UNTAMED: THE ALPHA

They had woken up very early and last night, Emily didn't get enough sleep because she needed to prepare a few things with Ariana as she would be away for a few days at the least.

Therefore, when Eros nudged her head to rest on his shoulder, she was so thankful, because she didn't want to look like she didn't take this mission seriously by sleeping away during their journey.

"Come here, rest your head on my shoulder, you must feel sleepy." Eros pushed Emily's head gently against his shoulder so she could rest. "Sleep for a while. It will be a few hours before we could arrive at Lucinda city"

Emily happily obliged, she hugged his arm and leaned her head on his shoulder. She didn't even bother with the fact that Kyle was with them.

His presence was not as scary as before, especially when Eros was next to her, there was no way he would be stupid enough to do anything ridiculous.

And with that, Emily closed her eyes. She felt Eros's fingers combing through her hair. It felt so nice and it helped her to sleep faster when he played with her hair like this.

She slept soundly throughout the two hours of their journey and only woke up when Eros put something cold against her cheek, which surprised her.

Emily opened her eyes groggily and found Eros grinning at her with a bottle of cold water in his hand.

Sometimes, he would do such silly things to wake her up and watching her surprised expression amused him.

"What was that for?" Emily grumbled. She rubbed her face to get rid of her sleepiness, as she looked out the window.

They stopped at a rest area, while Kyle and Colton were nowhere to be seen.

"We will not make another stop again after this, because we need to reach Lucinda city before noon. If you need to go to the restroom, you should go now," Eros informed her and then gave her the cold water and bread. "You have not yet eaten anything this morning."

Emily thanked him and then drank the water after Eros opened the cap, but she needed to go to the restroom first.

"I will go to the restroom first," Emily said, as she opened the car door and then walked toward the convenience store, where she could find a restroom, but when she looked back, she found Eros following her. "Where are you going?"

"Restroom," Eros replied lightly. He put his arm around her shoulders.

"You will leave the car? The engine is still on." Emily was concerned about it, but Eros just nodded to his left, where they could see Kyle running out of the convenience store toward the car. "Oh."

She didn't make a fuss about it and let Eros come with her.

From what she knew, they would arrive at Lucinda city around four or five hours later and if everything went as it had been planned, they would go back to the pack early in the next morning, that was what she heard in her drowsy state.

Emily relieved herself and spent another two minutes splashing some water on her face, so she could feel a little bit fresh.

And when she walked out of the restroom, Eros was waiting for her right next to the door. "I am done," she said and Eros nodded, as he followed her, which made her frown. "Don't you want to use it too?"

Eros shook his head. "Let's buy something for us to eat," he said, as he grabbed her hand and took a few pieces of bread that both of them liked.

Emily stared at their hands. His hand was so big and warm and this gave her a peaceful feeling, she felt protected whenever she was with him.

Eros must be anxious because this was the first time for her to be on a mission, that was why he became even more protective, but Emily didn't mind it at all. She liked this side of him.

"Why are you smiling?" Eros frowned when he saw Emily smiling at him. He stared at her reflection in the mirror when he took the bread earlier.

Hearing that, Emily bit her lip to stop herself from being silly, she glanced at her reflection on the mirror and found her face had turned red, but more than that she found something even more interesting.

"I don't remember that you have grown so tall like this." Emily tilted her head. The top of her head only reached his shoulder and his weight could easily be double of her own. "I remember we were the same height the first time I met you when we were little. You have grown up."

Of course, Emily knew this, but only now did it strike her that she didn't notice how much they had grown up.

"Don't be silly, do you want to be petite forever?" Eros ruffled her hair and then shoved a few pieces of bread to her arms. "Let's go, we need to leave now."

Eros slung his arm around her shoulders and then paid for what they bought in that convenience store before they left this place.

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"Where are you going?" Gael frowned when he saw River holding hands with Zuri, as both of them headed to the basement.

"I will show the café that I like to Zuri," River told her father.

"What is it?" Zuri could see the troubled look in Gael's expression. She was amazed that she could still read him like this.

Gael shook his head and then looked at Zuri impassively when he spoke. "A few people from the Shadow Moon pack will arrive around noon."

Zuri narrowed her eyes, as animosity flashed in her hazel eyes for a moment, before they turned cold. "Is it the alpha of the pack?"

Gael shook his head again. "No, his beta and gamma and another two people."

On the other hand, River looked at the exchange between the two of them and felt the tension in the air.

"Hm." Zuri nodded. "You accepted them here." Even though you knew how I felt about that pack. However, she didn't say the last sentence out loud.

"This is just business. We can benefit from their visit as well." Gael knew that Zuri would be upset, but he had accepted them before Knox told him about their plan to come here.

"In that case, I don't have a say. It will be great if they really benefit us." Zuri turned around and River followed her.

The benefit that they talked about here was; there was a possibility that the people from the pack to be one of Chaos's shattered souls. In that case, Zuri would be glad to tell Chaos about it.

That was why, Gael accepted any kind of guest. Whether ordinary people came here to innocently stay or supernatural creatures, who were on a mission, Gael would accept them all.

"Did my father annoy you?" River asked Zuri, as she tried to catch up to her pace. She could see how upset she was right now.

"No," Zuri replied lightly and then stretched out her hand. "Let me drive, it has been a while since I last drove."

River was a little bit skeptical when she handed the car key to Zuri. "Are you sure you will be fine?" She pointed to the car that they would use and both of them walked toward it.

"Of course."

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"We will stay here this afternoon and we will meet with that person in the evening." Colton took his backpack and waited for the others. "Rest well and we will meet at the hotel lobby at four."

It meant they had three hours to rest.

Eros helped Emily with her backpack and told her to grab his jacket instead, because his hands were full, also she shouldn't wander around.

"I am not a child," Emily grumbled, but she did it anyway.

"Just do it."

The four of them then checked in and got two rooms, Eros would be with Emily, while Kyle would be with Colton.

"Rest well." Colton waved his hand when they reached their respective rooms, which were right across from each other.

Emily then waved the card in front of the small screen on the door to unlock it.

This hotel room was very nice with a balcony that showed the whole city. It would be nice at night with so many lamps lit up against the night sky.

"I feel like we are on vacation instead of a mission." Emily threw her body on the bed. It felt so soft and comfy.

On the other hand, Eros smiled when he heard that comment. "I don't know that you will be this happy to go out of the pack."

"This is the first time we actually came out of the pack together." Usually, she would go to the nearby city with Ariana, it was a small city, but they had all herbs that they needed for a few remedies.

Eros put down their backpacks and then sat down on the edge of the bed. "Do you like it here?" he asked casually.

"Hm? What do you mean?"

"Do you like this city? Living among your kind?" Eros tilted his head to look at Emily's expression. "You don't need to go back to the pack if you…"

Eros had not yet finished his words when Emily hugged him from behind. "You know that's impossible. The alpha will not stay put if he knows I want to stay." She knew a lot of secrets to be freed from him.

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