Imminent Danger

That same day, Eugene returned home to give the news to his daughter he had ignored since she was born, but he met with the wrong person first.

Isabella saw him from afar and stood by the door to wait upon him. "My love! You are back," She gave him a warm hug that he knew was fake and walked him to the living room,

"Please get seated, I have a lot to tell you," Isabella said pleasantly, shocking Eugene.

"Oh, but first tell me how you got back, I'm surprised, I thought they must have killed you." She  tried acting like she cared, but Eugene knew that the only things the woman ever cared about were material things.

"When they captured me they thought I was some important person in the pack and they were going to use me to trade for something, but then they discovered I meant nothing to the alpha and he won't even care if I go missing. Days passed and I was kept in their cell without food, someone snuck into the prison and released some of their people that were there before I could. It was like an escape, I overheard them saying rogues were involved".

"Why didn't they help you?" She asked, really shocked now.

"They opened my cell to escape with them but I was too scared, what if I get killed? What would be the point?"  He asked her helplessly.

Isabella gave him an irritated look "You're useless." she whispered to herself.

"But I was lucky, they killed some of those that ran, although some were successful. From that day they began feeding me, but the meal was really bad. Just early this morning I was released and taken by one of the alpha's direct reporters.”

"It's okay." Isabella was impatient to hear what happened next or ask why he was released, she felt his story was too boring and that she had a better one, and by a better story she meant a fake story. "My daughter has been declared the Alpha's mate. The new Luna." She lied with a fake smile.

"What do you mean by your daughter?" Eugene was confused, Isabella had no idea that Eugene had seen the alpha already and had been filled in with what was going on.

"Yes, Amelia is your Luna." She shrugged.

"You got it all wrong, it's Iris." He pointed out, sending her a look.

Isabella's smile turned into a frown, she had no idea how and where he heard that from, she was sure that the only child people knew about was her own child, she made sure since Iris's birth that nobody will know her, she was convinced that all the people that knew about the birth of Iris were old women who had passed on over the years, 'where did the rumour come from that it had reached Eugene's hears already' she thought to herself.

"Where did you get that from?” She hissed.

"The Alpha said it, he said it to me.” Eugene lowered his voice.

"He doesn't even know the name of his mate, how then does he know who it is?” She rolled her eyes in response.

"Yes, he doesn't but he knows it's my first daughter and that is Iris," Eugene replied, raising his voice.

"You got it wrong, Iris is not even your daughter, you ignored and pushed her away since she was born. What makes her your daughter?" Isabella paused

"Nothing." She smiled a wicked smile. "So, if you fancy her life and want her to keep breathing better proclaim Amelia, our daughter is your only child," Isabella warned sternly, with her finger in Eugene’s face.

Eugene knew this was too big for him to bend to her will, this was bigger than him, and this was the Alpha's mate they were playing with, but what can he do, Isabella will do anything in her power to break him, he better avoid her torture after all he had always listened to her and she handled things the way she wants. "Let the child live." was all he said and left for his room.

Isabella sat back and smiled like she won a trophy. "That was easy," she inter-winged her hands. "Now all we need to do is to make sure we get rid of Iris because if she ever finds out we will be in big trouble with the alpha.”

"Mum? What is with the smug look?”  Amelia asked. She had come in to see her mother smiling triumphantly.

"I just convinced your dad that you are his only child, which means you my dear are the first child.”

"I knew it would be easy for you, Dad always listens to you," Amelia shrugged like it never posed a problem.

"Mellie?" Isabella called.

"Come and sit with me, we need to talk about something important." She gestured to Amelia to join her on the loveseat by the window.

"What's the problem, I thought you've handled everything? Amelia said as she took her seat.

"We need to make sure to get rid of Iris."

"As I said you had that planned already, Iris with red hair, and once the people see her they would demand her death for it's an abomination," Amelia said.

"Yes, but we should be ready to still act in line in case things do not go as planned."

"What do you mean mum?"

"The red hair doesn't guaranty immediate death, sometimes they have mercy on the person and the person is banished, but we can't let banishing be, we would still need to kill her with our hands, in case they do not behead her by law and grant her mercy by banishing her, we will take action and get rid of her.”

"But banishing her is still okay, she will never return. We do not have to get our hands dirty." Amelia was not as heartless as her mum but she was just as wicked.

"We need to clean all evidence to secure the future, she could find out and come back to take her place, and what will be for us will be death," Isabella said.

"Okay, we will do as you say Mum" Amelia nodded