Alpha Of Darkness And The Half-Breed Healer

NIA’S POV

My bones seemed to have weakened, and I had turned into a puddle. I couldn’t even move a muscle as two guards held me on both sides roughly. It is still very much like a dream. I remember speaking to Gemma, only to find Gael yelling at me and calling me names. My eyes watered as the cheek that Gael slapped poorly stung.

“Let go of her!” Someone ordered from behind. My soul is floating, and I can’t catch much of what is happening around me.

“But the Alpha said-” One of the guards uttered, but he was cut short.

It took me a few seconds to realize the person behind me was Ezra.

“I heard what the Alpha said. Let her down, and I will see her off myself.” He said, pushing the guards aside as he draped me with a blanket. “I am so sorry for coming late,” Ezra whispered, guiding me towards his car.

I can hear the people’s mumblings now. Everyone sneered as we passed. My life flashed in front of me all of a sudden. Nothing appears to be transparent to me. I went from smiling with Gael and realizing just how much I love him to getting slapped hard across the face and being banished from the pack.

As soon as I got into the car’s safety, I burst into tears.

“Nia?” Ezra called softly.

I glanced up at him, not minding my face’s state. “I swear, I don’t know what is happening. I didn’t do anything. I can’t remember anything.” I wailed.

“Shhh, it’s okay. We will talk about this later. Where is your phone?” I stared, confused. He sighed. “You know what? Don’t worry about that. Right now, I need to get every essentials from your house. If Gael is still the same person with his anger, he might raze down the house, and you lose everything there. I will track your phone. Is there anything hidden far away that you might need? Tell me its location.”

I couldn’t respond as the words had gotten stuck in my throat. Ezra inhaled deeply and caressed my hair before quickly exiting the car. I sat still, just staring into space. Everything that happened just now feels like a movie. I have a feeling Gemma did something to me. Why can’t I remember anything from when I hugged her? I slapped my head in anger. My stupid self will forever remain as it is. I always give myself away easily, even in the face of danger.

Gemma must have done something to me. But how? I didn’t even accept the drink she offered. Is there a chance that I walked into the room myself and lay with someone I don’t know? I kicked my feet, feeling frustrated. The car door opened quickly, and a breathless Ezra got in. He threw the bag in his hand to the back seat. I blinked slowly.

“What’s going on?” I asked meekly.

Ezra sucked his teeth while keeping his eyes on the road. “We have to get out of the pack house premises immediately. Just as I had suspected, Gael is on a rampage now, and he is smashing everything at the clinic. The house will be next.”

His response made me gulp in difficulty, and I turned my head to see from the rearview mirror like a scene in an action movie. Fire jutted out of nowhere, and something burned. Ezra looked at his side mirror and exhaled.

“I wanted to believe this might be some prank or Gael had the wrong drink. But seeing him burn something, no doubt he caught you in an uncomfortable situation.”

My eyes watered again, “I am still confused as to what this situation is all about, Ezra. I can’t even place the face of the supposed man I cheated with. I don’t understand what’s happening to me.”

Ezra said nothing and kept driving after what felt like a long enough distance from the pack house; he parked on the side of the empty road and held my gaze. “I love you, and I love Gael, Nia. And I am very sure he didn’t imagine what he saw. He must have seen it clearly for him to have become aggressive. Talk to me, what happened? Or better still, what do you remember.”

The tears fell uncontrollably, and I felt I might go blind if I kept up with the continuous water flow. “Gael had left me in the room after one of the guards came to get him that the party had started. I stayed back to talk to Perry, and the discussion continued on my way to the hall. I was about to get in when I bumped into Gemma.”

“Gemma?”

I nodded slowly, “yes, she said she needed to talk to me and seek forgiveness.”Content provided by NôvelDrama.Org.

He scoffed, rubbing at his face. “don’t tell me you believed her and shared a drink with her.”

“Not at all. I remembered what happened the last time and refused Gemma’s drink offer. We only went back to the hallway to talk. She told me how sorry she was and her attempt to start a new life on a new slate. I thought Gemma was mending her differences with everyone she must have offended.”

“That crazy witch. If she truly is sorry, her family should be the first set of people she would apologize to. What is it with every one of these mentally unstable people and false apology?” He sounded frustrated. “I apologize for cutting you short. What happened then? Was there any contact?”

I searched my head again and then remembered. “Yes, she asked that I hug her. And that was the last thing I remembered.”

Ezra gasped as he pulled off his seatbelt and exited the car. Like a flash, he was by my side of the vehicle, and he opened it, placing both of his hands on my shoulder. He leaned towards me, smelling my breath. “Fuck!”

I panicked at the concern in his tone. “what’s wrong?”

“She made you sniff the Night spice. It’s all in your breath. I need to get you ice-cold water before you start to hallucinate.” He explained rapidly.

I didn’t get to say anything as he went back to the driver’s side and drove recklessly towards the nearest café. Everything happened so fast that my hazy brain struggled to compile everything simultaneously. Ezra returned with the coldest glass of water I have ever had.

“Listen, Nia. You have to chew on this ice to save the rest of your brain. The night spice will not only distort your memory; it will freeze a part of your core, and you start to hallucinate. If you said you both met when the council members were giving their epistles, then you are a few minutes close to losing it. Please, for all its worth, chew on it as hard as you can. Let your entire body take it in. It will only last for a few seconds.”

Despite my hesitation, I know better that I need my memory in check. I took the freezing glass from Ezra and put the four ice cubes in my mouth. Ezra was wrong about the effect going away in a few seconds. I couldn’t feel my mouth for the next five minutes. We stayed quiet while I struggled to get together, and he rubbed my back slowly to calm me.

I sniffed back a tear when my body fell back in place. “How did I get here? What is this night spice that I have never heard of?”

My question hung in the air when Ezra’s phone rang loudly. The both of us exchanged a look when the caller ID came up. I nodded at Ezra to pick up. He did begrudgingly.

“You had better have an explanation working its way up your throat right this minute!” Perry bickered into the receiver.