I knew she was staring at me.

'Get back in there right now.' Xerxes whined.

'No.' I replied stubbornly.

'Why are you acting all strong? You know it's fake. This anger won't even last this evening. What evening am I even saying? This morning!' He yelled.

'Stop, alright. Just stop. I'm not going in there to apologize when she's the wrong one.' I replied.

'And for the record, I can keep my anger just fine!' I yelled back.

'Alright then,since you so badly want to be like this. Fine, I'll leave you be.' He replied.

'Fine!' I yelled.

'Fine.' He replied.

I focused on the road and soon I reached the pack house. I saw Antonio and Elena at the door of my office with a sullen look on both their faces. Oh right.

"You can leave Elena. We all know you can't not listen to your Luna." I said waving my hands.

"Thank you, Alpha." Her face brightened up into a smile as she grinned at her mate. I cleared my throat awkwardly and pushed the door to my office.

"Thank you, Alpha." Antonio said after me. I hummed in response and closed the door after me. Soon, Antonio entered and bowed to greet me.

I didn't reply as I swept through the files but I couldn't get any work done. All I was thinking about was Isabelle.

Isabelle. Isabelle. Isabelle. Ugh!

"Is anything the problem,Toph?" Antonio asked me.

"Why?"

"You... groaned?" He said looking at me suspiciously.

"Oh, was that aloud?" I replied.

He only nodded at me. I sighed and stood up.

"Let's go hunting."

"We're in the morning?" He replied me.

"And?" I asked.

"Nothing." He replied.

"Come on." I said taking huge strides out of the room.

He trailed behind me and the next thing I knew he had changed into his wolf.

"You seem excited for someone who was concerned about the time of the day just 1 minute ago."

He only snorted in reply and pushed the leaves from the floor with his paw.

I changed into my wolf and we charged into the forest.Even if Xerxes was angry with me, no wolf ever says no to hunting and running in the forest. After catching a deer, we walked back home in our wolf form with the deer in Antonio's mouth.

He dropped it in front of his house before he walked inside to change. He walked back out and threw me a short which landed in front of my feet.

I tilted my neck at him to which he shrugged. Elena came afterwards bowing her head at me before carrying the deer into their house.

I changed into the short and walked into thier house.

"At least get me a shirt?" I said to Antonio.

"Oh right. Be right back." He said and dashed into his room again.

I shook my head at him. Who forgets a shirt? What kind of Beta do I have?

He arrived and gave me a shirt which I gladly accepted. I walked out of their house to mine before Antonio called me.

He caught up with me and I turned to look at him. He was catching his breath. I looked at his house and then to him.

"Don't look at it like that. It's really far." He said.

"That distance is far?" I asked chuckling.

"Anyways..." He started rolling his eyes.

"Are you okay? Like really okay?" He asked.

I breathed out and shook my head slowly.

"We're in a fight." I said simply.

"Who? Me and You?" He asked.

"No. You and Elena you dumbass." I replied in sarcasm.

"What caused the fight? Hold on, was it about what happened yesterday?"

I nodded my head slowly again.

"Well damn!" He exclaimed.

"I'm pretty pissed right now. I mean I did it for her and the next thing she does is fucking accuse me I killed a man? Who in hell does that?"

"First we're not in hell."

"Fool." I muttered shaking my head.

"And second,I hope you didn't say nothing?"

"If it was you, would have you have said nothing? I walked out on her and when I came back, I may and may have not called her ...an ungrateful bitch." I muttered the last part to myself.

"What now?!No No no... Toph, come on!" He threw his hands up in exasperation.

"You can't blame me, I was angry!" I yelled.

"Don't go yelling at me now." He replied.

"Oh great, you'd also ignore me? Cause guess what? I won't be fucking surprised. Even Xerxes is fucking ignoring me, Isabelle as well so yeah you know what?It won't hurt to add one more name to the damned list!" I yelled in frustration.

"Shut your fucking mouth!" Antonio yelled punching my mouth.

"Ouch! That fucking hurt you bastard!" I yelled punching him back.

Antonio pulled at my shirt, well his shirt while I pulled at his as well.

"For the love of Goddess! Would you both stop acting like school boys?!" Elena yelled from the house.

"I'll leave him if he does!"

"I'll leave him if he does!" We both yelled simultaneously still glaring at ourselves. If looks could kill, we'd both be 12 feet under each.

"Don't imitate me!"

"Don't imitate me!" We said again before looking at ourselves then it started as a chuckle before it exploded into a laugh.

Fools. We both are.

"You're such an idiot." I said to Antonio.

"So are you, you fool." He replied rolling his eyes.

"What are you going to do then?" He asked after a while. We were both lying on the floor looking up at the bright blue sky.

"I have no idea. And I sure am not going to apologize first." I said.

"Right."

I said nothing more neither did he.

"Oh yeah! You do remember Alpha Peter is coming over next week,right?" Antonio said suddenly.

"Oh shoot!" I yelled out.

"Yeah yeah. You're welcome. Isabelle should be there as the future Luna. You guys should reconcile before then." He replied.

"See you." I said instead and walked back to my house. No more work for today.

I walked in to see no one in the kitchen. Isabelle should be having her lunch right now. I walked upstairs and held the urge to call out her name. I paused by her door placing my ears on her door to listen to her heartbeat or anything to indicate she was in the room.

"What are you doing?" I heard suddenly. I almost fell on my butt. I turned my neck to see Isabelle looking at me.

Quick think of something. Think Think Think.

"I saw a dirt on your door!" I blurted out. Then I paused.

Say what now?! Really?That's my best excuse? That's so shitty.

"Oh... okay." She replied.

Hold on, she believed that?How is that possible?! I nodded and cleared my throat awkwardly moving her head away and made for my room before I paused.

Where was she coming from?

"What were you doing there?" I asked.

"Oh... It's umm...nothing." She replied and pushed her room door open slipping into it before I could process what she said.

I blinked at her and walked towards the direction she was coming from. There was nothing out of the ordinary. I pushed my study door open and looked around. Still nothing... oh wait.

I walked in to see a white envelope that wasn't there this morning sitting atop all the file. What's this? I picked it up and opened it to see another folded paper in it.

I opened it and there was Isabelle's handwriting in it. Looking beautiful and dazzling. Well, I have to say her writing is quite beautiful.

"Hey, Chris.

Awkward of me writing this when I could just say it isn't it? Anyways, look I was freaked out when I saw that man's body just lying there with his throat slashed open and you were towering him with his blood on your hands. I was scared and afraid. I just wanted to say I'm sorry for accusing you of killing that man.He kind of deserved it." I chuckled when I git there. Course he does.

"I'm really sorry for saying that. I really am. Please forgive me? Yours sincerely?Isabelle."

She even put her signature. I smiled at myself and folded the paper back to his original position sliding it into the envelope and then into my pocket.

I made my way to her room and knocked gently waiting for the shuffling sounds behind the door, except none came, the door just clicked open immediately I dropped my hand.

Isabelle

I watched Chris as he walked into the house and then he called me an ungrateful bitch. Damn did that hurt. I mean, I kind of deserved it. But it's not every day you see the person you're living with towering over a dead man with his blood on his hands. I was shook up. I was scared.

I didn't sleep well particularly that night as my parents murder scene kept coming to me each time I closed my eyes or fell asleep. That's why I got up early to take Ginger tea apart from the flow that was going on. Chris walked past me again and I didn't see him till afternoon. I pondered on what happened before I remembered that time he thought something had happened to me. He looked really scared at the time.

Really scared.

I then decided to apologize. Then when I had placed the letter on his table in his study, I creeped out to see him standing in front of my door.

Of course, I didn't believe his excuse. Really? Saw dirt? Who was he fooling? I just accepted it so he won't be suspicious as to where I was coming from which he later did.

I was sitting in front of my door waiting for the knock which came about three minutes later. My heart slammed against my ribcage as the knock sounded.

I stood up immediately and before I knew it, standing in front of me was Chris.

I opened my mouth to talk and the next thing I could smell was his so damned good musky scent. It wasn't the shirt he wore when he was leaving this morning but his scent had taken over the shirt. He was hugging me!I almost squealed like a high school girl but I kept it at bay by biting my lips. This feels so romantic!Keep it together Isabelle!

"I'm sorry for calling you an ungrateful bitch. I was angry at the time and it just kind of flew out. I'm sorry." His voice broke me out of my train of thoughts.

"It's okay. I'm sorry for yelling and accusing you." I replied.

We broke the hug and I gave him a small smile which he reciprocated almost immediately. Damn! He looks happy as fuck!

"Umm, what do you want for lunch?" I asked to break the awkwardness that was blanketing us.

"Actually, I caught a deer." He replied.

"Where is it then?" I asked immediately. If it was anything, I love meat!

"Over at Antonio's. Come on." He replied bobbing his head toward the staircase.

"Let me grab my phone." I said dashing into the room. I felt his eyes on my back as I took my phone off the night stand.

I walked to my vanity and packed my hair up into a ponytail. I slipped on my sandals before I stood up.

I walked back to him and smiled."Ready now."

He took my hands in his and we went to Antonio's. The warmth his hands was giving was doing things to my body. Things I'm yet to find out what it was.

"Oh yeah, there's going to be a celebration next week at the pack. The neighbouring pack's Alpha is coming over so I'm going to introduce you as the future Luna to the pack, most of them already know you though.But only if it's okay with you." He said when we were halfway.

"Oh. Yeah, sure." I replied.

He nodded and squeezed my hand as if he could sense  my uneasiness.

"It's going to be fine. I'll be there all the time, trust me." He said.  And I did. I trusted him.

What are you doing to me, Christopher?

We reached Antonio's soon and Chris just opened the door without knocking. It was not his house for crying out loud! I stepped right after him since he was holding me.

My jaw dropped at the sight that we were faced with.