Chapter 62


    J had to breath deeply to calm herself down.


    “You are doing it again,” she said and tilted her head away. There was a hint of usation in her voice.


    “Doing what?”


    “Treating me like an innocent little girl and trying to fool me with sweet talks.” J struggled out of his


    arms and said, “You taking a bullet for me…That’s total crap.”


    “Why?” Daran stepped aside and blocked her way of leaving, “You don’t think I can do it?”


    “Well yeah. You are the Alpha…and it makes no sense for you to put your own safety at risk to protect


    me, another pack’s Gamma-”


    “Who says an Alpha can’t protect his loved one?” Daran asked.


    Words froze on J’s lips.


    She was stunned. Shocked by Daran’s “loved one.”


    …What did he mean by that?


    Was he saying that she–J–was his loved one?!


    “You are being ridiculous again.” J gulped in panic. Her cheek was going red. She was d that it


    was so dark right now that Daran couldn’t see it.


    “J-”


    Daran seemed that he had something else to say. But before he said anything, J turned around


    abruptly and dashed away.


    She ran all the way back to her car, jumped in and started the engine. As the car fast–forwarded down


    the countryside road, she finally let out that breathe she had been holding for a long time.


    Her heart was thumping like crazy. She had to clench her grip tightly on the wheel to


    focus on the driving.


    She hated to have her feelings and emotions being manipted by Daran, which reminded her of her


    past, when she was crazily in love with Daran and would overthink the meaning of the smallest stuff he


    did.


    But that was in the past now.


    Right now, she should be focusing on training soldiers and going to war with rogues.


    As for Daran…Well, he could go ahead and hit on any girls he liked.


    Just not on her.


    ***


    The following week, an explosive news spread across the entire Riverside Pack.


    -Gamma Baron had been charged with corruption, false imprisonment, torture, abuse, and a series of


    other serious crimes.


    Alpha Daran presented an ount book to the elders which detailly documented all


    Alpha Daran presented an ount book to the elders, which detailly documented all the dirty trade


    Baron had been doing. Apparently, 80% of the military budget was pocket by Baron himself.


    And arge group of people from the lumber camp was willing to testify for Baron’s false imprisonment.


    Everyone was shocked, especially those in the army.


    Riverside soldiers all respected Baron’s father very much. Naturally, they reflected some parts of that


    feeling on Baron, thinking that Baron was a decent guy too.


    This news took a pretty hard strike on these people.


    J found many soldiers getting distracted during the recent couple of days. Everyone’s mind was on


    the Baron case, which had a more profound influence on the public than Harper.


    With Harper, she was an upper–ssdy, and the public would love to see her dirty get dug out. But


    she didn’t have the power to shake things up in the society.


    Yet Baron was the Gamma. Everything about him was tightly associated with the future of Riverside


    Pack.


    Especially since this was a sensitive time–they were going to war with rogues with


    soon.


    If Baron was taken down, who would be Gamma? And who would lead Riverside’s troops?


    It was natural for soldiers to get anxious.


    On the fourth day after the news was released, Maxie went to talk to J during the


    training.


    “How’s it going? How are your families?” J asked her.


    A smile came across Maxie’s face at the mention of her family, “They are good. Thanks for asking. My


    parents might need to get their physical checkup and my brother and sister need to find a new school…


    but everything is on the right track now.”


    “d to hear that,” J smiled. “Let me know if you need my help.”


    “Actually, I do right now…And it is about Baron.”


    Maxie showed J some text messages. And they were all from Baron during thest couple of days.


    His tone in some earlier texts were nasty as ever.


    [You bitch… You gave the ount book to Baron, didn’t you!]


    [Your families were so dead! Prepare to receive body parts of your families!]


    And then he gradually started to panic.


    [How did you get your families out? Did you ask J to help you?!]


    [Are you working with them right now?]


    [We should be a team, Maxie! Wake up already!]


    Then he practically started begging in the messages he sent to Maxie this morning.


    [Pleasee and talk to me Maxie.]


    [We can work this out.]


    J chuckled and gave the phone back to Maxie, “You basically owned him right now. But why does


    he want to meet with you anyway?”


    “I bet he wants me to take the me for him, which had happened many times before,” Maxie said icily.


    “That bastard… You know you can totally ignore him, right?”


    “Yeah, I do. But…”


    Maxie paused and bit her lips. There was a reluctant look on her face.


    “…It is just that most people in the army still didn’t believe Baron was guilty,” Maxie said with a heavy


    tone.


    J frowned, “Really? Why? The evidence is right there.”


    The look on J’s face became sullen.


    These soldiers were more stubborn than she thought.


    “So what do you think?” Maxie asked, “Do you have any good idea, Gamma J?”


    J pondered for a while.


    “I do have an idea,” she said slowly. “But it might require you to meet with Baron again. And I totally


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    “I’ll do it!”


    “Excellent.” J smiled and patted her shoulder. “Come with me. Let’s talk to Alpha Daran. We might


    need his help on this.”