Hidden tears

Chapter Six

Aria runs her fingers through her hair, ignoring Kael who had walked towards a large rock by the corner.

This was all her fault. If she had just stayed in her place and not gone to that dumb event, nothing would have gone wrong.

“Don't feel guilty” Kael snapped glaring at her, his dagger just in hand as he scanned around the area. He couldn't shake off this feeling that rogues might jump out of a bush at any time.

“But I'm at fault, you try to make me feel better but at last, it's not working” Aria kicked the dust with her left leg, but lost her balance and fell to the floor.

“Weak” Kael commented. She frowned, pushing herself off the ground as she looked around them.

The trees were shielding them away from the sun, if you listened just closely enough, a waterfall wasn't too far from here and Aria could actually feel her salivary glands go dry.

“When we finally get to the place meant for the one's chosen by the moon goddess herself, you would be trained on how to use your power” Kael stood up from the rock dusting what could come off his pants as he stretched tiredly. “Prepare. For now, we have to get a place to sleep and food to eat”

Kael couldn't go back into Lucien's pack, but there were things he could use right in the woods. By dawn, they would leave this place and head north, that was the only hope they had of surviving.

“Should we still stay in that cave?” Aria asked but Kael shook his head. Who knows what Lucien and his Luna would do next?

Kael rolled his eyes and grabbed his bag that was placed beside his feets. The bag was more like a pouch made of animal skin. “I know another place we can stay, but we'd have to walk a while”

Kael didn't give Aria a chance to complain, he rolled up the sacks they used to sleep and threw them at her. It took a lot for Aria to catch them but she did, following him closely behind.

Aria had no idea how long they had walked but she soon heard a large gush of water, dropping the sacks to the ground. She saw a clear, blue river in front of them and if you looked farther down the river–A waterfall was just at the end.

“We'll sleep there” Kael pointed at a cave that was covered with bushes, it could conceal them well without any issues.

They set up their things in the cave while Kael left to go fishing for fishes and grab firewood. Aria sat down in the cave, her head buried between her legs.

Must you keep being useless like this? She felt a voice say in her head, but she shook her head blatantly refusing to think that way.

Kael said she was powerful, with the mark that had adorned her back, she could finally make people notice her and make the moon goddess proud

Aria hoisted herself off the floor, walking out of the cave. The atmosphere had gone completely quiet, the cold breeze that blew around her reminded her that winter was just a few days away.

She pushed her feets to go look for Kael, she found him beside the river, staring into it with his pouch thrown in a corner and as he stared into the river. A diamond-like drop of water fell from his eyes but he quickly wiped it away and raised his head to meet her eyes.

They were dark and bright, but it didn't show like he had just cried. He looked too manly to even be seen crying.

“A-are you okay, Kael?” Aria asked and Kael turned to look back into the water and nodded.

“I caught a big fish and some firewood. We best start the fire before the weather gets too cold”

Aria didn't ask or mention to Kael that she had seen him crying. She minded her business and focused on the fact that she needed to go back to where she belonged before news about her existing spread across the five packs.

By dawn the next day, they were on the move. The grounds were wet which indicated the downpour that started earlier that morning.

Kael was quick on his feets, not caring if Aria was following behind him. He wanted to get to the place that he was once shown so Aria could be safe, at least for a while.

Aria looked at the tall, unhappy man that was striding forward a few feet away from her. Her muscles ached, sweat ran down her face despite the cold weather as she had to walk despite her short legs.

Sometimes, she found herself running to catch up with him.

“W-wait up” Aria shrieked tiredly as her dress got stuck to one of the tree branches, but Kael had gone too far to hear her. “K-kael!”

She screamed tugging at her dress but all to no avail. She looked at the direction Kael had walked to and considered ripping the dress off.

Ye can do this.

She heard something say in her head. But as she was about ripping the part of the dress that was stuck, she heard a low growl coming from behind a tree.

She paused. Raising her eyes slowly to look at the tree and then turning in the direction Kael had disappeared to.

Is this how my life is going to end? Aria sobbed inwardly pulling at her dress, she heard a slight tearing sound and as she turned to look at the tree, a wolf was now standing in front of her.

It was shorter than normal werewolves, with deep blue eyes and black fur. It looked at her bearing its claws but Aria was frightened she kept tugging on her dress anxiously.

“Don't come near me” she yelled as her dress finally came unstuck. She immediately took off on her heels running to catch up with Kael.

But she could hear the wolf following right behind her, tears ran down her cheeks involuntary. After running for a while, she turned to check if she was being followed but was shocked to find the wolf unconscious behind her.

“What the fuck was going on?” Aria asked no one in particular.