ChapterFourteen
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Silas’s POV
And she was gone. I searched everywhere possible and she just vanished. I didn’t want to think twice before concluding that she had already left.
I didn’t mind her leaving because she had already helped me and this was just her way of saying goodbye I guess. So why was she bothered that morning as she wanted us to continue our journey together when in reality she planned to vanish?
I didn’t understand what her reasons were and why she couldn’t just tell me she would be going the next day. No wonder she was acting like that all day.
She was acting all distant and I thought she was offended by what I did that morning, and I was even beginning to feel guilty. She helped me, and I was supposed to help her in return, if only she stayed.
I tried having a conversation with her yesterday, but I noticed she seemed unusually distant, so I didn’t push further. Even when I made dinner she had very little, even though she hadn’t eaten all day.
The only thing she did for me was to nurture my wound early that morning and that was it. She made her decision already, but I wasn’t really satisfied with it, I thought it was more than that already. The little time I spent with her was just different.
All of her attitude made sense now, she was feeling guilty and that’s why she didn’t want to talk to me. I remember asking her about what she planned on doing, and she told me she didn’t have it planned out.
Well, that was a lie because she had a full-blown plan to escape and leave there all alone. I was going to submit it here, I guess, but I still didn’t appreciate being lied to.
It wasn’t like I knew her from anywhere to be factual, we just met here, and it felt like I'd known her for a long time. She seemed transparent, which I doubt now, because there were a lot of things she didn’t mention.
Well, everyone had one or two things they’d rather not say like me. I also didn’t tell her everything about me because I didn’t see it as necessary.
She must have done the same. I just hoped nothing happened to her. It is quite dangerous traveling here alone.
I needed to find my way too. After all, I was not planning on staying here forever. I wondered if I would be able to make it any distance with my wound.
Although it was healing, it still stung hard, and I doubt if I could walk that far with it. I knew I wouldn’t die here, something was going to happen. At least I was getting my hopes high for the best.
I couldn’t wait to be all better to carry out my revenge on those who hurt me this way. I hope they didn’t take the time to retreat because I was going to hit them hard.
The audacity they had and the belief that I wouldn’t come after them? I just wanted to allow them to doubt for now.
The first thing I'd do is kill those who were sent after me and those who placed me in this position. After beheading them and sending their heads back to those who sent them, I’ll then send their bodies back to those who sent them.
Then I’ll go after those who gave out the damn order, those that were present, everybody! I wasn’t going to spare a single person out of this.
It was time for me to continue with the journey ahead of me and I started packing things that could help me. I didn’t want to take a lot, so it wouldn’t weigh me down because I didn’t have strength due to my scar.
I doubted what my fate was going to be after all of this, but it wasn’t going to hurt me to try out my luck.
I started the journey as I already knew the chances of me making it before nightfall were very slim, and I might have to spend another night alone this time around.
As I moved on with determination to reach at least a good distance where some sort of help could come from. I found everything delayed because my men should have found me by now.
I couldn’t blame them because the news would have taken time before getting to them and before they knew where to search. And this place was so wide and deep that they might be in another section searching for me.
I just hoped that wherever they were, they found me right in time and they helped me. My wound was starting to get sore and Lia, who helped me prepare some herbs, was no longer there.
The gut was now fresh open as my steps wiped off the herbs that were placed on it to reduce the pain since the previous morning.
I could feel the pain all over again. It was so bad and painful that I doubted if I could move forward a single bit. I rested on a tree for support because I feared collapsing. The animals here would devour one without thinking twice.
I snuggled in hard trying to regain enough strength to continue the journey. Just as I hoped to continue, a pine plant on the floor tripped me, causing me to fall face flat on the floor.
“Arrghhh.” I yelled out in pain.
The pain was so unbearable, and I could feel all over my body as cold sweats dropped from my forehead. My body was heating up, and I couldn’t even get up.
Just like the universe heard my pain and acted just in time, I could hear some footsteps in my direction.
“It is the Alpha, hurry up, he is in pain.” I heard one of them mutter.
I was already losing consciousness, I could barely see their faces. I just felt myself being lifted.
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