My Mate Chose My Best Friend, So His Uncle Claimed Me novel Chapter 6

"I shall take my leave, Alpha, Beta," I bid farewell to the two most important people in my pack as I mounted in a carriage.

They both nodded. "Make our pack proud, Euphyllia." Those were Beta Rocco's words before the carriage set out on a departure.

Sighing, I stayed quiet for a long moment, leaning on my seat before closing my eyes, feeling a little exhausted.

The summons from the royal military should have been the only thing on my mind right now as I packed at dawn, but that one single letter was enough to make me feel restless throughout the whole night.

I had read it once, and once was enough. However, those words were etched on my mind and kept replaying like a broken record.

'It's good that I finally caught your attention. You're even more beautiful up close than only watch you from afar, Lady Euphyllia. But don't worry. I'm a patient person. I'll wait till you're prepared to meet me. And until then, I'll be watching.'

That parchment was resting in the pocket of my uniform jacket as if it had every right to be there against my chest.

No seal. No signature. Only those words, beautifully carved with steady strokes if whoever the gentleman who had written this had spent a lot of effort to make his action impressive to his lady.

Shivers coursed through my body. I knew that I should have thrown this letter when I got home, but I couldn't bring myself to. And I didn't know whether I should feel flattered, threatened, or both.

Was this supposed to be how admiration should go? Or was this an art of stalking?

It was hard to decipher the intention of the person who was the culprit of this letter. But one thing I could decipher was that he spent a lot of effort to trigger Alpha Derrick's uncanny ability to sense intruders near the pack's borders, which was a normal ability for every Alpha. Not only that, having Ives' unconscious just to send the letter was extremely foolish.

I slowly peeled my eyes open, scrutinizing the single chrysanthemum in my hand that until now, I was still holding onto it.

This flower was my favorite of them all. How did that person know about it?

The fact that the person knew about such a small fact that this was my favorite had made me uncomfortable.

My pulse quickened just by the thought of it. Even my hands were going clammy and quivering from what was happening.

Was there an admirer that I didn't know about? Then, who could that be?

Could it be... Redmund? Impossible! Never once had I seen Redmund spend such effort to make a letter.

He would be cautious in being intimate with me. He would never do such a thing as give me any material things that would be suspicious about our relationship.

With that realization, I mindlessly clenched my hand with the chrysanthemum inside my palm. I almost dropped it as I snapped back to reality, looking to my left and right as if frightened that someone might have been watching me for longer than I could imagine.

I was already too late to realize what I had done and flinched as my emotions blinded me just by thinking about how I became a fool towards Redmund.

And now that I would be returning to the royal military headquarters, I would cross paths with Redmund and Lilith.

Just thinking about meeting them again after a few days that I was in my vacation leave was enough to make my heart ache because of their betrayal.

How would I suppose to act fine when I get to see them? Pretend the wound in my chest didn't exist? Or confront Redmund and ask him what his plan is for us, or would there be any plan, and I was just hoping for empty promises?

I must polish what I should do next before facing them. Even though my heart was bleeding, I must apply being a tactical keeper.

I must not let them be a winner in this...

I bit my lower lip as my vision blurred from my tears falling. I gently wiped them away, telling myself to stop shedding tears for those people who had hurt me.

But why was it so hard? They were the people I loved the most.

There was no way that I could be able to show that I was alright.

Those were my thoughts even until I arrived at the camp. With a heavy heart, I reported to my senior, Marlin.

"Sorry for the short notice, Euphyllia," Marlin said when I entered his study. "I know your vacation leave was cut short."

I shook my head. "I don't really mind," I answered politely, clenching and unclenching my hand because Redmund suddenly popped up in my mind for no reason. My heart began to ache again because of it. "I know that this is an emergency, so military first before anything."

My boots echoed in the corridor as I left Marlin's study room. I thanked myself that I didn't break down in front of my senior, or else, I would have had a hard time explaining what had been aching in me lately.

It was my heart. Not physically, but emotionally.

As I turned the corner, I halted when I came to heard some giggles in the corridor and I spotted the people my heart had been aching right now.

Lilith... Redmund...

I held my breath upon seeing them standing close together. The one I heard giggling softly was no other than Lilith, her hand brushing Redmund's sleeves, while on the other hand, Redmund was whispering something in her ear as if there was something funny.

I clenched my hand from the sight I was seeing right now. I wasn't prepared to see them, yet the Moon Goddess would always find a way to mess up with me.

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