Jace

JACE's POV

Rage . It's a wonderful thing sometimes isn't it ? It blocks out all your other senses and helps you focus clearly on a single goal . There's no room for indecisiveness in the midst of a raging spell . There's nothing holding you back . No morals , sense of conscience or concern of what your actions may result in . All you see is red . All you feel is adrenaline . So is it fair that the Alphas have the most raging issues when instead they should be sensible enough to lead their pack in an orderly manner ? Pack comes first . That's their duty , it's always been like that .

But as of now , this moment .

I have no pack .

There's no need to be sensible . There's no need to be responsible . I'm free to embrace the rage however I please . Perhaps rage was the perfect cover up , in order to avoid how I really feel about this situation . I can't allow myself to feel that . I'm too good for that . It wasn't my fault either , or at least , that's what I tell myself .

"Alpha we need to attack, after what they did to us, they deserve the worst punishment." My beta , Alec told me.

"What do you expect the three of us will just go there , attack and just happen to come out alive?, tell me Alec? Is that what you think?" I asked him . I wasn't thinking about me , only them . Will they come out alive ? They are the only ones left from our pack .

It would be a hassle to look for another beta and a third in command .

A hassle , is what I'll say , but perhaps .. I've gotten used to their company. They do their work well , follow orders efficiently .. things like that .

Alec lowered his eyes. "But they don't know that you can't die Jace..." He said lowly.

"Even if they don't . That doesn't mean you can't die, you and Michael are not indestructible, I am not going to destroy what's left of my pack, I have a plan, I know exactly what we need to do."

"And what exactly is that?" Micheal asked.

I simply offer a smile as an adequate response . It seems to get my point across .

Michael shivers with strong exaggeration .

" He doesn't smile . And when he does , it's evil . " He whispers to Alec . Alec nods and shakes his head with a loom of disappointment .

"You'll see soon enough".

"Like the girls say , spill the tea honey " Micheal winks .

" Michael there's not much difference between you and a girl " I can't help but comment .

" Correction : There's not much difference between me and the stereotype of girls that you create just for bashing them . Wait I don't think that helped my case at all . "

While Michael undergoes an existential crisis probably about whether he just insulted himself or not . Alec and I go over the plan .

' What's the plan ?' Alec mind linked me.

' It's quite simple really . We won't get into a fight . Dracula is a selfish piece of shit , he won't care if we kill his little minions .. At most he'll be offended and take it to his ego . But I don't just want to tarnish his ego , I want him to feel pain . I want him to feel the pain we did when we saw the people we once called family on the ground laying in a pool of blood . So my proposal is simple . Sneak in , kidnap his daughter , sneak out . Make Dracula think he has a chance of saving his daughter , then kill her and leave her lying in a ditch somewhere '

I grin . The best part about this is that he won't even notice something is wrong until the next day .. And by that time we'd have driven at least a few hundred kilometers away from his place . He won't be able to catch up to rescue his precious daughter .

"What? What? Are you guys talking about me through the mind link ? Huh ? Who knew you would be scared to talk about me to my face?" Michael asked with a smirk.

I growled at him to shut him up. We have more important things to do.

" And one more thing .. " I open the trunk of the car wherein lies a large cooler .

" Open it " I gesture towards Michael and then the cooler . He seems hesitant and Alec looks away as well .

" Oh lord please bless my nostrils and provide them with some protection " Michael holds his breath and opens the cooler .

"Dinner ? " Michael jokes but even I can tell he is absolutely disgusted . There are 3 vampire heads . It's a gift to Dracula . We'll leave his minions' heads in his daughter's room after kidnapping her .

" Maybe we should've kept one of them alive for questioning " Alec gives me a sharp look.

" What was there to question about ? They were covered with blood and all our pack members had bite marks on their neck . And what was their excuse ?  That they were just scouting the area for Dracula ? Right next to our dead pack who were obviously drained by vampires ? " I growl .

" We were gone for 3 days for the pack treaty and this is what we found when we came back . We shouldn't have left . Everyone would have still been alive " I sigh .

" Jace .. It's a pack leader's duty to meet with other packs and form truces , you were just doing your job . You did nothing wrong . But don't you find this strange ? Calm down and think about it a bit .. " Alec asks me seriously

" Find what strange ? "

" We hav- had .. 60 pack members . Out of which , 20 were well trained top warriors . "  His slip of tongue made reality a little more real .

Maybe the consequences haven't fully sunk in yet .

" And there were 3 vampires . There's no way they brought down 20 of our warriors . Some of them were even personally trained by Jace ! " Michael decided to use a bit of his small brain too .

" That .. is strange . But there's no other explanation . Maybe they were modified , mutated vampires with above average abilities "

It hurts my ego to even reason with this . It's admitting that my warriors were weak . The warriors I trained were weak ?

They were many things .. Rebels , fighters , occasional procrastinators .. but weak is something I wouldn't dare call them . Nor would any other existing pack . I can appreciate strength where it's present . And I can say they were strong with pride ..

" Mutated vampires ? Do you really believe that ? " Alec asked with honesty .

" I don't know " I admit .

 Alec was right about leaving one alive for questioning . However , at that time ..  I .. simply wasn't in the right mind . Once Cade took over , I didn't even realise what I was doing . Ripping their limbs apart piece by piece , shearing their skin with my teeth and then finally dismembering their heads .. One by one .. While the others watched . Apparently that's what I did , according to Alec .

Needless to say , both of them looked at me quite strangely for next few hours . They weren't used to such cruelty and frankly .. neither was I . That explains why Cade won't give me the memory . He thinks I can't handle it ?

I can handle anything .

Though it is a rule in our pack . In this new era , for decades , we haven't tortured prisoners that have committed terrible crimes . We give them painless deaths . I was the first one to break this rule .

" Then .. what's the plan ? " Alec asks .

" What do you mean ? The plan is still on Alec .  We may not have the details but we have all the evidence we need . " I glare at him and he looks away uncomfortably .

" Now .. let's get going "  I smile and get into the driver's seat .

This is for all of you .

I'll take revenge on your behalf .

Rest in peace .