hotmtlnovel Chapter 28: MONSTER HUNT
Chapter 28: MONSTER HUNT
Chapter 28: MONSTER HUNT
"Someone is here to deliver a letter for you," Caiden said, as he handed Khaos a letter. The room was dim, with only the faint glow of the luminous pearls on the walls providing meager illumination for the dirty cell, where they put their prisoners.
Shawn was still breathing. He was one of the elders of the River Creek pack. They had been trying to extract information from him and so far, he had spilled all the information he knew hoping to save his life.
Little did he know, the moment he was captured by them, his life ended right there and then. It was only a matter of time before Khaos lost his patience and killed him.
"Luna Zuri's personal maid apparently is here to deliver the letter personally. What do you think it is about" Caiden asked, as he watched Khaos open the letter. He tried to peek from the corner of his eyes. "What is it? What did she say?"
Caiden couldn't read what was written on the letter, but whatever it was, it made Khaos decide to kill Shawn.
"Kill him." He waved his hand toward Shawn and Gayle immediately stepped forward and killed the old man, while Khaos walked away with Caiden right behind him.
They emerged from a dungeon that was located in the underground. The entrance of this place was a small rickety hut behind the alpha's quarters and only a handful of people knew about this spot. Khaos was there when Zuri came to visit his pack and now, he was also there when her letter came.
"Arrange something on Mount Eve. I want another monster hunt."
"But, the monster hunt just happened four months ago," Caiden reminded him. Usually, monster hunt was an annual event, unless there was a peculiar thing that happened and that was what Khaos aimed for.
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"Another monster hunt?" Xaden growled. "It just happened four months ago! Those stupid creatures wouldn't have been able to procreate during such a short span of time!" Xaden slammed his fist on the table, clearly furious.
Sarah and Esther left, though their eyes still lingered on their luna, while the alpha tried to wake her up from her deep sleep.
"Why are you so stubborn?" He sat down on the edge of the bed and the shift on the bed made Zuri open her eyes, she found him and frowned. "Come, you need to drink something."
This time, Zuri didn't refuse, she accepted it. Xaden helped her sit down and brought the glass to her lips. Her dry throat hummed in acceptance when the fresh liquid washed away the
thirst.
This was why Zuri rejected all of Sarah and Esther's attempts to feed her, because she knew Xaden would eventually cave in. He wouldn't have the guts to kill her, but more importantly, she wanted this to be more believable.
The only side effect of her hunger strike was; she couldn't take her medicine either and those voices came back to haunt her.
'Kill him.'
'Smash the glass on his head.'
'Claw his throat.'
'Hit him like he hit you.'
Those voices were her intrusive thoughts. Without her medicine, her intrusive thoughts became bolder and louder now.
"I need to go to Mount Eve in three days." He informed her. Before, he just left. There was guilt in his eyes. "I want you to stay away from Khaos. Do you understand?"