Chapter 21

Adira was told that Lily was only her half-sister, on her father's side. That explains a lot, really. Lily left the pack, and now she is before the King for trial and punishment. Part of Adira felt sorry for Lily; she never really had anyone, either. Sure, she did some terrible things, and now she will pay for them.

Adira just couldn't hate her, not that Lily ever gave her a reason not to. She saw Lily once, walking alone in the park. Adira couldn't get that image out of her mind; Lily looked full of despair and so alone. Adira knew that was Lily's true face. Since that day, Adira could never fully hate her sister.

Now, hearing from Duncan, news from the Royal press: her father and Joann killed each other with poison. It was a rather fitting death; they died like they lived. Still, perhaps they got off a bit too easy. It’s for the best, though; those two might have found a way to escape punishment. They were now dead and gone. Adira decided to dwell no more on those memories. They took all they were going to get; she wasn’t going to give them anything more.

She wondered what kind of punishment would be given to Lily, perhaps not death, but it was up to the King. Some of her actions led to other people's deaths. She decided to let those memories go; whatever happens to Lily now is no longer her concern.

Duncan asked her if she wanted a say in what Lily’s punishment would be. She decided it was best to leave it up to the King. There was a lot to Lily’s story that she didn’t know, and to decide her punishment would be wrong, because she would be prejudiced and unfair.

Adira decided that everything before meeting Duncan was just a nightmare that would fade with time and be erased by the love in her new life.

She did feel uneasy, though; she was waiting for the other shoe to drop. If she knew anything, it was this: Alpha Micheal must be punished and then killed. Death was his only ending; otherwise, he could come back and do even more evil than before, not to mention those in the pack who liked to participate in the Alpha’s sins.

She was a little down when she thought of all the potential victims and deaths of innocent lives. How many will go unaccounted for and forgotten? How many are nameless and will never be found? When all this is finally over and the evil is removed forever, she decided she would do something as a memorial for all those unknown lost souls.

Tears began to run down her cheeks. She felt a hand catching her tears.

“My little wolf, why are you crying? You know I never want to see anything but happy tears in your eyes. What has gotten you so upset?”

“Alpha Micheal has a lot to answer for. What could make someone so evil? There are so many bad wolves in our pack. There are those who knew and did nothing; some did nothing because they were trying to keep their pups out of the Alpha’s clutches. I just don’t understand how he gets away with it. I lived in that hellhole of a pack, and I still don’t understand it all.”

Adira leaned into Duncan with a sigh. “I was just thinking of all of those poor children and women, how many will simply be left unknown, lost. I want to design a memorial for all of them, so they are not forgotten. Perhaps choose a day to dedicate it to them, so no one ever forgets them or what was done.”

Duncan looked at her and kissed her on her nose. He whispered her name…“Adira, you are the single most beautiful being on this planet. Just when I think I have seen all the rays of your light, you shine even brighter than before.”

“I love you, my little wolf, for all eternity and beyond.”

“I love you, Duncan, my handsome naked knight. Thank you for being passed out on the floor of the last room I had to clean.”

After the session with Lily Williams, the King sat at his desk. He was worn and tired after learning about his son Adam's involvement. He rested his head on his arms and started to weep.

If there was evidence to back up what Lily told him, he was going to have to order the execution of his son. How could Adam, the only family he had left in this world, have done this, molesting and raping children? Investing Royal money into that evil business to get it started, no less. Had he raised him to be so evil?

The King howled in pain; it could be heard throughout the kingdom and felt in every heart of every wolf within a 100-mile radius.

Jack and the King’s guards arrived at the King’s chamber door at the same time. Jack knocked, “Your Highness, are you alright? Can we come in?”

“I am fine; I wish to be left alone tonight.”

“Jack, come to me first thing in the morning. I have a task for you.”

“As you wish, my King.”

With that, the guards went back to their duties, and Jack, with one last look at the door, turned and went back to bed, leaving the King alone in his grief and anger.

Just before he went to bed, the King called for his Captain of the Guards.

“I want you to take six other guards with you and bring my son back to me. I want him under guard and locked in his room. I will give you further instructions once this mission is done.”

The Captain said nothing, simply nodded, turned, and left to do his task as ordered.

Marco gathered all the recordings found around the pack house and outside. He called two of their best trackers to look at the items. They picked up a faint scent on several of them. They left Marco with their plan to sniff out the spy.

Now, all we have to do is be patient and wait, see what the trackers find out. They were to be as silent about it as they could; find the culprit and then come and tell the Alpha who it was. From there, Duncan would decide how to deal with them.

Marco was pissed that they did that right under his nose. It had to be someone with a higher rank in the pack; otherwise, someone would have questioned their presence in the pack house and on the Alpha’s floor.

Everyone was going after the Alpha of Rising Moon, but Marco felt that Alpha Micheal’s Beta was just as much to blame. The Beta would know everything his Alpha was doing; it was his job to assist and help the Alpha run his pack and to help the Alpha achieve his goals and dreams.

In Marco’s eyes, the Beta was just as guilty as the Alpha, if not more so; it is the Beta's job to assist. That meant that the Beta was the one finding him new avenues and women to abuse.

Alpha Micheal was pissed yet again; being pissed was becoming his natural state lately. Nothing was going the way he wanted. Two of the females in his pack who were marked to be taken have come up missing. It was suspected that they ran away the night before.

His drug suppliers were running short of the things they needed to continue and wouldn’t be able to make the deadline. His drug handlers are insisting on raising their pay. His Beta has been ignoring him; when he sees him again, he is going to have the shit beaten out of him.

Those stinking WereBears took a shipment of Aphrodite’s Kiss worth $750,000; God only knows where it ended up. Knowing those assholes, they probably drank it, thinking it was some sort of fancy wine.

Three more of his enforcers came back in boxes. Damn Bears are a fucking pain in the ass.

Micheal has heard nothing from the Prince; he knew that the Prince wouldn't betray him, not after all the dirt he had on him. His brother and sister-in-law killed each other; they were always stupid, but he underestimated their stupidity. He found out that his brother was taking money from the business, transferring it to an untraceable account: 16 million gone.

No one knows where Lily took off to; knowing that bitch, she is probably spreading her legs for those disgusting WereBears. If she knows what's good for her, she will keep her ugly little mouth shut.

Then there was Spare; she made him think that she was hiding out with the Bears; instead, she was spreading her legs for the King’s Hound, Alpha Duncan. Now she is the Luna of his pack, making it harder for Micheal to get to her. He will get her, though, make no mistake; that little bitch is going to pay for what she has done to him.

Soon he will have her; he just has to be patient and bide his time.

She is going to pay, and pay hard.