Chapter Fourteen

Seoul lays fast asleep in the middle of the king size bed. Despite his small frame he snores relatively loud. Normally I could sleep through it no matter the circumstances but today I can't.

I look at the murky brown string attached to my pinky and frown. I don't understand what's going on. Not even an hour ago this string was bright red. Thick like wool. Something powerful had paired us together but what changed?

Is he scared of the unknown? I mean a lot has happened since we last seen each other. I ran away, was kidnapped, raped, fled the country, lived on the street and had a child all before I had turned sixteen.

I'm not that fragile though. I'll to try to date. I'll try to accept being loved.

Did Grant want me to obtain his full power? If so does he already have someone else?

Do I even really belong here? I've always felt like an outsider. What if something bigger is going on outside of Daniel Verner.

Do I accept this murky brown string that seems to be getting darker and thinner by the second?

Do I risk letting my son get emotionally invested in Grant just to have his heart ripped out? I can handle getting my heart broke but Seoul is a different story.

I can't seem to make a simple decision.

I can't seem to decide on how I feel.

I want to like them. I want to be here. There words make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. At the same time Grant and Finn bragging about there search for me in front of everyone seems odd. Especially since none of them seemed to have any idea at who I was. The weird black film over Addison and Blakes bond. Then the issue of the murky string.

Where is Mitilda? She isn't here.

Is she not involved in the "resistance?"

Mitilda must know something. That would explain why she isn't here.

I need to find her but the problem is I have no idea where her pack is and even if I did the problem is how Id get us there.

I have no wolf, no weapons and no skills to defend us. We would get captured or killed.

"Someone who believes the same as you will escort you." The voice assured.

A soft wrap at the door pulls me away from the storm brewing inside my skull. I quietly walk over to the door and take a deep breath in before cracking the door open wide enough just to see who was on the other side.

The fair skinned boy with the albino white hair stood at my door. Jackson if I remember correctly.

"Can I talk to you?" He asks. I open the door the rest of the way and step to the side so he can come in.

"Listen Rin, something fishy is going on." Jackson starts.

"Its been going on for a while. Long before you got here. Grant has had many partners who he has been lovey dovey with. One that he even got pregnant. She disappeared shortly after he found out." Jackson continued.

That got my attention. Grant has had many many partners. If he impregnated one he formally mated her. Thats how the wolf world works. They either accept there partner gifted to them by the moon goddess or they reject the gift and choose another. When they do that there wolf only will do the reproductive process with that person.

I'm human hence why I have Seoul. I don't have to have a formal partner to have a child.

With that being said though, if he formally mated someone why is our strings still attached?

"The incident with Blake and Addison just convinced me even more that something weird is going on. Can you help us? Please Rin? I'm begging you." Jackson said falling to his knees rather dramatically.

I raise my eye brows at his performance. Either he is dramatic or just that desperate but so am I.

I pick up my duffle bag up off of the floor and sit it on the bed. I dig through it until I find my cell phone.

I power it on and ignore the flood of messages from my friends and co workers concerned about my disappearance. I find the translator app and pause to think about the correct Kanji for her name.

I type "알파 미틸다" and hand him the phone.

"Alpha Mitilda?" He asks handing me back the phone.

I nod my head firmly. She can help us. I know she can.

"I know where her pack is. I went over there to try to sway her towards our cause. She wasn't buying it though." Jackson explained.

Sounds about right. Mitilda can see right through anybody's bull shit.

"Your sure she will help us?" Jackson asked.

I nod my head firmly again. She's done it before she will do it again.

"Alright lets go. We need to leave before Grant and Finn notice we are gone." Jackson said as he picked up my duffle bag off the bed.

I crawl up the middle of the bed and shake my sleeping boy awake. He groggily sits up and rubs his eyes.

"Mommy are we moving again?" He asks. I nod and pull him into my arms. He wraps his legs around my waist and nuzzles into my neck. Jackson picks up his little backpack and slips one of his bulging arms through the strap.

"You ready?" Jackson asks.

I nod. He grabs my hand and pulls me out the door.

Its time to say goodbye one more time.