Reject Me Again, My Alpha
Chapter 63

Everything was left like people were still living here , or atleast like they planned to come back. There wasn’t a thing out of place or anything trashed. If not for the thick layer of dust on everything, you’d still think they were here. There were rooms upon rooms , bedrooms galore as well as bathrooms. But you could tell which one belonged to the warlock king. Everything was the finest of things. Even under the thick covering of dust , you could see the gold furnishings and the fine crystals. The man really did like his trophies. In the wardrobe , lined rows and rows of robes. Fine silks and expensive cottons.

But it was weird , when you went through a door that adjoined to his room. There was another room. So unlike his. This one seemed so dark , there were two beds in the room. But not much of anything else. We didn’t want to split up . So we were all cramming into each room to explore. There were no pictures , nothing. Abigail opened the wardrobe and inside this one all there was were dull gray drab robes. ” Maybe it was his servants’quarters “, Peter mused, as he looked at the clothes with Abigail.

” I don’t think so ” Samuel said. I looked over my shoulder and he was holding what looked like a book. He slid something out of the book and looked it over and then turned it to show the rest of us. In the picture stood two girls that looked identical , wearing gray robes. They looked at the camera miserable , while who I was guessing was the warlock king stood behind them his face stoic, almost like he was pissed off. He was a tall man , with short black hair, his features sharp , his nose almost pointy. But it was the robes he wore that told you it could be the king. ” They could still be his servants , maybe he just liked twins “, but me , Shira and Anthea knew differently. The rest didn’t know all that we knew.

” Na look “. Samuel turned the picture around and on the back it was written. ” Our twentieth birthday with father , our gift his acknowledgment of us with a picture. More like he needed to declare us to the council before they found out he had hidden us “. Violet stepped forward and grabbed the picture from Samuel and studied it. ” They look so miserable , why would a gift be acknowledgment ? ” She looked it over again and then passed it back to Samuel. ” What is the book ? “I asked , ignoring her acting. I was still onto her. My friend may seem more like himself today ,but he definitely hadn’t been and Rion and the whole spell thing pointed everything right to her. Was she one of those girls in the picture ? Who knows, maybe she was a different enemy all together. But that she was an enemy.

” Looks like a journal or something , says on the front here the adventures of Firya and Yiana. But this first entry here , for an adventure, doesn’t seem much like one”. Then he started reading it out loud.

Today we snuck out of our room. Father had gone away on a trip to meet some witches. He has done that a lot lately. He leaves his adviser, Unis, in charge of us. But he isn’t as watchful as father. We snuck past him , went down to the kitchen and ate something we had heard father call cake. It was amazing. Afterwards, we felt so giddy and energetic. We stayed up an extra hour. It was amazing. Dad is home tomorrow , when we go down for dinner. We are going to ask him if we can have more cake .

” Cake is an adventure ? “Lorna asked, confused. But they didn’t know that their father kept them hidden , ashamed of the fact he didn’t have a boy. I chanced to take a look at Violet , but she looked pretty normal. She looked sad just like the rest of the girls did hearing that. All except Willow, who had a look of hatred , pure hatred on her face as her eyes were glued to the book in Samuels hand.

” Where did you find that ? “I asked Samuel and he pointed to a bed. ” Under the mattress ” he said , I never took my eyes off of Willow. She looked up at me and sneered. ” He sounds like a piece of work he does ” was all she said before walking out of the room. Could it just be the story that made her mad, and not sad? That she was pissed for the girls. Her mate followed after her.

” Where did you find that ? “I asked Samuel and he pointed to a bed. ” Under the mattress ” he said , I never took my eyes off of Willow. She looked up at me and sneered. ” He sounds like a piece of work he does ” was all she said before walking out of the room. Could it just be the story that made her mad, and not sad? That she was pissed for the girls. Her mate followed after her.

” Let’s keep moving , keep hold of that. It can tell us more ” I told Samuel as we moved out of the room. Most other bedrooms came up empty , there were items of belongings but nothing that could be of any use. But it was when we moved into this big hall , I don’t know, something just felt off. The room seemed colder. Along one wall there were rows and rows of books on tall walls to floor shelves. It looked like this was meant to be the library but there was no other furniture there. Shouldn’t there be tables , chairs, sofas or something for people to sit on?

” I feel something in here ” Anthea said through our link. ” Me too , something doesn’t seem right in here. ” I told her back. Shira was walking around , her hand open and up by her sides. She started a low hum , she wasn’t saying any words, just walking around humming. ” This room feels odd ” Violet came out with. ” I feel like something is in here, maybe spirits. ” She finished off.

Shira turned and looked at her. ” Yep, definitely something in here , maybe it is where the princesses killed their father and all of the other men in their clan “, she just blurted out. Came out with it. Violet looked at her confused . ” Wait, I thought we were after the warlocks because of Antheas’ magic, now your saying they are dead ? “Devon piped up. Shira nodded , not giving a f**k, that she was blurting stuff out now. ” Yep , all the men are dead. I found a book that spoke of them. Apparently, the daughters killed them. You all knew the women were ill, right ? Well, apparently not them two were never affected by it , and it was not the men looking to find a cure because they were dead. It’s the princesses. It’s pretty understandable. I mean the man with held cake from them. Oh and the men were the ones to put the spell on them in the first place. My guess he had been seeing a lot of witches to get help with it. Doing what they did takes a looooott of magic , and it will take a looooott of magic to reverse it. “

The room fell silent like a pin could drop. She had just unloaded all that information on to everyone , including those we were suspicious of. She just grins at everyone , while the information sinks in. ” Wait, hold up “, Peter says, steeping forward. ” If all that you have just said is true , then where are the women? And if it was the male warlocks that did it to the females , why would they take Sianna’s magic ? Or who took her magic if they were already dead ?” Peter was f*****g smart.

Shira looked at us two and gave a small smile. Before she glanced away. And back to Peter. ” That is what we do not know. Maybe it is the females that took her magic , and they have already saved the women and fled. Either way , bed down for a few days , find a room. We have a castle full of clues to look for ” she says, and then waltzes past us and out of the room. ” What did she just do ? “Anthea said in my mind. And it clicked what her game was. ” She dangled a carrot , gave up just enough information to know we knew some of it. But not enough to make them feel we are about to crack the case. They will feel they still have some sort of upper hand. But they will also start trying to make bigger moves to get this done quicker, ” I told her.

” Where did you find that ? “I asked Samuel and he pointed to a bed. ” Under the mattress ” he said , I never took my eyes off of Willow. She looked up at me and sneered. ” He sounds like a piece of work he does ” was all she said before walking out of the room. Could it just be the story that made her mad, and not sad? That she was pissed for the girls. Her mate followed after her.

At least now the rest knew most of it , but they still didn’t know we knew the location of the magic. Shira had made it out like we were still clueless.

” Why didn’t she tell us any of that before we came here ?” Lorna asked. It was Willow that spoke up. ” Because Shira likes to be dramatic , come on baby, let’s go find us a room in this place. Seeing you fly, got me all hot ” she grinned at him. I didn’t like the idea of staying here , it felt more off than the island did. ” Lets go look for rooms that are at the side of each other. Does anyone have any plans for food ? Supplies ? ” I m****d. ” There has to be some sort of kitchen here, right ? ” Rion spoke up. ” Yea, but whatever is there will most likely be ruined” Violet said. She shrugged. ” I will magic food here if needed ” she added. She grabbed Devons’ hand , and he smiled at her. ” Let’s go look for a kitchen around here “, Devon agreed. Then he looked at me. ” Shall we all meet back here later , we need to talk about what Shira just landed on us all. Tell her to knock that s**t off. You know as much as I; secrets and people withholding s**t. It will be what gets us killed. Training 101 , trust your fellow warriors ” he sounded so much like my friend would. I just nodded at him, it was hard , and I could feel what my dad must be feeling. To not trust your brother , the guy you would trust your life with , it sucked.

I waited until they had gone. Rion was still there. But I don’t know I felt kind of bad for the guy. If we were right, he was being used as a puppet. Still wouldn’t tell him s**t , but maybe it was time to let go of the feud that he was trying to take my mate off of me. ” We need wood , this place is cold. I have seen fireplaces in most rooms. We need to find their fuel staff and see how many rooms we can heat for the few days we will be here. Mind going and looking ?” I asked him. He smiled. ” Sure, maybe best to heat the bedrooms of those that aren’t wolfs first. Worst come to worst, you could shift to sleep. If there isn’t anything, one of the girls I’m sure will magic some up ” he wandered off and left the six of us. I waited until my wolf hearing could no longer hear his steps or anyone close. Then I made hand movements for us all to huddle closer. I kept my voice just a small whisper , we were all wolfs here we could hear.

” We knew about all of this and there is more, no more fun and games. Keep your eyes peeled, the danger could be closer than what we think ” I told them. ” Is there more your not telling us ? “Peter asked. I looked at Anthea , waited for her decision. I knew what I wanted to do and voiced it to her. Her eyes widened and I told her my reasons why. Eventually, she sighed and looked back at them and nodded that we did. ” We can’t tell you now , just trust us “. Once we got back to the island, I was throwing all their asses in the pool. It was a risk we needed to take. Without them knowing , it could kill them anyway, Devon was right about that. We needed people around us we could trust now. Shira had poked the bears, it wouldn’t be long before they came out of hibernation.