Chapter 72
Everyone in the room turned to look at J, who frowned at Glen’s question.
“Rogue’snguage? What are you talking about?” she asked.
Glen looked reluctant. After letting out a long sigh, he continued, “I didn’t want to say anything at
first but since we are naming names now… Remember that strange howling we heard? None of us
knew what that meant. But your guard Kass understood itpletely.”
“So? He helped us. What is your point?” J snapped.
“It is odd for a soldier like him to know the rogue’snguage. And you encountered the rogues
following Kass’s instructions, right? To a creek down the West. How do you know if he was lured
into a trap on purpose?”
“Yeah, that does sound weird,” Jeff echoed. “And didn’t you say that you got separated from Kass
right after you went into the woods? He was sending you into the rogue’s hands!”
J sprang out of her seat, her face looking furious.
“Kass is my most trusted warrior. I won’t let you question his loyalty like this-” she hissed.
Steven let out a sarcastic snort, “Oh so now we can’t do it to your soldier? But it is OK to question
other people’s loyalty? Way to y the double standard, Gamma J.”
Daran looked towards J.
“Did you tell Kass about our n, J?” he asked with a deep voice.
J clenched her fists. She seemed reluctant but eventually gave a small nod, “…I told both him
and Balvina. Because they are both captains of our advance force.”
“Well, there you have it!” Steven pped his hands together, “The mole! We found him!”
“Hold on a second,” Maxie interrupted him, “Kass is a great warrior. And he has been in battles
against the rogues many times before. It doesn’t make any sense for him to leak our battle ns to
the rogues. What can he get out of it?”
“What is the back story of this soldier, J? Where does hee from? Does he have any
families?” Glen asked.
J bit her lips in silence
She seemed that she didn’t want to answer his questions at all. But the other’s were too sharp. She
was left with no choice.
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“Kass grew up by the border.”
She began slowly.
“There was a brutal battle against the rogues…He came to us after the battle and volunteered to
serve in our army because he had lost his entire family in the war. He
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didn’t have anywhere else to go.”
“So that’s what he told you,” Jeff chimed in and said, “Did you do a background check on him? See
if he is really a member of your pack?”
He stared at J waiting for her answer.
“We tried.”
J said with a strained voice.
“But he lived in the forest alone with his parents. His house was burnt to the ground during the war.
True…there isn’t any hard evidence to back his story. But he was only 12 years old at the time! Do
you seriously think the rogues would send a kid to spy on us?!”
“It is possible! That age is old enough to hold a gun. And it didn’t raise any suspicions!” Jeff cried
loudly.
“So it all adds up! Doesn’t it!” Steven banged the desk hard, “Kass is a rogue the entire time. He hid
among us for years, working his way up and stole information from us and leaked it to the rogues. I
can’t believe this! You brought enemies into this alliance, J!”
J felt a cold chill down her spine.
At this very moment, even she started to question it.
…Could Kass be the mole?
But then she remembered all the times they spent together, all theughs they shared. She also
remembered all the tears in Kass’s eyes when he talked about his parents, who got killed by the
rogues. The hatred and longing for vengeance didn’t seem made up.
She didn’t believe that Kass would betray her.
Not in a million years.
Taking in a deep breath, J looked around the room and said, “Kass grew up by the border and it
is natural for him to know the rogue’snguage. He had been nothing but a loyal soldier so far. Until
any hard evidence came up…He still has my trust.”
Steven let out an angry low roar.
Maxie and Glen both frowned with disapproval.
Jeff looked between two sides, and he seemed torn, “Now we are back to square one again. Alpha
Daran, you have said a word. Any thoughts?”
Daran rose from his seat.
With everyone staring, he walked to the door and called over a Riverside soldier, asking him to find
Kass.
“We should hear what Kass has to say,” said him deeply.
Momentster, Kass was brought into the room.
“You requested to see me?” he asked nkly. “Did anything happen?”
“Listen…”
Maxie briefly concluded what they had been discussing and asked Kass with a soft voice, “Don’t
worry, Kass. We won’t use you of anything you didn’t do. But you have to be honest with us…
Did you, or did you not, leak our battle n to the rogues?”
“NO!” Kass cried loudly, his eyes widened with shock.
“I–I can’t believe this… You think I am working for the rogues?” he snarled, “The rogues killed my
parents! They cut open my mother’s belly and let her bleed to death! I hate them! ALL OF THEM!!”
“But you spoke the rogue’snguage,” Glen asked. “How do you exin that?” “I grew up by the
border. It’s natural—”
“Many people grew up by the border and they don’t speak the rogue’s tone,” Maxie shook her
head.
“I–We lived in the forest. So I met the rogues more often than the others did-
“Oh, what an easy story!” Steven cried loudly, “Alpha Daran, I am telling you, this kid is guilty! We
should execute him right now and send his head to the rogues as a message!”
Kass’s body trembled.
He looked at J, his eyes gleaming with tears.
“G–Gamma J… You believe in me, don’t you?” he said with a shaky voice. “You know me the
best…Please say something…”
The painful look on his face made J’s heart ache. She walked to his side and took his icy cold
hand into her palm.
“Yeah. I trust you,” she said lightly.
“Unbelievable!” Steven roared.
J stood in front of Kass and turned to face the others. There was a determined look on her
face.
“Kass is a victim of the rogues, just like me. I believe in him. Until we have any hard evidence at
hand, I won’t let anyone touch him.”
“But the mole-”
“I am with J,” Maxie sighed. “We shouldn’t wrong the good. Or what is the difference between
us and the rogues? I guess we will just have to keep looking for any signs of that mole.”
Jeff and Glen didn’t say anything. Steven roared angrily and knocked over a chair with one kick.
“J, take Kass to have some rest. You both have been exhausted,” Daran said calmly. “Don’t
lose track of him again.”
Daran was asking her to keep a close eye on Kass.
J nodded and led Kass out of the room holding his hand. When they were outside
of the house, she could still hear Steven’s furious voice questioning Daran’s decision.
J and Kass walked down the empty street. They didn’t stop until they reached the edge of Fox
Town.
Tears had streamed down Kass’s face when J turned around to look at him. There was a clear
biting mark on his lower lip. Apparently, he had been biting his lips hard to stifle his sobs.
J sighed. She reached out and wiped his tears away using her thumb.
“I didn’t see you cry this hard when I asked you to do 1000 push–ups.” she tried to lighten the mood
with a joke.
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“…I caused you a lot of trouble, didn’t I?” Kass chocked.
“It wasn’t your fault,” J said. “As long as you arepletely honest with me, I will forever stand
by your side to defend you. No one will ever harm you again. Trust
me.”
Kass quivered slightly.
There was a clear sign of struggle in his eyes. After a long pause, he whispered, “…So you believe
in me no matter what?”
“Yeah,” J smiled.
Kass was like the little brother she never had. She trusted him with her full heart. “Then I should
probably let you know about something…About my identity.” Kass murmured, his voice filled with
panic and dread.
“What?” J asked.
And what he said to her next rocked her whole world upside down.
“I am not what you think I am…” he said shakily, “I am indeed…A rogue.”