Aria "Whatever questions you have about my husband should be discussed with him when he returns." Aria got ready to leave. "wait." Elder Leif called out.'oh no.' Aria thought. She felt a little panic about the situation she created. there was no excuse for what she just did. wanting to protect Zane was not enough reason for her to practically chase the inner court away from the kingdom. Zane wasn't going to be pleased when he comes back. 'why won't he come back?' Aria thought, annoyed. "Where is King Zane?" Elder Leif asks. "we at the very least deserve to know where he is.""Why?" Aria asks harshly as she stares down hard at Elder Leif. 'what am I doing?' Aria thought worriedly as she continued to put on a strong front."Do you want to torment him the same way you tormented his father before his death?" "what nonsense is she saying?!" Elder Svend shouted. all his pent-up anger was let loose. "not only are you accusing us falsely, but you also do not understand the situation at

Aria Brian held Aria's hand as she was about to go into the battlefield. "If you are trying to stop me don't bother. it's too late to change anything." Aria forcefully removes her hand from Brian's grip. the battle with Alpha Bryant had begun. Aria made the mistake of bringing in little soldiers to fight against alpha Bryant who had gathered different support from other packs. "I'm not here to stop you, or fight with you." Brian's eyes went to those who were with Aria. alpha Draven, Axel, and General Radford. "you already have enough strong supporters." "then what do you want?" Aria felt impatient. the last man who fought with her got badly wounded. she was in a hurry to get back to the battle before anyone got hurt again because of her. "I have an offer for you. one that can help stop all this unnecessary blood share." Brian said with a serious tone. "alpha Bryant has agreed to face you alone without getting the others involved." Brian watches the reluctant look on Aria's face,

Aria "leave me alone." Aria turned towards the door of the room she had been captured in as she heard beta Brian's voice. he sounded weak. the door abruptly opened. a mysterious figure dressed in black attire with a mask and a hood over its face pushes Beta Brian's chair to the floor.just like the rest of them, he was tied the same way, Aria was surprised that his chair wasn't even broken with the way he landed with a loud thud.beta Brian grunted in pain.the dark figure walked towards him and took his chair up. "What did you do to him?!" alpha Bryant shouted. his eyes were aflame with rage. "I thought we were the only ones here." kaiser said.the dark figure ignores them, walks towards the door, and shuts it close. Brian had been badly beaten up. his eyes were swollen. "Brian!" Aria's voice was filled with fear, she didn't like how weak Brian looked. his eyes looked like he could barely look at them. as though he wanted to shut them forever. "stay awake." Aria was afraid th

Aria "what do you plan on gaining by doing all this?" Nadia ask. Aria thought her questions were directed at Erika but then noticed how she kept her questioning gaze on Brian.'He...' Aria thought back to the time she saw Brian and Erika together. everything he said about Erika. all this while, 'he did this.' even though Aria knew that Brian was partly responsible for what was going on, she still couldn't believe it. "I don't know what you are talking about." beta Brian said. but Aria could tell that he was lying. he always sounds like that whenever he has been caught in the act. it was hard for him to hide his guilt. That was how Aria noticed that something was off with him back then when he was hiding Bryant's relationship with Jenny. Nadia gave out a scoff. "don't you dare touch him!" Erika attacked Nadia again. Aria was surprised with how much strength she had, but that wasn't the only surprising thing. Brian refused to look at any of them in the eye. "did you do this?" k

Aria Aria listened to Alpha Bryant as he asked Brian about the ongoing war. "I send the soldiers home." beta Brian said nonchalantly. "it's a good thing that the pack members still recognized me as the Beta even though I came to Esterial just when the war was about to begin." "you have no right to do that." alpha Bryant struggled against the ropes, if not for the wolfbane, he would have changed into his wolf."I'm deeply sorry alpha Bryant." Brian apologized. he didn't sound like he was sorry. "there's currently no war, it has been called off. Well I was the one who called it off, and don't worry, I gave a heartfelt apology to the other pack you aligned yourself with." "you have ruined everything!" kaiser shouted in rage. "I'm going to kill you." alpha Bryant shouted. Aria remained quiet, she didn't know what to say. was Brian wrong?"of course you want to kill me, just the same way you want to kill Aria." Brian glared harshly at his friends. he was running out of patience. "I'm