The Wolf Chronicle

Chapter Eighteen

NAKIA’S POV

I walked into my house as I angrily flung my hand bag on the couch and I sat down, “what’s wrong?” Marissa asked

I let out an exasperated sigh, “you seem troubled”, “I don’t know Marissa, I’m going through a whole lot. Trying to balance my normal life from my supernatural life and most importantly the supernatural one cause s**t keeps popping up and to top it all I don’t think I can trust anyone anymore” I yelled and my breathing increased

She smiled and sat opposite me, why is she smiling? I’m having a major breakdown and she’s smiling?

“Let it all out sweetheart” she said and I don’t know maybe that fueled my anger but then I suddenly felt the need to vent and just say everything in my f*****g mind.

“I thought I could trust Meredith but turns out she’s been a two faced b***h the whole time, no wonder she couldn’t give me more information or help me remember Damon. Cause she’s been seeing him Marissa, she wants him!” my words came out sharp

“And what evidence do you have?” she asked,  “I overheard Meredith and Damon’s conversation, she’s trying to poison his mind towards me. she’s trying to have Damon for herself!”  I added

“And why are you mad?” she asked again and I stopped venting, why exactly am I angry? I’ve been trying to avoid Damon but then I’m angry Meredith wants him.

“i-I don’t know” I stuttered softly and she chuckled, “the term the alpha always know what’s his isn’t just a term. Deep down you know that if you calm down you’d remember Damon and you also know deep down that Damon is yours. Same thing applies to him that’s why he’s been pushing Meredith away. No amount of bad talk will change the way Damon feels about you” she said and I became calm

“you shouldn’t be angry that Meredith is seeing Damon, you should be angry that she wants what’s yours and has been lying to you all along to get it. Friends don’t lie to each other” she got up and walked towards the kitchen

She’s right, I want Damon and I shouldn’t be angry Meredith is seeing him. I should be angry she wants him.

“What do I do?” I asked Marissa as she came out of the kitchen holding a glass of water, “remember and go after your man” she dropped the glass in front of me

“and Meredith?”

“Let her know you know but let her know you’re queen too and that friends don’t act the way she does” she smirked and I raised the glass to my mouth

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I turned on the electric kettle so I could brew myself a cup of coffee, I don’t need to explain why I deserve it but I do. It’s been a rough and complicated year; it still is by the way.

I ran my hands in my hair as I leaned on the kitchen island, deep in thoughts. If my dad were to be in this situation, what would he have done?

The water in the kettle started boiling and I leaned off the kitchen island to turn it off from the socket and tilted the kettle into my cup. I stirred the coffee, the smell is so satisfying.

I always put sugar in my coffee and before anyone judges, I drink black coffee. I turned to swipe the pack of sugar off the kitchen island and I was face to face with Charles.

Before I could react he grabbed me by the throat and slammed me on the wall, “Told you that you’ve drawn the battle line, and this is me bringing the fight to you” he growled

I struggled with his hand on my throat, slightly choking. I tried to reach for the knife in the knife rack and I luckily I grabbed it and pushed it in his chest but the knife went right through him. It was like pushing a knife into a heap of sand.

My eyes widened, he dropped me on the floor and reached for the knife. I ran towards the kettle and he grabbed me by my ponytail and buried the knife in my shoulders.

Wincing in pain, I managed to get the handle of my coffee cup. With the coffee still boiling hot I threw it on his face and he backed out as his face started to sizzle and melt, he ran off.

Few minutes later Marissa, Artemis and fenris walked in and met me treating and stitching my own wound, wow this is not my lucky day.

“Oh Good gracious, what happened here?” Artemis asked as he rushed towards me, “Charles happened” I winced as I pulled the thread tight into the torn part of my shoulder.

“Charles? How did he get into the house?”  Fenris looked around as he couldn’t believe his eyes

“I-I honestly don’t know, I was in the kitchen when he attacked me” I replied softly and dropped the scissors I used in cutting the remaining obvious thread off.

“Okay this is getting out of hand, you’re not even safe here” Marissa sat beside me as she examined the wound,  “we need to murder your brother..Again” Fenris folded his arm

“Attacking the queen is a big offense, he must be punished severely even” Artemis faced Fenris

“How do we get rid of him?” Marissa asked, “That should be easy, find him and bury a knife in his heart. He couldn’t beat me in a combat even if he tried” Fenris scoffed

“Knives don’t work on him” I blurted and they all looked at me, I turned to face them

“yes, I tried attacking him back with a knife but it just went right through him” I shrugged and winced again

“Oh, so he’s the undead brother 2.0. Amazing!” Fenris said sarcastically and I sighed

“We can’t eliminate the problem if we don’t even know where it’s coming from. And the number one answer we should be looking for is how he even came back in the first place. Do dead people just decide they want to walk out of their graves” I scoffed.

“okay we need to get you to a safer place first, apparently you’re not even safe in your own house. How about you come stay with us my queen, if you don’t mind” Artemis offered

“That is so sweet of you artemis but I’m not leaving” I objected

“Nakia!” Marissa said, “yes Marissa, I’m not leaving my house. I can’t run away from my problems”

“But he’s definitely going to come back to finish off what he started” Marissa pushed a strand of her hair off her face.

“And when he comes I’ll be ready for him, I won’t be scared of him anymore. Artemis we need to finish my crowning and close the portal. We’ll solve each problem one at a time. Close the portal, face Charles and figure out what to do with the council” I dropped the bloody cotton wool on the table and glanced at my shoulder

It’s still in a pretty bad shape, “I’ll get Maccon and we’ll finish the coronation” Artemis bowed slightly

“You should be healing by now” Fenris said and I looked at him from where he was leaning on the wall.

“I-i- I don’t know “I stuttered

“you haven’t fully embraced your wolf, otherwise that wound would have been healing since. Nakia you’re holding back a lot, an alpha female like you has a lot of potentials. Not to talk of you that you have royal blood crossing through your veins. You need to get yourself together Nakia or we’ll never be able to win this war”

I turned to look at her, “yes, in case you don’t know we are at war cause this are the complicated times” she added

“Excuse me”  I got up and walked into my room