Chapter 56
The witness J wanted to talk to was Maxie.
Although Baron hadn’t been very nice to Maxie, he trusted her very much. He brought her to the
first between–packspetition, and he even let her fill in as the substitute trainer while he was
absent.
Maxie must know something about his dirty deals.
The only problem was whether or not she would be willing to tell J everything that she knew.
It seemed that Maxie was terrified of Baron. She didn’t even dare to say a word of defiance when
Baron med her for the mad bear incident.
Baron must have found a way to control her somehow.
J needed to find out by what means Baron was controlling Maxie.
And she needed to win over Maxie’s trust.
Maxie was living in the central packhouse. Since she didn’t show up in the training field today, J
thought she might have the luck of finding Maxie in her room.
J arrived outside of Maxie’s room and gently knocked on the door.
Nobody answered.
J didn’t give up. She knocked again.
This time she heard a series of light footsteps approaching the door, followed by a guardedly tensed
voice asking, “Who is it?”
“It is me, J, from the Blood Moon Pack.” J leant closer to the door and
asked, “Can we talk for a minute?”
“I can’t think of anything we can talk about,” said Maxie warily.
It didn’t kick off with a great start.
But J didn’t leave.
Instead, she held the doorknob and insisted, “Give me a chance to talk to you Maxie. This is
important. You don’t need toe out. We can talk through the door if you like.”
There was another long silence.
And then, the door was opened up a crack, revealing a small part of Maxie’s face.
“What do you need?” Maxie asked lowly.
“You were not at the training field today. I heard that Baron reced you with Owen. But you were
doing great training your soldiers. So what happened?”
“Gamma Baron felt that Owen is a better fit than me. And I don’t mind that, really. I was temporarily
filling in anyway—‘
“Nonsense!” J gasped, raising her voice. “Both you and I knew that is bullshit. Have you met
Owen? The guy knew nothing but waiving his fists in the air like a giant gori. And you are
counting on a guy like him to train your soldiers?”
Maxie’s face went pale.
After a pause, she muttered, “This is Riverside Pack’s business. And you are Blood Moon Pack’s
Gamma. This doesn’t concern you.”
She wanted to close the door, but J took a step further and put her foot between the door panel
and the wall.
And J insisted, “But this is an alliance, Maxie. And we are going to the battlefield together one
day. I can’t stand aside and do nothing when a real capable person like you gets bullied and
dismissed, while scumbags like Baron and Owen take the control!”
Maxie bit her lips and subsided into silence.
J stared at her and asked abruptly, “What happened to your arm?”
Maxie was wearing long sleeves, But her sleeves rolled up when she tried to shut the door,
revealing her upper arm skin.
There were a few striking bruises on her skin. All seemed rtively new.
Maxie panicked and quickly pulled off her sleeve to cover her skin. But it was toote.
“Don’t bother. I saw it already.” J said solemnly, “I get it. It isn’t easy for you to stand up against
Baron’s tyrant. It took me a long time to learn about how to fight for my own right as well. But you
can do it, just like me. This is your chance now, Maxie!”
Maxie inhaled sharply. Her lips started to tremble.
She still had the door half–open. But she stopped trying to close it.
“What do you want then?”
Maxie asked eventually.
“Are you trying to get me back to the training field? We both know that Gamma Baron won’t allow
that.‘
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“And that is why we can’t let Baron take the wheel.”
J looked into Maxie’s eyes and said,
We need to take down Baron.”
A look of shock flickered across Maxie’s eyes.
“You are crazy!” Maxie gasped in disbelief, “Do you know who Baron is! He is-”
“A respected warrior’s son, right? And so what? His father won all those glories, not him. We can’t
let him keep corrupting your army. Even your Alpha is with me on this. We have your back!”
Maxie was still shaking her head, “Baron is too respected among the soldiers. You can’t kick him out
of power. You will cause a riot.”
“And that is why we need to show those soldiers that Baron doesn’t deserve their respect.‘
J took in a deep breath and got to the gist.
“Alpha Daran told me that there was an ount book, documenting all details of Baron’s secret
deals. If you happen to know where that ount book is—”
“NO!” Maxie snarled abruptly.
There was a mixed look of fear and anger on Maxie’s face as she red at J and cried, “Forget
it! I am not giving you that ount book!”
“Calm down, Maxie. Let’s work it out-
“No, I am done talking to you. Goodbye!”
Maxie mmed the door close with a huge bang and shut J outside.
J took a quick step back to avoid getting hit by the door.
Then she frowned.
So there was indeed an ount book.
And Maxie knew where it was.
Which were all great news.
And Maxie didn’t seem to hate the idea of taking down Baron. She must hate Baron
too.
But why did she react so strongly when J asked her about the ount book?
Did Baron threaten her with something?
J knew that she wouldn’t be able to get Maxie’s trust unless she found out what Baron
threatened Maxie with.
J turned to leave Maxie’s room while still pondering on these questions.
When she reached the end of this hallway, she heard a series of conversationing Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024.
from around the corner.
Two maids were talking in a cautiously low voice.
“…Miss Maxie was still in her room?” one maid asked.
“Yes. She hadn’t eaten anything since yesterday. Poor thing. I was thinking maybe I should bring
her something to eat.”
“She won’t eat. She won’t even open the door. She is always like this after–you know.”
“Shush!” the other maid snapped, “Are you crazy? We are not supposed to talk about it! Do you
want to be expelled? Or do you want to be dead?”
J narrowed her eyes standing in the shadow.
It seemed that these two maids knew what happened to Maxie. But they were too scared to say a
word about it.
“I just feel terrible for Miss Maxie! She didn’t deserve to be treated like this.” the maid cried with an
aggrieved voice.
“I know. But what can we do about it? We are only maids. There was nothing we can do about it.”
The two sighed and were ready to walk away.
Just before they left, J stepped out of the shadow and cried out, “Wait!”
Two maids jerked around in panic.
“Gamma J!” one gasped, “When did you-”
“I have heard everything.”
J walked toward them and surveyed their pale and frightened faces, “So tell me what happened
to Maxie. And why did she lock herself inside of her room.“