Twin Alphas novel Chapter 7

ZADEN

Anger boiled in my veins as I stared at my Gamma and his epsilons. They were standing in front of me with their heads bowed.

"A woman single handedly stole from my pack and I asked you to find her and bring her to me. Now, you're telling me that you failed!" I raged. "We apologise, Alpha. She had some help," my Gamma stated with his head lowered.

My frown deepened.

"What do you mean by that?"

"Two werewolves came to her rescue. Cal had subdued her, but an invisible creature ripped him apart."

"Which pack do the werewolves belong to?" I asked Aaron who was the Gamma of my pack.

"They are a considerably small pack which is headed by Klaus," he responded. I was surprised by this.

"Klaus, Jaden's former Beta is heading a pack? Why don't I know about this?" I demanded.

"The pack consists of only ten pack members and they are weak. Besides, Klaus has never attended the meeting of Alphas with the Alpha king because his pack has less than fifteen members," he explained.

"This doesn't make a lot of sense, Aaron. Klaus and his pack members should know that you and your epsilons belong to my pack. Despite this, they attacked you guys in the course of protecting the thief. The woman must mean something to Klaus if he was willing to risk causing a war between our packs," I said and Aaron nodded.

"The rest of you should leave, you all will be punished accordingly," I said to the epsilons. They were warriors under Aaron's command. They echoed a 'Yes, alpha'. Then, they all left. I turned to look at my Gamma who looked remorseful.

"I apologise, Alpha. We will do better, next time," he said.

"There won't be a next time, Aaron. You're going to take me to Klaus and his pack. He's going to pay for the damage he has done. We also need to figure out what invisible creature murdered Cal in order to protect the thief. Bring the witch in," I said and Aaron left my study quickly. When he returned, he brought the witch to me.

She knelt in front of me, her messy red hair covering her face. Her t-shirt was torn and her jeans trousers was dusty and worn out. She had a black eye and a cut on her lip. She had attacked one of my pack members and had nearly killed her. The only reason she was still alive was because I knew she would be useful to us someday.

"Bring her outside," I said and left my study. Once we were outside, I asked my Beta to bring Cal's corpse to me. Cal's corpse was placed in front of the witch. She looked away and started to cry hysterically.

"Look at him!" I growled and she shook her head frantically. Then, she threw up on the side. I grabbed her by the hair, my claws making contact with the skin of her throat.

"Do you want to die?" I demanded and she frantically shook her head, more tears rolling down her cheeks.

"Now, look at him!" I growled and she shakily turned to look at Cal's broken body.

"His name is Callum Winston. Someone did this to him and I need to know who he is," I said and she squeezed her eyes shut briefly. When she opened them again, she was silently crying.

"Who killed him?! I need you to find out," I stated and she nodded her head slowly.

A few minutes later, she had lit some red candles with shaky hands and had drawn some sigils on the ground, using a blood stained knife. I watched her as she closed her eyes and began to mumble a spell. She did it seven times and I waited impatiently. I didn't care about whatever rituals or spells she was making, all I needed to know was the name of Cal's killer. He'd been one of my best elite wolves and I wasn't going to spare whoever had torn him apart, so brutally.

The witch suddenly let out a cry and scrambled away from Cal's body.

"Who is it?" I demanded and she shook her head frantically.

"I couldn't see him. All I could see was his aura! He's a rare creature. His aura was blinding!"

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RHEA

Once Jaden and I arrived at the house, he practically dragged me to his study and made me sit on a chair, directly opposite him. I huffed in annoyance and folded my arms across my chest, glaring at him.

"Why did you bring me in here?" I demanded and he stared at me with an unfathomable expression on his face.

"What do you do for a living?" He asked, not taking his eyes off me. I was startled by his sudden question.