Chapter Eighty-Five Elsa's POV "Would that be wise?" Jan turned around and asked his people. "Should we tell her?" They nodded with a shrug of the shoulder and he turned back around and smiled at me. "Today's your lucky day. You get to take all the information that you want from me, just before I take your life. That's a fair deal, isn't it?" I nodded, not because I wanted to die. I didn't. I just wanted to do anything to find out who it was that wanted me dead. I had my suspicions though but I didn't want to make any conclusions, especially since I was going to get the answers that I sought first-hand. As my dad would always say, there's no need to try to scratch a package which would still be opened soon. "What do you know about a certain lady called Princess Alina?" Jan asked, biting his lower lip. I clenched my teeth in anger. She had gotten one over me, just like she said that she would. She promised to deal with Alpha Davon and me. She had finally gotten her wish and I c
Chapter Eighty-Six Elsa's POV "What did you just say to me?" I asked, very surprised to hear those words come out of her mouth. "I am your mother Rachael. This is the truth," she affirmed, still holding onto my legs as she knelt before me. "No, please stay away from me," I moved away from her in a hurry knowing there was no way that could have been possible at all. It just couldn't be. "Don't come close to me, ma'am. Keep your distance. Whatever it is that you want to do with me, please don't," I put out my hand to keep her away from me. "Just let me go, please. I won't come back for any sort of revenge. I promise." She stood up and kept making her way to me, still sobbing. Her sobs were the only sounds that could be heard at that moment. Her heartbeat too. I could hear it very clearly. It was something that I had never been able to do before. "It cannot be that you are my mother. My mother is dead," I said to her, just in case she felt she could deceive me. "Please, don't li
Chapter Eighty-Seven Murray's POV As we got to the borders of the Rogue Pack, I alighted from the carriage and yawned as I stretched after such a long journey. Mandy and Stam got down too and we sat on the floor just to rest a bit. "It's funny, right? How we could rest inside this carriage and yet feel as tired as someone who just got done with hard labour," I laughed. The driver, the maids and the guards remained in the carriage as the plan was to get back in there and make our way into the Pack once we found a way to do that. "What's the next line of action?" Mandy asked, scratching her ears with her fingers. I hated it when she did that. Especially because she rarely washed her hands afterwards. It was simply gross to me and I didn't know how best to say it to her. "I believe Stam should have the answer to that," I replied, turning to him. "What are we to do? Have you spoken to the Rogues at the outskirts?" "Yes, I have. I did that before we left and I'm certain that th
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