Chapter 30

Killian:

“He is the bastard that killed Sergio.” Vladimir said, showing me the man who was dead at our club.

“And he died how?” I asked and he shook his head.

“He killed himself when he was caught. The man grew too drunk and exposed himself to Rena, the thing is, he didn’t realize that he did until she was trying to get out of the room. The woman ended up getting hurt and is being tended to right now, but just as she was about to report the situation, the man killed himself.” He explained and I nodded as I pinched the bridge of my nose. 

“The one thing that we know for sure is that the prick is still hiding his men like rats.” I said and he nodded. “He is just giving them orders every now and then to do his own dirty work.”

“Or they can be looking for his bride?” He asked and I shook my head. I doubted that they would be looking for the woman here. To say the least, she would have been found if she truly was missing. The man was just putting on something stupid to have his men here.

“I doubt that there ever was a bride to begin with.” I said, and he frowned in confusion. “Think about it, no one has ever seen the woman. If anything, she should have at least appeared beside Elton once or twice. But neither one of us has ever seen her? Don’t you think that it is kind of odd?”

“So, you think that it is only a cover story? The man doesn’t have a woman to begin with?” He asked and I shook my head.

“If he does, she wouldn’t have run away. The woman is supposedly coming from the same family tree. If that is the case, why would she risk making her family look for her when she wasn’t even leaving them? The woman would be making their family tree grow and would ensure the pack having an heir, what more would she want?” I asked and Vladimir nodded in understanding. “The bastard may have come here to simply ensure us working together. Maybe he had his own plans, I don’t know. But now that he found out that they have failed, he had to find a way to cover for the reason behind his men staying.”

“Yeah, but won’t that be too much of a fuss? To say the least, we both know that the man has his own methods, why would he pretend to be engaged?” Vladimir asked and I stayed quiet as I tried finding a logical explanation to his question. One side of me knew that he was right. It was too much of a fuss, but the bastard wouldn’t be doing something unless it benefitted him.

To make people believe that he was the future of the Bernardi family.” I said and Vladimir frowned. “He was here to show ME power, and when that didn’t work, he is now trying a whole different method. It started by sending his men to Sergio to make a deal. This would have ensured that I saw that he had his own inner circle that was within my territory. Another was to kill Sergio to begin with. Another thing was to prove power.” 

“And he came here, pretending to have his wedding, to simply roam around and see?” Vladimir said and I nodded. The man didn’t know who he was fooling with these stupid stories of his, but then again, it was Elton, and to him, everyone was stupid. Little did he know that he was the one who was being fooled and taken advantage of.

“He would be having his own bases here. Where? When? And how would we find them? I don’t know. But I know that he wouldn’t be here empty handed.” I said, and Vladimir raised an eyebrow. “We just need to find out what the bastard’s next move is and where his rats are hiding. Only then would we be able to get rid of them…”

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“Good night,” I heard Eleanor say to Natasha before Natasha walked out of her room. I could hear her wolf purring inside the room, and raising an eyebrow at Natasha, she rolled her eyes and went to walk past me. It was something that she did whenever she was angry with me. I wrapped  my hand around her arm, pulling her to stand in front of me.

“Let me go, Killian.” I chuckled and shook my head at her.

“And if I don’t?” I asked, earning a death glare. The woman was still very angry with me about our argument, and though I couldn’t really blame her, the last thing that I wanted was to have her being upset with me.

“Then I am not responsible…”

“I am sorry, Natasha.” I said, stopping her. The last thing that I wanted was to know that she was upset with me while I was tending to work the way that I was. The woman was my sister, and no matter how much we fought and argued, my respect for her was always infinite. “I know that you don’t like it when I speak to you the way that I did, and for that, I am sorry.”

She froze for a few seconds before snatching her hand from mine. I raised an eyebrow at her and she turned to leave, making me frown in confusion. “Your apology has been accepted, but you and I are not on the best of terms. I need to truly forgive you for that to happen.”

“And how will my sestra fully forgive me?” Sister. I asked, teasing her before wrapping an arm around her waist as I pulled her closer to me. She smiled and wrapped her arms around my neck before hugging me back. 

“I think your hug did the trick this time.” She said and I laughed before she turned to leave, probably wanting to call it a night. “And by the way, Eleanor’s things have arrived.”

I nodded and watched as she closed the door behind her before I turned to enter my room. I frowned in confusion when Eleanor’s bedroom door opened, revealing her as she knocked on my open door. “The door is open, Eleanor.” 

“I know, but I still prefer to knock on the door.” She said shyly and I smiled before approaching her. She looked down at the flower dress that she was wearing, something that she seemed excited about. And knowing that her things had arrived, I could understand the reason behind her happiness; “I only came to return the shirts.”

“Eleanor, you don’t have to…”

“I know, I swear I do, but I got my own things and I figured that you might need them. But I will forever be grateful for this, Alpha Killian.” She said as she took a step back before I cleared my throat. The fact that she was actually leaving without being dismissed told me that she was embarrassed. Her shyness was something that I couldn’t help but find attractive, it was something that showed me that there was a slight innocence in this world, no matter how much I chose to believe that it didn’t exist…

“Eleanor,” I said, calling for her. She froze for a second before she looked me in the eye as I approached her slowly. My slow steps were to assure her that I wasn’t going to hurt her. And though I didn’t know who she was, I would be lying if I said that I wasn’t attracted to her. And the best part about it was the fact that I knew that it wasn’t ONLY due to the mating bond. I was genuinely attracted to the woman just as I could feel her attraction toward me. “Within these walls, and when the two of us are alone, call me Killian…”