I Claim Your Love novel Chapter 58

"How could he! This man is getting on my nerves now. I mean he could have done something else but targeting your parents was a real low for him." An angry Archer spoke through his gritted teeth and kicked the stone which was lying on his way. He looked at the distraught face of his best friend and the anger inside him grew.

Callan kept his gaze low and looked at the ground beneath. The grimes were circulating and mixing up with other grimes to form random shapes. He circled his palm in a uniform direction again and again. His face was stoic but his mind was not at peace "He had planned it all along."

"But how did he know about your excursions to queen Katana's island?"

"He used to follow us."

"You didn't realize back then?"

Callan shook his head still looking at the ground "It was Orcus who told me about it."

When Callan was silent again, Archer found it hard to go with his next assumption. He paused at his words, letting his eyes roam all around before gathering his courage to speak "Do you think that the demon..."

"No!" Callan jerked his head up in a sudden reaction "He is there somewhere but he doesn't want to show himself."

Archer pursed his lips and paused his thoughts for a moment. He looked apologetically at Callan and asked for forgiveness. The desperate look of hope in Callan's face was making him worried about his best friend. He smiled at him awkwardly and said "That's messed up."

"Tell me about it." Callan scoffed "He thinks he hurt me and so without considering my feelings he distanced himself from me. He is guilty."

"The real shameless person here is that son of the alpha."

A small bead of water ran through the cheek of the handsome man as he lowly spoke "He didn't know."

Archer gazed at Callan in surprise "What?"

"He never thought his plan would take such a drastic turn. I could see it in his eyes. He wasn't expecting Daragor to show up and leave so suddenly."

Archer's mouth lay hung open. It was hard for him to believe that even after all the pain Callan went through he was still defending the person who tormented him greatly. "How can you still defend him!" Archer raised his hands up in air in an act of disbelief and exhaled short breaths of anger.

"It wasn't his fault."

"THEN WHOSE FAULT WAS IT?"

"I don't know." Callan spoke in a meek voice.

"Oh you do.." Archer ran his hands through his hair in frustration and waited for his anger to cool down. He kneeled besides his best friend and looked at him with compassion.

"Please don't do this to yourself." The were-bear almost begged "Your constantly overlooking his mistakes time and again. All he ever does is force you into unfavorable predicaments. He is hurting you, do you even realize that?"

"He loves me and I love him."

"This is madness..! " Archer rose from his seat and raised his voice in anger "You are clearly obsessed. There is a difference between right and wrong which you don't want to see right now. Your prejudiced against Einar which makes you believe that he has to have a reason to cause you pain. If he is so much of a man where is he now? Did he even bother to apologize? Does he even care for what state you are in? Are the rules for his love different?"

Callan softly shook his head and looked at Archer with a teary eyed smile. "Sooner or later he will come to me Archer. I'm sure of it."

The endless hope in Callan's eyes was burning his life slowly and Archer knew it. However it was becoming difficult for him to make his friend realize that Einar's company was more of a disaster for him. All he wanted was to see Callan happy and clearly the happiness wasn't with Einar. "It is difficult to make you see reason when you've blindfolded yourself. When people are in love they don't hurt each other. Whatever the case maybe, attacking your parents wasn't the right thing to do. He has thrashed your fathers image and destroyed his identity. Most importantly he has separated you from your parents. What justification would you give for that?"

"I can still meet my parents. I'm not part of the pack remember?"

The bear sighed in defeat "Why are you making this difficult?"

Archer swung his right leg and kicked the stone on his way. He frequented his leg movements at random paths for he wasn't sure how to deal with the situation anymore. His mind was at unease. Archer could clearly see the path of self destruction which Callan was readily accepting to forego. The feeling of helplessness was too much for him at this moment.

Callan saw the frustration in Archers face and he decided to give the man his own space. After a long time Callan mustered the courage to look at his best friend in the eye "When are you leaving?"

"Tomorrow." Archer turned towards the handsome man. The anger inside of him had subsided a little however he wasn't done with the subject. He realized that Callan's state of mind was vulnerable right now and so his sense of judgment was somewhat impaired. Anything said would only fall on deaf ears and so Archer decided to drop the subject for now. He took calm breaths and pursed his lips "I may be gone for long. My brother needs help with relocating."

Callan weakly smiled at Archer and stood up from his place to embrace the were bear in a tight hug "I will miss you."

Alphonse and his mate were with their fourth child now. The addition of the new member to the family was making the cave a bit too crowded. Henceforth Lancelot and Myla decided to shift places so that they can be together with their children in a larger cave. However this decision impacted Archer greatly. He wasn't ready to move out since he spent his entire life in the mountains. More importantly moving places would mean that he had to leave Callan and Fayette behind. The bear was in a dilemma to chose between his family and Callan who was more of a brother to him.

When the Elemental heard about this predicament he assured Archer that moving places was a right decision for his family and he should join in. This meant that both of them wont be able to meet as frequently as they used to meet up until now. Callan was saddened by the distance but Archer's family needed him. He couldn't be selfish to hold back his best friend.

With heavy hearts both the friends embraced each other in a hug while Archer patted Callan's back to comfort him "Me too. Just promise me that you would take care of yourself."

The handsome man giggled at Archers persistence and swiped a bead from his cheek "I will take care of myself."

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The clouds outside were gaining momentum as the once white foggy substance was replaced by the dark color of thunder. Stanislas looked at the environment in awe when his ears perked on the arrival of a familiar person "It looks like it will rain."

"I think so too father."

Stanislas turned and hugged his daughter with delight. He pecked her forehead and retreated himself to resume looking at the sky with indifference "I hope your trip to the blue moon pack was a success."

"Yes father." Beatrice smirked "You should have seen the face of that pathetic alpha, how I was..."

"I am not interested to know about Ragnar or his son." The king growled.

"I'm sorry father." Beatrice cowered before her father and bowed her head in submission.

"Did you find the answers?"

"Yes father."

"And.."

"The human is definitely an Elemental father. Fire, Air and perhaps the Earth are his Elements."

A loud thunder boomed throughout the sky. The crazy zig zags were closing in on the the surrounding area. It looked as if the lightnings were about to descend and struck.

The king gulped and bit his lips upon hearing the news. "Are you sure?"

"Yes father."

The king closed his eyes for his assumptions were true. His greatest fears were about to come to life. He had been keeping a close eye on the human for he wanted to be sure about something. He turned his face to look at his daughter and asked in a stern voice "Did you see him controlling the thunders?"