Knave of Heaven and Earth

Chapter Seven: There Goes My Normal Life

The Alpha woke up later than usual. He had great time last night but then he remembered the problem so he got out of the bed ignoring the naked woman laying beside him and took a bath.

When was done, he changed into a comfortable outfit of sweat shorts and a v-neck shirt.

He wakes up the woman and said indifferently, "It's time for you to go, Abigail."

The woman rolled her eyeballs before getting dressed. 

Aleister didn't wait for the woman to get finished as he stepped out of his room and towards the elevator. He linked Damian to meet him in the great hall where he'll have his breakfast.

'Damian, report to me on the great hall.'

'Yes Alpha.'

Upon arriving at the hall where the pack eats, he quickly got a whiff of strawberries and chocolates. He smiled before searching for his cake in the long table while getting greeted by the pack members, but found nothing. His wolf is unusually happy.

Maybe it's just the mixed aroma of the differently flavored pastries. He told himself and went for a cup of hot coffee and a plate of croissants and chocolate flavored donuts. Aleister was surprised that he went to get his own food. Usually, he will ask some of the omegas to bring him his breakfast on his office but he felt mysteriously incredible today. He sat down on a table near the windows after getting a newspaper to read.

Not even a minute has passed, Damian came. He was surprised to Aleister so relaxed and having breakfast with the other wolves.

"Take a seat Damian and tell me what happened." The Alpha ordered. Damian gladly complied saying, "Al, you are looking great today."

"Don't flatter me, Damian. Just give me the report." Aleister said while folding the newspaper and putting it down on the table. Damian chuckled softly.

"Last night, Alex, your cousin, and his two human friends were attacked by the lone demon along their way towards the city." Damian paused then snatched a bread from Aleister's plate. The Alpha didn't mind so he continued, "While running away, the three seemed to notice that there's no way they would survive if they kept running like that so Alex's friend, Aitken decided to part ways to lure the demon and save his friends."

"The guy got some balls. That bastard Alex is really coward." Aleister commented but Damian just shrugged it off.

"That's when Alex shifted and ran here with his woman friend to seek help. So I did what I needed to do. Together with my squad members, we followed Alex back into the woods. We tracked the smell of the demon and that's when things got weird." Damian reported gaining an interested look from the Alpha. "What do you mean?"

With a sigh, Beta Damian explained, "Firstly, when we are tracking down the demon and Alex's friend the demon changed his direction on a sharp curve, he's like running away from something. Secondly, there was a mysterious smell that's follows the demon when he's running away. Probably it's that creature's scent but it was so faint I did have a hard time catching it. Thirdly, Alex's friend, Aitken was safe and unscratched without any hint of distress or fear in his face, just tiredness and sleepiness. Lastly, when I followed the demon's and the mysterious creature's scent it lead me into a small clearing with a hint of blood smell in the air and a burned patch of grass. I concluded that the creature killed the demon because there was no body found in there and it's scent stopped there." Damian took a deep breath.

Aleister frowned silently, taking his time for the information to sink in. He finally said, "Tell me more about this human 'Aitken'."

"When I first saw him, I thought that he is not a human," Damian paused then taking a bite of his croissant. He continues, "My suspicion was later confirmed by my squad member, Keith the half-demon. He said, he felt scared around the guy like he needed to stay away from Aitken. But when we asked Aitken, he denied even though he has the sign of a hybrid. In my opinion, he's the one who killed the demon but managed to mask his scent." Damian with seriousness lacing in his voice.