I Am The Lycan’s Luna

••• Aleena’s POV •••

“Follow me to the study first. There’s something I want to tell you guys,” Kyson said.

Colton, Lucas, and I shared a look. Colton was about to say something, but Lucas stopped him. I wondered what Kyson was going to tell us. From the way he said it and how he looked, it must be something important.

We all went to the study and took a seat. I noticed that Witch Lily came with us, too, and Kyson didn’t stop her. He must trust her a lot.

“Enough with the suspense. What are you going to tell us?” Colton was the one who spoke first after we all settled down in our seats.

Kyson waited to answer. He looked hesitant and conflicted, as though it was difficult to say whatever it was he was trying to say.

“Kyson?” I tried to prompt him. His reaction somehow made me nervous.

He took a deep breath and took my hand before looking at the rest, and his lips opened to say, “Before Andre died, he said there was someone else behind what happened to Aleena. Someone… powerful.”

My body froze, and my heart started to race.

“You mean everything that had happened to Aleena was not caused by Andre?” Colton nearly shrieked out his reply.

“They were caused by Andre, but some higher-ups controlled him?” Lucas deduced.

Kyson nodded in response to Lucas. “Controlled or not, this person seems to want those things to happen to Aleena.”

“Who is it, Kyson? Who wants me to end up killing you?” I asked anxiously. Hearing the word ‘higher-ups’ made me nervous. Someone more powerful than Andre… There were plenty of Alphas overseas who were more powerful than Andre. How many of them wanted me to kill my own mate?

“The Alpha King,” Kyson replied grimly.

His answer made all of us shocked, causing the room to fall into pin-drop silence.

“The… Alpha King?” I asked slowly in disbelief.

Kyson only nodded in response.

The Alpha King… He was mysterious. Only a few people had seen him. Only powerful Alphas had met him. Mostly, it was his Beta who appeared during meetings and such. How did I incur the wrath of someone so powerful?

“But… But I don’t even know him. Why did he want me to go through all those horrible lies and become a killing machine?” When did I offend him?

I looked at Kyson. Did he ever offend the Alpha King? Or does the Alpha King have a personal grudge against Lycanthropes?

“Witch Lily… Does the Alpha King know the truth?” I asked her.

“He knows,” she said softly.

I noticed Witch Lily looked calm. She must know the reasons behind everything. I was about to ask her when I heard a loud bang, and Colton’s voice rang out.

Colton seemed to have stood up too fast, causing his chair to tumble backward and hit the floor. “The Alpha King? As in Alpha of the Alpha? As in Alpha Zane of the Night Shade Pack?!” he shrieked this time.

We all looked at him. His expression was one of disbelief, and he looked kind of agitated. Does he…

“Do you know him?” Lucas asked him the question that was on my mind.

“Know him? I want to kill him!” Colton snarled.

We were all more shocked looking at Colton than hearing his words. He was always carefree and easy-going, but this time, he looked furious – his whole body was shaking, and his canines and claws were bared.

“Colton…” Lucas reached out and took Colton’s hand, but Colton seemed too angry to calm down from the simple gesture.

Colton was getting a bit too dangerous as his eyes kept changing colors, and fur started to cover his whole body. Kyson stood up and pulled me to a safe distance away from the nearly out-of-control Colton.

Lucas stood up and pulled the still-shaking Colton into his embrace, placing his hand on the back of Colton’s head and forcing Colton’s face to be buried in the crook of his neck, all the while whispering and telling him to calm down.

I saw Colton take a deep breath. The scent of his mate must have calmed him down as his claws slowly retracted, and his fur was gone. Next, he circled his arms around Lucas’ waist, and I saw him keep inhaling deeply.

After a while, Colton lifted his head and separated from his mate.

“Sorry for overreacting,” Colton said with an apologetic look.

Kyson waved his hand and pulled me back to sit on the sofa, and everyone followed suit, returning to their respective seats.

“You want to kill the Alpha King?” Kyson asked him with a raised eyebrow.

“Yeah. I have a personal vendetta against him,” Colton replied grimly.

“A personal vendetta?” I blurted out. “Sorry, it’s your personal matter. You don’t have to share anything if you don’t want to,” I quickly corrected myself. Colton had never talked about his past or background, so I assumed he didn’t want to discuss it.

“No, it’s okay,” he waved his hand as if my question was not out of line. “I hate him,” he added.

None of us spoke this time and waited for him to elaborate if he wanted to.

He had a faraway look as if he was immersed in his memory until he grimaced and said, “He… killed my mom and little sis.”

That was another shocking news. I didn’t know he had such a devastating past, and my heart ached for him. He was similar to me. I lost my parents due to murderers, while he lost his mom and sis in the same way.

Racking my memories, I had never heard of the Alpha King being ruthless. There was never any news of him killing anyone just for the sake of it, nor was there any news of the Night Shade Pack being in wars with other packs.

The Night Shade Pack itself was the largest pack in the whole world, coupled with the fact that their Alpha was the Alpha King, and no one ever dared to declare war against them. So, what’s with him killing Colton’s mom and sis?

I wanted to ask Colton about it, but I felt Kyson’s hand squeeze mine. I looked at him, and he shook his head. I gave him a sheepish, apologetic smile. I nearly went out of line and became a busybody. If Colton didn’t want to discuss it, we shouldn’t ask him. After all, it was a bitter past. He might not want to relive it.

“This is good,” I heard Colton mumble.

Good? I turned my attention back to Colton.

“It’s good. Now we have a reason to infiltrate the Night Shade Pack and face that bastard,” he said.

Infiltrate the largest pack and face the Alpha King? Isn’t that the same as suicide?

“Colton, don’t be rash,” Kyson told him.

Colton rolled his eyes and replied, “I’m not rash. I know a way to get into the mansion undetected. We don’t even need to bring any reinforcement. The four of us are enough.” He glanced at Witch Lily and added, “Five of us, including Witch Lily.”

My eyes widened in disbelief, and Kyson growled dangerously, “I’m not going to forsake my mate’s safety for your own personal revenge against Alpha Zane.”

“Trust me, okay? He wouldn’t kill us. I can even make him talk about why he wants Aleena to go through all that,” Colton said.

I kept my attention on Colton. He seemed confident about what he said. There must be something more between him and Alpha Zane – something beyond Alpha Zane killing his mother and sis. And somehow, I trusted his words.

I turned to look at Kyson, wanting to tell him to follow Colton’s words, but a soft voice beat me to it.

“We can trust him. We should meet Alpha Zane,” Witch Lily, who had been quiet all this time, spoke up.

Kyson growled, ready to stand up to go to Witch Lily, but I stopped him. “Kyson, I think we should go to meet Alpha Zane as Colton and Witch Lily suggested.”

Kyson looked at me as if I’d gone mad.

“I trust them. I also want to know why he wants me to be like this,” I quickly told him my reasons. “Witch Lily is going with us. She can help us if we get into trouble. And don’t forget that I can use magic too,” I added to convince him.

Kyson kept looking at me with that are-you-crazy expression.Belonging to NôvelDrama.Org.

“Please,” I begged him. “Let’s go to the Night Shade Pack and see Alpha Zane.”

After what seemed like forever, he sat back down and looked at Lucas. “Do you agree with them?”

“I trust my mate,” Lucas, a man of few words, said.

Kyson sighed in defeat, and I knew he had agreed with us.

“When are we going?” he asked no one in particular.

“As soon as possible,” I said before anyone could reply. I wanted this to end as fast as possible. I wanted to lead a peaceful life with Kyson. Thus, we needed to face and eliminate all problems without delay.

“Tomorrow night,” Colton picked a time.

“Tomorrow night,” I agreed with him.

Kyson sighed heavily. He knew he couldn’t change our minds. The only thing he could do was to come with us if he wanted to ensure my safety.

I saw his lips open, and he was about to say something, but he suddenly went still and said, “We’ll continue this later. The representatives of Black Heart Pack are here. They want to talk about their pack.”

Lucas and Colton were going to go, but Kyson stopped them. “Stay. It shouldn’t take long. Then we can continue discussing our plans.”

Not long after, the door was knocked on and opened.

I looked toward the doorway and was surprised to see Greg standing there with Luis, the son of Gamma Brad. They must be the Beta and Gamma now since Beta Erick and Gamma Brad had been killed.

“Alpha Kyson, Luna Aleena, we are here to talk about merging our pack with the Crimson Blood Pack,” Greg said.