Chapter 41 - A Cursed Baby

Two days and Irvin still hadn’t talked to Zadkiel about what happened to him suddenly that he snapped at him for no reason. Zadkiel also didn’t bother to show his face to Irvin. He was hiding in his den which was Nora’s room. He could’ve easily shared his room with Abel but Nora’s motherly nature always made him restrain himself from hurting her feelings.

He still hadn’t told Abel the real reason he and Irvin weren’t talking. Not that Abel questioned because he didn’t want to pry in Zadkiel’s privacy but just so he wouldn’t worry about him, Zadkiel told him that they both had a heated argument over Zadkiel’s treatment.

“Zadkiel.” A knock on the door pulled him out of his thoughts. It was Abel’s voice and Zadkiel had called him for discussing his visions. At this moment, he had no one other than Abel to trust. He had made some assumptions and he just wanted some confirmation for it. He wanted some assurance that he hadn’t gone completely mad.

“Come in.” He responded and like a gust of wind, Abel slammed the door open and marched in. He joined Zadkiel on the bed.

“Everyone’s gone?” Zadkiel glanced up at his best friend.

“Irvin and Edmond headed to the office, apparently another pack has gone missing. Nora has gone to see someone called Evangeline.” Abel informed him. Zadkiel nodded before standing up. He closed the door, turned on the TV and increased the volume before sitting back on the bed.

“Why are you being so secretive?” Abel frowned but sat cross-legged before Zadkiel, looking at him curiously.

“Remember I told you about weird dreams when I thought I could see the future?” Zadkiel started and Abel gave a head nod, eyes big and locked with Zadkiel.

“Turned out I have visions. They can be from the past, future or something that’s happening in present. They can be about anything random.” Zadkiel informed him.

“You saw something?” Zadkiel gave a slow nod of his head.

“What?”

“I’ve been having these visions since we moved here. First was when I hugged Anne, then it happened when I visited Irvin’s office and then two days ago when I hugged Nora again.”

“Were they about your past?”

“I’m not sure about mine but yeah they were about past.” Zadkiel still needed confirmation if the visions were about his past or just the past of the pack he was living with.

“In the first one, Nora was stopping Edmond to do something saying what if it happened to Irvin. I don’t know what they were talking about but Des was talking about a boy who could be a threat to his pack or him. He wanted to kill that boy. Then, I saw people screaming, fire and there were explosions. Just chaos.” Zadkiel described.

“Wow! Edmond has a shady past.” Abel commented.

“You bet. The other one was the one I saw in the office. Two unfamiliar people were talking. One of them was bald and the other one, I couldn’t see him but his name was Mr Caddel. They were in the same office as Irvin’s and Mr Caddel was sitting on the same chair as Irvin’s. The bald man warned Mr Caddel that Edmond has gone mad and he was jealous of the Luna of the pack. He said he was going to attack but Mr Caddel seemed sure that Edmond wouldn’t do that because they were friends.” Zadkiel explained the second one to Abel.

“Wait… what if the first one and the second one is related. What if the boy Edmond was talking about is related to Mr Caddel and the people you saw screaming were actually the pack of Mr Caddel, which Edmond attacked?” Abel guessed.

“I summed up that after the second vision but this third one got me confused,” Zadkiel spoke. His heart was drumming against his chest because if Abel reached the same conclusion as him after listening to the third vision, he had no idea what he would do.

“Okay… I’m listening?” Abel was more curious than he had ever been. He thought if he had paid this much attention in solving his math’s theorems, he would’ve topped.

“In this one, they were talking about a month old baby. Edmond had put a curse on him and he was saying that the baby would be the most powerful omega and he had to stop him. He said that he cursed the baby so, he would never turn into a wolf and when a werewolf doesn’t turn, it dies. Plus he was talking about some prophecy saying the baby would avenge who face cruelty and he would possess half his powers after turning and a half after meeting his mate. He said the baby is also immortal so the only thing that could kill him is if he doesn’t turn. He also said he would kill the mate of the baby if he had to and he’d make sure that baby never knows who he actually is.” Zadkiel looked up at Abel after explaining it to him and the look on Abel’s face confirmed that what he concluded with all this information was right.

“Do you think you are that baby?” Abel questioned, though he already knew the answer.

“I never turned into a werewolf and I’m dying. I’m an omega. I don’t know about strong but I have powers that werewolves don’t possess. I’m the one who didn’t even know who I was until Irvin came into my life.” Zadkiel put out his assumptions.

“If you’re that baby, then Edmond attacked your pack and maybe Mr Caddel is your father or some relative.” Abel glanced at Zadkiel who was biting his lip, thinking.

“Do you think Irvin knows about it?” Zadkiel met Abel’s eyes.

“If he does and he hasn’t told you, then I’m gonna kill him myself,” Abel replied. Zadkiel kept the information to himself that Irvin said something about Zadkiel making a grand plan that could be anything and he also kept it secret that he heard Edmond say to Irvin that what if he reunites with his pack to attack them… which could mean only one thing. Zadkiel’s pack was out there somewhere and Irvin knew all about it.

If Irvin knew about his father’s crimes and he was hiding them from Zadkiel then in Zadkiel’s point of view, Irvin was equally guilty and he should be held accountable for it too. To Zadkiel, everyone who was trying to hide was equally guilty.

“Anyone who knows about this and is hiding from us is equally guilty,” Zadkiel murmured. Abel couldn’t disagree with it.

“What are you going to do?” Abel questioned. He could see the glint in Zadkiel’s eyes that he had never seen before.

“We’re not going to tell them that we’ve figured out what happened in the past. We’re still going to act naïve and stupid. I’ll try to extract any information I can about the past.” Zadkiel spoke, staring at the floor.

“How?”

“I can control minds. I can read minds. I just need to learn how to control my own powers and then I can use them on these people.” Zadkiel gave a determined look at Abel.

Abel agreed to him on this and as Abel was about to head out of his room to his own, he stopped in the doorframe before opening the door and turned around.

“Zadkiel, is Irvin really your mate or was he lying about that too?” Abel inquired.

“He is my mate,” Zadkiel confirmed him.

“What if he is involved in all this? What if he knows all about this?” Abel didn’t want to see Zadkiel hurt but he could see the determination in Zadkiel’s eyes and he feared what he could do.

Zadkiel took a moment as he stared at the crease on the bed sheet where Abel was sitting. He was thinking hard, biting his lower lip as he was lost in his thought to make a final decision about and then he lifted his eyes to lock them with Abel, still that determination in them.

“I’ll avenge my pack. As Irvin says pack before mate.” He responded, voice stern and firm.

“I’m going to stay with Sean. I’ll let you know if he knows something.” Abel informed him but Zadkiel jumped up to his feet, shaking his head.

“Don’t do something that makes you uncomfortable, just for me.”

“I’m not doing anything uncomfortable. I started liking him but if he’s involved in all this, then I want to spend at least a few days with him before parting my ways.” Abel gave him a sad smile before exiting the room, leaving Zadkiel to his thoughts.

There was something he needed to do first and he needed Irvin for it.

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The following night, Zadkiel made his way to the dinner table and sat on his usual seat while Irvin sat opposite to him, just like he had been sitting for the last two days. Zadkiel didn’t complain and dug into the food.

“Irvin?” Abel was the one to call him. Irvin paused his eating and glanced up at Abel who was sitting right beside Zadkiel, the previous seat of him before he had an argument with Zadkiel.

“Yes?”

“I want to stay with Sean. He’s my mate and he told me a long while ago that I belong with him but I was just being stubborn for no reason.” Abel informed him.

“If you’re saying this because of the distress between Zadkiel and I, then don’t. Our relationship has nothing to do with you. You can stay here as long as you want.” Irvin clarified but Abel wanted to tell him that his and Zadkiel’s relationship has everything to do with his stay at Sean because if his best friend was going through something because of the pack then he wouldn’t just ignore it. As they say, bros before hoes.

“No, I really want to go. He’s not that bad.” Abel added playfulness to his tone which made Irvin smile as he gave a nod and continued his dinner.

They all continued the dinner in silence after that but the only thing that kept going in Zadkiel’s head was a mess. He was thinking of ways to win his way back into Irvin’s life. He had to win Irvin’s trust to know more about himself.

“Zadkiel…” Nora brought him back. “Why aren’t you eating, dear?” She questioned as she saw Zadkiel playing with the food.

“I… uh… I’m eating.” Zadkiel spoke, sneaking a glance at Irvin who was looking at him but as their eyes met, they both looked down and avoided the eye contact.

He sneaked another glance at Irvin as he was shoving down the food through his mouth. It still hurt him that Irvin still hadn’t apologized for stepping out of the line and bringing his parents into the argument because he had already forgiven him. He was so mad at himself because Irvin seemed so unbothered while he was waiting for Irvin to realize his mistake.

“Stop staring at me,” Irvin murmured, eyes on his plate but his hand motion had stopped as he spoke.

Zadkiel instantly averted his gaze at his plate. He didn’t want to get embarrassed in front of the whole family. If someone had asked Zadkiel before the argument that if Irvin would ever humiliate him in public, then his answer would be straight-up ‘no’ but now he wasn’t sure anymore.

“I’m done.” Zadkiel stood up, pushing the plate away which still had almost all of the content in it. He hadn’t eaten much.

“But you haven’t eaten anything.” Abel, Zadkiel’s personal dietitian, protested.

“I’m full,” Zadkiel murmured before getting out of the chair.

“At least finish the food on your plate.” Abel insisted.

“Abel, I’m full..” Zadkiel sighed before leaving.