“She can’t!” Hunter growled, not happy with the way he was flirting with her. “We have work to do.”
“Then how about you come to the pub with me. Recently a pub has opened up with a dance floor. I am sure you will enjoy it
River stopped in her tracks. She crossed her arms and slowly turned to look at him. “Hector, there is nothing that I can enjoy with you. Like Hunter said, we have work to do.” Saying that she continued to walk without waiting for his reaction. Hector hadn’t changed at all. He was the same and the fact that he was stalling her work and trying to lengthen her stay when it wasn’t needed, made her suspicious.
When they walked into the office of the headmistress, she was surprised. She got up with a start as if she was caught doing something w g. There were documents lying in front of her which she immediately covered with a blank paper. “River!” she exclaimed.” thought you would come back in an hour. The certificate isn’t ready.”
“Yes,” River said politely. “I decided to come early and wait here with you for the certificate.” Hunter was standing right behind her like her guard.
The headmistress wanted to scold her for her audacity but she was too scared of the Lycan. “Okay!” she said with a shaky breath. “Please take a seat.” She pointed at the leather sofas in the corner.
Hector and Victoria too sat down opposite to them on the sofa. River was now sure that the two were keeping an eye on her and Hunter. This only made her suspicions turn into belief. She recalled what Ella said to her. Her father, Alpha Lowell. was killed by Hector’s father, Alpha Maxim. The thought made her blood boil. Her wolf wanted to come out and attack Hector and snap his head, but River controlled herself. ‘In time, Layla. In time.”
After a long time, Mrs. Miller said, “Your certificate is ready”
River got up and so did Hunter. This was the moment she was waiting for. She went to the table and slid the certificate towards her. She lifted her gaze to look at Mrs. Miller and said, “You have written my father’s name wrongly, Mrs. Miller”
The headmistress frowned. She pulled the certificate back and said, “No. It clearly says Kirk is your father” She chuckled and slid it back to her. “Have you forgotten who your father was?”
River heard a restless shift on the sofas behind her. She tilted her head and crossed her arms across her chest. “No, I haven’t.”
“This is getting too boring!” Hector jumped up. “Maybe, we should just take the certificate and leave. I have to attend a meeting that my father has called urgently.”
But River ignored him.
“This is very important for her,” Hunter growled at Hector. “If you want to go, you can, but she has to sort it out. Now!” Hector gulped but he didn’t back down. He strode to the table and picked up the certificate. “This looks fine to me. It would be better that we don’t waste Mrs. Miller’s time. She has a thousand duties to attend to.”
“I am not wasting her time, River stated. Then she looked at Mrs. Miller and in a low, threatening voice said, “My father’s name is not Kirk. It is Alpha Lowell. Change it to that.”
“What?” the headmistress squeaked as her eyes widened with shock.
“Yes,” River said in the same tone. “Change my father’s name to Alpha Lowell “
Mrs. Miller whipped her head to Hector who looked like he had eaten a bitter pill. He was not ready for what River just said As for Victoria, she was dumbfounded. She stared at River as if she had grown two horns. She was Alpha Lowell’s daughter?
“Th- that is ***! Mrs. Miller said, half believing her. “Wh-what proof do you have? Ever since I know it has been Kirk who was your father. Why are you misleading us? Do you even know anything about Alpha Lowell? He was our-” “**the ****up!” Hector hissed. “River you are getting out of your element right now. You can’t just claim that you are Lowell’s daughter!”
Hunter took a step towards him as his muscles bulged. “Don’t you dare to challenge River’s claim.”
Hector took a step back as his chest heaved heavily. If this information got out of this room, too many terrible things. would happen. And the first one would be that River would try to claim back her territory. But the main question was how did she come to know about it?
Hector didn’t know how to handle a sudden situation like this. He wasn’t ready for it. His father had asked him to deal with River and Hunter and keep them busy and then he had inserted his own agenda of trying to keep River for as long as possible because he was feeling attracted to her, but this- he never anticipated that River would come with such a volatile revelation.
“How can you claim that you are Alpha Lowell’s daughter?” Hector hissed, as he balled his hands into tight fists. “And you think that we will believe anyone who walks in here and claims it?”
River remained quiet for a while. “It is easy to claim my inheritance, Hector,” she replied calmly. Then she leaned forward a little. “But how are you and your family going to deal with it?”
Victoria and Mrs. Miller were totally confused and shocked with the information that River just gave. For Victoria, it meant that she would no longer be a Luna and that was the worst possible thing she could imagine. She had thrown herself to Hector to satiate his physical needs every time he demanded. She had woven a web of **and deceit and love and trapped him in a way that he would reject his mate if he ever found her. And he did that for her. But now? Now the tables turned so sharply that Victoria felt her whole world crumble in front of her eyes.
“You are talking nonsense!” she squealed and was about to hit River, when Hunter stopped her hand and shoved her so hard that she was pushed to the ground. She shrieked as terror surged through her.
“If you dare to lift a hand on River, I won’t hesitate in severing it from your body!” Hunter hissed, glaring at her. Victoria winced. She hoped that Hector would fight for her but he stood their numb in his place, too afraid to move. Mrs. Miller didn’t know what to say. Alpha Lowell was her former Alpha and he was killed. It was said that his entire family was killed and no one survived when Alpha Maxim challenged him. “Alpha Lowell was a ***,” Mrs. Miller said. “He couldn’t protect us. He betrayed us and-” she glanced at Hunter. She gulped when Hunter narrowed his eyes on her. In a very low voice she said,
“-joined hands with the Lycans.”
“And who fed you this information?” River asked, crossing her hands across her chest. “Who started this rumor?”
Mrs. Miller’s eyes became wide. The person who fed this information to them was none other than Alpha Maxim. But how could she say that in front of Hector?
“You better ***up, River!” Hector said. “No one will believe your lies. You better pick up that certificate and go back to the Veil with your Lycan King and be his breeder. No one wants you here!”
Hunter was on Hector’s throat. Hector grabbed his wrists to yank off his hand, but the Lycan was too strong.
Victoria shrieked. “Leave him!” Hearing the commotion, several students and teachers came into the office. “Leave him!” she shouted again.
Hector punched Hunter in his belly and Hunter gave it back to him. He punched him heavily on his chest.
Hector tumbled to the ground as air punched out of him and his face became red. Lycans were way too strong and he was no match to him. He wheezed and coughed as Victoria rushed to his side. She began crying. She looked at River and in order to garner pity from everyone cried, “River, why can’t you leave the two of us in peace? I know that you like Hector a lot, but that doesn’t mean that you are going to get him hit by Alpha Hunter, It’s not Hector’s fault that he loves me and not you. Why are you being so mean to us? Please leave us and let us live in love and harmony.” She looked at Hector and stroked his hair. Then she helped him to stand up.
River scoffed at Victoria. She knew her games. She had been a victim of her games, but no more. River started clapping. She clapped slowly as she glanced at others in the office. “Nice try, Victoria,” she said.
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