Chapter Six

Klaus PoV

“Find her,” Maximo’s order resonated around the cave,

“I definitely will,” Axel replied, panic and fear dripping from his voice.

“Then what are you waiting for?” he barked, and we stumbled out of the cave.

I’d never seen anyone with such power that Maximo wielded. Besides the curse that made him powerful, the powerful aura that hung around him was unlike anything I’d ever experienced. I was both fearful and in awe at the same time. I totally understood why Axel was scared. I was scared too. The enormity of Maximo’s power could fry the brain in our skulls if he wished it. He could kill us in a thousand ways, and we would never stand a chance. Fighting him was not an option, which meant we only had one choice; Find Lisa.

“Are you okay, Alpha?” I asked.

Axel had been unusually silent since we left the cave. I’d expected him to take the lead and morph into a wolf so we can race back home, instead, he walked slowly through the woods, seemingly oblivious to everyone around him.

“Alpha? Are you…”

“I heard you the first time,” his rebuke was so sharp it made me recoil.

“I’m sorry,” I hastily apologized, “you were silent.”

“I was thinking.”

“Thinking?”

“About how Lisa escaped,” Axel muttered, “I’ve been running the scenario in my head a million times and I just can’t figure it out.”

Nothing good could come out of Axel figuring out how Lisa escaped. If he found out it was me, that I was the one that put he and the pack in danger, he would kill me and my wife without a second thought. I needed to deflect his train of thought.

“Perhaps, you didn’t bind the chain, and you thought you did.”

“I would never make a mistake with Lisa,” he fired, “especially when I know what hangs in the balance. We need to find her.”

“We?” I yelped.

“I’m sorry,” Axel scoffed and turned to face me, “didn’t you hear the threat that bastard made? Do you think you or your wife are going to be safe when his wrath descends on the pack? We’re in this together, you and I. We must find her.”

“Of course,” I grinned to hide my anxiety, “I wouldn’t have it any other way.”

“But first,” he turned to face the path, “we need to find whoever helped Lisa escape. I will not have a traitor in my pack. Quick, let’s get back home. We have a traitor to find.”

With renewed sense of purpose, Axel turned into a wolf and began to run home. I didn’t waste any second, and I was right on his heel. On our journey to the cave, Axel was the one that shut me out of his thought, on the journey back home, I was the one shielding my thought.

I felt guilty for releasing Lisa. If I’d known about Maximo and his threats, I probably would have made a different decision. Then again, deep within me, I felt Lisa didn’t deserve the brutal punishment Axel and his household was dishing on the girl. Why couldn’t he have just kept her in the pack, but treated her right. All these troubles we were in with Maximo wouldn’t have been there in the first place.

Running at a very high speed, it didn’t take us very long to reach the pack. Axel immediately transformed into a human, and I followed suit.

“You’re in charge of the investigation,” he ordered, “find this traitor before I get back.”

“Where are you off to?”

“To hire some mercenaries that would help me find Lisa.”

I watched Axel bound off with a bitter feeling welled up at the back of my throat. I was torn between doing what was right for Lisa and my loyalty to Axel and the pack as I walked home.

“Klaus!” Aurora immediately jumped on me the moment I stepped inside the house, “Klaus,” she murmured again, wrapping her hands tighter around my body.

“I’m okay,” I whispered gently to her ears. I could smell the fear bounce off her body.

“I thought Axel figured it out and hurt you,” she sobbed gently, “don’t ever run off on me like that.”

“Mi Amòr,” I smiled gently, “I’m fine.”

Tell me everything, she pulled me towards the chair and listened patiently as I narrated everything that happened with Maximo.

“I’m sure I did the right thing,” I sighed, “then again, what if the right thing is not what’s best for us?”

“Trust me, dear,” she smiled, exposing her perfect set of white that I often teased her about, “the right thing is always the best option for us.”

“But what if Axel finds out?”

“Then we make sure he doesn’t.”

“I don’t know,” I shook my head, “the safety of the pack hangs in the balance.”

“The pack will be fine,” she chuckled, and took my hand, “darling, this drama with Maximo just proves we’re right. The prophecy is real, and Lisa is our salvation. She will end the war, and bring peace to all the land. We did the right thing, now we need to cover our track. You handle Axel’s spoilt brat. I’ll handle the guard. If we handle all the loopholes Axel will not find out, and we’ll be fine.”

“Somehow, you’re extremely sexy when you’re plotting the salvation of witches and Lycans,” I laughed and softly planted my lips against hers. She kissed me back, and I got lost in her velvet lips while my hands roamed her body.

Aurora was right. I did the right thing and freed the one person that would prevent the genocide of the witches. But, most importantly, I freed a young girl from bondage and suffering. Just like Aurora said, all I needed to do was fix the loopholes, and Axel would never find out. I didn’t have to worry. The last thought that filtered through my mind before I followed my wife to the bedroom was how Lisa faring. But that thought was soon overshadowed by Aurora’s naked body, and all I could think about was the erection poking in my trousers.