Chapter 55: _What’s Outside The Pack?

Chapter 55: _What’s Outside The Pack? "Uh, ma’am? Where exactly are we heading to at this time of the night?" Caroline asked once we managed to walk past the guards at the compound gates. They didn’t dare hold us back this time after Beta Marcellus scolded them the last time. Ahh... What a gentleman. Kaelos should take some fucking lessons. "I told you we’re going for a walk, didn’t I?" I said calmly, a smile on my face as I led the way. Even though I was new in this pack, I had a pretty decent photographic memory compared to most. Which made my lack of magic skills even more surprising. But there was one skill that I picked up from my aunt that I could utilize to my advantage without magic... "But ma’am..." Caroline continued whining just then, causing me to roll my eyes before turning my gaze to her. She walked a few steps behind me, looking around cautiously like a deer in the woods. "What about the witch or whatever that killed a maid the other night?" She continued, her voice getting a little shaky. "I’m sorry, but I’m not ready to die yet. I still have so many things to do, I’ve never tried eating an octopus, I haven’t been in a relationship in ages, and–" "By the gods! Caroline, would you relax?" I exclaimed, glancing at her and shaking my head in disbelief. "It’s only a harmless walk. We can hail a cab when we get to the middle-class region. They have cabs there, right?" Caroline had an embarrassed blush on her face after my outburst but she nodded her head regardless, causing me to smirk slyly. It took a while for us to get to the middle-class region of the pack. When we did, Caroline hailed a cab for us, signaling me to keep quiet as she negotiated with the driver. "Where to?" He asked, peeping at me with an odd mix of curiosity and the familiar disdain. I sighed, looking away from him and instead turning the pages on my aunt’s grimoire. I couldn’t wait to do what I had in mind. "Caroline, tell the kind man to take us to the pack’s gates." As soon as I said those words, Caroline gasped, causing me to raise my head from my aunt’s grimoire. I stared first at the taxi driver before I brought my gaze to Caroline who had a suspicious look in her eyes. "What are we doing at the pack’s gates, ma’am?" She asked, folding her arms in front of her chest as if she were my mother. I arched an eyebrow, glancing back at the taxi driver who was obviously trying to listen in to our conversation. I plastered a smile on my face as I grabbed Caroline’s arm and pulled her aside before blurting to the driver. "Excuse us." Caroline had a pout on her lips as I glared at her. "Why are you acting like going to the pack gates is a taboo or something?" I queried, tilting my head. She fluttered her eyelids at me for a few seconds before she shook her head and scoffed. Oh, she was getting some guts... "I’m sorry, ma’am, but that’s because it is." She muttered, glancing around us. We were on the sidewalk, and the night streets were almost empty, apart from a few people walking by and giving me weird glances. "What’s she doing here?" I heard a female voice ask with a whisper, causing me to lower my head in shame. Gosh, these people always acted like they wanted to rip me to shreds anytime they saw me. "My point exactly," Caroline uttered just then, gesturing at the entire pack. "Ever since the war, it’s customary for us werewolves to remain in our pack’s territory for safety reasons. Only elites and the like venture out." Oh... That explained why this place felt even more caged than the Luminari coven’s territory. "Aren’t the cities of you witches and humans the same?" Caroline asked curiously just then, causing me to arch an eyebrow at her. Just then, the driver in the taxi honked on the car horn, causing Caroline and I to jerk back in surprise. "Could you two hurry up?" He asked, barely giving me any regard. I eyed him, my jaw clenched before I turned my gaze back to Caroline. I placed a reassuring hand on Caroline’s shoulder, causing her to stiffen. "Relax, would you?" I said, smiling for good measure. "We’re only going there to ask the guards a few questions for my potions. I want to know if there are any plants or ingredients nearby that I can use." Caroline parted her lips but before she could speak, I already stepped into the back seat of the car. She stood outside for a few more seconds before she sighed defeatedly and stepped into the cab as well, sitting beside me. With that, the driver drove off and took us to the pack gates within ten minutes. When he dropped us there and we stepped down, I immediately walked toward the guards who stood in front of the huge gates. I could feel it again... That weird energy that almost felt magical swirling around the gates. It was oddly refreshing being able to feel it, causing me to sigh as I gazed at my right hand and clenched it into a fist. "This is a bad idea..." Caroline muttered dejectedly when we finally got in front of the stern-look guards. I plastered a smile on my face, even though my legs were already shaking when they brought their gazes to me. "What do you think you’re doing at these parts of the pack?" One of them asked, eyeing me with disdain and suspicion. "A witch?" Another chimed in. "Yeah, the Alpha king’s Witch wife or whatever..." I managed to ignore all their comments and kept on smiling. "Good evening. I– I actually came here to ask you if–" "Whatever it is, the answer is no, witch." A familiar, deep, and condescending voice spoke up from behind Caroline and me just then, forcing us to turn our gazes it’s their source. Lo and behold, Gamma Zane, Kaelos’ bitch ass uncle, strutted toward us with a cold look in his eyes. "Dear goddess..." Caroline whispered breathlessly.