Goodbye to him

We got into the town first, where we were sure that we won’t get easily attacked. No sane werewolf would attack another werewolf right in front of the humans.

The elders will surely assassinate them once that happens.

No one would dare to do that.

Thank goodness that Owen had some stash of money in his pockets as he managed to get a room for both of us. He let me take the bed and he took the sofa.

Tired of today’s activities, we ate at a local restaurant and he treated me to some ice cream.

“Honestly, thinking about it now, this day was hectic. I’ll definitely remember this,” He brought up, removing the tension filling the air.

I chuckled, nodding along to what he said, “Yeah, me too. This was really crazy for me.” Things have been too dramatic for me these days. I’m surprised I even managed to stay alive.

“So..what now? What will be our next move?”

He shrugged, “Just stay away from enemies and hatch a decent plan first,” He said, his ice cream melting.

I feel like I could treat Owen as my brother. No sexual feeling and he’s like family.

We were too tired to even go around the town and risk having another bath of enemies after us so we retired to bed early for the day. I took a bath first to calm myself down as I reek of sweat and mud everywhere. Good thing there was a robe so I temporarily put it on and washed my clothes and hung them to dry.

I’m completely naked under so I worried a bit about Owen seeing me…but then again, shifting into my wolf and having to be naked after had made me used so this thing is normal.

“You can sleep first, I’ll take charge in keeping watch for the night.” Owen offered.

“Wake me up when you feel tired, We’ll take turns in keeping watch,” I responded, stretching my limbs and heaving a sigh of relief.

He nodded, his eyes looking at me as if he wanted to say more, “Kamilah?”

“Yeah?” I answered, yawning.

He chuckled and just shook his head, “Nevermind, I’ll tell you tomorrow. Rest up now.”

“Alright, goodnight, Owen.” He just sent a small smile and lay on the sofa. I slumped into the bed, closed my eyes, and immediately drifted to sleep.

****

In the middle of the night, I heard another man’s voice.

“Is she alright?”

“Yes.”

“Good, take care of her for me.”

I somehow opened my eyes, still half-asleep, and saw a familiar dark figure by the window. Owen was standing and talking to it.

“Owen? Who is it?” I called out, rubbing my eyes to get a clearer view.

“Nothing, go back to sleep, Kamilah.” He replied.

It seemed that I was hallucinating as I saw Alpha Magnus’s eyes staring back at me from the window. My heart leaped, waking me up and I blink, but then he was gone.

Weird.

I seem to be dreaming of him…I just closed my eyes and settled on the bed again.

****

I woke up with a start, feeling like my head’s been hit by a truck. Yesterday’s moments suddenly came to me and I facepalmed myself.

I looked over to my right where the sofa was and found it empty.

I creased my eyebrows, wondering where Owen was.

“Owen?” I called out, standing up to my feet and looking for him. I looked out the window to see the sun had already risen up high…

I looked at the wall clock that was hanging on the wall. Tick. Tock.

The sound of its two hands racing together felt monotonous, saying it was 1:30 in the afternoon.

Why did he not wake me up to take turns in keeping watch?

No way, did enemies get in last night and take Owen?

Panic instantly filled me and I overthought many more scenarios.

A piece of paper fell from my pillow and judging from the scent of it, it was from Owen.

I picked it up and knew it was a letter with his writing messily scribbled on it.

“Thank you for everything, Kamilah. You’re like my little sister, and I want to stay and protect you. But whenever I see you, I am reminded of Tyra, the pain of losing her… I feel like I could go insane in a moment and will only end up hurting you. I feel suffocated if I see anyone I'm reminded of….. That is why I need to leave to forget all the things about Tyra.

If you’re going to ask me where I’ll drop a hint. It’s somewhere in Europe. Bye, I treasure the moment I had with you, Kamilah. I’m sorry, but stay strong.

I believe in you.

-Owen

I reread the letter over and over again, still feeling shocked. Damn. So that is why he was acting strangely last night.

I could remember now that he wanted to say something but ended up not continuing as we were both tired.

I bit my lip, feeling regret. So he must be feeling all of this silently, enduring it all on his own. I appreciate that he took the time to write me a note and explain his situation in the best way possible.

I guess things are not meant to stay long for me. He was one of the people I was close to, and he offered comfort protecting me against his own alpha, against the enemies yesterday…

It felt saddening, but I can’t control things. I don’t have the power to make them stay against their will. And I respect Owen’s decision.

But I’m penniless now, I think Owen only paid for one night's stay here…. guess I’ll stay outside the streets next.

There was a knock on the door and I sniffed the air, smelling that foul scent from a certain vampire.

“It’s me, Kamilah,” Gusev said from the other side of the door, in a sing-song tone.