Chapter 62: Chapter 62 - Intruder or a friend?

I took my mobile and was about to call Ryan when I saw lily coming towards us from the woods. She seemed distracted by something because when she saw us, she got startled and fell on her butt.

"Are you alright?" I asked her and helped her in getting up.

"Yeah, sorry, I was tired and sleepy", she apologised and looked at Ethan and then at me "it seems like she accepted your apology," she said to Ethan, and I already did not like the topic of our conversation. I was about to say something when the wind blew, and suddenly, I smelled the scent of Ryan on Lily’s body... {What the fuck was that?}

"I tried, but I think I am late," Ethan told her, and she looked at me... {why did I smelt Ryan’s scent on her?}

"You know you should think about this matter seriously" ... {I have many matters to take seriously right now.}

"What are you doing here late at night, lily?" I asked her, and I could hear her heartbeat spiking on this ... {I surely need to find out what she is up to?}

"I had a night shift at the hospital." She clarified.

"But this is neither the way to the hospital nor the way to the place where you were staying" she didn’t show nervousness; instead, she raised her eyebrow towards me.

"If you want to say something, then say it clearly," she said in a challenging tone. {I can’t act rashly. I don’t know what the actual matter is} ... I smiled at her and shook my head... {Why is it so hard to act?}

"It’s nothing. I should go and sleep now. You guys can carry on," I told her and looked at Ethan. "Stop spouting nonsense about our already broken mate bond, or I will have no choice but to reveal the truth of our mate bond to everyone, which will not be in your favour". I warned him, and with a last fake smile towards lily, I walked towards Ryan’s house, and after punching the code on the main door, I entered the house. I can’t smell lily’s scent because she knows how to hide her scent, but if I can smell Ryan’s scent on her, then it only means that she was in Ryan’s room. I went to Ryan’s room first, but at one glance I knew that someone was surely here because his shirt that I discarded before on the bed is in the closet now... {she should not have entered his room} ... I closed my eyes and concentrated on his scent which is not very hard.

I am sure that Ethan would not have been able to smell any scent on lily because, for him, Ryan’s scent is not that powerful, but being his mate, I can smell even the mildest scent of him. I followed the scent, and to my surprise, it directly took me to the room in which Amara stayed... {and then he said that I am a rule breaker, he didn’t understand that it is the destiny that always forces me to do something that will at last results in me breaking the rules}

"Sorry, Ryan", I mumbled and entered the room. I was expecting so much, but not an empty room. There is nothing in the room, not even a bed or cabinets, nothing. "He surely believes that I will break every rule", I mumbled and walked inside the closet and then to the bathroom, but there was nothing... {Well, that’s good that he emptied all the room, but why did lily come here?}. After checking one more time, I tried to trace the scent, but it seemed like she only went into Amara’s and Ryan’s room.

When I traced the scent in Ryan’s room, it was only in the bedroom and closet. I took the shirt and found her hair on it.... {it seems like she tried it on and, after a few minutes, took it off. Now I seriously need to know more about her} ... but from whom?? Ryan is already busy with his work, and he regards her as his childhood friend. I don’t know what his reaction will be ... and Ben... well, Ben will not ask anything to her because for him, jack, lily, Ellon, and Mia are like his own kids.

In the attack in which Chandra died, all of these lost their parents and guardians. Ben and Anshuman are the ones who raised them like their own children. He loves them like I love Dee. I don’t think he will like that I am suspecting Lily and I also doubt that he will think that I am doing all this because of jealousy, and no one will be able to smell Ryan’s scent except me.

"What do I do now?" suddenly my mobile rang, and it startled me. "Fuck", I cursed and looked at the caller ID, which was flashing Ryan’s name... {talk to him and tell him about that grey theory, no need to talk anything about lily for now} ... I took a deep breath and answered his call.

"Hello", I heard his tired voice from another side.

"I can tell from hearing your ’hello’ that you are exhausted," I told him, and he took a deep breath from another side.

"I hate these stupid council meetings. Instead of actually going in the packs and solving the issue, they want me to sort out things by sitting in the council hall and listening to their nonsense for hours"... {well, that actually sucks}

"You are the king. You can do whatever you want," I told him, and he again sighed.

"Things don’t work like this. Sometimes kings also have to listen to the council because the council keeps records of many things for us. It’s not like they are doing things wrongly. It is just I don’t like their way. I am here, but I sent Layla and Ellon in the packs. I hope tomorrow’s meetings will be the last ones, and then I will also be able to visit the packs and start my investigation," I hummed in response. "How’s your day?" he asked me.

"Good. Do you remember when we went to meet gramma in the dungeons last time, and she told us, ’Grey is not just a colour’?" I asked him and, without waiting for his response, I continued, "Grey can be the name of some person", I suggested, and he hummed.

"Are you planning to investigate something that your grandmother had said when her mind was not in her control?" he asked me, and I again felt enraged.

"I am very much serious about it, Ryan. It can be the name of the person who bewitched gramma, or maybe it can be the name of that beast. You can ignore this, but I will not ignore a single word that came out of my gramma’s mouth."

"Calm down, Aadhya. I was just expressing my thoughts. Calm down," he said soothingly, and this instantly calmed me.

"From the day you went away, I am becoming more and more enraged on very tiny things about everyone. Is it because you accepted me?" I asked him, and when he didn’t reply, I knew that he would surely be scratching his head right now while smiling sheepishly... {jerk}...

"It’s not my mistake. It is just a process, and you have to deal with it. I also had to control my anger when I became alpha king." ... {Didn’t he think he should have informed me this before going anywhere?}

"You know you are a jerk, don’t you?" I cursed him, and he chuckled from another side. "When did you empty Amara’s room?" I asked him.

"Two days after I came here",... {he didn’t scold me for breaking the rules}

"Ok, I also wanted to take your permission for something," I asked him, and when he didn’t say anything, I continued, "Please don’t say no because if you said so, then I have to break another rule."

"You are not asking me; it is clearly a threat" he became silent, and I also became silent... {gosh, I should have video-called him. My innocent eyes would surely have done their magic} ...

"What is it?" he asked me after a while.

"Can I talk with Mr. Wilson?" I asked him and closed my eyes in anticipation of his scolding.

"I am not allowing you to kill him until we get his confession. We have to send some very strong proof to the council if you killed him, and knowing you, there are sixty percent chances that you will kill him for sure."

"But look at the positive side, there are still forty percent chances that I will not kill him" I tried my luck, and he chuckled from the other side.

"I will think about it, but for now, you should sleep. It is already very late, and I know that you are tired from your nightmares, but still, sleep is important" I hummed and wore his shirt.

"Fine, good night, Ryan."

"Good night, Chicky" with that, I again fell into the world of my dreams.

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The office seems to be more and more irritating without Ryan, but thanks to the workload, that didn’t give me much chance to miss him. When I came from the office today, I found Reed here. He was waiting for Ben to talk about something, so I went to my room. It’s been an hour, and they are still discussing things inside Ryan’s office.

I went towards the office, knocked on the door, and opened it. Reed was sitting in front of Ben, and they were looking tense and surprised both at once.

"I know that you like to cook, but as of today, you are busy with meetings. Will it be alright if I cook dinner tonight?" I asked Ben, and he looked at Reed and then at me.

"I want some information about Dee from you. If you don’t mind," Reed asked me, which surely caught my interest. I went towards them and took the empty seat.

"What is it?" I asked them, and this time Ben replied.

"So, Reed has been training Dee for a week now, and he has doubts about his wolf" I nodded, and he continued, "Do you know anything about his parents?" I shook my head, and he looked at reed in concern.

"He doubts that dee is a white wolf."

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