"Stop blaming yourself Achilles. It's not your fault." Zale tried to reason with him but he shook whatever he said off.
"What are we gonna do now huh? Someone's daughter from another country. We barely know her family Zale." Achilles said. "We don't know anyone she's related to."
"Well, what about her phone? She definitely has contacts on them. Maybe her mom, sister or brother."
"You're right Zale. I think we might find someone to call." Achilles was about to look in her bag but he stopped. "What are we gonna say?" He asked. "The truth." "The truth? Are you insane? So we're gonna tell whoever answers the phone that Kristen has been clawed to the neck by a Lykaon Lycan but the wound somehow disappeared in a matter of hours due to lycanthropic venom and now is going to turn into a destructive beta werewolf every full moon and probably most definitely shift uncontrollably until she learns how to control it. Great, I'll say exactly that." "I don't appreciate the sarcasm Achilles." Zale frowned a little.
"Yeah well maybe you should think before you ask me to tell the truth." "Just get her phone and let's see who to call." Zale said.
Achilles searched her bag and found her phone in it. He was soon meant with a problem.
"God damn she has a password." he said. "What do you think it is?" Zale asked. "How the freak am I supposed to have any knowledge of that?"
"What do we do now?" "I have no idea. Let's get Myles in here, he's smart so I bet he could figure something." Achilles suggested. "Myles is smart but not technology wise." "You have any better ideas?" "Yes I do actually." "What is it?" "It involves taking her clothes off and burning the venom out."
"Excuse me?! You're not taking her clothes off." Achilles turned defensive. "But it's to help her." "I don't care what it's for! Besides, we don't know if that works or not. It's only a legend."
"Why are you being so defensive? Get your mind out of the gutter Achilles." "Ok first of all, my mind was never in the gutter and second, we're not taking her clothes off and that's final."
"Then what do we do Mr Know it all?" Zale rolled his eyes at Achilles. Achilles stood there for a while thinking.
Achilles got distracted when her phone rang in is hand. He looked down at it and the caller ID was unknown. He looked at Zale with alarm in his eyes.
"Well go on. Answer it."
Achilles then answered the phone with hesitation. "Hello?" He heard a male voice say. "Hello, who's this?" Achilles asked. "Who are you and what are you doing with Kristen's phone?" The man asked instead.
"Um..., my name is Achilles and Kristen is here with me." "Achilles? Achilles who?" "That doesn't matter. Can you please tell me who you are?" "My name is Luke, Kristen's boyfriend."
Immediately Achilles heard this, his facial expression changed. Boyfriend? She has a boyfriend?
"I just got here to come see her so I wanted her to meet me somewhere." Luke continued. "It's really late and Kris is not ok right now so called back tomorrow." Achilles said and hung up immediately.
He ran his fingers through his hair in distress.
"She has a freaking boyfriend." Achilles murmured but Zale heard him. "That was her boyfriend?" Zale asked. "Yes that was her boyfriend. I can't believe it."
"What do you mean by that?" "She lied to me. I mean she didn't say anything about it." "Why do you care?" Zale was confused. "I don't care. I just...," he glanced at her beautiful face. "Never mind." He then left the room in a hurry.
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It was around 5 am that Kris woke up. She looked around and nothing seemed familiar. Her eyes zeroed on a figure on a couch in the dim lit room. She realized it could be no one else but Achilles. She stood up slowly so as to not wake him up but she failed. It seems he wasn't asleep in the first place.
"Where are you going?" His deep voice made her stop dead in her tracks. She turned around swiftly.
"I was a little thirsty." She lied. She wasn't thirsty. In fact, she didn't know where she was going. He stood up without question and grabbed a really fancy jug and poured out a glass of water for her. He handed it to her and watched her take a tiny sip. He took it back and they both sat on his bed.
"How are you feeling?" he asked. She then remembered she had a wound on her neck. "I feel fine oddly." she said. "Ok I'm about to show you something just don't freak out." Her stomach jumped a little. "What do you want to show me?" She asked.
He let out a big sigh and began to take the bandage off her neck. He suddenly stopped. "Before I do, can you tell me who Luke is." Her expression suddenly changed and that's when he knew.
"H-how do you know that name?" she asked. "He's your boyfriend isn't he?" "What! No he's not. How do you even know him?" Achilles smirked in disbelief. She was denying it when he knew it all. "He called your phone and I answered it. He said he was here to see you." He stood up. She could tell he was mad. She also stood up and took his hand. "He's not my boyfriend. He's an ex who can't move on." "But he said he was your boyfriend." "Who cares what he said. Believe me Achilles, I like you." She said with her doe eyes glistening. She grabbed the collar of his shirt and pulled him in and captured his lips. It took him by surprise but he peeled her hands off and rather grabbed her waist with one hand and her butt cheek with the other. He squeezed it gently and she pressed her body against his.