Chapter 9

Valerie's POV

"This isn't a mark from any weapon, Kenneth" I said, taking a closer look at the marks on her wounded arms and neck.

"Yeah, it isn't. It's probably from the instigation of a person's nails or worse... claws" he replied with hesitation and my eyes widened.

Kenneth touched the injured part of her neck and it stopped bleeding immediately. He couldn't heal her completely, probably because he wasn't a healing breed of the werewolves. He only shared a bit of his energy with her.

She opened her eyes slowly with fear evident in her eyes.

"You'll be okay, Lily" I encouraged, holding tightly to her hands.

"What happened?" Kenneth inquired without much patience.

"Jaden and Jordan told me they craved for noodles and I came in here to make it for them as they kept checking out their gifts but all of a sudden some unarmed men barged into the kitchen... one with Jaden's limp body and another with Jordan.

"I was scared a