Chapter 45 : Vessel of the Goddess

**Noah POV

"Why did you keep all of this a secret from me?" I asked Atlas and my dad angrily.

I was in bed, my body aching. Even though Aria had miraculously healed me, coming back from the dead still hurt like a b*tch. My father and Atlas had come to see me after Aria had filled them in on what had happened. She passed out in a deep sleep soon after.

At first I was relieved. Then I became angry when I remembered what Aria had told me before Chris had used her to try to kill me.

"I am the Alpha," I fumed. "You can't just make decisions and then keep them from me!"

"No offense Noah, but you would have made Chris suspicious had you known what was going on," Atlas said calmly. "You're a pretty pathetic actor."

"All of you shouldn't have even done anything! Chris was my battle to fight," I said.

"Yes, and it would have been a battle you would have lost before it even began," my father grunted. "Chris never had any intention of facing you in Damnatio Memoriae. Surely Aria expl