บท 120: Chapter 113: Don't get involved
Hours later, Erick and Amber were finally done voting. It was scorching hot outside, so they decided to cool for a couple of minutes inside the voting station where it was air-conditioned. There were several volunteers walking around as they passed cool water bottles to each voter.
While they were cooling off, talking and laughing, suddenly there was someone with a panicked look on his face, came rushing in through the entrance. His eyes darted around as if he was looking for someone. When he finally saw someone that he was looking for, he quickly ran towards the man. The man was one of the people who were in-charge of the voting stations. To simply put, he was one of the government officials who had been assigned to the town.
When the young man who came rushing in rushed towards the government official, he bent down to whisper something. At first, his eyes widened in shock but he quickly covered it with a grave look on his face. He nodded to whatever the young man was saying and then ended the conversation by ordering him to tell the people who were indirectly involved in it to keep quiet. They do not want to cause any alarm when voting has just started.
Of course, Erick had heard all this due to his sharp hearing abilities. A frown marred his handsome face as his eyebrows scrunched in a thoughtful look.
Sensing his mood, Amber turned her head towards Erick and asked what was wrong.
He shook his head and then told her that he would send her home now.
Confused, she wondered why so sudden but then again, looking at his solemn look, she thought it would be better to be quiet. He would tell her later once he was ready to share the news. Hence why she just nodded without asking any questions.
In the car, the two of them were quiet, other than the music playing from the radio. Erick had somber look on his face as he quietly drove them. Then out of the blue, he asked her whether she would like to hang out in his place, instead.
Amber tilted her head, thinking. She doesn't really have much plans that day. She only went out to vote and probably looked for some food stalls, which there weren't many, much to her disappointment.
She then answered yes. Erick grinned, pleased with her answer.
Shortly after, they arrived at Erick's house. He quickly parked his car and opened the door for Amber. After entering the house, although he knew that his mother probably knew that they were coming, he just shouted his greeting, nonetheless. "Mom! I'm home!"
"I thought you said that you would be home late!" came a shouting reply from the living room.
"I changed my mind! Amber's here!"
Luella then appeared in the hallway where Erick had just closed the front door, with Amber beside him. "Oh! Amber, how nice to see you again!" she exclaimed happily as she came forward to give her a hug.
Amber smiled as she hugged the woman back. "Great to see you too, Aunt Luella," she greeted back.
Luella immediately grabbed her arm and gently pulled her towards the living room. "Come, come," she invited. "Let's go and watch some TV."
Erick had just placed his car keys on the wooden hanging keys holder near the front door when he received a mindlink from his mother. 'What's going on, young man?' his mother said. She returned back to the front hall, looking at her son with her arms crossed across her chest.
'Something's going on. There has been an attack at the mayor's. Not only him, but others as well,' Erick replied back in the mindlink.
'Oh dear. Have you heard from your father?'
'No. Someone was telling one of the officials just now. They don't want to cause panic. Knowing dad, he's probably at one of the scenes.'
'Erick,' his mother said warningly, as if she knew what his son was going to do. 'Don't get involved. This isn't the pack problem.'
'What if the attacks were from the rogues?' he argued back.
'There's no concrete evidence that it was from a rogue attack. Your Alpha nor the Beta had announced anything yet. So you better stay here and stay put or I will sic the triplets on you,' his mother threatened softly in the mindlink.
Erick just sighed as he walked into the kitchen to grab a glass of orange juice for him and Amber. It was already tiring to have Noaz around, what's more if there were three of them. It gave him a headache.
In the living room, Amber was sitting on a sofa alone, looking around nervously. Although she has been to Erick's house before, it doesn't mean that she was already used to it. She sighed as she fiddled with her mobile phone in her hands.
Shortly after, a huge shadow came to enveloped her, about to smother her. Her eyes widened in shock and a surprised laugh came out from her mouth. "Luka!"
Luka immediately prodded against her arm, wanting to get her attention, growling. Hearing him growling, Amber thought it sounded more like he was purring. He was so adorable!
That was the scene that greeted Erick when he walked in the living room. Amber snuggling with Luka. Frowning, he walked over and sat beside Amber. He then pushed Luka off Amber onto the floor and said, "You're heavy. Get down from her."
Amber tilted her head, looking confused. "He's not, though," she disagreed slowly.
"Yes, he is," Erick said. He then handed her a cup of orange juice.
Amber just rolled her eyes and accepted the drink.
"Mom said that she will be making some snacks for us," he continued. He then picked up the remote control and changed the channel to a sport channel.
'When did I say that I would be making snacks?' his mother asked sarcastically in the mindlink.
'You wouldn't want to make your son a liar, do you?' he replied back.
His mother just laughed in the mindlink and closed it again. Even though she loved to scold her son, it doesn't mean that she doesn't love to pamper him as well.
It was a peaceful late morning as the two of them watched the TV quietly. Erick had his arm around Amber's shoulders with Luka lying down beside Amber's feet.
It was then Erick's mother rushed into the room, with a worried look on her face. "Erick, I'll be going out for a moment."
Both Erick and Amber stood up. "What happened?" he asked, concerned.
Luella gave him a forced smile as she stood on her tiptoes and patted him on the head. "Nothing for you to worry about. I'm just going to head over to the 'house'."
Amber frowned. She kept hearing the word 'house' but she doesn't really know the specific meaning. It was probably some secret family place. "Should I go? I'm not disturbing you, am I?" she asked, looking worried.
Luella shook her head and said, "No, no. Just stay here. I'll be back in a few minutes. There's some food in the kitchen if you get hungry."
With that, she grabbed her light jacket and went out of the house.
'Mom, what really happened?' Erick asked in the mindlink.
'It was indeed a rogue attack. The mayor is in the hospital, after being attacked. I need to go there to help Paccia,' his mother answered in the mindlink. 'Don't get involved and wait until Dane has recovered.'
Erick just let out a sigh. He hates being so helpless.
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