Chapter 98: 098
After he passed out, Alpha Mitch was out cold for a few hours and when he woke up again, he noticed immediately that his surroundings were different from the room he was pushed into earlier.
He was also on his knees with arms spread out on each of his sides with heavy chains on his wrists that connected to the walls on his sides. He had only pants on and nothing more.
The chains rattled as he moved his arms but he could not see anything because of the blindfold over his eyes.
He frowned and listened patiently to see if he could catch any sound but the sudden crack of a whip on his back was the first sound that traveled to his ear.
He winced in pain as it tore at his skin leaving a burning sensation. He turned his head to the direction of the sound.
"That was for shooting a hole through my damn leg". A voice said in an opposite direction and he turned his head sharply towards the direction of the voice as if he could see.
But unknown to him, he was in an old room, a special dungeon in the Oak tree pack. And in front of about a dozen men.
One of which is the old Alpha of the pack, Adriana’s father also called the third Alpha King known as Alpha King Calhoun.
A few of his guards, Azier and Gale.
They watched in satisfaction as the Alpha’s head turned to different directions as his body was hit several times with a poisoned whip. Skin tearing and blood dripping without stopping.
Gale looked away as the Alpha he had served for years was getting humiliated in front of those beneath him.
The pack and everything in it has been left in shambles, this wasn’t his intention but it’s too late to turn back now.
He had only given his support to Adriana and tried to help her become his mate but things had spiralled out of his control.
After about thirty minutes of the torture, Alpha Calhoun raised a hand to stop it.
The man took a step away from Alpha Mitch as his blood slowly dropped down his body.
"What went wrong? Where am I?
Where is Raul?" Alpha Mitch thought with a frown as his body remained tense while braising himself for another round, but nothing came and he slowly relaxed.
Alpha Calhoun left the room and the rest of the men followed him, leaving Alpha Mitch in the growing pool of blood around him.
Once alone, he tugged at the chains again and it rattled loudly. He listened to see if he would get whipped but nothing came and he realised he was now alone.
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Inside the pack house of the Oak tree pack, Adriana has been locked up in her room after they returned to the pack.
She had been against them locking him up because she does not want them to hurt him.
Her cries and fights had been futile and she had been ordered to be kept locked up by her father to prevent her from acting irrational and ruining their plan.
Despite the Alpha’s warning, Azier went to see her in her room.
He unlocked the door from outside and walked inside to see her seated on the floor with her leg outstretched.
Her eyes flickered to him when he walked inside but she looked away in disinterest.
"Why are you sulking?". He asked, sitting on the seat across from her.
She scoffed and turned away from him.
"I understand why you are upset but don’t you think it would be better if your father becomes the only Alpha King in the whole country, by then you will have many men at your service not just one proud cunt you have to force". He said with a slight frown as if deep in thought.
Adriana’s head slowly raised to look at him.
"What do you mean?" She asked with wide eyes.
"If Alph- no, if Mitch dies here and your father goes back to his pack to claim it since he has no heir that can fight for the post. It would be very easy. With Mitch’s men he can easily conquer the territory of Alpha Raul too. By then, he would be the strongest and only Alpha King in the country." He explained and watched her ponder his words.
"And you would be his only daughter". He added slowly.
He could almost hear the wheel turning in her head.
Indeed the greed for power would overpower her infatuation in no time.
"But he has an Alpha sister, she is quite fierce too. Won’t she mobilize the warrior and run the pack in his absence?" She asked with a frown.
Azier’s eyes darkened, he hadn’t thought of that possibility. He knows Alpha Mitch has a sister but he has no idea she was also an Alpha.
"That won’t be an issue at all. She is not trained to lead and has no experience leading the pack. We would get rid of her too". He affirmed and reassured her.
Adriana thought long and quietly about what he said that she did not notice when he left the room.
Once he left her Azier went to find Gale with a frown on his face.
He found him among some men drinking and laughing.
Tugging him away from the crowd, Gale noticed the serious set of his eyes.
"You did not tell me his sister is an Alpha". He said immediately they were out of ear shot.
"She doesn’t matter, she is just young and carefree," he replied, dreading what was coming next.
He was getting more opportunities to regret his decision.
"We need to get rid of her soon!" Azier said leaving no room for argument before he walked away.
Gale looked down at his drink and he suddenly wanted to leave.
How did things get to this stage?
He thought with growing panic and a sense of helplessness.