Chapter 50

ACHILLES. The pain is unexpected. Even as it shoots through my chest like some sort of a Rogue arrow, I find myself wondering why the hell it’s in there. Or at least, how it got to the point where I could get hurt by something as simple and as casual as what Claudia said. For the first time since I found out that she can hear me and I can hear her, I wish her to be the same as everyone else. I wished that she didn’t have some kind of hold on me, the kind that would make me hear only her voice. I was about to write something on the board but suddenly, I don’t feel like myself. I already averted my gaze to try and forget about what I heard, but it’s not working. Every time I blink, I can see Claudia’s face as she says it. “When will we do some of the hunting, Alpha?” one of the villagers asks, but I find myself not knowing what to say. Even Carlos is staring at me expectantly, waiting for me to sign something he can translate. But I have nothing in my mind. All I can think about is