Wolf of Stone novel Chapter 14

"Use this to dry your skin once you're done with the shower."

As soon as I finished, I closed the door and left, only to pause for a second before opening the door again. Axil stood in the same spot where I left him, gazing at the door... well now me intensely.

I pointed at the doorknob, "this knob is to open and close doors. You see this little thingy on the knob? It's called a lock. When you twist it this way," I twisted it right, "the door locks itself and no one could enter the room, which gives you privacy. If you want to unlock the door and come back out, you turn it left, got it?"

Axil nodded then turned around to the shower.

I took that as my cue to leave and left.

I gazed down at my dirty outfit and grimaced, deciding to clean myself up before Axil was done with his shower.

I grabbed my towel that was in my room and took out a comfy black t-shirt that drowned my body and some knee length denim jeans. I used the bathroom that was downstairs to take a quick shower and wash up. Once I was finished and felt refreshed, I went into the living room to curl up on the couch and turn on the TV.

It didn't take long before I heard the faint sound of someone descending the stairs.

I turned my head around and absentmindedly called out, "Liz should be home so- holy shit!" my eyes accidentally went lower than they were supposed to, startling me into turning my face away as it heated against my caramel cheeks.

I fiddled with my fingers nervously as I tried to keep the image out of my head, "something you should know is that in this era, you can't walk around the place naked. We're always covered unless we're alone in our home. You can't be naked in public... or in front of me and Liza."

"I'm sorry, since we turned so often into our wolves, my people and I are accustomed to nudity," Axil apologized, coming to sit on the chair opposite me... this time with the towel wrapped around his lower half instead of his head.

My shoulders slouched in relief as I could finally let my eyes roam... not that I wanted to watch him or anything.

I nodded in understanding, "I've already read about your ranks, I know how it goes."

Axil sighed, "It was basically our fault in all honesty... we pushed him over the edge."

I glanced up to see his eyes nostalgic and deep in thought as he relived the memories of his past.

"His name was Dexter, and he was my Uncle. In the year of 1827, my uncle met his mate, Tianna on one of our expeditions into the human territory. She was a witch, but she wasn't a good witch. She studied dark magic and used members of our packs for her cruel experiments. My uncle was madly in love with her, and we were all happy for him, so we accepted Tianna with open arms and gave them both a loving home in the pack as our way of wishing them a happy future together."

"It didn't take long before we realized that members of our pack were slowly going missing. We were confused because there was no trail and the victim's family had no leads as to why the victims would want to run away. My uncle knew what Tianna was doing and by the time we had found out it was already a year later. My father was furious. He demanded an explanation from his brother, who simply shrugged it off as if those lives weren't the very people he swore to protect," Axil's voice deepened in what I assumed was rage as he related his story to me.

"It was like his love blinded him and warped his sense of right and wrong. I watched my loving Uncle turn into a void piece of shit who didn't give a damn about us anymore. It was troubling... what a bond like theirs could do to a person," he glanced up at me intensely before straying his eyes away, "we tried to talk sense into him, to get him to stop Tianna from killing our people but he just wouldn't see reason. My father had no choice. He had to make a decision, and he chose our people over his own flesh and blood."