Freeing Starr✔️

Chapter 31 ~ To get Stronger

Dinner was coming to a close.

I sat quietly throughout the entire thing, speaking only when I was spoken to.

Leon's family was a lively bunch. They talked and talked about everything and tried to include me in the conversation. That, of course, happened after they interrogated me about my life back in my old pack. Before I could have responded, Leon had hurriedly shut that down, stating that I had a bad experience and wasn't ready to talk about it.

I could've already felt the judgemental stares, and it was slightly uncomfortable.

I sat there anxiously, my leg lightly bouncing as I waited for everyone to get up and say their goodbyes with a smile glued to my face.

Leon's father, Leondro, was currently speaking with his brother about a death that happened in the Kingdom recently, and I couldn't help but listen in.

"You think it was an assassin?" Leandro asked Dave.

"That's the only explanation. Reya came to our Kingdom with no family, no friends, and no clothing. Almost as if she was on the run from something. She didn't associate with anyone and kept to herself, getting an old broke down home on the border."

"How did she get verified to enter the Kingdom then?"

"She had an ID."

"Was it fake?"

"Most likely."

Leandro turned his head in my direction, and I immediately froze up and lowered my eyes. The guy was intimidating, and the pressure that rolled off of him pressed down on my shoulders with a vengeance.

"I'm assuming you're aware of this?" He asked Leon, who sat beside me.

Leon glanced over at me in thought before turning to his father, "Of course I am. At first, I thought it was an incident pertaining to the war but ruled that out when I found out the person was human and completely unrelated to us. I already caught the person who gave out fake IDs and instructed the real estate department to avoid having humans live on the border for the time being."

"And the assassin?"

"Never found. However, there were strange rumors saying that a little girl wearing a black hoodie was spotted around that area at the time of Reya's death. I sent the guards out to inquire, but nothing came up, so I decided to drop the case."

Leondro nodded, "Good choice. If it's an assassin, there's nothing we can do about it since it's already been a few days. They're probably long gone, and Reya wasn't an official citizen of our Kingdom, so we can't waste time looking into it. Focus on the war and ask the dealer to contact me privately. There's something I need to find."

My head snapped up at that, and I looked across at Leon in confusion.

"Yes, father."

Questions circled in my mind like crazy and because I was already deep in thought, I felt when Leon slipped in silently.

"Peach, are you ready to leave?"

I hesitated slightly, "Leave?"

"Yeah. You're uncomfortable, right? I'll walk you to your room. Doesn't look like these people are ready to leave the table yet."

"Is that okay?" I asked worriedly, "if you're not ready to leave, I can wait."

I looked over at him as he got up from his seat and came to place a hand on my arm, lightly guiding me up and out of my seat.