9 My Name Is Zadok

I feel my mouth open slightly and the taste of honey reaches my tongue.

Or should I say... Something like honey.

My stomach feels like I ate a drum of spaghetti that will last for three more days. I try to open my eyes but shut them back due to the brightness that hit them.

"Close that window"

I open one of my eyes as if I didn't just wake up from an unconscious moment.

A blue-eyed guy stares at me and I stare back at him, trying to recollect who he is. It takes a minute for me to know who he really is.

Finally! Got my senses back!

"Why... Are you staring at me like that?" I ask slowly.

It's very creepy seeing those bright blue eyes of his staring at me like I did something the government didn't approve of.

"You passed out"

"I pass out every time I starve, that isn't a new thing for me"

I try to sit upright... But the way he's looking at me is...

WHAT???!!!!

Where are my clothes?!

The clothes I wore to come here are replaced with some black church garments! How dare he change my clothes?!

Did... Did he see my boobs? Yes, he just did it!

"Where are my clothes?"

"What are you wearing?"

"My clothes! Like, the clothes I wore to come here... Where are they?"

He stares at me with those innocent, gorgeous, and shining blue eyes of his.

"I asked Mariam and Grace to change it for you"

I gawk at him as I would if my dad tells me he sign me up for further chemistry classes!

I'd get mad if they were males, but these are female names. So I don't need to worry...

Or wait...

What if they call men women names around here? You know, since they claim to be wolves, they are animals. Animals can't possibly think of a good name to give their children, any name available is the name suitable for them.

"I hope-"

"It's women. No man here can do that"

Thank you! Let me have peace!

I sigh in relaxation. My eyes search for other people or wolves that they call themselves. Only the blue-eyed guy, three other guys, and a lady in this room.

All eyes are on me.

I gulp.

"We never did a proper introduction"

"You came here to kill me, and you want to know my name"

"Point of correction, I came here to kill all of you. But, the chance of killing anyone will be damaged if I knew you"

All eyes narrow at her.

"Unless you want me to keep calling you the blue-eyed guy"

"It's a good name" A dark-skinned amongst the three guys compliments

"A very, good one" I add, and then I face the blue-eyed guy once again.

"So, should they go first or do you want to-"

"Zadok"

Zadok? Is... Is that his name or is he joking?

I stare at him with shock in my eyes. Z-Zadok is the name of my elder brother who got killed at our camp that day.

"Zadok?"

"Is it a bad name?" he asks but I don't reply, I just stare at him.

Shock and anger overwhelm me but what is making me calm down is the fact that my brother also has blue eyes. But his are pale.

Zadok is a very hardworking and confident person.

He also told her the same thing Mama said before she died.

"Never kill an innocent soul"

That's the main reason why I'm still hanging on and not chopping the heads of these wolves one by one.

Janice and the rest sent me here because they want me to kill every wolf my eyes get set on, but I am not doing that because I need to know the Innocent ones.

This bright blue eyes guy that's bearing Zadok needs to know that the name. is not meant for wolves and people like him!

He's too local to bear that type of name! My brother is the real bearer!

"It's not" I take my eyes away from him and settle it on my playing thumbs.

"That's my brother name"

I don't look up at them because I am not curious about what they think of me and how they look at me.

I grieve my parents and my brother because they are my family. The only people that were left to direct me in my early life.

"And that's who you guys killed"

"We never killed your clan"

I look up at the lady sitting beside the Royal bed I am sitting on.

"Then who did? What clan of your wolves whatever did?"

Everyone's eyes settle on Zadok, who just stands up from his seated position and walked to the window.

The clouds are dark signifying the cold night that has come.

"We move out at night" he starts

He turns to me with a very hard and angry-like expression, which I am not afraid of because I know his real expression comes from his heart.

Same with all humans.

I blink, expecting him to say what he has to.

"If you really wanna know the pack that killed your clan and why they killed the clan, we will have to go out at night"

"Excuse me? I'm a killer... An assassin"

"All that depends on whether or not you will kill me when we are out at night"

Depends? When we're out at night?

I shake my head in confusion furrow my eyes in disturbance and as I am about to sit upright on the bed...

Oof! The pain's not good

My hand wraps my stomach cause the pain I'm feeling is so not good.

Where are those honey things I tasted a while ago?

"Hey... You guys got human food?"

"All food we eat here is human food"

His tune sounds hard and unpredictable. I look at him and he does the same with a raised eyebrow.

"Do you have any to spare?"

The lady stands up and walks to the wardrobe in the room. It scans her palm that's set on the little knob that's meant to open the wardrobe.

"What will you like to eat?"

"Name it"

She turns to look at me and I raise a brow at her. She would be a bad waitress if she works in a restaurant.

"Don't you have a menu or something?" I ask, seeing that she doesn't get the gist.

Zadok tries to hide his laughter, while the three guys chuckle shamelessly. The girl chuckled simultaneously as she removes a wrap from the wardrobe's upper section.

oOoOO, this looks yummy!!!

I stare at it... Licking my lips desperately in hunger!

She unwraps it and...

My drooling moment vanishes. My hunger diminishes.

A blooded dead raw chicken?!