36. The brother he should never have trusted

[Xavier’s POV]

“Listen up, I heard that you would do anything for money. If you ask around, people will tell you that I am a very lenient and merciful King. If you tell me the name of the person who sent you, as well as where the rest of these artefacts and precious stones are, not only would I let you go scot-free, I will also give you enough money to live a better life,” I told him.

“Alpha Xavier, what are you saying?” an elder roared angrily.

“When I said he isn’t fit to be the Alpha, I wasn’t wrong,” Beta Emmet said.

I ignored their comments, and focused solely on the shabby man, who seemed eager to accept my offer and looked like he believed me.

“It’s okay. You can speak freely to me, and I will let you go. I am a man of my word,” I said.

“I will tell you the whole truth,” he quickly said.

A smirk played around my lips, and I gave him the go-ahead to start speaking.

“The truth is that these are all the items I was given, and I was stealing a boat at the seaport because I wanted t