The news of Edsel’s death did not take long to reach the Bailey’s pack. By that time, Tina and Brenna definitely knew about his death, too.Unlike Giselle had thought, Catherine was strangely calm. The omega said she had prepared for the day. Moreover, what happened between Catherine and Edsel was long gone then. Besides a tad bit of lost feeling, the omega did not feel anything else.But Brenna and Tina were another stories. These two were quiet and collected. Unlike Catherine, who had been shunned for too long that her feelings for Edsel had faded, Brenna and Edsel were a happy couple; at least that was what others thought of them, but still.When Giselle met the two at the funeral, except for the pale expression on their faces, they looked indifferent, hiding their face under the black veils covered their face.“If there is anything trouble you two just tell us,” Marcus said to them in represent for the Bailey’s pack.The two looked at Marcus and then at Giselle. Brenna remained co
Giselle pursed her lips before she went straight into the question. Marcus would have to wake up in no time, and if he did not see her by his side, it would be a hard-to-get-out situation for her.“Did you do it?” Giselle asked straightforwardly.“Do what?” Lukas replied. He sounded careless and somewhat amused.“Don’t act like you’re innocent. You know what I’m talking about, Lukas,” Giselle grunted. She obviously had no time and no mind playing around with him. She was eager to confirm her doubt.The head alpha of the Ashes pack heard the annoyance in her voice. He decided that this was not the time to joke around. Lukas denied it, “It wasn’t me.”He also added, “Although I will take a small responsibility of leading him to his death.”“Why? You already have what you wanted, Lukas. Why do you have to kill him?” Giselle sounded unbelievable.Lukas obviously had no mind to taking the Brownson pack. He stated that he would destroy the pack if Catherine wanted to. And needless to say, C
“Camille is your mom?” Nabeel seemed to be taken aback. In his mind, a million thoughts jumped out of nowhere, invading his clouded mind. But then, as he remembered something, the banished beta pressed on his grab a little bit harder, “How old are you?” His eyes were sharp as the beta seemed like he was about to eat her alive. The she-wolf grimaced, “What’s wrong with you?” Why did he need to know her age? “Tell me!” The banished beta roared, demanding an answer. “Twenty-four! God! Twenty-four!” The she-wolf shouted out loud. Nabeel immediately released her. His eyes widened in disbelief, mumbling a name, “Yona.” This time, it was the she-wolf who took her turn to be stunned, “You know my name?” *** “So, who is she?” Toby asked Nabeel as the two followed the girl named Yona to the run-down area in the town. They were heading to Yona’s house. The neighborhood was located in a suburban area with not so many households. This neighborhood seemed dead to Toby. Yet, he could no
“Where’s Brenna?”Marcus escorted Tina back to her apartment. The head alpha glanced at the empty and messy apartment to find no trace of Brenna.Outside was dangerous. She should have known it better for her to stay in rather than run around in the open.“She’s running errands.” Tina said, sniffing, “It’s great that she didn’t have to suffer from this.”The girl had not yet recovered from the hustle. She flopped on the sofa and buried her face into her dirty palms. Normally, she would despise this as it would irritate her flawless skin. Yet, she did not seem to care now.Tina was devastated.“How long has this been going on?” Marcus came back as he finished checking the whole apartment. No signs of intruders or lurkers. It was safe then.Tina sighed, “Ever since the day Edsel died.”“Why didn’t you tell me about this earlier?” Marcus frowned, “We might not be together anymore, but you’re still my sister-in-law. I will care for you.”Tina discouragedly huffed at Marcus’s words.Oh, ho
When Marcus reached the lake, Toby had been waiting for him.Marcus approached the banished fighter, standing side by side with him. Even though there was not a visible line separating the two, they were well aware of an invisible boundary between them.As the head alpha stopped at an arm apart from Toby, the banished fighter wasted no time in telling Marcus.‘You should talk to your mom.’The head alpha seemed lost, ‘Why?’‘Asking her about the man named Nabeel.’‘Your friend?’Toby’s wolf nodded, letting out a huff. The banished fighter continued, ‘Nabeel holds the key to eliminate Raiz one time and for all.’‘How do you know it?’ Marcus sounded skeptical.Toby then proceeded to tell him what he had heard.Starting from the day he and Nabeel started hunting down the witch that provided the scent-killing meds to Raiz’s rogue pack to the day Nabeel found Camille. Yet, the banished beta excluded the part where Nabeel faced the accusation as The Alpha Killer.Toby would leave that for L
“He what?”Marcus sounded unbelievable.Dorris looked straight in his eyes, repeating her words, “Nabeel killed your father for the sake of his love.”A loud thudding sound resonated in Marcus’s head. It felt like a bomb had just gone off out of nowhere, making him feel dizzy and sick to his gut.“I saw it with my own eyes, Marcus. Imagine how terrible I felt!” Lady Bailey grunted.Marcus tried to calm his racing heartbeat down, “Anyone else there? At the time my father was killed, anyone else there?”Dorris nodded, “Raiz was there also. And he was being attacked by Nabeel, too.”Dorris had to pause for a second. After taking another sip from her fifth glass of wine, she continued with the same distant, yet, hurtful tone of voice, “When I came to your father’s office, Nathan had been down, lifelessly lying on the floor. Raiz, at the corner of the room, held his bleeding hand while Nabeel stood stall. In his hand, a blazing silver knife stood out.”“He was frightened to see me there. A
“Why did Raiz not release them after your father had died? Is there something we don’t know about? If only because Nabeel attacked him so he wouldn’t release Camille, then it’s too hard to understand.”Marcus nodded, humming in reply.“Their little ally definitely had something tricky. Or maybe one of them did not abide by the deal.”“You mean?” Marcus mumbled.“It might be Raiz or Nabeel that broke the deal. It was either Nabeel did not kill your father, or Raiz had done something bad to Camille, which led to Nabeel attacking Raiz.”Marcus laughed a bit, “That’s what I thought! And, for Nabeel has just found Camille, it should mean that the second part is more likely to be the truth.”“You trust Nabeel?” Giselle exclaimed, "What unexpected news!"Nabeel was the biggest suspect being Marcus’s father’s murderer. Yet, the head alpha not only did not angry at him but also did he believe Nabeel was innocent.Marcus sighed and nodded, “I shouldn’t have, right?”Giselle shook her head, “No.
“Be true to yourself, Nabeel. You want to be back with the pack!”“So what?” Nabeel growled, “So what if I want to be back? You’re asking me to betray Camille once again! I can’t do that!”“If the council knows there is a living human out there who knows about their secret, they would kill her! Pup, you’re asking me to risk Camille’s life once again! I have done so many bad things to her already. I won’t do that ever again!”More than twenty years of separating had made Nabeel afraid of losing the love of his life again.What about him wanting to be back to the pack? What about his innocence when Camille’s life was at risk?The pack was not that worthy!Not to mention, he was not a member of the pack anymore. He had no obligation to rat Raiz out by using his partner and his daughter!“You’re too late, Nabeel!” Toby hissed.“Pardon?” The banished beta squinted his eyes at the beaten-up fighter on the floor.“You’re too late! Raiz has woken up. He has informed the council about your da