Chapter 23
“Hey,” An called me.
I stood there frozen. Many thoughts immediately filled my mind but I was unsure what to do. I started
feeling nervous.
''What is he doing here?''
n became impatient after not receiving a reply for a long time. "Turn around and exin what you
are doing here." This time, his voice sounded forceful.
I heard his footsteps approaching. I did not dare make a sound. The moment I say anything, n
would immediately recognize me. The room was filled with tension.
Suddenly, another person appeared. Then, I heard another familiar voice.
"n Meyer," the person said.
It was Arthur! I secretly let out a sigh of relief.
n turned and stared at Arthur suspiciously. Immediately, he turned his focus from me to Arthur.
Arthur ignored him and stood in front of me, blocking me from his sight.
"This person is a Beta of the Silver pack. Show respect!" Arthur confronted him.
"She deserves to be treated highly... although she is a bit dumb!" Arthur added, making my face froze.
I looked at Arthur, stunned before inwardly shaking my head. ''Never mind,'' I thought to myself. ''He
called me dumb so let''s just be dumb.''
n nced at me for a couple of seconds but he did not say anything before returning his gaze on
Arthur. "You knew me?" He asked him with an uncertain tone. Although n was well known inside the
pack, only a few outsiders actually recognized him.
Arthur raised a brow. "Of course. Aren''t you the bravest sentinel of the Red Moon Pack?"
n''s eyes glinted, a proud smirk started to appear on his lips. That was, until he heard Arthur''s next
statement.
"You are pretty famous, you know? Weren''t you the one who dumped your mate and got involved with
her sister to get on a higher branch?" Arthur said with a naive tone, only to sneer afterwards.
"Now the sister is about to be an Alpha. Your future seems to be bright!"
n''s face turned green, the veins on his forehead started to show. He clearly looked very pissed. But
since Arthur was a member of the Silver Pack, he was enduring it.
A smug smile appeared on Arthur''s lips. Without waiting for n''s response, he told him, "Then see
you around!" Arthur was in a great mood. He whistled before grabbing me by the arm and taking me
away.
When we were away, Arthurughed out loud. "Did you see his face? He looked so green!" He
sniggered.
I watched Arthur as heughed and I felt warm. Actually, I knew that he treated n like that vent my
anger for me. Subconsciously, I smiled and said, "Thank you."
Arthur did not reply for a while. I felt curious and took a nce at him, only to see him rubbing his red
ears, looking embarrassed by my sudden gratitude. I chuckled. Arthur rolled his eyes and changed the
topic.
"So why didn''t you run away by yourself earlier? You could walk out and that prick wouldn''t dare to stop
you."
I pressed my lips together, I was deep in my own thoughts. Then, I told Arthur, "I want to find the
antidote for ke''s poison."
Arthur abruptly stopped walking. "I knew it!" He said with an exasperating tone.
"How could you do it without me!" He added as he looked at me with using eyes.
A couple of minutester, Arthur and I were in the poison room, the ce where all the poison
concocted by the Red Moon Pack were kept.
"Wow. Would you look at this ce..." Arthur breathed out. "Look at all the poison in here... It''s giving
me creeps..." He added as he looked around the room.
"It''s a highly ssified ce even in the pack. I only learned the passcode of this ce because I am
This belongs ? N?velDra/ma.Org.
the daughter of the Alpha," I told him as a matter of fact. "We don''t have much time. Let''s separate and
look at the room together."
Without waiting for his reply, I started looking around. After another couple of minutes, Arthur and I
searched the entire poison room. However, there was still no record of ke''s poison.
"There’s too much poison in here. What do you even use it for?" Arthur frowned. "Isn''t it too easy for
the Red Moon Pack to harm people?"
"Well, that''s not the case..." I told him as I opened another drawer and searched inside. "Poison isn''t
used exclusively for harming others. Sometimes, it''s used to save them."
"Also, even though the pack produces this much poison, they are not actually being used," I told Arthur.
"There were only a few times when the pack actually used them. And they were only times when it was
totally necessary," I said with a soft voice.
Arthur took a quick nce at me and said, "It''s hard for me to believe that. Look at your father and
step-sister. They treated their own rtives so cruelly, how could they be soft-hearted to others?"
I turned into silence and did not refute him. I only continued looking for the file records of the poison in
ke. Unfortunately, I still couldn''t find it.
After a while, Arthur let out a frustrated sigh. "Do you know of other ces we could look into? The
poison in ke is very special... It shouldn''t be easy to find it here."
I furrowed my brows and replied, "This is the ce where the pack keeps very special poisons."
Arthur was dumbfounded and said, "Wow. All these are special poisons?"
"This pack really deserves to be called the number one poison pack."
''But actually...'' I thought as I lowered my eyes. ''ke''s poison is exceptionally unique. Only my father,
Vanessa and Lisa probably know about it.''
''Should I ask my father about it after all?'' I frowned.
Suddenly, there was the sound of someone moving outside the door.
My mind went nk and my palms were sweating. If we were found out, we''d be in big trouble.
It seemed that Arthur didn’t expect that anyone appeared suddenly.
Arthur and I exchanged a meaningful nces, and then we quickly looked for a ce to hide. I was so
nervous that Arthur and I bumped into each other.
Anyway, we found a closet for cover. But my heart was throbbing and I couldn''t breathe.
Arthur was also stiff and kept listening.
The footsteps came nearer...
I closed my eyes and prayed that the man was just passing by. But the sound of a doorknob turning
came loud and clear.
The man was opening the door and walking in...