Chapter 0202
Mike POV
Finding myself strapped to a chair, my wrists and ankles bound tightly to the legs by tight leather biting into my skin. I couldn't believe where my luck had taken me. I mean come on, all I did was spike the punch and maybe upset Knox. "And set the wheels in motion for our Alpha to get killed, Havoc to rip the hall apart and set a demon free amongst us!" Flint growled low in warning.
"Thanks for the support, mate." I groaned heavily while my eyes remained glued to the horrifying scene unfolding before me. Alpha Leigh, a man I once revered and feared, was relentlessly beating his Beta, trying to extract answers from him. His whole aura oozed desperation and fear.
"Let's hope he doesn't turn that rage on us, because if he does, I won't be raising a paw against my Alpha!" Flint replied coldly.
"What?" I squealed to my two-faced wolf. "You would allow him to beat me like that and sit back and do nothing?" I gasped, unable to believe my wolf's fucking guile. I was in charge, not him. He would obey me, whether he liked it or fucking not. "Call on Astaroth, your new bestie, to help you." He laughed, amused at my outrage as he settled down inside the back of my mind.
"Why did you betray me? When did your betrayal begin? Did you know the plan was to kill me? What of Sebastian? Have you always hated me? Why work with a demon?" Leigh spat question after question at Anthony, his questions hanging unanswered in the air like dark clouds.
He was determined to get answers from his old friend, but not as determined it seemed as Anthony to remain silent. So far he had gotten nothing from his Beta, other than the information Liam and Adam had already extracted yesterday. Alpha's blows became more brutal with his frustration, but for a man known to have unspeakable strength, I couldn't help but smirk seeing him pull his punches a little, as if his heart was not quiet in it. Not that I could blame him.
"Goddess be good." I whispered as I watched from my seat, feeling the blood trickle down my lip as a frustrated Alpha Leigh landed blow after blow on his Beta.
"Do you have any idea the damage this man has caused?" Alpha bellowed as he looked over at a bored Liam and Adam.
"Of course, we do." Adam sighed, lifting off the wall to step beside Liam, who was watching with mild curiosity. The truth was we all knew, but more so, all here, apart from my Alpha, knew I had a part to play in it, although I couldn't help but note how neither Liam nor Adam mentioned that fact to Alpha Leigh. Why, I am not sure.
"Because they don't trust you. You have your wolf and no one else does, that makes you a threat." Flint grunted pointlessly.
"But I can't use you. And you have already said that you won't assist me. So what's the point in that?" I moaned, knowing I sounded feeble and pathetic, but having Flint and not being able to use him was like having chocolate in front of you and not being able to eat it. "They don't know Astaroth has grounded me, for now." Flint reminded me and I saw the sense in his words, but that didn't make me feel any better.
"I want to show these bastards that I am not as weak as they think me to be. That I can hold my own." I added with a scoff.
"By using me, you are not holding your own, are you?" Flint reminded me with a laugh that told me he still found me to be repulsive. Fuck knows why, we were a team. "Given the way they look at me, and speak about me when I am within earshot, they believe me to be no more than dirt under their feet." I remarked with an inward sigh.
"They are not the only ones. Throwing your toys out of the pram only proves them to be right, so man up and shut up." Flint spewed before shutting himself away.
"Thanks, mate." I smirked sarcastically, something that did not go unnoticed by Adam, who cocked a brow at me, knowingly.
I shouldn't be so cocky, but lord knows I couldn't help it.
"If the wind changes you'll stick like that!" I muttered, childishly, at Adam.
"If I cut your tongue out- you would stay like that... Unless your wolf heals you, of course." He warned with a smirk, as Alpha Leigh's voice boomed through the room, bringing us all back to the matter in hand.
"You will speak, dammit." Leigh
roared as he lifted Anthony's head high, only to throw all his weight behind another punch. Despite the brutality, his Beta remained silent, his lips curling into a venomous sneer. I grinned seeing my Alpha's frustration grow with every unanswered question.
Blood spattered across the floor, while the Beta's face started to look less human with each hit and more like a grotesque, bloody stump. The room echoed with the sickening thud of fists meeting flesh.
"This is pointless." Liam moaned from the sofa he was lounging on, seemingly unimpressed with the show we were all being forced to watch.
"No, it is not." Leigh screamed,
pulling his fist back just as Adam and Liamjumped to their feet and pulled my Alpha off his Beta with considerable effort, their combined strength barely enough to restrain him. noveldrama
"Shit man, someone had their Weetabix." Liam grunted as they threw him to the floor, breathing heavily.
"You won't get a reaction from him, man!" Adam panted. "He knows you won't really hurt him. You don't have the heart for it. We all know it." Leigh's chest heaved with exertion and rage, his eyes wild.
"I can." He growled, but his face gave him away as he looked over at Anthony, his eyes filled with sorrow and loss.
"Look Alpha, I mean it respectfully, I
do. But he is like a brother to you,
and I couldn't hurt one of my brothers mean fuck I want to kill Chase sometimes, but I can't, the bonds of family are too strong, even if they are the family you choose for yourself." After a moment, Leigh nodded, the fight seeming to drain out of him.
"Fine," he muttered, his voice a dangerous growl. "Get the information out of him at any cost." With a final look at his old friend, he turned and stormed towards the door.
"Wowwww man, what's jumped up your ass." Chase barked as he slipped past a livid and vibrating Alpha.
"I want fucking answers." Alpha seethed as he stormed out of the room, leaving me in the aftermath of his fury.
"Well, I am glad I am not the only one having a shitty day." Chase grunted. "I have some bad news guys!" He sighed heavily, his eyes on Liam and Adam.