Chapter 31

"T-This doesn't make any sense. What are you doing here?"

Micheal walked around me and sat on the same table beside Ava. His face was hard, he didn't let any expression slip from his grip, folding his bulged arms around his chest he gazed at me, his eyes somehow managed to tell that he meant no harm. But now he wasn't what mattered to me.

"He is my son," Sheryl said, giving her son a motherly look.

"What?"

This was all too much to take, I can't believe they have been working together behind the society like this. It was beyond my imagination.

So wait, that means Michael pretended to like me all this time?

But no, that can't be possible. He confessed his feelings for me before anything revealed.

I took deep breaths and tried to delete the unwanted headaches from my brain. I need to be clear with everything so I could get the hell out of here peacefully.

"So," I began, closing my eyes for a brief second. "You all are here to make me against Lucas. But why?"

Ava let out a tired sound. "Do we have to explain everything to her now?"

Sheryl glared at her, silencing her before turning to me with a sympathy gaze. "Look, my dear, I know you think Lucas as a nice person and you've grown quite close to him...."

She gave a pure worried glance. "But, I'm afraid he is faking it all—"

I turned my face away with a pissed off look. "I'm asking you the reason," I demanded with a low voice.

Michael jumped in the conversation suddenly, "Have you ever heard of Alpha Marcus?"

My eyes zeroed on him rummaging back to the time when Lucas and I spent time in the kitchen late at night. He did mention about him.

"What about him?"

"He is my father, the ex Alpha Head of this country."

My eyes zoomed on Sheryl, she stared down at the intertwined hands barely managing to control the blue volcano in her eyes.

"You...."

Words died in my mouth, the bounce by bounce shock was affecting my breaths and the steady rate of my heart, the missile blasting off in my head, exploding throughout my skull.

"Oh God," I whispered. "That means Lucas killed your mate, he didn't die by accident?"

Sheryl sniffed more from my words before closing her eyes tightly again and sobbing in her hands.

"She still is very sensitive about it," Ava said, her voice soft unlike how she used to speak to me.

I was about to start off when Michael beat me in. "My father and mother were the heads of this country, we were leading a peaceful life until Lucas' father barged in, accusing my father falsely. When my father waved him off he went ballistic bringing chaos with him. No one except for us knows the actual story behind that war. That piece of shit and his father used their power to cover it up, they both crave power and they would do anything for it."

I shook my head, refusing to believe any of the bullshit, I already had enough of it. I didn't want my brain to really blast off.

"Y-you are lying... that's not p-possible, not at all. He told me a different story," I stuttered, not believing him. "Why would he...."

"What did he say?" Sheryl asked.

Three pairs of eyes fell on me with curiosity.

I took a few deep breaths and told them whatever he told me. I knew better than them about him, Lucas wasn't that sort of a man, he would never think anyone's bad, they were lying. Lucas was an extremely gentle person and that was why I fell for him. They were just messing with him through me.

All three of them shook their heads displeased and Ava scoffed, moving to laugh like a lunatic as if they didn't believe how much of nonsense the story sounded to them.

"My mate was nothing like that, he cared about his people and unlike other countries, we didn't have omegas, we didn't use whips for punishment like punishments like how it happens now," Sheryl defended her mate. "He wasn't selfish and if he was then Alphas all over the country would gather around and conduct an official meeting to vote for another Head Alpha, don't you think? Why didn't your mate and his father gather other Alphas if my mate was selfish, huh? Why did he choose war?"

"I've no idea about your politics, I don't know how you guys work," I said, barely getting in my brain, but what she was demanded did have a meaning to it, it did make sense to me

"It was because he wanted my mate's position, no one saw his true colours like how I did. He even killed my mate's brother in fear that people would vote him. Alpha Lucas is a selfish man who craves powers, who doesn't care about anybody's feelings useless they give—"

"Please, stop!" I yelled, putting my hands on the head as it drummed against my skull, but I need to stay put to confirm everything. "Why are you telling me this? Why am I in danger?"

"Because Alpha Lucas is using you."

My heart stopped beating for a second, my breath shallow as tears burned my eyes. Something about Ava's eyes and voice wanted me to believe all of this.

"He's so nice to me."

Alpha Ava sighed. "It's in werewolf's genes to be possessive and overprotective over his mate, especially, an Alpha. He was only being overly nice because you were human and he needed your virginity to fulfil the strength that comes from you guys' mating. An Alpha becomes even more powerful after they have sex. Why do you think he bought your school land when he could buy a much bigger, more excellent land for his business expansion?"

"W-why?"

"Because that land is close to another country." Ava leaned forward as she said that, her voice volume barely a whisper. "Alpha Lucas has eyes on our neighbouring country, he is planning to conquer it and your school land is the best place to breach their security."

This time a huge wall struck on my head, every word stabbing my heart, whatever bullishit was happening to me. I wanted to kick those words out of my ear but something about their looks and their way of talking got into me.

They were lying.

That's what my mind muttered like a mantra, Alpha Lucas wasn't the sort of a person. I could never imagine him bad.

A scrap of a chair against the ground brought my attention back, Sheryl was now sitting very close to me as she placed a hand in my head, soothing it like how a mother would.

"Look, Heaven," she said, cupping my face in one hand. "I had always seen you as my daughter. I could never want bad for you, I never did. Heaven, trust me on this, I'm not lying."

Her voice croaked as tears trailed down like mine as I whispered, "Then why did you leave me?"

"I didn't want to sit like a coward after what happened to my family, I needed revenge."

I licked my lips, forcing myself to contain the flood of my emotions. I need to be calm to handle this or else I would end up ruining my life. Looking at the case I would end up being broken anyway.

"I know, you don't believe us." Ava fished her coat, taking her phone out and turning it on. "I'm going to prove it, I saved it up for this moment."

She took a moment scrolling before pressing something and putting her phone on the table, the back of the phone was in our view.

I heard the sound of some shufflings and I realised that Ava was intending to show me a recording which would prove.... what I didn't wanna believe.

***

Lucas growled frustrated, he didn't waste a second and pushed calls to his mate. He was at the location they were supposed to meet for a date, but her unannounced ditch didn't sit well with him. He was worried.

He placed back and forth in front of the fancy restaurant in his black suit and combed hair, he was in his best looks, he wanted to impress his girl, but I guess this day wasn't his side.

He called his beta and began as soon as he lifted his call.

"Did you find her?"

"I and others checked everywhere for her. She's nowhere, she's not here." Jace was out of breath, running around every inch of the huge pack ground wasn't a child's play and the tension about his Luna missing was more of his concern than anything.

"Damn it!" Lucas ran a hand through his hair, befouling the made hairstyle which he got from the salon. "Search for her again, I can't lose her."

He cut the call and practically dashed to his car like a blur. Normal people passing by could hardly see him and even if they saw they ignored him out of fear.

Because his wolf was out and he wouldn't breathe peacefully unless or until he got to hold what was his.