𝐓𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐞 ⸙

2.34༊*·˚

"What do you want to do for the rest of the day?"

Liam asked from the couch. He had taken away Zayn's Alpha duties for the rest of the week. Zayn needed time off to clear his head, have a bit of therapy, and start again with a fresh mind.

Liam watched the rain as it pounded the window.

"I don't know. What is there to do?" Zayn mumbled.

Activities were limited when they could only stay within the grounds. The last time Zayn had left, he caused so much damage, he almost didn't come home.

Zayn then frowned, suddenly remembering his meeting with Daniel the farmer. He sat up so abruptly, Liam jumped. "We need to go to the office."

"Why?" Liam asked, scrambling off the couch and jogging to keep up with Zayn's long strides.

"I think there's a hidden book."

"What?"

Zayn hadn't yet explained where he went the morning after Niall was killed, so he explained on the way to the office.

"Daniel was friends with your father?" Liam said, astonished, and a little out of breath after running up the stairs. "And he took you into his home to tell you about your dad?"

"Actually, it was kind of like a telling off. I felt scolded in a way."

"Daniel has always been like that. Very wise, but stern. He told me off when I was younger for going to the Hill by myself. He said the woods were not safe for small humans like me. I guess I know what he meant now. He knew werewolves were around the area. I wonder if he knew my parents were killed by wolves."

Zayn hummed lowly and unlocked his office, twisting the key Liam had found behind his father's name, still wondering what it was for.

Liam sat on the desk as Zayn stretched an arm to the top of the bookshelf.

"So.. a secret book?" he asked.

"Yeah." Zayn dragged a chair across the room and stood on it when all he could reach was dust. On the chair, he could see the top, and all the spider webs and the dust his fingers had disturbed. Then, in the right corner, he saw a book. He almost tilted the chair trying to reach it. The tips of his fingers managed to slide it to the edge, and it hit the wooden floor with a heavy thud.

Dust flew from within the book's pages.

"How long has that been up there?" Liam asked, jumping from the desk to crouch by it.

He poked the book, expecting a big spider to crawl out from underneath it, though if there was one, it would've been squished flat. The book was bound in heavy black leather and a thick leather belt that fastened shut.

"I used to steal my dad's books to see if he'd notice, but I really just wanted to read them. He had told Daniel about it at the time and how he hid one in the top of the bookcase, but I never found it because I stopped paying attention." Zayn crouched by the book too, suddenly sad. "I've never seen this one before."

"What do you think it is? A diary?" Liam asked when Zayn rubbed the dust away and inspected both sides.

"It might be. It only has his initials on it, that's it. But why would he hide this for me to find?"

"Maybe he knew you'd visit Daniel one day to buy milk and eggs from him, and get told about the diary, just like how he knew you'd have to change the name on the door one day, and find the key."

"Why so secretive though?"

Liam shrugged. "Maybe only you are the one who can find these things?" Liam then pursed his lips.