UNTAMED: THE ALPHA

"Do you really need to kill them?" Flo asked. She was only five years old, but her expression didn't show it at all. She looked coldly at the dead bodies of her parents, while Aaron stood next to her.

"Oh, I am sorry, did I do a mistake?" Aaron asked her, he tilted his head at the little girl, who stared at him sharply. "Should I revive them again?" he asked teasingly.

"Why would you do such thing? You only waste your time." Flo frowned, she didn't look disturbed at all when she saw this kind of horrendous sight, a normal child in her age would have cried their eyes out, bawling, when they saw their parents were brutally murdered like this, yet Flo didn't show that kind of emotions.

Aaron cackled when he heard that. He didn't directly kill Flo's parent, he let them died when they were attacked by rogue.

Killing people directly was not Aaron's style at all, he didn't like to dirty his hands for something like that, therefore, he delegated the task to those stupid rogues. One could say, this was win win solution. They were thirst for blood and Aaron didn't want to bring irrelevant people with him.

When July asked him to help Flo, she only said to save the little girl, she didn't say anything about the parents, thus Aaron didn't think it was his obligation to keep them alive, after all, it was better for them to be dead, so they wouldn't be a burden.

"Don't be annoyed," Aaron said to Flo, as he teased her. "Do you want to buy toys? I will get you whatever you want."

Flo pouted her lips, she didn't look like she was five years old, but she acted like one when she raised both of her hands to him, indicating for the devil to carry her.

"I want more shattered soul," she said in a spoiled voice.

On the other hand, Aaron bent down his body to pick the girl up and cradled her in his arms. "Sure, let's find them, shall we?"

Flo wrapped her small arms around Aaron's neck and snuggled, as she nodded. Only now, she looked like her age, yet there was something in her eyes that would make you shuddered.

Just like a shadow, Aaron disappeared out of thin air from that place, the dark corner of an abandoned street, which years ago would fill with so many pedestrians and stores.

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"Your friend from your school is Chaos's shattered soul, right? But, you let him go. You begged Chaos not to kill him. So, why it is so wrong for me to do the same thing?" July asked Zuri, she looked betrayed by their reaction for her decision.

It was fine for Zuri to let Chaos's shattered soul go, but it was a big of deal for him to do the same thing? This was unfair. Completely unfair, right?

And for Knox to want to end their relationship, that was too far, though this was not only the problem that led to that decision.

"Why? Why don't you say something?" July was standing right in front of Zuri right now. "I think of you as my little sister. I think of you all as my family, but why do you blame me like this? Have you ever thought of me as your family?"

Zuri didn't want to hurt July's feeling, but that kind of sentiment wouldn't help them in this case for the long run, just like what she had done with Flo.

However, Zuri admitted that it looked so unfair for July regarding the matter with Nikolai, but she didn't have anything to defend herself.

Because in a way, what July said was right.

"Put aside that kind of feeling," Zuri said. "It will save you later."

It was nice to think that you have someone, that you have people behind your back that would help you, indulged yourself in the concept of family.

But, it would save you in the long run if you just got rid of that feeling, because in the end of the day, no one knew, who would survive this hell.

"So, it is a sin to have compassion and think of us as family?" July had this little obsession about family in her mind, which Zuri just realized it.

Her own family was a mess, thus she wanted to build this dream family in her mind, forcing Knox to have a child with her and had this idea of them to be one big family.

Probably this came from her childhood, where July didn't receive enough care and love from her father, as their mother died when she was so young, while she had to compete with her twin sister and looked after her brother.

She had this idea, a dream of hers to have a family, to protect anyone around her, she acted like a sister to Zuri and Lise, and think of Ann as her mother when she was still alive.

There was nothing wrong with that.

But, it was so wrong in this situation and she applied this when 'a family' was the last thing in their mind. They didn't need that, they couldn't use 'a family' to survive this battle.

"July." Hazel lifted her head and looked at July straight in the eyes, she needed to say this, because she needed a reality check. "I just want to remind you that Knox is Chaos's shattered soul too."

In another word, there would be time when Chaos would take back his shattered soul from Knox as well, which meant, he would die.

"You don't forget about that, right?" Zuri said. She knew that she was being harsh on July, but she couldn't have that kind of mindset if she wanted to help them.

She either threw away those idea, or stepped back from the whole thing, because in the end, it would be her, who would get hurt.

On the other hand, upon hearing that, July took a step back, she gritted her teeth, as her gaze hardened on Zuri.

Of course, she didn't forget about that, but she had never thought about it deeply. No, she refused to think about that.

"I will leave, I hope you can straighten your mind," Zuri said and then unlocked the door. She stepped out and closed the door behind her, while July was still in shocked, the realization finally caught up on her right now.

She needed that.

Zuri kept saying that to herself, because she felt this uncomfortable feeling for hurting her.

She had done the right thing.

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Zuri was not in a good mood after talking to July like that, but she wouldn't apologize for the harsh truth that she gave to her.

She thought to sleep away this uncomfortable feeling when she felt someone grabbed her arm and pulled her aside.

Out of instinct, Zuri was about to punch this person, who was dare enough to touch her without permission, but her attacker was quicker than her as he parried her attack.

"This is me," Chaos said, as he pushed her against the wall. His voice was slightly darker when he spoke. "You are you thinking until you don't realize I am here?" he asked, but his dark eyes skimmed her body, as they became even darker.

Zuri was in deep thought, so she didn't realize when Chaos was there. She supposed to have noticed him since a few minutes ago, when he followed her, but her mind was elsewhere.

"What is this?" Chaos raised her hands, where her injuries were still bleeding, as they had not yet fully healed.

"Nothing," Zuri said in small voice, she knew that she would be in trouble, but Darius would be in a great danger if Chaos found out about this.

"This is not nothing," he growled dangerously. He followed her because he smelled blood on her. "Who had done this?"

He protected her like his precious one, how could someone hurt her until like this?

"I have a fight before, this is nothing, it will heal soon," Zuri said, she tried to brush it off, as if this was nothing, but Chaos was having none of it.

Roughly, Chaos folded her sleeves and saw the ugly bruises on her arms, which made him growled even darker, then he checked her neck, where there were a few scratches that were about to heal as well.

After that, Chaos knelt down in front of Zuri and raised her dress to see another wounds on her thigh.

"Chaos," Zuri was slightly panic, as she looked around, she didn't want there was a guard, who saw her exposed like this, but Chaos didn't care. He would simply kill them if they dare enough to look at Zuri more than necessary. "I am fine."

"No, you are not."

Zuri put her hand on his shoulders to steady herself, while Chaos checked on her legs, therefore, she could tell that his whole body was trembling, he was livid right now and this was not a good sign.

"Tell me who had done this?" he asked grimly. He lifted his head to look at Zuri. "Tell me, who were you fighting against or I will find out about it one way or another."

Zuri sighed and then squatted down as well, so she was on the same eyes level with him. "Don't be angry. This is nothing, okay?" She cupped his face between her palms.

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