Chapter 83
“Well, Cass…you are a smart one aren’t ya?” Oliver says.
He looks me up and down. I am n*ked and have nothing to cover myself with so I pay it no mind. Maybe having him distracted will help a bit.
“So? Tell me. Why have you done all of this? Was it you
from the start?” I ask.
“Of course not.” He strides
towards me and stands just a few feet away from me. “My scheme started when you
rejected me.”
I don’t believe him and I am
sure my expression shows it.
“I came here to establish a
pack.” He says.
“And you did that.”
“My ambitions do not stop there. It takes more than just placing a pack somewhere vacant to be well established.
We would have been a target for other packs that didn’t think we belonged here or even your own pack. But you
wouldn’t know all of this.
You are new to your position
and still learning.”
I narrow my eyes at him.
“I am not trying to insult you.” He says. “Anyway, your pack is the most powerful
one on this continent, so naturally, I wanted it.
“You wanted it? Just like
that?”
“Yes. And the easiest way to get it would have been to have you as my mate. That would have been the perfect
outcome. We could have been so powerful together.
We belonged together. But
you had to go and ruin it.
Make it harder for me.”
“So you just wanted to gain an instant powerful pack.”
“Actually, I share your
father’s ambition. To rule
them all. All other packs to fall at my feet. That is my goal.”
“Well, my father was always
crazy so that means that so are you.”
“Call me what you wish. It is my right.”
“Your…right?” I laugh. “You do sound just like him. And
tell me, why are you so worthy of ruling all other packs? How is it your right?”
He smiles. “You still haven’t
figured it out?” He asks.
“Figured what out?”
He laughs. “Nothing.”
“Stop playing games! I am
tired of your shit!”
“But it’s so much fun to see
you so frustrated.”
“Fun? FUN! You almost killed
my mate!”
“Damn, almost…”
“I think it is time for you to
die now.” I tell him. I look
deep into his eyes. “Die.”
He quietly stares at me… and
continues to stare.
I take a step back.
“What is wrong?” He asks.
“Why…”
“Why what?”
“Why is my power not
working on you?”
Calmly, he straightens and
puts his hands in his pockets.
“You tell me.”
“Either…my powers are not
working or…they don’t work
on you.
”
“Which one is it then?” He
asks.
“I…I…”
I don’t know which one it is
but now it doesn’t matter, I
need to get away from him. I can’t fight him. It would be like fighting Colt or my Father.
I turn around and start
running but I don’t get far. I
feel him behind me. He has
one arm around my waist
and his other hand holds me
by the neck.
“And where do you think
you are going? I am not done playing with you.”
“Don’t touch me!”
I turn my head and look at
him. “Let me go!” I
command but nothing happens.”
“Why?! Why are you
immune?!”
“Why do you think?” He
smiles.
“I…I don’t know.”
“Think, Casseopea. Think
about it. You and I belong together. Why is that? Why do you think I tell you that
we would have been
powerful together?”
He turns me around and
holds my chin to look into
his eyes.
“If you were normal, I would
have been able to make
choose me.”
“Make…me?”
you
“Make you…just like if I was normal, you could make me do whatever you wished.”
I fall into shock realizing.
“You…but…”
“Oliver Vald… Does that not
ring a bell?”
“Vald…Gunvald…” I mutter
after thinking.
“Bingo!”
The three families with this
power. Chevalier, Solveig
and Gunvald.
I push away from him and he lets me go but I don’t run.
I am in shock and so I face
him.
“But how! If this is true, then
why didn’t you use your powers to get an advantage?”
“I couldn’t give myself away. If my family were to know that I am still alive, they’d
hunt me down.”
“Your…family? Why?”
He smiles and it is a wicked
smile. “I killed my two oldest siblings. I wanted to be
Alpha of the pack and so I had to get rid of them. I would have gotten away with
it too but I made a few
mistakes along the way and I got caught.” He goes on. “My family disowned me and
marked me for death. It is a
game we have back home.
Those who are condemned
to death have to participate
in a game. A hunt. The condemned is hunted by the whole pack. I managed to escape before that, thanks to some supporters who
believed that I was meant to
be Alpha if my siblings were killed so easily by me. It is
what used to be done in the
old days you know. Siblings fought for the Alpha position but somehow down the line,
that tradition was changed. I will bring that back.
“You and Ezra are so alike…”
“Don’t compare me to that
immature idiot! The fool couldn’t see past you.”
“So you want my pack? Then you’ll have to kill me.”
“Kill you? No. I’ll make you my Luna. That power that
runs inside you and me is
special and rare. It would be
a waste to kill you.”
“I will never submit to you.”
“You don’t have to.”
“Wait, I am confused. If you
want me to be your Luna,
then why did you take me to
Zao?”
“I needed somewhere to hide
you. Zao had it clear that he was not to let you die. Why do you think you were always so lucky to have a team with you? What I was not expecting was you killing Zao and taking over. That
was a huge surprise.”
“You mother f**ker! And
what about Ezra? What were
your plans with him?”
“I was using him. I needed a place to hide and also men to be able to go against you.
After yours, his was the
biggest pack.
“You still can’t take us even
with this kind of men
power.”
“Is that what you think will
happen? I have a plan.”
“What is it?”
“Mh…I guess it won’t hurt to
reveal it. This pack will be
given to me. When all the
other packs find out what
your pack did…”
“What my pack did?”
“Yes, you killed all the Alphas
in a meeting that was
supposed to be a neutral
meeting.”
“You can’t blame us for this.
Not all Alphas were killed
and they know the truth.”
“You are really
small–minded. Can’t blame
you. You have no idea how to
run a pack.”
“Stop being so
condescending! I will never
let you, even if my powers don’t work on you-”
“Ah! Yes! This power of yours. About that…I’m going
to need you to lose it.”
“Lose it?! As if that were
possible.”
He snickers. “It is, if you can’t
see.”
“If I can’t…see?”
He lowers his stare and I can
see him getting ready to attack me. “You, don’t need
to see to be my Luna or the mother of my offspring.”
“You are sick!” I turn and run
but I immediately hear him
running after me so I start shifting.
“This is another thing that I intend to bring back!” He
shouts. “When a male wolf
would hunt for his mate! I
will make our kind greAT AGAIN!” He growls at the
end and I know he has
shifted.
I try my best to run back to the pack house but I have to suddenly deviate when I hear him right on my heel. I turn and see him slide past me trying to stop. I continue running but I have no
intention of doing this
forever. At some point, I am
going to have to fight him.
He is behind me again and
does not slow down. I reach a slope going up and use all of my strength that I have to go up. when I hear him behind
me, I turn around and slam into him letting gravity help. The momentum of coming
down so suddenly hits him like a bolder. I dig my fangs into his shoulder and bite as
hard as I can. He rolls us
around and I fly away from
him hitting a tree.
The pain surges through my
spine and head.
I open my eyes but it is
blurry. I am in and out of focus. I shift, hoping that this will help me reorient myself
and it does actually help a
little.
When I get up–holding myself against the tree–I see Oliver rushing me, already
shifted into human. He holds
me by the neck and gets
close.
“Those pretty eyes need to go.”
I dig my fingers into the bite I gave him on the shoulder. He screams and lets me go,
backing up. I run past him
but he grabs me by the hair and with force, he pulls me
and I fall on the ground with
a scream.
He pins me on the ground by holding my neck and then his other hand starts
coming down, directed to
my eyes.
“No!” I scream and start
hitting him. I manage to grab his face and dig my gingers, scratching him. He screams and recoils back giving me time to roll and try to run but he grabs me
from behind and turns me
back to lie on the ground where he again holds my neck and this time squeezes.
I try to breathe for air but it is hard. Focusing on my need to breathe, I use my
hands to scratch at the hand
that holds my neck. His
other hand reaches my eyes. I close them trying to shield myself but I start feeling his fingers dig into them.
“NO!” I scream. “Stop!”
The next thing I see is Oliver flying up in the air. He hits the ground next to me and
then suddenly flies back and
hits a tree. When my eyes
finally focus, I see Colt heavily breathing with his
fangs out still in his human
form.
“Colt!”
He rushes Oliver and grabs him by the throat.
“You’ve put your hands on
her for the last time!” Colt
growls.
Oh no! Colt doesn’t know
that Oliver has the same
powers as me!
“Colt! Don’t look into his
eyes!”
Colt throws Oliver across
from him.
“Colt!” I shout but he is not
listening. I can feel the anger in him taking control.
I sit up and that is when I suddenly spot Honora.
She rushes to me. “Are you okay?!”
I nod. “Colt is in danger.!”
Honora looks at Colt who
holds Oliver face down on
the ground. “Doesn’t look
like that to me.”
She
gets up, staring at the
fight.
“Do it… Kill him.” Honora urges Colt who holds Oliver by the neck. “He has brought
all this destruction. He is the
cause of your mate’s pain.
End him.”
“Don’t!” I shout
Honora looks at me with
squinted eyes.
Colt also has my attention.
“Death is too easy. He is
going back to face his
family’s wrath.”
“You would just be giving
him more time to escape
and find another way to get
to you. End it now!” Honora
shouts.
Colt punches Oliver over
and over until Oliver is out
cold but alive.
“What a disappointment you
are.” Honora mutters to Colt.
“F**k off lady. I don’t give a
shit what you think.” Colt
barks angrily.
Honora sighs. “Can’t trust you to keep her safe then.”
She puts her hand up as Colt
saunters to me and blows a
powder at his face that
causes him to fall to his
knees.
