Chapter 59
"Lyra…!" ke bellowed, making me startle.
In all the times that I knew him, it was the first time that I heard him so angry. I looked at ke with
wide eyes. It was not only me. Lyra likewise stared at him with surprise in her eyes and she stopped
talking.
My heart started thumping so loudly. What could have happened that made him so mad? And… What
did Lyra mean when my wolf could not be cured?
I looked at ke with searching eyes. For a quarter of a second, I saw hesitation appeared in his eyes,
but it was gone right away.
I could not stay quiet anymore. "ke?"
"What does she mean? Why did Lyra say… that my wolf could not be cured?" I heard my voice
shaking.
Everything about their conversation and words have made me confused. I could no longer understand
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what they were talking about.
But instead of answering me, ke’s expression turned even more livid as his eyes looked at Lyra.
“This is thest time. I am warning you, Lyra…” He said in a low tone which could not help but send me
shivers.
“Must you be like this ke?!” Lyra’s entire body trembled as she shot back at the angry ke.
I struggled to try to pacify the rising anger of the two but in the end, Lyra walked out and smashed the
door.
Leaving only the two of us in the room, I looked at ke who was incessantly rubbing his forehead in
frustration while trying to calm down.
We stayed silent for a while, then only when I saw his emotions calmed down did I ask worriedly.
“ke, please tell me what is going on?”
“What does Lyra mean when she says those words?”
ke looked at me kindly and sighed, “There is nothing wrong. Everything is fine… as for Lyra’s words,
it’s just her belief in something.”
“You must have been tired of your training with Teacher Astor. Let’s get you back to your room.” Then
he ced his hands gently over my shoulders and led me to the bedroom.
Even so, I still felt uneasy. I could not help but look at him from time to time to study his emotions.
‘Is ke hiding something from me?’
‘There must be a reason why he suddenly exploded, just like that…’
‘Why won’t he tell me?’
I was lost in my thoughts as I allowed ke to lead me back to the room. Even when I sat down, I did
not realize that I was still in a daze until I felt a ticklish sensation on my head.
“Hey… don’t think too much about what happened earlier… Aurora’s poison will definitely be cured.”
ke flicked my forehead then his arms wrapped around me, giving mefort from his warmth.
Still, Lyra’s words haunted me.
‘Could it be that something is wrong about the detoxification method that ke tells about?’
This thought made me uneasy, especially since the night of the full moon ising.
Until when I slept, this was the thing that repeatedly disturbed my thoughts.
The next morning, I saw Lyra once again. Out of habit, I greeted her with a nod and avoided.
But unexpectedly, Lyra stopped me from my tracks. Surprised, I stared at her wide-eyed before asking,
“Is there anything?”
Lyra looked at me straight in the eye, her face as neutrally cold as ever.
She thought for a while and finally answered, “I have something to talk to you about, can we have
some time to chat?”
Though ufortable, I nodded as I was also curious about the talk she and ke hadst time, and
the words she left for me to hear.
The next moment, we were at a quiet ce and she started the conversation right away.
“Look, I have no hostility towards you, Chloe…Though me and ke have fought side by side for many
years, I only hope that everything will be fine for the Silver pack…”
I looked at her quietly and listened while she said her next words calmly, “I admit that I have liked and
still like ke…”
“But I am not someone who would be calcting to put myself between the two of you. I know that
ke protected and cherished you.
“And so thest thought on my mind was to hurt you, whom he protects…”
Although I had to admit that what Lyra said was correct, herst sentence still did not sit well on me.
The grievance in my heart started toe out of me as I fiddled with my nails and said weakly, “I-I can
do it… I can already protect myself…”
But Lyra did not seem to be convinced by my words and looked at me calmly. There were no ripples of
emotion in her eyes, not a trace of gloating nor disdain.
It was only as if she was saying something that is an absolute fact and true.
“But you are wolfless…”
Her words were like a shot of arrow that went straight to my heart. I felt like I was suddenly being
poured out by cold water as I was hit but the sharpness of her words, which she did not think was
anything wrong.
I know very well that I am wolfless, if any, I would be the first person that the pack should protect
because of my condition. But I could not help but want to prove myself.
Am I not working hard to meet everyone’s expectations?
Am I not stretching my limits just for the day that I could stand proudly and fitting to be ke’s Luna?
The Silver Pack’s Luna?
I tried not to tremble and stayedposed. Looking at Lyra’s expression, I know that she was saying
this not because she had a bad intention but merely because it was her honest opinion.
“When the full moones, I will be detoxified. By then I will have my wolf, just like all of you. I will also
continue to train and meet everyone’s expectations… so that one day, ke would no longer need to
protect me…”
“Instead, we will both protect the Silver Pack together!” I said with determination oozing out of my heart.
Even so, I was met by Lyra’s unchanging facial expression as she replied,
“What if the way you get your wolf… the only way for you to detoxify the poison was to sacrifice ke
in the process?”
“Tell me Chloe, what will you do?”
She looked at me straight in the eyes, trying to read every part of my expressions carefully as she
waited for me to answer her question which had truly left me off-guard.