Roman’s POV
Rafe and I reached the Castons where we had a meeting with that bastard Kaizan, for the purpose we had.
Caston’s place was like a hub for rich people, even from the other packs, not just for enjoyment but for their meetings with the people from our pack.
Kaizan was already waiting for us inside one private room along with his two brothers. Bastard was truly so desperate to get the bitch he wanted, and I truly wondered why. An Alpha could be crazy for someone only when she was his mate, or maybe there was something really dark behind it.
If the bitch he was looking for was truly Sophia and she was indeed his mate, then all I had was sympathy for him. It’s better to be mateless than have a bitch like her as one.
The bastard offered a smug smile. "So finally you agreed to hand over that bitch to me?" he asked.
"Not so soon, or maybe not," I told him and settled on the couch opposite him.
Rafe was walking leisurely as he first stared at Kaizan like he was his prey, the mobile in his hand rotating in his fingers like some toy.
"Believe me when I say my blood isn’t tasty at all," Kaizan chuckled mockingly. "But I would let you have a taste if you plan to give me that bitch."
"And believe me, if I decided to have a taste of it, you wouldn’t be alive to see that bitch," Rafe replied with an equally mocking smirk.
Just then a server hurried inside the room with a tray full of alcohol in his hands and bumped into Rafe, who was not far from the door.
Smash!
The glasses from the tray smashed on the ground while Rafe quickly caught the liquor bottle in his hand. "You shouldn’t let this holy water waste," Rafe commented. "Clumsy moron."
The server quickly bowed and apologized in fright. "I... am sorry, Alpha... Please forgive me..."
"Get out," Rafe said coldly, and the server ran outside like his life was on the line.
"Woah! So a bat loves innocent kinds?" Kaizan’s voice came through as he looked at the wallpaper on Rafe’s mobile screen.
Rafe’s mobile had slipped away from his hand when the server bumped into him and fell toward Kaizan’s feet. The screen lit up the moment he touched it and looked at the picture.
It was Eira’s picture from six years back, innocent and beautiful.
Rafe frowned, his gaze turning darker. "Give it back to me."
Kaizan didn’t hand his mobile back, but instead continued to stare at the picture. "I suddenly feel like brunettes are not bad. I might take interest if the one is like this bitch," he said and tossed Rafe’s mobile back to him. "Who is it? If no one important, you can hand it over to me so I can get a taste of a brunette."
"You don’t need to know," Rafe said and settled on the couch next to me. He opened the bottle of liquor and started drinking straight from it, then said to Kaizan, "Nothing for you. You can get one yourself."
"I can continue," he said calmly, "but I would appreciate knowing this bitch on your mobile screen."
"I have a better one for you," I told him and tossed one photograph onto the table.
Kaizan picked it up, and his gaze darkened—not sure what that gaze truly meant.
After a moment, he looked at us. "So you have finally made the decision?" he concluded on his own and leaned back on the couch leisurely, as if satisfied with the situation. "But I am sure you won’t hand her over without getting something from me in return."
Rafe and I looked at each other. Though calm on the surface, our gazes shared the same sentiment. So the bitch this bastard was talking about all along was Sophia. It was never Eira.
The one Kaizan used to fuck was Sophia. But the question remained:
Why did Kaizan call that day six years back and tell us it was Eira who was his bitch and that she gave him all the pack secrets? Why was Eira sucking him off in that video?
Was it his and Sophia’s planning all along?
But why did they want to frame an innocent and irrelevant one like Eira in all this?
Suddenly, I am afraid something darker was hidden behind the mask of simple betrayal.
That attack on our pack, Kael’s parents’ murder, framing Eira—it all suddenly felt like part of a dangerous scheme which wasn’t over yet.
"You are not wrong," I told him. "But before that, I would like to know why you want her?"
Last time we asked if she was his mate, he brushed it off with his playful remark. But I was truly curious.
Kaizan’s gaze remained on the picture in his hand as he said, "Whores like this one are only meant to be fucked, not meant to be someone’s mates."
The way he said it and his gaze hardened, I could see she was not his mate. Even his two brothers had the same expressions.
What were they planning to do with Sophia if we handed her over to them?
"So you are going to do anything for us in exchange for this good-for-nothing bitch?" I raised a brow. "It makes it hard to believe you only need her to fuck her."
Kaizan looked at me finally. "That’s not for you to know. Hand her over to me and, as promised, I will tell you something of your use."
"What could that be?" I asked calmly, not showing my eagerness at all.
"You need to be careful of the RavenClaw pack," Kaizan said. "The rest of the details I will leave for the day when you hand me over this bitch."
Alpha of RavenClaw—the one that arrived late at the council meeting and talked to Kaizan while we were leaving the council premises with Eira.
Top-tier Alpha, just like Kael. It was not good news for us if he was after something.
Kaizan stood up, tossing the picture back on the table. "Next time we will meet when you have this bitch with you," he said, and left the room.
Rafe and I sat stunned in our place. So many thoughts were going through our minds that we didn’t let out in front of Kaizan.
Caston entered the room along with the server who had bumped into Rafe, but of course it was because he was told to do so.
"Give him some bonus," I told Caston.
"He is alive even after bumping into a bloodthirsty demon, that’s already a bonus for him," Caston said. "Though it was planned."
The server had brought another set of glasses and liquor for us, placed it quietly on the table, and left.
"Got the result?" Caston asked. He was our trusted one, part of our secrets.
I hummed, and silence fell over once more.
Not sure how to tell Kael that he was being cuckold all along, as Sophia was fucking his enemy. Or maybe Kael would feel relieved to know it.
"What are you thinking about?" Caston asked me.
"I am wondering if the child Sophia lost was Kael’s or Keiren’s," I replied.
Rafe scoffed. "Let her get better, and..." his smirk darkened with something wicked, "...she will spill everything on her own."