Right now, Khaos had taken three towns, which was part of Blackthorne pack. He was going to move further, but it wouldn’t be as easy, since the king would send his full warriors to defend the pack.
Therefore, Rhett was there as a back up.
After the meeting, Zuri dismissed all the people, but Rhett stayed behind. He looked at Zuri closely, as if he was going to say something.
“Can we talk for a while?” Rhett asked, he approached his sister when he was about to leave the room, yet Zuri pretended that he didn’t exist.
She could act neutral and listen to his suggestion during the meeting, but aside from that, she didn’t want to look at him at all.
“Zuri,” Rhett called her name desperately, he grabbed her hand, but it was a wrong move and the next thing that he felt was a sharp pain on his cheek, as his head tilted to the side. Zuri backhanded him.
“Don’t touch me,” she said darkly. “Don’t you dare to fucking touch me.”
Rhett lifted his head and then looked at Zuri, this time his eyes hardened. “You have changed. The sister that I know will never act like this.”
Hearing that, Zuri laughed out loud, that sounded weirdly ridiculous in her ears and she couldn’t help it. “Seriously, Rhett, after you created a monster in me and all the black magic that you inflicted on me, do you still wish to see that na?ve girl, who used to look at you with adoration? The little girl, who used to think even though all the people were mean to her, at the very least, she had a brother, who loved her and would never hurt her.”
Rhett flinched when he heard that and Zuri got the satisfaction from it. She wanted to hurt him more. She knew that he still cared for her. He was the one, who thought where to find her when Elijah kidnapped her.
But it didn’t offset all the pain that he caused.
“That girl is dead. You are the one, who killed her, right now I am the monster of your own creation.” Zuri smirked, she liked it when he looked so hurt and uncomfortable.
“Zuri, you don’t understand how important this is.” Rhett shook his head. “You chose this path too. I know the alpha gave you an option to leave, but you chose to stay. How could you blame me for that?”
“I chose to stay because I will not survive out there with the crazy voices in my head!” Zuri was fuming
‘Yeah. Fuck that man with his hypocrisy word!’
‘Shut him up! He knew nothing!’
‘Oh, his eyes will look so good once you gouged them out of his head.’
The voices returned. Khaos had gone so long, Zuri craved his presence, but not only because she needed him, as he was her mate, but because the voices returned.
Her medicine didn’t really help to shut them up and the past week she had been suppressing her darkest urge to kill someone, to feel the blood on her face, to embed her claws into someone’s flesh. The euphoria of that moment was very tempting.
And right now, Rhett was truly challenging her patience.
‘Kill him!’
‘Kill him!’
‘Kill him!’
“Fuck you, Rhett,” Zuri cussed him out through her gritted teeth, she glared at him sharply. “Get out of my face before I killed you.”
To her annoyance, Rhett didn’t budge, he was standing there like a statue, staring at her. “Is the voice, right? The voices returned.”
“That’s none of your business.”
“Zuri, don’t be like this. You are still my little sister, I care about you.” Rhett looked desperate, which was laughable, since he was the one, who put Zuri in this condition.
“No. I am not your sister anymore. You created a monster, Rhett, now deal with it.” Zuri narrowed her eyes. “You are no brother of mine. You are dead to me.”
After saying that, Zuri walked out of the room, if she stayed a little bit longer, she was afraid she was going to kill him right there and then. She still needed him alive. He was way more valuable to be alive then dead.
‘Kill him!’
‘Kill him!’
‘Kill him!’
No. Not yet. She tried to suppress her killing intent. Her hands were itchy to feel the warm blood. She needed Khaos to be there. The voices returned more often and it was only a matter of time before she started hallucinating again. The medicines didn’t help.
Outside of the door, Shadow lifted its head and Zuri caressed his head instinctively, she smiled to see the white wolf. This creature reminded her of Khaos. He was a white beast when he shifted.
“Zuri, I want to…” Rhett still didn’t give up, but when he was about to approach Zuri again, Shadow barked at him.
“Good boy,” Zuri chuckled. She didn’t tell Shadow to back down and Rhett couldn’t come closer to her. “You are here as the back up, Rhett, do your job or you can get the fuck out with all of your fucking cult.”
***
“Logan will lead the warrior to Little Red town, he will be the back up for Luca,” Dacre said grimly. He lost five towns now and in this rate, he was going to lose a city.
Blackthorne pack was the biggest pack. They had fifteen cities and forty six towns, therefore it was a long road for Khaos to reach the palace, as it sat at the further west of the pack.
“How many warriors he has?” Rose asked. She stared at the map that spread on the table.
“One hundred thousand warriors, more or less, but alpha Khaos has magic users on his side. Around twenty magic users if we are not mistaken,” Leonard replied.
“When your father will send the warrior, luna Rose?” Dacre looked at Rose. He had been waiting for this news. The reason why he involved Rose in this meeting because Dacre thought he could use Rose for his kingdom’s benefit, after all, she was already part of it after her union with alpha Logan.
From what Dacre learned, king Amidas listened to this daughter more, which he could understand why. Rose was smart, she could read the situation and offer solution that they didn’t think of or saw an opportunity that they overlooked.
“He is still preparing the warriors, king Dacre. A big entourage to march here is not easy. But, the warriors are on the way,” Rose said calmly.
In the strategy room, Rose was the only woman there, she represented her father. King Amidas had gone back to Wolfdale kingdom after her union. Wolfdale kingdom would prepare their warrior to help king Dacre to deal with alpha Khaos’s rebellion.
That was what they believed. But the truth was; Rose and king Amidas agreed that they were going to wait and see what would happen and which side they should take.
Dacre was not pleased with the answer, but he said nothing.
On the other hand, Logan watched the interaction between the two of them, his sharp eyes followed their every movement and his expression turned grim, especially when he was ordered to leave the capital city within four days to help Luca’s warriors to defend Little Red town, which meant, he was going to leave his mate alone.
His unmarked mate.
“All of you can leave. Rose, I want to have a word with you,” Dacre said, he dismissed all of the people and once they left and there was only the two of them inside the room, Dacre sat down on his seat and looked at Rose with impassive expression when he spoke. “You are stalling.”
“I don’t understand what do you mean, king Dacre,” Rose said, her expression didn’t show anything.
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