Alpha's Blind Luna novel Chapter 47

Warily, I looked into the doorway but there was only a few steps before a staircase went down into an underground part of the castle. It smelled like something was dying or decaying and I held my hand over my nose. I walked in and looked behind me, the door had a handle on the inside. Pulling it shut, I descended down the stairs slowly. Already, I knew that Alpha and Beta were out with Mark doing the rounds or whatever they did. No one would interrupt me for at least another hour. Not that they would be looking for me in particular, I just didn’t know how often they came down here.

The stairs descended underground, where the stones became mossy and dripped with condensation. Some of the stones even had come out and there was just straight dirt behind them. I stepped as lightly as I could, but as I reached the bottom there was no door but it opened up into a bigger room. Peering in, the whole room was lined with huge cages and cells. It was definitely a dungeon and seemed like most of the cells were from when the castle was actually built.

Walking down the rows, I looked over and all of them I could see were empty. There were definitely some skeletons that had been left to rot here and the mold definitely didn’t help.

'There has to be a reason why the Beta came down here. It definitely wasn’t to clean.' Naresh huffed. He was suffering as bad as I was from the smell even with breathing through my mouth.

'Exactly. Why would he come down to an empty…' My thoughts were cut off when I looked at the furtherest cell in the corner.

Huddled together in the corner were tiny bodies. As I walked closer, I could hear their heart beats and I crouched down. They were tiny, dirty, and they smelled awful but all of them looked like they were asleep. I tried to count heads and my eyes glazed over.

'Naresh, they are all here. The witches were right. Six children. All six of them are here. Fuck. Fucking hell.'

Naresh couldn’t even speak. He howled from the back of my mind. These kids didn’t belong down here. I thought a third party was still involved and that checking the perimeters was going to yield something. But why bother when this fucking pack did steal the children. Suddenly, anger boiled up in me. I felt my ears pop up on the top of my head and my hands shift into claws. I couldn’t shift here. I tried to calm myself but I was livid.

Quietly retreating, I made my way back to the door. Opening the door, I had to figure out a way to save these kids. They didn’t do shit and the Alpha and Beta were going to pay for their lies and their treachery. I couldn’t just grab all six of them now and take them out. I couldn’t fight an entire wolf pack without putting their lives in danger. Firstly, I needed some backup. I needed to talk to Ezekiel. Fuck, I needed to shift.

I closed the door behind me and raced through the castle. Once I made it out the back door of the kitchen, I shifted and just started to run. No destination. I just needed to run off this anger. I felt betrayed by my own kind. This was the exact scenario that we were trying to avoid. That I was now on the side of my kind but it turns out my kind were a bunch of fucking liars and kidnappers.

Were they trying to start a war? Were they trying to fuck the war up? Honestly, it seemed like some of their warriors were on Nova but it was hard to tell. I also couldn’t just go around checking everyone’s underwear drawers for drugs. The Alpha would know, he could even be taking them too, but he could easily lie unless I forced him to answer me truthfully.

Howling, I raced around the territory line. I passed a couple warriors but I knew the “front lines” were on the other side of the territory. It still was too laxed for being worried about children being snatched up. Was that a lie too? How much of this bullshit were they feeding us?

After a while of running, I felt a wolf trying to keep up with me. They continued to fall behind but finally, annoyed, I slowed to a stop and waited. Mark’s wolf came into view and he shifted.

“Shift, Vale.”

Naresh had taken over and he snorted. 'How dare this little shit not only try and force us to shift, but to not even call us properly.'

'Don’t, Naresh. We still...'

“Shift, I said! Do you know how hard it was to ask Alpha Niles not to attack you while you ran around?”

Naresh growled but I took over, shifting. My wolf form rippled away as I walked up to him and grabbed Mark by the neck. Lifting him up, he clawed at my hand.

“Don’t you dare order me around, High Councilor. I don’t answer to you. The only person I answer to is my mate and my mother. I could kill you right now and no one would say shit other than needing to find another wolf for your position.” I let go and he dropped to the ground. “You will address me as, Alpha King from now on. I will not have you fucking disrespecting me. I’m in no mood for your bullshit and if anyone tried to attack me, they would be dead. So you tell Alpha Niles you saved his warrior’s lives. Because I would have shown no mercy right now.”

Leaning over him, I let my eyes glow golden, Naresh stepping forward. “Be careful, Alpha. You make a wrong move and your going to find yourself on the losing end of a war.”

“Y…yes, Alpha King.” Suddenly, that authoritative Alpha tone disappeared into that of a scared child.

My jaw locked and my lips pursed together. Those children needed to be saved and I wouldn’t be able to do it alone. I wasn’t about to trust Mark with this. Shifting again, I headed back towards the castle. This time, I didn’t even bother to grab pants or a shirt. Naked, I strode through the castle, much to the shock of anyone who happened across me. Slamming the door behind me, I grabbed my phone of the nightstand and called Ezekiel.

“Ciao, mio re.” [“Hello, my king.”] Ezekiel’s Italian was getting smoother and sounded incredible. It never failed to bring a smile on my face. “Vale, are you naked?”

“Maybe. That’s not the fucking point. Fuck, I’m so glad to hear your voice. To see you.” The tension that was coiled up inside me seemed to flow out just a bit.

Ezekiel’s brow furrowed. “Everything alright?”