Chapter 51
Aragon
I sighed to myself as I watched Leah Lake Sapphire to the movies. Watching her walk away brought a pang of pain to my heart.
1 didn’t register the sound beside me till I was tapped.
“What are you going to do about her?” Benna asked.
Benais Millicent’s mother and the only one who can storm in here and lay a hand on anybody she chooses to incur her wrath. Normally, I wouldn’t tolerate but she had a very good reason to be here.
“What do you mean?” I asked as I turned to face her.
She scoffed. “Don’t play dumb with me, Aragon”
1 blanched at the disrespect. “It’s Alpha Aragon to you, let’s talk in my office so you can Ime why you barged into my pack house.
1 left herstanding there knowing she would follow, she had no choice. I had signed a contract with them, more power in exchange for marriage with their daughter
They have held up their end of the deal and I was just dragging my feet. I could have married Millicent a long time ago but I didn’t because the minme I saw Sapphire.everything changed for me.
“I wanted to punish her and make her watch me with Millicent, except I disliked Millicent and wanted her nowhere near me
Theard my office door open and Benka stepped inside with her signature scowl, she looked around the office before her eyes came back to me.
“I asked you a question.”
“You did and I wonder why I have to answer. Disciplining a park member is my right and within my power. Besides, she did nothing wrong to your daughter,”
“She disrespected me,” the bellowed, “That child stood there and talked back at me. Does she know who I am! What I am capable of?”
I almost rolled my eyes at her antics. It wasn’t surprising that Millicent got her dramatic nature from her mother. Both of them like to extend
Issues.
“She doesn’t because she doesn’t belong here. Showing up to threaten her simply because you felt like it is out of the question,”
“I didn’t feel like it. That girl is the reason my baby is routing away in the dungeon,”
“You are exaggerating, she is not the reason. Millicent brought this upon herself with her recent actions.”
“What do you mean by recent actions! That girl has been after Millicem since you brought her here.”
I narrowed my eyes instantly. “Is that what she told you or are you just making it up?”
“I did not come here to play or banter with you. I need my child released and that girl gone. I don’t know her purpose here but I don’t need her threatening everything we have built,”
I sighed. She kept including herself in this where I did all the work. Where does the get off on being the boss of met
“With all due respect, this my pack and the way I handle it is none of your business. Your daughter was in possession of wolfsbane, poison incredibly harmful to our kind and you want me to release her. You want me to look my pack in the eye and tell them that my candidate for Luna is casually
carrying a harmful poison!”
I could see thm thad finally shocked her speechless. She seems to forget that I hold all the cards in this deal.
“I understand that but you have to release her. She isn’t useful to anyone down there.”
“I understand,”
She didn’t say anything else, she turned and left my office.
I breathed a sigh of relief, I thought it would be longer than I thought. Now that she had ser her eyes on Sapphire, it would be difficult to let it go. She is determined to replace Millicent with Sapphire in that dungeon
I walked down the cold stone steps to the dungeon, the air thick with the scent of damp earth and terion. My heart beat steadily as I approached Millicent’s cell. I needed answers.
When I reached her, she sat on a wom wooden bench, legs crossed, glaring at me as if daring me to make the first move
“What do you want?” she asked.I took a deep breath, steadying my nerves. “I came to ink what you’ve been telling your mother.”
Her eyes turrowed, but she didn’t responil. The silence stretched between us, thick and suffocating. I smirked, seeing the slight twitch in her jaw.
“It’s ironic, you know,” I continied, “that your mother showed up and attacked Sapphire. A linle birdie’s been whispering accusations, saying Sapphire’s responsible for all kinds of atrocities. We boils know that’s not true,”
She didn’t flinch, bin. I saw something flicker in her eyes. Amusement? Guilt? It was hard to tell.
“She probably deserved in,” she said flatly, shrugging her shoulders.
“Maybe,” I nodded. “But what do you deserve for orchestrating all of it! For being the mastermind behind the wolfsbane! For God’s sake, you paid
poor girl! Are you even ashamed of what you did?“
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Her lips pressed into a thin line as she lifted her chin defiantly, folding her arms across her chest. “If you’re here to punish me, or let me go, then just get on with it. I don’t have time for your games..
1 let out a low, humorless chuckle. “Oh. I’m not here to play games. Millicent. I’m here for the truth”
“The truth!” she scoffed, leaning forward slightly. “You wouldn’t be standing here if it weren’t for me. You know that, right?”
Is that what you tell yourself to sleep at night?” I shot bark, my patience thinning. That without you, none of this would exist? That you’re
somehow essential?”
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Her eyes flashed with anger. Tam sential. You and everyone else wouldn’t be able to make a single move without me pulling the strings behind the scenes. I’ve been the one making things happen, while you’ve all been stumbling around, clueless.”
I shook my head, stepping closer to the hars of her cell. “You’re delusional. You’ve caused nothing but chaos and destruction. All of this “I gestured around us, “—à because of your greed and need for control. You didn’t need me to marry you? You just found an opportunity to sell yourself to the luches bilder but do not take credit for this I worked so hard for everything I have now,
She stood up abruptly, her expression darkening. “You think you’re better than me? You think you’re an righteous? You’re no different. You use prople, 160, when it suits you,”
I didn’t flinch. I refused to let her words get under my shin. “Maybe,” Iraid softly, “but I don’t destroy lives in the process. And that’s where we’re different.”
Her gaze held mine, cold and unyielding, but there was something else now–something darker. I knew I’d hit a nerve. Whatever she was planning, it
was far from over.
But I was ready for i
“The only reason why I haven’t told my mother about your little mate is because I am giving you a chance to be semible unless you want your house of cards falling to the ground.”
“My house of cards was built by me and the only person who can bring them down is me. Do not think for a second that I will let you touch them. God ahead, tell your mother. Tell her that the only reason you have failed to get mated to me is because I found my mate,
She blanched and 1 knew I got her there. Millicent has always been afraid of her mother which is why she worked twice as hard to please the damn woman. But they only ever saw her as a means to an end
I stepped closer and smirked, “Not so mothy now, are we? Did your mother come to visit you or was she more bothered that another wom bested you and hurt her reputation
She refused to admit it but Benita doesn’t care about anyone but herself. She handled herself when her mate died, the Alpha of the crescent moon pack. She had refused to take another mare because she could handle everything herself and she did.
Millicent cleared her throat, breaking the heavy silence between un. “I have nothing more to say to you. You can go. Her voice was calm, almost
walk dissive, as if she thought this conversation was already over. “But remember,” she added her eyes narrowing “what you stand to lose if you wal
away from me.”
I paused, my heart tightening. The truth was, had so much to lose. My pack. My life. Everything I had built could crumble if I backed away from this deal with her. Once upon a time, I was desperate enough that I agreed to anything just to get the resources I needed. If I had known the full extent to what I was agreeing to, I would have been smarter about
Her words lingered in the air like a weight pressing down on me. She was right. Walking away from her and the power she wielded meant stepping inso dangerous terrory. Her mother would come for me, and when she did, it would be à bloodbath
But I wasn’t about to let that fear control me anymore. I had been living under their shadow for too long, shackled by their manipulation. It was time to take back my life. I had a mate who I would be happy with and lening myself drag this more than it deserves to be would be messy.
“I know exactly what I have to lose,” I said, meeting her gaze with resolve. “But that’s what makes this fight worth it.”
Her lips paned, and for the first time, I saw a crack in her cold exterior. She understands that I was done trying to play the good guy and that u meant business.
“You don’t understand,” she began. “You think you can just walk away, but you don’t know what my mother is capable of. She won’t just come after you, she’ll destroy everything. Your pack, your friends, everyone you care about. You won’t survive. I know you think you are doing the right thing but you have to be smart about this Aragon”
1 felt a chill run through me at the mention of her mother. I knew what she was capable of I’d seen it firsthand. But that didn’t change my decision. “I’ve been living in fear of her for too long, Millicem. I’m done And it’s Alpha to you,” My voice was firm, unwavering, though the thought of what WAS LO COME. Made my stomach chun
She stepped closer to the bars, her face pate. “Please, Just let me go. You don’t have to do this. We can find another way.”
I shook my head slowly, feeling the weight of her desperation. “There is no other way. You’ve made your choices, and now it’s time to face the consequences. You tried to kill my mate right in front of me, there is no going back from that. Your mother already reminded me of what’s at stake but it’s a risk am willing to take.”
Her eyes flashed with anger, but beneath that, I could see the panic. She wasn’t invincible, not like she pretended to be. She was scared, and that fear gave me strength
“You’re making a
a mistake,” she hissed. “A mistake you won’t be able to fix”
“Maybe,” I said, turning away from her, “but it’s my mistake to make.”
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1 walked away, the sound of her fading behind me. The weight of what was to come pressed on my shoulders, but for the first time in a long while, I
felt free. Free from her grap, from the fear that had ruled me. Whatever was coming, I would fee it on my own terms
For now? I have to deal with my male.
