The Alpha King's Witch Bride Chapter 238: Portal Trap

Everyone was as stumped as as we pondered the question I had just dropped.

How do we get into the pocket dinsion of a witch who clearly has dominion over space magic?

Killing Luzia through a vessel already showed her strength. But creating a pocket dinsion?

That’s a feat straight out of a comic book.

"First things first..." Kaelos suddenly spoke up, leaning in from his seat and stretching out his right arm, revealing the branding sigil. "Take this damn sigil off . If we’re going to face a witch capable of creating dinsions like it’s a regular Tuesday, I’ll need my powers. All of it."

Isaiah clenched his jaw, hesitating only for a mont before giving a defeated sigh.

The witch stretched out his hands, his fingers hovering over Kaelos’ outstretched arm as he humd, closing his eyes. He then proceeded to draw out the sa wand he had used in branding Kaelos in the first place and cleaned off the sigil with a few strokes.

"Voilà." Isaiah clapped, giving Kaelos a wink. "Also, the sigil couldn’t have held you back if you tried hard enough to break it. But that would’ve sent a signal to , letting know you’re—"

"I get it," Kaelos grunted, flashing a sarcastic smile before clearing his throat. "Now about this bloody pocket dinsion. I just thought of sothing... The portals she’s used to link her dinsion with targeted packs. We could hijack one."

My eyes widened a bit as I glanced at Kaelos. That... Honestly wasn’t a bad idea.

"Hijack one?" Governor Daniel seed intrigued, placing a hand on his chin. "How? I’m guessing that would require magic and we can’t really accomplish that without alerting the witch."

"And risk being possessed as well," Isaiah murmured thoughtfully. "She could use her magic lingering on those portal routes and link to any of us. There’s no telling how powerful her possession can get even from a distance."

I nodded in agreent, dimming my eyes slightly.

"Then we fight fire with fire." Colonel Fernando suddenly muttered, gesturing at . "We have a hybrid on our side. She can fight off the possession magic if the need arises and give us the chance to hijack it successfully."

That felt like a slap in the face rather than a complint. I glanced at the bracelet on my right wrist, sighing heavily.

"My mate can’t use her powers in public," Kaelos explained just then, causing to glance at him.

He stared at briefly, giving a warm smile before he continued. "The Elders of the Luminary coven have forbidden her from doing so for the next six months."

"It doesn’t have to be public then," Isaiah remarked, saying it like it was the most obvious path to take. "The rest of us can be on standby while she fights off any attempts from the witch to possess us."

I smiled bitterly, shaking my head. "My hands are literally tied. The elders of the Luminari Coven are watching through this bracelet. I don’t exactly have fluid control of my magic so they’re making sure I don’t have another... Outburst."

I clenched my fists when I rembered the incident at the Charity Ball. Violet flas bursting out. People running for their lives, their terrified screams rippling through the chaos.

The building combusting in the explosion, the flas turning so too unfortunate to be standing close to to barbeque.

I didn’t want any of that again.

"Her powers will be a last resort," Kaelos said firmly, holding my arm softly and grounding emotionally, reminding that he’s there. "In the anti, what if we don’t need magic to hijack the portal routes?"

I slowly sat down, rubbing my forehead when I felt my headache getting worse. Absorbing the information from Luzia’s consciousness took a little toll on my mind.

"What do you an?" Isaiah asked Kaelos with a confused tone.

I glanced at Kaelos just in ti to see him smile mischievously.

Oh, he had a plan alright...

"How many human soldiers does your city currently have deployed outside its walls?" Kaelos asked.

All eyes went to General Reyes who quickly brought out his tablet, scrolling through it for a few seconds before speaking.

"Exactly fifty-two soldiers. They’re mostly sent to scout and look out for any threats."

I arched an eyebrow while Kaelos nodded.

"Good. Recall all of them."

The general blinked, staring at Kaelos like he had gone mad.

"We are currently under lockdown, Alpha King." Governor Daniel chid in just then, adjusting his sitting position on his seat. "Not to ntion that an unknown number of those soldiers are under the raven witch’s mind manipulation."

"My point exactly." Kaelos nodded, drumming his fingers on the table. "They don’t need to enter the city. They just need to be sent on a mission... To scout the forest. We can then wait for them in the forest and scan their trucks for anything suspicious."

My eyes widened as I began catching on to what he was driving at.

"The trucks!" I yelled, nodding in understanding. "In the footage we watched in the military archive, the trucks were etched with augnted teleportation runes. Those trucks are what the soldiers used in transporting the wolf captives into the pocket dinsion."

"Oh, wait a minute..." Isaiah snapped his fingers, causing all eyes to turn to him. "I see... So if we can get so of these soldiers to co on a fake mission in the forest, we can easily find out the exact trucks with these runes and hijack one."

I nodded, adding quickly. "Then we stage a fake captive situation. Kaelos, I, and a few others—just enough to face the witch and whatever traps she has—will go in as the ’captives’ through one of the trucks. Easy peasy."

I swerved my head to Kaelos, smiling brightly and patting his shoulder, while he gave a wink.

’Look at you, navigating your way through magical situations like a witch.’ I teased him ntally.

’Well, I only learnt from the best hybrid I know,’ he said with the sa teasing tone, and I felt a warmth in my chest.

Suddenly, the governor got on his feet, causing all eyes to land on him.

"It’s settled then. Let’s kick-start this mission and make sure Elder Luzia’s sacrifice doesn’t go to waste. Every hour we wait is another hour the raven witch uses werewolves as experints... or worse."