Chapter One Hundred and Twenty Seven
Axel held my hands, guiding me, and this time when I took a shot, it landed right on its chest.
“You’re dead stupid wood,” I said with a wide sille.
“Your hands are steady; you can make the shot,” Axel says, and I swallow. I was going to do this on my own. “Picture someone you dislike… a lot,” Axel says.
And so many images pass through my mind, Beatrix. But then I thought of someone I would hate even more. Barley, I hadn’t realized how much I disliked her. I hated her so much I was determined to get it right this time.
“Okay, I got it.”
“Then fire,” Axel says, and I do just that, even without a single hesitation; it lands on the eyes of the mannequin, but I don’t stop there; I keep on shooting till the gun runs out of bullets. I tossed it to the floos.
“Now I want to know who the person you pictured is,” Axel muttered to himself, amazed.
“I hate elder Bailey a lot,” I admitted. “I think we could move on to archery now.” “Yes, we can,” Axel says. He took the bow which hung on the wall and some wooden arrows Archery is a bit more complicated and requires focus,” he began, passing me the bow and single arrow. “Could you set that?” he asked. I had seen it being done so I had an Idea.
“Now I want your hand holding the bow and the other, the arrow. He came behind me, his hands over mine. He was so close, I could feel him. “Now you pull,” he says, but I hadn’t caught that. I had been focusing on something else, his body behind me; he must have said more words, but this time I didn’t catch any.
“Riley”
“Huh?”
“Are you listening?”
“Yeah… of course.”
“Then… what did I say last?”
“You were teaching me how to fire an arrow. I’m sorry, I’m just…” I let go of the bow. “I just really like your scent,” I said, and he smirked.
“I can scent you now,” he says, and I turned so I could face him. He leaned down and our lips met. I kissed him, and he kissed me back. Everything I felt for him would never be one–sided. His hands trailed up my shirt and higher, then down my waist and beneath the band of my sweatpants. “Riley… we won’t be alone soon,” he says drawing away from me, keeping a good distance between the both of us.
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“What?”
Before he could respond, the door was pulled open, and over a dozen pack members buzzed in.
- oh.
“Thank you, Beta, for your lessons,” I said, sure enough they could all hear me.
Their deep bows of respect were becoming tiring, but now that I was seen as the Luna Queen, I should get accustomed to this.
“The result is here,” Axel said, waving the envelope at me.
I skipped off the bed and hurried to him.
“Did you
read it?.. did you?” I asked, suddenly nervous.
“No, of course I didn’t… I thought you would want to check it out first.”
He passed the envelope to me, and I held it in my hands, my heart slamming fast. “What happens if he is indeed my half brother? I mean, I have to be prepared for that.” “I don’t think Thane would let this all go on long, soon he would get back to his senses.” “What if he doesn’t… what if he really would never go on with his ‘half‘ sister?” “Riley, you have nothing to worry about. Just open the damn envelope.”
“Okay”
My shaky hands felt a bit clumsy, and I opened the envelope, reading through the result. Everything on the paper seemed confusing, everything but the one single word. “Negative“.
Negative.
Negative meant he wasn’t my brother, right?, It means we didn’t share any parents.
I passed the paper to Axel, and he only needed one glance at the paper.
“Well, I did tell you, it is very unlikely that you are related to him.”
“So I am not?”
“That’s what the test says, and I believe it’s true.”
“But my mother…”
“Maybe she didn’t know.”
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“Or maybe… she was lying to me just to separate us; she had said it earlier that she didn’t want the both of us together.”
“If she had suggested a DNA test, then maybe she still had the little doubt and she wanted you to find out.”
It all felt so… surreal. I had been waiting to be disappointed. I had been ready to shed more tears on the fact that Thane would never look at me the same way, but this test, this paper, changes everything.
“I’m so happy,” I cried out. “I have to go tell Thane right away.
“No… Not now.
“Why?” I asked.
“Just not now” was Axels‘ only response, and I couldn’t help but wonder why he didn’t want me to go to Thane right away.
