Chapter 61 – I Believe In Us
••• Kyson’s POV •••
“Just face them heads-on,” I told the werewolves and witch in front of me.
Liam, Christine, Hector, Lisa, Colton, Lucas, and Witch Lily all looked at me. Currently, we were in my study discussing our plan to save Aleena.
“Kyson, don’t be too rash. If we face them head-on, it might endanger Luna,” Beta Christine tried to persuade me to change my tactic.
“I think Kyson is right. Since they’ve captured Aleena, they should know we’ll be coming at them.” Colton, that carefree Alpha, could actually read my plan this time.
“We will go to war at the same time?” Lucas asked. No, it wasn’t a question. It was more of a statement disguised as a question to let everyone else who was present know of my plan.
I nodded in confirmation. “Since we are going there, we might as well kill Andre. Save us time. Furthermore, we don’t have to waste energy to sneak in.”
No one dared to rebuke this time, as they all nodded in agreement.
“We’ll separate now and…” I was about to tell them about our next move when we all heard hastened footsteps and the door being opened.
I felt annoyed looking at the she-wolf who had barged in unceremoniously. What is she doing here?
“Kyson, you can’t go to the Black Heart Pack,” Gia quickly said. She was panting and looking disheveled, like she had been running for a long time.
“Gia! How dare you interrupt our meeting and tell your Alpha what to do?!” Hector glared and scolded his daughter.
“But it’s for his own good!” Gia cried and turned to me. “Kyson, you can’t go there. It’s a trap!”
“What do you mean?” Colton narrowed his eyes at Gia, and his Alpha aura spilled out, making Gia tremble.
“It’s a trap. They will use Aleena to kill you!” she said hurriedly, and we all shared a look.
“How do you know?” I asked her coldly.
“Because Aleena told me! I’ve confirmed with Beta Erick, and it’s the truth! You can’t go there!” she kept trying to persuade me.
“She’s the mole!” Night growled and tried to push me aside to gain control of my body.
“Calm down, Night,” I told him.
“Calm down? CALM DOWN?! She was the one who caused Aleena to be kidnapped!” he growled, and I felt my body trembling as his anger and mine combined. It took all my might not to shift and let him be in control.
“Beta Erick told you?” I asked Gia, the fucking traitor, instead.
“Yes! He told me of their plan!” she stupidly didn’t stop revealing that she was the mole in our pack.
“G-Gia. How did Beta Erick contact you?” Beta Lisa asked her daughter with a trembling voice.
“I was at their pack, and-” she gasped and stopped her sentence as her face went pale. She realized now that she had just revealed herself as a traitor?
“You were at their pack, and? What happened? Go on. Why did you stop?” I asked her sharply.
“Kyson, it’s not what you think.” She came to me and tried to grab hold of my arm. I dodged and looked at her disdainfully.
“You were the one who let them in without anyone noticing anything,” I spat at her. I had my suspicion. No one could enter the pack without anyone noticing, except if someone deliberately let them in.
“Y-Yes… But it’s for your own good!” she stubbornly repeated her stupid words.
I snorted at her. “My own good? What good?”
“I’m the best at being your Luna. You know that! We grew up together! You know how much I love you!” she kept spewing nonsense.
“Gia, stop it!” Lisa interjected her daughter, but I narrowed my eyes at her and unleashed my Alpha aura, causing her and everyone else to look down.
“My own good is to defy the mate bond the Moon Goddess had created for me? To reject the mate she had chosen for me?” I sneered.
“I-I’m the best for you,” she whimpered. She still dares to say that?!
“Didn’t I make myself clear by asking you to dream on last time? Didn’t I make it clear that I will NEVER take you as my mate?” I growled.
I stood up to my full height and went to her slowly. “Because of your unrequited love, you selfishly betrayed your pack?”
She cringed and took a step back. “I didn’t… betray the pack.”
“You worked with our enemy and let them kidnap your Luna. If that is not betrayal, then what is it?” I snarled at her.
“I… I… I…” she stuttered.
“Do you know what the punishment for betraying your pack is?” I kept snarling and stopped in front of her.
“I didn’t betray… I didn’t…” she shook her head frantically as she tried to defend herself.
“Shut up!” I growled loudly and reached out my hand to strangle her, but Night stopped me.
“Don’t touch her and dirty our hands!” Night growled.
My hand went down to my side, and I turned to look at her parents. “Hector, Lisa!”
Their heads snapped up, and they each had a conflicted look in their eyes. There were only two ways of punishing a traitor – banishment or death.
“I respect both of you as you’ve served me well as my Gammas. I’ll give you the choice on how you want to punish her,” I told them and reined in my Alpha aura as I walked back to sit.
“If you banish her, I won’t take her in. Let her go to that fucking pack!” Colton sneered.
Gia looked at each of us and shook her head. “You can’t… You can’t give me to the Black Heart Pack. They said they would make me into a slave if I appeared in front of them again!”
Stupid… Did she not think their words had indicated they wanted her dead? If they really wanted to help her become my Luna, they would treat her better instead of wanting to make her a slave. Unfortunately, this Gia did not have an ounce of a brain and was too stupid to realize it.
“Then death it is.” I heard Lisa’s soft, barely-a-whisper words.
“We chose death for her,” Hector said firmly.
“Bring her to the judgment ground,” I told them. “Liam, mindlink everyone and ask them to witness it.” I had to show them how serious this matter was.
“No, Mom, Dad, you can’t do this to me! I’m your daughter!” Gia cried.
“You should’ve thought about it when you decided to betray your pack,” Colton sneered at her.
“No! Kyson, give me one more chance! I won’t do it anymore! Give me one more chance! We grew up together! You can’t do this!” she kept yelling and begging while being dragged by two guards.
Colton slammed the study door shut. “The nerves she had,” he growled.
“Alright, calm down. Let them deal with it,” Lucas comforted his mate, and we fell silent.
I turned toward the only witch in the room as she said, “Alpha, I’ll get going and make preparations first.”
“Witch Lily, I don’t care who or what you are, but if you are here to harm Aleena, I won’t let you off easily,” I told her as I fixed my eyes on her.
“Don’t worry, Alpha. I’m here to help,” she said. I nodded and waved my hand, dismissing her.
I saw Colton and Lucas share a confused look and turn to me once Witch Lily was out the door.
“Kyson, what did you mean by saying all those words to Witch Lily?” Colton asked me.
“I don’t think she’s pure witch,” I told them.
“What do you mean?” Colton asked again.
“Her scent… It’s different…” I noticed her scent had changed slightly since she returned from the Elven Kingdom with Aleena.
As someone whose scent had been masked to be a werewolf myself, I was sure she had disguised her scent, too. But about what she really was, it was impossible to know for sure. As long as her scent was still masked, no one would know what she truly was. She still smelled like a witch to others, but it couldn’t fool me.
“Are you saying she’s here to harm Aleena…” Lucas said, and added, “And us?”
“But she’s been helping Aleena and us all along. I don’t think she’ll do anything bad,” Colton said with resolution.
“You seem to trust her a lot.” Lucas raised an eyebrow at his mate.
“There’s something familiar about her, but I’m not sure what,” Colton shrugged. Since he didn’t seem to mind it too much, I let the subject go.
“Kyson, about what Gia said… What will you do about it?” Lucas asked.
“The prophecy?” I asked lightly. “Nothing.”
Lucas nodded in understanding. What could I do about the prophecy other than just face it?
“What do you mean by nothing? What will you do when Aleena stands before you and wants to kill you?” Colton, for once, sounded anxious.
“I’m not going to kill our mate,” Night growled in my mind.
“She won’t. I believe in her… I believe in us,” I told him. After spending time with Aleena, I was sure of our feelings. There was no doubt that we loved each other.
“But what if it happens?” Colton voiced out his anxiety again.
If it happens? “Leave Aleena to me. But if something happens to me, then both of you kill Andre and Rose. But I have confidence that it won’t happen.” other than believing in us, I was sure Moon Goddess wouldn’t be so vicious as to let destined mates kill each other.
“Alpha, it’s been dealt with. We are ready to go now.” Liam reappeared, cutting our conversation short. Lucas, Colton, and I stood up to leave.
I stopped in my tracks and turned toward my Gammas. “Hector, Lisa, you guys stay here and protect the pack. Christine, stay with them.”Content held by NôvelDrama.Org.
They hesitated but thanked me in the next second. They needed to grieve over the loss of their child, they wouldn’t be able to concentrate during the fight, and I didn’t need anyone who could jeopardize our mission to tag along. Christine would be here to comfort them.
“Let’s go.” Liam, Lucas, Colton, and I made our way to our cars and departed to Colton’s pack to regroup.
Aleena… Celia… Wait for us… Night and I are coming for you.
And Andre… Today will be your fucking end.