Helanie:
I could not believe my ears and what Kaye had just said. Still, he dragged inside with him, holding my hand tightly to keep steady. With the pregnancy, I was already going through so much, and now this news, along with the foul sll, made want to throw up.
The mont we stepped back into the mansion, it was empty. We should have seen them in the living room or dining room, but they weren’t there.
"Has anybody seen them?" Kaye shouted.
A warrior rushed out of the dining room. "Your Highness, they took a car and left," he said, making Kaye clench his fist. I guessed that had been their last option.
It was so sad that for months we didn’t even know an innocent man had lost his life because of the greed of his own royal beta. That could only happen through deception.
"Helanie, you will stay here. I’ll go catch them, okay?" Kaye said, pressing his hand gently against my cheek.
"Your Highness, we will take care of her," the warrior added, the sa one who helped us find the dead bodies of the previous Alpha and his family.
I didn’t insist on going with Kaye. I couldn’t sit in a chasing car with how anxious and nauseous I already felt. As soon as Kaye strode away, I sank onto the couch. The warrior sat near . Other warriors and ogas appeared, one bringing juice to calm .
"Actually, we’ve been waiting for soone to co and save us," one of the oga maids said, her eyes heavy with emotion.
"How did it happen? Do all of you know?" I asked. They nodded.
"We were cut off from communication outside the pack," the woman explained. "Since it had happened before too, nobody suspected anything. The other packs just thought we were being secretive like the North always does."
"But how did it happen? How did a royal beta kill not only the Alpha, but his son and daughter too?" I asked the warrior.
"The Alpha and Beta were best friends," he said. "They drank together all the ti. One night, when they were heavily drunk, Mr. Coombs attacked him."
I felt frozen.
"I didn’t know what to do," he continued. "By then, Beta Coombs was already controlling us. He was far stronger because he was a royal beta. Once he took over, other warriors didn’t want to oppose him because we had to stay silent to protect our families."
He paused. "Before all this, they had already taken one mber from every family in the pack and imprisoned them."
My eyes were left wide open in shock.
"What about Sydney? Did she know?" I asked.
He scoffed and shook his head. "The idea ca from her. It was before Salem died. She was the only sensible one. But back then, she spent most of her ti with her boyfriend, so she wasn’t around."
"We saw a big change in her after she went to the academy," he said. "It was positive. We thought she would beco the royal beta. But everything changed. She died. Then those two took over, not just the beta post, but the Alpha post too. It was a ss."
I felt guilt pressing down. Dalton had already warned about this. I rembered how worried he had been about Sydney getting crowned.
"Don’t worry, they won’t escape punishnt anymore. After today, they’ll both be thrown in prison and face the consequences of their cris. As for the new Alpha, we’ll choose soone better who will do a great job," I reassured them.
Just then, I got a call from Kaye.
"What’s up? Did you catch them?" I asked, hearing Sydney screaming in the background.
"Yeah, I sent my car to you. They’ll pick you up," he inford.
I took a deep breath and nodded.
"Co on, guys, your criminals are caught," I announced. I noticed the anger and determination in everyone’s eyes. They began to follow without a word.
I took the car while the others rushed toward the location. It was near the edge of the border, and I had to give Kaye credit for catching them before they could disappear into the wild. Searching for them out there would have put many warriors’ lives in danger, especially with the Zharns lurking around.
As soon as I got out of the car, I took steady, angry steps toward the two caught by the warriors. Kaye stood next to them, leaning against the car they had used to try to escape.
"I didn’t do anything," Sydney started to speak, but I ignored her. My focus was on Mr. Coombs.
"So you lose a daughter, and it doesn’t make you feel guilty? You just continue to live your ssy life?" I yelled, clenching my fists.
"I didn’t do anything. He was sick. He died. So I gave him a burial in the backyard," he lied, as if that made sense.
"Yeah, right," I hissed. "You think that not admitting it makes you innocent? You have plenty of witnesses against you. Do you know that?"
This man was the reason his daughter grew up so ssed up. Now I could see where Sydney got it from. He knew she was the reason Salem had died, yet he continued to entertain her and act like her. He didn’t care about Salem. He didn’t care about the daughter who was the nicest one.
"It’s not even my fault. I didn’t know they were in the backyard. My father is a fucked-up man. Arrest him, not ," Sydney said, pointing at him, blaming her father under stress.
Even he was caught off guard, doing a double take at her face. "What kind of daughter even does that?" he scread.
"The kind who doesn’t believe in her father’s cris and wants to distance herself from him," she hissed, proving that if she wasn’t stopped, she could endanger others. We should have punished her before for putting her sister at risk. Back then, it had seed like just an argunt, not a direct attempt to harm. But this ti, she was involved.
"Actually, your warriors told us it was your plan, Sydney," I said, folding my arms.
I saw sheer disbelief on her face. She couldn’t believe they would even suggest that.
"How dare they?" she hissed, watching her warriors and ogas finally reach the border.
"We know it was your idea. So stop it," one oga yelled. She took off her slipper and threw it. It landed straight on Sydney’s face.
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