Chapter 146
Mistakes were made, I admit as soon as I’m with Ragnar and Ivar.
What happened? Ragnar smiles and looks back at my grandmother and his father.
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They made up, and now they’re going to start a war with the Alpha King, all because you made me believe in love,” I bury ny face in his side.
I told you not to make her believe that,” Ivar laughs.
If you guys are both here, who is watching over the City?” I ask, looking between Ivar and Kaylee.
Kennedy,” she answers. There’s a tone there, and she can’t look up at Ivar, who is smiling.
i’s been a few days since everything happened. He looks well–rested, but she does not. She looks nothing like the girl I used o know. Her hair is pulled back in a messy bun, and it looks like she hasn’t brushed it in a while. She’s wearing baggy pants ith a huge t–shirt that reads kill me, please in big pink letters. She’s not wearing any makeup the way she usually does, and he looks completely defeated.
What the fuck are you staring at?” she demands.
A fucking loser,” I answer, and her entire demeanor falls apart. Did I need to take a jab at her? No, but it’s very disappointing hat she would rather look like this than be who she’s always been, and that will never sit well with me. I give my attention ack to my grandmother and the King. “Zara is best friends with Ana.”
I knew she would be,” Ragnar pulls me to him. “What’s going on, Zara? What did you find?”
Everything you know was just confirmed. Guerrero really enjoyed the sound of his own voice at the end there. I’m a little roud of him. Held up more than most. He really thought his family was okay. Arrogance can be misleading,” she answers im and looks over at me.
Not when you’re the King and wield the flames of hell,” I shrug. The guys laugh. All three of them. “We have to pay attention o the way the council is going to react. Their first instinct will be to protect themselves. You saw how James reacted.”
Your uncle James?” Kaylee asks.
Yeah, I let out a heavy sigh.
Wait, Guerrero is your uncle?” Ragnar asks.
Not by blood. His older brother adopted my mom and my uncle Danny when they were pups after my grandparents died He was Gavin’s godfather. Turns out that most of his identity was faked. He was working with the Rogue King and the Alpha King
“No wonder he tried to sweep all of this under the rug by giving us the City. Zara, let’s rally the seekers I want eyes on him wherever he is, Ragnar orders. “Ivar, you and Kaylee head back to the city, I need you to locate Martin Peterson. He is the Romano’s last lawyer and the one who reinstated Sophia’s credentials. He’s a witness, and he’s under oath for the council
“Wait, Kaylee steps forward. “What are we talking about? This is the Alpha King That man could have been telling you what you wanted to hear to get out of whatever you were doing to him”
“No, we all say at the same time.
“We already knew the information he gave us. We have all of my mother’s files. They date back sixty–six years. He gave us the confirmation we needed to present this to the council. Under the 1 ycan Militia laws, by any incans is exactly what it
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means,” I inform her.
“Files that you and Ivar created to frame Alpha Romano,” she growls.
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“This is what I’ve been dealing with since you left.” Ivar shakes his head. “I’m starting to think you’re right, brother. A lost cause is a lost cause. The hurt on Kaylee’s face doesn’t go unnoticed. “I have Martin in custody. Everyone who was working in the Mainhouse has been detained for questioning since we started identifying them through the mandatory census. I can have him here in a couple of hours.”
“No, stay with him. Don’t move him until I tell you to. The last thing I need is for this fuck to slip away while our backs are turned. Have you cut them off?”
“Yes, Zara and Kennedy helped with the protection spell before Zara headed over here. None of them is connected to the packlands anymore. I was thinking about their Alpha program. For the most part, it works, and I know they need their little bond to function properly. I can start interviews as soon as Monday morning.”
Ragnar glances at me. It’s something that he does when he’s about to say or do something I’m not going to like. He takes a deep breath and shakes his head.
‘I want all alphas to be reformed in our military before we start giving them any kind of power. We have eight active major generals. Use them for this. I want to know their ranks so we know how to push them, but they won’t be ranked the way they were before. You know how things work. Everyone takes what they can, and if they can’t cut it, we replace them.”
You can’t do that. The alphas and the betas will rebel,” Kaylee shakes her head and turns to look at me. “You know that. It will destroy everything we stand for.”
That’s the point,” I nod. “I can’t say that I’m happy about this because I’m not, but the fact is that none of you belongs to the backlands anymore. You belong to the Lycans, and what they say goes. I went through reformation, and I can easily say it vas a lot of fun and I learned a few things.”
Like how to betray your kind without mercy,” she nods.
Actually, you fucks taught me that. Wolves taught me that I was nothing more than an object for your kind to do as you please. You expected me to keep my head down and serve. I’m only returning the favor,” I smile. “Starting with you. You hould leave her here. I’m not going to be here after next week, and I’m sure Eliza would love someone she can teach some
nanners to.”
That’s a great idea,” Ivar nods.
You’re just going to leave me here?” she all but shouts at him.
Yeah, I don’t need you breathing down my neck telling me what I’m doing wrong. I can barely stand to look at you after verything you’ve done. Maybe we can try again after you’ve learned some fucking manners,” he growls back at her.
Ivar, my grandmother growls at him. I step in front of her when she tries to get between them. My grandmother’s eyes turn
lark.
You don’t understand,” I shake my head. “Kaylee isn’t me. She isn’t running to you. She’s trying to get away. As an alpha, she has an idea of what she’s meant to be in her head. Everything she’s doing is against her will
That doesn’t mean he can treat his mate like this,” she glares at him
‘She rejected him, accepted the mark of another wolf, and led a team of slaves to try to attack him. I think this is the only way she should be treated until she learns her place. Ragnar interjects
‘Sophia did the same to her mate,” she sneers in my direction.
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“Yeah, after he warned the gin who let the lacrosse team run a train on her. Which reminds me, where is Poppy?” I laugh.
There her working in the cables at the mainhouse, Ivar smiles.
conddot think of a better position I don’t know why you’re upset, I address my grandmother. “She’s going to be staying with you. This way, you control who gets to be mean to her
I know you’re upret, fast you also know the repercussions of mate abuse, she presses.
“Yes, I do. And having her call my brother the Lycan Prince every name in the book because she doesn’t want to own up to hey fuck upe is also considered abuse, 1 am on our side. She’s not quite there yet.
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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.
