There’s a lot I still have to do. I should actually stay outside until I’m sure there’s nothing else lurking around. Then I should go down to the tunnels and see for myself that there’s nothing hiding there. Normally, I would, but I can’t right now. I can’t wait anymore, I need to see Ivy. The second I walk inside, I hear the panicked chatter echoing through the walls. The path to the stairs is clear, so I manage to escape and go straight for Ivy's room. I knock and wait for a few seconds. "Alpha Remington," Cassie says as a greeting when she opens the door for me, not surprised to see me here, “Ivy’s taking a shower.” “Alright. I’ll wait for her out h—“ “No, just wait inside,” she says, then looks back and offers her hand to my son, "Come on, Ash. Let's go get some food.” Ash nods and walks to her, holding onto an old dragon toy. He throws me a quick, inquisitive glance as he leaves the room, as if he’s wondering what I’m doing here. Or maybe he’s starting to get tir
I put myself together and walk closer to the tunnel. Felicia and three more girls are already out of there, talking to Beta Francis as more of my men go down the tunnel like I ordered. "Alright, I need an explanation," I say as I get to them. Everyone stops talking to look at me. One of the girls behind Felicia looks exactly like her, it could be her twin, "Who's going to speak for all of you? Felicia?" "Yes, Alpha," she responds and gulps in nerves before standing up straighter than I've ever seen her and looking right into my eyes, "I am not a traitor to the Silvan pack. I was born here, I needed a job and I've given you my best the whole time. Genuinely. But when I heard about the movement and Ivy's importance on it, I stayed for different reasons. I switched my loyalty to the rogues and I helped them get into the pack. I'm sorry… but not really, because this is a peaceful movement. All we want is to sit down with Ivy and ask her to join us." I just shake my head in confusion
{ Remington } Ivy created fire out of nowhere. She stood there like a warrior and stopped over ten rogues with nothing but power. Magical power, to be exact. She created flames and made men kneel. Wolves to bow. When that happened, I felt a tight grip of fear take ahold of my throat. I know Ivy isn't weak, but to witness the extent of her strength allowed me to see the truth. She's not the skinny, weak little girl I met anymore. The insecure, lonely girl who clung onto my every word, who saw me as her savior and her protector, who allowed me to bring her into my world and keep her under my control... for a while. Ivy doesn't need anything or anyone. Doesn't need me. Not to be her savior, her protector, her provider, her mate. Nothing. Even without confirmation, I know what's going on, those rogues don't want to hurt her... they want her as some kind of important figure. Like a goddess. They are here for her, to do whatever she says, to give their lives for her if she ask
"We're surrendering to you, Ivy Doreen," the biggest rogue says, bowing his head to me respectfully. The other rogues follow after him, even the wolves. I gulp, feeling something stir low in my belly, "We mean no harm to you or anyone else in this pack. The only reason we approached you this way is because you're hard to track down. All we want is a conversation." "No," Remington responds for me, ending the distance I created until he reaches me again and grabs me by the arm one more time, just to keep me in place, as if he’s scared I’ll run to the rogues again, "You have nothing to say t—" "Can you stop? They're being very reasonable and respectful right now," I growl through my teeth and snatch my arm out of his hand, "Before I agree to anything, I want to know what's going on with the omegas you kidnapped.“ "No omega has been kidnapped, nor harmed. Not by us," the bearded one responds. I frown and turn to lock eyes with Rem for one second to share my confusion, "They chose to
Tatiana's mouth is so wide open, I could fit my whole fist in there. Grandmother Elena looks like she's finally going to kick the bucket, but it's Viktor who breaks the awkward silence first. "Is she Remington's daughter?" He asks, looking right at me with the same face my mate has, except older and disfigured with hate. I have no way out of this one, so I just nod and turn to Sierra. She legit falls to the ground as if her legs have failed her, with wet eyes and a shocked face. Tatiana is the one who goes to help her, "Does he know?" "Yes," I respond without further explanation and finally crouch down to pull Ash's fingers out of his mouth, then I grab his face and pull him closer to me so I can kiss his cheek, "You know damn well I'll be fine. Don't worry about me, I’m a badass. This will be over soon and we'll finally leave this pack." Tatiana is shaking her head in horror, comforting her drama queen of a daughter-in-law. I roll my eyes at the sight and decide to ignore them.
"What made you stop?" Ashton complains when I finally reach him. He's scowling hard, "You made it way too easy this time." "I thought I heard something," I say, reaching to undo his scowl with my hand, then I grab his nose between my fingers and pull on it like when he was a baby, making him laugh, "Let's race again, this time I won't let you win. To the tree!" I take off running before he even knows what's going on and when I reach the nearest tree one minute later he starts complaining even more about me cheating. I laugh and continue racing him back and forth for a while, trying to avoid Cassie's scared energy, but it's too loud. It gets worse every second, "What is it, Cass?" "We should just go back inside," she says. My scaredy-cat, she's sitting in the fountain with a worried expression, "Everything feels weird. And look... there's some creep watching us." My head turns immediately at the mention of a threat and I lock eyes with none other than fucking Felicia. The stalk