Alpha's Imprinted

Chapter 13

Maddox's POV

I laugh at the way Zelda is narrating a story of her first time drunk experience. Turns out she puked on her crush and passed out on his bed when he was sleeping with some other girl.

I am not jealous. I am not grumpy about it. But it is just too funny. Not the story but the way this girl is narrating is funnier.

"So yeah.. that is by far my most embarrassing moment. What is it for you?" She asks.

I take a minute and gulp down the coke before me. I think of anything that can be considered embarrassing in my last twenty eight years of life.

And I finally shrug with a shake of my head. She looks at me with her eyes wide and slowly gives me a half smile.

"Come on! Everyone definitely has at least one embarrassing moment in their lives" she says.

"I was uptight from the beginning. I have two younger siblings and lost my mother when I was seven. So you can say I had no such fun or embarrassing or free moments" I say and I watch her smile slowly fade away.

Zelda places her hand on mine and then smiles at me again.

"You must be a good older brother, then. Because Mr. Bohen is the only one I have seen who never attracted a bad crowd. He is a gentleman" Zelda says and I smile at her.

"And can we talk about the issue I told you about?" I ask her and I see she looks quite shocked.

"There was something you actually wanted to talk about?" She asks and I nod with a smile.

She groans and covers her face. Now I might have watched enough shows or movies to know that she just embarrassed herself again.

"You really wanted to talk?" She asks and I nod once again.

I smile knowing that she thought I used the line to take her out. Now she is embarrassed that she thought this was a date, but in my heart it is still a date.

A date where I laughed more than I did in the last twenty years.

"I am so sorry. Okay I am all ears" she says and I still smile at her. She is a surprise package to me.

"So a girl I know is getting abused by her husband. She has a kid too. I tried to meddle, but she somehow asked me not to. Says she deserves it. I don't understand a point" I say and her face is now more serious than ever.

"First of all, I am so sorry for you and her. And secondly, I don't think she is actually deserving of that abuse. He makes her think like she deserves. Because no matter how bad someone does something, everyone deserves something called a second chance. She has a kid with him. What else should be a reason for him to start treating her right despite the differences?" She asks and I nod.

"Make sure she is away from him for a few days. And then talk to her. Ask her why she thinks she deserves it. No one is too f****d up to be abused by their husbands, Maddox" Zelda says.

I nod and finish the last of my French fry. I want to tell her more. I want to tell her that I wish I could do something for more women like that.

But I cannot reveal to her my true identity. There is still time. At this point, I know I feel something for her. I am not sure if it is love or just a mere attraction but I do feel something for her.

"Do you want me to be there? When you talk to her?" Zelda asks.

"I guess I'll try on my own. And then I'll call you if I need help" I tell her and she smiles.

"Didn't you expect me to actually have a reason to meet you?" I finally ask her and smirk, while she covers her face again.

She looks angelic right now. Her blonde hair in waves falling on her shoulder. She is even rocking jeans and tee shirt while I witnessed girls wear expensive dresses and still lack confidence.

"Can you please let that go?" She asks and I see she is already turning pink because of the embarrassment.

I eventually nod and we both walk out of the McDonald's. She and I just look at each other and smile.

Today, I realised that we have an age gap of seven years. Zelda is twenty one while I am twenty eight. She also told me that the age gap nowadays is fancied by humans. Though I wonder if this is just her way of saying she doesn't mind me asking her out.

I parked the car a little far. When we came here all of this parking lot was filled so we didn't have a choice.

"So now that you talked to me about what you wanted to do, is our plan for tomorrow still on?" Zelda asks me.

"I don't know. You tell me" I smile at her.

"What if it's not a date, but let's say we hang out?" She asks and I nod.

Sure.

We soon reach our car and I decide to open the passenger seat door and tell her that the chivalry isn't dead.

But I spot an unusual movement and I smell silver and wolfsbane. Ajax gives me his werewolf senses and I take a quick scan.

"Is everything okay?" Zelda asks me and just as she asked me, I see someone point a gun towards us. Both Zelda and me.

I push Zelda into the car and before I use the car as the shield, the bullet already got me. Since it also has wolfsbane, I am down on my knees in an instant and my whole body is aching thousand times more than it did with the silver arrow.

"Maddox!!!" I hear Zelda's scream and I look at her get down the car. I look around and when I don't see the werewolf hunters, I feel free to completely fall down.

"Maddox" Zelda says and I see she is crying. She is crying for me. No one has done that so far.

"Stay with me. I'm going to call an ambulance" she says and I take her phone with the little amount of energy I have.

"Call Ian" I whisper and I place my hand on the bullet wound on my abdomen.

"You need-"

"Ian. I need Ian" I say and that is the last thing I know before my eyes shut down on their own accord.