MasukKAEL"Why were you down there, Kael?" She asked, her brows already knitted, her eyes scanning like she would get the truth from just staring at me. Her eyes flickered behind me to the hallway that led to only one place, the holding cells. There was no way I could lie my way out of it.But why would I need to lie? Why do I have to explain myself to her. I am the fucking Alpha of this pack. I breathed, I didn't want her to make me say or do something I didn't want to do. I had to check if his theory was right and if he was right then people were working desperately to ensure that he leaves the pack.I stared at Elena once more, I didn't see her as capable of pulling such an act, her brother? Maybe. Wait…could it be her brother? Since her brother knows that I have some sort of entanglement with Darius, could he have deliberately planted a mole in the pack just to ensure that Darius is kicked out by whatever means? That's more likely because from all indications, Elena knew absolutely not
KAELThe stone steps leading down to the holding cells were damp and smelled of ancient dust, iron and stale water. The path was completely lit by torches mounted on the walls, devoid of any source of electrical power supply because we wanted to give the prisoners the sense of darkness, but now, I hated it.If I could, I would ask that he moved into the better cells but that would raise suspicions as that was kept for petty thefts and crimes, but this? This was serious.I whipped past them, the fire flickering as I breezed through the soft darkness. My mind replayed the scene in the throne room over and over again. I hadn't believed it at first when Elena had woken me this morning to complain about the missing jewellery, I had been upset at first because I thought she had misplaced my mother's jewelry and she was trying to pun it off as someone stealing it.He story didn't seem to match because she told she had it on at the event and when she got back to the room, she didn't even rea
DARIUS"Thief!" Elena’s voice tore through the throne room again, even more aggressive than the last time. She stood up from her seat, her face twisted with fury that I could tell was so fake and looked entirely like she has rehearsed it in the mirror to perfect it. Then she chuckled and clapped her hands, “the goddess has vindicated me! I always knew you were up to no good! What did you want to do with the rubies, huh?”She descended the throne and marched towarde, her hands poised like she was ready to strike me.“Stop,” Kael called. She froze and angled herself just enough for me to see Kael's face. I could feel the disappointment oozing from the pores of his skin. It was almost like how someone broke your trust after you had warned the person over and over again.“What do you have to say for yourself, Darius?” He asked again. Elena scoffed and rolled her eyes, “I don't see why we are beating around the bush on this matter.” She whipped toward me, her hand now lowered but her face
DARIUSI struggled with every ounce of strength I had left as the warriors dragged me toward the throne room, but without my wolf, it's as good as fighting a brick wall since they are two times stronger than I am. My heels scraped against the stone floors, and my shoulders felt like they were being wrenched from their sockets. “I didn't fucking steal anything!" I shouted, my voice echoing through the hallways, but they continued to haul me across the hall. Each step took us closer to the large doors that hid the throne room. You only entered there as a non royalty when you were sought for or it was time to pass judgment.“Let me go! I haven't even seen those rubies since the wedding!” Maybe that was a lie, I had seen them glistening on her neck when the wine had slide down her cleavage, but she had it on!The first time I knew they existed was when I had only caught a glimpse of them when I barged into the hall, it didn't interest me really, what the hell would I do with the rubies?
DARIUSThe high-pitched scream that ripped from Elena’s throat was loud enough to cut through the orchestral music, which immediately dwindled and died leaving the hall quiet for a few seconds before people tore in the direction of the noise. They scrambled quickly, their bodies probably tingling with the urge to gossip or have something to talk about when they went back home.I stood there, staring at everything in horror because I knew I had fallen into another pit that she had perfectly dug for me. I had tried but that stupid guest just had to be there at that moment. My heart could have paused for a second because of how still everything became when the crushing weight of what was happening hit me.The golden champagne continued to soak into her deep blue silk gown, the excess at the helm, dripping onto the floor as she looked down at the ruin of her outfit with her eyes blown wide like she had seen a corpse traipsing. There were whispering around, people pointing shamelessly bet
DARIUSThe night of the banquet arrived like a heavy weight pressing down on my neck. I still couldn't get over the fact that there was a possibility that the assailant had somehow found his way into the pack. There was no one I could tell, Kael had gone out of his way to avoid me like a plague and he was practically the only person I could talk to here.The phone Malakai had given to me remained blank, he hadn't called since then and I was starting to wonder if he had forgotten about me. I sighed ae I adjusted the bow tie on my collar using the dirty mirror in the room.“Just try and get through the event without any drama, Elena is going to test you, okay? But you're bigger than her. Just go through and try to avoid her.”I said to myself before exiting the quarters into the hall. It had taken less than thirty minutes before my entire evening to be ruined by the sheer amount of tasks I had to fulfil and the roles I had to play.A stupid banner that had both the names of Elena and Ka







