UNTAMED: THE ALPHA

Chaos could see how much Zuri hated it when he touched her and his dark eyes became cold the moment she flinched at his touch.

"People will die eventually," Chaos said. He retracted his hand when Zuri's hazel eyes met his, but then she averted her gaze again.

"I know," Zuri murmured. She knew, but she was just not ready to face it.

Chaos didn't say anything after that, as he walked away toward the manor again, but Zuri immediately stood up and called out to him.

Chaos stopped walking, but he didn't turn around when Zuri spoke softly with his back still facing her.

"What will you say if I die?" Zuri didn't know why she posted that question. Probably because she wanted to know what kind of conversation she had to have with a dying person, since people in her life always died without her getting a chance to say goodbye.

Hearing that, Chaos turned around and found her hazel eyes pleading for an answer.

"You will always be different for me, Blue," Chaos said. "You can't say what I will say to you to Anne." There was a soft smile on the corners of Chaos' lips, which slightly softened his cold demeanor.

Zuri bit her lip. When Chaos said that, the only thing that she wanted to know was what kind of words that Chaos would tell her when she was dying.

"What?" Zuri took a step forward, but it wasn't enough to close the distance between them. She needed to take more steps, yet, subconsciously she was too afraid to do so. "What would you say to me if I were dying?"

Chaos looked Zuri right in the eyes and this time, she didn't avert her gaze, she stared back at him, waiting for his answer.

"I will find you," Chaos said. "In this realm or another, I will find you."

Chaos meant what he said and he had proved it many times already, whether it was when they met for the first time centuries ago, when he had his soul shattered, or when he met her again for the second time and had to lose her.

He would find her.

In this realm or another.

No matter how far the distance between them is.

No matter how long it would take, he would find her.

That was not a promise or even an oath, that was just how he was.

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Lise was walking back to her bedroom from the garden where she left Zuri and Chaos alone when she found Gael waiting for her in front of the door. He leaned his tall body against the wall and stared into the distance, as if he was not really there.

The sound of Lise's footsteps must have woken him up from whatever thoughts he had, as he finally snapped to reality.

Gael turned his head slowly and then watched Lise, as if this would be the last time he saw her. There was sadness in his eyes, the sadness that she saw years ago when he decided to follow Knox to find Chaos.

To tell the truth, Lise was a little bit worried about what actually happened. She had seen Gael's crazy side or how he would switch his behavior when he was with certain people, but it was so rare to see sadness in his eyes.

"Night visit?" Lise asked when she was already in front of the door and was about to open it, while Gael stood next to her.

They didn't have much to talk about when she got here after he helped her to escape from the facility. But, it was because Lise withdrew herself from him. Her feelings for Gael had not really changed so much.

It was not entirely due to hatred, probably just a little bit, but she felt numb. The only connection between them was their daughter and now she was not here.

"Can I hug you?" Gael asked out of the blue.

It was strange that Gael asked her consent, so this question caught Lise off guard. Her hand stiffened on the handle of the door and she turned her head to look at him.

"Why? Life is hard?" she asked.

She herself, eight years ago, wouldn't talk like that to Gael, but a lot of things had happened and Lise had gone through hell to make sure that River was all right. To protect her daughter who was a half supernatural creature, and showed her 'gift' around the tender age of three, while the world hunted their kind down crazily, it was enough reason for her to be the way she was right now.

On the other hand, Gael shook his head and then spoke ever so gently. "Knowing what I have done in the past is hard."

Lise said nothing and then entered the room, but she left the door open and Gael took that as a sign that he was welcomed to come in.

Lise poured herself a glass of water and downed it one go. Then she leaned her body against the couch and looked at Gael, who was standing across the room, watching her.

"What do you want to say?" Lise had made it clear to Gael that she didn't want to talk to him aside from anything related to their daughter and Gael had not approached her other than when he got any important information regarding River.

"Will you forgive me?" Gael asked, he looked troubled and morose. There was something that was bothering him for days. Lise noticed that, but she just didn't care enough to ask more about it. "For what I have done to you?"

"For what you have done to me eight years ago and the hell that you forced me to go through?" Lise made sure that she didn't raise her voice, but her tone was filled with so much emotion.

Lise could see Gael balling his fists tightly.

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