The Wrath Of The Shadow Wolf novel Chapter 20

Riley walked down the aisle of the clothing mall with her friend, Davina. They are both shopping for a few clothes. They chatted and moved from one section to another as they make their selections.

Occasionally, they stop to try on some of the clothes and shoes to see how fitted it is on them, and on the approval of the both of them, the cloth would be picked.

“You think it’s cool Davina?” Riley asked.

She was referring to a red blouse that she was putting on. She wanted to get Davina’s confirmation before she goes ahead to pick it.

Davina carefully looked at the outline of the blouse to see how well it fitted her friend Riley before she replied.

“Yeah, it is. I will pick it over the other one. You can go with it”. Davina said.

“Okay, I actually thought the same too. I think the colour is cool” Riley concurred.

Riley kept the cloth inside their shopping trolley and they went on with shopping for other wares.

After a while, Riona walked into the clothing mall, she was also here to do some shopping. She walks down the aisle making her selections. And all along, she was not aware of Riley and Davina’s presence in the mall.

Riona was going to pick a gown from the line when she noticed Riley and Davina right in front of her going over some clothes. She rolled her eyes and decided to ignore their presence. She thinks the gown was cool and decided to put it inside her shopping trolley.

She takes a look at another gown and was not sure if she should go for it. She decided that she needs a second opinion, so she said to the lady that was shopping right beside her.

“Hey dear, what do you think about this gown?” she asked.

Davina heard the voice asking someone about what she thought of a gown. She felt she knows the voice, and that it must be that of Riona. She decides to confirm if truly she was the one that just spoke behind her, so she turned to see the person and discovered that it was really Riona that had just asked the question.

She was excited to see Riona in the mall and she quickly drew Riley’s attention to Riona. When Riley realized the reason Davina had called her, she was indifferent about it. She turned her face away and continued with what she was doing.

“Come on Riley, don’t tell me you are going to act like you did not see Riona behind us just now,” Riley said.

Riley did not say anything to Davina. She would rather prefer Davina to let her be and forget about seeing Riona. However, Davina was not having any of that. She was eager to go say hello to Riona, and also shop together with her if she agrees.

“Let’s go say hello to her. We can all do our shopping together” she suggested.

Riley hesitated, but Davina was having none of it. She practically dragged Riley to Riona’s side.

Riona noticed the two of them, but she, however, ignored them and acted like she had not seen them.

“Hey, Riona” Davina was the first to greet her.

“Hello, Riona” Riley greeted.

By this time, Riona realized that she could no longer comfortably avoid them and so, she turned to look at them. Instead of replying to their greetings, Riona turned back and continued with her shopping.

Riley was not surprised by Riona’s attitude. The truth is, she was actually expecting an even worse reaction from Riona. She had wanted to stop Davina and tell her that there was no need, but she did not know how to do that without appearing hostile.

For Davina, Riona’s reaction towards them was unexplainable, it left her speechless. Riona had always been cool with her in school and had also been friendly whenever they meet at any other place. And thus, she wondered what might have caused Riona’s coldness.

Riley drew Davina by her hand for them to start going, but Davina still ignored her. Riley knowing how persistent Davina could be decided to leave her, maybe she needed to get the full dose of Riona’s cold treatment before she finally decides to respect herself and to stay on her lane.

Davina decided not to reach any conclusion just yet based on a singular hostile treatment from Riona, she wants to give Riona the benefit of doubt, who knows, something might have necessitated her reaction the first time.

“I can see you came for some shopping Riona, we can all do that together if you don’t mind. We actually came here for some shopping too” Davina said.

Davina tried to appear as friendly as possible, she wanted to make Riona know that she bears to harm.

However, she never expected the next action of Riona. She had believed that Riona would see through her and accept her offer.

To Davina’s dismay, Riona dropped the cloth she had just picked, looked hatefully at Davina and Riley, and then she sighed and walked away from where they were standing.

Davina looked at Riley with shock, but Riley gave her the ‘I told you so’ look. Davina was speechless in the meantime.

Davina was going to ask Riley about what had just happened and the meaning of the attitude that Riona had just put up in front of them. Was Riley not going to be Riona’s half-sister in just a few months' time, what has been going on between them because it was so obvious the two of them do not see eye to eye?

On second thought, Davina decided to allow it to slide. If Riley has not seen the need to discuss such with her, then she was in no position to meddle in their affairs. She only hopes that they both get along soon.

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“Riona”

Riona could hear her father’s voice call her from the sitting room. He was just coming back home.

Riona had overheard him in the morning making a phone call with Maeve, and he had assured her that he would visit her after work today and so when he had not returned when he was supposed to, she never bothered about his whereabouts.