Chapter Eighty-Eight Murray's POV The guards approached me as they were instructed and I took a cursory glance at all three as they approached from different sides, wondering if I was to let them have their way or fight. My men stepped forward to protect me but I put out my hands. "Stand down," I said to them as it was no use trying to fight those guards. They might have been trying to help me but all they were about to do was get themselves killed for nothing. There was no way I was going to let them do that to themselves. Not when I could do something about my situation, or at least try to. "Alpha Grim. You don't have to do this at all," I said as the guards got to where I stood. "I am not your enemy. I have come here to be your ally so that we can fight and conquer the Stronghold Pack." "And I am supposed to believe that?" He asked, grinning. "This man must believe me to be stupid." Everyone in the room laughed aloud and made mockery sounds at me. I could hear whispers all
Chapter Eighty-NineMurray's POV"You challenge me?" He chuckled, shaking his head. "You don't mean that, do you?"I stood my ground and let my eyes do the talking. "Wait, you're serious. You are really challenging me to a fight!"He turned and faced his elders whose mouths were agape and then returned his gaze to me with a cheeky smile on his face. He bit his lower lip with his gaze fixated on me. I could tell he was thinking of what to do at that point. It dawned on him that his position as the Alpha of the Pack was in jeopardy and in front of him was the most formidable foe that he'd have ever faced.Although he tried to hide it with a fake smile, I could see in his eyes that he was scared. Need I blame him? He had to be scared. He had been challenged by the Prince of the strongest Pack in the realm. Of course, he had to be afraid. I saw sweat slowly build up on his face as he drew closer to me in a confident fashion, hoping to intimidate me into being afraid but it was a fool's
Chapter NinetyMurray's POVI lay on my bed facing the ceiling as I tried in vain to get some sleep. I felt much better though. The previously excruciating pain that I felt was nearly gone and my broken bones had all healed. I thought about the different ways that I was going to destroy Alpha Grim and each of them didn't look good at all. I kept seeing myself crushing the bones of his skull in anger but that wasn't the plan. I didn't want him dead. So, I had to figure out a way to get him to yield instead."My Prince, you only have twelve minutes to get to the Rogue Square where the fight is to take place," Stam voiced as he dashed into my room. "I need to rest a bit more," I turned and faced the wall, not willing to get up at the time. "You need to get up so we can move immediately," he maintained. "Failure to get there on time means you've lost the fight without even trying. I'm sure you wouldn't want that, would you?""Damn it!" I exclaimed, jumping out of the bed without hesita
Chapter Ninety-OneElsa's POV"Wow!" I exclaimed, shaking my head after hearing all that my mother had to say concerning that snake called Murray. "I can't believe that I fell for someone like that," I sighed, ashamed of myself for letting him into my life."You better believe it, Elsa. It's not your fault though. That man is very cunning. He just has his way around people and eventually gets them to do what he wants. He did that to me too, didn't he?""He fooled us both, mother and child," I chuckled. "If I knew that he was responsible for breaking your heart, he'd have been dead by now," she mouthed in anger. "I'm so sorry, my baby.""It's fine, mom. No point crying over spilt milk, right? We must now concern ourselves with the more important things."She smiled and stood on her feet while I did the same. "We're going to take a trip to the Runway Pack, Elsa," she divulged. "It's time for everyone to know the truth."I'd have preferred to go to the Stronghold Pack instead, especial
Chapter Ninety-TwoElsa's POV"Hey, hold on. Don't shoot, it's me," I said, slowly putting out my hand from the carriage in an attempt to step out. "Don't you dare move an inch," one of the men screamed, causing me to freeze on the spot. "Who are you?""It's me. Elsa. I'm one of you," I subtly voiced. "Hold on guys," he said to his men and they came to a halt. "Come out so that I can see you. Do that very slowly.""Yeah. Sure." I slowly made my way out of the carriage into the open and he took a deep breath, seeing that he knew who I was. "What are you doing with these Rogues?" He asked. "Did they abduct you? Are you in any sort of trouble?""It's a long story, Fred, but I'm alright. I'm not in any kind of trouble," I assured him. "I just want to take them to the Alpha King. They have something important to share with him."He grunted and then walked across to our carriage to see who was inside. As he looked through, I noticed that my mother did her best to stare at the ground. Ma
Chapter Ninety-ThreeElsa's POVJan got to his feet immediately, seeing that things were about to get ugly and I chuckled. It was no use doing that since he was still no match for Alpha Davon in a fight."They're with me, Davon," I withstood him, standing in front of him. "You don't get to hurt them."He grunted and alternated his gaze between them for about a minute before reluctantly heading to the sofa on the right where he sat. Jan, too, sat back down and took a deep breath. I'm sure he thanked his stars or the Moon Goddess in his heart for saving him from certain death. He had me to thank too but he was never going to do that."Is there a problem here? It seems like I heard some noise."Alpha Duncan walked into the room with Melissa and Alina behind him. "No, there's no problem at all, Alpha Duncan. Good evening, Sir.""Elsa! It's so good to see that you're back. I came out here at once when the guard told me that you are back. What happened?" He asked, making his way to his thr
Chapter Ninety-FourElsa's POV"You're kidding, right?' Melissa asked, getting up to her feet but my mother said nothing to her. She just kept staring at her as she alternated her gaze between her husband and my mother."Take that back, this minute!" She yelled. "There's no way that Duncan, the Alpha of the Runway Pack could have birthed this… this–""Slave?" I asked, knowing that it was exactly what she had in mind. She probably didn't say it because my husband had warned her not to. "It is the truth," my mother insisted and to be honest, I found it hard to believe her too. "Why didn't you say something about it since then?" I asked, unable to hold the question back anymore even though I had planned to. Alpha Duncan, who supposedly was my father, didn't say a word. He just watched on, looking the most clueless that I'd ever seen him with his hands folded. "If I revealed that, your life would have been in danger, my daughter," she replied, shaking her head. "Your father and I had
Chapter Ninety-Five Two Weeks Later Melissa sat up on the bed with very heavy eyes as she was unable to get some sleep the previous night. She kept rolling on the bed from side to side as her mind, being restless, refused to settle. She was a mother with so much pain in her heart due to the predicament of her beloved daughter who had been locked away in the dungeon for two long weeks by her father with no hope of being set free. She turned to her right where Alpha Duncan lay peacefully as if he had no worries in the world and wondered how he could get himself to do what he was doing. Unable to take it anymore, he pushed him, trying to get him to wake up so that she could give him a piece of her mind and when he wouldn't wake up, she shook him vigorously until he did. "What is it, woman?" He asked, as he reluctantly opened his eyes to look at her. His vision was a tad cloudy at first due to the sudden nature of his awakening but in a few seconds, it was all cleared up. "You d