"What happened between Prince Casaio and Zilia?" Alie asked again, sitting at the edge of the bed, her curiosity evident.
Gabriel leaned back slightly before answering, "Zilia turned out to be a spy."
"What?" Alie gasped in disbelief, her eyes blinking rapidly as she tried to process the revelation. "How could she...?"
"The biggest red flag in their relationship was her persistent refusal to marry," Gabriel explained calmly. "I understand that not everyone is ready imdiately, but Zilia kept postponing it for ten long years, always giving the sa excuse — that she wanted to focus on her career. It wasn’t like Casaio would have stopped her from doing her business. Casaio sensed sothing was wrong deep down, but he loved her so much that he ignored all the warning signs."
As Gabriel spoke, Alie finally understood why Casaio had looked so devastated the night before.
"For whom was she spying? And... what will happen to her now?" Alie asked softly, still struggling to believe that the sweet woman she had t at the gala had betrayed them.
"The man we caught with her was from the Blood Dominion Pack," Gabriel revealed. "It turns out Zilia was working for its Alpha. As for the next steps, Casaio insisted on leading the investigation himself. He’ll begin once our wedding is over."
"Dad will decide her punishnt, not my brother. A spy typically faces a death sentence, but I know Casaio won’t allow that," Gabriel explained.
"Maybe Zilia didn’t want to betray Prince Casaio. That’s why, for ten years, she kept postponing their marriage without ever doing anything to harm him," Alie suggested thoughtfully.
"Spies are only loyal to their masters," Gabriel replied firmly. "But don’t worry about all of that. Just focus on our upcoming wedding," he added, offering her a reassuring smile.
Checking his watch, Gabriel continued, "I have so work to take care of. You can go out with Kate for lunch later."
"Hmm. Are you going to the company? You haven’t let get involved with any work there," Alie said with a slight frown.
"Not the company, but sowhere else," Gabriel answered. "I didn’t let you get involved because there’s no work at the mont. Karn has everything under control," he explained.
He stood up to leave, but stopped. Leaning down, he kissed Alie’s cheek. "What you said on the breakfast table fluttered my heart. You handled Nick’s question really well."
"That’s what I feel in my heart," Alie admitted.
"Hmm. I know. I’ll see you in the evening." Gabriel took a few steps back before disappearing from her sight.
~~~~
Gabriel exited the car, right in front of Eric’s house and looked at it with an intense gaze. Then looking straight, he walked ahead and pressed the doorbell. Karn followed him closely with an envelope in his hand.
Sliding his hand into the pocket of his trousers, Gabriel waited for the door to open.
After a minute the door opened. Eric yawned, but the remaining sleep from his eyes disappeared upon seeing Gabriel before him. He slamd the door but Gabriel brought his hand in between.
"Eric, you should greet instead of slamming the door right at my face," Gabriel said with a smirk before using his strength. The door flung open and Eric fell on the floor.
Eric stumbled backward in fear as Gabriel slowly advanced toward him. Without a word, Gabriel brushed past Eric and made his way into the cramped, disheveled living room. He found a spot on the couch and settled in comfortably, as if it were his own space.
Karn grabbed Eric by the arm and yanked him inside, forcing him to face Gabriel.
"Tell , Eric," Gabriel began, his voice low and nacing, "why did you hire soone to dump a dead wolf at my mansion? Was it ant to scare ? Or were you trying to challenge ?"
Eric, despite his fear, held Gabriel’s gaze, his voice trembling but defiant. "Prince Gabriel should have killed by now. But he hasn’t. Why?"
Gabriel smirked, his violet eyes never leaving Eric’s. "Killing you is no fun, Eric. I enjoy seeing the fear in your eyes."
He extended his hand, and Karn quickly placed the envelope into his palm.
Eric stuttered, his confidence slipping. "If you think I will tell you the truth, then–then you’re wrong," he faltered, but he knew he should remain silent.
Gabriel clicked his tongue in irritation. "I already know what you’re up to. This envelope contains the evidence of your little sches, Eric." He tossed the envelope at Eric’s face with a snap. "You begged for rcy the last ti I destroyed the rogue group you created. I made a mistake by showing you rcy then. It won’t happen again."
Gabriel leaned forward. "Open it, and see for yourself what you’ve been doing right under my nose, thinking I wouldn’t find out."
With trembling hands, Eric opened the envelope. He took out the docunt with his call details and so photographs as well, but not him. It was of his little sister.
"Don’t harm her, Prince Gabriel. I swear I will do what you want to," Eric pleaded.
"If I rember you said the sa thing to last ti," Gabriel reminded him.
"She’s just 12. You can’t harm a kid," Eric said.
"I know. I’ve decided to make it happen with your very hands. However, I think you deserve one more chance, Eric. You seem to talk to soone in the Blood Dominion Pack. I can see you have talked quite a lot of tis with this person. Why don’t you be useful for this ti? Why don’t you spy for and in return, your younger little sister will remain safe."
As Gabriel offered a deal to Eric, he couldn’t refused for it.
"Sure. I will do that," Eric said, lowering his head.
"Now, tell why did you dump a wolf in my mansion?" Gabriel asked.
"It was a part of ritual. I wanted to weaken the prince with a witch’s help. She suggested I should do it. However, before I could even start, everything was ruined," Eric said, fisting his palms.
"Then, I must not trust you. You tried to harm ," Gabriel muttered and rose to his feet.
However, Eric was swift to grab his feet. "Please forgive . I was angry because I–I got ruined. I know it was my fault, but I hoped Prince Gabriel wouldn’t stand with the pack’s alpha to banish and my sister. It was my anger toward you. I did nothing wrong in my eyes. I still believe that I was right."
Reviews
All reviews (0)