BETRAYAL & POWER

~KAEL

My wolf and I, watched in disgust as my brother accepted to be mated with the enemy.

All our lives, my father —Uther Blackstone— who was the Beta of the pack had drilled only one thing into our minds.

Vengeance.

My wolf shifted uncomfortably within me in anger. It was usually in conflict whenever I came before Zira. And today's encounter had not made it any better. It had only made the storm in my heart worse. 

The hardest part was the fact that I had felt a certain pull toward her when she hit me earlier. It was a good thing that Arden showed up when he did or I would have uttered something I would have regretted.

My father had taught us to hate the Dragons yet tolerate them so that when the time was right, we would strike and have our revenge.

The Alpha and his family were responsible for the death of my mother. They also went as far as stealing the throne away from my father when he was the rightful heir.

Alpha Tyrone and his wife, Athena Dragon had taken away everything from my family yet he pretended to have done so much good for us. He pretended to care and the world thought him to be the kindest and greatest wolf to have ever ruled the pack.

I could not stand that family and I could not pretend to like them like Arden did. I made it clear to Zira that I did not like her yet my father still made it his life mission to always make sure we ended up in the same place every time.

I gritted my teeth as I watched Zira take my brother to her father. I listened as Alpha Tyrone made an annoying speech that I knew was only meant to show his fake love to the world when he did not truly care.

My father was also present, watching from a distance as the Alpha prepared to hand the stone over to my brother. The moment he did, I felt my wolf stir with joy.

The stone was finally in our hands. 

This meant that we could start executing our revenge on the entire family.

I watched as my father emerged from the crowd. Then he went to stand before the Alpha, he gestured at me to come forward and I did as he instructed.

"My good friend. It's a beautiful thing that our children have decided to join us together not only by Alpha-Beta relationship but as fathers-in-law," my father began.

The Alpha chuckled. "I mean, we all saw it coming, didn't we?" He pointed out again in his boastful voice and I wished that I could cut him down right there. He was so annoying.

Father joined him in laughter and I caught sight of Zira glaring up at me from beside my blond-haired brother. I only gave her an emotionless stare before she scrawled and looked away.

Arden on the other hand was trapped in the glory of the stone which was now in his arms. I could see his greed coming out to play.

"I was wondering if you would like to come to share some drinks with me, just us men including my sons," my father offered.

Alpha Tyrone's face brightened with a smile. "Of course, I would love to!" He exclaimed. "I've been waiting for this day! I never had a son but today, I have two sons!" He announced.

And I felt my wolf twist with disgust. 

There was no way I was ever going to acknowledge this man as my father. Not after what he did to us.

"Let's go somewhere private," Father suggested.

Arden turned to Zira and touched her face. "I will be back soon, my beautiful mate. I need to catch some drinks with the big guys," I heard him tell her.

"Don't be gone too long," Zira whispered but it was as clear as day to me.

I placed both my hands in my pockets and followed my father who led the Alpha away. The guards easily let us through the corridor since we were now men of power. If only they knew that they had made a grave mistake.

The moon crest was now in our hands. The Alpha was completely without protection now.

"Look alive, brother. It's about to happen," Arden breathed beside me before catching up with my father while still carrying the Moon Crest.

I told myself that I would not laugh until our revenge was completed. I knew that I would derive satisfaction from watching the Alpha bleed to death.

Father opened a door and we all entered it. As the last person in, I locked the door behind me and turned to face them.

The room had a mini bar which was packed with a variety of drinks. Father walked to the stand and started preparing drinks for us.

"As promised, let us drink to this great day. The day that our family was united together by the bond stronger than any other. A mating bond between our pups," Father announced as he passed us all our drinks.

The Alpha accepted it. "A toast to a unity that will last forever!" He exclaimed and raised his glass cup into the air.

"A toast!" The rest of us answered and mirrored his action.

Then we all downed our drinks, well the Alpha did and we did not. The Alpha stared at us in confusion as we intentionally spilled our drinks on the floor.

"What's happening? Is there something wrong with it? Do you perhaps need a better drink? I can order for—" he stopped halfway as the hand which was holding the glass cup started trembling.

For this reason, he released his cup and it shattered the moment it made contact with the ground. The Alpha furrowed his brows together in shock as he looked up at us.

"What have you done? What is happening to me?" He demanded as fear began to seize him.

His entire body started vibrating visibly and he started coughing up blood. Then his body fell to the floor and he continued to writhe on the floor in shock and pain. 

Both Father and Arden broke into a burst of deep laughter that scattered across the room.

"Your death is what is happening, dearest friend," Father announced as he slowly came to squat before him.

Arden and I approached him and we looked down at the dying Alpha.

"W—why?" He managed to ask.

"I'm taking back what is rightfully mine, Tyrone," Father answered.

Yet he continued to stare in shock, he moved his eyes to me and something about the way he looked at me made my wolf stir with pity. I should have been happy, I should have felt overjoyed yet something about the look in his eyes got me questioning my entire life and identity.

"Whatever he told you. . . was a lie. Find out the real truth. .be—before it's too late. . ." The dying Alpha whizzed out to me

His words caused questions to begin to run through my mind.

What if we were doing the wrong thing? What if my father was the evil one here? What if I was on the wrong team?