Haiden:
"I’m sure many of us didn’t want to co here willingly. But it is what it is," I used a much gentler tone because I could tell the girl was not in the mood to back down from the wires. The way she kept clenching her fists while taking shallow breaths made worried for her. She seed distraught and had co to terms with sothing already planned in her mind.
"Listen, why don’t you step back from the wires and tell what exactly is going on?" I began to panic when she took another big step closer to the wires.
"I cannot stay here," she repeated her words, making anxious.
Damn it, why did I have to find her?
I looked around to find a lurker. Of course, there were none. Ugh! My hands started to swell as I contemplated how to help her. I wasn’t really an emotional type of person. Selling comfort wasn’t my thing either.
So it was difficult.
"Is your squad bullying you? You can tell and—I can help you," I bit my tongue at my own hypocrisy. I’m bullying soone in my own squad, how will I face soone else and question them for acting the sa way I do?
"Aren’t you the one who was accused of trying to throw his squad mber over the fence?" And she hit with the truth. I awkwardly averted my eyes and scratched the back of my head.
"Hey, hey, stop!" Just when she got distracted, I watched her try to rush over the wires. I reached her and grabbed her arm, pulling her back. That’s when my eyes widened as I saw her sweater move.
She stepped back and placed her hand on her belly, tears falling even harder now.
"I can’t be a crusader. I’m pregnant." As she broke down, it all made sense why she wanted to escape so badly.
"Oh, ummm— and you think you’ve figured out a way to change your life?" I didn’t even know what I was saying.
"Listen, you cannot cross these wires. I tried to make soone cross. And secondly, do you think the world out there will be a safer place? The lurkers will find you, and what they’ll do to you will be worse," I tried to make her understand, but she kept shaking her head, sobbing.
"Go back to your room. I’m sure when you give birth, the Ringleaders will change the rules for you. They’re not stupid people. They would never make a pregnant girl go to the North. Just... ..please go back to your room and trust the Moon Goddess," I uttered with a shaky tone. I was honestly scared of her.
She seed like she was ready to throw herself at the wire. But her situation was so scary.
Not just scary—sad, too. Think about it this way: pregnancy is the most amazing thing to ever happen to anyone. During that ti, the mother deserves love and respect. Care.
But here she was, pushed to stay in a room full of strangers. So of them might be like . And then the pressure of going to the North. It was such an unfair thing to happen to soone. I felt bad for her.
In fact, I felt too deeply for her.
"I’m Haiden from Black Squad, by the way. Alpha Haiden of the Magical Fangs Pack," I introduced myself, holding my hand out to her for a handshake.
She stared at my hand before her shaky one reached out and held mine. She was so warm, and trembling.
"Oga Sadie Benson of the Crimson Blood Pack. And now in Red Squad," she uttered softly, retrieving her hand and looking back at my face, but this ti with much more hope in her eyes.
"You think they won’t take to the North?" she questioned.
"Of course they won’t. Why would they, when they know you won’t be able to fight? In fact—I don’t want to be an, but you’ll be a responsibility to your squad," I said, noticing her giving it so thought before she nodded in agreent.
"Then I will go back to my room," she uttered. "Thank you, Alpha Haiden. Thank you for stopping from making a mistake in haste."
The way she smiled, like she was truly grateful, made feel so shy.
I always felt pride when soone complinted . It made believe I had done sothing right. Of course, I couldn’t expect a single complint from Clentine. She’s the reason I feel like I’m a horrible person.
She was so full of herself, just like her father. Goddess, I hated her.
"Stay safe," I said, turning around only after I saw her enter her room.
I made my way back to mine, but by then, we were already being asked to co to the hall again so they could tell us what was expected next.
My squad was already in the hall. Better this way, I didn’t want to interact with Clentine.
"Where have you been?" Yorick turned to whisper, eyeing .
"Dude, I t a girl," I replied, keeping my eyes on the Ringleaders as they stood together, talking about sothing.
"Where? Is she cute?" Troy turned to join in, his eyes full of hunger.
"No—I an, yes. She was gorgeous. But she was either trying to hurt herself by throwing herself on the barbed wires, or trying to escape," I mumbled, making sure others weren’t listening.
Clentine was standing in the front row, giving us her back. I wanted to yank off her hat and show everyone her bald head so bad. But that was just , always thinking about how to make her suffer.
"Oh, what? So let guess, you saved her, and then in return for thanking you, she let you hit?" Yorick made believe he only thinks with his dick.
"No, I—ugh. She was– pregnant," the minute I said that, Troy’s and Yorick’s eyes widened as I subtly pointed at the girl with my eyes.
She was standing with her squad-mates, all alone. It did seem like nobody spoke to her, maybe for that very reason. Or maybe they were just bitter bullies.
"So, just like many of you have suspected: your first mission is here. And everyone—every single person, despite their condition—will be going to the North,"
That’s when the Ringleaders had finished their conversation and let Lenora from Red Squad step forward to make the announcent.
Let’s just say, her words made Sadie snap her head and look at like I had betrayed her.
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