"Are we really planning on just leaving her there? that is where we keep our prisoners!" Will says with a concerned voice.
After 2 hours of talking and him apologizing for choking me we actually ended up getting along, they talk a lot, but they don't force me to talk, I like it. Currently, we're all inside his tent, sitting on the floor. He introduced me to his wife/mate and his baby.
"I agree with Will" his mate, Sarah, says while sitting next to me. I'm holding their son and I have to say, he's adorable, I've never been this close to a baby in my life. Since they handed him to me, every time they try to take him away, he starts crying, that's why, even after two hours, I'm still holding him in my arms.
I grab his chubby baby hand and he holds it back, griping it with force. I smile. "Why does she have to go back? She can come with us to the pack house!" Sarah continues and hugs me; these people are really touchy.
Apparently, rogues don't have 'territory' per se but it's different for their king, he has an actual pack house where all their members live, and where the other rogue alphas have meetings, it's like a safe place for them. In this camp, there are only warriors, being Sarah the only exception since she gets anxious if she's not around Will.
"I want to go back" I interrupt "It's better if they think I was a prisoner, just leave me in that old cabin and prepare everything to run from here, when they come here act as if you were not expecting them and run, leave a few things behind so that they do not suspect " Nick is already looking for me, his pack is big and I'm sure Joseph is helping him, they have a lot of trackers and a huge territory, it's only a matter of time before they find us.
"Prepare everything to leave" Aidan instructs, and I see Sarah and Linda ready to refute. Aidan raises a hand to stop them "Trust her, she's a good strategist, we have to show the Blue Lake what happens when they hurt one of our members" he smirks viciously.
I can't believe they really count me as one of their own... "Besides, if this works, we can change the way they see us". The adults around me smile.
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I'm tied to a chair in a shabby moldy cabin room, the walls are reinforced with iron bars and wolfsbane is scattered along the floor, I'm waiting for Nick to feel my essence, I hope he doesn't take a lot of time, or I will have to sleep here.
He's stupid but smart, such a weird person. He should be able to follow the clues I left him; he should be happy playing detective right now. I close my eyes and start humming, waiting for Nick until a shadow appears in front of me, with a flick of his hand the ropes around me fall, setting me free.
He hands me a bunch of documents "We have a lot of time before he arrives" He informs giving me a good update on the situation. I read the documents he brought me about the Silver Dagger pack. I smirk.
"I will tie them back when he's close" he informs me.
Deals with rogues, human trafficking and drug deals, werewolves trafficking, deals with other sketchy packs, and many more bad things they've been doing. I wonder how Joseph could do all this while hiding it from his Beta.
I think about everything Eliza told me when we met.
'They were planning to kill my Wes too, but they didn't succeed. Joseph ran out of time, and he had to let him live... he made him his Beta to keep him under surveillance... but my Wes doesn't know, my Wes doesn't know he's being used as a puppet'
Oh!
Realization hit me hard in the face the moment it clicked.
I know who now. I know who we have to be wary of. After all, why would he be running out of time if not because of them? He gave them a time-lapse.
These people are really stupid, everything is here. I keep looking through the documents and I find a letter in a golden envelope.
"Fu fu fu fu fu fu" I laugh while reading the letter.
I think about Will's toddler, the one killed before he could start living "It seems I will be able to help them after all" I chuckle while the letter flutters in my hand.
"I need to ask you something" Ben says interrupting my reading.
It's the first time since I met him that he actually talks calmly, before, if he's not giving information, it was all 'let's hurry and kill them!' or 'I want to destroy them! They need to feel my wrath!' or things of the sort.
"Go ahead" I reply calmly.
"My pack is not what it used to be. It became wicked because of him, people that used to be on my side suddenly disappeared and were replaced with his minions... I know that's why you're agreeing with my wish to destroy him... but... helping the Red River pack? They're evil, even worse than my pack. Do you think what you're reading now is bad? They do a lot worse".
I smile at his words "I'm just planning on helping them for a moment, I will not help them with anything else. I'm planning on giving them just a small victory".
"That's it? seriously? You're going to help them destroy your mate's pack and Joseph's pack, and then let them go? They're evil!" I deadpan at him, keeping my gaze cold.
"It seems you're misunderstanding something" I say calmly, and he frowns.
Just like Blacky, he doesn't have features, but I can tell the face he's making.
"I'm not a good person" I remind him.
He freezes in place. It seems he was not expecting that answer but I'm being honest.
Yes, maybe a good person would feel the need to fix all the injustice in the world.
Maybe a good person would do their best to help the victims of the Red River pack.
Perhaps a good person would not use such evil people for revenge, but guess what?
I'm not a good person.
I only care for those near me, I help the ghosts I meet but I don't specifically go out of my way to find them, I only act fixing the sadness and pain in front of me. I only destroy those that need to be destroyed so that the people around me and I can have a good easy life.
"Are you really... going to let them roam free? No matter what, the silver dagger and the blue lake packs are the only ones stopping them from becoming the most powerful, if this keeps going, they'll threaten our king! Don't you realize? That's their plan! To become powerful enough to dethrone the werewolf king!" he shouts again.
"Pfft" ooops, I couldn't stop that. I hope he doesn't think I'm mocking him. But honestly, why should I care about the king? Besides, the Red River will not harm the king.
"Are you mocking me?" he snarls... alright, he did end up thinking that. "What's so funny about that, uh!? Do you think it doesn't matter as long as you get the life you want?" I wince in annoyance, but I don't reply, I just let him steam off. He keeps going for good 10 minutes until I hear him huff.
"You done?" I reply calmly and he sighs, he pursed his lips but replies after a couple seconds.
"...yes" his body's shaking in suppressed anger while answering.
"Good" my lips curve up "Take this" I hand him two letters, the one in a golden envelope I was reading before and one in a green envelope I read at the beginning. I know he hasn't read any of this, had he done so, he wouldn't have had that outburst.
He frowns but does as I ask. After all, the deal is, that I teach him, and he follows instructions. He starts reading and while his eyes travel through the lines he starts laughing.
At first, it was a burst of low laughter, but the volume raises little by little with each word he reads.
"I see... so this is the reason why..." that's all he says once he's done reading. His face is pensive for a moment but soon enough a smirk plasters on his face.
"Make a copy of all this and send them to Wesley, leave the originals where you find them" I instruct handing him the bunch of documents I just read, and he nods "Also" I hand him a piece of paper I just wrote "go to this location and get all the 'interesting' documents you can find".
"Consider it done" he says courtly.
Why is he acting so proper all of a sudden?
He bows and says in a respectful manner, completely different from the wickedness I'm used to "From now on, I'll consider you my Alpha".
Once he finishes the sentence goosebumps rush all over my body, like centipedes crawling all over my skin.
I don't want to be his Alpha. I'm not even a werewolf, why the hell is he acting like this?