Chapter 177

177 Chapter One Hundred Seventy Seven

Kyle stood in the room, feeling the powers inside the relatively small room crashing down on him. The intense glare he received from the beta alpha was exceptionally hard to ignore. The rogue king was not looking so welcoming either.

Kyle could still remember the first time the two of them had met. When he’d been asked personally to take care of that one little assignment that got him into a school for nine years, “It’s been a long time, hasn’t it?” Kyle began.

The king’s gaze shifted upwards, “Oh yeah, I met you when you were only a little boy. I’d say you turned out well. Even though you’re still as skinny as a twig. We can’t blame that on you though. Your wolf was being suppressed for all that time. Would you like to get on with your findings? As you might have noticed, I don’t have all the time in the world right now?”

“Where are you going?” Kyle asked, completely ignoring the fact that he’d just been given a direct order, however much it had come off as a request.

“You were given a direct order by your king. Would you disrespect him by answering him with a question besides the point? Maybe I should have you taste a little more wolfsbane before you...” the king raised his hand to stop his beta alpha’s rampage. Had he left him to continue running his mouth, the man would have taken it a step further and injured the boy.

“Well, that is not what I asked you. If you answer me well, I might be more inclined to tell you where I’m going. However, it’s best that you don’t involve yourself in my activities. They do tend to get dangerous,” the king replied.

Kyle wanted to ask him if they could go together, but that felt even creepier than the question he’d first asked. If he kept asking questions, it would prove he was up to something, but if he simply let it go, he wouldn’t have the right information to report to Katie when he communicated with her next.

“I’ll start with the girl you sent me to investigate. I remember asking you to pull me out of that mission at some point when I realised the girl was nothing more than a weak human,” Kyle started.

“I sent you to investigate a werewolf by the name of Katie Sirius. Why do I hear you speak of a human?” the king asked.

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“Well, that’s simply because her identity was hidden from the people of Brigadia as well. She was called Katie Chase there and believe it or not... She was every bit as human as I was,” Kyle began, making a deep dive into the story of how he came to be acquainted with this girl. He spoke of her training to become a hunter and even gave the information of her receiving a Prometheus gift of agility. From what he’d discussed with his alpha, he was to reveal that as her only power.

The rogue king listened quietly as he went through the story, telling him more about Ashley’s death. The death of a traitor that he carried out himself. This information pleased the king very much and the boy continued with the story, adding in a grain of lies every now and then to keep the story lively. It was the perfect depiction of a wolf so powerful, the rogues that had attacked never stood a chance. He explained with vivid detail, the times he had watched the girl take down several rogues that had attacked in the middle of the night. She was a force to be reckoned with.

When he was done, he let the king think through the words of his story. There was a lot that had been said and a lot that the king had not yet learned. However, there was a hint of scepticism in the king’s voice, “You expect me to believe that this girl I sent you to investigate... somehow managed to get her hands on a Prometheus gift and was suppressing her wolf as well for all those years. Why do I find that very hard to believe?”

“You don’t have to believe it. You can check my memories if you would like to. I have spoken only the truth,” Kyle replied.

The beta alpha began to speak, “I say he’s bluffing.”

“Calm down, Aidan. I heard about the dead traitor rogue, but I never could have thought that boy was the one that killed her.”

“Your majesty, we saw the rogue killer ourselves. She was a werewolf. She bore no Prometheus gifts. Merely the ability to use a half shift without any effort,” the man responded, pleading to his alpha to rethink trusting the boy.

“Well, we can’t trust everything we hear, but in this boy’s case, I trust his words. Alpha Chad was able to communicate in his dying moments. The girl wasn’t normal. This boy was only meant to prove that to me. She might be more of a threat than we think,” his mind was burning through options as a car burns through fuel.

“She might not be as much of a threat as you might think. There is one weakness that every strong person has,” Kyle offered his counsel. The rogue king looked up at him, narrowing his eyes at him.

“And what might that be?” he asked.

“Well, family... and when I say family, I don’t always mean blood relatives. If you were able to capture the people she cares about, you would have everything you need to put her down,” he replied, shrugging, “Easy, wouldn’t you think?”

The rogue king burst into a peal of boisterous laughter that stopped their conversation momentarily. Aidan rubbed his temples at the boy’s statement, “What makes you think it’s easy to capture a member of the royal family?”

“Well, it’s not that easy to capture one. However, if the opportunity ever opened up, you would take it and the girl would have no choice but to give herself up for her family,” he replied.

“You say that like she’ll just choose to sacrifice herself without giving it much thought. She can’t be that reckless,” the king replied.

“There is nothing reckless about wanting to protect one’s family. She will do whatever she can to protect them, even if that means she has to be taken hostage,” Kyle continued, “Those are just my thoughts though. I have no experience in that kind of thing. I just happen to know what matters most to that girl. It’s the reason she amassed so much strength in the first place. To protect those she holds most dear.”

The king thought through what the boy was saying and came to a conclusion, “Aidan, you will remain behind and work with that royal that keeps coming in. Work with him and bring that girl to her knees. It’s crucial that we gain control over her in the coming days. The world is about to know of a new era and I would like the goddess herself to watch as everything the traitors thought they were building is brought to the ground.”

The king’s words sent shivers down Kyle’s spine for he sounded more than confident and Kyle had no idea what he was even talking about. He’d only switched sides recently and had ended up doing the same job he had when he was working for the enemy. After all, it was all he was good at. If he could find out more about the rogue king’s sinister plans, he would be of more use to his master. ‘How did I get myself twisted in such a large web,’ the boy internally groaned.

‘Well, that was probably the day you chose to spy on Katie in the first place,’ his wolf replied. Having a talking wolf was starting to feel normal even though he knew it was a rare occurrence.

The king picked up a small duffel bag and placed contacts in his eyes. Blinking a few times, the man’s eyes swirled and turned amber, “How do I loo,k Aidan?”

“Like the most powerful yellow-eyed to ever walk the earth?”

“I don’t doubt your abilities to flatter me, Aidan. I will take my leave now. I leave this place under your care, Aidan. Everything goes through you, is that clear?” the king spoke up.

“Yes, your Majesty. You know I can’t let you down,” he responded.

Kyle looked the beta alpha up and down when he wasn’t looking. ‘Looks like I will have to be extra careful around this one. The royals were more relaxed compared to their subordinates. That specific concept worked exceptionally for the beta alphas. Kyle’s mind struggled to grasp just how much more dangerous his situation had become.

‘I know what you’re thinking, Kyle. We’ll have to be extra careful from here on out,’ the wolf responded before he got the chance to inform him of the gravity of their situation.

They both bid the king farewell and watched as he shifted into his massive starry wolf, dashing into the woods. He was gone quicker than they could think capable. ‘He must have trained hard if he was to get to that speed.’ Kyle had only seen that kind of speed with the rogue killer. He racked his brain over the matter. ‘Could she be faster or not? That’s not even it. How does a werewolf even get to that speed in the first place?’

Silence passed between the two males before the beta alpha broke it, “You do realise you’re not allowed to be outside like this?”

“Oh, sorry about that. I just thought I’d see him off as well. Any idea where we are?” Kyle asked once again.

“Another thing that the rogue king must permit someone to know about. You won’t be getting that information from anyone until you are deemed worthy of that information,” the man replied with a hint of malice in his voice.

“Oh, very well, I’ll stop asking then. Call on me if you need my services or any more clarification on the Rogue Killer. That is what I was sent to document after all. I could even have a sketch drawn if we have someone of that talent,” Kyle mused, his focus pinned on the door that led back into the dark inner parts of the encampment.

“Well, you aren’t needed as of yet. I would figure out what to do as my pass time in the meanwhile. The only rules here are that you aren’t allowed to step outside. Oh, and one more thing... Keep asking those odd questions and you might just find yourself being questioned by the king himself on what side you’re truly on...” Aidan warned. ‘Damn, he’s good...’ the boy painfully observed.