91 Inkabod''s interrogation


    ~Leo~


    Once Casper was done preparing the prisoner for torture and questioning, we headed towards the


    venue.


    We were excited, and the game Sylvester set in motion was part of it.


    I wondered whose theory would check out.


    I hoped it would be ours because it would suck to be stuck with kitchen duties for a week. Like


    Avery, I liked good food, and I doubted we coulde up with anything ptable.


    We entered the warehouse where the torture and questioning chamber was situated.


    The women and my parents were led to sit in a room beside the chamber. A ss wall separated


    the room from the chamber, and the women could see through it. It helped them see what was


    happening in the torture chamber, but the people in the torture chamber would not see the people in


    the other room; instead, the ss functioned as a mirror to them. It helped us observe


    interrogations in secret without the knowledge of the prisoner.


    Inkabod was pinned on a round wood resting against the wall with only his underwear on. He


    looked afraid and worried, and he kept his eyes focused on Andrew and y. I guess he was trying


    to plead their heritage.


    "It is an abomination for a Stepanov to team up with a Volkov against their own," he said, short of


    breath, and I knew Casper must have had him beaten up.


    He seemed all right, but his looks didn''t fool me.


    Aurora had done a number on him by taking part of his arm. It was amazing. He still wanted to live,


    knowing he would be useless.


    "Do you not know Leonardo Albert is a Volkov," he said to Andrew and y.


    "His ancestor Patrick Volkov had an affair with a woman from our n," he said, and Kyle went and


    punched him in the face. At least Inkabod saved me the stress of exining my lineage to


    Sylvester, but Kyle''s punch was needed.


    ''We did note here for history lessons, arsehole. We came here for answers, and you will give


    them," Kyle said, and I was surprised by the amount of Rrage Kyle harboured.


    "Volkovs would always betray Stepanovs at the end because they feel superior to us. Remember


    my words when it happens. History has …" Inkabod said, and Kyle punched him again.


    "I bet you heard me the first time dickhead," He said, and Casper came to feed Inkabod Silver.


    There was no way we could get ahead with this if his healing ability was still working at the normal


    rate.


    Inkabod was difficult at first, but a couple of punches from Kyle and Casper did the job, and they


    were able to introduce the Silver into his system.


    ''Now we want you to tell us what Yuri''s ns are and where he is," Sylvester finally asked, speaking


    to Inkabod.


    Inkabod became tight-lipped, and Kyle did us the honour of punching him a couple of times.


    "I would say you should save some fun for me, Kyle, but you seem to be doing an awesome job


    with the douchebag," Devin said.


    I knew Devin had it in for Inkabod, too, because of all that had happened in the South.


    "I do not know where Yuri is," Inkabod finally confessed, and Kyle punched him in the stomach.


    ''It is best you kill me because I know you won''t believe me. I can tell you what I know of his ns,


    but I cannot give you his location. He is like a ghost and only trusts himself," He said, repeating the


    same thing my parent said. I knew there was a possibility he was telling the truth so I am


    interveined.


    "Tell us his ns and how far he has gone," I finally said.


    "You broke a bit too easy for a trained soldier. I bet you are nning on misleading us," David said,


    observing what we almost dismissed, and Inkabodughed.


    "My life is forfeit. Because I failed to secure the East for Yuri, he will send men after me to eliminate


    me. He does not leave any loose ends. This way, I would have hit him where it hurts before he finds


    and kills me," He said, and I did not know if he was telling the truth or lying. There was also no way


    we could figure it out.


    "I want the truth," Sylvester said with his alphamand, and I saw Inkabod''s difort in his


    eyes. Themand got to him, but he wanted to fight it. He was trying to speak through it.


    ''I am telling the truth,'' He confessed, and even though that should be enough, We were not going to


    take it seriously until we were sure.


    "Very well, tell us of his ns," Sylvester ordered him sternly, and Inkabod coughed, but this time


    blood exited his mouth. I guess Kyle did a number on his inside.


    y off the guy a bit," I linked Kyle because Inkabod won''t be helpful dead. If Silver slowed his


    healing down, we could not afford him to be over-injured.


    "Yuri has a strong alliance in the South. His n is to take over the South and East. He has strong


    partners there, but Erik keeps countering him. Erik has gone into hiding because Yuri is searching


    for him.


    Yuri ns to take over both regions and install himself as King. Right now, the South has been


    taken over with the help of thete Nics Sullivan. But now that all Yuri''s powerful allies are no


    more, he has been forced to carry out his n openly," He exined.


    "So where is he now in his n, and what affects us?" I asked him, and he sighed.


    "If I tell you the truth, you must promise to protect me," He said, and I frowned at him. Something


    faltered in his eyes.


    "The only reason most of us are helping is that we do not fit in this world. Dimitri''sw hangs over


    our heads, and we want our freedom badly. I disagree with his views but must survive, so I did my


    best to appease him.


    Yuri does not n to settle alone for the East and South. He ns to eliminate Erik and the entire


    Volkov line and take over as the only King.


    He has a list of all the Volkov descendants.


    Joan yman has given him the full detailed ount of every Volkov in existence and where they


    live.


    She has also been trying to get the top Northern families to join up, but the result of thest uprising


    has made people scared.


    I am not in the inner circle, but our mandate is to take over packs and seizends.


    Now that I have fallen, another man named Erin Petrova will be taking over from me to take the


    east.


    They would sack Hand in a few days because we learned Erik is hiding there.


    That is all I know, I swear," he said, and all I could pick from this was Joan''s name.


    I wondered if that was why she kept sending her daughter to the East. Leah was just trying too


    damn hard.


    "How long has Joan been in this group?" I asked him.


    "Her father was the one that initiated her. They thought she would get into the Volkov family as a


    wife, but it didn''t work out, so she had to function via other means," He said, and I remembered the


    last time I spoke to her.


    N?vel(D)rama.Org''s content.


    I had threatened her.


    I had told her to keep her daughter away from Amelia and me, or I won''t be a gentleman about it,


    and I would have her removed from the council and her family''s noble status stripped.


    "The attack in the north, was that Joan?" I asked, and he nodded quickly.


    "She was supposed to invite everyone, including the King and queen. She promised Yuri that they


    would honour the invitation. Unfortunately, only two royals honoured that invitation. They were


    supposed to eliminate all the royals that night. She had called Yuri to inform him that only two Royal


    attended, but by then, Yuri had given the order to attack. By the time Yuri called me to recall the


    men, it was already toote," Inkabod exined, and I balled my fist in anger.


    "What is her gain in all this?" Marcel asked, sounding very angry.


    I could understand his rage; Avery was pregnant.


    "I do not know that part; maybe you should ask her," Inkabod said, and I knew we wouldn''t get more


    than we had already gotten from him.


    "We will investigate to be sure your information checks out. If it does, I will let you go; if not, I will kill


    you," Sylvester said, and Inkabod nodded. Hispliance and eagerness to live piqued my


    curiosity.


    "Why do you want to live so badly?" I asked, and he sighed.


    "Cause I have a daughter and a mate in Grizlo; I promised to go home when all this is over. I can''t


    let my daughter grow up without her father," he confessed, and Devin went and punched him.


    "Yet you massacred people in Pridewood," He said, and Inkabod shook his head.


    "That was Erin, not me. I do not kill people; I just force them to leave. Besides, I have no choice. If I


    do not do what Yuri wants, he will go after my family. The man is sick, and he is a tyrant. You have


    to understand most of the Stepanovs helping him are not doing it of their own free will. Once Yuri is


    gone, everyone will return to their quiet lives," he said, and the look in his eyes said he wasn''t lying.


    Alice was indeed stupid to think he would mate with her. He was just using her.


    "You do not kill people, yet you wanted to eliminate Alice," I said, and he nodded.


    "Yuri said she should not be allowed to live, so she does not talk. Anyone that is no longer useful is


    usually eliminated." He said. It sounded like the kind of sick method Larry used in his time.


    "Very well, we will check it out. Before we leave you, we have onest question," David said, and I


    wondered what he wanted to ask.


    "How did you know Leo wasing to Brentwood?" He said, and some of us chuckled while


    Sylvester Marcel and I maintained a straight face.


    It was a very odd question, but it was necessary. The bet aside, we needed to know the informants.


    "I knew Devin had arrested Alice, and I knew she would talk; I also knew Timothy relied too much


    on Leo for everything, so I just startled him a bit, dropped my name and told him I would be back.


    I knew he would call you, Leo, and you would want to catch me for answers. Andrew was with you,


    so he would have told you our methods. I expected you toe prepared for a fight with Twenty-


    five people, but you came prepared for the real thing. I must admit, I thought I had outsmarted you. I


    guess you aren''t to be messed with after all," he said, and we all began to chuckle.


    Inkabod might think it was his words that made usugh, but the horror registered on Dominic''s face


    while Inkabod exined his reasons to us was epic.


    A week of bad food could not be that bad. We needed to learn our way around the kitchen quickly.


    The Women had won.