Chapter 59 - The Rejected Goddess

Emma POV

“What happened to the five packs?” I ask.

“What packs?” My father asks.

“Don’t play dumb with me, the five packs that have disappeared from the face of the earth. I have people out there looking now and the information they are feeding back is that everyone has disappeared. Meaning that there are no bodies, no survivors and no wounded. So, I will ask you again. What happened to the five packs?”

“Eric happened.” My father mumbles. I swear sometimes he acts like a petulant child.

“Well duh, of course he did. You and him, but I want to know how and why?”

“From what I understand, there was a mole planted in each of the pack just a few weeks before Eric would visit. He would then be able to get all of the intel he needed to clip the rogues in past security. With the packs being new and smaller than normal it was easy for him; he would then use the rogues to round up all of the pack members and shift them off.” My father explains.

I am surprised that Eric was able to think up such a smart plan, it is diabolical and evil but really well thought out and effective.

“Was anyone ever hurt?” I ask.

“Only the leaders, normally the Alpha, Luna and Betas would be harmed. They wouldn’t be killed though, just harmed to bring the pack to a standstill and then stand down and fall under Erics command.”

“Are the five packs that have disappeared still alive?” I ask, this question has been burning in my mind ever since I started to create my theory. If not, then we really need to locate where they are buried and what happened to them. If they are alive then there is hope that genocide has not happened, meaning my father would not be tried as a traitor to our kind.

“Yes. The five packs are still alive and that their leaders are being held in the void between life and death by a witch’s spell. They are alive but only just barely.” My father replies.

“Why? Why not kill them?” Alpha Inga asks.

“How else would these two be able to control the packs. By having their leaders in stasis, it means that the packs cannot do anything other than follow the orders they are given. It is cruel yet effective.” I say, looking my father in the eyes the whole time.

My father sits there and winces.

“Where is the next attack going to be?” I ask.

“Don’t you mean when?” James asks me.

“No, where? I have a feeling that Eric wants to replenish the rogues he lost when he attacked here and Alpha Inga’s pack.” I reply.

“I don’t know.” My father says. But he doesn’t look me in the eyes.

“I see. Beta Edward, I leave it to you.” I say, but before I can continue my father speaks up.

“I am so sorry, I tried to fight Eric over this but I was not strong enough to overpower the alpha command. And by the time I was able to get out, I was in too deep and he had everything he needed to black mail me.”

“I am a goddess, didn’t ever cross your mine to come to me? I could have helped you. After all it is literally my job to help people that need it. I would have been able to protect you and my family.” I reply, my voice holding no emotion.

“I didn’t want to get you involved, it was clear that his target was you and I wanted you as far from that nutter as could be.”

“That was not your decision to make.”

“The last time he got his hands on you he killed you.” My father retorts.

“As true as that may be, I will never be afraid of him. I will always fight ruthless tyrants like him and you. I used to look up to you, respect you and this is what you did to me. You betrayed me, worse than he ever could. You are my father, my rock, and still you sided with him.”

“He is such a monster; I just didn’t want him to get hold of you.”

“The irony there, father, is that you have become just as bad as him.” I reply

I get up off the chair and walk towards the door.

“What are you going to do with me?” My father asks nervously.

“I am going to use you to get information on the rogues and what is going to happen. To do that I am going to let Beta Edward have you and trust me that is not a mercy. You will then think about what you are going to say to those five packs and everyone who has lost loved ones. Then I will leave you to the mercy of them, they are the ones you wronged so they are the ones who will determine your fate. You were an amazing father and the best warrior in this pack, how you let Eric use and manipulate you I will never know.”

I then turn and look at my father, “I feel sorry for Matthew and his family. They will have to live without a father and grandfather all because of your own actions. I will try to protect them as much as I can, but they will find out what you have done one day.” I say, turning around.

“I am sure Goddess Selena will forgive my soul.” My father mutters.

“I wouldn’t be so sure if I was you.” I say as I exit the room and head out of the pack house and into the garden behind it.

I know that Beta Edward will be the one getting the information out of him about where the next pack that will be attacked is.

Once I am out in the garden I walk over to the edge of the patio and sit down. The last time I was here I was crying because Eric had rejected me and I was being taken to the dungeons for no reason other than to be tortured by him and my sister.

I never learnt why they targeted me, but the reason is clear- they are sick and evil people to the core. They both enjoy making others dance to their tune, and if they don’t then they hurt, maim or kill them.

I just sit there, enjoying the sun on my face. When was the last time I relaxed like this? It as a very long time ago, that I sat outside and did this. As I sit there, feeling the warmth from the sun, my mind wanders to the five missing packs.

The five packs that disappeared so far are the Blue Moon pack, the Thunder Pack, The Banner Pack, Liberty Pack and the Nightingale Pack. Just like the Blue Moon Pack, all of the other our packs were relatively new and small in comparison to other packs which have been recognised for generations. The packs were mainly made up of young wolves who wanted to change their lives or needed to start over.

Each and every pack had reached out for help but by the time aid arrived it was too late. Gamma Percy was able to get me the information I needed this morning. The warriors he had sent off with my tasks were quick and efficient and they came back with the information I thought it would be- all of the pack members in every pack had disappeared. There were no signs of a struggle, no wounded, no dead and no survivors left. The pack grounds looked like ghost towns from the reports, they were silent and eery and the vibe the warriors were got was one of distress and horror, but nothing pointed to what had happened.

However, in the Thunder Pack Alpha diary there was the name ‘Alpha Eric and member visiting’ and this visit was the last thing on the log. The time of the visit coincided with when the pack went silent meaning that as with the case of the Blue Moon pack, Alpha Eric was the last man to see the pack alive. Coincidence?

I think not, but now we know how he did it and why. Eric wants to control the world, deities included. He thought that as we were once mates, I would be the easiest target, and by having a hidden army behind him it would be too late before anyone knew what was going on.

I also theorise that Eric must have been drugging his wolf with wolfbanes, otherwise I believe that we would have know what was going on sooner. Selena told me that before she gave his wolf another host, he mentioned that he kept blacking out at odd times. Sometimes for a few hours and other times a few days, but he never knew the reason why. All he knew was that when he awoke, he felt sluggish. Selena and I believe that Eric had gotten a witch to disguise the wolfbane that he fed his wolf, thereby only Eric and my father knew what was really going on.

Although I do suspect that Melanie is also behind this. The true mate bond between Alpha Inga and herself could have been genuine or it could have been a spell. It would not surprise me, after all Melanie is a vindictive and manipulative bitch who will stop at nothing to get what she wants, and I do not think that we have seen the last of her.

I do not know how long I have been sitting out here, but when I open my eyes, I notice that Alpha Inga and James are already seated beside me. They mut have snuck up on me, or I was simply that deep in thought.

Before either can say anything to me, I turn around when I hear footsteps enter the garden this time.

Beta Edward walks out into the garden and makes his way over to me and James. He next words fill me with pain and pleasure.

“We have the rogues next target’s location.”