Sold To The Alphas I Hate-Chapter 328: Ready To Sacrifice Himself

Kael’s POV

"Raven, is it?" Jeffery asked.

Raven simply looked up at him, not reacting.

"I am informed that you cannot talk," Jeffery continued. "So I will take your silence as your consent. The reason you are standing here today is to decide which parent you wish to go with. Whether Alpha Kael... or the father who raised you for the past six years, Alpha Asher."

Raven still remained silent.

"Raven, you don’t have to be scared," Eira said softly. "Come to Mommy, alright."

He turned his head to look at her... then to me.

I offered him a nod. "Daddy’s here. You know I am always with you. I will protect you."

But then Asher called him as well, "Raven."

Raven looked at him, his gaze instantly wary. It looked like he couldn’t ignore this voice at all.

"You know what to do, my smart pup," Asher said his expressions calm, but his gaze carried a warning for Raven. "Daddy doesn’t need to remind you again and again, right?"

Raven’s small hands clenched the sides of his pants as he stood there, visibly troubled.

My brothers stood by our side, all of them silently assuring him.

"Raven, our plan... you know it," Rafe said. "I am about to finish it. So let’s go home and enjoy it."

But instead of responding to Rafe, Raven’s gaze shifted back to Asher.

Asher raised a brow at him, as if warning him again.

Right in front of my eyes, I could see my child being intimidated. My blood boiled. I couldn’t wait to kill this bastard, making him pay for each time he threatened my child.

"Raven, I am sure you miss your cat... and the doggy you had," Asher said again, his tone deceptively gentle.

At the mention of his pets, Raven stiffened again. I saw him swallow hard.

An amused chuckled left his lips as if he was enjoying playing with the innocent mind of a child. "Raven, your mommy is just as cute as your cat," Asher continued, "and Kael looks just as lovely as your dog." His eyes held a wicked glint. "If you want, I can love them just as I loved your pets. Trust me."

"The bastard is scaring him," Lucian said through our mind link.

"He’s using his pets against him," Jason replied through the mind link. "Must have done something to them."

"The bastard did everything to keep Raven’s mind in his clutches," Roman sneered.

"We can’t let him off," Rafe’s voice angry as well.

We heard Asher again as he put forward his hand in Raven’s direction. "Come to Daddy."

Raven looked at him and then at his hand. He looked like a scared little rabbit who had no other way left.

"Raven," I called him. "Don’t be scared of anything. You know we all love you."

Eira couldn’t hold her tears as I felt her fear through our bond. "Raven, come to Mommy, please. I will make cookies for you once we are home." Her voice trembled.

He looked back at us, his eyes full of longing, as if we were far away from him and he couldn’t reach us.

At this moment, I realized I hadn’t done enough to assure him that his daddy was strong and could protect everyone, including him.

Everyone in the council hall waited to see who he chose, but for me, his answer should be no one but me.

"Raven?" Asher called calmly. "Your pets miss you. Shall I get them out again? Your mommy and daddy can join them to play together with us. We do love our special games don’t we?"

Raven, who had been looking at us, shivered with some realization. He quickly looked back at Asher, fear seeming to grip his body.

What exactly did this bastard do with his pets?

"Raven," I called him, panic gripping my heart.

Raven looked at me, his eyes moist. For the first time, I was seeing some other emotion in him which I never saw before. It hurt me to see him this way. His gaze showed pain and appology.

Shit! He is going to choose Asher.

Daddy.

I heard a voice. A child’s voice.

But Raven hadn’t opened his mouth to say anything. Yet his eyes told me he had called out for me.

I realised I heard him through the mind link. I was stunned and frozen in my place.

We could mind link even in our human form?

And he called me Daddy?

’Raven,’ I called him through the mind link. ’Did you just call me?’

Silent tears finally rolled down his eyes. He was scared, and trapped in the cage the man who had raised had built around him. The cage of fear and obedience born out of it.

’Raven, come to Daddy,’ I told him through the mind link again, my own eyes teary. ’Trust me, I can protect us all.’

He didn’t respond... and turned around to go towards Asher, as if he was saying his final goodbye to me, to us.

No. No. He is going to him. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

I heard the panic voiced of my brothers through the mind link.

Eira gripped my hand tightly as I heard her crying voice. "Don’t let him go. That’s my son. I can’t lose him again." Light sobs followed after.

I heard others call for him, but Raven had already taken a step toward Asher.

I clenched my fists, unleashed my Alpha aura. In a moment Raven’s small body was carried toward me through the air in a swift movement. And now he was in my arms.

"Kael," Asher growled at me, ready to use his Alpha aura as well. "Do you think I can’t do that?"

I held Raven tightly in my arms. "Let’s go the other way."

Asher smirked as if it didn’t come out as a surprise to him. "So you want to bleed today? I shall fulfil your wish."

"We will see who bleeds," I told him.

Asher looked at Raven. "I gave you a chance, Raven, but you were too slow to decide. That is not how I raised you. Now I have no option but to treat them just like I did with your pets."

I felt Raven’s body trembling in my arms. If I could lose my hold on him, he was ready to jump out of my arms and go to that bastard.

It was out of fear that Asher will harm us if he won’t obey him.