CHAPTER 37


    VANCE.


    As I walk into my study, dreading the conversation I am about to have, I wonder at all the events


    that have happened to bring me to this point.


    Taking my seat, I stare up at Cody, who is standing at attention, body tense and tightly sprung.


    He has been my closest friend since childhood. Forget what I said to Tammy, it would hurt if I had to


    kill him too.


    "Cody," I start, looking him dead in the eye.


    "Alpha."


    "I want you to be very honest. I am only going to have this discussion once, and should I find that


    you lied to me in the future, I promise you, I will kill you where you stand."


    "Yes, Alpha."


    "Good. Tell me the truth. Did you know about the actions of your father? And Tammy?"


    He takes a deep sigh before answering.


    "I knew about my father''s act. I was convinced that he was doing it for the best of the pack."


    "I see. And Tammy?"


    "I knew she bullied people. I had no idea she killed them though."


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    "How did you find out about your dad? Did he tell you or you found out yourself?"


    "I found out myself."


    "When?"


    He is silent at that question.


    "Cody. When?"


    Closing his eyes, he answers in defeat, "A few days after the previous alpha died."


    Wait, what?


    Days?!


    "I remember that. People were vanishing from the pack after my father''s death. I asked you to find


    out why it was so. You said they had defected. You said they were worried that the ckwater


    would stillunch an attack on us and they ran. You lied."


    "No, Alpha. I did not. I swear I didn''t," he says as he subconsciously walks towards me before


    remembering himself and stopping.


    "You didn''t? Then exin. What happened to them?"


    "When you told me to find out, I went to my father for guidance on how to go about it. He was the


    one that told me they had left and that is when I told you. It was dayster when I found out it was a


    lie, and by then I didn''t know what to do."


    "You did. You didn''t tell me."


    "You had just lost your father, Alpha. You were grieving. I didn''t know how to tell you."


    "Did you want to tell me? Knowing what that would mean for your father?"


    "I… I don''t know."


    I take a deep breath before continuing my questions.


    "How did you find out?"


    "It was on one of thosete nights we used to have. I was supposed to spend the night at the


    mansion but you and Tammy were being… loud. So I left to go home. I saw Dad with a group of


    men, carrying some loads. It was at the dead of the night and they were being very secretive. I


    trailed behind them and saw what they were doing.


    "I didn''t understand what I was seeing. I must have made a sound because Dad turned around and


    saw me. He took me aside and exined it was best to get rid of the weak links in the pack. He


    thought there would be a response attack and that the pack was only as strong as the weakest. I


    knew it was wrong but he assured me that it was normal. That everyone did it and that your father


    promoted it."


    " I see. You have been with me all my life Cody. I am going to risk my faith one more time. Do not


    betray me. You can remain my Beta, as for how the pack sees you, you are going to have to win


    their trust back."


    "Thank you alpha," he says as he bows his head.


    "You can leave," I dismiss him.


    As I watch him leave, I send a silent prayer up there.


    Please. Please, moon goddess, don''t let him betray me.


    I wouldn''t be able to handle it.


    BLACKWATER PACK.


    STEELE AKA THE FALCON.


    Wolves.


    Such rustic creatures.


    I get the need for nature but can''t they try and branch out? At least, get a sauna or a hot pool.


    They are certainly rich enough to get that.


    Instead, the only thing they do for entertainment is run, train, and have sex.


    What a bunch of basic creatures.


    I hear a group ofughter and I look down to see a patroling back from their post.


    Ah, there she is.


    Faye.


    My ace.


    "She seems lovely," I hear from beside me.


    Without looking at my side, I reach out and take the mug of hot chocte Serb offers me.


    Having a third eye does have its perks.


    "Is she the one?" he asks.


    Seb has been one of my trusted confidants for as long as I can remember. He, as well as several


    others have at different times pretended to be me, for privacy and protection.


    It was his brother who died in my ce.


    It is funny how people tend to overlook women.


    Women can be very dangerous. Women are game changers.


    Just like my little ace. Faye.


    "Yes. She is."


    "I take it she has found her mate?"


    "Yes."


    "Is there any hope for them?"


    I think over the question. Rarely, the visions I see don''te to pass. The future you see is a result


    of different decisions made in our past and present.


    We can''t change the past and so we are forced to continue on its trajectory. Hence it is hard to


    change the future.


    But nheless…


    "It is possible, I say. Anything is possible."


    "But not likely."


    "No, not likely."


    Together we watch as she meets up with her friend, Melissa, and they seem to have a short but


    tense discussion. Melissa moves to go over to where they areing from but is stopped by Faye


    who shakes her head.


    "Poor thing," I whisper. "It is a tragedy to lose one''s mate."


    "But in this case, a necessary sacrifice."