6. OLIVIA

Olivia's POV

"We need you to poison Alpha Devon and lock his wolf." He dropped the bomb and my eyes widened.

What the heck!

I knew it. I knew there was a reason why my father would come to me and speak so nicely to me. He dared to come to me to ask for my help in poisoning my mate. I knew immediately that the only reason he was speaking kindly to me was that he needed something from me.

 Even though he had treated me poorly in the past, I was still shocked that he would ask me to do something so terrible.

I couldn't believe that my father would want me to harm someone like Devon.

I was confused. I stared at him as a surge of anger began to well up within me.

"Listen to me, Olivia." He continued. "Devon doesn't love you. He is only with you because he doesn't want to stay without a mate."

"You have to help your father. Remember that this is the only way you can prove to me and everyone else in the pack how useful you can be."

"Perhaps it was for a time like this that you were sent to live in Devon's castle."

I couldn't just believe what I was hearing. After calling me useless for all these years, he finally came to me, and the only way for me to prove my usefulness was to poison Devon. How was I supposed to do it?

I can't keep calm and if I wasn't mute, I would have screamed my lungs out. I started making gestures to him.

'How do you expect me to carry it out? Devon is a very dangerous man.'

I saw him smile devilishly. My father's evil smile gave me a clear indication that he had found a way for me to poison Devon. I was surprised that I was paying attention to his plan. It was unsettling to think that my father was capable of such a thing.

"It's very easy." He began. "All you have to do is to keep up your training, eventually he will begin to open up to you. Don't wait to gain his full trust, the moment he shows any sign of trust, slip this into his meal and it would weaken him."

I stared at him. 'What about the other one.' I gestured.

"This one would potentially lock his wolf forever."

As I listened to his plan, I couldn't help but wonder why he wanted me to do this. Was he trying to protect me or was there something else at play? I knew I had to be careful and think things through before taking any action.

In the end, I decided not to outrightly tell him if I had accepted his plan or not. I couldn't bring myself to harm someone, even if they were weak, not to mention someone as cruel and powerful as Devon. It was a difficult decision, and I knew the consequences, but I also knew that I had to find a way to deal with his wish to poison Devon without resorting to violence.

He stared at me, waiting for me to either collect the small vials containing the poisons or to show that I was useless again.

"Come on, Olivia. Don't tell me you have fallen in love with him." He mocked. "Don't tell me that."

"I'm not going to poison Devon just because you asked. You have never treated me right and you dare to show up before me to ask of such a ridiculous thing?!"

In my head, I wanted to yell at him, shout and curse at him. But since I was mute, I couldn't speak, I could only stare at him murderously. I was angered by his demands.

I made to walk away but he stopped me again by grabbing my arm. I swatted his hand away, glaring at him.

'Don't touch me!' I gestured to him.

He chuckled. "I knew it. They told me you were still as useless as you had been but I told them that being here had opened your eyes to a lot of things and -"

I held my hand up to him to stop him from talking. I didn't want to hear any word from him anymore. His mere presence after learning what he came for, was making me so disgusted and so angry.

"Listen to me, Olivia, I am your father!"

I scoffed. Father my ass. What sort of a father would mistreat his child, and abuse her physically and mentally, every day of her life? Only to show up later and ask such a ridiculous thing from her?

'Stay away from me!' I warned. I turned and stormed away without giving him a chance to touch me again.

I finally made my way to the training ground. To my greatest surprise, Devon was standing there, staring right at me. I could feel a sense of dread wash over me.

How did he get there?

I opened my mouth to speak, to at least defend myself but then my voice couldn't come out and it took me a while to recall that it was a norm for me not to speak.

I stared at him as he stared back at me. Slowly, he walked down from the place he stood. He only took two steps and then he signaled for me to come over. His eyes were icy and hard.

I swallowed softly. Putting my gaze to the ground, I walked slowly and steadily towards him.

"Look up." He ordered. I raised my head but I kept my gaze on the ground. He chuckled darkly.

"Olivia, I didn't say raise your head. I said, look up!" He hardened his voice at the end and the strength of his voice forced my eyes up to meet his.

There were tears in my eyes. I didn't want to pass off as weak to him so I held the tears in.

"Who were you with?"

My eyes widened slightly. Had he caught me with my father?