Never Again: Chapter 48
Iris's POV
I woke up with a warm body next to me. My wolf was at ease so I wasn't worried that she would hurt the unknown warmth in my bed.
I lifted my head and I saw Zayn peacefully sleeping next to me. He looked heavenly and I couldn't help but look at him. He was truly perfect, he was tangled up in the bed sheets, one arm draped over my side, and he was snuggled up to a pillow. I sighed and snuggled up to him, I was just really happy he wasn't afraid of me, but he hasn't even seen me fully undone yet.
He hasn't seen the worst side of me yet, the darker side, I know it's surprising that my wolf and I have a darker side, but I can feel it, I'm just worried that if I reach the dark side then I won't be able to come back. So for now I don't release the darkness that I can feel, I hide it, along with my feelings.
"Iris?" Zayn's voice asked, I hadn't heard his morning voice in awhile.
"Yes," I asked lifting my head off of his chest.
"I love you," Zayn said and kissed my head, I smiled widely at him and buried my face in the crook of his neck. He chuckled lightly, and I was about to say something when my wolf became anxious, I tensed and sat up, I then realized that I was still naked, but something was off. Zayn was shirtless, but kept sweatpants on. I jumped out of bed and through on Zayn's shirt , that luckily was oversized on me since I was short. Zayn looked confused but followed me down the stairs.
The rest of the pack was up and enjoying their breakfast. But my wolf was focused on Niall.
"Niall, what are you hiding?" I asked making everyone stop what they were doing to glance at me. Niall shifted uncomfortably under my gaze. "What are you hiding from the pack? From rose? From everyone?" I asked through gritted teeth. My wolf could feel it, he was definitely hiding something and my wolf didn't like it, she didn't like Niall because she didn't trust him and she knew he was lying to everyone about something.
"Nothing," he said but I could hear his heart beat quicken. He was sitting at the table with everyone else eating, and rose was watching him closely.
"Your lying?!" Rose said surprised .
"No," he lied again. I growled and stomped towards him, I could feel my teeth and nails grow and sharpen, as I growled again.
"Tell me now! You are upsetting my wolf, and I'm tired of you lying to rose, of all people." I said trying to keep my calm. Rose was staring at him intently, the rest of the pack was looking at me to Niall.
"Fine if you all want to know the truth so bad I will tell you, but just hear me out okay?" Niall pleaded, I knew he was only telling us because Rose looked so upset and confused, and I scared the shit out of him, so it was best to tell us.
"Okay after I killed my dad, I left Josh, and I joined the daemons. I murdered innocents, I hurt other members, and I ignored josh. Well Josh was an alpha, and so many wolves would go to him asking to be apart of his pack, but he always would refuse because he had 3 other wolves that were going to join the pack. That was Louis, zayn, and Harry. Well one day after Jace, the alpha of the Daemons, told me to murder a human family, I told him I quit and that I would never kill a human family. So then I went to Josh and begged my brother to forgive me, and make me apart of his pack, and he did. Then a week later Zayn, Louis, and Harry joined, and We were happy. Then three weeks later the Daemons found us and they killed josh, it was because he was innocent, and he was my only family left. And now they continue to hate us," Niall said, Rose looked betrayed, he had lied to her, to all of us. The pack was quiet, except for my low growls that my wolf made.
That is why she hated him, he shouldn't have been trusted.
Rose got up and walked over to us and then smacked Niall right in the face. Her eyes were red, and blue, she was betrayed by her own mate. I backed up because my wolf was going insane, wanting out, Niall was to blame for Aden's death in her eyes.
"So your the reason that they want to kill us?!" Harry screamed loudly, Louis was comforting Rose, they all were standing, but Niall was sitting down with his eyes trained on his lap.
"Yes," Niall said lowly. And my wolf wanted to rip his throat out.
"Iris I think it would be best if you went outside, your wolf is surfacing" Zayn said beside me. I took a deep breath, but I couldn't leave rose, so I just ignored him.
"How could you lie to us?!" Rose yelled.
"I wanted you to love me, I didn't want you to hate me for killing people like Iris," Niall said. I grunted in response to that.
"This isn't about iris! This is about you lying to us this whole time!" Zayn growled.
"What do you want me to say, Zayn" Niall whimpered.
"Nothing! I'm done talking to you! I trusted, and defended you all this time! And then it turns out that your the reason why Josh and Aden died, the reason that we are fighting with them! What happens if we actually have to fight them!? IF ANY OF US DIE FROM THEM, THEN OUR BLOOD IS ON YOUR HANDS!!" Zayn roars. Then he storms out of the house.
I felt bad for him, my wolf whined loudly when Zayn slammed the door behind him, indicating he had left. Zayn looked up to Niall, I saw it the first time I met them all. Even when they were mad at each other they had a bond. But Niall just broke Zayn's trust and everyone could sense it. Niall also broke the other boys trust, but Zayn was hurt by Niall the most, because zayn and Niall were connected somehow. And I could sense Zayn's betrayal and pain when Niall told everyone the truth.
I glanced over at Rose and she was in shock, but I could also sense how pissed she was. She was hurt, sad, and angry. I didn't blame her.
"Rose I'm sorry I didn't tell you...." Niall began but rose cut him off.
"NO NIALL! This whole time you have been giving Iris crap about being a murderer! But truth was that you weren't any better. You screamed and hated Iris because she was just like you! And you didn't want to hate your self so you hated iris! The only difference is that your the reason why the Daemons want us dead! You left Josh to be a monster! And then when you returned you got him killed!" Rose screamed at him. Then before he could do anything else she stormed out of the room, I guess she was going outside too. Louis and Harry followed her, silence was all they were giving. I was still staring at Niall, my wolf wanted to rip his heart out but I ignored her requests.
Niall was now crying, more like bawling his eyes out, but I watched him closely. He was coming undone, and my wolf didn't want to comfort him, she just thought that he was weak. We managed to hide our pain more than Niall, so my wolf thought he was pathetic.
I walked outside leaving Niall alone, And everyone was quiet. I sighed loudly, and my wolf whined. She wanted to comfort Zayn, so I walked over to him. He was sitting on the ground with his head in his hands. I sat down next to him, and his tense body relaxed. He lifted his dark blue eyes to look at me, he was obviously sad. I kissed his nose and he smiled, I wrapped my arms around him and he pulled me into his lap. He sighed as I rested my head in the crook of his neck.
I liked being next to Zayn, and I knew that's how rose felt about Niall, but she was hurting right now and the only person who she really needed was Niall. My wolf knew this too and that's the only reason she didn't end Niall's pathetic life.
I sighed again and then fell asleep in Zayn's arms.
