Chapter 54
Greyson’s POV:
The moment we settled into my office I knew that there was something off. My Beta was a very strong man and only very few things could make his brows crease in worry, like the way they currently were.
“What’s the problem Smith?” I finally asked, since the other man had chosen to remain silent since we settled into the room.
“Another attack happened.” He delivered and it felt like all the hairs at the back of my neck stood at attention.
“When was this?” I asked.
“Very early this morning. Thankfully we got on top of it before it could get any worse but they started another fire. A few pack members got injured and there is some loss of properties but I’ve been able to settle the people temporarily. I’m hoping you’ll be able to completely settle them.” He said.
“The same set of people from the last attack?”
“Yes Greyson, but this time we got one of the men before he could completely escape. I have tried to question him but as expected he has remained silent, so I think it might be best if you use your methods.” Smith urged and I nodded in understanding.
“Where is he now?” I asked.
“He’s been held in the pack’s dungeon. I wasn’t sure if you wanted to come over there or if you would prefer to do it in your personal dungeon.” Smith offered.
Under normal circumstances, I would have never hesitated with asking for him to be brought to my personal dungeon under my house, since I had most of my personal torture devices there and I felt the most comfortable there.
But the thought of something going wrong and Jessy and Freya getting hurt as a result of my actions did not sit right with me.
“I’ll attend to him at the packs dungeon.” I responded moving out of my seat.
“Are you sure?” Smith asked. And when I turned to look at him, his brows were furrowed in confusion.
“Yes. I need to get some things, I’ll meet you outside.” I responded and moved out of the office without waiting for a response.
***
Walking into the pack’s dungeon, the smell of urine, sweat and blood made me scrunch my nose in disgust. It felt like the place stank even more than the last time I had been here. To my credit, it had been a long time since I had been here.
Smith followed religiously behind me but I paused in my steps before I could enter the dungeon that held the criminal.
“Wait here.” I instructed. I could see the opposition in his eyes but I didn’t wait to give him the opportunity to express them.
I pushed open the door to the cell and shut the door behind me, clicking the lock in place l.
The singular prisoner that the cell held, looked like he was at the last inch of his life. Smith had done a pretty good job in trying to make him talk and I knew instantly that this was one of those men that would rather die than rat out the rest of his team.
I walked to the other end of the room that held the table of torture devices and dropped the bag I had packed on top the table before I began pulling out the items I had taken from my own dungeon. It of course included my favorite toys.
Once they were all laid out, I turned back around to face the man. He had his eyes trained on me and although one of them was swollen shut from what I assumed had been a blow to his eyes, I was very sure that he could still see my frame.
I kept my arms folded and just continued to watch him the same way he was watching me. Sometimes torture wasn’t the only way to extract information, I learnt that a long time ago. Silence worked better than most people believed.
And just like I expected he broke, after what felt like ten minutes of intense staring. He spat out violently and I was sure that if it were not for the chains that bounded him, then he would be lunging at me even in his weak state.
“One day we’re doing to take you down Alpha Greyson.” He began but I remained quiet. Only raising a brow.
“You might be the most powerful Alpha in the world but your greatest mistake is having weaknesses, now we know where to strike and best believe we would be doing exactly that soon.” He continued.
My heart stuttered to a stop, I knew exactly what he was talking about. Maybe taking Freya and Jessy to the Solace had been a bad idea. I couldn’t deny that we had mostly been the center of attraction at the festival.
Although most tried to hide it, I had seen the way their eyes followed us throughout the night. I would give my life to have the two girls protected forever.
The man continued his little rant, about how I was doomed for failure and how I was about to go down soon. How their plan was coming together little by little and even if it took time, it was going to come to fruition eventually.
I had, had enough of his ranting and so I walked back over to the table and picked up a whip. It was one of those ones that had spiked edges and was sure to tear at the skin from the first strike.
He was already close to his death so there wasn’t much I had to do now anyway.
I walked over to him with the whip in my hands and when I cracked it in the air, I reveled in the flash of fear that ran through his eyes. It was gone as fast as it came but it still pleasured me.
“Who sent you?” I asked calmly and I saw how my calm tone made him falter.
He opened his mouth as though to say something but then he shut it tight again, before raising his eyes to meet mine. I hated eye contact, there were only a few people that I could make exceptions for but he was none of them and so I lashed out and when the whip connected with his back, he arched in pain and let out a blood curling scream.
The whip came off with bits of his flesh stuck to the spiked edges and of course some blood.
“You’re destined for doom Alpha Greyson. That’s a promise. We will stop at nothing.” He repeated and I only let out a laugh at his words.
“We? Well your own journey ends here don’t you think? You wouldn’t ever be able to take part in whatever great plan you have set. And just the same way you’ve been caught, I will stop at nothing to get every last bit of all of you.” I said in a sinister voice.
And the man’s eyes darkened with anger, he spat at my face that was currently hovering above his and although the act was disgusting I simply wiped it away with a hand and before he could blink I was landing a heavy blow on his jaw.
The sound of his bones and teeth or whatever hard shell his jaw held breaking completely satisfied me. I didn’t have any more time for his games. I had gotten everything that I would need from him. So walking back to the table I picked up the mace.
And with a heavy strike directed at his head, it split and both blood and brain matter splattered all around. Some getting onto my frame. I watched his lifeless body on the floor and I sneered in disgust.
He looked pathetic.
I would be very foolish to not heed his words or take them very seriously, but I had dealt with men such as this one for a long time. Men like Matthew and his accomplices and it always ended this way for them.
They always had this great, elaborate plan to bring me down but at the end of the day it was never worth it.
I could be strict in my ways and may be a little ruthless but I did not consider myself a bad leader. I listened to my people, I helped them as much as I could, everything that I did and most of the decisions I took was for their betterment.
So it made no sense that there were still people unsatisfied with this. I mean I didn’t expect everybody to love me, but I also did not expect them to always want to try and over throw me.
Tossing my tools back into my bag, I moved out of the room with a last glance at the body laying on the floor. Smith was waiting outside the door for me and I could see the question in his eyes when I got out of the cell.
His eyes especially roamed my bloody frame but the last thing I wanted was to answer questions.Content protected by Nôv/el(D)rama.Org.
“It’ll be fine Smith. Thank you for your help. Let’s attend to the pack members that were affected before calling it a day.” I said.
“Are you sure you don’t want to go home to get washed and changed before you do that? You have blood smeared all over you and I think you might scare them more if you go like this.” He advised.
“I’ll just wipe down with an rag or something. I’m sure they are getting angsty from not hearing from me all day.”
I knew the rag wouldn’t help much but all I wanted was to get this day over with and move on.
***
It wasn’t until the day was completely dark and most people were sleeping that I pulled into my home and the moment I stepped into the entryway it felt like I could breathe alright again.
The atmosphere was just what I needed but the sight of Freya half asleep in the living area disturbed that peace that was beginning to settle within me. The sound from the door shutting jolted her and in the next moment she was rushing towards me.
“Goddess I was so worried, you’ve been gone all day, it’s past midnight. I was worried about you.” Freya began, almost breaking down in tears.
And I realized how much my absence had affected her. Maybe it was because of the fact that I had been gone for so long.
“You have nothing to worry about Freya. I’m alright. I just had to sort out a lot of things and I didn’t expect it would take the entire day.” I consoled, stroking her cheeks fondly.
The fact that I had someone worrying about my well-being warmed my heart. I watched as Freya’s face scrunched and in the next second a gasp escaped her lips.
“What happened? You’re injured! Were you bleeding somewhere? You ha-” Freya began but I dipped my head and took her lips in a sweet kiss. Successfully silencing her.
“It’s not my blood I promise.” Her brows furrowed together like she was about to ask more questions but thankfully she didn’t.
“I’ll prepare a bath for you.” She said instead.
“Well I’ll take that bath only if you join me.” I teased and she let out a little laugh.
“If I don’t, then you’ll just stink.” She replied, pulling me in the direction of the stairs that led to my room.
“We’ll be sleeping together tonight so you’re the one who is going to have to deal with the stench.” I threatened playfully and she only laughed louder, the sound was like music to my ears.
“Fine, I’ll bath with you. Only because I really need you to wash off the stink.”
This time I laughed along with her.
Once we were settled in the large tub, with Freya sitting in between my legs and running her dainty fingers through my calloused palm, it felt like the stress of the entire day faded from my body.
I placed a gentle kiss on her head and she turned around to look at me, giggling when I winked at her.
“How is Jessy?” I asked after a long silence.
“She’s alright. Asleep in Christie’s room. She kept asking for you through out the day.” Freya said and my chest tightened with fond.
“Well I missed her too. I preferred the quiet, peaceful morning I had, where my only worries was how to get her bunny clean, than the rollercoaster of a day that I had.” I whispered to her and she twisted the top of her body so she was facing me.
She said nothing and instead She leaned in for a kiss and I humored her, shutting my eyes the moment my lips connected with her soft lips.
We spent the rest of our bath in silence and once we were properly cleaned, we rinsed, got out and then dressed in silence.
“I’ll warm up your dinner.” Freya offered but I shook my head.
“I already ate. Come to bed, I just want to hold you.” I said and the blush that covered her cheeks made me smile.
We settled onto the bed with arms wrapped around each other, and with Freya’s warm body on mine and her intoxicating scent wafting into my nostrils I began to dance on the edge of sleep.
“Jessy’s birthday is in a week.” Freya said and it felt like all the sleep disappeared from my eyes and mind.
“Really? Why I’m I just knowing this?” I asked, but the green eyed girl merely shrugged.
“I didn’t think it was important. I don’t even know why I’m mentioning it now.”
“Of course it’s important Freya.” I said sighing when Freya only remained quiet.
“Well you better go to sleep mommy. We have a busy week ahead of us.” I said softly, poking Freya in the sides and smiling when she let out a giggle.
I closed my eyes and let the sleep take over me too, because I had a birthday party to plan starting tomorrow and I wanted to make sure that it was the best party any four years old could ever have.