Kael’s POV
The bitch smirked. "Alpha Kael, I have been with several Alphas all these years. Just by the frown on your forehead I can tell what you are even thinking."
I simply stared at her; the smugness in her was infuriating. Only if she wasn’t Roman’s mother...
"You are thinking of killing , I know," she said with a smug smile playing on her lips. "Go ahead. I hope you will be praised for killing a woman who is already at the door of dying."
So, the bitch was going to die. Very well. So I wouldn’t have to lift a finger and live with the guilt of killing the one who my brother once called a mother.
"Do you know why Roman never hurt despite whatever I did?" she asked.
Of course I knew as that’s what held all of us back even now.
Still, she went on.
"Before he died, his father asked Roman to always protect , no matter what. Then he bound him with an oath to never hurt ," she said, as if rehearsing a sermon. "If he breaks that oath by hurting , you know what will happen to him."
I clenched my teeth. If Roman broke that sacred oath, it will hurt his wolf and he will end up losing it.
This bitch knew it well, and she was always going to be a thorn in his life. What if I plucked it out right away? Would it be considered that Roman failed to protect this woman and failed his last promise to his father? And that too because of his brother.
"Do you still want to kill ?" she taunted. "I am sure Roman will never forgive you for failing him from obeying those precious words from his dead father," she scoffed. "That bastard pretended to love even when he was dying and forced a little kid to protect ." She laughed then, sharp and brittle. "Pitiful, isn’t it?"
The way this bitch acted, no one could ever believe she was the one who gave birth to Roman. She didn’t deserve to be a mother.
"Say what you are here for and leave, before I truly fail my brother’s promise," I warned her coldly, my gaze darkening. "Don’t dare mistake my leniency for weakness. If you have been with various Alphas, you should know their tempers as well. Especially the temper of a top-tier one. It won’t take a mont to forget everything and snap your neck."
Finally there was a tinge of seriousness on her face and that smugness wiped away. She knew I was tolerating her because of Roman at my own will, but she shouldn’t ss with the Alpha beyond the limits.
She finally got to the point. "As I said before, I am sick. I need the right treatnt to get better. And that treatnt includes the blood of a pureblood newborn child. As Roman is my son, I have a right to ask him to do it for to repay for bringing him to this world."
"I am afraid your wish won’t be fulfilled," I declared. "So you better choose the way to die and go to hell."
She scoffed. "You can’t stop . Rember, he promised to protect , and if he doesn’t, he will break his oath. Also, it’s not like we will kill the child. I just need its blood."
"Blood that is drawn from the fragile spine and can leave the child paralyzed and without a wolf for life?" I asked.
"At least the child will live, and so will I," she replied. "All you need to do is to let Roman have a child with that pureblood first and everything is solved."
That was it. I had enough. This bitch needed to die.
Just as I was about to snap at her, Lucian entered the room. "Kael."
I snapped back to my senses and looked at him angrily.
"This bitch is not worth wasting ti," he said to , then looked at her. "And you, Layla Ashborn, you better leave, if you want to keep living."
She had felt Kael’s killing aura even if it was just for a mont before I stepped in. She stood up quickly as she understood Kael wasn’t going to let it slide.
But before leaving she said, "Roman is my son, and he will do what he is supposed to. You can’t stop him..." she smirked as if she had sothing in mind already, "...I will see you soon," and left the room.
"Why did you stop ?" I asked Lucian.
"You would have regretted it later," he told . "Think about it. Think about Roman."
I could only clench my fists and step out of the room, and Lucian followed .
Outside, the woman stopped and suddenly looked at the garden.
There, Eira had co out with Raven and her pets.
Though the garden was far from here, the sight of werewolves and that of a pureblood, could help us see distant things clear.
And it was already too late to block her gaze. I could only curse why they had to co out of the house at that mont. Weren’t they sleeping?
"I was right. That’s the pureblood bitch I saw with Roman," she stared in that direction with a smirk.
Eira seed to have sensed sothing and looked toward her. Maybe a mother’s instinct, but she quickly hid Raven behind her.
Rafe hurried and blocked the woman’s view as well.
Jason must have been inside, stopping Roman from coming out to see this bitch.
"Whose child is that?" she asked, turning to look at us.
"Get lost," Lucian snapped at her before I did.
She scoffed. "Don’t worry. That child is not of my use. All I want is Roman’s newborn child, which I will get for sure. See you."
The bitch walked toward the car, sat inside, and left.
"From where does that confidence of hers co?" Lucian asked as he glared at the moving car.
"By holding on to the weakness of her own son and by warming the beds of rich Alphas," I answered. "And when those Alphas included council mbers as well."
"Is she going to the council now?" Lucian asked.
"Must have already been there, but just ca here to show her dominance in front of Roman and us," I replied, knowing well how these people could dare to play with the rules once created to safeguard the werewolf world.
"Shall we kill her before sothing serious happens?" Lucian asked.
"We will, but in a way that’s ethical. We can’t let Roman face the consequences of it, and he won’t have any remorse," I replied.
"We are already on the council’s radar. They will use every opportunity to trouble us." Lucian asked. "What’s in your mind?"
"Nothing yet, but let’s see," I said as we walked back toward the ho.
One thing was sure: this was the ti to get rid of that woman from Roman’s life, and I wouldn’t miss it — without creating any trouble for any of us and our pack.
"This bitch is the reason Roman hated entire woman kind," Lucian mumbled, "Anyone would have if the mother is such a bitch."
I agreed to it. Among us five, all of us had loving mothers. Even Rafe, whose mother died when he was just a kid, he still had good mories of her as she loved him dearly.
But, Roman....it was truly sad when one’s mother was nothing less than a monster.
We strode back into the house, where Roman was restless and Jason was keeping an eye on him.
"What was she here for?" Roman asked as he stood up.
I explained everything to him as he needed to know it.
He clenched his fists. "That bitch is a real monster. I shouldn’t have spared her for the sake of that shitty oath. I’ll just teach her a lesson this ti," he said, and started to walk off, but...
My hand landed on his shoulder to stop him.
"Kael... you know that bitch can’t be taken lightly," he said angrily. "I don’t care anymore now..."
"But I do. I can’t lose you," I offered him a steady but assuring gaze. "Trust , you won’t have to tolerate her for long. Just be patient."
His expression finally cald; his gaze showed that he trusted .
"But if you fail, promise —none of you will stop ," his gaze was resolute as he ant it.
"We won’t," I assured him.
Finally he cald down and looked toward the garden through the wall-size window. His gaze settled on Eira, who was standing to the side, watching Raven petting Fluffy.
"She had lost her child once; she doesn’t have to face it again. I’d rather not mate with her and have a child with her ever," he said.
We understood his sentints — anyone of us would have thought the sa. Now, Eira was the priority for every one of us.
Now everything was in place. I said, "I am going to et Liam. All of you stay ho and take care of them."
"Raven’s test reports are there?" Lucian asked.
I humd.
"Go ahead," Roman said. "And that other bitch who keeps calling you frequently like a madwoman?"
"I’ll shut her up for good," I assured them and prepared to leave.
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