CHAPTER 36
ALPHA LINCOLN'S POV
So the next night he came back to finish everything up. He performed something that was called A Fusion Ritual. This ritual had to do with the merging of the gemstones and ethereal silver into a seamless whole. It was going to be harmonized and create a resonance that would respond to the Locket's wielder.
To purify and solidify his work, he submerged in a bath. Not an ordinary one. The bath was blessed when he was doing his alignment ritual, and it would help enhance the Locket's connection to string energies.
Malachar treated this Locket like a baby, polishing the locket with lunar-infused oils. It was beautiful. He praised himself for his hard work and was so proud of himself.
He had finally brought the Soul bound Locket to life.
MONTANA'S POV
He smiled at me. I will not forget that. I was so happy with the way they answered me, especially him.
Not only that, but I had almost forgotten about the part where he slept with someone in his office, but he did come to find me after, etc. It still hurts, but I felt much better about his actions.
I don't know if that counts as something, but yeah!
Aside from that, I am so worried about Victoria, I just hope that Alpha Lincoln and Beta Sean can get the information that they need.
Now, seeing as I could not help them, I was bored. I still worked though, and after checking on my kids and making sure they had something occupying them, I went back to work.
Went downstairs, placed my laptop on the dining and did some work. I have slacked behind recently, but now I am back to work.
I had some snacks while working and soon enough I was done with everything I had to do for the day and now say welcome to boredom.
Furthermore, I wanted to keep my mind occupied and was not desiring movies or anime, etc., currently, maybe that could be later at night.
I had no idea what to do, I had no friends except from Victoria. Well, that is how my life has been but since I met Alpha Lincoln to this extent, I have been having this feeling of loneliness.
The worst part is everyone in the pack might have talked about how I was beaten up, and maybe most of them don't like me.
Great! I was not sure of anything anymore, and now the feeling of not being among or accepted rose again.
Just sat there, different thoughts roaming through my head. I got up immediately to perhaps occupy myself with something fun at least or just keep my mind busy.
It came to my notice that there were places in this mansion I had not been to, so I gave myself a tour. I may have had a tour once, but I was not sure if it was complete cause where I was right now in this mansion, I do not think I have been here before.
It was like a different lobby and quiet too, walking more into the place and admiring the walls and designs on them, I met with a door. It looked old, I do not know how to explain it, it was like this part of the mansion was abandoned or something.
I got curious, “Oh, should I just leave it?”, I thought, but another mind was like, “Well it is a tour, and what could possibly be behind this door? And maybe I could find something to keep me busy, until everything gets sorted out and my mind is freed a bit.”
Convincing myself that it was alright, I went for the doorknob and twisted, but it was locked, “As it should be”, I muttered.
I turned to leave but then stopped, “It has been a long time since I tried this, I am not sure if I can still do it or if I am still able to but let's give it a try," I said in my mind.
I reached for my hair and took my bobby pin, letting my curls fall to my face, “Here we go.”
I closely inspected the lock while with my bobby pin. I relied on my observational skills and intuition to comprehend the inner workings of the mechanism. I had learned this sneakingly though from someone I did not even know.
I would always watch this old man fix locks and then find a way to try it myself and soon enough I got superb but I hardly used this skill of mine anyway.
Holding my bobby pin and getting ready, I delicately maneuvered it into the lock, mimicking the unlocking actions just as I had watched and learned.
I patiently waited with concentration, experimenting as I gently turned and adjusted the bobby pin within the lock. Through what I had learned, my subtle movements were required to manipulate the locking mechanism.
After a few careful attempts, I clicked and the lock surrendered to me, “YES!”, I shouted and immediately covered my mouth while giggling.
“I still got it in me”, I praised myself, smiling widely as I pushed open the door to reveal a room. It looked dark and like something that is not always visited.
As I stepped into the room, I left the door open, just In case and was able to find a switch, but I was too curious looking around and enjoying my little break-in. There were different things in the room, different properties, and different beautiful drawings that I touched and admired.
As I moved around, helping myself to whatever I found, I accidentally knocked over an old dusty box. I quickly rushed to pack it all back but stopped when It revealed a photo album. I checked it, and it contained pictures of Alpha Lincoln.
I think he looked a bit younger here and also cute, of course. I blushed something traced his photo admiring his looks. I got comfy and sat on the ground, not minding whether it was cleaned or not.
I kept opening more of the album and smiling widely until I saw him with a lady.
I had never seen her around though, I wondered who she was, “hmm”, I hummed.
But when I turned to the next page of the album…