The Alpha King's Witch Bride
Chapter 124: _Nothing She Could Do

Chapter 124: _Nothing She Could Do

"H– He’s dead," I said with a shaky voice as I closed my eyes and drew in a deep breath while Kaelos held me close.

As much as I wanted Tonka dead in the first place, actually seeing him dead with my own eyes when all I wanted was to track him down was... Bone-chilling.

Who or what could have killed him after he ran away?

"How do you even know he’s dead?" Kaelos suddenly asked as he slowly let go of me when he noticed I was okay, a frown etched on his face. "Also, even if he’s dead, can’t you track him?"

I could see his frustration and felt bad, but there was nothing I could do.

"The spell I used was meant to track down a living being, using the traces they left behind on an object of their possession," I explained, scratching the back of my head. "I don’t know how I saw Tonka dead but I couldn’t... I couldn’t feel him. At all. I can’t track him because he’s dead."

I shook my head when I remembered the image once again, causing me to rub my forehead as I walked toward the balcony.

I could feel Kaelos’ intense staring on my back but I paid no heed to that and kept on moving. If only I knew how to cast other locator spells, then maybe I would’ve been able to bypass the rule of only tracking living beings.

"Were you able to at least see the things around his body?" Kaelos asked from behind me when I finally got to the balcony.

I scanned my gaze on the pack grounds down below, my eyes going from the large compound to the elite regions and then to the middle regions filled with normal werewolves.

My lips curled up into a wry smile when I saw them going about their day-to-day life, talking, playing, driving, selling, and buying stuff... A tight-knit community that I might never truly become a part of despite my werewolf blood.

My hands beside me clenched into fists when I thought about this, causing me to close my eyes and draw in a deep breath before I swerved my head to Kaelos and answered his last question.

"All I was able to see apart from his dead body was his own blood. Then..." I paused, my eyelids fluttering as I tried thinking further.

I swear, I thought I could’ve seen more things. More things like...

"The floor his body was on... It was made of black marble." I blurted, blinking repeatedly again until I shook my head and focused on Kaelos. "That’s all I could see."

He nodded slowly and I could see the disappointment in his eyes as he slowly stepped back.

"We’re back to square one... Again." He muttered, a wry smile on his face as he shook his head.

That was like a punch to the gut seeing him so disappointed, but again... There was nothing I could do.

"It’s no matter though." He added then, staring at me with those piercing eyes of his as I dimmed my eyes because of the sunlight outside.

"The Gamma and Delta are working on finding more information on him through the population documents. Then Marcellus is out there trying to see if following his foot tracks can provide any clues."

Oh...

At the mention of what Marcellus was doing, I tensed up and subconsciously got worried for him. If he was out there trying to track Tonka on his own... What if he encounters the person or thing that killed him?

I could feel Kaelos staring at me as I thought about all this until he finally blurted. "See you later... Mate."

With that, he turned away from me and walked toward the room door, opening it and stepping out.

As soon as I heard the door close, I sighed, raising my head while fiddling my fingers. There were just so many things going wrong around the pack and the continent since my arrival here.

From the killings to the attack during the welcoming ball and now this.

’Don’t forget that weird ass text you got earlier today.’ My wolf suddenly spoke up in my head just then, causing me to smile wryly.

I’d almost forgotten about the little troublemaker.

"I don’t know if I should even tell Kaelos about it," I muttered with a sigh as I placed my hands on the handrails of the balcony and stared down at the compound grounds.

My eyes fluttered lazily as my wolf kept on speaking. ’The obvious answer is YES. Tell our mate, Odessa. Also... If I may add, I would like it if you’d give me a name.’

A genuine smile curled up my lips as I finally drew in a deep breath and focused on communicating mentally.

’What name could I possibly give you?’ I asked teasingly. ’I mean, Kaelos named his wolf Damon... Which might be a play on the word demon. And that’s understandable with what I saw back in the woods.’

Either that or someone spent too much time watching a very popular vampire show.

’You’re the one with a wolf, Odessa. Come on, just come up with something.’ My wolf said with a pleading voice, causing me to shake my head as I chuckled physically.

After pouting my lips for several seconds, my eyes lit up as I came up with something.

"Sirena," I whispered physically, a bright smile curling up my lips.

My inspiration for it was simple... The first thing I did after my wolf got awakened was to release a sonic scream. Yeah, I’m not good at naming things.

’I love it!’ My wolf, Sirena, spoke with a giggle in my head. ’That’s actually quite catchy if you ask me.’

Just when I was about to continue bantering with her, my phone buzzed with a notification, forcing me to draw it out. However, when I opened it and saw the message, my heart fell to my stomach.

"Tick Tock, Odessa Pierce. Five days left..."