44: Payback


    "What?" I gasped again and took a staggering step back. I didn''t care that I might likely trip from


    something and fall on my ass.


    All I kept thinking were his words. He killed my parents. But why?


    "They deserved every bit of it," heshed out again. I didn''t know I had spoken thest sentence out


    until his voice broke into my thoughts.


    He said something more but I couldn''t concentrate with the ringing in my ears or the hammering of


    my heart after I feared it wouldn''t start again when it stopped. He killed them.


    I never asked questions about my parents'' death because I was made to believe they were killed by


    rogues. The former Alpha, Alexander''s father, made me believe that. I was too young to question


    his words of to give more thought to the answer.


    Had he known also? I doubted he didn''t. B


    Maybe he did it to protect me. How would I have reacted if I was told my parents had been killed by


    an Alpha?


    I knew I would have tried to avenge them. But all of that would have changed me. I would have


    grown a bitter child whose heart was filled with hate, only seeing the bad in everyone.


    Maybe Alexander''s father knew that and also did it to protect my heart from breaking. But that didn''t


    stop it from breaking now. I half expected myself to wail and be clouded with rage. But I had


    the opposite effect.


    My heart beat slowed and I looked up, taking hold of my emotions and pushing them to the back of


    my mind. I had no idea where the strength came from. I was quite surprised at myself for being able


    to do that after the news of my parents death. And the hatred that consumed Alpha Ryven.


    No, not Alpha Ryven. He wasn''t my Alpha. He was Ryven who had yed with me until there was


    almost nothing left of me.


    I wondered what would have happened if I hadn''t found Alexander''s letter in his office. Maybe I


    would have been fully Luna if the pack, living blissfully in here.


    But I doubted I would have been able to live peacefully here. I knew I would have surely found a


    way out of this mess.


    I couldn''t even begin to imagine as my gaze shed with Alp- Ryven.


    "You will tell me everything that happened. And why you came to the pack. You will spill everything,


    leaving no information out of it," I said slowly, enunciating each word.


    Ryven half expected me tosh out but was quite surprised bu my calmness because of the way his


    head jerked back. I could understand that. I was also surprised by my calmness.


    "Yes," he forced out those words with gritted teeth and I smiled and walked closer to him. I wanted


    him to feel the silent rage that coursed through me. Although I knew he could very well feel it from


    where he kneeled.


    "Now, stand up and lead the way to the dungeon," I said and his eyes widened. There was a slight


    increase of his eyes as he finally realized what I meant.


    I was going to torture the information out of him. But I had no idea how topel the guards to


    follow my orders. I wasn''t yet their Luna fully. They would be able to tell because they could not feel


    my bond as the pack Luna.


    I knew that wasn''t a problem because I had the power topel Ryven. But what if Ipelled him


    and there was a revolution? The people didn''t trust me yet. And harming their Alpha isn''t what they


    would frown upon.


    Although I knew the consequences my a ruins would cause. But i could stop Alpha Ryven by telling


    him to go back to the room. I wanted revenge and I wanted it served cold.


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    "The people would revolt. Don''t think you can do anything to me. This is my pack and I''m their


    alpha," Alpha Ryven seethed but I smirked because there was nothing he could do but to run his


    mouth.


    I looked at him while he walked, more focused on his legs, in case my gifts ofpulsion wanted to


    fail me. I could easily deflect any blow from him.


    "Let''s see how it goes," I said to him while he walked his fists. Somehow the sight made me smile


    against the pain in my heart.


    It was hard to exin but I knew I could do anything I wanted with him. I could very wellpel


    others to follow mymand but that wasn''t what I wanted.


    I didn''t want anyone to feel like they didn''t have a choice. Just like I was made to work all my life


    against my will. And it''s only because of the person who stood in front of me.


    What hurt the most wasn''t knowing that he aided his father in killing my parents but theck of


    remorse when he spit it out. He still hYed them and I knew that hate also transferred to me.


    He hated me.


    I was so blind.


    Now, I was left hurting. So much that I drowned it out, denied myself from feeling anything that I just


    felt numb and betrayed. The betrayal didn''t hurt as much as the knowledge that I was a fool who


    believed all his lies.


    I swallowed and focused on the man in front of me. We got weird nces from people around us


    but I didn''t care less. They wanted to know why Aloha Ryven had a pained look.


    It was a sight to behold as their jaws fell ck while we passed them. I was relieving in the bliss of


    the shame I knew Alpha Ryven felt.


    But I still had no idea why he didn''t call for help. Surely, I hadpelled him to lead the way. I didn''t


    mention anything about not calling for help.


    The bliss I felt while revering in Alpha Ryven''s Shane stopped when we bumped into Ava. There


    was shock on her face at her brother''s expression. But what was most shocking was theck of


    acknowledgement from him while we passed by her.


    We were almost in the dungeon. I knew this ce. It was where I had been brought to. The smell I


    perceived even before we got there brought back memories.


    "What''s happening here?" Ava asked when we were almost at the door of the dungeon. I saw the


    guards stiffened at attention. They too wanted to know what was happening.


    I looked away from her face and continued walking down the hall. Alpha Ryven hasn''t stopped yet.


    Themand was still on him. And Ava took that as a hint to follow us, not like she expected what


    she was going to see.


    A smile almost broke out on my lips as I thought about how she would react to the news of me


    putting her brother where he rightfully belongs. I know that had been on bad terms but that didn''t


    mean she would side with a stranger.


    I couldn''t be sure because when I looked at her, she was quietly following us even when Alpha


    Ryven walked into the cell that I was ced in before.


    "Sit," I told him and he obeyed with the same painful look on his face. Good. But that wasn''t before


    seeing the slight raise of Ava''s eyebrows.


    "What''s going on here?" She asked once again when she settled herself on the wall. There was a


    look in her eyes I couldn''t decipher.