Chapter 87
"I don’t know what is wrong with me," Mona said, pacing the room. Her usually confident demeanor was replaced with visible anxiety.
"Ever since Kimberly has been lying there lifeless, I should feel victorious... but instead, I feel so uneasy. Why do I feel like this?"
Her words were laden with frustration, and her restless movements mirrored the storm within her.
Alpha Derrick, seated in a nearby chair, looked just as troubled. "I feel it too, Mona," he admitted with a deep sigh. "It’s not just the guilt. Something about her death feels... incomplete. After the sacrifice, her body should have disappeared. But it’s still here. Why?"
Mona stopped pacing and stared at him. "Do you think this is a bad omen?"
Derrick shook his head, though his uncertainty was clear. "I don’t know. But I’m hoping Heliandriak will have answers when we meet at the pack house."
Mona nodded, her unease still evident. "We should prepare quickly. It wouldn’t do to be late."
As Mona headed toward the bathroom, Derrick stayed behind, lost in thought.
Why does it feel like a part of me is gone? Is it possible Kimberly is more than what we thought?
He clenched his fists, trying to shake off the growing sense of dread.
Once they were ready, the pair left their home, their steps heavy with the weight of the unanswered questions that loomed over them.