Chapter 239


    #Chapter 29 Midnight madness


    Doris hurried through the forest towards the noise. She could feel her power draining from her until she


    no longer glowed. She almost had to stop when she felt as if she was about to copse


    —what had she done? This was all her fault, she must have hurt someone close by. But how? She


    didn’t hear anyone close


    enough!


    Doris eventually found a fallen guard with a man hovered above him. She halted when she saw who it


    was.


    Daemon turned to her with wide eyes. “Was this... you?” He asked and gestured around them.


    Doris finally turned to face the damage she had made. It was like a hole from where she stood before.


    Trees and bushes were blown through and one of the sticks had plunged into the man’s chest.


    Panic erupted inside her. She couldn’t shift into herself when she had nothing to cover herself with.


    Daemon seemed to notice and took off his cloak to rest by her paws before stepping back. He turned


    the other way and Doris shifted instantly and wrapped his cloak around her.


    “Ts he dead?” She gasped and joined Daemon at his body. Daemon quickly moved her away from the


    man.


    “You have to get out of here. Someone is going to find him and see what you did— “


    “We can’t just leave him here!” Doris wrapped her arms around herself. It didn’t look like he was


    moving. Did she... did she do this? Did she kill this man because she took too much power? Her entire


    body started to tremble. Daemon wrapped his arms around her and she barely noticed him there. All


    she could do is stare at what she had done.


    “We can hide the body, no one will ever find him.” Daemon said against her ear. It sent shivers down


    her spine.


    Doris pushed him away from her and looked him up and down. He looked a bit dirty as if he had fallen.


    His shirt was halfway buttoned and she could see the top of his chest. “What are you doing out here so


    late?”


    She already knew the answer. He was following her again. Daemon scratched the back of his head and


    took a step back. “I woke when I heard a loud thump on my roof. I looked out my window to see you


    glowing and heading into the forest and I.. I couldn’t resist.”


    “You have found me out here almost every time I have shifted.” Doris said quietly. She took a step


    away from him. “You always take the same path.” Daemon turned and pointed towards the pce. “I


    see you clearly from my window every time you leave. I don’t know how you haven’t been followed out


    here by others.”


    Doris didn’t have time to question him more— she had to go for help. When she started to run to the


    pce, Daemon grabbed her arm to stop her. “Where are you going?” He asked. Doris shoved him


    away from her. “I’m going to get help! This man needs help, I can’t just leave him out here!” “This man


    is gone, Doris. We have to hide him or you’re going to be in trouble.” ‘It was an ident — “  “If word


    gets out that you’re a white wolf, you will bring more trouble than you can handle.” Daemon grabbed


    her shoulders so she would look at him. “You need to help me hide this body. Do you understand?”


    “What—no! You can’t be serious! People will be looking for him—“ “He’s not important. This pce will


    forget about him in a day and think he’s wandered off or ran away.” Doris furrowed her brows. “How


    could you say that? People will care that he’s gone. He might have a family out there.”


    “Doris— “ He stopped short and tilted his head. Doris watched him for a moment, but she didn’t hear


    anything. Cordelia must have taken back all the power after what happened. Doris didn’t mean to hurt


    anyone... she swore that there was no one around... “Someone ising—and they’reing fast.”


    He whispered. He let go of Doris and turned to the pce. “I have to go before he catches me here


    with you.”? 2024 N?v/el/Dram/a.Org.


    “Who?” Doris asked as she turned to look at the path behind them. She saw nothing. When she turned


    back to Daemon, he was already gone. It hit her when he was close enough— William. He broke


    through the trees and his wild eyes found her instantly. “Doris—what the hell are you doing out here?”


    He nced down at the body behind her, and then his nostrils red as his eyes caught on therge


    cloak around her. He stepped towards her and looked all around the area as if he was looking for


    someone. When he turned back to her, he looked deadly.


    “Why are you out in the forest wearing nothing but another man’s cloak?” William asked as he stepped


    closer to observe her. It seemed that he didn’t care the body behind her as much as he cared about


    who she might have been with. “I—no, it’s not like that.‘ Doris shook her head and gripped onto his


    shirt. “I shifted into my wolf to take a run and—something terrible happened. I think I... I think I might


    have killed someone.” William took her trembling form in his arms, though she noticed he kept sniffing


    her as if he was trying to identify the male that owned the cloak.


    “Tell me everything that happened.” He said. Doris could have melted against him. “I woke up with a


    nightmare and Cordelia suggested we take a run. Lately she has been showing me my white wolf


    power and wee out here to practice it sometimes but—I think I might have taken too much. I pulled


    on the power and it brought down trees. I heard a man scream and came here to find him already down


    —“


    “Did you get the cloak near him?” He asked, “Yes, I put it on and shifted and—I think he’s dead.” Doris


    whispered in horror. She didn’t mention Daemon because she knew his jealousy would blind the real


    problem. She knew he would search the woods for him instead of helping her with this man.


    William pulled away and caressed her cheek. “Let me check him.”


    He pulled off his shirt and ced it in her hands.


    She knew he couldn’t stand the scent of another man on her and she knew it wouldn’t be thest she


    heard of it.


    Doris nodded slowly and he pulled away from her to kneel at the man on the floor. Doris could barely


    look when he started to check his pulse. She quickly discarded Daemon’s cloak and put on William''s


    shirt that came to her knees.


    “He’s alive, but barely. His heart is starting to slow down.” William said quietly. He bit his wrist and gave


    the man a drop of his blood before he pulled out the wood from his chest. “Get back to our room. I will


    handle this.”


    The guard remained unconscious as William picked him up in his arms and carried him back to the


    pce.