Kiara’s n was far too risky, even by my standards.
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I hadn’t exactly been known for my self-preservation skills, but then again, I still knew when things were
too dangerous to do.
When Kiara finished speaking, I shook my head and frowned deeply.
“I can’t let you do this,” I said sternly.
“I must,” she insisted, answering my frown with one of her own. “You know I must, Kane.”
She was incorrect. I didn’t know such to be true. Kiara intended to offer herself as bait. She nned to
seduce the truth out of Darwin’s mouth. She would speak with the viin in private and try to irk him into
making him confess his disloyalty to her father. Meanwhile, I would summon the key members of the
Pack and lead them to the room, making sure they heard what Darwin said.
Normally, it would have been a half-decent n, but the idea of Kiara putting herself in that position
didn’t sit right with me.
“I know how to protect myself,” she insisted when I fell silent. “Besides, I don’t think Darwin would dare
to kill me. And you’ll arrive soon after the talk begins, so if anything happens, you could step in right
away.”
“Just because you can doesn’t mean you should,” I sighed and I pinched the bridge of my nose
between my fingers. “If we need to confront Darwin and force him to tell the truth, I should be the one to
do the job. You shouldn’t be the one shouldering all the risk. I know you said Darwin wouldn’t kill you
but-”
Before I could finish my statement, Kiara stepped forward and ced her lips against mine. I was taken
aback but didn’t pull away. Her lips were warm and soft, and her perfume was intoxicating.
We remained there, tightly pressed against one another until she finally pulled back and gazed up at
me with warmth in her eyes.
“I understand the risk,” she said softly. “But I’m the best pick for the job, Kane. Darwin likes me he’s
always considered me naive. He would be defenseless.”
I studied her for a moment, my
I was a bit puzzled.
It took me a second to gather myself and then I spoke.
“You don’t have to do this,” I said again. “Alpha Arthur might wake up soon-”
“We both know that’s unlikely,” she cut me off. “And I know you can’t wait, nor can the Alpha King.
Besides, I can’t bear it anymore. I can’t see Darwin in power while my father is suffering from the
poison he gave him. I’ve made
up my mind already and you can’t stop me. If you aren’t willing to help carry out the n, I’ll just do it
myself.”
Kiara asked Darwin toe to her room before dinner because he was busy all day and that was the
only time he could agree to, but it gave me quite a bit of difficulty in persuading the Pack members.
They were suspicious because they didn’t believe Kiara would ask them to have a meeting in her room
at such a time. I couldn’t me them. If I were in their position, I would not have followed me so easily
either. An outsider asking them for favors would be strange enough but a meeting in the Alpha’s
daughter’s room? It probably sounded so odd.
Despite that, most of them had agreed to the request because they thought thedy might have
something important to say. They had no reason to distrust Kiara.
Most of them anyway.
There was one elder who didn’t want toply. He was an ancient man with a long, thick white beard
and beady eyes. He seemed to see through our n immediately.
“He’s trying to do something terrible to us!” the elder insisted to the others, among other things. With
every utterance, my agitation grew. The longer he dragged, the more time he wasted, and I knew any
dy might result in something terrible.
I was worried about Kiara,
In the end, I had to threaten the elder, which caused more suspicion and doubt from the others.
Normally, I would have conducted myself more politely, but I couldn’t just stand by when Kiara was in
danger.
“I might not be an excellent fighterpared to the Myriad soldiers, but I could still deal with all of you
in no time,” I warned. “If anything happens to Kiara because of your dy, I’ll kill you all, I promise.”
The members seemed confused but intimidated by my threat. All nodded and then followed me down
the hall.
When we arrived at Kiara’s room, I noticed that the door had been propped open just a hair. It wasn’t
enough to be detectable, but allowed us to hear what was being said immediately. When we arrived,
we could hear Kiara and Darwin having an intense conversation.
“What’s going on?” the elder who’d given me trouble asked, and I held my finger to my lips to shush
him. All seemed confused but obeyed my order to be quiet.
“You don’t understand,” Kiara’s voice filtered out into the hall. “I can’t decide my future because my
father is so controlling. He wanted me to marry the royal lord from Anemond-”
“You shouldn’t marry that infamous womanizer,” Darwin interrupted her, and I felt all of the Pack
members’ eyes on me. “I love you, Kiara, and I know you share the same feelings.”
“You shouldn’t say that,” Kiara insisted, and she began to sniffle. “My father wouldn’t agree.”
“The Alpha has no right to interfere with his daughter’s marriage,” Darwin replied, his tone irritated.
“But he’s the Alpha,” Kiara replied naively. “He has the legal right to decide everything ording to his
will. As long as he’s alive and wears the crown, his decisions can never be changed.”
“It’s true as long as he’s alive,” Darwin remarked. “But what if he died?”
The Pack members frowned and I fought back a smirk. Perhaps this would work after all.
“What do you mean?” Kiara wondered. “The healer said my father might die in a week, but it isn’t a
solid fact.”
The members all widened their eyes and exchanged nces.
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“I know you love your father, but I’m sure that the Alpha will die in a week,” he said. “Maybe less than a
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“What do you mean?” Kiara asked innocently. “How are you so sure?”
Darwinughed shortly. “Because I made the healer do something, something that could change
everything
us.”
The members were all stunned. They began to whisper amongst themselves, asking what Darwin was
talking about but I shushed them before they could say too much.
“What do you mean, Darwin?” Kiara repeated.
“I nned it long ago so nothing would go wrong,” Darwin said. “You don’t need to know the details,
Kiara. Yo just need to prepare to be my wife. Now,e here, darling, and kiss me. If you want, this
could be our weddir night.”
“We’re about to have dinner,” she said worriedly. “Please tell me what you meant Darwin. What was
your n?
He didn’t reply and instead chuckled promiscuously. I heard the floors creak like he had taken a step
forward.
“Darwin, please,” Kiara insisted. “Tell me.”
The room fell silent, but she hadn’t broken the cup she’d ced on the table. We’d agreed that would
be our signal, the one that would make me lead in the Pack members. I waited for a while, but when I
heard a mu ffled whimper, I felt my blood freeze. I couldn’t wait anymore.
I broke into the room immediately and when I did, I saw Darwin pinning Kiara against the wall with his
hand. His fingers were wrapped around her throat and he was trying to get her to expose her neck to
ept his kiss.
Kiara’s hazel eyes were enormous as she tried to move away.
The other members flooded into the room behind me, and once Darwin noticed us, he realized what
happened. He began to move like he was going to hold Kiara hostage, but I was swifter than him.
The moment I saw his hand on Kiara’s body, I felt a me burning in my veins. How dare he touch her?
I rushed at Darwin, ws extended, and shed his stomach. I began to see red and soon lost
composure. I’d never been so brutal nor had I ever felt this way. The feeling of possessiveness made
me want to kill Darwin and rece the dirty smell he’d left on Kiara’s skin with mine.