Chapter 75Carlson's pov"Show me you are on this pack's side. Show me you’re not just playing another trick."Bob then nodded, his eyes shining with desperation. He drew a small blade from the inside of his cloak, a blade that gleamed with a wickedly sharp edge."I will stop him, Carlson. I swear it. I will fight alongside you, even if it means death."He thrust the blade into the palm of his hand, drawing a crimson line across his flesh. The pain was evident in his face as a sharp hiss escaped his lips, but his gaze never wavered. He looked dead serious to show how committed he was.I watched, my mind racing as I tried to understand the situation. I had known Bob for years and had seen him strategize, seen him manipulate just to rise to power through tricks and ruthlessness. But this... this was different. This was a Bob stripped bare, a Bob who seemed to have found something he was willing to die for.A decision was made, and I took a deep breath. I held out my hand, offering a si
Chapter 76Carlson's povI didn't want him to come out of the situation he was in and I didn't care if he died. He was too wicked to be among the living werewolves."Can you let me go?" he commanded me."no, I won't. You walked in here yourself.""of course, I know that. You don't have to remind me." he refuted and I scoffed."Why?" I asked him, my voice rough with the residual anger, but laced with a curiosity that surprised me. I didn't want to understand the rogue, not really. But the question hung between them, unspoken yet undeniable. I needed to know why he had chosen today of all days to attack. Antonio acted like he had not heard what I said."I'm asking you a question. I demand an answer." I said and pushed him to fall at the wall. He stared at me and for some reason, I spotted a smirk. One that irked my very being and forced me to lash out at him. I sent kicks to his face causing him to repeatedly spit off blood. "you… you wouldn't understand." he managed to say as he tu
Chapter 77Carlson's pov"There is nothing I would never be able to understand you dick. Just go ahead and say it." I said in anger."well I don't think I feel like saying it out," he said and tried to stand up.I had expected answers, explanations, and a roadmap of the invasion. Instead, I was being met with an impenetrable wall of silence in the next minutes that followed. Antonio's face was a mask of coldness, his dark eyes were unreadable behind the veil of his hood. Every attempt to pry information from him was met with a stoic shrug or a cryptic, "You really want to know?" he asked but I knew he was trying to toy with me."There’s a reason you are here Antonio." my voice was low, a rumble that shook the rogue slightly. "I need to understand the "I won't understand" you speak of. I need to hear it, to know what I would face.""And you will," Antonio said, his voice a low growl that echoed across my room, "well in due time. Patience, my friend. The answers will reveal themselves
Chapter 78Carlson's povBut the fight was never between me and him. I had only watched Alpha Xander defeat him and chose not to kill him. Was he still holding in that beef and how was that related to Sonia and Amelia?I was going to hear everything I needed else we would be stuck in there for life. I thought to myself."Why are you doing this?" I rasped the words in a choked whisper. I had seen the rogue’s face, the look of despair that had flickered across his features, and he knew it wasn't just about the disaster that was being caused in the pack. There was something deeper, something that gnawed at the rogue's soul.Antonio shifted a tinge of mockery in his eyes. He coughed, a dry, rasping sound that echoed in the silence of my room. "It was... a mistake...at first," he mumbled, his voice barely a whisper.I leaned closer. "A mistake? You risked your life, risked the lives of everyone in this pack, for a mistake?" I felt a surge of anger, a hot, volatile force that threatened to
Chapter 79Carlson's povI couldn't believe my existence as I wished everything was a dream. I looked up at the wall close to the ceiling and found Sonia's picture up there with mine. One we had taken a time we went to the garden.The weight of this betrayal bore down upon me with an intensity that threatened to suffocate me. The realization of my mate's infidelity had shattered my world, tearing apart the very fabric of my existence. The bitter sting of betrayal coursed through my veins, paralyzing my mind and body. The thought of his my, the one I had sworn to protect and cherish forever forging a bond with another consumed me with an anguish that was almost unbearable. The once-solid foundation of our relationship had crumbled into dust, replaced by a chasm of shattered trust.As the seconds turned into restless minutes, my thoughts spiraled into a whirl of self-reproach. But it had nothing to do with Sonia and Amelia but Leila who was also my seed.The guilt I had secretly harbo
Chapter 80Carlson's povThen suddenly, the rain started falling so heavily, thereby adding to my anguish.The rain hammered against the windowpanes, mirroring the pain inside me. I stared at the other window as I watched the rain wash the whole pack, its glow dancing across the walls of my building, a stark contrast to the hot pepper that had settled in my bones. I was already a man stripped bare, my carefully constructed facade crumbling around me, revealing the raw, wounded man beneath.My life, once brimming with ambition and purpose, lay in ruins. My legacy, his very identity was gone in the wind, all reduced to ashes by a single, insidious act of betrayal. It was a betrayal that had not come from a stranger, a competitor, or an enemy. It came from my soul nest. One I had nurtured, the people I had showered with love and affection, the ones I had foolishly believed loved me in return.I thought of my daughter, Amelia. Someone who I had invested my existence in. Whose every whim
Chapter 81Carlson's pov"You traitor. You are an animal." I said as I did all I could, trying my best to hurt him so badly. Dragging his neck in my bittered state, I hit his head numerous times on the wall, my mission, to break his skull."I didn't tell you to treat her bad! He screamed back at me."You failed in your responsibility as a father and husband. Your foolishness is the reason my lover is in the red den tight in this fucking pack and all you have to do about that is stand here and scream about how betrayed you feel? How about when you hurt her at the beginning of the relationship? After hurting me, you went ahead and hurt the woman of my life and expect me never to retaliate? Nah! This is the best time to get back to you. The best time to show you who is boss. Who told you and your alpha that you would get away from me? I hate you! I hate Xander and I will make every single one of you pay just like I let the other enemies die like chickens." he said, laughing maniacally.
***Leila POV*** “shhhh,” a familiar voice hissed from my bedroom. And outside, my hands froze over the doorknob. “Stop, someone might hear us,”I knew that voice anywhere, It sounded like my best friend Alessia. I felt a sickening knot tie in my belly. As soon as I heard my fiance, Damian replied to her. “And who cares if they do?”I froze for a moment. What the hell could be going on there? I thought, my brows furrowed. Through the keyhole on my door, I could see them lying on my bed, with Damian caressing her, urging her to consent to his erotic desires.“What will the pack say when they find out?” Alessia purred, darting her eyes at him. Her tone, was seductive as she trailed her finger across Damian’s lips which irked me at that moment. “Alpha Xander hates a fuss in the pack and Leila would be heartbroken when she finds out what we are about to do.”“I’ll protect you from all of them, remember I am your knight in shining armor,” Damian said, lowering himself to kiss her forehea