Chapter 4 TOOK HER A THOUSAND YEARS

ALANA'S POV

"What happened?" Mason rushed towards me, his face filled with disbelief, shock and fear.

He probably did not notice it, but his sharp nails were already digging into my skin, and I could feel his hands shaking.

Hah!

Is he worried about her? Worried about Keera? What about me? What if I fell instead, would he show this same level of concern?

Probably not?

My mind drifted away more than I expected. The dark thoughts were still trying to enslave me. I had to slap myself away.

The sound of my slap forced Mason to stop asking me questions.

"What's wrong with you?" Mason looked at me weirdly.

No one will understand, I could feel it, something was going on with me, even at that very moment.

I did not want to let go of Keera's hands, but I just had to, and I did it.

(THREE MINUTES EARLIER)

"You want Mason? So that's where all this is coming from? How typical of you, Alana?" Keera hissed amidst her breath.

"You are always so good at trying to get what you will never have, always coming for what is mine? The identity of bringing the best, the great lovebird bloodline, even Mason, you want them all, don't you?"

"Everyone thinks you are such a hard-working werewolf, but your true self, you are a selfish and jealous wolf that is ready to kill, even her own conscience, to get what she wants."

"The truth is, no matter how hard you try, you will never make it, you are just that cursed to...stop it!" I tried to stop her from talking, but she continued on and I just let go.

I did not expect the force to actually make her fall off the cliff. I could have grabbed her back, I could have saved her, but that voice came again.

Why should I save her? Isn't it better she dies?

The moment I got myself, Keera was already deep in the fog below.

(BACK TO PRESENT)

"Everyone, report to the first elder what has happened here. I am going down in search of Keera." Mason's voice pulled me back to reality.

"What did you say? No, you are going nowhere?" I grabbed hold of his clothes, I am really never letting go.

"What are you all waiting for? Go and report to the first elder?" Mason again repeated his commands to the rest of the wolves, who scurried away.

Earlier, the first elder left believing that we were going to bring Keera back, imagining how he was going to react to the news of her falling off a cliff was not even what I could think of right now.

"Mason, do not be impulsive. Keera has already fallen down the cliff. Your father will be grieving soon. Do you not think that at such a time, the entire tribe will need you? Where do you think you want to go?"

"Alana, Keera's not dead yet? My father is not so weak as to collapse from the news of her falling off a cliff. She is a Lovebird; an entity like that could possibly not have died from a fall?"

"Oh, is she now? A super strong entity as you say? Then why are you going down? She will find her way back to us, eventually."

"No matter what you say, we are not going to abandon one of our own? This....what gad come over you, Alana?" Mason suddenly shifted back from me.

"You...have changed. You are not the Alana I know, what happened?"

"No, I didn't change, maybe....maybe this has always been....me and you just didn't notice."

"Alana, you are werewolf of strength!" Mason suddenly pierced my hands with his claws.

It was so painful but it helped to clear my head a bit.

"Alana, what have you done?" Mason did not even need to ask. His expression alone tells me he already knew what had occurred.

"It was you, all this while, Alana, you were playing Keera, and even now, you do not want her to come back, why?"

I was shocked!

I was actually expecting Mason to be angry and to actually rip my throat off for endangering the life of his fiancée, but he was very patient and clearheaded.

I opened up to him and just started talking, I just felt so good talking to him. It seems that, finally, this unrequited love of mine can find closure.

"Pack your bags." Mason's cold voice sounded.

"Are you kicking me out?" I stuttered, I did not want to believe it, but I guess, if I were in his shoes, I would probably do the same thing to a person who caused my fiancée to fall off a cliff.

"Don't be absurd, we are going down the mountain to find Keera!" Mason hit my head with his hands.

"No matter what punishment, I have no right to pass judgment, that's for Keera and you to debate on, all I know is that something made you push Keera off that cliff..."

Mason looked down at the endless fog below us, "In that case, someone or something wants Keera more than we do; we need to find her and bring her back to the clan's protection before it does!"

Fine!

I hurried back to pack, not because I actually cared to bring Keera back, but because I was going to have a journey with Mason.

Even if it was a journey to save my rival!

"Ahhh" the dark thoughts started to creep into my mind again. Honestly, it was getting annoying.

"If I catch you, whoever is doing this, I will make sure to rip your heart out with my own fangs."I cursed placing my hand on my chest.

(HUMAN SETTLEMENT)

A deep, dark castle situated in a dense stretch of forest stood tall like a demon crawling out from the layers of the abyss.

A cold wind blew past, exposing the eye of a statue, only the eye and the entire earth shook in response. A heavy downpour began as if mourning the fate of the coming events.

"SHE HAS FINALLY APPEARED. TOOK HER A THOUSAND YEARS?"