Chapter 17 - Traitor Revealed (Not Edited)

Tomorrow morning comes around faster than I would have liked it too. I'm woken by two bodies jumping onto me. I groan and open my eyes looking at my two (soul) sisters who are responsible for me waking up. I roll my eyes as they smirk and climb up off of me.

"Why do you do that every morning?" I ask as I change into some sweatpants and a loose t-shirt. What? I'm not wearing good clothes to fix the house! No way in hell would I wear them. I place on some trainers before following Niyah and Mia downstairs. I look around and see everyone already working. People are carrying the rubbish out, people sweeping, people dusting. Even children are helping. I look at Mia and Niyah with raised eyebrows.

"Well come on then you two are responsible for all this mess. I will be in the console room with Jaxon you better be helping" I say before walking away down the hall. I step into the console room where I see members from both packs picking up rubbish and taking them out the door. Jaxon however is sweeping. I grab the spare brush and sweep with him.

"I'm sorry about the mess Jaxon. I should have warned you beforehand" I say.

"I understand why they did it. So do my pack. We aren't mad. In fact, it gives us a chance to redecorate. Which we have been meaning to do since my dad retired but we just haven't been able to. Now it's the chance to do it" he says smiling at me. I smile back before sweeping the pile we made into a dustpan. I pick the dustpan up and tip the rubbish into a bin bag.

"Time to redecorate this room, we have every colour you can think of," Jaxon says.

"Alright, beige I think for this room," I say. Jaxon nods before his eyes mist over. I smile and wait patiently. Seconds later two of Jaxon's members walk in carrying to paint tins each of beige pain. Another two carrying rollers and paint trays and paintbrushes. Another brings in gloss. Both I and Jaxon then get to work. Me painting the walls and Jaxon Glossing. He soon helps me on the last two walls after glossing.

By the time we are finished with the painting, it's lunchtime.

"The design team will refill the rooms. Why don't we go grab some lunch and then help with the kitchen and sitting room" Jaxon says. I nod and put the lids on the paint. I then carry the rollers and paintbrushes outside as Jaxon carries the trays. We place it in the pile that needs to be washed. The teens are all sitting in a circle with dish buckets and are cleaning them.

"Guys and girls why don't you take a break in cleaning and come have some lunch," I say. They smile and nod before running ahead of us. We reach the tent that has been put up for the cooks and walk-in. I smile when I see both packs mingling and having fun. I walk over to the table where I see Claudia talking to another Lady. "That's Samantha. She's my pack's cook" Jaxon says before I can even ask.

"Hi, Claudia and Samantha," I say. They both turn and say

"hi". I look down at the dishes and smile.

"Blt's simple and easy but delicious all the same," I say as I grab a blt and place it on my plate. I also grab a coke and a bag of crisps before sitting at a table with Niyah, Mia, Nathaniel, James, Eros, and Kylian. Jaxon soon joins us with the same food but he has a sprite instead of a coke. I bite into the blt and groan in happiness. "So good!" I say.

"So what's on the agenda next?" Niyah asks.

"Well the front door needs to be fixed and all the bedrooms that Mia destroyed will need emptying," I say.

"We are on it," Niyah and Mia say. I smile and eat my food up. I turn when the whole tent goes quiet. So quiet you could probably hear a pin drop. I frown when I see Jaxon's mother standing in the doorway. I then notice she has been crying. She looks around and her eyes land on me.

"Mom, what is it? Have you been crying?" Jaxon asks. His mother quickly walks over.

"I'm so sorry. I didn't know. If I had known what he was doing or going to do I would have stopped him and let you all go then and there. But I had no clue. I'm so sorry he destroyed your life. I don't know how you will ever forgive me for letting that happen to you" she says. I shake my head smiling sadly.

"It wasn't your fault. I doubt that you could have stopped him even then back then. Yes, he destroyed my life. And in some ways, it was a curse. But in other ways, it was a blessing. Because if he never destroyed my life I never would have met my friends, my sisters, my pack, or my mate and his pack. He only built me to become stronger and to prove he can't break me" I say.

"How can you be so positive after what he did? He got your mom pregnant" she says. I wince as I hear gasps around.

"That he did. And he rubbed it in my face. Said I was his stepdaughter and said I had to do as I was told. But then our dad was caught and he managed to get in the cell we were in. He helped my mum destroy the baby. But when he found out he killed them for it and forced me to watch as he did so. He then tortured me right after. But I am stronger now because of all that. My mum and dad are still with me in my heart even when I can't see them" I say.

"You are pathetic. You aren't strong. And trust me when I come back you will all suffer" we suddenly hear. I look towards the entrance to see Jaxon's dad. I then gasp realising something. 'The traitor is close to Dark Hallow's heart. And the heart of a pack is its alpha. Without the alpha, there isn't a pack. Jaxon is the heart. Jaxon's dad is the traitor'. My eyes widen in shock.

"You! You are the one my dad warned me about. The traitor. My dad said the traitor is close to Dark Hallows heart. The heart of a pack is the alpha. Why didn't I realise this earlier? Someone who is close to Jaxon and wants a female alpha for all the wrong reasons. You! All you've ever wanted was power" I say growling. I hear bones cracking before I hear all my pack in my head. Attack?. I smirk and hold my head up high.

"Diana" Jaxon warns.

"Attack" I answer back. All at once Jaxon's dad shifts and runs out of view. My pack follows as I stroll out of the tent with a straight face. Kylian and Eros come to stand beside me.

"We have to train and be ready," Eros says. I nod.

"Right now though we have to get the house finished. Tonight we will come up with a plan and tomorrow we will start training" I say. I look towards Jaxon as he walks forward with his mom who is crying. Alpha he got away I hear Lacie say in my head. I growl.

"He got away," I say.

"We will get him Diana but right now we need to finish the packhouse" Kylian reminds me. I sigh but nod. Everyone comes back we need to finish the packhouse. I link my members. Within seconds everyone is back to fixing up the house.

When we are finally done I sigh as I sit on the new white sofa.

"All done, but now to solve another problem," I say as I look towards Niyah, Nathaniel, Mia, James, Kylian, and Eros. Jaxon had some pack work to do so he's up in his office that they thankfully didn't trash.

"So how are we going to test them?" Eros asks.

"Well, why don't we do what we do in our pack. Test their stamina, strength, and skills" Niyah says.

"That's actually a good idea. It will be less work since ours are already split up. So all we have to do is test Dark Hallow. But how to test them there are a lot more members than ours" Niyah says.

"Well for fighting skills they could fight one of our members. It gives our members practice and we will see Dark Hallow's skills. For strength, we could use weights and see how far and how much they can carry and for stamina, we could see how many laps they can run" Kylian says.

"But how are we going to score them?" Nathaniel asks.

"Now that is a question I can answer," James says.

"So can you please answer?" I ask him. "Well, we can use numbers. For example. For fighting skills. 1 is really bad and needs all the work. 2 being moderate and could do with some work and 3 being excellent but could use some fine-tuning. For strength, it can be 1-need a lot more training. 2- good but could be better and 3 really good just need to keep it that good. And last but not least stamina. 1- little to no stamina. 2- a good amount but could do with more. 3- excellent stamina but practice makes perfect. I will make the spreadsheet and keep it on my computer. All yous will have to do is write on a piece of paper their names and their score" James says.

"Okay that's easy enough but who's going to be scoring people on what?" Mia asks.

"Well, that is easy. I will be on Fighting skills with Eros and Kylian since they are my head warriors. Mia with Nathaniel will be on stamina and Niyah you will be on strength" I say.

"Alright since that is done how are we going to do things when we have tested them," Eros asks.

"Easy even I can answer that," Mia says and I smirk.

"The scoring system can help. If they score a one in all areas they have to do all three every week until they are at a 3 then they only have to go to one a week of their choosing. If they get. So on for twos as well. 3's however like I said will only have to go to one of their choosing like ours do. Ones and twos also start with Fighting skills. Then Stamina and then Strength. If they are good in skills then just stamina and strength. If they are good in skills and stamina just skills. Same with if good with skills and Strenght - then just Stamina or stamina and strength- just Skills. Got it" Mia says.

"I think so," Eros says. I nod smiling. "Alrighty. Everyone to bed we have a long day ahead of us tomorrow" I say. Everyone gets up and heads to their rooms. I climb up the stairs to Jaxons office and peek inside to see him sleeping on his desk. I roll my eyes and walk over to him. I shake him slightly and he wakes with a jump. "No I don't want a cabbage!" he yells. I giggle.

"I wasn't going to give you a cabbage. Let's get you to bed. You are exhausted. You really should look after your body Jaxon" I say as I help him up.

"I had documents to sign and treaties to make" he yawns out.

"You won't be able to make the right choices if you are half asleep Jaxon now come on," I say helping him walk out of his office and up to his room. I drop him on his bed and he strips to his boxers. I yelp and turn to leave the room when my wrist is grabbed.

"Stay with me tonight please," Jaxon says. I sigh and go to say no but when I see his puppy eyes I give in and nod my head. I help him to bed before grabbing a pair of boxers and his top. I walk into his bathroom and change. I have to roll his boxers up 3 times at the waist before they stay up. I then climb into his bed and cuddle up to him before falling into a peaceful sleep.