Chapter Twelve
'he came to me with the purpose of being my slave to earn his freedom at first I thought he was a mad man but then he said something that got my attention his exact words were Esther Taylors remains which led me to go and look into his background his earth life only to find that he was a hunter who was aware of the underworld he had spent four years hunting down and killing wolves he was so skilled at killing werewolves and leaving undetected that even the great pureblood Barbie didn't know he existed ' his evil eyes met mine I gave him the deadliest glare I could muster what game was he playing at ?where was he going with this ? Esther Taylors remains?
'until now, he has been a ghost to her on earth and now he's dead and in here with us because of her this man spent his entire childhood training with his father who was a hunter as well on his first hunt he was supposed to go and check the perimeter when he stumbled across one of Esther's many massacres of packs where no one was spared not even the women or kids' fake sympathy and disgust filled his voice
His words made me feel this sudden guilt I know I have shed the blood of many innocent people but having someone remind me of it made it ten times worse he was right I deserved to be here to suffer ,to rot, to be punished ,to feel their pain ,their screams as I took their lives I closed my eyes feeling this sudden nausea hit me I was a killer and I acted like I was a victim here images of faces blurred in front of me some I knew some I didn't but they all had one thing In common I was the one to end their existence but with what right ? I thought if a rogue had trespassed on a pack territory and killed members who was I to blame them ? why did I have the right to kill and they didn't ? it's a messed up universe I used to live in .
Going back to the present time or so I thought I looked at the man giving me a sad smile
Kieran continued
'as any man on the planet with a right mind he fell for her looks he knew she was the enemy but his heart never allowed to even consider hurting her the man was indeed one of her many admirers but this one was indeed a secret one he followed her through many missions being her invisible shadow, he protected her many times ever thought of who killed those rogues in the East valley that night when you were drunk and wounded he looked out for you he died for you when he found out you died on your funeral day he took his own life which brought him here and when he realized you were here he wanted to get out that way he can save you ' tears streamed down my face this man have done so much for me and I couldn't save him
The beasts around me laughed in mockery calling him
A fool –weak-pathetic
'kill him'
'hang the weak'
They shouted hungry for blood excitement filled them for this was an event to be able to watch someone suffer gave them great pleasure
'stop' a strong demanding power filled voice was heard silencing the uncontrollable blood lust crowd for the first time in what feels like forever I stood up for something
Gasps filled my surrounding but I didn't care
'what do you want? You want to kill some pathetic human fine do it be my guest I don't care ' I said shutting down emotions when every fiber in my body wanted to crawl in a corner and die yes I was that weak the old Esther would have never gone down without a fight she would rather die swinging then be weak but this Esther is the weakest of them all
Before Kieran could open his mouth Arthur spoke
'I forgive you for you will never fall without rising again one day you will do great things believe in yourself ' he stopped breaking eye contact with me
