Chapter 6


    CALEB’S PO.V


    Upstodatee from Novel(D)ra/m/a.O(r)g


    When I woke up this morning, thest thing I expected to happen was to be ambushed by my sister.


    Kiara has always been a little special, growing up she would speak to the animals and she imed


    they would respond back.


    My father always thought she was crazy but we soon realized that she did have a gift. She was a


    seer and sometimes the birds would whisper things to her. Sometimes they were good things and


    sometimes they were warnings that something bad was about to happen. Regardless of whatever it


    was, we all learned to take ra seriously.


    I knocked on Kaden’s door and I didn’t wait for him to respond before I entered because I knew he


    wouldn’t. I am the only person who willinglyes in here. Every other person is too scared or is


    dragged in here for punishment.


    The rumors about Kaden started a while ago and they have done nothing but spread. Before all


    that, Kaden was my friend and that is all I will see him as. I don’t know whether or not he actually


    killed his father for the crown and I don’t particrly care to ask. All I know is that Kaden is my


    friend and I will do my duty to him as his Beta.


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    He was hunched over his desk with some papers in front of him and a wild scowl on his face. I


    didn’t need him to look ry the most prominent features of his face which are two long scars- one


    on his cheek and the other cutting from his temple to the top of his right eye.


    “ra heard something today,” I began and he finally sat up.


    More than anyone, Kaden respects the things ra says. He doesn’t like to speak to her himself


    because she always speaks in riddles and he finds that those things annoy him but he always


    respects her and tries his best to do the things she


    says.


    “What did the birds tell her today?” his tone was a little jarring and a tad bit mocking but I could see


    from his expression that he was genuinely curious.


    “She says that a girl- an Alpha’s daughter- was stripped of her identity and thrown out of her pack


    today.”


    “I don’t see how that concerns me.”


    “She is adamant that the situation is dire and she feels sympathy for the girl.”


    “If I bothered myself with every family squabble we would be in ruin,” Kaden kept his eyes fixated on


    the papers in front of him, “I don’t know who the girl is but as long as she does not cross our


    borders then she is not our problem.”


    I nodded and exited the office. I knew ra wouldn’t be too happy about his response but she


    would understand. It is very hard to get Kaden to care about someone who isn’t his immediate


    family or friend. He has always been like that, ever since he was a child and nothing has been able


    to change him so far.


    I walked out of the pack building and made my way to the back where the gardens sat. When I saw


    dark brown hair identical to mine and a girl sitting cross legged and feeding the birds, I smiled to


    myself.


    My sister spends more time in this garden than she spends anywhere else. It has always been her


    second home and I think she likes it more because of the birds. She calls them hér friends and her


    eyes. At first I found it amusing but I realized that because of her powers, she actually could see


    through their eyes.


    Sometimes she can see as far as several packs away if one of the birds shows it to her. I have


    never understood how it works but it has been a great help to us in times of battle and warfare.


    “I can see you brother,” she said softly and I looked up to see a bird perched on a tree next to me.


    I made my way out from the pir I was leaning behind and I walked over to her. She tapped the


    ground next to her and I sat down gently, not wanting to scare the birds or disrupt her peace.


    “He didn’t have a positive response, did he?” she asked and I shook my head, “it is okay though, I


    expected that.”


    “Why is this girl so important?” I asked and she shrugged, “Does she mean anything to us?”


    “Does she need to mean something for us to worry about her?”


    ra has always had a soft heart, She would cry at happy movies and she sobbed when she found


    out how chicken was made. She stopped eating meat because of her birds so I’m not surprised that


    she feels pity for this young girl that she has


    never met.


    She closed her eyes and stroked one of the birds softly, “her father is a terrible man Caleb.”


    I was shocked by the sudden change in subject, “why would you say that?”


    “He wants her dead,” she sighed softly and looked at me, “He has done cruel and terrible things to


    his daughter and now she is all alone.”


    “We cannot help everyone Clára.”


    She stayed silent and for a moment I thought she was actually upset with me. I wouldn’t have


    med her for it though. She wanted to help this girl and I was telling her that she couldn’t without


    offering a better course of action.


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    I know ra and I know that she will not let this go. Even if we refuse to help, she will do everything


    she can to help this girl if she truly believes that she is worthy of help. That is one of the things I


    love about her.


    “I can see her,” she breathed in a whisper, almost as if she was scared to utter the words. “She


    looks so scared and petrified. She is so young too; I think she might be my age.”


    So she was an eighteen year old girl who had lost her entire life. In that moment I understood why


    ra felt for her so much. I can’t imagine ra being on her own right now. She probably wouldn’t


    survive a week in the forest and she knows that. That might be why she cares so much about this


    girl because she sees herself in her.


    I held my sisters hand softly and stroked the back of her palm. While I understand her pain and her


    pity, ra has to learn that we are not in a position to save everyone.


    “ra,” I began and she hummed in response. “The girl will be fine. If her father is such a terrible


    person like you said then she might be safer away from him.”


    “She is safer away from him but she looks so alone,” she trailed off for a second and I saw her cock


    her head in confusion. I was about to ask what she was seeing when she gasped and let out a


    scream.


    She started to shake as if she was convulsing and I knew what was happening- she was seeing


    something. I have had my fair share of experiences with her when she is seeing but each times


    seems to scare me more. She ils around and if care is not taken, she could actually hurt herself.


    Worry filled me in an instant and I pulled my sister into my side. I couldn’t stop her from seeing what


    she was seeing but I could offer my protection. I wrapped my arms around her and stroked her hair


    as I tried to remind her that she was safe and she was with me.


    The birds around us didn’t move. If anything, they moved closer to ra and took spots around her


    b*dy. I knew she was seeing through their eyes and that was why they were close to her.


    It took a while, but she finally calmed down and all that was left of her episode was her shuddering


    breaths and the subtle wracking of her b*dy as she sobbed softly. I didn’t force her to speak; I just


    kept my arms around her and held her tightly as she regained herposure.


    “Her father,” she began with a soft voice, “He sent warriors to get rid of her. She doesn’t know and


    she is on her own out there.”


    KADEN’S PO.V