Chapter 147

Ashir POV ;

After Adara left, I was overwhelmed with sadness for betraying her. Remembering her strength and abilities only fueled my sorrow. I could remember her looking like a sun and the thunder sparking through her eyes. I regretted putting myself in such a difficult position. 

Thoughts of my brother's betrayal and the priest's false prophecy intensified my anger. I could remember a priest saying to me that Adara had died and would never resurrect again, leading me to lose faith in the prophecy.  I blamed myself for trusting others too easily.

 On my way back to my chamber, I avoided speaking to anyone until Malachi and Mitchell approach. Malachi expresses his shock and regret over the deception, claiming he never anticipated the prophecy coming true. I lashed out at him for falsely informing me about Adara's demise at the hands of vampires. Despite Malachi's attempts to justify himself, I remained doubtful and hurt by his actions.

“Do you really mean this? Why would you tell me that when you know that you aren't sure. Why do you have to lie to me that you saw her corpse yourself? Why" I said angrily.

Malachi looked so emotional and was short of words and he said nothing which got me more annoyed. I moved closer to him angrily and began punching him in his face. 

“Enough!" Malachi shouted suddenly and held my hand. “Enough alpha, how could you do this to me despite everything I have done for you. Could you have secured your throne without me? How could you be such an insolent and arrogant fool" Malachi altered.

My anger arose immediately after hearing Malachi calling me insolent and foolish. 

"Are you calling me a fool now after what you have made me do? Are you sure you know who you're talking to? I'm your alpha, I'm your lord” I said angrily.

“Do you say alpha, do you say lord…. ?” Malachi responded jockinly.

"Yes I'm your lord and I'm your alpha” I altered.

"Oh I doubt not, how could you call yourself alpha and you couldn't protect your people. How could you call yourself an Alpha and retreat from a war. You're not an Alpha but an insolence fool” 

"Enough enough enough…… ." I shouted angrily, getting so annoyed about Malachi’s insults. “ can't you just stop this and admit your fault?” I added. 

Malachi showed no emotion and never admitted his fault and kept on insulting me. My anger became unbearable and I drew out my sword after being over tempered by his insults. 

“Do you want this, I bet it won't end well" Malachi screamed as he saw me pulling out my sword. 

I advanced towards Malachi in a fit of anger, attempting to strike him with my sword. Quickly, Malachi countered my attack and readied himself to strike back. However, Mitchell intervened. 

“Enough you both can't you just hold on for a while and surrender for yourself? Can't you just work together and think about the way out. Would you just stand there fighting until Adara attacks back?” Mitchell shouted angrily. She drew out her sword and defended me from the attack. I became so surprised by Mitchell 's moves and his intentions to defend me. 

Malachi dropped his sword immediately upon realizing his mistakes. He went on his knees immediately and pleaded for mercy. 

“I'm sorry alpha I shouldn't have done this. I'm deeply sorry my lord, I shouldn't have done this but I let my anger take over me" Malachi please. 

Upon seeing this, my anger all went down, " I'm deeply sorry I shouldn't have drawn my sword at you” I apologize and help Malachi up from his knees.“What do you suggest we do now? How could we stop Adara from getting to me?" I asked.

Malachi was so sad and became thoughtful for a moment.

"There's no doubt that Adara and her soldiers were really powerful. I could see how our soldiers had fought well on the battlefield and were not a match for them. For us to stop Adara and sent her away, all our soldiers must be combined and you should give me permission to control them” Malachi suggested.. 

“Hmm" I took a deep breath ruminating about Malachi's words. I looked at Mitchell’s face and I saw a feeling of trust and faith toward Malachi. 

“Do you say that I should put all my soldiers under your control?” I asked confusingly.

"Yes my lord, that's the only way to defeat Adara. I knew a secret to stop her power” Malachi said with full assurance.

“Sighed” I took a deep breath feeling so lost about what to do.

"Can you give me a few days to think about it?” I asked. 

“Hmmm" Malachi took a deep breath with wordiness taking over his face. “I'm sorry but there is no time to think as Adara could appear anytime from now with his soldiers. I had to take a few days to train the soldiers and make them fight to attack Adara's soldiers" Malachi explained. 

"Just trust Malachi on this Alpha, I assure you that you'll never regret this. Only this Adara be stopped” Mitchell added.

"Hmm Okay, okay” I said, nodding my head and knowing that I was left with no choice. I try to neglect Malachi’s thought but the look on Mitchell’s face frozen my thoughts.

“Okay, Okay….  I'll hand you over to you my soldiers” I said. 

Malachi became so excited upon hearing this. I called Smith and commanded him to gather all the soldiers immediately. After gathering the soldiers, Smith talked to me secretly informing me of the risk of my action. I assured him not to worry, informing him of my deep thought before taking the step and my full trust in Malachi. 

Smith, Mitchell and I all stood at the top of a stage while all the soldiers had already gathered. 

“Hey, the great soldier of the bloodclaw pack. Upon witnessing what happened today, I have decided to put all my soldiers in Malachi's command to honor him for his bravery and his trust. Kindly spread out to other soldiers at the boundary that they should all follow Malachi's command and anyone who dares to dishonor him had dishonored I myself” I said addressing the soldiers. 

Immediately after my short speech, I handed over the command sword to Malachi, Malachi embraced the sword with joy and he raised it up courageously.

“Hail  lord Malachi," all the soldiers shouted.