<blockquote>His brow quirked at her response. He had never thought of her to speak meanly about anyone, she was always so nice, kind and calm. It appeared little Ani had done something of a new level to bring that sort of reaction from her. Almost taken aback, he simply listened in silence to her. She was vague, obviously a sore spot that she didn’t wish to talk about. She seemed annoyed more then upset, but that could just be front. Unsure of what to say on the matter, he just let her vent and listened in silence. He didn’t want to upset her any further or pry into business which was obviously something she had issues with.
However, that didn’t mean he was prepared for her next question. She’d been talking to Triell about Volkan huh? He didn’t know what Triell had said, in fairness he had never said a <i>bad</i> word about Volkan, he had never lied, simply revealed a past she had wanted to hide. He held in a sneer which threatened to appear at the mention of the younger black male; he bet she had enjoyed talking to him, digging into a past that Rhysis didn’t want her to know. Still, he wasn’t going to lie now, if she wanted to know the truth then so be it. He wasn’t ashamed or who or what he was... though he hoped deep down she wouldn’t suddenly run from him, never to be seen again.
<b>”Volkan... she is no sister of mine.”</b> he scoffed coldly, his eyes meeting hers once more for a fleeting moment, before he looked away to the lake, trying to find peace upon its surface, to calm the rage that he felt building within him every time he thought of the grey bitch. <b>”Triell can have the whore. They belong together.... they can sit and talk of my death together until they die.”</b> he said, keeping himself cryptic for the moment... but he felt she needed more then just a few harsh words. <b>”Volkan is my only sister. She’s come to these lands, lied about who she is and where she had come from. She has also asked her pack, the Creek wolves, to kill me on sight because I came here to kill her.”</b> he stated, as if it was the most boring subject in the world. <b>”And yes, I had every intention to kill her until I got closer to her. When I made it to the creek, I didn’t want to hurt her anymore. I just wanted to see her... talk to her, argue like we used to.”</b> he said, a shrug forming in his shoulders. <b>”When I got there though, I was chased off by the alpha; he wouldn’t even listen to my reasoning. I heard the gossip after that, she wanted me dead. Even Kanosak, your brother, told me to stay away.”</b> a cold stare fell to his eyes and he fell silent, thinking back to the whispers upon the wind he had caught, her speaking of his demise. She had over reacted about everything, but she was too much of a worthless slut, too big headed to think that he could be here for any other reason than to kill her. Of course, at first he had been, but then he had been hurt and angry... when loneliness hit him he just missed her, but now, with her wanting him dead he was right back to feeling hurt and angry.
<b>”I should probably tell you why we split up. We were exiled. We’re the result of my father raping an omega. We found out and got chased out when we were a year old; he worried we would tell the pack of his dirty deed.”</b> he said as it as if it were nothing, just a hard fact in life. He’d learnt long ago to ignore the hurt he felt about the situation. <b>”So we were lost together. Lost, hungry, angry, hurt... you name it and we felt it.”</b> he paused, thinking back to the day it had all turned sour. <b>”So one day we were walking. It was hot, unfomfortably hot. We were hungry, I was irritatble and suffering from a headache... they had only recently started and I had trouble dealing with them. Volkan was whining, complaining she was hungry and just talking... always talking.”</b> he said, his lips turning to a sneer and his nose wrinkled. God, if only she had shut up! <b>”So I lost it. I didn’t even know what I did, what happened until everything became clear... and she was cowering beneath me. Next thing I knew she was running for her life from me. I tried to chase her, but she’s fast and fleeing as if in fear for her life. I... I don’t know what happened but she left me. Abandoned me. The only family I had... just like that.”</b> he snarled, to himself rather then to Naira at the memory.
He refused to meet her gaze as his story finished then. It was the first time he had told anyone it, the first time he had heard the tale outloud and in all honesty at that moment, he felt upset; pulled apart by just how tough his short life had been, and how grim and short his future now looked.
What waste of life he was.
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