Chapter 163

Inez trembled as the glass from her hands dropped and fell on the ground, shattering into bits as it touched the floor. It was Ally s cry... the one who was asking for help. Her eyes fell into a daze as a sort of haze fell all over her, causing her eyes to turn a pearly white.

The second it happened, Killian shot right in the direction while everyone turned to look in the direction from which the cry came and was prepared to rush out to save their pack member.

When Selene saw Killian running towards Inez, she knew what was happening and immediately clutched her stomach and screamed loud enough for everyone to turn and look at her instead of Killian. noveldrama

"AHHH! It hurts!"

The second she screamed, everyone turned to look at her, not noticing when Killian had brought Inez into his arms and taken her out of the lodge, and rushed to Selene s side to see if she was alright.

"Are you alright?"

"Is everything okay? Does it hurt too much?"

"Should we call a healer?"

"Where is Inez? Ask her to come and take a look," said Ajax, who belatedly noticed that the woman was gone. Frowning, he turned to look around the room and realised that Inez wasn t there. "Where did she go? She was right here!"

"I think she went to look for Ally," lied Laxus as he rubbed Selene s back. "Leave her and Killian to it; they will take a look at what is going on and tell us what happened. We should stay here. After all, who knows? This might be a trap as well?"

When he said those words, everyone turned silent. Yes. What if this was a trap as well? They could never be sure of it.

On the other side, Killian was running with all his might while holding the woman in his arms, who parted her lips and sang, "Beware the wail that has no pain, A song too smooth to come from the rain. For those who chase the crying sound shall find no soul but death unfound."

Her voice eerily echoed in the forest.

However, once the song faded in the darkness, Inez flinched as if she had been scalded by something hot. Her eyes reverted to normal, and she looked at the sky that had turned a faint shade of pink. Understanding quickly dawned on her as she turned and looked at Killian. "Thank you."

When she saw that the man had brought her to the forest, she knew at once that he did it to protect her.

"This is something I should have done, especially when you just saved my pack."

"Again," he added as he helped her back on her feet, and when she swooned, he reached out to hold her. "You okay? Does this happen often?"

Inez shook her head. "Yes, but there is nothing to worry about; I just feel a bit drained out and nothing else."

She only needed a few more seconds to recollect herself, and then she said to him, "Let s go."

"Are you sure?" Killian asked when he saw how faint she looked.

"Yes, I am not important at the moment," Inez said to him as she swallowed the nausea and buzzing in her head before turning around on her feet and heading towards the lodge. She said to him, "We need to make sure that no one leaves the lodge."

When Killian saw her actions, his lips curled up in a smile. He was already impressed by her, and now he was even more impressed by him. His beast let out a haughty purr. He seemed quite arrogant for choosing Inez.

Killian rolled his eyes as he picked up his pace and chased after Inez. The two of them arrived at the main lodge within five minutes, and everyone who was waiting for them turned around and looked at them.

"What is it?" Ajax asked, sounding a bit impatient. They had been waiting for the two to return for quite some time, and they only returned now, which made him a bit annoyed.

"No need to sound so impatient. It s a trap," Killian announced as he sat down on the couch and looked in the direction from which the cry for help was still coming. He knew that there was something waiting out there for them. Most likely another halfling or a witch.

He said to them, "I will send a pack message and tell everyone to stay inside. No one move from their place. I am worried that the one outside is waiting for us to split up." As he spoke in that businesslike tone, he got back to his feet after having nursed his throbbing feet.

The entire day, he had been running around without getting a chance to rest.

He turned and looked at Inez. He didn t want to leave her, but even his beast understood that the need to protect their pack was vital. Wanting his head to be firmly on the enemy that was posing a threat to their pack, he ignored the urge to swoop her in his arms and then turned to look at everyone. "Let s go. Laxus, Ajax. I will leave the lodge to you two; you can make sure that no one disrupts the peace of the main lodge."

After he finished speaking, he turned on his feet and headed out of the main lodge without looking back.

"It s a really smart tactic," Edira muttered as she watched the enforcers leave one after another. "They are using a decoy to split the pack, such that someone will go and examine the man who is about to die outside. If they know Kill, then they must know that he will send his best enforcers to examine the situation outside, leaving only a few behind."

Nyx pursed her lips and finished for her, "And with someone making a false cry outside the woods, Killian would have rushed to help his pack member no matter who it was. And if he had gone alone with a few ... then "

"He would have died."