Chapter 6: Chapter 6

Thinking of you keeps me awake. Dreaming of you keeps me asleep. Being with you keeps me alive.                                                                                                                                             -Unknown.

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"What are you doing here?" She asked.

"I... I thought you were having a nightmare." Chris said.

It wasn't the first time he had been there to comfort her during her nightmares. He came up with the excuse that he heard her scream, he was passing by to get water when he heard her gasp, the list goes on and on when in reality, when we she started whimpering and trashing on the bed he was always there holding her hands.

But that was the least of her concern right now. Her dream was her top concern, who was the man she had been living with for over two months? And so she asked.

"You... What are you?" She asked.

"What do you mean what am I? I'm Chris." He replied.

"Stop it. What. Are. You." She asked coldly again.

Chris had been there that night to see her through what she had just witnessed about an hour ago right outside their–his home.

"I... What exactly do you want me to say?" Chris asked.

The woman from earlier words rang in her ears like a bell.

"Oh, he didn't tell you?"

What was he supposed to tell her that he wasn't saying?

"The truth and nothing but the truth." She said. Chris sighed and closed his eyes.

"Truth is... I'm a... werewolf."

There it was, what he hid from her for two months. Ironic that she found out on her own.

He didn't hear any thing so he opened his eyes slowly to meet with her glistening eyes.

"Why..." He didn't get to start as she cut him off.

"And Antonio? And Dolores? Everyone?" She asked her voice breaking.

Chris shamefully nodded as he looked down.

Isabelle kept quiet for a while before she let out a cold laugh.

"So, how was it then? Hmm? Lying and smiling to my fucking face and snickering at me behind my fucking back? Like 'The fool knows nothing. Look at her.' Right?" She asked crying.

"I..."

"You fucking played me! You all did! I trusted you! You fucking bastard! I did! And Dolores? She was like the sister I didn't get to spend my life with. She also did that to me?! I hate you all!" She yelled out crying.

"Isabelle..."

"Don't call my name you bastard. Get the fuck out of my room. Now!" She yelled throwing a pillow at him. One after the other.

Chris stood there letting the pillows hit him until there was no more pillows to throw.

"Get out! And I don't ever want to see your face again. Ever!" She yelled jumping off the bed and then ran towards him.

"Get out. Get out." She said pushing him.

Chris watched her try to push him out until he finally couldn't bear it anymore.

She held her hand and hugged her. She pulled away throwing a slap to his face.

"Go away from me and my life!" She yelled pointing at the door.

Chris held his cheek and solemnly walked out. She slammed the door after him and slid down the door crying her eyes out.

How could they do this to her?! She trusted them! She really did!

She hugged her knees and cried. It wasn't supposed to hurt this much but her heart was stinging bad. Really really bad. She clenched her chest and cried some more until she fell asleep there.

Chris balled his fists standing in front of her door listening to her cries. He really felt like punching something and so he stormed off to the dungeon.

He grabbed one of the prisoners throwing punch after punch until even the poor man passed out.

He was still not satisfied and so he walked to the tree Isabelle and Dolores sat underneath throwing punches at the poor bark.

Soon, the tree bark splintered his hands but he didn't care as he kept throwing punches.

Dolores, Hers and Chris's parents, Lilith and Jacob and Antonio watched him vent his anger at the tree.

Dolores who couldn't bear to see him hurting himself jumped forward holding his hands before he could throw another punch.

"Don't do it. Chris, stop this. What happened? Talk to me? Please?" She begged.

Chris momentarily stopped as his hands healed up. He glared at Dolores who immediately let go of his hands stumbling backwards.

"What's wrong?" Lilith asked catching her daughter.

"He... He's... Xerxes... He..." She stammered as she cupped her mouth sobbing.

Lilith and Jacob had understood what happened. After all, they all knew Xerxes.

Jacob looked back and nodded at Antonio. A wordless conversation was going on between the two.

Antonio furrowed his brows, Jacob nodded at him again until Antonio nods and he ran off.

Jacob looks at him and then turns his head back to his son, or rather his son's wolf.

He taps his wife and mate and let's go of his daughter. Lilith and Dolores looked at him as he walks away from them.

"Hey... Chris, Xerxes." He started moving near him.

Xerxes turned his head and Jacob gulped hard on meeting the beast red eyes which looked more dangerous as it was in the night.

But still he knew he had to strengthen his resolve. So he balled his fist and walked towards him.

"Xerxes, could you give Chris control back?" He asked.

"No. It's his fault mate's sad." He replied grumbling.

"Why is Isabelle sad? Can you tell me?" He asked.

Xerxes looked at him for a while and then said "Won't come out of my mouth."

He breathed in and closed his eyes. When his eyes opened, it was the ocean blue ones that replaced the red ones.

"Chris, what the fuck happened to Isabelle?!" Dolores yelled once his eyes opened pulling from her mother's embrace

Chris looked at her, his Mom, his Dad and then opened his mouth

"She knows everything. Alright? She knows. I'm hopeless. I fucking hate myself." He said and sat down

"Oh, Chris." Lilith said and ran to him. She knelt down beside him and hugged her head to her chest.

Antonio arrives with a tranquilizer in his hands to put Chris to sleep. Jacob had asked him to get it before he injured himself more than he already had.

Having turned around, Jacob met with Antonio's eyes. He shook his head to tell him there was no need anymore. Antonio sighed a sigh of relief and pushied the injected inti his pocket.

Chris looked on until his eyes glistened. One after the other, the tears slipped from his eyes. The ones he so tried to keep from falling.

Dolores blinked at her brother before looking at the way to Chris's house. She ran to her house in full speed barging into the house

She looked around the sitting room and saw no sign of Isabelle. She ran up the stairs stopping at the door to Isabelle's room

She raised her hand to knock until she heard Isabelle's sobbing. Her hand froze and her heart hurt. Her throat burned from keeping the tears at bay which she finally lets down. She clapped her hands to her mouth as she rested on Isabelle's door and cried

"I'm...I'm so sorry. I really am. I'm sorry, Belle. I'm really sorry." She said as she cried

Isabelle was sobbing but she still heard Dolores voice. She cried more and walked to her bed lying there and cried herself to sleep

"I'm going home." Chris said standing up

"Are you sure you want to be the first person she's going to see? I mean... are you really sure?" Lilith asked

Chris looked at her for a while and placed a kiss on her forehead before moving in the direction of his house

He walked upstairs where he saw his sister asleep with her head on her knees. He sighed and walked past her into his bedroom. He took an extra duvet walking out again

"The night's chilly, you idiot. You don't want to get a cold." He mumbled as he placed the duvet on her body.

"We can't catch a cold, remember?" She asked pushing the duvet away.

"That's true." Chris said sitting by her

There was a silence between them as each was filled with their thoughts

"She said she trusted us." Chris said suddenly snapping his head to his sister

"And we broke it." She replied sniffing

Chris pulled her to his chest as she sobbed again

"How are you holding up?" She asked into his chest

"I'm fine. Just hopes she forgives us." Chris replied

"Me too." She sniffed again

The two siblings spent thier night camping right outside Isabelle's door. Both of them couldn't get their sleep. What if Isabelle didn't forgive them?

Morning came sooner than each expected. Isabelle groaned when her alarm sounded. She snatched it and shut it up. Her head was banging like someone was drumming in her head

She threw the duvet aside and walked to the bathroom

She wipes the fog off the mirror looking at herself. Her face was streaked with dries tears reminding her what had happened. She sighed and walked into the shower

After dressing up, she walked outside to a scene she wasn't expecting. Dolores was right there on the floor sitting and looking into space.

She snapped her head to her direction when she heard the door open

Isabelle looked at her crossing her arms as Dolores stood up. Her legs had cramps from sitting in the same position for a long time

She almost fell but Isabelle immediately jumped in and helped her up. After she was up, Isabelle let go of her glaring at her and then walks downstairs

When the blood circulated to her legs and they could move, Dolores ran down the stairs to see Isabelle breaking a egg into a bowl

"I'm sorry." She started

"For what? Lying to my face or pretending to be my best friend?" She asked

"I... You are my best friend. I just don't deserve to be called yours." Dolores mumbled looking down at her hands

"And I really didn't mean to lie to you. I swear, but Chris asked me to and since he's the Alpha, I had to answer him. I'm really sorry." She said

"Alpha? Like the leader of the pack?" Isabelle asked turning around

Dolores nodded immediately.

"So I've been living with an Alpha. Are you even really his sister? Cause I don't know what to believe anymore. You might just be his lover for all I care. What exactly do you want from me?

"Lover? I'm his sister for sure. I most certainly ain't his lover. Eww." Dolores said. Isabelle laughed a little and snorted.

"Stop that. That's so unladylike." Dolores couldn't help but scold her

Isabelle glared at her

"Or maybe, you can do it for today." She said smiling

Isabelle turned around and continued making her food

"So we good?" Dolores asked from behind her ears

"You guys really hurt me." She said instead

"And I'm sorry for that. I'll do anything for you to forgive me. Anything." She said

"Anything?" Isabelle asked

"Anything."

Isabelle leaned back and whispered something in her ears. Dolores jumped back

"What? No! Absolutely not. Not in a million years, no."

"And I thought you wanted my forgiveness." Isabelle said

"Come on! Any other thing!" Dolores whined pouting her lips

"That's what I want you to do." Dolores sighed and glared at her.

"Fine Bring it then." She said grumbling.

Isabelle smiled and carried the bowl of onions and then dragged Dolores with the other hand. She took the remote and then connected her phone to the home theater.

"My Universe" by BTS came on as Dolores had to Karaoke it while eating cooked onions. Isabelle tapped on the camera icon as Dolores sang along with it making a video while laughing her head off. (If you know and have the song, play it while you read. If you don't, we are plenty)

Two weeks Later.

Isabelle was still avoiding Chris but she and Dolores had become more close since she could say what she wanted to do without having the fear of slipping up.

Isabelle was in her room one afternoon. Dolores had gone to meet her mate which Isabelle inquired about.

"See, a mate is a person you're destined as a werewolf to live your life with. It's like, umm, a... soulmate! A soulmate. You guys will love each other, mate *winks* and give birth to offsprings." Dolores explained.

"So do you love Mike?"

"Of course. He's a warrior but he's just so gentle and takes good care of me. He knows what I want without asking." Dolores said dreamily with a smile on her face.

"Okay lover girl, you're starting to drool." Isabelle said.

"Oh please, you're Chris's mate. Alphas can be possessive I tell you. Wait for the chemistry to happen. I just wish you'd forgive him soon. He's really suffering." Dolores said.

"You've said it before and I said I would think about it. And more so, I don't think that kind of stuff could even happen between us."

"Like I said dear friend, wait for the Chemistry." Dolores said.

Isabelle didn't reply as Dolores got up and went her own way.

Isabelle knew something was happening with her heart, but what it was she had no idea.

Whenever she saw Chris now, her toes would curl up and her heart slamming against her ribs. Butterflies would fly around in her stomach but she'd run away before they even did anything funny.

Her phone rang with a call from the hospital her sister was admitted. Her hands were shaky as she picked the call.

"Am I speaking with Isabelle?" The man asked.

"Yes?"

"I called to inform you that earlier this afternoon, your sister regained her consciousness. Congratulations!" He replied in a happy voice.

"What? Thank you! Thank you very much!" Isabelle yelled jumping up and down the bed hanging up on the man.

"What happened?" Chris asked jumping in. He tended to do this anytime there was a sound from her bedroom which ends in Isabelle kicking him out. Except today was different.

Isabelle saw him and didn't think twice as she jumped from the bed into his embrace.

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