CHAPTER 140: The Alpha is No More
RHEA
Kael was no ordinary wolf. He was born of rage, forged in dark magic and raised as a killer. He was nothing more than that.. There was no ounce of love or light inside him, and it wasn’t meant to be that way.
I keep telling myself that as he slips away.
I can feel him going when I see Aron. There’s no beast pacing beneath his skin. No wolf threatening to come out and kill. Just him.
Still unconscious.
I step away from him and step outside of the room before taking the stairs down. When I reach the end of the stairs, I see Cade waiting for me.
“How is it done?” I ask him. “What happens to the pack?”
“For now, we’ll wait for the remaining of the council. Once they’re here, we’ll take care of it.”
“I told Kovas, he must be on his way here,” I say as I take the last step and walk away with him. “He won’t be happy.” “Yes, he won’t be.” Cade nods, agreeing to me.
It hasn’t even been an hour yet. I came from the lake back to the manor a while ago. My hands still smell like him. Kas blood. His sweat. The heat of his body clinging to mine like something I’ll never be able to name again. I keep rubbing my fingers against the hem of my cloak, but it doesn’t go away.
Nothing ever really goes away.
We make it to the foyer by the entrance when the front doors burst open.
Kovas.
He storms in like the walls mean nothing to him, eyes locking on me before they even fully adjust to the light around. “What did you do?” he growls, marching toward me.
Cade steps in, his hand pressing into Kovas‘ chest, keeping him from reaching me. But that’s the worst thing Cade could do because Kovas snaps at the sight of him.
“What the fuck are you doing here?” he grabs Cade by the throat, dragging him closer and slamming him against the nearest wall. “Who let you in?”
“Kovas,” I grab his arm. “Stop. Listen to me.” He doesn’t let go. His entire body is taut with rage even when he doesn’t know it all yet.
“There’s no point of anything now. I did it-” I pull him off and he manages to move his arm. “The council’s here to claim the pack, and you have no other option. This is the end.”
“What the fuck are you talking about?”
“Call off your wolves from the borders. Kael is gone. I gave him the poison, he won’t ever return.”
I watch his face, the realization sinking into him. It takes a second for him to react.
“You did what?”
“It had to be done.” I swallow thickly.
His jaw tenses, eyes shifting from one place to the other. He’s searching my face, for an answer. But I don’t have anything.
“I didn’t have a choice,” I state. “And you know that better than anyone else. He was a monster, and he was never going to stop.”
“It didn’t mean that you would kill him!”
“No, it did mean exactly that. There was no way to stop him. You know that, Kovas. He had to go. He had to die.” I grab his arm and respond to him in the same level.
“He trusted you,” Kovas shakes his head, and turns away. “He might’ve been twisted–violent. But you were the only thing that ever brought the humanity to his wolf. He didn’t fear the Council. He didn’t fear death. He feared losing you. And you
were the one who killed him.”
“I didn’t want to.” I snap at him. “But he gave me no choice. He hid from me, he lied to me, he used me–do you think I could ever accept that? No. And he, too, knew that.” I grit through my
arit through my teethcked!
“So you killed him?” He steps closer and his face inches away from me.
“I killed his wolf. Not Aron.”
“What fucking difference does it make? How did it fool wh—
CHAPTER 140. The Alpha is No More
My stomach rolls. I stagger back a step as if the memory alone could knock the air out of my lungs.
“It doesn’t matters.” I say finally, my voice lower than before.
Kovas looks at me and then looks at Cade, who is still here before his gaze is on me. “Do whatever you want. Either way, Aron isn’t going anywhere and I’ll make sure of that.”
“The council will take control of the pack-”
“That is not happening.”
“He doesn’t has a wolf, he won’t be an Alpha. And you’re not one either.” I remind him.
The frustration on his face keeps growing along with the rage. I can see it. If it weren’t for the time we had spent together and the bond we might have created along the way, I could be certain that’d rip straight into my throat and Cade’s.
“Tell the warriors to stand down. Let the council come here. No one else has to die tonight,” I tell him and he steps back.” This had to be done, Kovas. Or thousands of wolves would’ve died.”
“You should go,” he says, quieter now. “Before he wakes up.”
“I can’t do that.”
He gives me a stare, a long one.
The council wants to take Aron into their captivity, for the time being, until they can sort out the packs that he had take and claimed. They’ll release him the moment they know that he’s not a threat to them anymore.
Or anyone.
“You’re not going to do that!” Koyas snaps, his fists curling. “I won’t let you do that.”
“He has to.”
“No,” He steps closer and points at his finger at me. “Get out.”
“Do you think that when Aron wakes up, that’ll when he’s finally in control of himself, that he won’t surrender himself?” I cock my head at Kovas and take a step back.
Kovas doesn’t answer me, not for a while.
“He will.” I state.
“Over my dead body.”
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