Noah his pov,
Noah was just heading out to grab himself some dinner when he remembered that he had to tell Marc to stand watch. He walked to Marc his cabin and found the front door wide open. He sniffed and his heart stopped a beat when he picked up Lola her scent. What the hell was Lola doing in Marc his cabin?
He carefully opened the door scanning the inside of the cabin. He heard Marc talking to someone and walked towards the noise. He stopped to listen when he recognized Lola her voice.
“Why are you doing this?” Lola asked with a trembling voice.
Marc just laughed, “You really like stirring up trouble, don’t you? I guess I will do everyone a favor by killing you.”
Noah didn’t even have time to do anything. As soon as Achak heard his mate getting threatened, he took over and transformed. Luckily Noah had not taken herbs the last couple of days because Lola wasn’t near him anyway. Achak jumped down the stairs and landed on top of Marc. Lola screamed and Achak just wanted to rip into Marc his flash when he also transformed. His big black wolf was much stronger than Achak thought, and he had a hard time fighting him. He got cornered and the black wolf was just about to rip into his throat when Lola hit him in the head with a metal pole. The black wolf fell to the side and transformed back into human form. Lola had a bewildered look in her eyes while still holding the pole over Marc his unconscious body.
Achak transformed back and Noah put his hands on the iron pole and carefully loosened her fingers. “It’s all right Lola. It’s over now.”
He took her in his arms and held her tight while she was trembling from adrenaline.
“d…iii. dd I.. iii kill him?” she stuttered.
Noah kissed her hair and said in a soothing voice, “No he is just unconscious, but you saved me.”
He lifted her chin and looked deep into her eyes, “You really are full of surprises.”
Some light fell through one of the small windows and Noah suddenly noticed all the people being held in cages. He spotted every single missing wolf, they seemed to be alive but heavily drugged for sure. How could he have been this blind? They had been right under his nose all this time. What he couldn’t figure out was why Marc would capture them.
He would find out later when Marc woke up but first, he had to help the captured wolves. He tied Marc his hands and feet before taking Lola with him to get help. Soon after the cabin was crawling with people. He told Dan to bring Marc to the open space in an hour for questioning. Noah himself had to do something first. Luckily the alphas of the other packs were still here because of a meeting earlier. He had to speak to Bruce about his son.
When he walked into the main building Bruce was already waiting for him. He ran to Noah looking panicked, “Alpha Grey is it true? Was my son behind the disappearances?”
Noah nodded, “There is no doubt about it. I caught him red-handed with the disappeared wolves in his cellar. Do you have any idea why he would do something like that?”
Bruce seemed like he was about to lose it, “No I have no idea what has gotten into that boy. He seemed so happy about becoming your apprentice.”
Noah grunted, “We will find out soon enough. You know the consequences of treason like this?”
Bruce bowed his head, “I know the law and I accept any punishment you see fit alpha Grey.”
Noah left Bruce alone and went to his office to mentally prepare for what was coming. An hour later he went to the open space before the main building. The whole pack was gathered there with Marc tied to a pole in the middle. He smelled Lola but he only focused on Marc his face. He could not use any distractions right now.
He walked to the middle and spoke loudly, “MARC RAIN YOU STAND ACCUSED OF KIDNAPPING WOLVES. WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY FOR YOURSELF?”
Marc seemed to have lost all sense of sanity, “I am guilty as charged your honor.”
He burst out in laughter and Noah saw Bruce look at his son in shock.
“WHY DID YOU DO IT?”
Marc smiled wickedly, “For the reward of course. As soon as I heard those hunters were offered a reward, I knew it was my ticket out of this shithole. This life has nothing to offer me. The highest achievement would be becoming alpha Grey’s personal ass licker. Well, no thank you. Fuck this system. Fuck the packs and most of all fuck you Noah.”
Noah looked at Bruce whose eyes were filled with sadness. He gave Noah a small nod of approval before walking away. Noah swallowed the stone in his throat, “I HEREBY SENTENCE YOU TO DEATH MARC RAIN. FOR TREASON AND DISRESPECT.”
Dan howled in approval and quickly the rest followed. Noah transformed and Achak ripped into Marc his flesh. Tearing away skin at his arms. Legs and stomach. Marc screamed every time Achak his teeth sunk into his body. He sunk his teeth into his neck one last time ripping open his main artery, causing him to bleed to death in a matter of minutes. He then ran through the crowd into the forest. He needed to get away from all the people howling and cheering him on murdering someone. He changed back into human form and tears rolled down his cheek. This was all his fault. He should have seen that Marc was playing a role. He could have prevented this bloodshed if he had paid more attention. Because his mind had been so occupied with Lola, he just missed all the little signs. He killed someone’s son and it was all his fault. On a day like this, he really wondered if he deserved to be the leading alpha. He sank against a tree and let his emotions loose. He still had his head between his legs when he heard footsteps nearby.