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The second the door closed behind us, I felt the weight of Kion’s silence press down like a storm about to break.
He didn’t say anything at first, just walked a few paces ahead of me, his shoulders tense, his jaw locked.
I knew that look- whatever he had to say wasn’t something he could tell me back in the room. It wasn’t small, or casual. It wasn’t
something Tessa should have heard.
My gut twisted before a single word passed between us.
“What’s going on?” I asked flatly, my voice low but sharp. “You didn’t pull me out just to tell me something stupid so what is it?”
Kion paused halfway down the dim corridor, turning to face me. The hallway lights overhead cast a dull glow on his face, shadowing his
eyes and making his expression harder to read. But it didn’t matter. I knew the look already.
It was the kind of look that said get ready to bleed…
“It’s bad,” he said quietly, as if even out here someone might overhear. “I got a fax sent through directly to my office. From your Alpha
Council.”
A fax?
Old–school, formal, impossible to ignore.
My blood ran cold.
“Well? What the hell are they saying now?” I growled, my fists already tightening.
He met my eyes dead–on. “They’re calling you a war criminal now.”
My world tilted sideways.
He’s got to be kidding right?
I felt my head whirl and my muscles coil.
“They’re demanding your immediate deportation back to homeland territory to face appropriate punishment,” he continued, each word worse than the last. “They want you out of Russia- and fast. They claim you’ve committed irredeemable crimes and must stand trial
under Council authority.” Kion speaks carefully, ensuring I drank back each and every word.
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I stared at him, waiting for the punchline. For the smirk. For the flicker in his eyes that said it was all some bad joke.
But it didn’t come.
“You’re fucking pulling my leg right now,” I said, the words cracking through my throat. “They never sent that. Not to you.”
Kion didn’t blink. “I just received it twenty minutes ago. My team confirmed it. Verified the council seal, encrypted signature… everything
checks out.”
I let out a short, humorless laugh and stepped back, dragging a hand down my face. “No. No fucking way. Those old cowards wouldn’t
dare to push me like that. Not after what we just did. Not after how nervous they were on the call.” I hissed out, as Kion hushed me
steadily, reminding me of where we currently stood.
In a hospital wing surrounded by victims…
“They dared,” Kion cut in grimly. “And Kane… they’re serious about it.” Kion sighed out.
My hands dropped to my sides, trembling with barely controlled fury. “Those old fucking bastards need to give it up already. This is
insanity. All they’ve done, is sign each of their own damn death warrants!” I retort, as Kion nods.
I started pacing. The corridor walls felt like they were closing in on me.
“They know I’m not the kind of Alpha they can leash, never have been, neither was my father!” I spat. “I never kissed their rings, never
let them dictate how I ran my people and in return, I didn’t cause wars with them – and now they’re pulling this shit? Now? After I just
wiped out Dimitri’s entire fucking trafficking network in Russia? FOOLS!”
—
“They’re scared of you,” Kion said simply with a meek shrug.
“Good,” I snapped, wheeling on him. “They should be! Did they seriously think that this would intimidate me?!”
I could feel the fire starting to rise- my wolf barely restrained beneath my skin. Every part of me buzzed with rage. But Kion remained
calm, unreadable and grounding,
“We haven’t responded to it yet,” he said carefully. “But I need you to know that if this escalates, then we most definitely stand with you.
If they try to take you or your pack by force… then we go to war with you. You have three strong packs here in Russia ready to fight
alongside you Kane. We won’t let you return to a war of your own back home not after what you’ve done for us. You’ve earned masses of
respect from myself and many of my men.”
My chest heaved.
I stopped pacing and stared at him. “You’d go to war over this? Over me?”
Kion didn’t hesitate. “After what we’ve just seen? After the hell you helped to pull Sasha and those girls out of?” He stepped closer, voice low and deadly serious. “I don’t stand with tyrants. And I sure as hell won’t let some dusty old alphas exile a good man because he scares
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them.”
My throat was tight with a thousand things I couldn’t say.
Instead, I cursed loudly and punched the wall beside me, cracking the plaster. “Fuck!”
The impact helped. A little.
“Calm down Kane, remember where you are.” Kion spoke of reason, as I growled in response, knowing he was right.
My mind was already racing. “I need to contact my pack before those cowards try to seize it while I’m gone. With me and Seth here, they might think it’s unguarded.”
Kion frowned. “You think they’d go that far?”
“I know they would,” I hissed. “They’re cowards, but they’re opportunistic. If they think they can dethrone me by force or poison my people against me, they’ll try it. And if they don’t find me, they’ll come for those closest to me.”
Tessa.
I clenched my jaw, breath ragged as the fury surged back.
“I left the third in command watching over things,” I said quickly, pushing thoughts into action. “He’s trained for this. We had protocols in place- if anything ever happened to me or Seth, he’s got every right to activate the emergency defenses and rally the rest of the dominants.”
“Then trust him to do that until you can get back,” Kion replied. “But send the message anyway. Let them hear from you. Make it clear you’re ready to fight against them.”
“I will.” I nodded, already pulling out my phone.
My fingers hovered over the keys,
Because I wouldn’t let this happen. I wouldn’t let the council twist the truth. I wouldn’t let them threaten my people. And I damn sure wouldn’t let them tear me away from Tessa- not now.
Not when we’d just found our way back to each other.
My voice was hard as steel as I turned back to Kion.
“If they want war,” I said, “they just picked the wrong fucking Alpha for it.”
“I know.” Kion hummed, “let them try, maybe it’s about time that the Alpha council had a fall? From what I can tell, your country would
be a better place without a bunch of old men running the show!” Kion stated, and I knew he was right.
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I’d take each and every last one of them down…
Reasoning was over…
War was calling…
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Sara Lili is a daring romance writer who turns icy landscapes into scenes of fiery passion. She loves crafting hot love stories while embracing the chill of Iceland’s breathtaking cold.
