Chapter 54 – The Truth (I)
••• Aleena’s POV •••
When I opened my eyes, I wasn’t in the Black Heart Pack’s dungeon anymore.
Instead, I was in Andre’s study, but it looked… different than the last time I was there. It didn’t look as grand. Andre was sitting in his usual chair behind the desk while Rose was standing beside him.
Did they move me here?
“Andre, I saw a vision where you’ll be killed by a Lycanthrope,” Rose told Andre.This is property © of NôvelDrama.Org.
What does Rose mean that Andre will be killed by a Lycan? Do they know Andre will be killed by Kyson? Have they found out about Kyson’s plan to wage a war with them? Somehow, a surge of pride coursed through my body when I thought of my mate killing him. Serves you right for being heartless!
“And you’ll be killed by me!” I said smugly at Rose, but she ignored me. No, it was more like she couldn’t hear me. How dare she ignore me! I reached out to grab her shoulder, only to realize that my hand went straight through her shoulder. I was aghast. Have I died and become a ghost?
What is happening? Suddenly, I remembered Rose’s words about wanting to show me the truth. Have I gone back in time to witness the truth?
I looked at Andre again and realized that he looked younger. It seemed my thought was right. Rose was indeed showing me the past. I was just a spectator without an actual body.
“What do you mean?!” Andre was so scared by Rose’s words that he stood up fast, and his chair was knocked backward.
“It is as what I’ve said, Andre,” Rose said calmly.
“What am I to do? I don’t want to die yet. I haven’t achieved my goal yet. I want to be one of the strongest werewolves.” Andre began walking back and forth due to his anxiousness.
“Calm down, Andre. I have a solution,” Rose kept being calm.
Andre observed the calm Rose and seemed to calm down himself. He straightened the chair he had knocked backward and sat down on it again.
“Tell me, who is the Lycanthrope that is going to kill me?” he asked Rose calmly, but his body was still tense.
“That I do not know,” Rose answered.
“Then how are we going to kill him if we don’t know who he is?” Andre snapped at Rose, seemingly irritated by her.
“It’s easy. We can kill all the Lycanthropes before one of them can kill you,” Rose said lightly.
“WHAT?!” I shouted at the same time as Andre.
“How can we kill the Lycanthrope? They are mightier than us. It’s difficult to kill one of them, but you want to kill them ALL? Are you crazy?!” Andre asked Rose in disbelief and began to criticize Rose.
“I told you to calm down, Andre. I haven’t even told you about my plan, and you already get so worked up,” Rose reprimanded Andre.
Andre closed his eyes and took a few deep breaths to calm himself down, and when he opened his eyes, he looked a lot calmer. “Tell me of your plans.” Even though he looked calm, I could still see his agitation.
“We will never be able to kill all Lycanthropes…” Rose began speaking.
“Now you realize it,” Andre snorted and glared at Rose, cutting Rose’s sentence.
“But we can if the werewolves and witches in this whole world banded together,” Rose continued calmly as though Andre hadn’t said anything.
Rose’s words caught Andre’s interest. “Can we involve them?”
“We can if you let me tell them the truth.” Rose was still calm. She didn’t seem to show any emotions.
“The truth? That I’ll be killed by a Lycan, and they should help me? Do you think they’ll cross the Lycanthropes just to help one werewolf? You are out of your mind,” Andre growled as he became angry again.
Rose smiled and said, “The truth of my vision – that I saw the Lycanthropes going to wage war with us.”
My eyes widened in disbelief. Wasn’t the great war between werewolves and Lycanthropes caused by the Lycans kidnapping and killing new-born werewolves? But why were Andre and Rose talking about something else?
I saw Andre’s eyes light up, and suddenly, the scene became distorted. The next thing I knew, the scene in front of me had changed.
I was now in a large room that I didn’t recognize. It was filled with many werewolves. I could see Andre and Rose, as well as more than a dozen witches, on the podium.
What is going on? Where am I?
I walked toward one of the females near me and whispered, “Excuse me, but may I know where we are and who all of you guys are?”
The female ignored me. Oh, of course, I wasn’t real. She wouldn’t be able to hear me. How stupid of me.
Looking around again, I realized that all those present were not ordinary werewolves. Their auras were strong. They were all Alphas and Lunas!
“Why are you gathering all of us here?” one of the Alphas asked with a thick accent. They were all Alphas from all over the world!
Did Andre and Rose really going to tell Rose’s ‘vision’?
“We found out that the Lycanthropes are trying to annihilate the werewolf race,” Andre spoke up, and the crowd became silent.
“Witch Rose can explain about it,” Andre said and let Rose step up onto the podium.
“Alphas, Lunas, I had a vision that the Lycanthropes are making plans to get rid of all the werewolves in this world. They want to take over the world. I’m not the only one who had the vision. My fellow witches also had the same vision,” Rose spoke calmly and clearly.
“It’s impossible! We have always been living together with them without any problems!” one of the Lunas spoke up.
“Yes! They do not need to eradicate us! We always have good relationships with them!” another Luna spoke.
“Yes! We always get along with them!” another chimed in.
Their words made the audience doubt Andre’s and Witch Rose’s words.
“I know this is hard to believe, but I can show you the vision!” Rose spoke up confidently before she cast a spell over all of them.
When the blinding light diminished, all those present groaned in pain and clutched their head like they were having the worst headache of their lives.
I wasn’t able to see the vision, but I knew what they saw the moment one of the Alphas roared out, “That son of a bitch Lycanthropes! How dare they want to wipe us out?!”
“Don’t think they will succeed in their plan!”
“If they want war, then let’s bring it to them!”
“We will wreck their plans and attack them before they can attack us!”
All the Alphas and Lunas in the room roared in anger.
“Alpha Andre, Witch Rose, thank you for showing us their evil plans. We know what to do now. We will each take care of the Lycanthropes in our countries. This will be a worldwide war between us werewolves and the Lycanthropes,” an Alpha with the strongest aura said.
“This is what we should do for our kind, Alpha Zane. Don’t worry; all the witches will side with us,” Andre said humbly.
“All of you, return to your respective countries, and we will attack them simultaneously in a week’s time. If they think they can obliterate the werewolf’s race, then they are mistaken,” Alpha Zane said through gritted teeth before he stood to go out, and the rest followed.
At this moment, everything dawned on me. Andre and Rose had just straight-up lied to those Alphas and Lunas. This was what they wanted – to make the Lycanthropes’ race extinct for his selfishness. He didn’t want to die by a Lycanthrope’s hand, and as he wasn’t strong enough to deal with the Lycanthropes, he wanted to use all the werewolves!
“They lied!” I shouted and tried to tell the Alphas and Lunas. “They lied! They want you to do the dirty deeds for him!” I kept shouting and trying to stop the Alphas and Lunas from leaving. But what could I do? No matter how loud I shouted, no matter how much I wanted them to know the truth, I was just like a ghost with no actual body there. I couldn’t even touch them!
Once all the Alphas and Lunas left, I was left alone in the great hall. My body was shaking due to anger. I turned to see Andre and Rose, the latter looking smug and satisfied.
“What exactly did you show them?” Andre asked Rose.
“The Lycanthropes in a meeting just like this, deciding to eliminate all werewolves,” Rose said calmly as though her lies were not a big deal.
“They won’t suspect a thing, will they?” Andre once again looked anxious.
“Don’t worry, Andre; with all the witches under my command, they will believe everything we told them just now,” Rose replied calmly as she looked at the door where the Alphas and Lunas had exited.
“I didn’t know you could show made-up visions,” Andre looked at Rose with admiration and… adoration? Were they in a relationship behind Mom? This angered me even more. Even though I didn’t know Mom, the thought of her being two-timed was disgusting.
“You don’t know all my powers, my Alpha,” Rose teased Andre and smiled seductively.
How dare they! Just as I thought of how disgusting they were, the scene in front of me changed again, and this time, it showed the war between the werewolves and the Lycanthropes.
It was a gruesome scene. There were many corpses of werewolves, witches, and Lycanthropes. The witches had indeed banded with the werewolves to fight against the Lycanthropes.
The scene changed again to one in the great hall with fewer Alphas and Lunas. Alpha Zane shouted, “We won! We have successfully eliminated all the Lycanthropes from all over the world! From now on, we are the strongest beings in this world!”
He looked straight at Andre and praised him, “This is all thanks to Andre! Andre, you killed nearly all the Lycans in your country; you are now one of the strongest werewolves alive; even not many of us could kill as many Lycans as you did.”
I tried hard, Alpha Zane. I didn’t want them to win and become a problem for us werewolves,” Andre replied humbly, but I could see the glee and viciousness in his eyes.
Suddenly, the scene became distorted, and I was back in the dungeon, still kneeling and chained, with Andre and Rose standing in front of me.