ARTEMIS' POV:-

　　Three days passed like that. I hadn't spoken a single word in front of Alpha Elijah. I almost felt sorry for all the efforts he was putting in just to hear me speak again. But Tracy forbade me to utter a single word. "I am so over this. Like seriously. What will happen to him if he just asks us what is wrong with us? He is supposed to ask you why you are giving him silent treatment. What a dumbo we got." Tracy spoke in an annoyed tone while I was pacing back and forth. He changed our daily routine after the first few hours of silent treatment I was giving him. He would come home early and tame me out instead of cooking for me at home.

　　He would take me to the beach. We would sit on the ground for hours, just staring at the sky. He tried to talk to me, but I refused to respond to him. Even when he asked me where I wanted to go or whatever I wanted to eat. "I have no idea. I mean, until now, all your plans worked. He did exactly as you predicted. But now, he is just doing everything except for asking me why I am not talking to him. Why is he doing this? I am even fed up with all this. I am dying to talk to him." I replied to Tracy in a low tone. I was also frustrated with this plan.

　　Alpha Elijah was the only one who used to talk to me. And as I was the one giving him the silent treatment, I was left alone. There was no one to talk to me. My tongue ached to move again. "We can't back off now. If you talk to him just like that, he will never learn that you didn't talk to him because you were angry at him. I know it's hard but we have to do it. You have to keep up with this." Tracy added in a low tone. I could sense a hint of frustration in her tone as well. Suddenly, thud from outside of the bedroom made us both growl. I unlocked the door of the bedroom and stepped out.

　　I looked around the penthouse for the source of that thud. In the kitchen, I found Beta Daniel cursing under his breath while cleaning up the mess he had created on the kitchen floor. "Oh, Artemis. I hope you were not sleeping. Because if you were, I might have woken you up." Beta Daniel asked me and I shook my head. He sighed in relief and got back to what he was doing.

　　"If you don't mind, can I ask you something?" He asked me out of the blue after a few minutes. Biting my nails, I nodded my head.

　　"Why are you not talking to Alpha Elijah? Is there something he did without your consent? Did he touch you without your consent?" Beta Daniel asked me and my jaw fell on the floor.

　　I was not expecting him to be asking me that question. "No! It's nothing like that." I blurted it out without even thinking.

　　"What are you doing? Alpha Elijah might have sent him to ask you what's wrong with you. You can't tell him." Tracy yelled at me and I rolled my eyes at him. I sighed and sat down on one of the chairs that were set with the kitchen counter.

　　"Artemis, if you have something to say to him, but you don't know how to tell him. You can always rely on me. Just like the rest of the pack comes to me. I am also his best friend. I can tell him what's bothering you." Beta Daniel spoke in a gentle tone.

　　There was a frown on my face as I heard him. I narrowed my head as I knew my tears would betray me. It had been long since I had spoken to anyone. And I felt so miserable in front of them all. "I am not the problem. It's Alpha Elijah. I have told him about the problem so many times. But he refused to listen and last time, he yelled at me for asking him again. So my wolf came up with the idea to stay silent until he would understand what he did." I replied to him while I was sobbing quietly. He grabbed the kitchen roll, ripped a tissue and gave it to me so I would wipe my tears.

　　There were still a few months before the session would end. And I knew I would cover the whole syllables. The problem was that Alpha Elijah was not even ready to listen to me. "If he is refusing you like this, maybe whatever you are asking him is dangerous for you. That's why he is not listening. Alpha Elijah is not a bad man. He can be rude and angry most of the time. But everything he does is to make sure his pack is safe." Beta Daniel said after a few minutes as he saw me calming down. Hearing his words, I gritted my teeth out of anger. Tracy was right, they all work together. Only I was the outcasted person in that pack.

　　I hopped off of the chair and walked towards him. I growled at him angrily. That made him turn to look at me. "Oh yeah! Studying and going to school is so dangerous for me, right? If that's so, then why Ryan, Amira and Amy are allowed to study in school. Isn't it supposed to be dangerous for them as well?" I had no idea how I got so angry. I was yelling at beta Daniel and he didn't even interrupt me. He went towards the fridge and filled a glass with cold water. He came back and gave me the glass. I took the glass and took a huge sip to calm myself down. I was never this angry before.

　　"I had no idea what was the actual problem. He might be the Alpha, but right now, you are not at fault. It's your right to complete your studies. Alpha Elijah is being unreasonable here." Beta Daniel spoke once he saw that I started to calm down. Hearing his words, my head snapped in his direction. I blinked a few times while staring at him.

　　"Well, if that's the case, keep doing what you are doing. Instead of giving him stupid ideas that I have been giving him, I will tell him to ask you what you want. Don't give up. You can do it." Beta Daniel added as he grabbed a bottle of beer from the fridge and walked away.

　　For a while, I was in shock. I was not sure if he was actually here for something important or he was at the apartment to ask me what's going on with me. Either way, it helped me a lot. Because I yelled at him, I did feel a little guilty inside. But the frustration I was feeling suddenly vanished. A small smile appeared on my face as I stepped out of the kitchen. I walked towards the study room to read instead of stressing about the whole situation.