“ C’mon fleur. Don’t be stubborn and just have a bite of the porridge.” Freya said as she tried to fill some food in fleur stomach who was being stubborn and not opening her mouth. They both seated in their living room after fleur finally somehow made Alice and Alex sleep in their room. Fleur refused to eat anything since last night.
Her parents are suffering a lot but she is suffering too. The absence of Rosie was loud in the cabin. The cabin still had the scent of roses scattered around. It felt hard to believe that they won’t see Rosie around the cabin.
Who would have thought that last evening when Rosie left from her scroll , she would never come back? If fleur had known this than maybe she would have held her close a little while longer, she would have told her that she loves her too and if possible , she wouldn’t have let her leave at all. If possible she would have physically fought her to make her stay in the cabin.
“ I am not hungry, Freya. Please . I am good.” She protested as she pushed the spoon away from her lips. Her eyes were extremely swollen from all the crying that she had done since this morning. Her lips were chapped too . She had lost appetite.
She felt so angry, angry at everything and everyone. She felt angry at the world, it’s nature, on luna and even towards Rosie . She felt away from the world.
She still doesn’t understand how can someone like Rosie die so suddenly and that too with such a cruel death? She was so young and she had never done anything to anyone.
Rosie was healthy, fertile and beautiful omega. She would have given beautiful pups and not to forget how strong she was.
Rosie had a promising future in front of her, unlike Fleur who had nothing in the prospect of future, all she could ever see is black, lonely darkness.
Fleur felt weird that someone like Rosie died whereas she was still alive. She felt as if she should have died instead of her sister, at least her death won’t cause anyone any heartbreak.
Wouldn’t it have had been better if it was Fleur who went to the forest instead of Rosie?
Unlike Rosie, Fleur was useless. She was almost invisible to the people around her. Had no Alpha too, Alphas don’t see her as a potential mate and she was sure that her parents are disappointed in her too but never said a word. They never say anything to her, never make her feel bad.
“ Don’t be ridiculous , Fleur. You hadn’t had even a single thing in your stomach since last night.” Freya protested to which Fleur chuckled and looked at her with an expression that Freya can’t even differentiate.
“ You know, yesterday Rosie asked me whether I wanted to go with her.” Fleur chuckled again as she rested her head at the backrest of the sofa whereas a d gaze the wooden ceiling and Freya furrowed her brows, lowering the bowl of porridge that she had brought from her home, she just stared at Fleur, waiting for her to complete whatever she wanted to say.
“ I said no.” She chuckled again and closed her eyes. She was still wearing the clothes that she had wore for the funeral. “ Do you think that if I was with her, it would have been me instead of her? Don’t you think that it would be more convenient likewise .” She said with a blank face and Freya was beyond shocked at how casually she was talking to her about her death as if she had no will of staying alive.
“ Fleur!” Freya shouted as she placed the bowl on the coffee table and placed her hands on her shoulders grip tight as she shook fleur a little.” What are you saying? Have you gone crazy? Do you think that life is that worthless to end just like that?” She had her eyes wide as she shook Fleur a little.
“ Mine life has been worthless for a while now, Freya. Death not something of which I am afraid of, it is not at all scary to me. Living alive is what I am most scared off ‘ cause life can sometimes be worse than hell. Mine is , for records.” Fleur chuckled and Freya felt as if she was going to cry once again.
“ Fleur , baby . Please have patience and faith in luna. “ Freya tried to comfort her but this time too, Fleur laughed at her
“ Luna? Luna would help us? “ She asked , slightly amused by her sentence. “ Everything that has happened under her watch , if she was real then my sister would be alive here sitting on this sofa and maybe gushing over her mating dress, in which she is buried six feet deeper in the ground.” She spoke with anger.
“ Don’t say like that. And have faith please. Everything will be okay.” Freya said again and this time Fleur closed her eyes as angry tears ran down her face.
Fleur was one of those rare wolf who was always polite to everyone. She never raised her voice at anyone nor did she ever talked rudely with anyone. She felt as if she was useless in this world and often made her presence minimum.
Even though when older Omega called her names in the pack gatherings about how useless she is in the terms of a mate, Fleur would always be quite as for her it was a great disrespect to talk back to any older wolf but Rosie was different, she wouldn’t take any insult thrown at Fleur lightly. She would snap back furiously making everyone’s mouth shut. Rosie always had Fleur’s back. She wouldn’t care if the wolves are older than them.
But right now, the way Fleur was talking was not the way she usually did. She was being stubborn, disrespecting the Luna. She had lost all her respect and faith in Luna.
“ You have to be strong for your parents, Fleur. After Rosie you are the only one who can take care of them. As you know they both loved both of their daughters and you have seen your mother’s condition by your own eyes. If you fall apart, then who would take care of them , Fleur.” Freya said as she cupped the younger’s face. “ and never think so low of yourself.” She warned.
Fleur looked at her , her brilliant blue eyes shining with unshed tears as she leaned in the soft touch of Freya, her touch reminded her of Rosie, everything reminded her of Rosie.
“ You are putting too much faith in me.” Fleur said as fresh tears fell off her eyes, she wipe her tears off. “ I am not at all strong. I can’t even look after myself. I am not Rosie. She was the strongest. She knew what to say to cheer them up, I am not like her , Freya. I am not like her.” She sobbed and Freya pulled her in a hug, she scented her softly to calm both of them. It helped to calm both of them.
She lightly patted the younger’s head , trying to calm her down but it seems as if not comfort can make her stop Crying again.
“ You are strong , Fleur. You are one of the most strongest Omega I have ever known. Don’t belittle yourself so much. “ Freya whispered softly, her own eyes shining with tears. She saw fleur as her own sister. They had played together when they were a child. “ If not for yourself, be Strong for Rosie, she had faith in you.”
Over her shoulder, she saw , Elliott, her husband standing by the door . He gave her a small sad smile.
“ Elliott?” Freya asked as she pull away from the hug and looked at her mate and husband. Fleur furrowed her brows as she turned to look at him who smiled at her.
“ I am here to inform everyone that Head Alpha and scheduled a meeting on the open ground. Please come and bring your parents as well.” Elliott declared as he eyed Fleur with sorrow in his eyes and smiled one last time before making his way back.