Chapter 49

"I apologise for their actions," Killian said to her. "I didn t think that they would react in such a way."

Inez rolled her eyes but didn t comment. Sure, he didn t know. With how wonderfully Eve had discredited her name, it would be surprising that they would be welcoming towards her.

She asked, "Do you really believe that they will not tell Dom that I am here?"

"Yes." When Killian saw the look of mocking disbelief on his face, he explained to her, "Lycans are different from wolves, sweetheart; they are tied to the alpha by a bond that makes it impossible for them to defy their alpha."

Inez furrowed her brows and questioned, "Isn t that the same thing as us?"

Killian shook his head. "You do share a pack bond with your alpha, but that doesn t mean that the bond will break. But lycans are different if they defy their alpha, then their bond with the pack will weaken."

"Your bond weakens?"

"That s right," Killian nodded. "So don t worry, even if they don t like you, they will not dare to risk weakening the bond for I will find out."

Inez didn t quite trust the pack because of what happened to her in her previous pack; however, she decided to trust in Killian s judgement. The two of them walked past the many lodges before Killian took Inez to the one lodge that was at the very back of the pack s territory.

He stopped at the threshold and knocked on the door before saying, "Selene, I am coming in."

Though he seemed to be asking for permission, Inez noticed that the man didn t bother to wait for permission and simply pushed open the door before entering the lodge.

What an arrogant man, thought Inez as she followed him inside the lodge.

The second she entered the lodge, she saw Selene sitting on the couch serenely. She raised her head, and when she saw Inez, her eyes brightened. However, the expression on her face remained calm.

"You are here," Laxus remarked, and Inez nodded in response.

Inez s gaze turned back to look at the woman. She said to her, "I will be taking care of you from now on, Miss Selene. I hope that we can get along from now onwards."

"You can just call me Selene or Sel," the young woman responded in a weak voice.

While the two of them were exchanging greetings, Killian turned to look at Laxus. He said to him, "Can you leave us alone for a moment, Lax?"

Laxus s golden eyes flickered from Killian to Selene and then settled on Inez before he nodded and walked out of the room without looking back. Once he was gone, Killian turned to look at Selene and Inez.

Looking at the two women, he started speaking, "Selene, while I do understand that you do not wish to hold on any longer, I hope that you will give Miss Sinclair a chance. However, I hope that you will keep the process of your treatment a complete secret from the rest of the pack."

"Including Laxus?"

"Including him," stated Killian in a clipped tone.

Inez noticed that whatever relationship Laxus had with Selene, Killian was not happy with it.

"Miss Sinclair will be in charge of your well-being from now on. Make sure that you don t answer the unnecessary questions of the pack when asked. Do you understand?" Killian ordered his sister, who hummed in response.

He then turned to look at Inez and said to her, "And I hope you will find the strength to deal with the Poison of Iris."

"Did you find her?" Dominic questioned Tao, who returned from his search for Inez. He, Luca and Blake had been gone for an entire day, and yet when they returned, Dominic was half certain that they hadn t found anything worth mentioning from just the expression on their faces.

Tao sighed. He sank into the couch inside the office and then said to Dominic, "Do you really think it will be that easy to find her, Dom?" noveldrama

He looked at the man sitting behind the curved table and reminded, "Inez grew up with us; she knows all the necessary skills to hide her traces. Even if I want to find her, I cannot find her in a day or two."

"Where does the trail lead to?" Dominic asked. Even though he knew that Inez must have most likely faked her trail, he still wanted to hold on to a subtle hope that she would be found.

Luca tentatively glanced at Dominic before replying, "The trail leads to the southern city, but I am afraid that she didn t go there."

"How do you know?"

"Because we chased the trail," Tao explained with every bit of patience that he had in his body at that moment. "And it disappeared somewhere around the middle." He had to admit that he was impressed by Inez s skills. She only trained with him for three weeks, and she picked up everything that needed to be learnt by heart.

If not for the fact that her mother stopped her from becoming an enforcer, Tao was certain that she would have become a wonderful asset to their pack.

Dominic banged his fist on the table, which startled the three men. They looked at the man who was breathing heavily and exchanged a look with one another.

"Pathetic," Dominic growled. "Three of my finest enforcers couldn t find one woman."

Blake frowned subtly; he went to say something, but he was stopped by Tao, who shook his head and turned to look at Dominic. He said to Dominic, "Don t lose hope, Dom. We will find her soon. There is no way any pack will take her in."

"That s right," Luca chimed cunningly from the sidelines. "And if there is someone, then we can drop a word to them. I would like to see who will be willing to go against us after that."

Dominic s eyes flashed, and he straightened up in his chair. He raised his head and looked at his three friends; the scowl on his lips turned into a triumphant smile as he ordered, "Let the other pack know that if they take her in, they will be making an enemy out of us."

He wanted to see if Inez would still dare to act rebellious when she had nowhere to go.