CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
AVA’S POV
The shock in Harley’s eyes was satisfactory. I enjoyed it, and it was something I anticipated seeing.
When Harley left our mansion today, I knew she was up to something, after she caught Burke and Catherine making out.
She didn’t know I saw them making out first, that was why the reason I told her to check up in Burke, because she would see them making out
I needed Harley to go to her hideout, I have been searching for it since. So I followed her, accompanied by Burke’s men.
My reason is simple, I have always wanted to be Alpha, but I can firstly because I have an elder brother and secondly because I am a woman.
I became Harley’s best friend on purpose; I knew Harley wanted to be Luna; she thought she was playing me all along. Meanwhile, I was the game itself.
“I thought you were… ”
“You thought I was stupid,” I finished Harley’s statement; she was still standing in fear; the fearless Harley was now frightened by me.
“How the fuck did you know my hideout and my men? ” Harley asked, confused; she had a very intelligent hideout and too much connection with the witches that not even the moon goddess would guess her hideout.
” I have been following you since we became friends, I just felt it’s time we see each other for who we are,” I said to her, dumping my mask on the ground.
I wasn’t here to kill Harley; she is a huge asset to me because we both want one mutual person dead, which is Catherine.
“What the fuck are you?” Harley asked, as she regained her bravery which she lost for some seconds.
“Good question, I am Ava, a killer and a person who wants to be Alpha,” I said, smiling, and It seemed Harley was drawing lines to some imaginary dots.
“You are the one that has been poisoning Ethan,” Harley stated, as her mouth fell open.
“Wow, you are so brilliant, but it wasn’t Ethan I wanted to poison; the poor man just took a drink that was meant for Burke,” I said, smiling as I remembered the day Ethan drank Burke’s coffee and got affiliated.
I decided to focus on killing him slowly since he was already Afflicted. When I’m done with him, I will go back to Burke, until Catherine showed up to spoil my little plan.
“I have been doing you a favor,” She said, and I laughed; I almost forgot how brilliant Harley was.
She helped me get Sereca and her children out of the way, which was something I thought I would never do, she almost killed Burke in that duel. If not for Catherine showing up and spoiling the little plan, Travis would have killed Burke. Travis and I talked the previous night. And I paid Travis handsomely to get rid of Burke.
“Why did you kill Travis and Scott?” She asked, surprised and I smiled at her, trying to make the smile look genuine as possible.
“Travis was supposed to kill Burke, and Scott was supposed to kill Catherine, on my fucking order, and they messed up,” I said, and Harley was surprised that her two most loyal men worked for me too and were the snitch she had among her men.
“I’m such a fool,” She said, hitting her forehead.
“No, you aren’t; I envy how you run your business alone, without the help of your father or mother; I know you are from a poor background,” I said; I did research about Harley before we became best friends, or rather Fake best friend because we had our various motives.
“What do you want from me? It seems I can’t be Luna any longer since you want to be Alpha,” she said, but she was wrong.
I need her to get married to Burke so she can be able to kill him because Burke’s a hard man to kill, and it is only his mate that can kill him; since he has not felt the mate bond with Catherine, probably there is a chance Harley is his mate.
When Harley kills him, I will be Alpha, and Harley will be Luna, but firstly we need Catherine out of the way, and we need Ethan dead as well because if Burke dies since he doesn’t have an heir, my father would be crowned Alpha again.
“You can still be Luna and I can be Alpha if we play our cards right,” I told Harley, who stared at me in confusion.
I explained everything to Harley, and she understood the plan; we even shook hands about it.
“Catherine is the fucking obstacle, I hate her,” I said, and Harley nodded in agreement. We might have been faking the best friends stuff but we still had the same friends and enemies.
“Why did you kill my other men, Ava? It’s only Travis and Scott you wanted; you would have simply gotten them,” she said, almost in frustration.
“The other men were obstacles and wouldn’t allow me to perform the task I came here for,” I said, and Harley folded her hands below her breast, still angry at the fact I killed more than half of her men.
“Why didn’t you tell me in the house that you were the killer and the one tampering with Ethan’s drip, I heard Catherine telling Burke that a while ago,” Harley asked, cleaning the blood at the corners of her lips.
“If I had told you back in the house, would you believe me?” I asked her, signaling for my men to get going, and Harley did the same for her men, too. Within a few minutes, we were alone in the warehouse while our men waited outside for us.
“No, you behave like a saint, I did not know you have what it takes for a court life,” Harley said, still surprised at the sudden discovery.
“That was why I had to make a grand entry, to make it convincing,” I said with a smile.
“And you did; you made a fucking huge entry; I’m proud to be your best friend,” Harley said with a smile, as she drew imaginary lines on my jaw.
“So, do you have a plan,” She asked, placing both hands on her waist.
“Of course I do, Catherine leaves the pack, or she dies,” I said with a smile.