Page 91 of The Alpha's Fated Bond

Alex continues, “With her powers, she was able to undo the links between our pups and your people.” A flurry of voices erupt at his declaration, but he’s not done. “My mate,” he says deliberately, holding Karina’s gaze, “offered to do the same for every pack in the North Alliance if they would stand with me. And since she is my mate, you have no right to the Silver Wolf.”

“You have no proof that the Silver Wolf is your mate.” Karina is furious now. “And your pack has been labeled as traitors!”

“Traitors?” Alex scoffs. “Would you mind telling me why?”

“You killed Julia!”

“Where’s your proof?”

Karina opens her mouth, and then an evil smile forms on her lips. “The girl, Hilda. We can bring her here, and she will be my witness.”

My body stiffens, but then I see Alex’s face spasm with pain. His voice is quiet but harsh. “Hilda died in the attack that your soldiers launched on my village.”

Hilda is dead?! I’m overcome with shock. Something tells me that that’s not the whole story. I recall the feeling of anguish that I felt as we left through the tunnels. Hilda must have died at that moment. Although I never liked her, I can understand my mate’s pain. After all, he did raise her.

“How convenient that your men killed your only witness,” Alex is saying. “Who else are you going to get to testify that my pack is behind Julia’s death?”

If they were alone, Karina probably would have killed Alex on the spot, but in front of all three Alliances, that’s going to be hard to do.

The Alphas from the North Alliance are all wearing blue armbands, and one of them steps beside Alex. “You have no witness, Karina. You cannot annihilate an entire pack without a witness to corroborate what you’re saying.”

“If I were you, Thomas,” Karina says in a deadly voice, “I would choose my words very carefully. You don’t know what kind of surprise you could walk into when you return to your pack.”

The threat is obvious to everyone.

The children. She’s referring to the children.

My blood boils. Lily looks positively gleeful right now.

As my anger burns at this injustice, I can feel my whole body tingling with magic. I still don’t have complete control of my powers, and I’m starting to realize they are linked to my emotional state.

“Guards!” Karina suddenly shouts. “Seize Alpha Stone and the soldiers he brought with him. Put them all to death.”

The guests stir. Till now, the other Alliances have ignored the elephant in the room, but to hear Karina order the execution of an Alpha and thousands of soldiers is a whole different thing. Especially now that she’s claiming to have control over the Silver Wolf and threatening to invade the other two Alliances.

Alex looks like he expected this. “Do you really think I’m going to go down like this? This isn’t only about the injustices you have imposed on the North Alliance. You’re now actively trying to imprison my fated mate. I’m not going to sit by and let that happen.”

Karina sneers at him. “You have betrayed the North Alliance. What I do with the remaining members of your pack is up to me. Execute them or imprison them.”

This woman is something else. She’s so drunk on her power that she doesn’t really care who sees her do what. I can tell Alex is gearing up for a fight, but Karina’s soldiers pour into the ballroom from every direction. My heart is thudding loudly, fear filling me. I can’t let Alex get hurt. Although he has a large army with him, Karina’s people still have the advantage of numbers. On top of that, if she orders the rest of the Alphas of the North to kill him, they will have no choice. Their pups’ lives are at stake.

The tingling sensation is growing with each breath I take, and I can’t control it anymore. I step forward, but Lily grabs my wrist, hissing, “Don’t even think about it.”

I give her a brief look before using my wrist to toss her in the air with my full strength. She goes flying and falls in the middle of the room.

Uh oh.

All eyes are on us now. Alex’s voice is fierce and shocked at the same time. “Sophia?!”

I wince when I try to speak.

His gaze shifts to Noah, who is still standing a few feet from me despite the fact that his mate is lying injured on the marble floor. Alex growls, “You bastard.”

Noah grabs my arm and begins dragging me away. But Karina has realized what’s going on, and she shouts, “Capture that woman!”

Her soldiers are now coming for me, and Alex roars with rage. Shifting into his animal form, he runs toward me, plowing through the men and knocking them aside. He’s about to reach us when Noah grabs me by my hair, yanks my head back, and presses his claws against my neck.

“One more step, Stone, and she’s dead.”

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