Healing The Ruthless Alpha

Chapter 44

The look in Cahir's eyes had Aristo jumping away while I swallowed a thick lump as goosebumps rose on my skin.

"Now - Now that I think about it, I have - I have work to do. See you later!" Aristo broke into a jog as he escaped the fire blazing around his Alpha. "Good - Good morning," I swallowed, feeling sweat break out on my forehead from the heat of the anger in his eyes.

I felt the waves of his anger crash into me and I knew I had to dispel the rage building around him but after what happened the other night, I didn't know how to face him.

"How - How are you?" He didn't look very good.

Despite the anger around him, his expression remained impassive but the dark circles around his eyes worried my wolf. He looked like he had not slept a wink the previous night. I noticed then that he was still wearing the clothes from yesterday.

"Did you sleep in the office?" I asked in alarm when he still did not say anything to me, choosing to stare at me with the anger rolling off him. "What were you doing with Aristo?" He asked a question of his rather than respond to mine.

"He came to my aide when some girls were harassing me," I answered, feeling wariness take over me. I crossed my arm and stepped back while watching him. He didn't make a move but his anger grew and surrounded the place, almost suffocating me.

"Harassing you?" He spoke as if testing the words on his tongue then his brows twitched. I saw an unfamiliar expression flit through his eyes before he scowled. “Who dares to harass my Luna?" The words spilling from his lips were not his.

I recognized the voice of his wolf because of the animalistic growls that accompanied his words and the way his eyes shifted to a deep red colour and an expression of rage overtook his features.

"Cahir -" I swallowed at the way he looked at me. This man was dangerous and I never went a second in his presence without being reminded of how much power he wielded and how much danger that translated to.

When he took purposeful steps toward me, I fought to maintain my stance, to not run away, because I knew it was foolish to run from a predator. He stopped in front of me and forced my chin upwards, forcing me to look into his angry red eyes.

"I need names." I swallowed at the harsh tone.

Wolves were possessive of things they considered theirs and Alphas were the worst of the lot - the more power an Alpha wielded, the worse their possessiveness, but Cahir - I never experienced anything like this. Granted, no one had ever been possessive of me but I never expected it to be like this. I didn't think a few snarled words could knock the breath out of me and make me shiver to my bones but here we are.

"I don't -"A low growl in his throat warned me against lying.

The twins, whatever their names were, would owe me big time for this. Threatening them was all a bluff. I did not come here to put Cahir against his people which would be what telling him about them would achieve.

"Don't be - Don't be mad." I raised a shaky hand to cup his jaw while fearing for my life. Those girls were in my debt. "I took care of it already."

"Are you sure." The wolf snarling before me narrowed its eyes but I already felt the tension slipping away.

"I am sure - Perseus." I swallowed as I mentioned that name. How would he react - My eyes widened to twice their size as the wolf nuzzled into my palm, holding my arm in place and rubbing his cheek against my open hand like a needy cat.NôvelDrama.Org content rights.

The simple act made my heart pound even harder. What the hell was happening?

He jerked away from me as if burned when I thought that and for a second, I feared I had exclaimed that out loud.

"What did you do to the mutt?" Cahir snatched both of my hands and held them to his face, scrutinizing them. The man was back with his blank expression and aura of danger cloaking him.

"I - I didn't do anything." I tugged my hands from his grip but they turned firm. Dark eyes raised to look at me.

Cahir's eyes bore into mine, giving me the impression of being stripped naked. It felt as if he could see into the deepest part of my soul and it terrified me knowing I wouldn't know what he would see there.

A sharp cry from a child broke his eyes from biting into me. He let go of my hand and started in the direction of the piercing scream and I followed behind him. I'd come here to see how the people in this pack lived and I would do that now.

The cause of the loud wail was apparent when we got close to the entrance of the house. Avalon looked bored to see the child crying while the mother rushed towards her son.

"What happened here?" I heard Cahir demand in a voice that made Avalon stand upright. She was the only adult in the room with the child and from the look of it, she had not tried to console the screaming boy whose leg was bent at a weird angle.

"I told him not to run on wet floors but he insisted," she said with no care in the world.

I reached the boy at the same time as his mother, almost losing my footing once as I walked on the wet floor.

"Micah, I told you not to run about!" The woman scolded her son, white as paper.

"Mum -" the boy whimpered, holding his leg.

“Don't touch it!” The woman looked around, ready to move him but I stopped her.

"Wait a minute." She raised her head as I spoke as if only then realising that there was someone else in the room other than her son.

"Luna." When she raised her head, I saw the tears gathering in her eyes but she still managed a weak smile.

"Let me do something." I took a deep breath and put my hand on the boy's leg. In an instant, I felt the familiar light warming from my heart and spreading a tingle through my body before my hands lit up.

"Mummy -" The boy cried, clutching at his mother. "What is she doing?" Fear and pain resonated in his voice as I closed my eyes.

I didn't have mastery over my power yet but I wanted to be absolutely certain that this time, I did not use more mana than necessary to help this child. He was already in enough pain, I did not want to put him in any more.

The tingling sensation rushed through me and almost rushed out but I gritted my teeth, holding it at bay. I could feel the bones in his legs and if I concentrated hard enough, I could visualize the injury on his leg.

Slowly, with gritted teeth, I let out the

healing aura, allowing it to seep out

of my palms like a trickling tap. It

was a lot of work but not impossible when tpaid attention and took my time, forcing myself to be careful with the child.

When the last bit of his torn flesh and shifted bone righted itself, I allowed myself to open my eyes as I took my hands off the child.

Two more people had entered the

room while I healed the boy. Everyone in the room had their eyes on me gawking at me. I smiled, feeling weird as I stood. None of the people here had seen me heal anyone before and with the way they looked at me, I felt like an alien

who'd just dropped in their midst.

"I feel all good now!" The child broke the spell of silence in the room. He flew to his feet with his bloody shorts and launched himself at me.

"Micah!" His mother choked while he wrapped his hands around my knees.

"Thank you, lady!" The child shouted and I awkwardly patted his head.

"Thank you, Luna," his mother said, standing from her crouching position. "Micah is a bit careless and likes to run about. I am sorry for the inconvenience."

"It's no problem," I said with an even more awkward smile. "Did it hurt when I healed you?" I asked the child who shook his head vigorously.

"No, not at all!" He was jumping

when he spoke. "It felt It felt like

-

cool mint and and I really loved it. It was calming!" He clutched his mother's hand and pulled atût. "Mum, you need to have felt it!"

“He – has a lot of energy," I commented at the child bouncing about.

“Tell me about it.” The woman smiled down at her son. "I am Gracelyn, but please call me Grace and as you must have figured, this is my son, Micah."

"Nice to meet you!" Micah shouted. "Where did you learn to heal people?"

"It's a gift from the goddess," I told him. "It's the goddess' kiss."

"Oh - Oh - how can I get it? Are there other gifts? How can I get it? I want it too - no, I want fire -" He talked a lot. He was a ball of energy I didn't know how to keep up with.

"Nice to meet you, Luna. Please excuse us." The woman lifted her son and carted him away while he struggled.

I walked back to Cahir who already had his eyes on me with Aristo at his side.

"You were right," Aristo said. "There can be no hiding it."