"Another secret?" Sloane repeated "Alexa, I trusted you enough to stop keeping secrets from me. Why is there another one?"
"This is the last one....the last major secret I'll ever keep from you" Alexa said
"The last?" Sloane asked
"It's the last major secret" Alexa said
"So there are minor ones too?" Sloane asked
Alexa said "I was entrusted to keep many secrets from you. They ranged from areas of importance-"
"What area of importance?" Sloane shouted "As far as I'm concerned, the fact you're keeping secrets from me, makes it hard for me to trust you"
"Both of you should calm down" Fernanda instructed
"Yeah, sure" Sloane said ironically "Like I don't know your whole group secrets from me. And not even the normal type of personal secrets" she said "You people keep secrets that affect not only me and you, but others too. A whole lot of fucking, world changing, toxic, secrets" and every other person who wasn't from Alexa's group looked at them
"And just like that, we've been put on the spot" Josey said
"And who's plan again was it, that we keep such information from her?" Clark asked
"Both of you should shut it" Fernanda said before looking at Sloane "You're right. We messed up a couple of times"
"A couple? Have you seen where we stand right now?" Sloane asked
"She does have a point" Mary murmured
"Every single day, a secret comes out and whacks everyone in the face" Sloane said "Can't you just spit everything out so we can come up with a solution at once? Who knows, every single secret you keep could be related to each other and solving one of them might affect the other negatively"
"We didn't think that through" Christian said
"No offense Christian, but have you ever thought anything through BEFORE doing it?" Sloane said with her voice a bit calmer and a deadpan face
'Och' the others thought
"That hurt" Christian said
"Yeah. That's how I feel everytime you drop a bomb on me day by day. And make me run around like a headless chicken" Sloane said
"I like chickens" Mackenzie murmured and Nathan looked at her
"You can have some when we get home" Nathan said "Anyways, does Sloane always get like this when she's angry?"
"Yep" Mackenzie whispered "Whenever she was angry at my brother or cousin, she'd pinch them real hard and nag like a mother"
"So, you believe you can handle listening to everything at once?" Allen asked
"Nobody involved you in this conversation" Sloane said coldly "Your only duty is to sit off to the side like a good boy. Once I get the truth, although I'll be shocked at first, by tomorrow I should be just fine"
'Is this what happens when she gets mad?' Allen thought 'Straightforward and decisive. Then uses natural strength to suppress those beneath them'
"I'll tell you" Alexa said which stopped Allen's thinking "You already believe you can handle it but I've been treating you as though you were a human. I forgot that before you are my friend, you are also my queen...and I apologized for keeping it from you"
"I forgive you for that" Sloane sighed "Now, out with everything. And don't even think of hiding anything"
"I know" Alexa said as she took a deep breath before saying "The northern tribe have been signing contracts with devils"
Sloane's hands dropped to her side and even Nathan's eyes widened "What did you say?" They both shouted
"True demons?" Natasha mumbled in fear
"How are we meant to explain this to mum and dad?" Cassandra asked
"There's no chance in winning" Brianna said
"Devils... are were all demon branches came from" Allen said "Their bloodline is far purer and more dangerous compared to ours. We're subclasses compared to them"
"Yes, devils" Alexa said "They've only been able to invite two and put them in the body of children, no older than Mickey. The main reason we haven't been able to gather up enough resources, are because of those two. The children are only possessed so, to kill them is- they used underhand methods and hit us where it hurts. We couldn't bring back many of those in the tribe who are unwilling to follow the new rule....because, they're being massacred and fed to the devils"
"The devils eat other demons?" Sloane asked
"They feed on every single part of them. Including their souls" Alexa said "They also feed on every single part of humans but other demons have more power. Our long lifespan equals years of magic power which can increase the ranks of devils and make them even more powerful" she clenched her fist "Each of our bases have been destroyed but the northern tribe hasn't attacked their fellow werewolves"
"So, you took shelter here because you knew that?" Nathan chuckled "As expected of our kin. Manipulation is key and striking deals is best done in enemy territory when you want to rid yourselves of a common enemy"
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend" Sloane murmured
"There was another reason to it" Clark added
"The first part of the secret was warfare in the northern tribe which had everything to do with Alexa, Christian, Josey and Fernanda" Nathan pointed out "The magic association was spread across different tribes and barely involved themselves in the matters with demons. All because they were part human with direct connection to the devils' bloodlines. In other words, they had what every other demon kin lack and that was the knowledge of the devils"
"With Clark being royalty, he was a direct descendant. Meaning, he had more access to knowledge the noble witch, Louisa, could only wish for" Mary said "Unfortunately, because of his age and the time at which the civil war broke out, he didn't have as much information on the demon and spirit seed like Louisa, whom had lived a thousand years" she said while sitting on a boulder "Since we're going to be here for a while, we might as well sit"
The others also began to do as told and sat on a couple of boulders that were spread out. Only Sloane and Alexa sat on tree stumps
"With Clark's knowledge, we believed there was a way to return everything back to normal. But it all depended on finding the direct descendant of the northern tribe's royal family" Alexa said "It was said that, the royal family's direct descendant, had the power to vanquish demons despite being a demon. With it, the major problem, being the devils, would have been solved" she took a deep breath then continued "When we found out you were the direct descendant, everyone relaxed and let their guard down. It was only today that we found out how badly we messed up"
"The reason why they weren't able to bring forth more devils, was because they didn't have Mackenzie to open the gates to hell" Clark said "As for the second reason...." he trailed off while hoping someone would help him out
"The second reason was how you can't use the spirit seed's powers" Alexa said "Which takes me back to the major secret I've been keeping from you"
"What?" those that weren't from Alexa's group shouted
"This...wasn't the major secret?" Sloane asked
"Just this one secret had other secrets attached to it" Jerald said
"Not to talk of the fact that it's also a major secret because involves devils and the civil war we're facing" Allen added but when he looked at Nathan and Mackenzie, they were both calm. Even looking at Sloane, Natasha and Cassandra, he realized they were also calm.
"Continue" Sloane said with a deep breath "I want so there should be no more secrets between us"
"Yes" Alexa said
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