Wind Carved Names Into Silence by Zex Hollow 163

As an Alpha, it may be uncool to allow anyone to see any weakness in me but right now I’m staring at one of my best friends. My best friend who I spent years searching for. My best friend who I thought I would never get to see again. “Is this real? I think im seeing things. I grunt. 

“Yeah, you and me both,” Tony whispers his face white as if he’s seen a ghost and I imagine my face is the same because, to us, Adrian is a ghost. After years of searching, we had both come to a place where we were pretty convinced that he was dead and we even 

grieved for him so to see him here now and alive… Fuck, I don’t even know what to think or how to feel right now. 

Adrian walks further into the room and I do not doubt in my mind whatsoever that it is him. “What the… How… What the?” Of all the times over the years that I have silently wished for my ability to speak to be gone now is not one of them and yet, here I am struggling to 

string even a single sentence together. 

It’s crazy how much time has passed since I last saw him. Of course, he’s changed from when we were all 12 years old, but his face hasn’t changed that much, aged a little yes, but not changed much. Fuckers incredibly tall though, I’d say maybe 6ft3, not much smaller than me and he’s broad and muscular while his once–short hair is now long and goes past his shoulders. He stares at me for a moment his eyes swirling with curiosity while he has a sad smile on his face. 

All I want to do right now is give him the biggest man hug known to happen but soon enough my Alpha brain gets its ass back in gear and reminds me that just because he still looks like Adrian, it doesn’t mean that he is. It’s been 16 years since I last saw him, last spoke to him and sadly, we dont know who he is anymore. As much as he was once one of my best friends the sad reality is that now he 

could be my enemy. 

If what I think is happening here truly is and he’s part of it, if he agrees with it then he will be an enemy. The Adrian that I knew would never agree with it but we dont know who he is anymore. He could have been brainwashed into believing anything over the years so despite my instincts I have to be cautious and play things the right way here. 

“I know how this looks but things are not as they appear,” Adrian says as he takes another step towards us. I raise an eyebrow in disbelief while I try to figure out if he’s being truthful or not which is almost impossible to do considering I dont know who he is 

anymore. 

“Ok… so you clearly know how this looks and if thats not the case then would you care to tell us what in the hell is going on here?” I can hear the anger in Tony’s voice. Adrian runs his hand through his hair as he looks around the room and up towards the door seeming 

anxious. 

“I don’t have much time so I need to make this as brief as possible. I can answer as many questions as you want later. So long story short. After I was taken and the spell wore off I found myself hours away from home and in the middle of nowhere. I wanted to leave the cult but they wouldn’t let me. I tried to escape twice but was found, beaten, and then shipped off to another country. 

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Mon, Jan 19