CHAPTER FORTY-TWO.
AUTHOR'S POV.
In a cold room in the kingdom of the phoenix, all the six leaders of each kingdom and pack were present, and all of them, though with different faces, nature, and characters, had something in common at that moment: Anger.
They all had different ways of expressing it, and it was like they were hiding it under an expressionless face, except Dracula, whose face was deeply in a frown.
He had managed to get the garlic off his body, but the pain was still burning his throat, constantly reminding him of the unforgettable pain he went through.
"I'll kill him," He vowed after much thought, "I'll kill him and make him the first alpha I'll suck dry."
Each of the leaders nodded to him in agreement.
"He is a strong and smart boy, how can we kill him then?" One of them questioned the others.
They all got into thinking.
They had all planned well for Jacqueline's visit, and according to what they had expected, they had thought that Jacqueline would be with his ancestors by now. Dead.
But Jacqueline fell their hands big time, he proved stubborn and strong. He was not ready to back down and refused to back off. He had become a big bone in their throat and their hatred for him increased.
Fritoral faced Scott, suddenly having an idea of what to do, or at least where to start from, "Get your bitch in here."
"Why?" Scott asked him.
"For some questioning. Is it not obvious that she lied to us?" Fritoral was beginning to reflect his anger in his words.
"I don't think she knows about it too." Scott defended.
Scott's defendant of Ophelia was annoying all the leaders. It was like pouring salt into the freshly opened wound.
One of the leaders, a man, whose hidden nature was a fairy. He was the leader of the fairy world. 'He' was naturally a woman, but could also transform herself into a man. Therefore, he was the fairy queen.
He was done keeping calm. He busted, "Get your damn bitch here, Scott, else, I will shove some mystic poison into your damn throat, and no one here will be able to stop me."
Scott sighed, he was not so ready for Ophelia to be passing through all these new phases of life, not when he just discovered that she was pregnant with his pup.
He recently realised that she was pregnant.
It was when she was taken to the kingdom's clinic after Rosalie gave her the antidote to the poison that he had been shocked about her pregnancy and had been thinking of the best way to take her out of all the trouble with Jacqueline. He wanted his pup saved.
Now, everyone wanted her for questioning, and that was stressful for Ophelia. She had always been scared of the leaders. None of them liked her, and they didn't hide it.
Scott didn't have a choice to choose from, he mind-linked his beta, "Escort Ophelia to where I am."
"Okay, my alpha."
They all waited, and Dracula paced til the door opened, and Ophelia was led in.
The door was shut behind her, and Scott took his eyes away from her, he hated the sight of her shivering under their gazes, and he couldn't say anything about it.
If it was his wish, he could have wanted Jacqueline to be overlooked or just die quickly for him to return to his pack and marry his Luna.
The leader's eyes locked on Ophelia, "We just need to question you and you will be gone before you know it if you can give us what we want." They assured Ophelia and she gently nodded, trying to blink away her anxiety.
"Why did you tell us that that alpha boy is a weakling? Why did you make it seem as if it's a small task to bring him down? Also, why did you make us assured that he would break down when he saw you? You never mentioned that he has a luna that pretty, one who catches all our attention. Why did you manipulate everything for us?"
Ophelia opened her mouth and responded to them. "Jacqueline was not so strong when I was with him, so I'm equally astonished. More so, the lady with him is a mystery to me, I never knew that he had seen someone else to replace me. I'm sorry."
The leaders were not satisfied with Ophelia's response, and they were ready to blot out more words from her, but Scott couldn't watch. He had to come up with a quick and unthinkable solution.
"Let's use the girl against the boy." He said. He was referring to Rosalie as the girl, and the boy, Jacqueline.
That caught everyone's attention, so he had to expatiate to convince everyone, "He is so into the girl, and the girl deals with herbs. We just have to manipulate her to make a herb that would hurt him. After that, we can do whatever we desire, and boom! We win."
They were all thoughtful again, but after a while, their lips stretched into a smile, loving the new idea.
One then added, "We can tell the girl to even give it to him, he won't suspect a thing."
They all smiled, finally concluding.
"Who will manipulate her?" Questioned the Phoenix king the rest.
"I will." Both Dracula and the fairy queen volunteered.
"Good. Both of you should."
They were already a step ahead of Jacqueline, and they were very happy. Now, they could all process for the banquet.
They all went back to their chambers to dress up in beautiful apparel.
Today was the day, and it couldn't be shaken. They would win anyhow, either to use their powers to win or anyhow.
Why did they hate Jacqueline so much?
That was because his ancestors never joined their evil plans, and they were never involved in their plan of starting a war against all other creatures on earth to claim all over the earth.
Their plan had always been to restrict all the people in the world to the seven kingdoms, and a king would rule over them all.
They had been succeeding because Cosmos had been silent about their agenda and had turned a blind eye to them, but since Jacqueline took over the throne, they noticed he was not ready to back down. They saw he wouldn't relent for anything, hence, the will for his death.
The time for the banquet came by, and the six leaders moved towards the hall together. Unlike how it was the previous day, the hall was beautifully decorated with golden and black colours.
It was blooming with people moving around with glasses in their hands, and also, the tables had been changed and differently organised, it had just four seats around a table now, and the chairs were clothed in black.
The fluorescents in the hall were of multiple colours, and each colour illuminated all around the hall, giving it different vibes one at a time.
There was a dance floor just by the side, and a few people were there, dancing to the slow music which was booming from the speakers all around the room. Of course, the sound was a strange one with strange language. One of the phoenixes sang it, and he sang in their tongues.
"Now, this is what I call a party!" One of the leaders whistled, "If you need me for anything in the mission, call me." He told everyone and immediately left, picking up a drink as he walked away.
The phoenix king turned to the others, "No mistake, please."
He seriously was not in to take any sort of mistake, and he concluded in his mind that if any of them would be the one to try to bring up mistakes, he would cut the person off.
He was seriously thinking of that when he walked off.
The leaders got themselves engaged with different activities but even with everything, their eyes were fixed on the route Jacqueline and Rosalie was to walk into the hall. They were in the hall, but not equally there.
"What's taking them so long? Have they escaped away from the kingdom?" Dracula thought and he frowned.
He hated that he was waiting, that he was the most person in anticipation of their arrival. He had a special package prepared for them, but they had hidden away from sight.
It was slowly getting right into the centre of the night, still, no Jacqueline and Rosalie in sight.
The six leaders became restless and came together.
"Where are they?" They questioned among themselves.
None of them had an answer to that question.
The phoenix king beckoned to one of his guards, and when he came, "Search around the palace for that alpha and his luna. Lead them here immediately if you see them."
"Yes, Your Majesty." He bowed and left.
They were all silent til the guard returned with neither Jacqueline nor Rosalie, "We can't locate them around, Your Majesty. Their room is also empty."
"What? Throw a search party around immediately and turn everywhere upside down. Find them!"
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"Where the hell are you? Have they realised?"