UNTAMED: THE ALPHA

Inside the red plate restaurant, Nikolai had been waiting for Vanesha for two hours, but his little sister was still nowhere in sight. He checked his phone again and tried to call her number several times, but to no avail.

Did she forget about their appointment? Which was very much likely. The last time he saw her was a week ago and she made this promise to see him here on a whim, as she was in a hurry to take a phone call.

Nikolai closed his eyes. He knew there was something wrong with his sister, but he couldn't put a finger on this matter, because he was not sure what this was about.

But, truth be told, for her to join the facility and not become a member of the Delta was very suspicious, especially when she joined at such a young age. She was clearly under age, and wasn't obligated to participate in at that time. And for years, she was so close to him, but not even once did she try to let him know about her whereabouts.

Nikolai wanted to know the truth behind all of that. However, Vanesha was still nowhere to be seen. They grew apart, even though they were so close. He felt like he could not recognize her anymore.

Lunch time had eventually passed and he spent his precious downtime waiting for his sister to appear. Nikolai even intentionally didn't eat anything, so they could eat together.

"Do you want a refill?" A young girl, wearing white and black uniform, approached Nikolai, bringing a pitcher of cold water for him. This restaurant was so nice to serve them a free refill of water.

"Yes, please." Nikolai needed something cold to cool off his aching head. "I want to order something else."

"Do you want to order a full set meal?"

"Yes."

The young girl smiled softly. "I think I guessed it right." Nikolai raised his brows as a reply, as if asking what that meant. "You haven't had anything for hours now," she explained briefly.

Nikolai chuckled a little. "Thank you for paying attention."

"Waiting for someone?"

"Yes." There was no use of lying at this point, since she figured out he had not yet had his lunch.

"Girlfriend?" The girl's short brown hair glinted under the sunlight, she looked so young, probably a few years younger than Vanesha, or else she wouldn't be here.

"No, my sister."

"Hm," she mumbled. "What do you want to order?" she asked cheerfully.

"I don't have any idea, I have never been here before, my sister told me to come here to meet her. Any suggestions?"

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"Oh, shit!" Vanesha cursed under her breath, which woke Sol up. His sharp eyes immediately found her, as she was trying to get into her clothes.

"What is it?" Sol asked, as he got off the bed and walked across the room, naked, to take his bathrobe.

He needed to take a shower to clear his head. He always needed that after he let Vanesha get her way again and again. This was wrong, but this was the only way for him to get her to divulge the information about River, since he was banned from the project after he had experimented on her.

Sol had tried a fair amount of things on River, but he had to admit that he did it out of spite, with the father of the girl in his mind. He hated that her face took after Gael so much. The man that had taken Lise away from him.

As for Vanesha, he was not sure what the deal with this girl was, to be so infatuated with him.

"I forgot that I have made a promise to meet Nikolai today." Vanesha dressed up in a hurry. "I am late. I am not sure if he is still waiting for me or not, but I think I need to check. My phone ran out of battery."

"He will not mind waiting for another few minutes," Sol said. It felt so easy to talk to Vanesha and it had been a long time since he last held a casual conversation with someone.

On the other hand, hearing that, Vanesha laughed bitterly. "Actually, I have let him wait for almost four hours already."

Sol turned around and raised his brows, as Vanesha approached him and landed a deep kiss on his lips. She tiptoed because of the height difference and pulled Sol by his neck to force him to bend his body.

"I will let you know about the progress on River's side," she mumbled against his lips. "I will see you again."

Vanesha hugged Sol tightly, even though the man didn't reciprocate the same gesture. She had gotten used to this.

And after that, she walked out of Sol's apartment, out of his sight, while Sol stared at the closed door with troubled eyes. He had gotten so deep in this dirt…

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"I will join Delta next month," Hera said. She looked excited to tell Nikolai about this. Apparently, she turned sixteen a month ago.

"You look excited." Nikolai pointed out the obvious. Not many people were so eager to be a part of the Delta and leave their families, unless…

"Of course, I don't have a family anymore, so I don't need to feel like I am leaving someone behind." Hera was sitting in front of Nikolai. Her shift was over and now she was wearing a dull floral dress. "The money is also good."

The best thing that came out of being  a member of the Delta was; the government would pay you a fair chunk of money.

Nikolai laughed at that, but then his eyes caught sight of Vanesha. She was walking toward him, but her eyes were fixed on Hera curiously.

"Are you guys on a date?" That was the first thing that Vanesha asked when she was there. "I can come back later if I am bothering you two."

On the other hand, Hera immediately stood up and waved her hands frantically, her face turned red when she heard the accusation in Vanesha's voice.

"No, I am not… we just…" she stammered slightly, especially under Vanesha's sharp glare.

"Don't worry, I am just messing around with you." In a split second, Vanesha's expression changed, she laughed at the girl's reaction and pushed her to sit back down. "Thank you for accompanying my brother because I am late."

And when Vanesha looked at Nikolai, she knew that she was in serious trouble, since her brother didn't utter a single word since she arrived there.

But on the other hand, Hera smiled awkwardly at Nikolai's sister's weird sense of humor, yet upon a closer look, she realized that she had seen her somewhere before. However, she couldn't recall when or where both of them had met…

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Emily didn't attend school at all for the past week and hung around with Jasmine instead, since only with her around did she feel safe.

Because only when she was with the Luna, Kyle and the others wouldn't pick on her.

"You need to learn how to protect yourself," Jasmine said, as she sat down under a tree. She was still not allowed to see her children, especially when Liam was away. No one would be daring enough to ignore his order. "You depend too much on Eros," she criticized her.

"I know, but I don't have any idea what I should do." Emily lowered her head, feeling ashamed because Jasmine picked this topic.

"You get it too easy." There was a flash of disdain in the way Jasmine looked at Emily, but all of that vanished by the time the young girl raised her head and looked at her quizzically.

"What do you mean by that?" She was too young and naïve to understand Jasmine's words that were full of underlying meanings.

Jasmine looked at Emily for a brief moment before she shifted her attention to the sky dyed in red, as the sun was almost set. She contemplated for a while before she shrugged her shoulders nonchalantly. "You are so naïve because Eros will always come to your aid, to prevent you from experiencing bad things."

"I don't want bad things to happen to me." Emily frowned.

"That's why you don't learn." Jasmine glanced at her and then scoffed. "You need to learn that no one will be able to protect you, except yourself." She hated to see how naïve and innocent this girl was.

She was clueless about the cruelty of this world, she just saw a tiny bit of it and was already crying. Jasmine hated a weak girl like her. It made her want to ruin her life…

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Vanesha and Nikolai ended up walking Hera back to her apartment, since it was already late at night. In the end, the two siblings didn't have the conversation that they wanted and talked about something else entirely, since there was someone with them.

However, once Hera had entered her small apartment building, Nikolai grabbed Vanesha's hand and dragged her to a secluded alley, because he knew he wouldn't be able to hold back his anger.

"What have you done?" Nikolai gritted his teeth, as he shoved Vanesha against the wall.

On the other hand, Vanesha didn't appreciate at all the way Nikolai treated her. She glared at him. "Are you trying to get physical with me, brother?" she hissed viciously and pushed him away from her.

Nikolai became frustrated when he pointed at the red mark on Vanesha's neck, which she didn't realize until now. "Who did you mess around with?!"

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