Chapter 47
Graham POV
I turned sharply and my eyes widened as shock bolted through my b*dy. This wasn’t what I expected. Ground. sl*pped beneath my feet.
With her hands secured behind her back, Zoe was being held by Shir. Shir was holding a gun to her head with a silver bullet. Alpha Logan and Beta Ace were standing by his side.
How the hell did they capture Zoe? Half an hour ago, I had left her in my room and asked her to take Kylie to the basement, where no one could find her. What happened in that half an hour?
Zoe was crying and looking at me, trembling. I was confident that Alpha Logan would back off once I had threatened him. I would keep my Luna in the pack. My ch*st tightened with panic and rage as the tables turned, and I could practically feel my fingers itching to wrap around Shir’s n*eck to choke him. “You b l o o d y traitor!” I shouted at him. “What do you think you are doing?” My claws sl*pped out. “Release her now!”
“Alpha Graham,” she said with her chin wobbling. Tears streamed down her face. “I was just trying to take-”
Tension was so thick in the air that it could be sliced by a blunt-edged knife.
“Release her!” I yelled at Shir.
But instead of Shir, it was Alpha Logan who replied to me in a firm voice, “We will release her only if you give Kylie back to us.”
His face was calm, and I could sense an undercurrent of rage, which was natural. We were both Alphas, and we were both pushed to the edge. I was more at the edge than him, and I was ready to murder him for holding Zoe. If I even got out of this mess, I was going to make Kylie suffer like she was in hell.
“F c k you!” I growled. “They both belong to me, Alpha Logan. Don’t cross your boundaries! Give back Zoe!”
“This is a non-negotiable deal, Alpha Graham. Get Kylie here and we will exchange.”
you. Asher leaned over to me and whispered, “Alpha Graham, there is no use fighting over a woman who ditched You must release Kylie if you want Zoe. We don’t have many options left here. Alpha Logan looks like he is going to attack us. Our pack members are afraid to face such a large army of warriors. Had it been for our Luna, they
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would have fought bravely for her, but no one wants to fight for Zoe.”
“Shut the f u c k up!” I hissed. I knew that my pack members weren’t too inclined to fight for Zoe. But she was pregnant with my pup and that should be the reason for them to fight for her. “She’s pregnant with my heir.”
Asher sucked in a sharp breath. “So if you want her to give birth to your heir, let’s do this amicably.”
This was a colossal blow to my self-esteem and ego. If I let Kylie go, I would be ridiculed forever in the werewolf community. If I let Zoe go, I would miss her madly, not to mention that I was looking forward to seeing my pup.
“You have two minutes, Alpha Graham!” Alpha Logan literally snarled.
“I am going to file a case against you in the Head Council!” I shouted at him. “Leave Zoe now. You don’t know what you’ve done!” I threatened him.
“One minute,” he pointed.
Anger and irritation pressured inside me to the level that I wanted to kill someone. My wolf was howling inside not to let go of Kylie, and he wasn’t at all concerned about Zoe.
“Alpha Graham, please don’t think so much,” Asher breathed out of exasperation. “Let the Luna go. We are going to get her back by fighting our case in the Head Council.”
Alpha Logan shouted, “Twenty seconds!”
Asher’s face was pale. “The Head Council has never heard of this kind of case. Please, just accept this deal.”
I gritted my teeth as I glared at Shir and promised myself that I was going to find the culprit who got Zoe here and kill him or her himself right now. “Okay, get her.”
Asher released a sigh of relief and signaled the warriors to bring Kylie here. Then he announced, “Luna Kylie will come here shortly, Alpha Logan. However, we hope that after the exchange, you will leave.”
“You have my word,” he said in the same calm voice that was edged with darkness.
Fifteen minutes later, Kylie was brought there. As soon as she was there, I grabbed her and wrapped my arm around her throat, slamming her to my ch*st . I whispered in her ear, “Don’t think that you won’t see me again. I will return to take you with me, and I’ll make sure you go through a living hell.”
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She didn’t speak a word as she stared intensely at Alpha Logan. Raw jealousy stabbed in my heart. I k*ssed her cheek. “That’s fine, Kylie. See him as much as you want to. The Head Council will eventually hand you over to me.” I removed my arm and allowed her to go forward, even as my wolf begged me to stop her. But I wanted Zoe back. And I promised my wolf that we would get our mate back.
Both Kylie and Zoe started at the same time. Kylie didn’t look at Zoe even once, nor did she turn her head to look at me. She walked into Alpha Logan’s arms straightaway. He wrapped her in his arms and closed his eyes as she buried her face in his ch*st . My jealousy mingled with hatred when I watched Alpha Logan cutting her shackles on the wrist, scooping her in his arms and taking her away. His warriors retreated along with him.
“Alpha Graham!” Zoe squealed and came to hug me. Furious, I removed her roughly and walked past her. She gasped.
However, the night’s humiliation was far from over. Fenris was standing at the line of the pack’s territory.
Out of nowhere, he said, “Alpha Graham, I Fenris Gallagher, renounce being the pack member of the Lunar pack from today and reject you as my Alpha.”
What the f u c k! Headache slammed in head as I saw him dropping unconscious on the ground. When a pack member gave up their pack like this, he suffered a terrible headache much worse than what an Alpha suffered. He was now considered a rogue which no pack would accept. Before I could make out what was happening, Shir and a few others came rushing to Fenris and carried him away.
It was then that Zoe said, “It was Fenris who captured me and handed me to Shir.”
My eyes widened in disbelief. This was a double blow. “What do
you mean?”
She pursed her l*ps as Asher removed her wrist shackles. She rubbed her wrists with her hands. “I had taken Luna Kylie to the basement and locked her. Upon my return, I was surprised to find Fenris standing in the room, eagerly waiting for me. He attacked me and captured me. Alpha Logan’s wolves were positioned on the eastern side of the border, where he handed me over to them. Rest. You know what happened.” She lowered her head. “I’m so sorry, Alpha Graham. Luna Kylie has no feelings for this pack or for you. She is ”
“Shut up!” I shouted and stormed inside the pack. I was sure that now I was going to be the subject of ridicule across the werewolf community. Not only did I lose face, I lost a lot of respect. My wolf was whimpering inside to be with his mate, and I was feeling wretched by Kylie’s loss. I promised myself that I would get Kylie back, no matter what. When I reached my room, I said to Asher, “Call the Elder Council. I want a meeting tomorrow.”
