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“Finally, they decided to join us. No more hiding within your conference room and whispering. There’s nothing for you, Beta. At least not until you’ve pledged allegiance.”
“B-but, those are kids, innocent creatures,”
Liam’s jaw tightened and a glint of anger flashed in his eyes.
“They are also the future of Crimson. Imagine what will happen if you lose each and every one of them. That automatically translates to the death of your pack, doesn’t it? Do you think I do not know what you are planning? Where is your Alpha and why has he suddenly disappeared?”
“He’s grieving! You took his Luna and embarrassed him,”
Liam snarled,
“His Luna? A woman he lied to and used? A woman he would have cast out when he found his true mate? How dare he grieve, when he sought my head, last night? Bring your alpha or within the next 1 minute, the future of Crimson will be erased from the surface of the Earth. One!”
The Beta’s nostrils widened and his eyes flitted around.
“We don’t know where he is…”
“Two!”
“W-w-we need more time to…”
“Ten!”
Gasping, the Beta ran back into the conference room.
“Twenty!”
The doors to the conference flung open a second later and Shane stormed out, growling.
“Oh, there you are,” Liam mused, raising his hands in the air and staring at his fingernails for some seconds before folding his arms behind his back and stepping around the fuming Shane.
Shane’s face was seconds away from bursting, spittle dripped from his fangs as he bent and roared. His claws slashed in the air and his rage saturated the air.
Pack members quivered, cried, and whimpered.
“Aww, are you mad?” Liam chuckled,
Shane’s head snapped towards him and he snarled,
Liam smirked,
Shane’s eyes flitted to gold and back. The muscles on his back cricked and he reeled back.
“He’s seconds away from shifting, is he going rogue?” Liam asked disinterestedly, “Hey, I’m talking to you… What’s going on with your Alpha? We are mere seconds from igniting your pups.”
He said to the awestruck Beta, ignoring Shane’s snarls.
The Beta snapped out of his trance and looked from Shane back to the smirking Alpha and swallowed, probably regretting his existence.
At that moment, Nicole walked in, flanked by two of Liam’s warriors. All gazes turned to her.
On seeing Shane, she stumbled back, fear flashing in her eyes.
“Oh great,” Liam commented, still circling the raging Shane, “She’s your Luna but she can’t stand up to you, wonderful.”
Shane huffed and growled at him. His wolf was obviously in control.
“A-alpha,” the Beta started,
Shane snarled at him, making him jump back with his eyes shining like a torchlight as he swallowed and struggled for breath.
“Fifty, Fifty-one, Fifty-two…” Liam continued counting down.
“Fifty-ni-“
“Stop!” Shane gasped suddenly, his rage immediately subsiding.
Liam smirked, then made a subtle sign to James so that the warriors stood down.
Two priests of Crimson immediately peeked their heads out of the conference room and then stepped forward.
Together they processed out of the pack’s house with Shane’s head bent in shame.
At the pack square, they proceeded with the ritual. Shane stood on an elevated platform with his arms outstretched and the priests made him recite the plea of allegiance as they slit his wrist and allowed his blood to spill onto the ground, while they hummed prayers to the moon goddess.
Nicole still felt like she was dreaming. The female members from Dark Moon had arrived after the ceremony and helped her pack her measly stuff, put them in the trunk of the luxury cars they arrived with, and took her away.
Some of the Dark Moon’s scouts had wolfed out and gone ahead of them, others rode alongside them.
Nicole could see flashes of their fur as they competed with the high-speed vehicles. Alpha Liam and the rest were coming from behind in wolf form too.
Nicole was barely present for all that happened. Her body was there, her eyes were open, and she moved when asked and responded when spoken to, but from a far distance in her mind. If not for her wolf, she would have lacked coordination.
Despite her long run, where she tried as much as possible to spin the wheel that was after her life, it was still like a dream. Maybe it was for the better. Maybe the soul-crushing sorrow she felt about losing her mate was the best.
She took a lungful of the cool wind blasting across her face and making a mess of her Ash brown hair.
“I’m going to accept my fate,” she whispered into the wind.
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