The Pack's Weirdo : A Mystery to unveil
Chapter 26: Episode 26 - Panic attack

Chapter 26: Episode 26 - Panic attack

When I finally woke up from the nightmare, I felt like my lungs were burning from lack of oxygen. I threw the blankets from me, ran towards the window, and opened it. I tried to take deep breaths but instead started feeling dizzy. I closed my eyes and put my hand on my chest, which was beating painfully fast.

"It’s just a nightmare, Aadhya. There was nothing real in it," I whispered and tried to come to proper senses again, but when black dots started dancing in front of my eyes, I opened my eyes and instantly my eyes turned towards Alpha’s balcony, which is a very good distance away but thanks to my werewolf senses that I can see him clearly standing there.

His eyes are closed, and his hands are stuffed in his pockets. He is wearing a black lower and white tank top. His shoulder-length hair is wet, and tiny water droplets are dripping from them on his broad shoulders. No matter how much his beard or bulky body screams that he is a hard, strong, and rude man but the peaceful expressions on his face are clearly showing signs of softness. I don’t know when, but my breaths became normal, but I continued admiring him. I feel like his calmness helped me in calming myself.

He would have felt my gaze because suddenly, Alpha opened his eyes and looked exactly at me. For a few minutes, we kept looking at each other without blinking, but slowly Alpha tilted his head and looked at his wristwatch, which made me finally realize what am I doing... {now, turning your back would be more embarrassing, Aadhya}... I nodded and agreed with my conscience, but still, my gaze turned towards the clock, which was showing 1:00 am. I again looked at him and found him already looking at me. Suddenly I became self-conscious. I know that I look attractive because of the beauty genes of werewolves that I got from mom and dad. It doesn’t matter if I am a werewolf or not. No one would have matched the standard of his beauty ... {damn, I have not tied my hair} ... I chuckled a little at my stupid conscience who is stupidly putting ideas on my mind... {come on, dude, from when I started thinking about others’ opinions on my looks} ... When I looked at him next, I found him still looking at me, so I decided to break this staring game. I raised an eyebrow and carefully mouthed, ’unable to sleep?’ and to my surprise, he understood it at the very first attempt.

’Not really,’ he mouthed carefully, and I smiled triumphantly as I also understood for the very first time ’you’? He asked me.

’Me too,’ I mouthed, and he nodded.

’Wanna talk’? He mouthed, and at first, I thought that I got it wrong, but then he continued, ’I don’t think that’s a good idea. We should sleep,’ he mouthed this very fast, but luckily, I understood a few words and joined them to understand the whole sentence. I grinned as he looked a little awkward.

’Let’s talk then,’ I mouthed, and he nodded. When he calmly walked into his home, I remembered that I did not have his contact number; then, how were we going to talk like this? Before I gave some compliments to myself for my stupidity, I saw the main door of his house opening. I focused my eyes as it was dark there, but soon I saw him walking towards the hostel in the streetlights. I ran towards the door when I realized that all the time in our little interaction, I was wearing a low-neck spaghetti top... now suddenly, I didn’t want to go and meet him ......{but I can’t ignore him when he is already waiting for me... it’s alright, Aadhya. He is a werewolf, and nudity is not something uncommon in werewolves, and it’s not like you are naked. You are not just wearing something that you consider proper clothes}

I rubbed my face in irritation, wore the first t-shirt I got, and walked out of the room... {no need to act embarrassed or something like that} ... I told myself and came out of the hostel. I found him waiting outside, he was wearing a white V-neck t-shirt, and half of his wet hair was now tied in a ponytail... {why does he have to look so handsome all the time?}.

"Let’s sit there," he said, gesturing towards our left, where a bench is placed at the corner of the footpath. I nodded, and we walked silently and sat there "you have awesome hair," he complimented me out of the blue, and I again became self-conscious. {dude, you again forgot to tie your hair} ...

"Thank you," I told him but unconsciously tied my hair in a messy bun, making him chuckle.

"I just complimented you for your hair, and you tied them just like that," he said in amusement, and I rolled my eyes.

"They are still awesome," I told him, and he smiled.

"You know, when I got the crown, the council suggested that I should build a bungalow or something castle-type for me," he told me, and I chuckled.

"I never heard even in stories that a king loves in a normal house. Just imagine an author writing... ’once upon a time there lived the greatest king of his time, in his two-story house," I said to him dramatically, and he laughed out loud.

"Well, it is hilarious, but I don’t like all those things. I wanted a home filled with love and not some castle or bungalow filled with riches, so I rejected their offer," he told me with a smile, "and we are only two people who live in that house, dad and me. Sometimes we feel that even this is huge for us."

"Very few rich people think like that," I told him, and he nodded.

"Yeah, but my dad is like that, and he is the one who is my role model, so this comes naturally," he explained, and I nodded.

"It’s good to have a family," I said to him, and he hummed in response "seems like you overslept in the car," I pointed out, and he rolled his eyes.

"You are still stuck on that," he said, and I smiled. "I just came from night patrolling before I caught you ogling at me," he said, and I chuckled at it... {there is no need to deny something that I have made earlier very clear.}

"That’s the fault of the moon goddess. She should not have made you this drool-worthy" as soon as I said this, I mentally groaned at my choice of words, and he smirked at me.

"Well, these are not the words girls use to compliment me normally," he said, but I did not say anything "drool-worthy... seriously, Aadhya," he asked me while laughing, and I couldn’t help but laugh along with him... {his laugh is contagious... and melodious too}

"Fine, I knew it’s weird, but it’s the truth," I told him, and he raised his hand in surrender.

"Fine, I accept that I am drool-worthy," he said cockily, and I rolled my eyes. "So, why were you not sleeping?" he asked me. It’s not like having nightmares is uncommon, but I don’t think everyone can see the nightmares that feel so close to reality. I shuddered suddenly when I remembered the nightmare "you know I also don’t get accustomed to new surroundings easily," he said casually, but I knew that he was trying to divert my mind... {he surely had seen me shuddering}.

"Back at the blue moon, they used to call me weirdo," I told him, and he looked at me and nodded "they started calling me that after the death of my parents. Initially, I was confused about why I was being called that, but Layla always told me not to listen to them. I tried to ignore them for a long time, but whenever someone called me weirdo, I felt so annoyed. This always made me remember that I don’t have my parents to shield me from that" I took a deep breath and looked at Alpha. He was listening to me with utter seriousness " the day on which Layla and matt found Ellon and Mia .... that day was sad as well as happy for me."

"That day, I understood that no matter how much people love me, they can’t be with me for my whole life. On the same day, I made up my mind to join the warriors and accepted the word ’weirdo’ with open arms because that’s what I am, I am different, and I am glad to be like that" I smiled at that and again looked at him and found him smiling "so I don’t think there is anything wrong in adding a new thing in my weirdness" I said it loud to make myself confident and continued "nightmares are a part of my every night. Today I saw a real heart-wrenching nightmare minutes ago when you found me ogling at you. You can say that you distracted me from my nightmare" I told him the truth, and he chuckled.

"Glad to help you with the help of my drool-worthy looks, Aadhya," he said cockily, and without thinking, I slapped on his arm, and both of us froze instantly. He looked at me, "you..." before he said something, I took hold of both my ears.

"Sorryyyyyyyy... sorry sorry sorry, alpha," I said to him regretfully "damn, Aadhya, why do you have to do this stupidity? Sorry Alpha, but it’s not clearly 100% my fault. You are the one who suggested we talk... Oh god, what I am saying... sorry, alpha" I continued blabbering until he got irritated and put his palm on my mouth. I looked at him with my puppy dog eyes, and he pinched the bridge of his nose using another hand.

"Fine," he said, and I blinked my eyes, "just be careful next time. You have to believe that I am the fucking ALPHA KING for a reason. At least give me some respect," he said and took a deep breath "now I am removing my hand, and you are going to show some mercy on my ears and will stay silent for at least five minutes," he said and waited for my approval... {how can I tell you yes when you are covering my mouth} ... I gave him a bored expression, and he took a deep breath and removed his hand.

"If you are that annoyed, then why on this earth do you suggest talking with me first?" As soon as I asked him, he started chuckling while shaking his head.

"And I thought that you were going to listen to me this time," he said and shook his head. "Why are you not afraid of me, Aadhya?" he questioned me suddenly, and I shrugged. "Oh, come on, there has to be a reason. Not even Ellon and Mia are so casual with me, and they knew me for my whole life."

"This can be the doing of mate bond, I think," I told him, and he nodded.

"Might be possible," he said, and I hummed.

"But I think this can be one of my technical or wiring faults" as soon I said that, he again chuckled.

"Now, what are these technical or wiring faults?" he asked me, and I shrugged.

"Well, I think that my adventurous birth caused many things. I am very different because of it. I had never felt dominated in the presence of Alpha and Luna before. I just never talked back because I respected them" I told him the truth, and he seemed to be in deep thought for some time.

"Or maybe Shira has to do something with this," he suggested, and I rolled my eyes, but suddenly an idea came to my mind.

"Alpha, can I ask a favor from you?" I asked him, and he nodded. "Can you allow me to be present in dungeons when Amara is being questioned?" I asked him, but he didn’t look at me "please, alpha, I wanted to know about my family," I told him softly, but still, he did not react, so I added more, "I know that my suspicions can be wrong, but sometimes I saw a few things in my nightmares which were very disturbing but very close to reality. Sometimes I felt like I was watching someone else’s memory in my dreams" as soon as I said this, he actually turned towards me.

"You are talking about today’s nightmare" he didn’t ask me this. He just stated this in a sentence. I turned my gaze down, but he put his index finger under my chin "look at me, Aadhya, tell me what you saw?" he asked me more gently this time. "I knew that you were disturbed. I saw you trembling, your eyes were red, and you were breathing like you were having an asthma attack. Tell me, what was it" I closed my eyes, and as soon as I thought of mom and dad, I again shuddered. He took hold of both my hands but didn’t say anything after that. I took a few deep breaths and looked him in the eyes.

"I saw the day when my parents died. I don’t know why I saw that. I clearly remember the day when they died. Mom and dad were dealing with some border issues when a few rogues attacked them. They killed a few rogues, but in the end, both of them also martyred for their pack, but the dream was totally different," I told him in a timid voice, but he kept listening to me without disturbing me. "I dreamt that I was also in the woods with them, and they were playing with me when the rogues attacked. Mom took me with her, and dad stayed back to save us. I dreamt that mom took me home and ran to the woods again to help dad. They fought and killed a few rogues, but maybe one or two rogues ran outside the pack borders" I felt myself trembling all over again, and Alpha nodded in encouragement.

"He said to mom that they have seen me, and they have to kill them before they tell someone about me. So, both of them ran outside the pack borders, but when they finally chased and killed them, they found themselves surrounded by vampires, witches, and rogues." I stopped as I was unable to breathe again. I closed my eyes and tried to inhale, but my lungs began to burn again. I stood up from the bench and walked here and there. I can hear Alpha’s distant voice, but I cannot understand what he is saying. Suddenly he came in front of me and jerked me towards him so that we were face to face with each other. I tried to wriggle in his hold as I could not breathe, but his grip was much stronger. I shook my head, but he cupped my cheeks and looked into my eyes.

"Shhhhhh... look at me. Are you able to hear me, Aadhya?" I heard his distant voice and nodded weakly as again I started feeling dizzy "breath with me, Aadhya" I again shook uncontrollably in his hold, but his grip was very tight. "Take a deep breath with me," he said, pulling me closer. He took a long deep breath, and I tried to mirror him. As soon as I breathed, an alluring scent invaded my nostrils and senses.