Chapter 40 – Their Aim Was Aleena
••• Kyson’s POV •••
I shifted into my Lycan form, and the crowd in front of me gasped.
“What Witch Lily had shown you was the truth. And Kyson is the real Alpha of the Crimson Blood Pack. He is the last Lycan in existence, and we are going to go to war with Andre soon,” Lucas told his pack members.
“It is the truth. I am the Beta in the pack, and Kyson is the Alpha,” Liam said, stepping forward and informing the group.
Lucas’ pack members weren’t as many as the Crimson Blood Pack members, but we still needed to divide them into groups to show them the truth.
“How are we sure that what Witch Lily showed us was the truth? What if it was a fabricated lie?” one werewolf from the crowd spoke up.
This was precisely the reason why I needed Liam to be with me every time I showed my pack members the truth, just in case something like this happened, in case they didn’t believe me.
Yesterday, we had shown it to one group, and there was no problem at all. It was now the second day, only 6 am, and this second group seemed to second-guess what Witch Lily had shown them.
But we were now in Lucas’ pack, so I let Lucas deal with the problem at hand.
“Are you seriously doubting Witch Lily?” Colton asked the member who had spoken. He was present too as Lucas’ mate.
“Maybe Alpha Kyson is using us just to get his revenge,” another member spoke up.
“You think we are doing this just to help Alpha Kyson get his revenge? Don’t you feel what Andre and Witch Rose had done was despicable, and we all need to teach them a lesson?” Colton started to get worked up.
“But how are we to know that Witch Lily had shown us the truth? After all, everyone had heard of the cause of the werewolves and the Lycan’s great war, and it was nothing like what Witch Lily had shown us.” Although we had anticipated something like this might happen, this group was something else.
“You guys are stupid if you don’t believe Witch Lily,” Colton sneered at the group.C0ntent © 2024 (N/ô)velDrama.Org.
I saw Lucas grab Colton’s hand, preventing him silently from speaking up anymore.
“I had the experience of being brainwashed by Witch Rose when I went to visit the Black Heart Pack last time. The feeling was not like how you felt when you watched what happened just now. It left everyone with a headache. Does anyone have a headache from watching the truth just now?” Lucas spoke calmly to the group.
“Alpha, with all due respect, if you have been brainwashed, how come you still believe Witch Lily?” one of the pack members asked Lucas. He was different than the ones who had spoken up earlier. This member was respectful in asking his questions, while the others were simply annoying. He was just curious about how Lucas was still able to believe Witch Lily, as he had asked.
“Witch Lily had put a protective spell on my mind, so I wasn’t affected by the brainwash, but it still gave me a headache. You can ask Beta Paul. He was there with me; he should feel the same way, too,” Lucas answered calmly, as an Alpha should.
Beta Paul stepped forward and confirmed Lucas’ words. “Yes, I experienced the same thing as Alpha Lucas and believe in Witch Lily.”
“If any of you have any doubts, you are welcome to leave this pack and join Andre,” Lucas still spoke calmly, but we all knew his words contained a threat. If any of them dared to leave the pack, then they would become our enemy.
After their Alpha and Beta had spoken up, the group fell into silence and finally accepted the truth.
I shifted back into my human form and wore my clothes.
“We are lucky that our members believe us,” Night said to me.
“Yeah… But it wasn’t wrong for them to doubt the truth. Everyone had been duped for so long with the fake history, it is to be expected if some of them find it hard to believe the truth,” I told Night.
“Andre and Rose really are a bastard and a bitch,” Night growled.
“Kyson, let’s have breakfast,” Colton’s voice disrupted my conversation with Night.
I followed them to their dining room and began eating my breakfast when suddenly I felt someone trying to mindlink me.
I opened up the mindlink and heard Hector’s voice. “Alpha, there were intruders in the pack early this dawn.”
I froze mid-eating my breakfast. “What do you mean?”
“Luna found three intruders outside the pack’s main house at around 2 am, and she fought them off,” Hector explained.
Luna… Aleena! She fought the intruders?
“Is the Luna okay?” I asked hurriedly as my heart began to thump for her safety.
“Luna is alright. She managed to drive them away,” Hector answered.
I closed the mindlink with Hector and mindlinked Aleena, but she didn’t answer.
I started to become anxious. “Night asked Celia why Aleena didn’t answer. Ask if she’s hurt.”
“Our mate is still sleeping, and Celia said they are not hurt,” Night told me after a few minutes.
His words calmed me down, but I still needed to see with my own eyes that Aleena was alright.
“Liam, get the car ready,” I quickly told Liam.
Everyone looked confused by my words. We were supposed to show another group the truth, but I would only be able to focus if I saw Aleena safe and sound.
“There were intruders in my pack this dawn, and Aleena fought them off,” I explained to them and stood up to leave.
“We’ll go with you.” Lucas and Colton stood up and prepared to leave with us. They all understood my worry.
Liam, Witch Lily, and I went to Liam’s car while Lucas and Colton followed in Lucas’ car. It would take four hours to get back, and I felt like it was the longest four hours of my life.
“Hector, any of the pack members got injured?” My mind was so full of worry for Aleena that I had forgotten to ask about my pack.
“No, Alpha. Luna was able to rid them by herself,” Hector’s answer made me worry even more. I was glad no one was injured, but why must Aleena fight them herself?
“Liam, drive faster!” I commanded him, and he floored the accelerator.
I kept trying to mindlink Aleena, but she didn’t respond. She must be tired and still asleep after what she had gone through. Was she scared when she was fighting them? I felt guilt settle in my heart as I thought about how I wasn’t there for her.
“Kyson…” Suddenly, I heard her soft, melodious voice through the mindlink.
“Aleena! Are you okay? Did you get hurt?” I knew Hector said she was okay, but I needed to hear it from her.
“I’m okay, Kyson.” Her words lessened my worry a little bit.
“I’m on my way now. Have breakfast first,” I told her.
“You are coming back? But don’t you have to stay there until this afternoon?” she asked.
“Do you think I can stay while worrying about you?” I snapped.
“I’m… I’m sorry,” I could hear the fear in her voice.
“I’m sorry; I didn’t mean to snap at you. I’m just worried about your safety,” I softened my tone.
“I’m fine, Kyson. They didn’t manage to hurt me,” she tried to comfort me.
“Have your breakfast and wait for us. We’ll talk about it when we reach the pack,” I told her.
Once we reached the pack’s ground, I jumped out of the car and ran straight to the pack’s main house to find my mate.
She was sitting in the dining room, talking with Hector.
“Aleena!” I quickly strode toward her, yanked her up, and crushed her in my arms. I buried my face in the crook of her neck to take in her scent.
“Kyson… I can’t breathe,” her tiny voice sounded.
I stepped back, and my hands began touching every part of her body, making sure that there were no wounds.
“Kyson…” her shy voice reached my ear, and I looked at her.
“I’m okay,” she said softly, and I pulled her into my arms again.
“Thank goodness you are okay,” I exhaled a heavy breath of relief.
“What happened?” I directed my gaze and words at Hector.
“I was walking through the pack’s ground, and when I returned to the house, I saw three men I didn’t recognize. And they had protective spells with them too,” Aleena was the one who answered.
I mindlinked all the guards who patrolled the border last night, asking them to join us. I needed to know how those intruders were able to get in.
The guards came fast after being summoned.
“Explain,” I ordered them.
“We are very sorry, Alpha, but we didn’t see anyone crossing the border.” They all looked down in submission.
I frowned. How did the intruders get in, then? Did Witch Rose make them invisible?
“And why didn’t you help your Luna?” I was livid when I thought about it. They should protect their Luna; it was part of their duties.
“We didn’t hear Luna’s mindlinks but came immediately when we felt her aura unleashing. When we reached Luna, the intruders had escaped,” the head of the guard spoke.
“You didn’t hear Luna’s mindlink?” I turned to look at Aleena with shock and confusion.
“Yeah… It seemed like I couldn’t reach anyone during the encounter. Even Gamma Hector didn’t hear me, too.” Aleena looked confused, too.
“She’s the Luna; shouldn’t she be able to mindlink everyone?” Night asked me.
“What did they want?” Lucas asked as he and Colton joined us.
“Umm… I’m not sure. They were standing outside the house, and they knew my name,” Aleena replied.
“They knew your name?” Colton was surprised.
“Yeah. And they could see my protective spells, too. I fought them, but when I shifted, they ran away,” Aleena continued, explaining what had transpired.
I looked at Colton, Lucas, Liam, and Hector. We all had the same thought – their aim was Aleena!
“From now on, three of you guard your Luna. Don’t let her go around by herself,” I commanded the guards. I shuddered to think of what would happen if Aleena didn’t manage to fight them off. No matter how strong she was, I wouldn’t allow her to be alone without protection.
Aleena wanted to argue, but I stopped her. “Do you want me to worry?”
“No…” she said in a small voice. “Thank you for caring for me, Kyson,” she said sincerely.
“You are my mate, my Luna, the Luna of this pack. I won’t let anything bad happen to you.” I pulled her into my arms again.
I began discussing with Hector and Liam on who best to guard Aleena. We decided to entrust the task to the three strongest guards and replace others in their posts. My concern for Aleena’s safety began to diminish after we devised the plans.
“Alpha, Luna, we need to talk.” Suddenly, we heard Witch Lily’s soft voice.