Chapter Five

I approached camp and I saw the boys were frantic. Ajay is crying something he rarely ever does, in fact I don't think I've ever seen him cry before. Looking around the camp, I notice that Zare is the only one that's missing. I feel this horrible lump in my throat.

"Where have you been?" I hear Ajay scream at me.

I roll my eyes. "Don't question my whereabouts, I am a grown man who's fully capable of protecting himself."

I see the annoyance hit Ajay's face. I don't care, I've already told him that I'm not going to be treated like a kid and have to tell Daddy where I'm going.

"Where's Zare?"

Ajay looks down from a moment, I know hearing me say the words is aching at his soul. The pain is written all over his face. Chetan looks equally as upset.

"Where is she?" I repeated with more intensity. I nearly hiss the words as they roll off my tongue.

"She's drowned in the river," Ajay answers, through tears.

I feel like the world is spinning around me. I know I was one at the beginning who told Ajay to just give her to the girl Pack and let Alpha Dyani lead and take care of her. But I have also grown to care about her and love her.

"Who took her to the river at night?" I yell and I hear the anger escaping me.

"Me," Chetan cries.

"What the hell were you thinking?" I glare at him.

He looks at me, I can see the guilt written all over his face.

He turns to leave. I feel like such an ass.

"Chetan."

He turns and looks at me with the same hurt on his face.

"I am sorry bro, it's not your fault. I know you wouldn't let nothing happen to her."

I move over and embrace him and a hug. He sobs on my shoulder, and I feel bad about raising my voice at him.

"Something pulled her into the water, and I couldn't stop it."

"I know, it's not your fault."

Moments later, we all sit by the fire, but nobody really wants to talk. Everybody is equally traumatized like me. If I would have been at the river too, I could have changed things.

Then I see Zare walking towards the camp, and it's like heaven. All I want to do is race and scoop her into a hug.

"Zare, you're alive!" I scream.

The rest of the pack follows me. I scoop her up in a big hug and place a kiss on her forehead. "

"I was so worried about you."

Chetan is the next one to embrace her. Kissing her lips, he starts to cry. "I thought you were dead, baby."

He brushes the hair from her face. "Are you okay?" he asks.

"I am fine," she assured him.

Ajay is the next to acknowledge. I notice how angry he is, and he's not going to handle her the way we did.

" Zare, where have you been? Please tell me you didn't take your time while we all

thought you were dead!" he yells.

My eyes watch her struggle to speak. She looks nervous and often stares at the ground. Her whole body shakes as if she's scared of getting in trouble.

"I meant a sea monster and stayed and chatted for a bit."

"While your sister thought you were dead?" Ajay asks.

"That's a new low, even for you, Zare," Kiara says, before changing to her wolf and

running off.

Last time, I interfered with Zare's chopping wood punishment, and I tried to convince Ajay that his punishment was too harsh. This time I plan on letting him handle her any way he wants.

"I am sorry," she cries after Kiara.

"Is that where you got that stupid blanket?"I laugh.

"It's made from seaweed."

"Did you sleep with him too?" Smoke smirks.

"Shut the hell up," Zare snaps.

I was so glad that Zare said that to Smoke. I seriously can't wait to smear his face across the floor.

"Excuse me?" sputters Smoke.

"You heard her; Ajay glares at Zare. "Do you have any idea the pain you put Chetan,

Kiara, Dev, and me through?"

"I know I am sorry."

"I was kicking myself in the ass for allowing you to be out in the river at night. I felt so

guilty, so lost thinking something happened to you, Adagyudi," Ajay says.

"I didn't think you would care." I see a tear slide down Zare's face.

"Don't do that!".

I see Zare look away, she can hardly even face him. Something was clearly bothering her.

"Chetan, I am sorry, but I can't fight this any longer." He grabs her face with his hands

and brings his lips to hers. I take a peek at Chetans face, and I see the hurt in it. I couldn't even handle that. I look down at my feet. I wish my best friend wasn't going through this triangle. I hated to my very core seeing him upset.

I decided not to stick around longer. If people beat the shit out of each other, I didn't really care. If we keep going at this rate, we'll have a werewolf version of who's the baby daddy. I laugh at the comment in my head. Man Chetan has a lot to figure out.