[TAMIKO]
At Alpha's Ashton's voice, the crowd let out gasps of disbelief. They couldn't believe how easy it had been for the Alpha to turn against his beta.
Danny Belova had been serving as the Grealor beta for seven years now. He had taken up the job at a young age just like Gabe and the others. He had been diligent and that was also why he made his name as the greatest beta in the pack, after his father.
Everyone knew him and they knew he was good at what he did. But hearing this was just a different kind of betrayal for the Alpha.
"Isn't he the—"
The whispers and gasps grew louder as Galya looked at her twin brother and best friend. She loved him and she wanted him to live. However, Tamiko had set the rules. If they were being honest, Alpha Ashton's bet on Galya wasn't misplaced.
The woman was the strongest of his warriors. She was perfect for almost every role in the pack and the ultimate machine for Grealor. She was a powerhouse, a woman who knew her way around weaponry.
While her brother spent his time in the office with the Alpha, Galya spent most of her time in the training room, wanting to be the best weapon at Grealor's disposal. And she was — better than even Gabriel Grealor himself.
There was a certain kind of power that came with that Galya did, and she always promised to protect her older brother but goddamn.
She hadn't imagined that they would be victims of a game like this, but weren't they always aware that Tamiko would eventually come to his senses?
"Are you sure Ashton? Danny is hands-down one of the best betas in this goddamn realm. That might be his redeeming feature if he didn't betray me," Tamiko mused and the Alpha shook his head as if to tell the young Lycan that he had made his choice.
The guilt was already eating at the Alpha for letting one of his own go, but what choice did he have?
"I am sure," Alpha Ashton said and Tamiko looked at the crowd that had gathered. He could smell their fear and boy did it make him want to play more dangerous games with them.
He despised them and that would never change. However, seeing them here like this was making it even more interesting. He would show them what it meant to mess with him, the kid without a family, and the slave they had outcast so easily.
"Galya and Danny Belova… If you could please step forward without any weapons. Strip and you must remain in just your top and the last of your undergarments," Tamiko said and Kosta snorted.
This wasn't warm-hearted of his erasthai, but Kosta was loving this. He knew Tamiko hadn't even begun with the pain he would inflict on Grealor, but this right here was one of the best ways to keep him sane.
He would support his erasthai, regardless of what Tamiko turned into.
"Kosta," Tamiko whined as he leaned into his mate, something that seemed to calm him down, because Kosta just held him, like they hadn't just seen the young prince murder a pack beta, and now he seemed to be taking them out again.
Well, that wasn't Kosta's problem so it doesn't matter right now, yeah?
"Do what you must, my soul," Kosta said as he gently kissed Tamiko's forehead, before planning a kiss on his cheek. It was like there wasn't chaos around them and they were just in their world, going about their lives as usual.
"You won't leave?" Tamiko asked and Kosta just pulled from the side hug and stood his mate before him, like he wanted to take a better look at the man he had been granted by the fates, a mate he would always protect.
"No, my soul. I won't leave, ever. Don't mind them, you do what you want to, and if they try to mess things up, I will kill them all in seconds. You never have to worry about me leaving you, okay?" Kosta said before planning a kiss on Tamiko's nose and lips.
He was smitten by the young prince long before their realities came to a close and he would always be there for him, that much he would make known to any and everyone who was around them.
Tamiko was his greatest treasure and that would never change.
"Okay," Tamiko beamed with happiness, before he turned to the Belova siblings, his face stone cold and hard like he just hand thane excited barely a few seconds ago. He sure knew how to change his facials.
"Start fighting with each other. Remember, it's a fight to the death, and you don't have any weapons. So, use your skills and claws if you must. I hope you both die though," Tamiko said coldly and Galya just sighed.
She didn't want to do this to her brother but they had to fight. And so, for the next ten minutes, the Belova siblings fought each other, clawing each other apart as they tried to survive this.
It was a bloody fight, even as they occasionally shifted into their wolves to have a win over the other.
Tamiko didn't cheer for any of them and he watched them with a bored face, even though his heart hurt for the people who were once his best friends. He could feel his heart shattering as he made the siblings fight.
He had always wanted to be a part of their family and they made him believe he was one of them only to betray him. He hated that bit for them and if they weren't planning on using him against the Lycan king, Tamiko would have forgiven them.
He would have overlooked every betrayal, but theirs was the kind of betrayal that broke hearts.
"Yess!!" Alpha Ashton suddenly cheered, snapping Tamiko out of his trance. He knew that didn't mean good news and as he focused on the siblings, he could see that Galya had won against Danny and was just sinking her claws into her brother's neck.
Her years were teary while her brother had shut his eyes, probably to make it easier for his twin to kill him. It was a cruel fate, but then their skills had decided for them.
"I'm so sorry, Danny," Galya said as she sank her claws into her brother's heart, squishing the poor heart and slowing down the heartbeats.
However, before she could grab the heart out of Danny's chest, her head fell to the side, while her body slumped in her brother's, while her hands in her brother's chest stayed.
"What the fuck did you do!!!!" Alpha Ashton screamed at Tamiko, when she saw Galya's dead body slumping. He knew this wasn't the plan and he knew that this was the craziest thing that had ever happened. However, Tamiko ignored him.
"Go, Zula. Fix Danny up," Tamiko said softly to a shocked Zula who was not sure what the hell was happening around her.
"Yes, Your Royal Highness," Zula said as she bowed to Tamiko, an act that shocked everyone, again. If the Grealor wolves weren't careful, they would lose their jaws at this rate.
"You didn't win, Ashton. Prepare to fight with your son, for the Alpha position," Tamiko remembered with a smirk on his face.