The Rise Of The Ugly Luna novel Chapter 165

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LYRIC

I waited outside Luna Isolde’s room, waiting for Maddy to come out.

I couldn’t hear their conversation, and it had taken all of my willpower not to barge in there.

Maddy finally showed up, looking angrier.

“Hey, what’s going on?” I followed her as she walked past me.

“Nothing.”

“Come on, Maddy. Don’t do this to me. I’ve been worried sick. What’s going with Jaris? You know something.”

She ignored me and just maintained a straight face, looking ahead as she walked.

“Maddy!” I grabbed her hand. “Can you say something? We’re not strangers!”

She pulled her hand free and brushed her face.

“It’s dangerous, Lyric. Trust me, it’d be best if you don’t know.” She continued walking.

“What the hell are you talking about? I don’t care how dangerous it is. Just fucking tell me!”

“I wish I can!” She yelled, standing in front of her door. “My brothers and I–we’ve always had this pact where we never reveal our secrets to outsiders. No matter what, we don’t tell them what we are.”

Her words were unsettling. What were they?

She opened her door, and I followed her into the room.

“Maddy, please. I’m losing my mind here. If you don’t help me, there’s no telling what I’d do.”

It took me about half an hour to finally get her to open up. She didn’t know how grateful I was for it.

“Jaris is at a point where he can’t control himself. He’s… battling some mental problems and has probably gone away to isolate himself. That was what he always did back then when it was too much for him.”

My expression clenched in shock.

“I don’t think he’s mentally ill. I meant, he was with me yesterday and-” I paused when I remembered what happened in the car.

“He did act strange last night,” I mumbled, more to myself.

Suddenly, the pieces started to come together.

Caden making mention of his ‘gift‘ to Jaris.

Jaris bleeding in the car.

The two bodies with the claw marks.

“Hold on,” I quickly turned to Maddy. “Jaris didn’t kill those people, did he?”

Maddy’s eyes dropped to the floor. It dawned on me that it was the secret she’d been trying to protect.

Jaris was just like Caden. He was a Hexed wolf.

“Oh, gods,” I muttered, shaking my head.

“I didn’t tell you anything.” Maddy turned away, brushing her fingers into her hair.

But she didn’t need to say anything.

This whole time, everyone thought Caden was the only Hexed wolf. Jaris was just like him. Only difference was, he had been pretty good at controlling himself.

Did Caden somehow get to trigger his urges? How could he do such a thing at a time like this when the final trial was close?

“Where is he?” I asked after a while. The news was still too heavy to stomach.

Maddy looked at me like I’d asked for the impossible. “I’m not telling you.”

So, she did know where he was.

“Maddy, come on. I just need to see him.”

Successfully unlocked!

“Lyric, rest it out. Trust me, you don’t want to be anywhere near him. He’s beyond dangerous right now. He might’ve gotten to the stage where he doesn’t even recognize friend and foe. Everyone is just foe to him.”

I stayed silent for a minute, thinking her words were true. Then, I decided I didn’t care.

“I just want to see him. Please.”

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I couldn’t make sense of this overwhelming longing to be near him. I just felt he was lonely.

“Maddy, please.”

“Lyric, stop it. You’re a mere wolf and might end up dead. Trust me, there’s a reason Jaris isolated himself. He’s become a danger to everyone around him. For now, he needs to be left alone.”

“For how long!”

“I don’t know! Until he learns to control his urges again. It took him a year the last time, though. But he’s done it before. I’m sure he can do it again.”

What? My mouth dropped open. A whole year? A lot of things would’ve gone wrong in a year.

The Alpha King Throne would have been handed over to someone else.

Our contract would’ve expired by then.

I’d have found my kids and be long gone from here.

And what would Darkspire do without their Alpha for a whole year?

“T–That’s unacceptable,” I shook my head in disapproval. “Please, Maddy. Do this for me. I promise, I’ll return the favour someday.”

She was still adamant and it had to take me more convincing to get her her on my side.

“Fine. I’ll give you the address, but I’ll not be going with you. And I’m serious. I’m not risking my life on this.”

I nodded eagerly.

I thought of involving Kael and Nerion; but if he was as dangerous as Maddy said, I wouldn’t want to involve anyone in this.

She scribbled the address on a piece of paper and handed it to me.

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