Chapter 4 Four

Chapter 4

Astra's POV.

It was such a horrible experience as we both stood in front of the Alpha of the Crescent moon pack, Kaelith and I. In my heart, I prayed the moon goddess saved those boys who were injured beyond repair, Humphrey most especially. The challenge and threat they posed on me was so much that I had to send a quick text to Kaelith who came along to help me out since I was outnumbered. Alpha ValdricWalter, alongside my father, Sir Alexis Young sat and watched us both in disappointment. I felt so ashamed of myself and wished I listened to Nymera initially, but I was carried away by rage and blood lust.

"How could you both do such a thing?! What happens to report back to the royal council?! If you knew you needed to do such a thing and take action on those kids, you should have taken action the right way and not by having them manhandled, what went wrong with you Astra?! I'm talking to you?!"

"I'm so sorry Alpha, they insulted my friend, she was without a wolf and they used that against her."

"Oh, I see, she was without a wolf, did she complain to you about it? Did she?!" He scolded and stood to his feet this time after he banged his hands on the table in front. Kaelith and I shivered as he did this.

"You had the guts to even call on Kaelith, who foolishly ran to the scene and almost amputated one of them! You both have disgraced this family! I thought I had a son who was reasonable at least, I never knew I had a heartless fool,"

"Father?!"

"Shut your track son! I am the Alpha of this pack and I'm talking to you! I'm not feeling so healthy and you know it, I'm having a serious heart challenge here and yet you're trying to make it even worse, what wrong have I done to you?! Astra, I've taken you as a daughter since the day you were birthed and we've trained you to become one of the strongest and most fierce wolves in the pack, yet you've let your hot-tempered nature take over you and look at the mess the both of you have done!"

"Alpha we're sorry, it wouldn't happen again. Honestly, I don't want you to get so mad at us, I only felt I should protect my friend and get her to safety because those boys were going to deal with her mercilessly if we didn't act."

"I see, so you've turned out to be a guardian Angel overnight huh?! What the hell is wrong with you?! Listen attentively, I don't want you to be engaged in any fights from henceforth, am I understood?!"

"Yes Alpha," I replied but Kaelith was still stubborn, he loved fighting and it was in fact his hubby, he frowned at the Alpha who took a step toward him and repeated himself.

"I said, I wouldn't want to see you both, involved in a fight from henceforth, am I understood?"

"Ye... yes father."

"Very good, now you both should pray nothing happens to those boys otherwise, you'll be held responsible for whatever happens, now you two get out of my sight."

I stood to my feet and turned to my father, the king's warrior, Sir Young, as he sat and gave me a disapproving stare, I imagined what would be done to me when he came back home because he was silent all along while the Alpha scolded.

Kaelith was so angry at his dad for scolding him in such a manner and front of everyone else. He was full of pride and felt so humiliated at that point. Nymera who was in the middle of this was waiting for us outside the meeting hall of the pack, she felt so sorry for Kaelith and tried to get his attention.

"Kaelith? Kaelith, I'm so sorry."

"Don't call my name," he responded as he kept his face straight and walked right to the garden, he needed to have some time alone.

"Kaelith, please, don't be offended, I'm just..."

I saw she kept on calling and following behind while he moved on.

"Hey, don't continue, he's got to have some me-time, you don't know Kaelith Nymera, he wouldn't respond to you, he's got a very stubborn wolf, please, come with me, let's get back to the coffee shop and grab some, I think I'll need to cool off,"

**2 minutes later; At the coffee shop.**

"My dad is going to have me screwed once I get back home today, he couldn't even say a word while we were with the alpha, he just let Valdricdo the talking while he sat angrily and watched."

"I'm so sorry Astra, honestly I wish I could rewind the hands of time to the very moment you shifted, perhaps all these wouldn't have happened, but you went too far Astra, why would you go ahead to call on Kaelith? You know he's a very powerful werewolf and you've seen what he's done to those boys, I pray the moon goddess safeguards them and grants them both a speedy recovery because what my eyes saw today, an ordinary human wouldn't survive that at all."

"Of course, they're werewolves, you don't have to feel so sorry for them, they'll heal so fast and trust me, I don't feel sorry for them at all, I needed that Humphrey guy to feel so much pain at least he was the one who posed to me in a challenge."

"Astra, please take it easy, if anything happens to those children or one of them, we're in trouble, I'll be also included because I was the own referred to as..."

"It's enough wolf! Just stop it, you don't know what it feels like to be a werewolf yet, the urge for blood, for having a kill, do you know how I felt when Kaelith broke Humphrey's arm? I felt like I was the one who did that, it would have made my day and at least if I'm going back home to be beaten or punished by my dad who'll be waiting for me to get back home, I'll be happy serving the punishment."

"Astra?"

She laughed out loud this time."

"Don't blame me much wolf, I hate bullies even at school, they need to be nice."

"But honestly I'm grateful for redeeming me from those fellas, indeed, you both went too far with them but at least it'll serve as a lesson to the rest of them at school who'll probably want to make fun of me for being without a wolf."

I noticed she smiled at me. Astra was such a cutie, her dimples caught my attention and her sparkling eyes, a damsel who I'll term 'compete'.

"It's okay Wolfless." She said jokingly and tapped my shoulders while she laughed.

"So let's talk about you,"

"Huh? Me?"

"Of course, or are you shy again? Nymera we've got a lot to unleash about you, at least you know a little about me, I'm quite popular, daughter to the king warrior of the Crescent moon pack and also in possession of a reputable wolf,"

"Astra, I don't think there's anything to be said about me, honestly I feel I've got so much to learn from you and Kaelith instead."

"Of course you do,"

"So..."

"So, you've got to open up to me about you, especially the part where you'll tell me exactly how you feel about him."

I could bet my life on it that goosebumps erupted from her skin now. She has to tell me exactly how she feels about Kaelith because from all I observed earlier today, he was already in love with her and it happened so fast. How would two strangers just meet for the first time and boom...! They're already in...

"I've known Prince Kaelith all my life and trust me, he's been a very complicated figure, sometimes I don't even know what to believe about him, but today was the first day I got to speak with him."

"Hmm, complicated, well, that's not for me though, I've lived under the same roof with him since I was a very little girl, we trained together and had so much in common, trust me, most times he could be very annoying."

"Exactly..."

We both laughed at this before she threw a deep-rooted question at me. It felt like a bombshell.

"Do you love him?"

"Hmm?"

I needed to make the connection between the both of us look realistic So I held her hand, this was to make her see me as being neutral in this and not a rival, after all, I've lived with him all my life and know him better.

"Hmm..."

"I'll take that as a yes if you don't give me a direct answer right away," she laughed again and this time Kaelith walked into the cafe, he wasn't looking happy He held his phone and cried bitterly.

"Hey, What's the problem?!, Kaelith?! Kaelith!" I called out to him in fear, Nymera stood to her feet and we both watched ourselves for a while, he handed over the phone to me and I stumbled on a picture sent by the Duke, his friend who worked as a cleaner at the hospital.

It was Humphrey who lay lifeless with a 'RIP' caption on it, he couldn't make it. He held his forehead and turned to Nymera and me while he held the phone.

"What have I done?"