Chapter 134 Chapter 134: The Truth About the Capital

Chapter 134 Chapter 134: The Truth About the Capital
Senna’s POV

Rage filled me. I thought about all the people we’d lost. It was too many. I thought about all the sacrifices we’d made. Sure, we’d won the games, but at was cost.

The cost was too high.

In the cave, the sectors had sent us a sponsor gift. They wanted to let us know that they were watching us. They had pirated the games. Which meant they were watching us now.

I was fired up. My grief over losing Verity shifted to rage. This was our chance. With all the sectors watching, we could finally let them all know. We could ask them to rally. We could demand that they storm the capital.

We had the chance not to just to end the games, but to end the capital.

And I seized on that chance.

The wind blew hard across my face. I held up the yellow flower.

“Do you see this?” I seethed. “This is a funeral flower. This is for my wolf. She was a flora wolf and she gave her life for ours. She is gone now.”

I dropped the flower. It fluttered to the ground. Everyone gathered around me. Kalev stood at my side.

“You’ve all been lied to,” I said. “The flora wolves didn’t go extinct. They were purged by a few evil families in the capital. Those families hunted them down and killed them because they were afraid of the flora wolves. Flora wolves ruled the werewolf world once. They were good rulers. I know firsthand how kind and gentle flora wolves are.”

My voice cracked when I thought of Verity. I inhaled a sharp breath.

“There is nothing to fear. Flora wolves aren’t dangerous, as the capital has led you to believe.”

I imagined all the eyes watching, all the people.

“Flora wolves are still alive,” I continued. “But Viktor was hiring people in the sectors to hunt them down. Children. He was taking children before their wolves awakened and keeping them in a facility on the ocean coast. Kalev has been to that facility. He’s seen it with his own eyes.”

I paused.

“It’s true,” Kalev said. “My family designed a siphon. I’m not proud of that. But you all need to know what’s really been happening. That spire over there? That’s a siphon. It pulls the wolf from its owner. Viktor didn’t have a wolf. So he used the siphon to take other people’s wolves. And who knows who else has been siphoning wolves.”

“They capital has been using the power of our wolves, those of us in the sectors. They’ve been stealing from us. To keep us weak. To make sure they stay in power. I know this comes as a shock. I know this is hard to understand. But you all need to know the truth. You deserve to know the truth.”

Everyone behind me stayed still, breaths held.

“It’s time to end this,” I yelled, raising my fist. “I urge you to rally. There is strength in numbers. Stop doing what the capital says. Gather your weapons and your people. March on the capital. Let’s take this fight off the island and into the very heart of the evil itself. I am calling for a rebellion. Together, we have the power to bring down the capital. We will fight with you. The time is now.”

Suddenly, the sky shook. A loud buzzing sound erupted from the sky.

“They turned off the signal,” Kalev said.

“They were too late,” I smiled. “I said what I needed to say. Everyone knows the truth now. I’ve called for them to rally.” I turned to Kalev. “And they will. The capital can’t stop us. Not this time. These games will be down fall of the capital. It’s time for the sectors to reclaim what rightfully belongs to them.”

Everyone on the island was fired up. They cheered. Korrigan and Isolde came to me.

“Well done, Senna,” Isolde smiled. “If that doesn’t do it, nothing will.”

“Do you really think there’s going to be a rebellion?” Junie asked, her eyes wide.

“I think there already is,” I told her. “It started here, on this island, when they pitted the nobles against us. We showed them what we do to nobles. We won. That alone is enough to give the sectors the hope they need to finally march against the capital.’

“So what happens when we go back?” Junie asked.

“We fight,” I told her. “And we win. And we dismantle the capital and a new era begins.”

Junie smiled. “I like that,” she said. “I like that very much.”

A loud voice boomed through the sky.

“The games are over,” the voice said. It was Petra, Kalev’s mother. We could all hear the distress in her voice. “You are all declared victors. And since this is a special games, we have a special prize for all of you. You will all be given palaces in the capital. We will shower you all with wealth. You will be revered and safe for the rest of your lives.”

I scoffed. Beside me, Korrigan laughed sarcastically.

“Seriously?” he said. “They just never stop, do they?”

“they don’t,” Kalev said. “They think money will solve everything. In their eyes, we’ll just go back and take their money.”

“They don’t actually think we’ll take their bribe, do they?” Isolde said, rolling her eyes.

“Well, that’s the thing,” Kalev said. “They actually do. They value money and prestige. It never occurred to them that there are other, more valuable things. Like freedom and loyalty.”

“Fuck em,” Korrigan said. He spat into the dirt.

“Korrigan,” Kalev said, turning to him. “I know we haven’t always seen eye to eye. But on this occasion? I couldn’t agree with you more.”

We stood on the beach as the sounds of helicopters appeared in the distance.

“They’re coming to get us,” Kalev said. We all turned our heads up to the sky.

“Good,” I replied. “Let them. They have no idea what we just started.”

“Just as they have no idea how this is actually going to end,” Kalev said. “Spoiler alert. It is not going to end in their favor.”

Tell the cameras everything. Tell them. Senna does.