The DarkNess Within Him | ✔

Chapter Twenty Seven

I initially wasn't going to give a warning but I reconsidered that while editing. There is a steamy scene towards the end. It isn't mature/sexual content though but just in case all shows of physical romance doesn't appeal to you, here's the warning. Enjoy...

Even my favourite double chocolate cake didn't seem to lighten my mood. The taste of the chocolate still lingers on my tongue and despite myself, I lick my lips. I've always had a weakness for chocolate. Dinner was a blur and I spent the entire time ignoring my father and Matthew. They let the silence border on which I was grateful for to an extent.

Now, I'm seated on my bed, my back trying to relax into the large pillow behind me and failing miserably. While I, in turn, fist the small plush purple pillow in my hands. The news of my brother's new pack doesn't sit right with me at all. Not because he's an Alpha. That's in his veins but what scares me is the consequences of his new-found power.

Ignoring a spiteful half-brother is harder when he's claimed land right from under everyone's noses with the help of an Alpha who is rumoured to have psychotic tendencies and happens to have wacky magic powers which he also happened to use to help the said, spiteful half-brother. Then let's not forget that he actually has pack members. The people that followed him when he left which was almost half of my previous pack population. Now, I understand why they followed him.

I wonder how long Matthew knew about Logan's new pack and kept it from me. Logan's new pack. It sounds absurd to even think. What would Logan even call it? I keep wondering.

Either way, I really don't appreciate being kept in the dark about important things like this. That's why I am still seething, my bottom lip is shaking in heavy annoyance that refuses to leave my body. I really want to kill Matthew. The moon knows that I want to kill Matthew. Despite my breathtaking kiss with him, I want nothing more right now than to claw him and I don't mean that in a kinky way.

Then again, that kiss was nice. That kiss was very nice. Now, I remember exactly why I craved for years to re-live my fourteen year old experience.

I press my forefinger to my lips when I hear the knock on my bedroom door.

"Come in." I usher with a small groan, expecting Ava or Mer.

When Matthew enters my bedroom, I groan harder. My lips pinch into themselves when he closes my bedroom door and strides deeper into my bedroom. He sits on my bed, right next to my feet and I narrow my eyes at him.

"I didn't ask you to sit!" I say sternly, sitting up straighter and dragging my feet closer to myself as I look at him cautiously.

"Does it matter?" He counters, turning to look at me squarely. His long black hair is over his eyes once more and stopping at his nose. He pushes it back so he can look at me better while I only glare at him deeply.

I want to tell him that he should consider getting a haircut. I don't. Instead, I say "What do you want Matt?"

"I wasn't planning to keep the news of your brother's pack from you, Kay. I only just found out less than seventy-two hours ago and I wanted to have enough information about it before telling you. So I could answer your questions." He says, shifting into my bed slightly.

"I don't think that it would have taken you more than seventy-two seconds to tell me about all of this." I retort, my narrowed eyes slacking when I clasp my fingers together over the pillow "How did you and my father find out anyway?"

"Logan wrote a letter to your father. I, in turn, called Kai and he confirmed it angrily. Let's just say that you're not the only one upset by this new development. Your brother has alot of enemies. Far more than you can comprehend." His eyes pin mine at this point, their hue shading immensely as the newfound darkness swirls around his irises with adamancy.