Chapter 36 - Howling (5)

"You will pay for this! Priestess!"

The hulking leader of the werewolves shouted as he tried to get away from Nida's dust, which was useless since he could only move his head and mouth while his body wouldn't budge at all.

"What are you staring at? I'll kill you!"She was checking on the angry werewolf's body, figuring out how to undo her purification now that his arms were gone, while wondering how a leader could be this irrational and impulsive.

'He is too emotional to be a leader.'

If he really is a leader, he won't throw himself directly at her or at least use his power as a leader to support his attack effectively.

Only his body could prove that he is an alpha, not his brain.

Nida's purification takes on him slowly, unlike others who will take seconds to turn into complete dust.

Moreover, he should be unconscious now from the strain, but here he is growling and showing off his resentment towards Nida.

"Why are you even angry at me? I don't remember doing anything towards you, sir. " She asked as she was still not aware of his great resentment towards her.

"You asking me? Is it just nothing to you? You killed my kid!"

Nida frowned as she still didn't get what he was talking about.

"How dare you consume his core to get stronger!"

Nida gasped upon realization.

She paid no heed to the werewolf that was turned into dust on the day she swallowed a core since she was too busy trying to survive life on her own.

"Ah right, I killed him." she mumbled.

It suddenly hits her that because of her, someone else has lost their chance to exist.

At first, that event was nothing to her since she thought it was natural to purify evil creatures, and she thought that dark creatures were evil.

"Wait!! It is his fault for attacking me!" she shouted as she unintentionally touched his other arm. The part that makes contact with her skin instantly disintegrates into dust.

"O M G! I AM SORRY!" She panics now that both of Wendell's arms are gone.

"What happened? Is he dead yet?" Daniel said because he could only hear from the phone.

Teary-eyed. Nida grabbed her phone with both her hands as she shouted to the person on the phone.

"Mr. President is an asshole, but I don't want to kill him!" She desperately seeks Daniel's knowledge of divine powers.

"You should learn your lesson."

Daniel suddenly appeared beside Nida.

The three looked surprised because the door was locked and they didn't notice how Daniel walked inside.

"Nida, release your dust, I'll take over."

"Oh, okay." Nida gently laid the paralyzed werewolf into the clinic's bed while she slowly released her dust that was surrounded by Wendell's body.

'She acts brusque but gentle at the same time.'Daniel commented internally as he observed Nida.

After she laid him down, Daniel snapped his finger and instantly the two disappeared. 

"The hell? They just disappeared?" Nida blinks her eyes multiple times to check that her eyes aren't deceiving her.

"Let's just trust Sir Daniel with treating him."

"hmmm.""W-why?" Randell nervously responded because Nida had leant too close towards him and looked straight into his eyes.

Thump, thump thump

The shirtless Randell gulped his own saliva as he could feel his heart warming his body even with the cold temperature of the air-conditioning. 

Nida didn't notice Randell's awkward reaction and just focused her eyes on Randell and her own thoughts.

"This is strange."

"What's strange?"

"Sir Wendell was the leader of your pack, right?"

"Yes, why?"

"Are wolves really this emotional? Do you take each other's lives too precious that you may sacrifice your own life for the other members?" she curiously asked.

"Maybe?" Randell couldn't think straight because of how Nida had come so close to him that he could now smell her scent very closely. 

"Sir Wendell doesn't act like a leader at all. Are you sure he is not a font or proxy or something like that?"Nida finally moved away from him and sat down on the clinic's bed.

"I know I am not in a position to say this, especially since I killed one of your members, but isn't he acting so unleaderlike?."

"You're pretty amazing, Nida." he briefly said as he pulled the blanket to cover his perfectly carved body. "You're insulting me?"

"No. You're pretty amazing that you noticed Wendell's issue. "

"What issue?"

"Hmmn. I cannot tell you the details, but his position as leader isn't entirely his. That is why he sometimes acts impulsively. Anyway, the wolf you have eaten the core is one of the few pack member he is close."

"Aw, that is why he hates me so much.""Yes, but don't worry, I will make sure he will not harm you."

"But, Ranz."

Randell flinched as he heard his nickname from Nida's mouth.

"Do you hate me too."

"W-what comes to your mind to ask me that?"

"Well, that wolf is your pack member too. Then I came to your unit asking for help in not telling you that I killed one of your race.""I know you won't do it intentionally."

"How sure are you?"

"I trust you." 

A long silence spread through the room because the two stopped talking and just stared at each other's eyes. Nida felt that the more she stayed with Randell, the more she felt guilty. 

Now that she realizes that the werewolf Randell is not much different from his human form, she is becoming more curious about what really happened in that nightmare that they both experienced.

Is he really a murderer?

Is it unintentional?

Is he a victim too?

Her mind was filled with questions that wanted to be answered. 

She only saw his memories when he was locked inside the thick-walled room, not yet the time when he first transformed. 

She's curious. 

She badly wanted to know.

"Nida?" Randell softly called because Nida stared at his chest that was wrapped in a blanket.

Her stare was so intense that he froze in place, unsure what to do.

Unbeknownst to Randell, Nida was intensely staring at his chest, not because of his flawless and bulky chest, but because she was starting at the core that she could see by extreme concentration.

She wanted to try touching it again to learn more.

She didn't want to ask him and made him tell the story that she may have doubt that it may be a lie. 

She wanted to touch the core since it would only show her the truth.

She wanted to clear her wavering heart and mind.

Still deep in thought, she subconsciously touched the chest part of Randell.

Even though they didn't touch skin to skin, Randell's face turned red and his heart started to beat crazily, and it turned chaotic once Nida grabbed the blanket and lowered it to show his chest.

With Nida's daring move, he panicked and pulled the blanket back, which made her pulled together with it. He stepped back while trying to catch Nida, who was pulled by his sudden pulling of the blanket, but he also stepped on the end of the blanket, which put him out of balance.

Together they fell.

*stumble*

*fall*

"Ugh, what's wrong wit—."

She was about to complain about his strange pulling of the blanket, but she stopped midway as she raised her head because she could clearly see Randell's pinkish brown nipple.

They fell together and she landed on Randell's chest, making her hug his chiseled body and taking a chance to have a close view of his pinkish brown nipples.

She did not try to move away but stayed in her position and felt the up and down of his chest from breathing and enjoyed the rare close-up view.

She gulped. 

"Do you have a fetish for nipples?"

"Dan—," her face flushed instantly as she realized Daniel had returned and was mocking him.

"Wh— yaaaaaaaah.." Daniel screamed the moment Nida threw a large mass of her dust at him, sending him out the window flying.