The loss

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Owen's P.O.V.

I run inside my house and shut the door behind me. I was breathing heavily and then suddenly I felt like my belly twisting in every direction. Let me give a piece of advice if someone has fed you five years of food in one time do not run after eating all that. My head started to spin, I was out of breath and tired. I let myself fall to the ground on my knees, I crawled to the couch and laid on it. I felt the darkness take over, am I really dying from overeating? After a while, my body calmed down but I was scared that I would puke even if I move an inch, so stayed just like I was.

The good thing is, I do not smell him anymore, he is not nearby. 'You did good Owen,' I said to myself. Who knows what would happen if I stayed there for a couple of seconds more.

After almost two hours I heard the door open and my parents with Hailey following them entered the house, they were talking about the bad grades that Hailey got in mathematics.

"What's the point of it, we are wolves, we are meant to hunt, run in the wild not sit in a lousy office cubical all day," Hailey said with a duh tone.

"Well, we eat the delicious food because of that office cubical, you can eat raw meat of God knows what while roaming in the jungle, sounds like a good plan?" My mother replied sarcastically.

"Do you see that, he has been in the house for the entire day, you still are a couch potato," Hailey said pointing at me.

"No, I'm not," I said bolting up from the sofa. I should not have got up, I barely held back the things that were going to come out of my belly.

"Are you all right honey?" my dad asked.

"Yes, just thanks to mom and Mrs. Stephwell, I don't need to eat for the rest of my life," I said whispering.

"Did you go to Mrs. Stephwell today? How is she?" asked my mom.

"She was fine, I guess. Why did you guys not tell me about the renovation of the bookstore?" I said as I was not feeling like puking.

"The topic never came up in our conversations." Replied my dad as he sat next to me.

"By the way did something happen to Mrs. Stephwell, while I was gone?" I was still concerned; I could not get that image of her out of my head.

"Oh, dear! She went through a lot." My mom said sitting opposite me. "Do you remember Jeremy?" she added.

"The youngest of the three sons of Mrs. Stephwell?" I replied.

"Yes." My mom stopped for a while, probably trying to find the right words. "He passed away three years back," she added, I could see the sadness in her eyes.

"Oh my God. How? What happened?" I was shocked, how can something like that happen. He was such a sweet boy, a couple of years younger than Hailey. How can he just leave the world? I remember sometimes when I would go to the bookstore and if he was there, he sometimes would ask me to read him something. I used to read him stories, and he loved fairytales. How... How can this happen?

"Do you recall the things that happened between our pack and Silver Moon Pack?" My mom asked.

"Yes, but what does that have to do with this?" I was lost.

"You see, the alpha of that pack was always jealous of Jason. When Jason took over, he made our pack so strong that we became one of the best packs in the nation. The alpha of the Silver Moon Pack could not accept the accomplishment of the other alpha who was half of his age. So, he started spreading rumors about Jason. But that still did not affect Jason's Image as a strong alpha. One day they entered our town from the woods next to the high school, we think they must have wanted to kidnap our children to show their power and that we could not even protect our kids. But as the entire school was gone on to a picnic, no one was there. So, they came into the town and the first kid they encountered was Jeremy, he was at the bookstore. They tried to kidnap Jeremy when he was outside of the store, but some people saw them and tried to stop them including Mrs. Stephwell. But in all that chaos one of their knives cut through Jeremy's neck. We killed all of them and took Jeremy to the hospital but he did not survive. He died in his mother's arms." My mom was choking. 

After a while, she said "Jason did not spare them, he killed the alpha, beta, and their mates, and the world who did not know the truth labeled him the cruelest alpha. But how was he supposed to react, one of the kids in his pack was murdered, we all saw the entire Stephwell family suffer, Mrs. Stephwell was admitted to hospital three times in a year, her husband was the same, he was broken too. And their kids, imagine how hurt they would have been, how scared they must have felt. After a year Mrs. Stephwell renovated the store because she needed her mind off the things, she needed a distraction and she could not see the building her son died in front of and she could not let go of the place her son loved so much, they barely held on, Owen." We all were teary.

How can someone do something so cruel, how can... how can anyone even think of hurting a child. I was hurt, How can such a person exist in the world? A wonderful child lost his life, a happy family is scared, Mrs. Stephwell, such a kind lady had to suffer so much just because of one person's jealousy.

We sat in silence, none of us knew what to say; none of us dared to speak.



Author's note:

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I don't know  what to  say about this chapter...


I just want to notice you that, I've been very busy this week and hence was able to complete this chapter only, but I might post another chapter tomorrow or the day after. I'm not promising anything but if I could finish a chapter I'll upload it. So, keep checking...that is if you want to read another chapter in the week.

Love you all 




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