Chapter 112: The pack’s been buzzing...
Noah POV
It was spring – and the garden was a riot of vibrant colours of flowers blooming and the air was filled with floral scents that would put anyone in a good mood but I barely noticed any of it. My mind was whirling endlessly with the memory of the last conversation I had with Selene and the more I think about it, the more an uneasy feeling kept knotting in my stomach.
The fact that both her and Kurtis’s testimony was different should have told me everything I needed to know. Why hadn’t she trusted me with the full truth? I allowed her to be with her ex-husband while we were engaged, isn’t that enough reason for her to trust me at least? Doesn’t it prove beyond doubt that I can do anything for her? I know she didn’t feel the same way as me and may love Xavier more than she did me but where does Kurtis come in?
What was she hiding? And why was she trying to protect him? A nagging suspicion kept linking everything to Kurtis and Xavier. Something was going on... something that would shake our world and I had a feeling that Kurtis was the sole orchestrator and he had someone helping him. Because, it was strange that anyone would suddenly want to turn against the moon goddess.
The first day Xavier had come to Moon Whisper, he had told me without mincing words that his pack only began to prosper when they abolished every trace of the moon religion and it was Kurtis who had introduced it to him no doubt. There should be a motive for it... people who didn’t believe in the powers of the universe become the most powerful people mentally – I agree with that because I know how believing in deities could impair someone mentally but what was Kurtis’s real intent and why did he start his so-called reform with Xavier?
He could have chosen other Alphas and convinced them into doing what he wanted them to do just like he did to Xavier and funny enough, he wasn’t attempting to convert them. Nothing was found about Kurtis except the things he had already told me and confessed. At least, that was what the research had shown.
Kurtis was a mysterious man and everything he did was so calculative. I only had an unsettling feeling about him. Until I satisfy it, I will forever be uneasy about everything happening.
"Your majesty!" Someone suddenly interrupted my thoughts making me look up sharply. When I did, it was one of the Alpha that had come for the quarterly meeting. I recognized him immediately as the Alpha, which had been the quietest on the day we were having that meeting, and I had taken a curious interest in him. Although I made plans to interact with him later on, I just haven’t had the chance.
"I apologize for startling you," he said quietly bowing his head "If now is a bad time, I will go and come back later,".