Part Three- Chapter 44
"Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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QUILLON P.O.V
The following morning, I was sitting in the living room of my parent's house with a bored expression on my face. Quinn, who was sitting on another couch, yawned.
He was not going to school. No children from the pack were going to school today because they still needed to cope with what happened yesterday. I think now, everyone from my pack understood how deadly destruction is. We couldn't bear it for fifteen minutes, yet Elegance Pack had borne it for hours until it was completely wiped out.
Goosebumps appeared all over my skin as I tried to imagine how the Elegance pack wolves must have felt at that moment.
Darya had burnt down the west side of the pack territory in fifteen minutes. No greenery was visible there now.
I ran a hand through my hair as I recalled the previous night and just like that I winced and my wolf started whining inside me. Quickly, I blocked the pain and tried to wipe it from my head. However, to no avail.
After mom calmed me down, I ran away and spent the next the rest of the night hunting. Mom told me that she had exclaimed everything that had happened to the five Alphas' before they left. I don't know if they still blamed me or not, but I definitely knew no one could do anything until Darya comes back.
I had called Duncan in the morning. He told me Darya wasn't there and asked me to inform him if she comes here. After that, he cut the call.
I did not know where she was now. But I knew, wherever she was, she was safe. She was with her mother. The other Alphas' too didn't know where she was.
Granel had calmed down, and he didn't seem to think I was that bad of a person. He told me they had asked Vincent to find some clue but Vincent was unable to see anything.
Nobody could because Goddess had taken her. Turns out, I was the only one who was blessed enough to see the Goddess yesterday. The pack wolves just remember the fire dying down. They believe it was Goddess answering their prayers and they were kind of right!
"They are here" mom chimed and opening my eyes; I stood and marched towards the gate with Quinn following me. My friends were already there and when they saw me, they smiled sadly.
A Black Lamborghini came to halt near the gate and I frowned when I noticed that it was the same model that I owned. The only difference was that mine was silver in color.
Cortez Moreland stepped out from the driver's side and smiled at mom who beamed at him. I was very happy to see her happy. She finally had someone from her brother's side.
Personally, I still find it hard to believe that Cortez was related to me. Since I didn't know him well, I could only be cordial with him for mom's sake and for Darya's.
Cortez then moved to the passenger side to open the door. Bending down, he hoisted a little girl into his arms. His mate, stepped out of the car with a smile and all the unmated male wolves around me, breathed in deep when they saw her.
'My God! She is so beautiful' Quinn mumbled in a daze and I rolled my eyes.
'Gorgeous' Clay stated. 'What's her name?'
"Malory" mom said with a small smile and hugged the brunette. "And I have already met this lovely little angel" mom grinned at their daughter who looked at mom from the crook of her father's neck. Mom extended her hand but the little girl looked away refusing to part with her dad.
"She is shy" the Luna supplied with a smile.
"That's fine" mom sighed. "You have already met Quillon and that's my younger son Quinton" mom said pointing Quinn to the Luna.
"You can call me Quinn" With a flirtatious smile, Quinn extended his hand. While the Luna blushed, I huffed and Cortez glared at Quinn.
'She is a model?' Ram asked curiously.
'Doctor. Her gift is healing' Quinn replied as the Luna shook his hand.
"Hi" the Luna said nervously and I stiffened as I sensed a strange aura coming from her.
Mom cleared her throat and Quinn let go of the Luna's hand, "Let's go inside" she said and I followed. Dad had made some excuse and had gone out to work. Mom clearly didn't want him near her when Cortez Moreland visited.
I was here only because I wanted to know everything!
I figured out some parts of what had happened last night, while I was hunting. I figured out who O is. But I did not know why only Orseline Rhoades name was known when the other four were also involved. I understood why Peter Moreland was killed. I knew the four Alphas' got involved after their brothers, who had gifts just like Darya, were all killed. I knew they were a team yet I didn't know how they became one.
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Fifteen minutes later, mom, Quinn, the Luna and I were sitting in the patio where Cortez Moreland was telling us about what happened after the destruction of Elegance Pack. What he had witnessed and how he was saved.
"Peter and Brenda took me in after I escaped. My name was changed for my protection. Alpha Peter... he brought me up as his own, trained me along with his children Raven and Remy. I wanted my revenge and Alpha Peter promised to train me for it. My sole aim in life was to take revenge on the rogues who called themselves Executioners. When Remy turned eleven, he shifted into his wolf and eventually, we learnt that he could control water. That year, Alpha Peter had admitted Raven and Remy to boarding school because he believed it would provide them best education. If he had known what exactly used to happen within that school compound, he would have never sent them there. Within a month, Remy was kidnapped and killed brutally. Alpha Peter attacked the rogues and he came to know, that the rogues were working for an Alpha" Cortez said through gritted teeth.
"Abraham Rhoades" mom said with a growl of her own.
"No. He... he was just a pawn in the big game like many others" Cortez said and I furrowed my brows in confusion.
"Alpha Peter tried to find out who had ordered the rogues to destroy Elegance but his search was always vain until he kidnapped a rogue who used with the Executioner's group. That rogue was a former member of Elegance Pack" Cortez said looking at mom in the eye.
"Who?" mom asked in a shaken tone.
"Paulo's son" he said and I watched the color drain from her face.
"John... he... he let the rogues attack his o-own pack?" mom stuttered and Cortez nodded painfully. The Luna, who was sitting next to Cortez, placed her hands on his clenched fists.
"Hence they knew everything about the Elegance Pack. I killed John. But before his death, he told us whatever he knew. The rogues were ordered to wipe out the Elegance Pack. They were also told to kill the kids by certain people, who paid them money for it. The kids were killed because the soothsayer had predicted that those kids would otherwise kill those involved in the destruction of Elegance Pack. "
I grasped what Darya had said that day.
"John gave us the first name: Alpha Herrick" Cortez declared and mom breathed in audibly. "A team was formed with the five of us. Tyler was part of the group then. We also came to know the Alphas' who were involved used elements as their code names. But by then Tito and Orion were also killed."
"Tito?" mom asked.
"Twins brother" the Luna replied.
"We wanted to save Austin. His gift was the element sky so we decided to kill Herrick first. Granel, Tyler and I were supposed to attack and kill him. However, Tyler met his mate that day and since she was injured he went with her. That's when Sel came in. We all attacked but it was Sel who killed Herrick. He had written her name on the floor. Hence-"
"O" I concluded and Cortez nodded.
"Oh God!" mom whispered and Quinn gaped at Cortez.
'O is a she?' he asked me.
'Close your mouth' I told him and he did just that.
"She wasn't even supposed to be there but still she came and only her name was known" Cortez said guiltily. "After Herrick's death we thought Austin would be safe, but no... the rogues immediately had him killed. We were unsuccessful in saving him. Four kids died and we could do nothing. By then, all of us, except for the twins had become the Alphas' of our pack. Raven had met Granel and moved to Supreme and Remy was killed. So, Alpha Peter asked me to become the Alpha. I wasn't ready. The pack wasn't mine but I could not bear to watch Moreland fall apart either. That's why I accepted to be the Alpha of Moreland Pack" Cortez exclaimed earnestly.
"I understand Connell. You did the right thing" mom told him as he stared at the floor.
"Then, the most unexpected thing happened" Cortez said with a humorless chuckle and I frowned. "We were waiting for the last kid, another Alphas' child to shift. Instead, a third-in-command's daughter shifted at the age of eleven" Cortez stated and I stiffened. "It was only then everyone became aware of the truth about Darya's adoption. Until then, no one had a clue she was an Alphas' daughter. While we were waiting for her to get her gift, we got another Alphas' name. Grier. Another pawn" Cortez said and I growled.
Him too? Why?
"Everyone? Every one of them? Why? What did papa do to them?" mom said in a whisper as tears rolled down her cheeks.
"Grier helped the rogues in killing his own son and so, his remaining two sons helped us in killing him" Cortez finished harshly.