Chapter 67 - A Present to the Lycan King

Doctor: You can’t convince me. So please leave. I am not a member of your pack Hector. But your sister is. She and her mate will remain in the dungeons until you give me the medical report. Victoria and need it to show it to my pack members.

Doctor. I am shocked. You are Alpha’s son. You shouldn’t betray your pack members like this!

Hector. You don’t have to bother about them. Just do what I have asked you to else I am going to

***your sister Alpha Maxim looked at the doctor and threw the phone on the ground. It shattered on impact. This is doctored This video is false?” He strode back, his muscles bulging. “You have bribed this doctor to give false information” He looked at his pack members. “What are you waiting for? ***her!

She doesn’t deserve staying in our pack. She has insulted your Alpha and his son!” He whipped his head to look at River. “How do you know all this? How did you even come to know that this was the doctor?

You have planted evidence against us just because you think you can claim this pack from me?

River tsked. “Some people just don’t improve.” She motioned one of the Lycan warriors. He rushed outside. About a dozen Lycan warriors had entered the temple premises in order to protect their Alpha.

There was a stunned silence in the crowd. Everyone was looking at Alpha Maxim. Within minutes, the Lycan warrior got a girl who was looking like she hadn’t seen sunlight in ages. Her clothes were dirty and she was crying

“Gloria?” One of the pack members, rasped. “Goddess, what happened to you?”

Gloria sank on her knees as her brother came rushing to her. “Are you fine?” He was crying along with his sister Hector paled. He got up from his place, his knees became wobbly. He looked at his father and then at the crowd. Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, he started to step back. He had to run away and run fast. So he turned and ran

Gloria shook her head. “My mate- her shoulders wracked. “He-“

Maxim was stunned. He didn’t know about this part. He had to say something to cover it up. “They both have committed a murder, and that’s why they are in my dungeons!”

Gloria looked at Maxim with hatred. “We are no longer in his dungeons. Alpha Hunter’s warriors helped us out.”

Now Maxim was even more bewildered. How did the Lycans reach his dungeons? From the corner of his eye, he saw Clara and Sarah going to River. They both gave a nod as they came to stand by her side.

Alpha Maxim was stunned. He froze when he saw that two of his pack members who were very close to the alpha family were now standing behind River as if they knew her all along. His mind went into a tizzy. The two sisters must have given away every secret or did they connive with River to bring his downfall? And the time they had chosen was impeccable. Every pack member was in the temple premises.

“***, Maxim hissed as his fists clenched beside him. “You two had connived with River to bring me down.” He bared his fangs as his wolf wanted to shift and attack them. “Let me teach you a lesson!” he growled and strode towards them with murderous intent.

The two sisters stepped back, shaking with fear because they were still under his control. However, to protect them, Hunter stepped forward. Seeing Hunter, Maxim stopped.

“They belong to my pack,” Maxim growled. “You can’t do anything here, Alpha Hunter, so give them to me. They are **.”

Hunter’s muscles bulged in response, threatening Maxim. “They are not ***, but they knew about your son’s truth and how Victoria connived with him to oust River. They wanted to bring justice to River and this was the only way.” Clara and Sarah were present in the school on the day Hector marked Victoria.

They had come to pick up their children. Their gazes fell on River whose body was frozen into stunned silence when she saw her mate marking someone else. They wanted to console her, but River had run away from there. Both the sisters rushed after her, but they couldn’t find her. They eventually found her but at that time Hector had slammed River into shelves and she began bleeding.

They both stayed quiet after the incident scared for their lives. However, when River came back last for the high school certificate, they met her and revealed what they saw. After that they agreed to help her with exposing Victoria. The fake medical report that Victoria had shown to her friends was kept stashed in her wardrobe.

Sarah took that report and showed it to River. And from there it was easy tracing the doctor. But Hector was smarter. In order to ensure that the doctor didn’t speak a word, he abducted his sister and her mate and threw them in the dungeons. The doctor agreed to help River after a lot of ***but he broke down when he came to know that his sister was in the dungeon.

“Justice to River?” Maxim snarled. “She is nothing, but a pain in the ***ever since she was bom. Along with these two sisters, she planted evidence against us!” He looked at his pack members. “Kill them!

What are you waiting for?” he roared. “No!” the doctor shouted. “Stop!” He looked at the crowd who was advancing towards them because of their Alpha’s command. “They didn’t plant any evidence. They only helped in digging out the planted evidence. These two helped me get my sister back. Please don’t hurt them. You can ask Hector about this. I am sure that he will speak the truth because he has also committed the mistake of rejecting his mate. He is on a guilt trip.”

“That’s right!” said one of the pack members. “If Hector says that the doctor is lying then we will kill these sisters and the doctor.”

“Yes!” there was a general agreement.

Maxim knew that his son would never go against his father. He narrowed his eyes to look at Clara and Sarah, as if warning them that this was their last. “Hector!” he shouted. “Come here!” His order was met with silence. Maxim frowned and looked to his right where Hector was, but the space was… empty. He whipped his head around. “Hector!” he yelled his name. The boy had a tendency of slipping away often.

“Where are you? Come forth!” Once again, his order was met with shocked silence.

All present in the temple started murmuring as to where Hector was. Maxim was now disturbed. He opened his mind link with his son. “Hector!” But that too came unanswered. This meant only one thing.

If Maxim was unable to reach his son through his mind link, then Hector was out of the Crescent Moon territory. He had run away.

A shudder ***through his body as his eyes went wide when he realized that his son abandoned him. He didn’t know what face he had now that his son had run away. What will he tell his pack members? The shame weighed heavily on him, He realized that every one of his pack members was looking at him with anticipation. He had never even imagined that the situation would turn so badly against him. He clenched his teeth to stop his lips from trembling. His mind raced to find a solution to salvage the situation.

He called his beta through his mind link and murmured, “Go find Hector.” His beta nodded and rushed out. Then he turned to his pack and said with a voice full of misery. “It seems that Hector has taken River’s rejection to his heart. He has gone back home. He is saddened and is feeling worthless. I think he needs space.”

A loud laugh punctuated his speech. River shook her head as she laughed. “Alpha Maxim, your son, the mighty future Alpha of the Crescent Moon pack has run away!”

“What?” some of the pack members rasped.

“Yes, Alpha Hunter’s warriors are on his trail and will be bringing him back soon!”

Maxim gulped. He narrowed his eyes on her. “You liar!” he spat. “Stop with your insinuations.”

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