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Darius
Cremin was going crazy. I needed to claim her. The mate bond had begun to tug even harder than it did with Shanon. I contemplated it but wanted it to be special, so I relented and forced my teeth to retract.
I could not resist the scent. So I put Zora against the wall while she giggled, knowing what was happening. She teased me, grinding her cute butt against me, and I reached under her skirt and realised she wasn’t wearing panties, which made us giggle.
“You are naughty, green–eyes,” I said and rolled up her skirt.
I buried myself in her and went to work.
I battled my wolf so hard. Cremin wanted to sink his teeth in. I wondered how Marcel and Theo would feel when they found out we were fated.
I needed the union to be unique. Although it was meant for chosen mates, the blue moon ceremonies were extraordinary and more romantic than the claiming of fated mates. I could not deprive both of us of that joy. I also wondered how the claiming would be on a blue moon now that we were fated.
I pumped and felt her come, which made me grab onto her tightly and go faster until I came too.
We got ready to head downstairs to join Alpha Christian and his colleagues in my office. I knew Inkabod was with him and along with two other Alphas. Marcel had already linked me.
I entered the office with Zora and found only Raphael and our guests waiting.
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“Where is Mareel?” I asked Raphael.
“He had to take Kara to the hospital. She is running a fever,” he said, and Zora giggled.
I wondered what was amusing about that statement but kept it to myself.
I went to sit on my chair and asked Zora to sit on my lap. Zora’s presence made the meeting look less serious.
“Alpha Christian,” I said, and he bowed his head in shame.
“I can’t believe you were the one that championed that petition, yet you had the effrontery to ask me to help you find your mates. Why couldn’t you wait for the democratic government you were pushing for to find them?” I asked him, and he was silent.
“Do you think ruling is easy? I have to put up with a lot of shit every day Do you know the amount of nonsense I deal with? My peace is taken from me daily to keep you safe. In my time, there has been no war. Do you think it is that easy? Do you not know history? Have you forgotten what happened when something like that was in place? The head of the council was regarded as lord. The governors fought for that seat, creating a serious war, forcing my family, the Sidorovs, the Orlovs, the Belyaevs and the Lawrences, to wage war and reinstate the autocratic rule of the royals, which formed the lordship. Why will you want to return to such a time. Christain? Have I not been lenient? Have I not allowed everyone to rule their packs as they see fit? Why?” I asked him, sounding genuinely hurt because I was.
I felt betrayed; I felt like my kindness was thrown back at me.
“We did not mean to either,” Christian said and looked up at me with
tears.
“I am content with your rule. I was forced to back that petition,” he confessed, and I frowned at him.
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“My first son and my only Alpha heir went to study in Gad. A group of people kidnapped him and forced me to raise this petition and back it up,” he said, and I frowned at him.
“Why would you send your son to school in the west? It might be under me, but you know how my father acquired the place and took out their leader. They might be civil, but we all know it is unwise to roam about the west unprotected. They have only started accepting my rule. What were you thinking?” I said, and he shook his head.
“I sent him there against my better judgement. My mate forced me to do it.” he said.
I wondered who the kidnappers were and how they reached him.
He was a significant man in the north, and taking his son was a strong
move.
I did not know his family very well, so I made a mental note to better get to know the Alphas and their family members.
“How did they reach you?” I asked him, and he took out his phone, checked some things, and handed it over to me.
“That is how,” he said, and I was stunned.
It was video footage of Liam Bricks, the same Liam Bricks I had extradited from the west and had locked up in a dungeon at the estate. The very Liam Bricks working for the uprising. The same man that accepted the money transfer that I could trace. The bloody traitor.
In this footage, he was tied to the chair in silver chains. I could tell it was silver because his wound was bleeding.
“So they sent you this footage?” I asked him, and he nodded.
“What did they tell you they would do?” I asked, and he took his phone
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from me and showed me an email.
“If you do not raise and support that petition, we won’t only kill him, but we will come for the rest of your family,” it read, and I was surprised.
“Did they take your wife?” I asked him, and he shook his head.
“Those people were different. They just wanted money,” He said, and I realised he had to choose between his wife and his son, but I knew that the video of his son was acted out because his son was one of them.
I planned on keeping that information to myself.
The group was a lot worse than I thought.
Picking Gezel up was very important now. I needed to drill Liam to know how deep he was in the organisation.
“So you had to choose between your mate and your son,” I asked, and he shook his head.
“I could come up with that money they asked for, but I realised I was a traitor when I spoke to you at the game. You do not deserve what they wanted to do to you, and my colleagues could not come up with their ransoms. I decided to gamble and let Liam go for the sake of peace,” He said, and I could see the resolve in his eyes.
I could also feel his loyalty and the depth of his determination. He must have thought about it hard before making up his mind.
“You have done well because your son is part of a criminal group planning an uprising. Their headquarters is in Gad, and we are trying to trace him because he received a huge sum of money a few weeks ago,” I told him, not wanting him to know I had him in custody.
The man gasped in disbelief, and so did Inkabod and the other alphas.
“How are you sure?” He asked me, and I checked my phone to pull up the
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“You are the lead Alpha of the north; it was the best and fastest way to push their agenda,” I told him and collected my phone.
The man had tears in his eyes.
“Liam Bricks?” He said in disbelief, and I knew there was more to the story because his last name wasn’t Bricks.
“The petition stated that the council leader would be head of the council, which is the only seat that would not be decided via election. Could it be that the council leader is involved? Because I found that clause baffling.” Christain asked; I smiled and shook my head.
“It is a norm. In the case of democracy, the council will vote for who will occupy the top seat, and they will have to choose the top five families. The Hands, Sidorovs, Orlovs, Balyaevs and Lawrences. It can be either of us. The current council leader might not be the leader in the end. I think they are after something and need us out of the way. Right now, everything goes through me. Imagine what would happen in that type of setting,” I said, and his eyes showed understanding.
“Well, Brian Levi is on the case, and your mates will be found and returned to you; meanwhile, when I catch your son, I will let you know so you can question him. I won’t release him to you because he has committed treason. Am I clear?” I asked him, and he nodded.
“His ID says he is twenty–two. How old is he?” I asked him, knowing there was no way Christain would have a twenty–two–year–old son, and that guy did not look it.
“He is seventeen, my lord; he just turned seventeen,” Christian said. I could not believe the organisation was recruiting minors. Whoever was running this thing was desperate. Somehow I believe the arrest of Gezel would shed some light on the matter.
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