The Pack's Weirdo : A Mystery to unveil
Chapter 90 - The End

Chapter 90: Chapter 90 - The End

Now when she knew that Greyson had finally died, she couldn’t help but replay everything that happened with her in a few hours as well as everything that she got to know from the moon goddess. With each passing second, it is becoming harder for her to accept that so many people died only to save her. She can’t help but remember how those all people suffered only because they all placed her life above theirs. She covered her face with her hands and started sobbing loudly. Her sobs are breaking Ryan’s heart, but he is unable to do anything. He can feel the emotional burden that she is feeling, but he knows that there is nothing anyone can do about it. Truth is always bitter and hard to accept.

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Aadhya is still in the same room, and her crying has not stopped even after half an hour of Greyson’s death. The acid was concentrated enough to kill him, but his body was still not dissolved in it. Even some parts of Wilson’s body are also floating in it. Ryan needed to take care of the matters outside, so he went away, but he could still feel Aadhya’s feelings.

"Layla, Matt... come fast, Aadhya needs you", he mind-linked them, and when they said that they were just a few kilometres away, he took a deep breath.

"We found a file maintained and handwritten by Greyson," Ben told him, and there was a file in his hand. Ryan took it, and Ben continued, "All the details of the werewolves he has experimented on, and details and results of the experiment are written in it. There are many more things that are written in it. I am not sure if we can hand this over to the elders." Ben shared his concerns with Ryan, and he nodded.

"I am taking this with me. Take every other document you find here with you, dad. No document will go anywhere until I check it myself. After that, I will plan if the file will be sent to the council or not" Ben nodded and again went inside the building.

Aadhya was still sniffling when Anshuman entered the room with the medical kit and sat beside her. "I need to take that bullet out from your body before the wound completely heals itself" Aadhya looked at her body, and almost all the wounds on her body were healed now, except that bullet wound because the bullet was still in her body. She nodded, and Anshuman prepared the equipment.

"Still no injections?" he asked her, and she nodded. Though he was concerned about her, he didn’t have time to waste as many patients were already waiting for him. He started doing the said, and the pain was, as usual, hard to bear for Aadhya.

"What is happening there? Why are you in so much pain?" Ryan mind-linked her.

"Anshuman is treating my wound", she mind-linked him back, but before she even ended the link, Ryan entered the room in which she was getting her wound treated.

"Why are you putting yourself in pain?" He was by her side in seconds. "You can’t run away from these injections all your life, Aadhya", he scolded her gently, but she didn’t say anything. Instead, she tried to pull him towards her, and he came next to her on his own. Then she put her head on his bare chest and closed her eyes.

"Take that bullet out of my body," she said to Anshuman, and though Ryan doesn’t want her to be in pain after the experience he felt before, he understands the reason for her trauma of injections now. He kept patting her head all the time till Anshuman took the bullet out of her body. After that, he cleaned the wound and placed a temporary dressing on it as her wound will heal itself in a few hours now.

"I will take care of the other wounded", Anshuman informed them and opened the door, but as soon as the door opened, they heard Ben’s angry voice.

"I have direct orders from the alpha king" Both Ryan and Aadhya looked at each other and got up from their place. When they came outside the room, they saw that Elder Drew and Theodore were standing in front of him.

"These documents are needed in council Ben to prove why the royal pack attacked this part of the land. Alpha king already has many things to take care of. We can take care of this part," Elder Drew tried to make him understand.

"I don’t think I asked you for help, Elder Drew" Ryan went there and directly looked at the elders. "You can go back to the council. I will send you the report to justify everything that happened here," he said with authority which didn’t sit well with both the elders.

"We know you are the alpha king, but we are the.."

"Elders", Aadhya completed his sentence and looked at them. "But if you expect to solve the problems by sitting in a room by doing back-to-back meetings, then you should also wait for the results in the same room" Elder Theodore was about to lash out at her when she again continued, "Where were you all this time when you knew that the royal pack is under war?" she asked all of a sudden and waited for their answer this time.

"We have many things to do" this time, it was elder Drew.

"Then go and do those things that you were doing till now. You came to the royal pack to meet Ryan’s mate. I am his mate, and you have already met me. Now go back to the council. We will send the needed reports to you" she is extremely calm.

"Not even the alpha king and queen have the right to talk in the matters of council" Elder Drew’s wolf has released his aura, and for the first time, he is looking mad. Aadhya’s wolf took control of her, and her eyes turned blue.

"This is my personal matter. I lost my birth parents, my adoptive parents, my mate, and my grandmother. After that, I got the chance to be in this place. I am not allowing you to touch even a needle of this place without my permission... and everyone is restrained from taking anything that belongs to Greyson from this building" She mind-linked the last part as a command, and for a few seconds, those tribal tattoos and crown again appeared on her body.

"We are the elders", Elder Drew said while clenching his jaw, and Aadhya looked directly into his eyes.

"Don’t act like this, Elder Drew, or I will think that you are trying to save your ass from this situation", She told him, and the intensity of her each word affected Elder Drew to his core. "These documents are off-limits for everyone. Where is the council, Ryan?" she asked Ryan, who was too shocked and impressed with Aadhya’s every word.

"India. It is in India" She nodded and mind-linked the first person that came to her mind to meet her. Within a few minutes, Duke (the guy who had to cut his dreadlocks because of her) came in front of her and bowed.

"Duke, can you make the arrangement for sending all the council members back to the council?" She asked him, and he nodded.

"Sure, luna, this way, elders," he said to Elder Theodore and elder Drew.

"You can go with him. We will meet very soon.... and this time in the council," she told them, and though they were not looking happy, they still went away from there. She turned towards Ryan and Ben and found them smiling at her. She again hugged Ryan and looked at Ben. "I didn’t do something wrong, did I?" she asked him, and when he didn’t say anything, she continued, "I don’t have anyone to ask this now. You could scold me if I was wrong... you already have so many grownups under your care. Do you mind taking me too because just a few hours before my gramma left me and I don’t want to live the life that I lived in the past few years" Ben was normally a very strong but warm person, but these words are clearly showing the innocence and helplessness of Aadhya. He already knew that her life was far from being normal and happy, but these words made his heart bleed for the girl.

"Come here," he said to her, and when she complied, he hugged her. "I always support my children because no matter what, I know there is always a strong reason behind their every word or every action", he patted her back softly. "You did the right thing" Aadhya finally felt safe and warm in Ben’s embrace. No matter how much we grow, we always need an elder in our life. It can be parents, older siblings, grandparents, or anyone, but everyone feels the need for it, and Aadhya got Ben today in this war field.

Soon Layla and Matt came there, and as soon as they saw Aadhya, both of them just dashed toward her and took her in their arms. The tears that she was holding back before finally won, and she again started sobbing loudly.

"Shhh, chubby, we won... no need to cry. Everything’s alright. Dee is also safe" Matt tried to calm her, but she didn’t stop.

"Grammaaaa,... I wanted to see her, but I don’t have the strength now. She sacrificed so many things for me, but I was not even able to save her," She cried, but no one had any words to calm her now. They are not in a position to deny the truth. They failed in saving Shira, and that’s the truth, and this truth is even more hard to accept when they all know that many a time, Shira has done many things that saved many lives. They stayed a while like this while Ben went away to take care of all the other things, not before telling Ryan that he should focus only on taking care of Aadhya for now.

Aadhya let go of Layla and Matt and went towards the room where Ethan and Shira were. Ethan’s body is covered in blood, but still, his chest is all blackened because of the injection that Greyson injected into his body. Shira is also the same; her upper body is covered in blood, while her face is all white because of blood loss. There was blood all around the stretcher that she was lying in. Aadhya was confused if she would be happy that Shira finally found peace or sad that she could have saved her if she had been a little faster. She was thinking all this when the moon goddess’s words rang in her mind "You should let her go now. She also deserves peace" She felt Ryan’s arms encircling her waist, so she leaned backwards, and instantly the tingles helped her in calming down.

"Do you still want me as your mate, Ryan?" She asked him, and he simply hummed in response. "Words, Ryan," she said.

"I don’t know why you are asking this, and I am clarifying it for the first and last time today. You are my mate, and you will be my mate. Nothing else matters for me" she can feel his sincerity through the mate bond they have, and he can also feel her overwhelming emotions. She turned towards him in his embrace, and now they were face to face with each other.

"I don’t know what the future holds, Ryan. I don’t know for how many years I am going to live... but I want to be with you" her eyes colour changed between blue and black "I, Aadhya, along with my wolf Aadhya, accept you, Ryan knight and your wolf ’king’ as my mate, life partner, husband, and the alpha king" she said and her canines elongated. Ryan was shocked, but he already knew what she was going to do. He smiled as he noticed their height difference, he lowered himself a little, and finally, Aadhya grabbed both the side of his neck gently and pierced her canines on the nape of his neck.

As soon as her canines pierced his neck, she felt the wave of his emotions pouring on her body while the same happened with Ryan. She could feel his hold tightening on her waist as he lifted her off the ground and stood to his full height. Slowly after a few minutes, her canines again went back, but Ryan didn’t let her go.

"Ryan", she whispered, but he didn’t say anything. "Ryan" She tried to wriggle, but his hold was tight around her. She looked at the mark that she gave him, but as soon as she saw grey skin around the mark, she remembered that her fangs had silver venom in them. She gasped, and her beats spiked ... {don’t panic. He is fine. I can control the silver in my body. I can stop the venom from entering his body, but I still haven’t perfected controlling all of it. So, I think this grey skin is the result of a bit of silver in my fangs}... When her wolf explained, she finally took a deep breath.

"What happened? Why did you panic suddenly?" Ryan asked her while his head was still on her shoulder and he was still holding her.

"I just got scared that silver travelled in your body through my fangs, but my wolf clarified that she controlled it", she explained, but still, the continuous blood oozing from the mark was bothering her. "Ryan, why is the blood still coming out from the mark?" she asked him, and he finally looked at her.

"You need to clean the wound first," he said and put her on the floor. She nodded and ran out of the room after saying, "stay here for a minute. I will be back" when she came, after a few minutes, she had a medicine bottle and cotton in her hand. She poured the medicine into cotton and cleaned the mark using this. When she was finished, the bleeding had already stopped a while ago, and even his body had started to heal itself. She smiled at him and looked at her mark. "Can you release your scent, please?" As soon as her statement finished, she smelled the familiar yet a bit different scent. "So, marking each other does change the scent," she said, and Ryan nodded.

"Now, there will always be a piece of you connected with me," he said, and she smiled and looked at Ethan... {Did he deserve that?}

She knows that Ethan had been bad to her, but it doesn’t mean that he deserves this end... but at least he will be able to meet his other half now. She nodded on her conscience and felt an intense gaze on her. She looked at Ryan and found that the king was in control.

"Can I also mark you?" he asked her, and though Aadhya was expecting this, she couldn’t deny that this didn’t make her heart beat faster. She didn’t take much time and went in front of him. She tilted her neck and lowered the cloth that she was wearing a little so that the point where she would wear his mark would be just in front of him. He lowered his head and again lifted her from the floor, which made her encircle her hands around his neck. He smelled her scent deeply and then kissed the skin where he was going to give her his mark. She shivered in his hold, and he could feel the anticipation that she was feeling.

Without making her more nervous, he placed a kiss near her ear and whispered, "You will feel pain for a few seconds" she gulped and nodded. He extended his canines and pierced them in her neck, she winced, and her hold got tighter on him. He can feel her blood dripping down on his bare chest and her tears on his shoulder.

He took his canines back and looked at the mark on her neck. Before today he knew that the mate bond is very strong and is something that is beyond imagination, but after accepting each other fully, he has no words even to describe the bond and its pureness. The bleeding has already stopped from the mark, but she is still clutching him tightly.

"Can we go and take of the matters in hand, Queen Chicky?" He whispered after a while in her ear, and she finally let him go, and he lowered her to the floor. She looked at Shira and Ethan and went towards them. She kissed Shira’s cheek and then Ethan’s (yeah, Ryan didn’t like that).

"I promise I will live my life fully... and no need to take tension about your parents and pack Ethan. Your mate within me is no more, but your friend is still here."

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Aadhya’s POV -

A MONTH LATER -

Dee and I both are standing in front of the front door of the house, but none have the guts enough to go inside.

"I don’t think it’s a good idea, Addy" I didn’t even take a second to agree with his statement, "but then how will we go inside?" He asked me, and I gave him a wicked smile, and as usual, instead of getting scared, he became excited because he knew that I again had a twisted idea.

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"Come on, get on my back," I told Dee and sat in front of him.

"Addy, this is also not a good idea," he said nervously to her. Both of us are covered in mud from head to toe, and now we know that if we entered the house like this, Ben and Ryan both would shout at us like madmen as they did last time. It was not our fault, though. I just took Dee with me to train him, and Dee’s foot slipped in the mud that we had ignored earlier... Is it our fault? Yeah, I knew we should have not gone with the flow and started a mud fight but still...

I am trying to convince Dee to get on my back so that we can get into my room through the window, but he is scared. "Come on, I had climbed many times in your room when you were at the hostel", I tried to reason.

"I seriously don’t want to do this", He whined but encircled his hands around my neck and legs around my torso. "You are seriously a kid", He scolded me as he always does, and I started climbing. Though it was a bit hard but with a little help from my wolf, we reached the window in a few minutes. We climbed inside the room, and both of us spread on the floor like starfish.

"We did it, Dee," I said to him while smiling, and he hugged me from the side.

"You are the best," he said, and I chuckled ... {I love to be called his hero}

"I see. You again did something that you should not do" As soon as we heard Ryan’s voice, both of us got up from the floor at lightning speed. We were about to run inside the bathroom when... " Stop",... he said, and we didn’t dare to move from our places. "Look at me, both of you" We turned toward him, and both of us gave him our best puppy dog eyes... but he ignored our innocent eyes, and his gaze travelled down our bodies. He looked at the floor where we were lying before, and a disappointing sigh left his lips... all in all, my room was a complete mess, along with Dee and me now. "Whose idea is to climb the window?" he asked us, and both of us pointed at each other.

"Hawww, Addy, you said that lying is a bad habit", Dee shouted, and I bit my lip. I literally don’t want to get scolded by Ryan again... and every time I break some rule, he always cuts the supplies of my chocolates depending upon the severity of the rule-breaking.

"In the last month, you have already broken the record of every rule breaker of our pack Chicky. This is not done... this is clearly not done". He is looking so pissed right now that I need to distract him, or I will not be able to get even a single bar of the chocolate for a month... {shit, did I say that loud}... I gasped and covered my mouth in horror, and I also heard a small gasp from Dee. "Yes, you are right... no Chocola..." before he said anything, I did what came to my mind first. I grabbed his collar and pulled him towards me. He was too stunned to act when I tiptoed and placed my lips on his. When my mind finally understood what I had done, I instantly took steps away from him and covered my mouth using my hands. I can’t make myself look at his face, but now his perfectly tailored, body-hugging suit is also covered in mud. I gathered my courage and slowly looked at his face, and now one side of his cheek and another side of his neck had my muddy handprints... {You definitely fucked up, dude}

"Addy kissed Alpha...." Dee shouted and ran out of the room... but my embarrassed self was so much embarrassed that I was not even able to act in time to stop him. "Addy kissed alpha, uncle ben" I can still hear Dee’s shouts, and I can feel all the blood rushing on my face now.

"I will be back", I squeaked and was about to run behind Dee when Ryan grabbed my waist and pulled me towards him. I don’t know what he is feeling because he has blocked the bond, but I can hear his heart beating, and his intense gaze is forcing me to shiver. "I am sorry", I again squeaked and waited for his response.

If you guys are wondering why I am so nervous, then let me clarify. Though we accepted each other a month ago, we are still unmated. It’s not like we are uncomfortable with all this stuff, but I can’t help but become nervous whenever situations like this arise... and I am more than glad that Ryan did respect the boundaries.

"You can’t even imagine for how long I was waiting for you to take a step towards me," He said, and this made me instantly look at him in shock "I wanted to ask you something," he asked me, and I gulped... {Why am I so nervous?} ... I don’t know how to respond to my wolf.

"Will you marry me?" as soon as these words escaped his lips, my legs gave up, but Ryan’s hold was tight on my waist, which saved me from falling on my butt.

"Yo... you can’t ask it like this," I said to him and tried to calm my heart and wolf who had gone wild from a single sentence of him... {It always amuses me the effect this man had on me}.

"Yes, you are right," He said with a smile. "Do you think you can stand for a minute without falling?" he asked me, which made me more embarrassed. I was not in a position to use words, but I was also eager to know what he was planning, so I nodded, and slowly he lowered me to the floor. Then he dragged a chair and made me sit on it and sat in front of me on both of his knees. He took a paper from his coat’s pocket and extended it towards me. "Will you marry me?" I tilted my head and looked at the paper in his hand curiously, which made him chuckle instantly.

"What is it?" I asked him, and he looked at me with so much love that I couldn’t help but feel his emotions.

"You can see it on your own" I carefully took the paper from his hand and opened it. As soon as I saw the designs of two rings on a tattoo stencil. I can’t help but be surprised and excited about this at the same time. The designs are so detailed and beautiful that they took my breath away.

"We are getting a tattoo instead of wedding rings... as in, you are going to get your first tattoo for me? Wait, wait wait... Are you sure? Oh, my god... Ryan," I cupped his cheeks as I was hardly able to contain my emotions and excitement now. He chuckled and placed his hand on mine, which was on his left cheek.

"Yes, I am planning to, if you say yes" I jumped on him and hugged him tightly, which caused him to fall on the floor while laughing.

"Obviously, yes.... yes... I will marry you," I said and again kissed him on his lips which again resulted in shocking both of us. I quickly got up, and he followed behind me. For a few seconds, we are just standing there awkwardly. I know that both of our hearts are beating loudly, and the happiness of the king can be easily felt through our bond, but still, as these things are happening with me for the very first time, I am feeling a bit... I don’t know what it is... But I am happy for sure.

"Ok, I need to change now. You should also take a bath after we will go to the tattoo artist that helped me in designing those rings" I looked at him to see if he is serious... {Are we getting married today? I know that the rings are tattoos but still... A ring is a ring... no matter if it is metal or a tattoo. It will not change its meaning} ... Oh, come on, marking him already means that he is mine and I am his...

"Oh, sorry, I should have asked you if you wanted to get the rings today," He said nervously and scratched the back of his neck nervously.

"Yes," I said, and this time he was shocked. "Let’s get the rings done today," I said to him, which immediately brightened his smile.

"Done then" he said, and I nodded, mirroring his bright smile with mine. He went out of the room, and I stood there for a few seconds smiling like an idiot. But he came again after a minute. "I forgot something," he said, and I looked around.

"What?" I looked around but gasped when he pulled me towards him, and instantly his lips crashed into mine. His one hand went towards my neck and tilted my head to give him more access, while his other hand was on my waist, which kept me close to his body. At first, my body became numb, and my heartbeats spiked so much that I was afraid that I would surely get another heart attack today. But after a few minutes, the mate tingles helped in calming me, and I closed my eyes, and his lips moved around mine in proper momentum. After a few seconds, I also tried to mirror his moves and ignored the butterflies that were soon going to burst out from my stomach.

I was in bliss when he removed both of his hands from my body, and I instantly missed his touch. He neither broke the kiss nor gave me a chance to do it. He grabbed both my hands and placed them around his neck and again placed both of his hands in their previous positions... {I am going insane} ... My mind was unable to process anything, I just know that he kept moving towards me and my steps automatically moved backwards until my back hit the wall. That was the first time when I cursed the gods because they installed this stupid respiratory system in human beings... The need for oxygen forced me to pat his shoulders and finally after taking a few seconds he broke our kiss. Both of us were panting like dogs for oxygen, and let me tell you, his lips looked more alluring than ever because of the breathtaking kiss that we had just shared.

I can feel his gaze still on my lips while now his face is also covered in mud. He twirled the few strands of hair that came out of the bun and tucked them carefully behind my ear. Our gazes met, and his hands were now resting on my neck while mine was still on his shoulders. "This is the right way to kiss" I am sure my face is red as a tomato now. I looked downwards and bit my lip. "Don’t do that", he said and made me look at him, then he softly caressed my lower lip using his thumb, and I was shocked by the intensity of his emotions that I was feeling, "or we will surely be going to be late for getting our wedding rings wifey" I closed my eyes and hid my face in his chest...

"Don’t tease me", I whined, and his chest shook as he laughed loudly. His arms automatically snaked around my waist, and he kissed my head.

"I am just stating the facts," he said, and again, we stayed like this for a few minutes. "Now let me go and get ready. We have some very important work to do" I finally let him go and found him smiling at me.

He again pecked my lips, and I gasped. "That’s cheating", I whined, and he again pulled me towards him.

"Don’t tell me you didn’t like it" {What has gotten into him today? Making me speechless again and again. Is he high?} He leaned, and this time I automatically closed my eyes. I was expecting him to again kiss me, but when his lips touched my forehead, I couldn’t help but fall in love with this man more and more. "Don’t make me wait for long. Be quick," he said and finally went out of the room, "and you are not allowed to eat even a single chocolate for a complete week" I heard his voice and ran out of the room behind him... {whyyy? How can he remember this when we just shared a mind numbing kiss?}

"You can’t do this", I shouted behind him.

"I exactly did this, now be quick... I love you," He shouted, and I opened my mouth for a witty reply, but when his words finally registered in my brain... {What did he say? Did he say he loves me?} ...

"Yes, I said I love you... now be quick, Chicky," he shouted from his room and closed the door.

"Yes, Chicky, he loves youuuuu" when I heard Layla’s voice, I finally looked downstairs and found everyone standing in the drawing room. All the blood rushed to my face, and I ran inside the room. Though this all is a weird feeling, I am still in love with this feeling... {come on, we need to go and get our rings.. Damn I loved the design} I happily ran inside the bathroom to take the quickest bath of my life...

"Finally, the pack’s weirdo got the man who loves her all the ’weirdities’," She hummed happily.

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Note -

Forgive me if you don’t like the last kissing scene (I am not good in writing these scenes and this is the reason the story mainly revolved around the action and mystery part instead of romance ). I will upload the epilogue soon.