A Mate For The Last Lycan-Chapter 140: AN IMPULSIVE PUNISHMENT

The question startled Caiden and Bryden, both of them immediately stood up, as the alpha entered the room. His eyes fixed on his gamma, who avoided his gaze because he felt guilty.

"Why she was there with your father?" Khaos repeated the question, he approached the two of them and Bryden could sense this wouldn’t end well for Caiden. The gamma had confessed everything to him and no matter how you saw it, Caiden was in the wrong.

"Khaos, calm down," Bryden said, he put himself between Caiden and the alpha. "You need to understand the situation."

"Answer me, gamma."

You would know the anger that Khaos held back when he called Caiden with his title instead of his name, putting a distance between them and this made Caiden flinched.

The tension grew stronger inside the room.

"I am sorry, I am wrong," Caiden admitted his mistake, he knelt down, showing his submission.

"Your apology didn’t answer my question," Khaos stated coldly. He shoved Bryden to the side. The gamma was within his arm reach now.

"I..." Caiden couldn’t tell him the truth because it meant he would sell out his father. He knew that he was in the wrong. He also didn’t have any idea what his father said to Zuri to trigger her, but he couldn’t put his father in the wrath of the lycan.

Knowing that, it was Bryden, who answered Khaos’s question.

"Ezra asked him to bring Zuri to him."

’Asking’ was a nice word to put in, because the right word was; Ezra had pressured Caiden to bring Zuri without the alpha’s knowledge to him, because he wanted to have a private conversation with her and the gamma thought what harm could happen from a simple conversation?

"Khaos, you need to understand that Ezra is still his father."

"If he listened to his father more than he listened to his alpha, probably he needs to step down from his position," Khaos said darkly and he meant it.

He didn’t need someone, who would defy his order blatantly. The position of beta and gamma were not a position that you could take lightly. You devoted your life to your alpha, your loyalty was on your alpha only, not to your family. Bryden and Caiden should have known this.

"Khaos, this is only a mishap of judgement." It was Bryden again, who tried to calm the alpha down, while Caiden lowered his head. "Please, can we talk about this later? He is still distraught because his father almost died."

Once again, Khaos ignored Bryden. His question was directed to his gamma. "What your father said to Zuri that triggered her?"

"I don’t know," Caiden replied in small voice. "My father told me to walk away, so I didn’t hear their conversation, but I was nearby when he mindlinked me frantically. I could feel the pain through the bond and I know there was something wrong."

Caiden told him everything that he knew.

The relationship between Caiden and his father were not a smooth sailing. Both Khaos and Bryden knew how much Ezra put pressure and expectation on Caiden, since he was the first born.

He had to be the good example for his twin brothers, he had to be a great gamma, who helped the alpha and even often Ezra would tell him that he should sacrifice himself for the revival of the old dynasty if it was what required of him. The irony...

"You will step down from your position as the gamma, Caiden and go back to Greywolf pack."

"Khaos!" Bryden was shocked when he heard the punishment. Demoting Caiden was too much. This punishment was too impulsive. "Khaos, Zuri almost killed him too! You need to put that into consideration!"

Khaos shifted his attention to Bryden for the first time. His sharp gaze made the beta took a step back.

"I don’t need a gamma, whose loyalty is not with me. What he has done was an act of betrayal."

"Khaos, you need to understand his position."

"You can step down from your position too if you don’t understand this."

The statement shut Bryden up very quick. He should know better not to test the alpha’s limit, especially at moment like this, but the word left his mouth before he could stop it.

"You are too attach to her, Khaos. It will ruin our plan in the future if you are being too sympathetic with her."

They knew what would happen to the Shell and if it continued, Khaos wouldn’t have a heart to watch her suffering and the completion of the beauty blood would be jeopardized.

"You know that you are not being reasonable here. You need to distance yourself from her before you are too involved with her emotionally. We are very close, Khaos. We are very close to our goal. Remember what they have done to your family, to your whole dynasty.

Remember to what they have done to the family and all the people, who has supported the old dynasty. Remember the suffering that your supporter had to go through in those greedy hands. They will not rest in peace before we can avenge them.

Remember the late king and queen, your father and mother, who were killed and betrayed. Don’t let yourself to be distracted, Khaos. It’s not worth it."

***

"King Dacre, are you still awake?" Rose asked from outside of his tent.

It was snowing tonight and the wind was so cold, thus Rose was wearing extra layer of cloak to keep her warm. She was fidgeting, while standing outside of the king’s tent, waiting for him to answer.

Thankfully, a moment later Dacre walked out of his tent, he frowned to see her trembling because of the cold.

"What are you doing here?" Dacre asked.

"I want to give you a report about alpha Khaos’s ships. The scouts have found them."

"You don’t have to be the one to report this."

"Can we talk inside please, king Dacre?"

"No. Let’s talk here."