Chapter 7

Selene's POV

The sky turned gloomy as the rain dropped in bits.

We all gathered around while I stood in the middle. The twenty rogue I had gathered including I, Silas, Dara and Riven. We all prepared for the mission ahead.

The mission I staged as MISSION ONE.

The plan has already been drawn out and everyone knew their task. We were little compare to Bryan's men, but our confidence was no match for our numbers.

I had changed my name and was always on cover up to avoid been recognized. I was dead to Bryan.I never know if he's people are around me. I couldn't risk telling the other rogues the truth.

“Lady S,” Silas walked towards me, sending me a message through our eye contact.

I had informed them to call me Lady S as that's the name I preferred.

“Gather yourself around.” I ordered. They all stood up and covered their faces with black shawls.

“You all know what to do, Bryan's men will soon be at the river, kilometers away from here. You wait for my orders and then we attack. Kill only those who pose a threat to you, take enough of their resources.”

“Lady S,” one of the rogues called behind me.

“We should kill them all. They don't deserve to live.” His voice was cold, deep with hatred.

I turned my gaze to him and the others, they all had the same feeling as the rogue who just spoke.

“Revenge is what we all want. But that shouldn't make us lose ourselves. We are different from them, we punish only those who deserve it.” I said, my voice rising. “So, who is with me?”

They all looked at each other a bit hesitant before they gave a silent nod and screamed together. “We are!”

I gave a satisfactory smile, and we all left for the river.

Just as we had predicted, Bryan's men came to the river to drink.

While we were certain that they've left their guards down. We attacked them taking them by surprise.

I wipe the blood stains off my chin staring at the last man, he knelt on the ground pleading rubbing his palm together desperately.

“Please spare me, my wife, my kids. Please spare me.” He looked around in fear for his life.

One of the rogue men wanted to kill him regardless, and I raised my arm to make him halt.

I bent to the level of the man and grabbed a hold of his chin pulling his face to mine. Although he couldn't see me, just my eyes since I covered my face with a shawl.

“I'll do anything you ask of me, but please spare me.” He continued to mumble.

“Your death is useless to me anyway. I want you to go return to Bryan and ask him to stop this war. Tell him it's a warning not a plea or order. Now go.”

I left his chin, and immediately he stood up scurrying away for his life.

“Lady S,” the rogue whom I stopped stepped forward. “Why did you let him go? We could have found other means to deliver that message to Alpha Bryan.”

“What would you have done?” I walked closer to him. “What would have been your judgment if it was left to you?”

The rogue man was silent.

“What's your name?”

“John.”

“Alright, now John, I demand an answer. You keep trying to oppose my leadership. You have no bit of idea who Bryan is.”

Silas stepped forward whispering to me to be calm.

“Of course I'm trying to be calm, but Bryan is not even going to spare the life of that man I just let go.”

John raised his head to look at me, “How do you know? Where you acquainted to him once?”

Riven was already having enough, he pushed the man backwards hitting his chest. “We shouldn't start any form of argument now? Let's take what we came for and leave before more men returns.”

Dara also stepped forward, “Riven is right. We will sort this out but here is not the right place.”

I relaxed my shoulder, my weak gaze fallen on Riven as I muttered a silent thank-you.

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Everyone dropped the supplies as we got to our hideout. They all pulled off their shawl, but I still had mine on.

John stared at me. “Why aren't you pulling you're off? Alpha Bryan's men are no longer here.”

"That's —

Dara cuts in, “It's necessary for her to have it on. I can't give you a reason in details, but that's all you can know.”

John turned behind to look at the others, before returning his gaze to me. “We can no longer help you.” He suddenly declared. “We can no longer fight this battle with someone we don't know as our leader. We've never seen her face, doesn't she trust us?”

Dara wanted to speak again, and I tapped her gently on the shoulder to let me.

“There is a strong reason behind why you all can't see me face, it's part of a plan to defeat Alpha Bryan. I trust you all and I need you to trust me too.”

John threw away the shawl in his hand, “I'm done. Not unless, one of us becomes the leader. We are twenty whiles your group are just four. Shouldn't the leader be elected from one of us?”

I sighed out, clenching my fist tightly by my side. “And who do you think we elect?”

John stepped forward putting to himself, “We've all agreed and come to a conclusion.” The others also supported John, they all wanted him to be the leader.

“Quiet!” Riven screamed.

“Do you know what it takes to be a leader?” Riven asked and they were silent.

“If you want to go with John move to the left and those with Lady S move to the right.”

I didn't want us to be separated, I still wanted to convince them, but Dara stopped me, she silently muttered that it was for the best. I looked at Silas, and even he thinks it's the right thing to do.

None of the twenty rogue stood by me, it should have broken me. I was rejected again. But I let out a weak smile, the few around who still stood by me was enough for me to keep pushing.

John and the other rogues made up their minds to leave which they did and promised to take Bryan down themselves.

John called me a soft-hearted leader and made his way to Blue moon. But what saddens me was that he was making his way to his death.......