Untouchable by Marii Solaria

Chapter 38 The Haunting

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“Somehow we all are burning ourselves as we constantly thinking about our past.“–Bunny Naldu

Neron

I shot up from my bed in a cold sweat. Rapid resonating beats of my heart pounded in my ears, blocking the deep heaviness of my breathing. I did not know of the wetness that coated my ch*eks until I brought my hands up to my face. Lo–and–behold, my hot tears covered my fingertips. My eyes darted around the space, expecting that rainy void of grey. Imagine my relief when I found that I was no longer in that nightmare, but in my bedroom. I threw my head back on my pillow, my hand over my heart as if it would help calm me down.

This must stop. I can’t take any more of these nightmares.

The nightmares were becoming more frequent. Every night is the same thing: Halima tells me how much she hates me before ending her life. Nothing I said would change her mind. How could it? I was a monster back then, born from misplaced hatred. Her ghost haunts me as I sleep, tormenting me with its sickly flesh covered in welts and empty eyes filled with an undying hatred.

How long must this go on?

Halima, what do you want me to do?

“It’s those nightmares again, huh?” I turn to my right to see Odessa shuffling awake. The pink slip dress she wore rode up on her supple flesh as she stretched, exposing her bare curves. “They’re killing the mood, baby. You need to do something about them.”

I know, I don’t know what I should do. There is no one I could talk to about this. The guilt about what happened to Halima was as real as the bed I was lying on, a palpable sense of loss. I feel like I was going mad. Everywhere I turn in this house stirs up a distant memory of how I treated her. A simple walk down the halls reminded me how I would trip her as she mops or push her down the stairs when she got in my way.

Every f*cking thing I did to hurt her lingered like a restless ghost, their dead eyes imprinted on my flesh.

“Who were you screaming for this time?” Odessa crossed her arms underneath her chest, watching my every move. She was expecting an answer. How the hell do I tell her? That I was dreaming about my dead mate? Odessa’s jealousy held no bounds, especially with other women. I rubbed my face once, throwing the covers off my legs as I walked to the bathroom.

“No one.”

“It sounded like someone.” My lady in bed retorted. “Neron, this can’t go on. If you’re not yelling in your sleep, you’re thrashing all over the place. Or you can’t wake up. Whatever the issue is, you need to deal with it. You’re killing my sleep, too.”

guest rooms if it bothers you so much.” I splash my face with cold water, feeling the exhaustion dissipate. The bags under my eyes were an attestation to my well- deserved suffering. The water

memories of Halima were ruining

– The

deserve. Anyone with brain cells could

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know what’s up with you.” From the mirror, Odessa leans against the bathroom doorway, hands on her hips. “You’ve distanced yourself from me. You don’t talk to me anymore and bury yourself in paperwork constantly. I try to help you, and you blow me off. You have yet to mark me, to make me your Luna, and you ignore me

not you, Odessa. Not everything is about you.” I snapped. “I have a lot of things

to be with me more!” She yelled. “I’m your mate and your Luna, we’re supposed to be together. We’re supposed to be the

and I don’t know what to do. No matter how much I focus on Odessa and the pack, my mind always wanders back to Halima. What would she have been if we didn’t destroy her? If I didn’t destroy

dead. Everything about Halima is dead. I need to focus on the have

and not what could

the same vigor. I love her.

her ear, k*ssing down her neck. “I’m sorry that I made you feel neglected. I still

her body more against my own. “And I love you too. Could we

our morning reaffirming our love for one another. Through our bodies and our hearts. Odessa was mine, and nothing will change that. Nothing will come between us

I must.

the rooms been set up for

the tips of her toes to dust off a wall

to step over the collected messes they swept up. After Alpha Anthony accepted my request for an alliance, we’ve arranged an exchange. Since my pack

wolves did not make a reliable defense for the

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solution. My hopes for Garnet Moon to pass their combat knowledge to my wolves would

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to train. Sure, their enthusiasm and vigor would prove to be their best assets, but approval must come from their parents. I’ve already received a few responses from families

zooming by with a toy airplane in his hands. “Alpha Anthony and his warriors will arrive

them accumulated to living here. Kwame