Chapter 96. "Dear old Dad strikes again with one of his jokes even in death," Alan mumbled after hearing the Beta's words, shaking his head. Daciana could almost feel the resentment behind his voice but she wasn't exactly sure. She stretched her hand, clutching his hand and trying to seem reassuring.Alan glanced at her with a blank expression while his eyes glinted with an unknown light that was hard for even her to decipher."Ahem..." Beta Dax cleared his throat just then, bringing the attention back to him. "Yes, it's a very revealing will. But it aligns with the traditions of this pack at the end of the day. Just like another tradition that I'm about to bring up right now."Everyone tensed up, glancing among themselves and silently wondering what the Beta had to say.After a few seconds of silence, the Beta continued. "According to tradition, if something happens to the person who the previous Alpha king has crowned as the next in line and the Alpha king is dead, the decision of
Chapter 97. "Wait... Wait... Wait..." Elena stuttered from the other end of the phone when Daciana made a video call to her the next morning.Today was the day. The day when Beta Dax would have to decide on a replacement for Kellen for the position of Alpha King.Apparently, from what Daciana heard, he planned to make the announcement public, with everyone in the pack scheduled to gather at the event hall although they were supposed to be mourning.Anyway, Daciana sat on her bed, still in her pajamas, and listened to what Elena had to say after she narrated everything that had happened the previous day. From Kellen being accused as the culprit for the murder of the Alpha King and thrown in jail, to Hailey trying to blackmail him, to Beta Dax acting weird and being suspiciously harsh. Daciana could still remember the way he manhandled her and threatened to throw her into the dungeons in place of Kellen if he didn't come out from his hiding.Yesterday was nothing short of chaotic and
Chapter 98.Daciana was still in shock after hearing the Beta's words. It echoed in her head, despite the murmurings of the people in the hall. Alan is going to be the new Alpha King...She glanced at Alan who sat in front of where she and Elena sat. Meanwhile, Elena had something to say and whispered to Daciana. "It makes so much sense that he was picked! He's pragmatic, clear-headed, and doesn't let emotions cloud his actions while also being emotionally intelligent." Daciana could tell that Elena was a big fan of Alan, but she didn't mind even though he was her mate. She knew she could trust Elena and she also knew her words were harmless."Fair enough," Daciana muttered in response as Alan got up from where he sat and adjusted his clothing.He made his way to the stage with a stoic expression, ignoring the murmuring of the people."I thought they would at least pick Axel." A girl from the audience mumbled. "Yeah, same! He's so dreamy while Alan is so bland.""Alan is hot too,
Chapter 99. "Someone seems all giddy about being the Alpha King," Axel muttered when Alan got to them with a smile on his face.Daciana stared at Alan for an extended period. The smile on his face was small but it also didn't seem warm.It felt smug... Like a person who won a bet.Or... Maybe she's reading too much into the whole thing, and Alan should just be allowed to show emotions.'Gosh, I need a break from all this overthinking.' Daciana thought to herself while plastering a smile on her face in reality."Come on, brother. That's no way to congratulate your brother." Alan remarked, placing his hand on Axel's shoulder.But Axel physically recoiled, his eyebrows knitting into a frown before he spoke up. "Congratulate you? Really? For what? For being picked as the Alpha King while our brother rots in the dungeons."As soon as Axel said all that, Alan's cheery expression devolved back into his usual stoic face. It had happened so fast that Daciana's mouth subconsciously opened wide
Chapter 100."Okay, so we can both agree that Axel and Alan are acting weird, right?" Elena asked Daciana with a whisper when they walked into the grand living room of the palace after leaving the event hall.The latter sighed, her arms still wrapped around that of her friend's before she responded. "Yup. Most especially Alan. I don't know, he just seemed so off today. I'm guessing reading his father's will last night must've been triggering."Daciana couldn't understand Alan's deviations from his usual character, but she could understand if he felt any less worthy of his father's love after reading that will. Everyone knew that Kellen was low-key, always meant to be the next Alpha King, but making Axel the next Beta? Yeah, that seemed like a recipe for disaster, even to Daciana.She loved all her mates, but she had to admit that Axel was the most problematic hands down. So, picking him over Alan as the next Beta was… an eye-raiser."I mean, I kinda get your point but to me, it was m
Chapter 101. As Daciana opened the door and stepped into the room, she was welcomed by a variety of smells that made her scrunch her nose.From lingering smells of cigarettes to a cologne that had a manly musk that was hard to explain.But Daciana soon removed the focus from all those smells and closed the door behind her before sighing heavily.The room was quite spacious, with a king-sized bed at the end as well as other furniture and properties that all screamed 'wealth and power. ‘As Daciana turned around and scrutinized the room with awe, she didn't know when her elbow hit something hard that began to fall.She snapped her head to the falling object and realized in time that it was a vase, catching it before it could make contact with the floor.Daciana's heart was almost in her throat but she sighed with relief, using the back of her right hand to wipe off sweat from her forehead before she gently placed the vase back on top of the cabinet it had fallen from.However, her eyes
Chapter 102. Daciana could almost not believe her ears. Well... Almost.She had begun to suspect that the Beta was hiding something since the moment he manhandled her to get to Kellen, but she would've never guessed that the man would be this evil."Father, we can't kill Kellen, I keep telling you this." Hailey almost exclaimed, her voice pleading. "L– Let's just banish him instead. Maybe to one of these cities on the other side of the country. Or–""And what would stop him from coming back for revenge, Hailey?" Beta Dax asked, scoffing soon after. "Kellen is too much of a threat. As for Axel and Daciana, those two aren't really much of a problem, but the Omega is too perceptive for her own good."Daciana held her breath, her jaw clenching as she tried to control herself from making a reaction. One wrong move could cost her her freedom or, worse, her life.She hadn't brought out her phone to record them on time so she didn't have any concrete evidence. This means Beta Dax could just
Chapter 103. "Axel. It's uh... Funny to meet you here." Elena said awkwardly, glancing up at Daciana who used her fingers to rub her forehead.Axel dimmed his eyes, folding his arms in front of his chest before he spoke. "Yeah, because this is my father's palace and I was taking a little stroll around the palace grounds. What's your excuse for being here and most importantly..."He paused, raising his head and staring at Daciana with disbelief and confusion on his face. "... What's she doing up there? That's not her room window, so if my calculations are right, it's the..."Yet again another pause from him.Daciana was livid as she brushed her hand through her hair while glancing back at the door. It was still locked but now she was considering if there really wasn't any way she could sneak out of it. "Isn't that the Beta's room?" Axel asked Elena, his mouth agape as he stared up at Daciana.Daciana flung her arms into the air with frustration before she spoke. "We don't have time f
Chapter 116."And that's why, I, Daciana Gavin, reject you as my mate forever!"As soon as Daciana said those words, the audience released shocked gasps and murmurs as they watched Alan fall to the ground and begin shaking erratically as if he was convulsing.He held his chest tight, struggling for basic breath as he tried looking up at Daciana and his brothers. But Daciana only watched him with cold eyes, every ounce of sympathy she once felt dissipating and melting away alongside the all-binding mate bond. She's always known that she was the only one who could reject Alan and his brothers as easily as this but she's never thought of doing it after they started getting close. Why should she? Everything had been going great, and she would've never suspected that Alan, of all people, would be capable of committing all the atrocities that he did. Daciana balled her hands into fists, watching as Alan began moving his right hand forward, trying to grasp her ankle as he shook from the
Chapter 115. As Kellen and Alan clashed in their wolf forms, the hall erupted into chaos as the civilians attempted to flee.However, the exits were closed, forcing the people sitting in the front rows close to the stage to go to higher grounds, all to avoid the fight.Meanwhile, Daciana watched in horror as two of her mates, two brothers, fought. It was amazing how the three of them all looked alike in their human form but were entirely different as wolves.Kellen's fur was white as snow and flowed like clouds around him. Alan, in contrast, had pitch-black fur enveloping his body like night encroaching on the sky."Daci, get out of there!" Elena yelled out from below the stage where she and the pack doctors were tending to Sabrina.At that same moment, Alan managed to gain the upper hand and head-butted Kellen directly to the Beta's seat. "Goddess, have mercy!" The Beta exclaimed as he grabbed his daughter and ran out of the way, narrowly escaping Kellen crashing into his table."K
Chapter 114. "I'm here to prove once and for all that Kellen Ryker is innocent!" As soon as Daciana said those words and the audience gasped with shock, Alan got on his feet, staring directly at her. "Daciana, stop whatever you think this is and drop the microphone." He warned, a growl leaving his mouth.But Daciana was unshaken as she stared right back at him before speaking to him through the microphone."Why? You're afraid that the whole pack will find out the kind of manipulative, scheming fraud you are?" She asked with spite in her voice, causing Alan to clench his jaw and causing the crowd to murmur in shock and disbelief."She speaks ill against the new Alpha King!" Someone from the audience yelled out just then.Another one added soon after. "Is that even allowed? She's merely an Omega after all.""Yes, but she's also his mate.""What sort of image does it paint for him if his mate can confront him like this?"Daciana could feel the people losing hope in Alan rapidly and th
Chapter 113. Finally, the day that Daciana had been dreading all this while arrived.The day of Kellen's execution.It was going to be made public and almost everyone in the pack was going to be attending. The rest who couldn't were those who couldn't stomach seeing his death.As for Daciana, she still had to attend as the new Alpha King's mate... Not as if she didn't want to attend anyway.She was in her room, with Elena and a maid helping her to make her hair into tresses."I was going to ask if you're okay but I figured that the answer to that question is no." Elena suddenly muttered awkwardly, gesturing at the maid to leave the room when she was done.When the maid closed the door on them, Daciana sighed heavily and turned her gaze to Elena."And you're right, Elena. I'm not okay." Daciana blurted, her jaw clenching just then. It was early in the afternoon, but she hadn't had breakfast, nor had she had dinner last night.Her mother had been worried sick and tried her best to ge
Chapter 112. The next day, Daciana and Axel decided to visit Kellen together so they could inform him of the recent developments and come up with a plan. When they got to the dungeons and told him everything, Kellen's face went pale with shock."Alan did what?!" Kellen yelled out, his mouth wide open as his gaze went from Daciana to Axel.Daciana nodded her head solemnly, her jaw clenched. "Yeah, he's been colluding with Hailey and her father all this time. The most annoying part is the fact that he's also been frolicking with the bitch."She balled her hands into fists when she remembered the conversation between Hailey and Alan that she had luckily recorded.Her nightmares last night were filled with the images of Alan and Hailey making out and laughing at her as she cried and pleaded for them to stop. She couldn't continue like this..."Daci, I'm... I'm so sorry." Kellen said with a low tone, stepping forward and attempting to stretch his hands through the space of the silver ba
Chapter 111. After the 'heartfelt' moment with Alan, Daciana decided to finally head to dinner with Axel tagging along with them.When they got downstairs, Daciana spotted Hailey sitting close to one of the heads of the table, a smile on her face as she drank from a glass of wine. Elena and her mother were situated close to each other and whispered some things to themselves until they spotted Daciana and the others walking toward the table."Finally!" Elena said with a groan while trying to swallow something.She placed her right hand in front of her mouth, successfully swallowing what she was chewing before she continued. "I was contemplating going upstairs to drag you down here. Do you want to starve yourself?"Daciana smiled awkwardly before making a last-second decision to go sit close to Elena and her mother. She sat in between them, causing her mother to smile warmly before placing her hand on top of her arm. "Are you okay, dear?" Sabrina asked, arching an eyebrow with concer
Chapter 110."W– Were you crying?" Alan asked Daciana with concern in his voice. Daciana fluttered her eyelids, raising her right hand and touching her eyes. Shit... There were still some tears.She shook her head, clearing her throat awkwardly before she plastered a wry smile on her face. "Y– Yeah, I was crying." She admitted, staring into Alan's eyes. "But I'm fine now. Axel consoled me already."At the mention of Axel, Alan's jaw seemed to clench for a good two seconds, causing Daciana to arch an eyebrow. Eventually, he relaxed again and smiled, glancing into the room where Axel stood up from Daciana's bed and walked toward them. "Brother..." Alan nodded his head at Axel who had a smile on his face. Daciana glanced at Axel and was surprised at how calm and normal he could act toward Alan despite everything they'd discovered about him. She, on the other hand, was struggling to not slap Alan and yell at him, asking him why he'd betray her. Her chest burned with rage but she k
Chapter 109. Axel ended up taking Daciana back to her room after the whole ordeal, staying by her side and comforting her as she lamented about Alan and Hailey."I mean, I've always known Hailey is an opportunistic whore, but Alan?" Axel nearly exclaimed, clicking his tongue as he shook his head. "This is one hell of a shocker. What does he gain from any of this? He'll lose his family, his mate. Would it be worth it in the end?"Daciana sniffled, using the back of her right hand to wipe off the tears and snort falling down her face for the umpteenth time.Axel's ranting was almost like background noise at this point, even though he literally had his arms wrapped around her shoulders. Her mind raced through many thoughts, trying to make sense of Alan's betrayal.How hadn't she noticed any signs? Right from time, Hailey always seemed... Distant from Alan when compared to the others. Daciana had just taken it as her avoiding him because of how quiet he was but on second thought... May
Chapter 108.Daciana felt her heart shattering into a thousand pieces as she watched as Hailey had her arms wrapped around Alan's shoulders, kissing him and grinding her body against his. As for Alan, he had his arms wrapped around Hailey's waist, his hands slowly going to her ass and squeezing it.Daciana became dizzy, but she made sure to bring out her phone and began recording when Hailey had finally gotten her paws away from Alan."Oh, gosh! My Alpha." Hailey squealed, giggling like a fan girl as she trailed her index finger on his chest.Alan's expression was stoic as always but there was a hint of a smile curling up the corner of his lips.Daciana's eyes stung with tears as she watched all this unfold in real time but she didn't let herself breakdown as she glanced down.She was two stories above the ground and any wrong step could cause her to stumble and fall. Also, if she didn't keep herself hidden, there was the risk of Alan and Hailey spotting her."How could Alan betray m