Chapter 40 CHAPTER FORTY

Chapter 40 CHAPTER FORTY
CHAPTER FORTY

MAX’S POV

I walked into the dark room, beside my prisoner’s room in the secluded corridor, and saw the bastard.

He was chained to a cross, with blood gushing out of his mouth. My guards must have beaten him and injected him with wolf’s bane to make his wolf weak.

The bastard smiled at me, with his cracked and swollen lips, making me wish I could burst them and make him bleed more, make him suffer for killing my mother.

But I controlled myself, I would kill him eventually but I needed some answers from him before that.

“Who sent you?” I asked, walking closer to him, slower.

“I would rather die in your hands than in his hands” he spat out, allowing the blood in his mouth to spill to the floor.

“Pass me the fucking pistol” I growled and Raymond passed me the pistol.

I slammed it on his stomach, making him groan, spilling more blood on the floor.

I was too angry to see his pain, even when I enjoyed seeing the pain of my enemies.

“Is it the tyrant Alpha?” I sneered at him and he burst into a round of laughter, making me wonder what was funny.

“You call him tyrant because he drinks and gets drunk but I think you are the Tyrant Alpha, because you kill without mercy, so did your father and fore fathers” He smiled, and the sight of his smile made my skin crawl.

Fuck! The bastard was getting under my skin, and I really wanted to kill him, and damn the consequences. But that would only prove his point.

“Who the fuck sent you?” I growled again, hitting his stomach with the pistol, more painful this time.

He whimpered, with a mixture of blood and tears on his face, I stared at him in disgust, my guards would never crumble like this, no matter the torture.

“The order of your attack isn't from the Bloodmoon pack” He cried. “Please stop hitting me”

I dropped the pistol and turned to Raymond, with a question in my eyes. I don't have any enemies in the other pack aside from the tyrant Alpha. Who the fuck would want my family and me dead?

“We need names,” Raymond chimed in, walking towards the bastard.

Raymond picked up the pistol and was about to hit him again when he yelled, “You are sitting in a position that isn't yours”

“What?” I scoffed. I am the only son and child of my father. The moon goddess approved my position even when the court members disagreed because I was still in college.

“I can't say more than this, or else he would kill my family, and I won't be able to live with that!” He said, with pleas in his eyes.

“You poisoned my mother, and you want me to set your family free?” I scoffed. “You must be a joker”

I knew he wouldn't be telling us more about this mysterious son my father has, so I lifted my rifle to his head.

“Please don't shoot me, I would…” his last words trailed out, as he dropped his head lifelessly.

“Why did you fucking kill him?” Raymond yelled, pushing my rifle to the floor.

“He wasn't going to tell us more” I rolled my eyes, walking away.

“We would have been able to ask him who would be coming for Zaria” He growled.

He is fucking right, my blood boiled by the thought of harm reaching Zaria, I need to protect her but she is too stubborn and won't listen to instructions.

“And the fucking killer is from Crescent pack,” I growled, upon realization.

I never knew a day would come that I would wage a war against the Crescent pack, and right now, it seems so.

“You can't just conclude that, just because Crescent Pack is the next neighboring pack, the killer might be someone else and there is more to this than you think!” He said, exhausted.

“I think I would handle it from here” I  whispered.

“Just don't do anything stupid” Raymond warned, before walking off.

I had a lot on my mind and needed to cool off.

I went to my room, to change into my swimsuit, when I found Gwen on my bed, naked.

“What the hell is going on here?” I asked, diverting my gaze to the window.

I heard her giggle, before standing up from the bed.

“Put your robe on before coming to me” I ordered, earning another giggle from her.

She picked her robe from the floor and wore it hurriedly.

“I thought you would need to cool off, because your mother just died” She shrugged, walking towards me slowly.

When she reached me, she encircled her hands around my waist and drew me closer.

“Gwen I am fucking married!” I snapped, trying to push her off gently.

“But you belong to me! The moon goddess picked me, I am your betrothed” her face screwed up in fury.

“I am not in the right state to do this right now!” I snapped, pushing past her.

“You said you never wanted her,” she huffed. “What then happened?”

That was a difficult question, even when it seemed simple. I may have never really hated Zaria, but these new feelings I am developing for her are strange and I can't explain them.

“I don't know, Gwen” I snapped again, trying to keep my cool.

“I bet she sucks your dick on demand huh?” She rolled her eyes in disgust.

I inhaled deeply, to ease my anger. “All you need to know is she's good for me”

“I am good for you too!” she fired back. “The moon goddess picked me, not her”

“You aren't the woman I thought you were Gwen” I said, not taking my eyes off her.

Her face screwed up in anger, “So Zaria is the woman you thought I was?” She sneered.

Her face filled with tears, and she wiped it continuously.

“Gwem, I'm sorry it has to be this way” I apologized.

I know that after this trial with Zaria, I had no intention of making Gwen my Luna, after leading her on all this while. She deserves an apology.

There is a bond I have with Gwen but it's not nearly the connection I feel with Zaria.

She came closer to me and drew me into her arms. “There might still be a way for us to be together”

“Ahem” a voice sounded at the door and we both looked startled.

I pushed Gwen away from me, “Zaria” I spluttered, staring at the hurt in her eyes.