Untamed: The Alpha

521 YOUR DAUGHTER

Nikolai quickly dodged Knox, from how nimble his body was, Zuri could tell that he was indeed a soldier, a well trained one at that, after all, she was a warrior herself when she was still in the pack.

“Knox McKeltar,” Nikolai mentioned his name icily. “Did you come to kill me?”

On the other hand, Knox didn’t reply to that, he just stared at Nikolai with an impassive expression, but Zuri recognized that as him being calculative, he was trying to gauge the situation.

He was not really calculating Nikolai’s fighting skills, but he was trying to see whether Zuri would intervene in this matter or not, since it would be troublesome if Zuri came in the middle.

It was not that he couldn’t handle her, but Chaos would make a fuss if he were to know that he fought this girl and she got hurt because of it.

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“You know about the shattered souls?” Zuri ignored Knox’s scrutinizing look, as she questioned Nikolai. If humans knew about that fact, they could use the information in a way they wouldn’t be able to predict.

“Stay away from this Zuri,” Knox said sternly. He didn’t care about the fact that Nikolai knew about the shattered souls. For him it didn’t matter, whether they knew about it or not, all they needed to do was to take the souls out of them and end it right there and then. “Don’t even think about intervening in this.” He shot Zuri a dagger look and only stopped when she stepped back.

Zuri didn’t want to be distracted from her purpose anymore. She wanted to focus on their original goal; to get all Chaos’s shattered souls. That was it.

“Is there something you want to say to him?” Knox gave her a chance to bid her final goodbyes to Nikolai.

But, what was the point, once he lost his soul, he would forget about everything anyway.

Zuri stepped back and hardened her expression, as she spoke. “No. I will not intervene.” She didn’t even want to look at Nikolai’s face right now, as she felt her cheek would bore a hole from all the intense staring she was receiving from Nikolai.

And then without any warning, Knox came closer to Nikolai, as he intended to attack him. He couldn’t kill him, thus he needed to knock him out cold and because he was a skilled soldier, Knox wanted to make it clean by using his power instead of dealing with him normally.

There was a blue aura that surrounded Knox’s body and Zuri recognized this as fire. He would raise Nikolai’s body temperature until he lost his consciousness and then take him to Chaos. His body would be charred and his skin would be burned, but he would be still alive.

Zuri had seen this method a few times and this was indeed the fastest, but also the cruelest way to deal with the target.

“So, it is indeed true…” Nikolai scoffed at his own words. “A magnificent creature like Chaos is not as strong as people thought he was because his soul is shattered.”

However, Knox didn’t have time to listen to his nonsense, as he moved forward and then started to attack him. His face didn’t show any emotion, he didn’t care about what Nikolai was talking about at all.

In order for Knox to use his power, he needed to touch his target, just like how Chaos had to touch his shattered soul.

But, before any damage could be done, there were hundreds of black butterflies that came his way, blocking his sight.

Knox simply stopped in his tracks and burned them all with the blue aura that already surrounded him.

For a moment, the sight of Nikolai was obscured by the black butterflies, but then once they were burned and the flames died out, they could see Aaron standing next to Nikolai with a little girl that didn’t look so little anymore.

It was Flo. The little girl that was one of Chaos’s shattered souls and who July had helped to escape from the manor. Another reason to feed the discord between Knox and July, which led to their separation.

It had been six years and she seemed to be in her early teens, as she had short black hair and a pair of siren-like eyes that made Zuri frown.

“Long time no see, Blue,” Aaron greeted Zuri and completely ignored Knox, since he didn’t have anything to do with him. “You look so beautiful and mature now, Blue. It’s a pity that we didn’t have much time to talk when we met last time.”

Zuri growled at him, she remembered what kind of situation that Aaron had put her through the last time they met, but Knox was already by her side.

No matter how much he was annoyed at Zuri, there was no way he would put her in harm’s way.

“Get away from here, Aaron,” Knox said icily.

Aaron tilted his head and smirked, while Flo grabbed Nikolai’s hand and looked at him innocently. She looked like a normal girl right at this moment, but there was nothing normal about you if you were following the devil around.

“So, it is you, who has told him about the shattered souls?” Zuri shifted her attention back to Aaron, while Knox stood in front of her, as if to shield her. He knew better not to put his guard down with Aaron around.

“Yes.” It was Nikolai who answered her. There was a complicated gaze that he gave to her, but then it disappeared when he schooled his expression and looked Zuri straight in her eyes.

At this moment, it almost felt like that shy little boy, who loved to play piano and follow Zuri around when they were only little, had gone.

The little kid, who was abused by his father and tried his best to protect his little sister.

Or a young man, who worked at the bar and was so pleased to see her for the first time after a year and treated her kindly had disappeared.

Standing in front of her was a soldier.

They were in a different stage of life right now and were standing for different forces.

“He is a devil,” Zuri stated coldly. They were akin to those strangers right now.

“He is a savior.” Nikolai then shifted his attention toward Knox. “You should come with us. I know you are one of Chaos’s shattered souls too.”

Knox scoffed when he heard that. “No, thank you, I have an allergy to the person next to you.”

“He will save you from being killed by Chaos,” Nikolai said. He didn’t look in Zuri’s way now, but Flo kept her eyes on her, while still holding Nikolai’s hand tightly, she looked like his little sister right now. “Don’t you think it is unfair for him to do that to you?”

Knox had been following Chaos around the longest, thus such a statement wouldn’t be able to sway him, but the problem was Aaron, if he moved away from Nikolai and aimed at Zuri, the devil would come straight at her.

Zuri by no means was weak, but she wouldn’t be able to handle the devil on her own.

“This is not my life to begin with, the same thing goes for you,” Knox replied. “You should return it to the owner.”

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“The owner? No one owns me.” Nikolai was visibly angry at the mention of it, he felt like he was a slave for some master.

“He isn’t trying to save you, you are being manipulated by him, he is using you to achieve his goal.” Zuri pushed Knox slightly aside, as she demanded Nikolai’s attention.

“You are his girl, aren’t you?” Nikolai narrowed his eyes and gave Zuri a side look. “You will say anything to defend him. But, what about you?” Nikolai nodded toward Knox again. “Will you still think you are right even after Chaos sucked out your daughter’s soul?”

Zuri flinched when she heard that, her heart started beating so hard she was afraid Knox would hear it.

“What do you mean?” Knox took a step forward, but Zuri subconsciously held his hand back in order to prevent him from coming closer to them.

“I don’t think he knows it,” Aaron chimed in, he smiled at Zuri and spoke joyfully. “Little Blue, why don’t you tell him about the existence of his daughter? Will you lie again to his face like the way you did before, denying Eros is also a shattered soul?”

Aaron knew. He knew for a long time that Eros was Chaos’s shattered soul, thus he kept him close, by making the pack join hands with humans.

Knox immediately turned his body around and faced Zuri. “What is he saying?” He didn’t swat her hand away, but he pulled it subtly, so it wouldn’t look like he rejected her outright.

“Eros is Chaos’s shattered soul.” What choice did she have rather than telling him the truth, but Knox shook his head.

“What did he mean by my daughter?” Knox gritted his teeth, he didn’t want to get carried away. He could face everything that they said with a poker face, but not after the mention of a daughter.

“I will help you, Blue, because I like you.” Aaron appeared right behind Zuri, just three steps away from them, which made Knox pull Zuri behind him. “Your girl, no, she is old already… has a daughter named Rhea. She is also a shattered soul, just like her father.”

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