Call of freedom (rewriting-slow updates)
Chapter 23

Alexia's POV

"Can I have your name?" Noah asked.

"Why? Don't you already have one?" Emma answered him, her voice full of irritation.

"You look like a dream." He tried again for the hundredth time today.

"Then go back to sleep." She answered him again as she grabbed a few nail posh bottles,

"Alexia, green, red or blue with my yellow dress?" She shook the bottles.

"Red." I yawned, I was dying to sleep, why are they coming again?

"Because Landon asked Maxwell for help." She happily sighed. Is she in love with him?

"Did I say it out load?" They both gave me a duh-look.

"Okay, so Alexia, Do you believe in love at first sight or should I walk by again?" He wiggled his eyebrows.

"Yeah, but don't stop this time." We heard him growl.

"Welcome aboard captain." I sarcastically said as Noah had a hard time running from his angry brother. This guy is very possessive...

"Okay, I'm ready! Landon, leave the poor kid alone." Emma announced as she stood up, twirling as she checked her appearance again.

"Why are you even dressed up?"

"Clearly because Maxwell is coming!"

"Em, you know that he has a mate and-" Noah was about to continue when she cut him off.

"Don't." She gave him a look that screamed broken.

"Are they here?" I asked Landon, cutting the silence.

"Yeah, at the borders. They will probably be tired so we'll just have lunch and talk tomorrow." He announced. Thankfully, I won't have to tolerate the alpha's Luna. She wasn't the most pleasant company.

"They?" Emma trailed.

"Mara accompanied him." Landon gave her the last puzzle piece which turned the air around her sour.

"Great..." she almost whined. I gave the two boys a cue to leave us. When they closed the door behind them, she held her bottom lip between her teeth. Just as they started to tremble, a tear began trailing down her right cheek. When I took her in a hug, she started sobbing,

"I really don't know why I keep feeling sad and angry every time I hear about them being mates!" Her voice cracked.

"Emma...He's not yours."

"I know." She continued crying. I was muted. How can I help her when all I knew was running? I kept silent, all I could hear was my breathing and her heavy sobs.

Eventually, her weeping died down. She went to wash her face then applied more makeup; an attempt to keep her complexion normal in front of the others.

We went down to welcome the guests. Maxwell was as handsome as he was at the party. His black hair was neatly cut and his dark brown eyes held mischief. Like his hair, his clothes were also flawless; he wore a black shirt which matched his pants.

Mara had a smile plastered to her face. Her long silky black hair complemented her pretty lilac dress. A tiny bit almost non-existent cleavage showed a shiny wolf-shaped necklace dangling there.

As the greeting was made, I know that for one, Maxwell is like a brother to both Landon and Noah. Two, Emma is dying to slaughter Mara. Her hands almost started to shook as she held them as fists from the beginning till the end. She was glaring at Mara when Landon started laughing with Maxwell as they told jokes or whatever they were talking about.

If Emma needed assistance to kill her, I wouldn't hesitate. Landon told me earlier that the she-wolf knew Landon personally for two years, but when she hugged him...I realize that Landon won't cheat on me ever and is only treating her as his younger sister, yet looking at her laughing with him makes my blood boil.

"Let's head there too." Noah smiled weakly at us. His eyes held sadness every time he saw his sister.

As we sat at the large dining table, I took a place between Landon and Emma, Mara was seated beside her mate, in front of me. Landon was engrossed in a chat with Noah and Maxwell. Emma kept silent the whole time, looking at her entwined hands where they laid down in her lap. Mara was staring at Emma the whole time, almost unblinking...

At some point throughout the meal, I linked my fingers with Landon under the table; feeling a bit flustered. When alpha Maxwell whispered in his mate's ears, she giggled. Emma's lips started to slightly tremble as she silently watched them. She quickly excused herself, said she was sick but we both knew better than that. Mara always looked upset every time Emma looked at Maxwell which in my opinion, was weird.

After the meal, we all excused ourselves, the guests to their room, Noah accompanied his sister to her room whilst I went with Landon.

"Say, " I began,

"Why did you specifically ask alpha Maxwell for help? You could've asked alpha Alexander's help, right? Isn't he your close friend?"

I remember him and his bitchy mate Luella at the ball...

"Well, Maxwell is actually close to me too, but more importantly, a couple of years back, he stumbled upon a witch. He knows more about them than any other werewolf I know."

"I see...

As we had breakfast with all of them the following morning, Emma seemed distant and...frightened. She would answer with a simple yes or no when someone addresses her, never once has she stopped shaking or tapping her legs. With her breakfast half-eaten, she gulped down a cup of water and excused herself. Maxwell was watching her all the time, his eyes held sorrow when he looked at her. Why do they keep looking at her like that?

"Can you go check on her, please?" I mind-linked Noah. He excused himself and went after his sister.

"Is she okay?" Mara stared at me.

"Yeah, she's just tired a bit." Landon answered her.

"I see..." She nodded, still staring at me.

Noah came back shortly as we continued our breakfast, a small talk here and there till we finished the meal.

When we went to Landon's office afterwards, Emma came back. She still seemed wary about the couple, especially Mara...

"Are you okay?" I mouthed to her as silence fell upon the room. She merely nodded, she stood beside Noah in front of the now-closed door while I sat on the desk's chair where Landon stood beside me and in front of us, Mara and Maxwell sat on the two chairs.

Mara was the first to talk,

"So from what I see, the twilight pack is your number one suspect. But what are you even going to do? You don't have evidence to let them stop and you can't just start a war with them."

"It's not about going to war, it's about protecting her from them. We also need to know how are they entering our pack or if they really are using black magic." Landon answered her.

"Black magic is now almost a myth, you can't assume there are people who use it just because you don't know how they enter the pack borders." Emma was the one to talk now. Glancing between the ground and Mara, she hugged her arms tightly.

"Emma, you saw what happened to you and what we have been facing all these past months, you couldn't possibly believe that it something normal," Noah replied, staring at her in disbelief.

"Nothing in this world is normal, Noah." She scowled at him.

"Then that's another reason to believe so, Emma." Maxwell sighed, biting his lower lip.

Once again, thick silence fell upon us. I'm absolutely sure that everyone has their own worries about this, but they can't fight my own battle while I'm doing nothing. Before I could talk, Mara stood up,

"I have something important to tell you, Emma."

Maxwell's posture tensed as he asked her, "Now?"

Mara simply nodded as she turned to face Emma,

"Thank you for letting me off the hook, I'm also sorry for borrowing him for so long." she grinned at her.

"What are you talking about?" I finally spoke as she took off her necklace. When she did, her scent changed. What's more, Maxwell's mark on her disappeared. Emma fainted at that moment before she hit the ground, Maxwell caught her body,

"Emma!" He cried.

"She's fine, just the rush of the mate bond in her body hit her hard." Mara said.

"What are you both talking about and what the hell is happening here!" I finally cried.

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I'm finally back lovelies! Don't kill me, please!

I know you’re probably furious that you were plotting my murder...blame it all on the exams! My finals are next Wednesday ;-; Did you like the chapter? Your thoughts?

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Till next chapter, Stay at home and be safe kiddos!❤️

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