“How long could this have gone without her knowing? She would have known one day or the other. There was no fucking harm if I told her- His words cut shon at the sound of a low growl that escapes me.
He doesn’t understand the problem, he never does.
You were not to say anything. She didn’t have to know. I would have told her one day when she would have been ready for it.” My voice is a snarl and full of anger and rage.
“You and I both know you would have never told her, Kael. You’re too selfish to ever let her know.”
His voice makes my skin prickle. The audacity he has to speak to me like this is infuriating. My blood boils at his words alone, and it is hard for me to even stand here and not hurt him for speaking against me, for going against me and telling Rhea for everything that he has done wrong, but I cannot.
Even when my vision is red. Even when all I want is to get rid of this fucker and hurt him and break every bone of his, I
cannot.
I’m standing here in the woods, the sun has long disappeared behind the trees, and there is little to no light surrounding us. There’s a darkness that is beginning to settle around the forest and us.
says.
“I did you a favor, I told her about you, and I’m glad I did. I did what was right, and you can’t blame me for that, Kovas They were all trying to control me. Both of them. Rhea knew it for weeks, she knew what she was doing. It made sense now. Everything. The night when she came to me and wanted to be taken, she knew that it would make me vulnerable.
She knew it all.
“You’re going to wish you never did. I tell him before turning away from him.
“What are you going to do?” he questions, forcing me to stop. “Are you going to go back and hurt your mate for finding out? Or are you going to kill her like that healer you killed when she came to help you all those years ago?”
My hands turn into fists. He doesn’t stop. He continues with his words. “People are going to think you’ve gone mad if you do anything-
I snap in moments, the wolf taking control. I turn around and reach for his throat, pushing him back into the tree and blocking his airway with my hand on his throat.
“She’s my mate. I’ll do whatever I want to do with her.
“Do you think she’ll still want to be your mate when you hurt her?”
“She won’t have a choice.
Tim’s right. She won’t have one. I won’t give her a choice. Not in this.
He pushes me back, my hold loosening from around his neck.
“Leave her out of this. I told her. I told her what to do, I told her about your weakness and your strength. If you want to punish me, go ahead, Kael. It wouldn’t be the first time. Kovas tells me.
“Shut your fucking mouth.”
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My voice is a shout, and I can see the way he tenses. His gaze flickers over me
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“She’s my mate. I will deal with her, and I’ll do with her whatever the fuck I want. You will not stop me, interfere, or say anything to her ever again. I will do whatever the hell I want to do to her,” I snarl at him. And as for you, you’re banished from this pack, and by tomorrow morning. I’ll send out orders to have you killed if you dare to step into my territory. Any
of my territories.
He’s a traitor and a liar. I cannot trust him. He will only end up betraying me again and again, and I can’t take any risks
anymore. Not now.
“Who’s going to handle the pack if you banish me? Your madness? Without me, you’re nothing but a beast that kills without thinking. Kovas speaks, his words laced with anger and frustration “All these years, all these fucking years, I took your shit. and I dealt with it. I kept you sane. Not Aron. You” He pauses. “And this is what you’re going to do now.
I step towards him, and he doesn’t back off, his gaze stays on me.
“I don’t need you.” I hiss, and my voice is cold. “Get out of my territory before I have you thrown out myself. And remember,
“I the only reason you’re alive is that I want you alive. The moment I don’t, you’re dead.” My tone leaves no space for negotiation, and he knows it.
His face is grim when I walk past him and away. He knows he doesn’t have long, and he has to leave. One way or another.
“Liam,” I call out to the male that’s waiting for me. He stands straight and gives his full attention. “If Kovas doesn’t leave before midnight, kill him. The words roll off my tongue easily.
“But-
“Don’t,” I cut him off. “He has until midnight to leave.”
“What about the warriors: They’re ready for the attack on Redhollow. But if Kovas is
is gone,
then-
“I don’t need him. I’ll command my men on my own. I snap, and I watch as he tenses.
Yes, Alpha. Should I take you to where they are waiting?”
Yes. He nods quickly and walks past me
We head towards the outskirts of the border and down a hill where the warriors are prepared and waiting for a command. They all look up when they spot me, some are in their wolf form, and others are in their human forms.
They all stand still, and their gazes
s remain on me.
When would you
Two hundred wolves, Liam informs me. “If we need more, there’s a hundred more ready to leave with us. Whe like to leave for the attack?”
“Before dawn, 1 reply, keeping still, watching them.
“The strategy that Kovas suggested-
I whip my head around at the mention of his name. “You will not say his name. Ever,” I snap at 1
at him.
“Of course,” he agrees quickly. “We’ll attack from the east borders of the Redhollow pack. They do not have many patrols on that side. The house where the Alpha resides is near the north, but if we go in from there, we’ll have to deal with their wolves. Many of them
“We’ll go from the east and make our way towards him”
“Yes, Alpha.”
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I look at Liam for a brief moment and then back at the warriors.
“Head to the manor, have the
e guards there on alert, and tell them to lock the house down and have every entrance guarded.”
“There’s no chance of the pack getting attacked by the”
“Do as I say. My eyes narrow on him. He’s not supposed to ask questions.
“Yes, he gives me a nod. “I’ll head there right away?
With hundreds of wolves in front of me, I cannot head back right away and deal with Rhea. That will be done once I have taken the Redhollow pack. Then, she’ll know her lesson. I can’t let this pass, she has to learn.
No one can know what I am. And now that she does, she will be punished. It will not be easy, nor quick. I will deal with her and her betrayal and she will leam not to cross me ever again after this.
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