Chapter 79

Syria’s POV

“How am I supposed to trust you?”

He laughed, but it was humorless.

After a moment, he sighed, then looked at me with a hint of glint in his eyes.

Calmly and deliberately, he answered.

“Because a puppet Alpha is easier to control than your cousin. After all, I only agreed with your uncle because of the benefits I would get. But I’ve changed my mind now.”

I raised an eyebrow and narrowed my gaze at him. My heart was pounding in my chest. I don’t have a good feeling about this.

“And how exactly am I supposed to believe you’re any different from my cousin?”

He didn’t respond right away. Instead, he turned slightly to his guards and spoke calmly.

“Lower your weapons. I can deal with this.”

Without a moment’s pause, they did exactly what he told them.

Slowly but steadily, they lowered their weapons. They drop them one by one on the ground.

I look at them then back at Angus.

“What are you doing?”

“I’m trying to earn your trust. After all, we can’t kill you.”

But the unease d