Chapter Forty - Treachery: Betas Against Their Alphas

"Sir, thank you for not ignoring me and not treating me as rogue." Festus appreciates for the umpteenth time.

"No worries. You're gonna enjoy us while you're here." Kimberly giggles.

Charles, Kimberly, George & Kellie, and Festus are seated at the dinning room, having breakfast as they discuss while eating, unlike the Alpha. Martin.

"So your men have traveled overseas?" George asks, the last word not pronounced well since he's chunking a meat which has fully occupied his mouth.

"No. Not at all. I'd confess, sir." Festus replies. "Even George and Kellie are guilty of this."

Kellie looks at George and they both chuckle, making some torn bits of pork drop back into their plates.

"My Betas were the one who came as rogues to get food from here."

"Okay." Charles keeps eating. "Well, we don't know them neither are we the one that served them food but all the best, we are reunited, aren't we?"

They all chuckle with their navels almost pooping out. Even Charles chokes as he downs a bottle of water. But, only Kellie's chuckles don't level up to others since she thinks she would be lost again.

"You can go bring them in from the hut." Charles tells Festus and he stands up from the chair.

"No, you don't do that." Kellie corrects and chuckles, almost choking. "You don't leave the dining table abruptly."

"Right, dude." Charles adds. "Let's keep eating, we can go see your men together after eating."

Kimberly nods, and hums, "no more talking. Chop your food."

Kellie chuckles again as George fights back the giggles rising up his throat, making him to purr and spit the meat stuck in his throat at Charles' face.

"Oh my goodness." Charles stands up quickly and heads towards the kitchen.

"You don't leave the dinning table abruptly, dude." Kellie says as she laughs to stupor. George joins her as he reclines his back in his chair and laughs as though he's competing with Kellie. Kimberly has to stop eating, Charles has to stop moving. He wipes that off of his face with an handkerchief in his pocket as he retires to his heat and stares at all of them.

Kellie giggles while George takes a gander at the sitting room then at them. At last, he bursts into laughter, seeing Kimberly drooling from watching them both painstakingly.

"For real…" Kimberly says. "Are you high?"

Charles stares at them, one by one, as they laugh as though their lives depend on it. After few minutes, they look at themselves and do their best to frown. They successfully furrow their foreheads as they resume eating.

"This food is spicy." George says. "You're a good cook, Kimberly."

"Thank goodness you're now back to normalcy. You just went round the twist, do you know?"

Kellie smiles.

"Please, Kellie." Charles says. "Wait. Don't laugh. Stop scaring us with that deadly laughter!"

"No." Kellie replies. "Ain't deadly. I'm just trying to have some fun time with my mate and I deem it right to do that anywhere, everywhere."

"I see it as good too." Kimberly remarks. "But, you scared us, you can just try to make it less scary."

"I guess that was what brought up us there when you shrieked, Kellie."

George hiccups. Kellie smiles, and holds back her laughter.

"Kellie!" Kimberly yells. "Will you stop being dramatic? Are you nuts? Did you take Molly?"

"None." George assumes his serious face. "As you know, needless to say though, she would be missing soon and I'd have to go through some stuff before I can get to her. So, for the little time we have, let us laugh away our sorrow."

"Sure, do." Festus replies and George shows him thumbs up. He stares at Festus chunking meats as though he'd be killed immediately he's done.

Two contradicting thought flick through his mind. First, how he now invites Festus to eat with him. Though he didn't, really, but he can still say he did with half mouth. He's a son in law to Charles and Kimberly. He remembers how he was being chained by Festus and his Betas when they didn't want him to get Kellie, his mate. A hot tear wants to drop down his cheek. Though it's a tear of joy, George fights it back into his eyes, not to make others sorry about him again.

Second, he shakes his head at how Festus is chopping the food as though debasing a mountain. He sighs and makes insinuating remarks.

"Look at him!!!!!!" He yells with all his might, frightening even Kellie, his mate and temporal laughing spree partner.

"Who, for God's sake?" Festus sighs as he drops the forks.

"We are done eating. Have a 15-minute rest, and let's get you set for school." Kimberly says.

George giggles.

"I thought you'd wear the serious face for a while, seriously." Charles says and George bursts into laughter, infecting Kellie as well.

FIFTEEN MINUTES LATER

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"Oh ok, mum." Kellie replies. "Whatcha think, George, Dad, Festus."

"Kellie, we would think about that overnight, okay?" George tells Kellie and she hums.

They all rise to their feet at once, excepting Kimberly though. She joins them in standing as well but Kellie opposes.

"You didn't win the game. Just sit here and wait for us. We would be right back within few minutes, okay?"

"Don't you think Kellie should stay here with me?"

"No, mum!"

"But you'd end up getting missing!"

"After all, yeah, even if I remain here in this damn pack."

"You know what, madam?" Festus calls her. "I, Charles, George are with her. She would be safe, ok?"

She nods, and sighs as they jerk the door open and dart towards the main gate.

They soon get to the main gate and they pause.

"You, dude." A wolf nudges Festus. "Your men have been crying over there, begging for food."

"How did you know I own them?" Festus asks.

"They confessed this when I made a condition to getting food package." The wolf says.

"They must be very hungry to have revealed that." Festus scoffs. "Did you give anything to them?"

"No, I didn't. They claimed to break through the barrier between us and the wasteland. They threatened to come back here and attack us after they have gotten in contact with some red wolves over there." The wolf replies. "But you should still meet them in the hut, I hope they would be complete.*

No one replies him. Instead, they jerk the gate door open as they storm out of the pack house, heading straight to the hut.

"But, Kellie, you should have at least mind linked me earlier that it was Festus' Betas. I saw them begging for food when I passed by. I could have let them in and not let them out again." Charles says.

"The security white wolves are stupid. Imagine, why should they let them out again! Let's say, they are real rogues, and they're let out, they would have captured what they wanna capture or worst still, know what they want and get it through the devil means." Kellie retorts as they slowly walk up to the hut.

"The devil means..." George sighs.

"We wanted to make it a surprise. Or whatchamacallit?" Festus talks. "And again, we couldn't just barge in like that. We would be suspected and again, those same Betas that begged for food from those idiots standing at the gate are same people responsible for kidnapping Kellie. So, they couldn't have even given us a damn attention. They would let only George and Kellie in, while we starve and stay outside."

"Let's not talk about it anymore." Charles muffles. "Let's ensure we get your Betas first. Protection is necessary."

"After that?" Festus asks George. "Still gonna follow them to destroy my pack?"

"Charles?" George passes the question to Charles.

"Maybe. Maybe not. But Kellie? Not!" He replies and they finally move into the hut.

"So, you bastard would return here!" Alfred rises to his feet and yells at Festus. "You've been starving us, you idiot!!"

"We even called the moon goddess to send thunder and brimstone to you, fool!!" Alex yells at Festus again.

"We all know your secrets, freaking demon!" Douglas yells on top of his voice.

Festus stays intact in a position while Kellie clutches onto George and sighs.

"Please, take it cool, men." Charles tells them.

"I swear to the moon goddess..." Austin speaks up. "If not because of you, I would have killed this man."

"Killed a demon?" Festus scoffs.

Austin moves up to him and hits him on his forehead. "Are you crazy? Are you nuts?"

"Is Everything okay with you? You'll run mad!" Alfred joins him in hitting Festus. Festus doesn't retort, he only dodges the hits though some get to him. Charles finally blocks them from fighting as he stands between them.