UNTAMED: THE ALPHA

Ecanris was a poisonous plant that you would often see along the riverside, as it needed a lot of water and damp soil to grow.

Though it was a poisonous plant, it wouldn't cause immediate death. At the very least, you would get diarrhea for a few days if you consumed this a lot, yet, since most of the people knew and no one was so desperate to eat a random plant near a river, no one would want to try it.

However, that was not the issue that Emily wanted to talk about because she wanted to tell Eros about something. She felt suffocated to keep it from Eros.

"Eros, actually Ariana told me not to tell you about this, but I can't keep it a secret from you." Emily kept her eyes on Ecanris, it has little purple flowers and dark green leaves.

"What is it?" Eros almost missed it because Emily talked about it so suddenly. He didn't think she would bring up something so serious. "What secret?"

Both of them promised to not keep a secret from each other, because in this cruel world, where death was a constant unexpected guest, they should be each other's safe place.

"I saw Alpha Liam's father," Emily said after a few moments of contemplation, thinking about how to break this news, but then she went with it without any preparation and just told him what she knew about it.

"Alpha Liam's father? Isn't he dead?" No. Eros remembered there was no such thing. There was no confirmation that the previous alpha was dead. But, because he didn't really care about that man's family, he didn't find the need to figure this out. "So, what happened to him?"

Emily didn't know how knowing about this would be of benefit to Eros, but because Ariana acted strangely and she couldn't keep this kind of important thing from him, she needed to talk about it to Eros.

Therefore, she explained everything that she knew about the previous alpha, alpha Xerxes and his current condition and how Ariana injected him with poison again and again.

"The poison will not kill him, but it will decline his healing ability," Emily said. She frowned when she remembered how the previous alpha had been suffering. "The burns will not heal, though they should be healed right after a few weeks with yours, shifter's, healing ability, but the poison will not let it."

"The alpha knows about the poison?" Eros asked, his voice was slightly deeper. He didn't know that the father of alpha Liam was still alive.

Emily nodded when she heard the question. "That's his order." It was Liam's order to keep his father like that and Eros should have guessed that.

Who would be bold enough to torture the previous alpha if it was not the alpha himself?

"Why was he doing that?" Eros was intrigued to know about this, but Emily shook her head. She didn't know the reason, because it was her first time meeting the previous alpha and she didn't dare to ask a lot of questions to Ariana.

"His condition…" her voice was getting smaller, as she shuddered involuntarily when she remembered the condition of the alpha. "He will not die, but he will be in a lot of pain."

Poison…

Eros remembered how alpha Liam helped him with poison in his fight in Atbikai against Damon, the previous beta. It was not purely his victory, but he was just glad that he was still alive since he could protect Emily and be with her again.

Therefore, he didn't talk much about it and didn't make a fuss over it, because there was no benefit for him to do so. Yes, it was not a fair fight, but all that mattered in the end was the result and he was still alive right now, that was the most important thing.

"Are you okay?" Eros put his arm around her shoulders and pulled her closer, so she could rest her head on his chest, as she sobbed softly. The sight that she had seen must be so unpleasant for her to be shaken up like this. "You will be all right, I am here."

Yes, Eros was there, there was nothing for her to be worried about.

"I hope we can be like this forever," Emily said softly, as Eros wiped her tears from her cheeks.

"Of course, where will I go without you?"

There was no place for him, except beside her and it would always be like that…

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The first thing that Jasmine saw when she opened her eyes again was Liam sitting on the chair next to her bed. His eyes stared at her intensely, but it was hard to fathom what was in his mind right now.

There was silence that was so heavy between them, as they stared at each other like that and no one wanted to break the silence, until Ariana came into the room and immediately backed away, apologizing for interrupting their meeting.

The healer stepped back and then closed the door behind her, only then Liam stood up and sat down on the edge of her bed, making Jasmine feel extremely uncomfortable with this proximity, but she didn't even flinch when he touched her hand and held it so tight.

"So, you want to keep the baby?" Liam asked her. He didn't look at her directly.

Hearing that question, Jasmine knew that Liam had heard her decision from Ariana and then she nodded, there was no point in trying to fool him.

"Yes, I will keep the baby."

Liam, who knew the baby was not his, looked at Jasmine with disgust. "Fine, keep the baby and you will know that killing it now is better than the life that that thing has to live on."

After saying that, Liam let go of her hand and then walked out of the room.

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