Ambush

Still Michael’s POV
Despite all the warnings from everyone, I still insisted on returning back home. I know you think it’s a bad call but, but it’s way better than hiding out for the rest of our lives and letting my father keep up with his evil ways.
We have a destiny to fulfill, remember?
There’s absolutely no way we can stop my father from here, to stop him, we have to go over there and face him squarely.
At some point, we have to stop running and face our fears, it’s best we get it over with so we can move on with our lives. If dad continues sitting on that throne, he would have all the power he needs to fish out the rogues and get rid of them, and he may decide to include the daughter of their leader in his list, and am sure he wouldn’t mind the fact that we are now fully mated.
I would never let it come to that, I’ll stop him before he has the chance to ruin our lives. It’s better we do it this way before he finds out that I am mated to the daughter of Brandon Wellington, or worse still, he’s going to find out that she has the powers of the moon goddess.
Three days after Debbie’s surprise party, On a cool Saturday morning, I told dad that we were ready to come back home and he sent the private jet to come to get us. Everyone looked so grumpy and sullen, making our trip back home to be so tedious.
Two days ago, I had a meeting with all the rogue leaders, making sure that they are all aware of the recent development. They came up with a backup plan that would ensure that we are not taken unaware.
They had a map that shows every hiding spot in the woods that the rogues use to stay hidden when they were trying to evade the king’s spies and his guards. They have a hideout close to every pack, and they have one close to our region.
They planned to position some men on every hiding spot that is close to us, if my father decides to come at us with war, we only have to signal for help and they would come charging in.
We all agreed that it would be good to have them as backup, but there are some things that should be taken into consideration if we want this to work. First, there is no way they can all sneak back into the king’s territory on the same day that I and Arabella are coming back. It would raise a red flag, and even if my father was not suspecting anything before, he would definitely know that there is something amiss and he would open an investigation into it.
Secondly, their hiding spot is in the woods and it’s a bit far from the palace, if anything comes up, it would be a bit difficult for them to get to us on time. If something does come up, it would be rather too late before our backup plans could be activated.
This makes it so difficult for us and it gives my father an edge over us because he has all of his men all around and he could do anything he wants to us and no one would dare stop him.
To get an upper hand, we have to come up with a plan that would put the rogues at a close range so they can come to our aid if anything goes wrong. Brian suggested they follow us as we journey back home, they would act like Arabella’s family from a faraway pack and they would be allowed in without any hassle, the only problem with that plan is that my father will not be fooled by their disguises, he would dig into their background and he would definitely discover that they are not in a pack, rather, they are rogues.
Besides, we don’t want to spook the sleeping lion because, if my father starts digging, he would not only find out that we sneaked in rogues into the palace, he would also find out that Arabella is the daughter of Brandon Wellington and he would do everything possible to make sure he breaks us apart.
After much deliberations, we settled on a plan that would put them close by and my father would never find out about their presence. That was why we decided to come back on a Saturday. Every Saturday, My father usually meets with all the Alphas that are in his little committee of rogue hunters.
These Alphas usually get the best whenever the king shares amenities to all the packs and their packs are the richest in the whole realm. Dad would be so busy with them and the borders would be left open for them, this would give the rogues the perfect opportunity to sneak in undetected, and then they can hide out in the ruins behind our training grounds. It’s close to the king’s palace and it is not being used by anyone, so no one would know that there are rogues hiding there.
To be sure that our plans are foolproof, we still placed some guys at all the hiding spots of the rogues, making sure that we were ready, in case the guys that are hiding in the ruins got caught.
The rogue leaders wouldn’t stop warning us to be careful. They had witnessed how the king had changed the agreement he had with Brandon Wellington, killing him in an impromptu combat, killing every single one of his men, and enslaving their families.
They warned me to be more careful because the king wouldn’t mind the fact that I am his only son, he would get me implicated, then I’ll be banished from the palace forever.
I nearly chuckled loudly when they said that he would get me implicated and banished. For the life of me, I still can’t believe that my father would be capable of such. I mean, I have seen all the evidence that proves that my father is a tyrant, a villain, but somehow, I still find it hard to believe that my father would be so heartless as to kill me, his own son. That’s so unthinkable, it’s so unbelievable, he would never do anything to hurt me, am so sure of that.
Wait, am I really sure of that?
Would he really spare my life?
There is only one way for me to find out. I would face my father head-on and let him show me just how monstrous he can be. I want to look into his eye as he exposes his true nature to me and everyone that ever believed in his lies, he would be forced to expose himself to the whole world and everyone would know exactly who he is.
As we flew back home, I tried to cheer my crew, but the atmosphere was just too tense and everyone had this gloomy look on their faces. If I let them remain this way, it would definitely give us away when we arrive home.
“Alright, that is it!
You all need to snap out of it, right now!
I won’t let you guys ruin all our plans. In case you don’t know, I am also frightened.
Yeah, I said it. I’m also as scared as hell.
Don’t give me that surprised look, I mean it. I may be killed by my own father if he gets to know the truth about the girl am mated to, so believe me when I say that I’m also terrified.
But that doesn’t mean that I would give up even before the real battle. We have always known that this day would come, so let’s just face it as Lycans. We are beasts, we don’t hide or cower in the face of danger, we face it, head-on.
Let’s not do anything that would give us away, we have the advantage here because we know everything about the king but he knows absolutely nothing about us.
Let’s just tread carefully, everything is gonna be fine. We would succeed if we work according to our plans, we would get this over with before anyone gets hurt. Let’s just get these solemn looks off our faces, we have to look tough and act normal, or we’re going to get ourselves killed.
We can do this guys, together, we are unstoppable.
Now, who is with me?” I asked with a grin.
“Fine, let’s go kick the king’s ass. Oh my God, I can’t believe I just said that!” Celine squeaked with a loud chuckle, and just like that, the girls started giggling and chuckling, talking about different things.
Damn!
It’s so good to see them smiling again. Even if they still look a little grumpy, I could tell that they are a huge step away from their former sad looks.
The guys were still unhappy, but am sure they will come around when we get back home. After a couple of hours later, our plane touched down and we headed to the king’s palace in our arranged convoy. Mehn! It’s so good to be home.
Dad and the Alphas were standing in the corridor waiting for us but I couldn’t see mom anywhere close by. For months now she has been wanting to see me, now am here and she isn’t here to welcome me.
Mom can be so weird sometimes!
I was moving forward to go hug my dad like I always do but then I caught sight of some guards hiding by the corner. Why are they hiding when they should be in their duty position, besides there is no danger close by, except this is an..
Oh my God!
“Ambush!”
Bella yelled at me and my friends but it was too late. She was first shot with a tranquilizer filled with wolves bane, and when I moved to go check on her, I got shot with wolves bane as well. I was shot only once but the pain was so unbearable, as I struggled to fight the pain, I saw the guards pumping my mate full of wolves bane, making her pass out. They must know that she is so strong and powerful, which could only mean that Bella was right, they were all right, this is all a setup.
All my friends lay on the floor trying to fight the immense pain from the wolf’s bane that has rendered us weak and defenseless. My father must have found out about my secret. How the hell did he know?
I managed to turn over and look up at him, he had an evil smirk on his face as he spits out the word,
“You traitor!!”