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I spent the night in the guest bedroom. I couldn\u2019t go back to our room.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I didn\u2019t want to see Liora right now, not after what she did.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Maybe I expected too much from her; Laia would never have done this to me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kaia knew the right step to take when it came to running a pack.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She put the people\u2019s safety and well-being before ambition.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She knew exactly what to do and how to act.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Liora, on the other hand, doesn\u2019t think before she acts. To her, ambition and wealth came first before anything else, even if it would put everyone at risk.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Right now, I feel horrible to think that, despite what Kaia did, she had the best interests of the pack at heart.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Why did she have to attempt to kill Liora and our baby? If she didn\u2019t do that, she would still be in the pack, helping to run the pack affairs, and I know she would do a great job.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She ruined it with her treasonous actions.\u00a0<\/p>\n
My eyes drooped, but the thought of Kaia consumed my mind.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Because if Kaia were here, nothing of this sort would have happened. Liora would be resting in her room when the courier came, and Kaia would have handled the situation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I gritted my teeth, remembering how Kaia refused to admit her crimes in the council court.\u00a0<\/p>\n
If she had admitted and apologised for what she did to Liora and then stepped aside for Liora to become Luna, I would have forgiven her, but she was too stubborn for her own good.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She was stupid, and her stupidity has caused us a lot of trouble.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I can\u2019t blame Liora much; she has been making an effort to help run the pack, but I can\u2019t just forget what she did.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The more I think about it, the angrier I become. The alpha lord is not an easy person to deal with.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And now that he has my seal, it would take the goddess\u2019s intervention before he sends my pack and me into a battlefield to fight for his greedy ass.\u00a0<\/p>\n
My head was spinning from the alcohol I consumed and the possibility of being thrown into a goddamn war that I didn\u2019t bargain for.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLiora, you shouldn\u2019t have done this to us\u201d, I muttered under my breath. My eyes burned slightly, and I wiped them. \u201cHow will I fix this problem now?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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When I couldn\u2019t come up with a solution, I decided to reach out to Theo tomorrow and ask for his help.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He has a lot of contacts; he might be able to help the pack and me out of this mess.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When I woke up early the next morning, my head was spinning with a splitting headache.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cGet me warm lemon juice, Kaia\u201d, I drowsily yelled out before I could stop myself.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The fucking old habit. It\u2019s been seven months, and this old habit of calling out her name still hasn\u2019t left me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I stood up and walked out of the guest room. I headed to the kitchen to get the warm lemon juice by myself.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cGood morning, Alpha\u201d, an omega greeted me when she saw me, and I nodded. I was in too much pain to answer. \u201cShould I get you something, sir?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI will do it myself,\u201d I muttered, irritation building up in my chest. \u201cGo do your work, I\u2019ve got this\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The omega left, and I prepared the warm lemon juice. Kaia always made this one for me when I had a hangover.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I was leaving the kitchen when I bumped into Liora. She smiled brightly at me, but I ignored her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I was still angry; if I looked at her face, I would lose the will to stay angry, and I wanted Liora to know how much her actions affected me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDarling,\u201d Liora came after me. \u201cCan we just talk?\u201d She asked, and I ignored her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I gulped my lemon juice and felt my headache slipping away. That was a relief.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat are we going to talk about?\u201d I asked, \u201cThe fact that you endangered the pack for your selfish reasons?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDraven, please\u201d Liora\u2019s eyes were getting wet. \u201cYou know I did this for all of us, for the pack\u2019s best interest\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBest interest?\u201d I scoffed, shaking my head in disbelief. \u201cYou endangered the pack for the sake of wealth and influence. How is that the best interest of the pack when we are being pushed into war because of your stupid decision?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI had no idea the idea came with war, I swear I was only thinking of the benefit it would bring to the pack\u201d, Liora insisted, and my annoyance surged at her stupidity.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou made a deal with the devil, and you thought you\u2019d only get the best?\u201d I clenched my fists; she was unbelievably stupid, and I couldn\u2019t help but be offended by it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHow would I have known? I did not know whatsoever about what he does for a living; you didn\u2019t tell me,\u201d Liora said, and I was offended. Now, she\u2019s blaming me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, now it\u2019s my fault that you couldn\u2019t use your brains? Everyone knows what kind of person the alpha lord is,\u201d I retorted. \u201cExcept for you,\u201d I eyed her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBlame me all you want, but I was only doing this for the pack.\u201d She was in tears, shaking.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cNo, you did this for your selfish reasons,\u201d I said, annoyed. \u201cIf it were not for the pack, you would have waited for me. This is something Kaia would never do because she always weighs the pros and cons first!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I yelled loudly before I realised what I had done. Liora looked at me, her face wet with tears.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you miss her so much, why don\u2019t you remove me as Luna and reinstate her?\u201d Liora asked quietly, and I could swear I saw pain in her eyes, and it was my fault. \u201cYou keep comparing me to her, Draven. Kaia is gone; she\u2019s never coming back because she betrayed this pack and its people\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not my fault that she tried to kill me. Did you forget what she did so soon? Because it looks to me like you have\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI did not forget what she did; I ousted her from the pack with my own hands. How can I forget that?\u201d I muttered, avoiding eye contact with Liora.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you remember it that well, I don\u2019t see why you keep comparing her to me,\u201d Liora barked. \u201cI would never do what she did, so I\u2019m not like her. Stop making me out to be the bad guy, Draven!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Liora left me alone in tears and ran out before I could stop her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Suddenly, my heart broke for her. She didn\u2019t deserve how I treated her; she was only trying to help me and fell into Jame Vance, the alpha lord\u2019s trap.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She wasn\u2019t at fault; the alpha lord is. I should take my anger out on him instead.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I ran after Liora, but she was nowhere to be seen when I came out of the house.\u00a0<\/p>\n
While walking around the block, I realised that neither the officials nor I have really done a welfare check on the prisoners recently.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was early, and I wasn\u2019t really doing much yet, so I decided to have an impromptu visit with the prisoners.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When I walked through security, the guard recognised me immediately and bowed his head in respect. I shook my head and waved at him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAlpha, what brings you down here?\u201d He asked, walking me into the cell area.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy? Can\u2019t I be here?\u201d I asked, and he looked frightened.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo! No! No! That\u2019s not what I meant. The guard looked scared out of his mind, and I wonder how many others feared me this much. \u201cIt\u2019s just that the alphas and the top dog barely come down here unless it\u2019s an emergency\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is no emergency; it\u2019s a routine check that we neglected for a while. I\u2019m back to checking up on the prisons. Do expect me to be impromptu from now on\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I said and walked ahead without waiting for the flabbergasted guard to answer.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, sir. I will tell the others,\u201d the guard said when he caught up with me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When we got to the cell, I noticed it was empty. Strange.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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An entire cell was empty; it can\u2019t be a mistake.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat happened here?\u201d I turned to the guard to ask. \u201cWhy is an entire cell empty?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cOh, that,\u201d I saw him scratch his head nervously. \u201cThe prisoner was released for good behaviour. There hasn\u2019t been a replacement yet\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I nodded and moved ahead while the guard showed me a few things that needed fixing and explained.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The place needs renovation; it might be a prison, but we can\u2019t treat the prisoners inhumanely.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cTake me to the rogues who worked with the former Luna\u201d, I said, and the guard broke out in cold sweats.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He couldn\u2019t say anything, and I took that as a sign that something was amiss.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIs there a problem?\u201d I asked, and he nodded. \u201cTake me to the rogues\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He didn\u2019t say anything and led me straight to where the rogues were kept.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I stood in front of the cell, confused.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat is the meaning of this?\u201d I turned to ask the guard after seeing the empty cells. \u201cWhere are the rogues?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m sorry, Alpha, but I have no idea where they are,\u201d he said, his face stained with sweat.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou are a prison guard; it\u2019s your duty to know where the prisoners are. Damn it!\u201d I barked, annoyed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m sorry, Alpha,\u201d he apologised, and that only enraged me the more. \u201cI took a week\u2019s leave, and when I came back, the rogues were gone. I was told they were transferred to another prison, since it wasn\u2019t my place, I didn\u2019t question anything I was told\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWho told you they were transferred?\u201d I asked.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a rumour circulating in the prison. Then, I confirmed it from one of my colleagues, but he didn\u2019t have a source either\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAlright,\u201d I turned around to leave. \u201cKeep this visit between us two; no other person should know I was here. Is that clear?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, sir\u201d. He said,and bowed his head.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I left the prison yard,my mind was blown out with questions.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I had the rogues locked up for conspiring with Kaia against Liora,they admitted their crimes and got jailed in one of the maximum prison in the pack.\u00a0<\/p>\n
There was no way they could have escaped on their own.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Something fishy is happening and I need to get to the bottom of it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I was returning to my room when Theo\u2019s statement flashed in my mind again.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cTruly,I was an idiot for not keeping an eye on important criminals like the rogues who conspired with Kaia to kill Liora. What if they plan to finish the job they couldn\u2019t do before?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fear crept into my heart for Liora and our baby.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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