Chapter Eighty Five


    ALEXANDER''S POV


    "I still can''t wrap my head around how you managed to kill one of the rogue leaders and make it back


    here unharmed," Austin wondered aloud. Ever since I told him about my little adventure, he hadn''t let the topic rest.


    Austin and Phil sat in my office. Phil was busy reading through some files, barely paying attention, but Austin was rather bothered with the long past incident.


    "He attacked me." I rified. "I didn''t just kill him for the fun of it."


    "Of course, he did. That''s what I expected the other leaders to do the moment they set their eyes on you.''


    I couldn''t help but agree. "They have certain... rules."


    "The rogues? That is hard to believe-not that I''m calling you a liar."


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    "I could have snuck up on them and brought a good number down with me, but I wasn''t there to start a war and I had to make that clear to them. They were willing to give me an audience and we conversed. But there was one- Brad. He never knew when to shut up or keep his thoughts to himself. I''m sure they''d been wanting him dead for a while now, and I just did them the favor."


    "How did you kill him?" Austin asked, seeming way too interested.


    "The same way I would kill any other person. We should remain prepared for anything; the rogue leaders are cunning creatures. I don''t hold them by their words."


    There was a knock on the door before a soldier stepped in.


    "Alpha... There are some people at the boundary. They im to know you-a man and a woman."


    I had never seen these people in my life. I was sure of it, and yet they imed they knew me. The woman looked to be in her fifties, maybe older-it was hard to tell. The man, on the other hand, appeared to be in his forties, yet something about him felt... off. I had heard stories of people who aged even slower than werewolves, and looking at him now, I couldn''t help but wonder if he


    Was one of them


    The woman stepped forward, but my soldiers moved to block her path. I signaled them to stand down, and they obeyed, allowing her to approach. She stopped in front of me, eyes glistening with unshed tears as she reached for my face. I caught her hand midair.


    "Who are you?" I asked, and she drew back her hand, as if realizing her mistake.


    "You are very handsome." She said with a smile. "But so was he."


    I cocked a brow at her. "You do realize that if you lied to my soldiers and made mee all the way here, then I would have to throw you into the dungeons."


    "Ruthless too. Just like your father." She said, tears falling down her cheeks. I didn''t do well with crying women, especially when they were strangers.


    "My father was the Alpha King; of course, many knew him


    The man walked to her side. "We''vee a long way. Perhaps we could talk somewhere more... warmer?"


    "I am not letting you into the pack house, nor am I going to receive you. Anything you want to say, say it now." "We are not your enemies, my son.''


    Chapter Eighty Five


    "Don''t call me that; you''ll address me as Alpha or King."


    "You might not know me, but I know you." the woman said "I knew you when you were only a child. I still remember the joy in her eyes when she spoke about you. I am Kate Kaidon and this is my husband, Sebastian Bruce.


    Kaidon. That was a familiar name; how could I forget that that had been Riley''sst name before she became a ckwood?


    I looked at the woman; I had seen Riley''s pictures, the few there were and I could see the resemnce. "This better not be some fucking game.


    "It''s not, Ethan


    We are your grandparents."


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