“Dad, this is dangerous, are you sure you are ready for this battle, have you found out Darren’s secret?” I huffed to my father after finding out what he did,
It was so shocking to me, I felt like fainting, fear was all that filled me yet I wonder why dad wasn’t feeling that way. All I could see in his eyes were rage and fire of vengeance, he was just too blinded by revenge and isn’t aware of how disastrous this could be.
“Are you afraid of Darren?” He asked sipping the wine from the table,
We were both in the palace, warriors were bracing up for war, the Beta, Gamma and their mates had also gone away to set their weapons ready,
I had been in my room when the news got to my ear from one of the guards, dad had sent me to leave the sitting room and I did so, u had even slept off in my room only to wake up and heard what Daddy did,
This is the most daring act anyone would do especially to a powerful figure Alpha Darren, he had always won every battle. He fights fiery, just how did Dad think we would defeat him.
“Are you affected by the death of your mate?” He asked with a smirk and that made me sigh,
“Dad, I’m not talking about mate here, have you found out why Darren had been winning every war he gets into, we all knew his history, how he took over many packs to serve under him, what made you think we would win him!” I half yelled getting pissed up at Dad,
Why would he bring up this war at a time when there is peace, many were going to die, not a single one of us knows if they will come back alive!
“The only way to know why Darren wins all war is to fight with him, we will have the war and I’ll get to know what makes him emerge the winner at every single battle!!” Dad huffed and stood up,
“You should have dared him with every other thing and not killing his only daughter!!!!!” I barked in exasperation while he laughed loudly,
“Really?…you still wish she is alive, I’m sorry I can’t let your mate distract you, I killed her myself so my son would be as powerful and cruel as me, you will have to rule with an iron fist, I can’t give space for a mate in your life, join dad to get what he desires!” He replied dryly without any glimmer of emotion. He doesn’t feel disturbed at all.
I let out a deep breath and walked away angrily,
“Be ready to fight, you are one of my war front warriors so get prepared for this, the pack who wins takes over the other, imagine us winning this war, Alpha Darren will be our slave and we would take control of every member of his pack, we will be respected and feared by the neighbouring pack, we will have our name in the everyone’s lips…wow how sweet would that be?” He smirked and rubbed his hands in glee.
“And then have you thought of the reverse? What if we lose?” I asked with a deep growl,
“That is impossible when I have a strong Hybrid like you beside me, you got to fight with all the powers you got or would be a slave forever, you won’t allow them to win knowing fully well that you would become a slave forever!!!” He gruffed with a taunting tone.
I stared at him with the most contempt I got, I was getting so angry and sad at the same time, it seemed the man I called my father formed the pack for one single thing, to take revenge!
Everyone knew Alpha Darren as the most powerful yet Dad was going to fight him, he was aware of how fatal it would be especially when he had taken the life of his daughter.
“Dad but why did you kill his daughter?…, you could have thrown a challenge, a normal challenge and wage the war other than killing her, he would fight us with all his might and cruelty, how are we to withstand it” I sighed slumping on the chair there,
“You will never understand, he deserves more than that, I wished I was also able to kill his son and everyone dear to him!” Dad huffed with his eyes brightening in fury.
“Can I know what he did to you?…, I’ve never known why this great hate formed between you and him, what did he do to you??…tell me!” I requested recalling Elena my mate who was still there waiting for me.
She is the daughter of Darren and must have heard of Scarlett’s death, would she be happy with me or not?
I caused the death of her sister…
“Do you want to know what that devil Darren’s did to me?…I’ll tell you” he breathed shutting his eyes, I could notice pure pain in his tone,
“My real name is Xander, I was once one of his warriors, I was very loyal to him not knowing he is heartless, he treated me like I wasn’t a human with emotions, he took my joy away, that man Darren killed my whole family and banned me from his Pack!” He gruffed clenching his fist,
“Why?” I asked curiously,
“His second mate Elf made him do that and he never cared to consider me, he did just all she said and believed her stupid lie!” He replied with a deep growl,
“I still don’t get it!”
“This is the reason I hated mates, that lady Elf set me up, she called me to her room and pleaded I massage her back after a battle, how would I had known it was an evil plan, till today, I can’t just tell why she did that. I can’t remember wronging her in any way…she drew me on her body and screamed the moment Darren entered the room, I was shocked but was terrified when she told him I wanted to rape her” Dad relayed and I flinched wagging my head,
“What the heck!” I fumed imagining how terrible must have been for him,
“I had served Darren for many years, took stabs for him, got deep cut and slash of swords and claws, I was the most loyal and was ready to give my life for him, but that very night he shattered me into pieces, I had thought he trusted me, after all the thick and thin we went through, I thought he would have mercy on me with a little trust but the reverse was the case!” Dad howled and sprung up facing me straightly…
“How would he believe such a lie?” I asked getting angrier,
“That isn’t what pained me most, he has every right not to believe but don’t I deserve a chance to explain myself, who would he ask me if it is true, why didn’t he had a bit of mercy and punish me alone at least, why my innocent family, my mother, father, brothers, sisters, everyone died in his hand, he then banned me from the pack, all this he did without giving me a single chance to talk, I was treated like nothing!” He breathed, his voice cracked at the end, his eyes were becoming wet, there was deep pain and hurt in his voice especially when he talked about his family.
He sniffed and shut his eyes…
“My beloved family died for the crime I never committed” he added and I could see his lips quiver, he opened his eyes and for the first time in my life, I saw tears roll down, Alpha Javier shedding tears…
I felt my heart grow heavy, I just confirmed my doubt, I wasn’t his son all this while but then I couldn’t brood over that but his sad story, I can tell the feelings, how heartbreaking it must have been,
“I cried and pleaded for justice, I begged with my heart, with my tears, I swore with my life that I was innocent yet, he won’t listen to me instead he kept hitting me, he made the world believe I did it, all because of a mate, Darren destroyed me forgetting the multiple sacrifices I made for him…” My father muttered and took a deep breath sniffing back the tears,
He was pained.
“I’m sorry for all that…” I muttered,
“You don’t have to be sorry, it won’t change anything, just help me get the revenge I desire, I want my family to have peace of mind, I want them to smile seeing me fight back for their death” he gruffed.
“But why did Alpha Darren not recognize you all this while as the same man he banned and did all those cruel things to?” I asked anxiously.
“This isn’t my real face and…he must have thought I died already because he sent warriors to kill me, I could have been dead if a witch didn’t save me from them, she was also the woman who gave me the mask I wore from then till today…” He explained and pulled off something from his face,
It was a skin mask and he took it off letting me see a different face behind, the face was more handsome and less scary.
He quickly put it back and sighed,
“I want the death of everyone from that pack but what I desire the most is the death of Alpha Darren!” He snorted walking to the window.
“I’ll help you fight with my last breath!” I stated with a strong tone and heart, his story made me hate Darren and the whole pack the more, after doing all this to my foster father, they were also torturing my mate brutally, Darren is a devil!!, Elena is his daughter yet he wants her dead and had always made life terrible for her,
I guess it’s my time to take revenge for Elena too, I’ll surely kill Darren!
“I have suffered for so many years to build this pack just to attack the Blue Moon pack and defeat them, I don’t know if I’ll be alive after this battle but promise me you will kill Darren at every chance you get in life” He growled looking straight into my eyes.
“I promise you, I’ll kill him!”
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Elf’s POV.
“Are they all set for war!!!!” The voice of the Beta reverberated around the air and a loud yes sounded back,
I looked around and saw the number of men arranged for war, they were so many that I wondered where they had been all these while,
I stared around again but then couldn’t find Darren…
“Where is he?” I asked myself before heading back to the Royal house to check on him,
No one had known the secret of Darren, how he gets the supreme power to defeat any battle not minding how great or powerful the other attackers would be,
I had suspected him of having a deep secret, before any war. He disappears out of sight for some moment,
With speed, I ran to the Royal house, I already have my plans for the thousands of army, I was going to use the ring given to me by the demon king to control the mind of the warriors, they won’t only kill our opponents but also themselves, the Beta and the Gamma, everyone would be their enemies…
Darren is my main target, he is my fear, no one had ever hurt him in history, he never gets injured in a battle, I’m sure he has a secret which no one knows about.