Semua Bab My mate's betrayal: Bab 91 - Bab 100

AxelMy pack was hell.Chaos had broken out in Crescent in a way I couldn't control.With the death of more than half the council, I discovered that I had been a bad Alpha.To be more specific: I was a shitty Alpha.I was afraid of discovering the truth that I refused to see, but the absurd reality was that I hadn't realized the mess that was orchestrated behind the scenes, in secret meetings where I wasn't important.Many things never worked out because I didn't know what to do.And that didn't just tell me I should resign and offer my damn head on a silver platter for the people to decide what to do with me; that was a real reality check. I was inept, inefficient, and a fool.My best friends were just as sorry as I was because they didn't see the disaster happening behind our backs either. They didn't even think about it. They blindly trusted the people who offered to guide me after the war.After the silk sickness we opened a floodgate that released a sewer.There was no clearer wa

AxelTwo whole weeks passed since I learned the truth.I was in a tremendous spiral of self-pity; I could not get out of the hole. Amelie had to leave the pack because she had to attend to other matters and had to support Yasa, who was having more work than expected in the North. But her words before she left shook me hard.“You have to get out of the hole,” Amelie said. "Crying won't do you much good. You needed to do it, but you must remember you have a pack to lead."“Crescent is falling apart because of me,” I said angrily.“It wasn't your fault,” Amelie said. "You sinned of innocence, but you did what you thought was right for everyone, and that was to empower the council. You can't torture him all your life for that; you have to grow up, deal with the situation, and move on. You have to do your best, and becoming a fucking alcoholic won't do that. Rethink your life."“You ask a lot of me,” I said angrily to Amelie.The sorceress frowned sharply.“I shouldn't be telling you this,

AxelAfter the first notification, another official notification came directly, asking me for evidence of anything unusual, out of place, or that had been attempted against the pack. It was easy for me to do that because I still had traces of Clare's magic signature, as well as the parasite that screwed up the crops and livestock. And the betrayal. But saddest of all was finally having the exact number of Crescent's death toll as a result of the silk sickness.It was a bitter fucking pill for me.Twenty 23% of Crescent's population died, and of that percentage, 74% were elderly people who contributed a lot to the community. It was crazy to know the terrible losses we had, and I was sure that had the cure they created in the North not arrived, we would have possibly been decimated to a much worse number.Nick looked at me calmly and sighed at my expression of unease.“We should be glad that the dead were not young people,” Nick said, and I grunted. "Sorry to be harsh, but if the young

Axel“You really dare to ask me about Selene?” questioned Maurice without hesitation.The defensive way he reacted was not unexpected.“Yes, I do—”“I don't care what happened; there's no turning back now, and if you want to renegotiate, the best thing you can do is not to ask about Selene,” Maurice said painfully. “She has nothing to do with this.”His harsh words hid a big undertone, one that I was about to discover.I saw a glimmer of opportunity in his eyes, so my hopes immediately rose.“Okay,” Nick said. “It's clear how things are going to be.”I looked at my Beta with a frown.“Did they bring the latest financials?” asked Maurice carefully. “The real ones, the ones that don't have any makeup on them.”I gritted my teeth and pulled out the folders with the information.Maurice lasted minutes at a time reading page by page with extreme care.I wasn't just showing him the overall finances of the pack; I was showing him the finances of the council, the councilors, and myself. If I

Axel“Let go of me!” shouted Lena briskly as we led her to her father.Part of me wanted to push her away and interrogate her, but by law I knew I could not do such a thing without Duncan's consent. If Lena had done that on my land, I would not only have imprisoned her, but I would also have punished her as the law dictated.“Shut up,” Nick ordered Lena.Lena began to twitch and scream, but people were not coming forward to help her.At that moment I realized that her reputation must precede her, because I didn't understand why people didn't reach in for the Alpha's daughter. When I arrived at the gates of Duncan's pack, the guards immediately approached.“What happened?” asked a tall, stocky, middle-aged man I knew very well.He was Don, Duncan's brother and Beta.“I need to speak to Alpha Duncan,” I said sternly. "It's a delicate matter involving his daughter. It's time-sensitive to talk about it."Don walked over to his niece and growled.“What the fuck did you do this time, Lena?”