Scarred Alphas by Norisha May
Chapter 44

"The problem here is that to get to him, we would need to go through these other two packs that are in between him and us. The river packs." "Then do it," I say.

Garret shakes his head as he explains. "It's not that simple. First of all, these two packs are in very close proximity, only divided by a river. The moment one is having trouble, the others will come to help. We would need to take both of them at the same time. Not to mention what comes after. All other packs will turn their eyes on us."

I am annoyed. "They can try. Don't we have a bigger army? And we have Alpha Oliver and his pack-the Crescent Moon Pack-backing us. So what is the problem? Some paragraphs are incomplete if you are not reading this novel on FindNovel.net. Visit FindNovel.net to read the complete chapters for free. And I don't understand why you haven't done this already.

You have been at war with Ezra's pack for so long."

"We don't have The Crescent Moon Pack's full support just yet and there are rules that need to be followed. We've been poking here and there because we need to be careful. We are not mindless idiots. The plan was to slowly instill fear-"

I cut Garret off. "You've been instilling fear for years and that's it," I say cutting him off. "That is all you have done."

"Because actively going after every pack will cause them to band together against us. Over the course of five years, we've taken over three packs.

It has been done slowly and with lies and deceit."

Colt speaks. "Mh, I heard that one of these packs attacked you in the middle of the night, so you retaliated."

"Exactly...that was a lie. We said that we defended ourselves..." He air quotes. "...and retaliated over this attack." He air quotes again. "Just like Colt here. They were close to our pack but not close enough that an attack on them would be permitted, yet we did it anyway and lied. Said that he was in our pack's borders. Of course, his pack didn't believe it but all the other packs did. Deceit and lies."

"Then lie again," I say.

"The lies have to be believable, Cass. I get that you are upset and want results now but we are good at what we do. These kinds of things take time-

"Not this time," Warrick says surprising everyone. "Let's wipe these two packs out."

"But..." Garrets tries to complain but Warrick is not having it.

"We have cause for it. Alpha Ezra has actively declared war on us. These packs are the casualties of war."

Warrick says.

"Yes! Let's do it." I say with conviction.

"Cass..." Colt whispers and looks at me with worry.

Warrick gives me a pointed look. "You do understand that we are the bad guys, right?"

"But we aren't. We are getting rid of a tyrant." I reply to him.

"No. We are taking over other packs. It is what we have been doing for years and we've always been seen as the bad guys. The villains."

"Then fine. We are the bad guys. I won't argue it if it gets me what I want." I say.

"Cass...please think about what you are saying," Colt says.

"Do you want your brother dead or not?"

"Yes but...if we do this...we are killing many innocent people to get what we want. This shouldn't be a good thing to you and it is nothing to cheer about." He says. "I want him dead... Colt. I want him dead no matter the cost."

Colt shakes his head in disappointment.

Warrick smiles. "Spoken like a true villain.'

"

He almost seems proud but I just roll my eyes.

"Unfortunately we still have to wait until he makes a move first," Garret says and Warrick nods agreeing.

"Why?!"

"Because we need to know what he is up to. We could be walking into a damn trap for all we know. Maybe they want us to rush in and try to take them down."

"He's right. We still have to be careful here." Warrick says agreeing. "And you need to train that power of yours more. We are going to need it."

I don't like it. I hate that we can't just go now.

"Cass, they are right," Colt whispers behind me. "There is nothing more I want to do than go to my brother right now and kill him myself but bthat is reckless. Slow and steady wins the war." "It's race." I correct him.

"I know. It's a play of words to make a point."

I sigh.

Deep inside I know they are right. They all have years of experience and I don't. But it is so hard to just sit back and wait.

The meeting continues for hours. It is exhausting but not once do I get distracted. I pay close attention to every single word that is said.

After having a meal and refueling, we continue the meeting until late afternoon when finally we are done for the day with the meeting. Colt and I spend some time together before I have to train with my father.

We sit in front of the lake that is inside the pack's territory. I haven't been here until now. It seems that many kids spend their day here. We watch them play in the distance.

"Am I being too much, Colt?"

"Mh? What do you mean?"

"Pushing to kill Ezra. Being reckless."

He takes a deep breath. "You are trying to rush things but I think that with what he has done, he deserves what is coming for him. However...I don't like...Cass...this is war...many are going to die. Don't let this anger take over you. Don't let it change you." "I am not..." I mutter and bury my face in his chest. "I can't believe she is gone. She didn't deserve that. She was good. She was the best thing in that pack."

Colt holds me and rubs my back, trying to comfort me.

"She deserved happiness and to have a chance with her baby. That was all she wanted. She finally was going to get it but it was all taken away from her. This wasn't fair."

"I know. I am sorry that... that it was my flesh and blood who did this."

I shake my head. "Your father didn't deserve this either."

He nods. "He wasn't perfect but...yeah, he didn't deserve to go like that."

I hug him. "I hope the rest of your family is okay."

"Me too." He whispers.

"Hey...do you really think that......we...are the villains.

Are we doing all this wrong?"

"I honestly don't know, Cass. We are doing what we think is right."

"I...don't think it's right at all but...I still want to do this. I want him dead and I am willing to do whatever it takes to make that happen." I say.

He looks into the distance and doesn't say anything am sure he doesn't know what to say.

There is silence for a few minutes. All we hear is the water, the trees moving with the wind, and children laughing and playing in the distance.

"All I know is that I love you and I want to be with you always." He suddenly says. "I want to make you happy and right now, you are not happy. It is all because of him. I feel you. I feel the pain that he has caused you. So I want the same as you. I want him gone." I close my eyes and hug him. I'd choose this man over my real mate a thousand times over. This is what a real mate is and he is amazing.

"I love you, Colt."

We hug and spend beautiful time together just relaxing in each other's embrace.

When it is time, we head to my father's office where he waits for me for training. From now on it is the only thing I will be focusing on until I am able to use my powers right. But when it comes to my father, it is hard to not try to purposely vex him. "Okay. First, you need to learn the difference between Alpha command and your power, Alpha Ruling. Along with how to properly use the Alpha Ruling."

"Alpha Ruling? Wait, why didn't you tell me all of this before?"

"Because I wanted to see what you could get by yourself. With Alpha Ruling, you need to use direct eye contact with your victim's eyes."

"What? I should have been told this from the beginning." I complain.

"Alpha command is different than Alpha Ruling. With Alpha Command it is your voice that holds sway. It's not really commanding them but your voice holds such authority that they will be inclined to do your bidding.

However, someone with a strong will can resist it. But with Alpha Ruling, you are controlling their minds, you are tapping directly into their brains and there is no way they can refuse."

"Does this mean that I can only control one person at a time?"

"No. You can have multiple people under your control but you can only activate it one at a time. Of course, this depends. If you have three people looking straight into your eyes as you give a command, then you'll command them all. However, it is much more effective if it is done one by one."

"Oh...this suddenly doesn't seem like such a strong power anymore."

"Doesn't it?"

"Here is an example, every person in this room-except for you-I have used my power to command them to do my every bidding without refusing. I activated this command in them one by one but because of the command, they do everything and anything I tell them and I don't even have to activate my power on them anymore because they already must do everything I say."

"Oh...I see...never mind. That is pretty impressive...and a smart use of your power."

"I know. Now let's start." He says with impatience.

This man is not humble at all.

"Okay? Who will I be trying to control this time?" I say. "And like I said before, no killing."

"It baffles me how you want to kill Ezra so badly but you have no taste for murder." He says.

"It is different! He deserves it."

"Right..."

Colt takes a step. "You can use me."

"You?!" I squint my eyes at him.

"Yes."

I look at Warrick and he nods, approving.

"You've done it before. You can do it now." Colt says.

"Fine, but you are not going to like it.'

"...Cass...no. Don't. I am not slapping you."

"Slap me.

He sighs. "No."

"Slap me."

"Stop. No! Stop."

I almost want to laugh but I don't and even more when I hear Warrick mutter to one of his generals. "She's a bit of a weirdo sometimes."

I almost lose my composure holding my laugh in.

"Slap me!"

Colt continues to refuse.

I concentrate and focus on his eyes.

I spend over twenty times saying it but he does nothing.

"I don't get it! I did it before."

"Ezra cut right through your sister's neck and she was probably still alive, can you imagine how much she would have screamed?"

Warrick insensitively says all of this.

My head slowly turns to Warrick.

...are...you...SERIOUS RIGHT NOW!" I scream.

"If you had control of your gift and you were there, maybe you could have stopped him."

"Why the f**k would you say that!?" I shout.

"To get this." His hand motions to me. "Now get back to it!" He snaps at me.

I turn to Colt with so much anger and look into his eyes.

My fists are clenched and nails dig into my skin.

"SLAP ME!" I scream at Colt.

His hand immediately makes contact with my cheek.

"UH!" Colt shouts with anger.

"I'm done. I don't want to do this anymore!"

I rub my cheeks and laugh.

The anger I had just a moment ago subsided.

"It's not funny, Cass. I don't want to hurt you. Ask me to do something else!"

"Okay, Punch my father."

"Don't you funking dare, Warrick says and I bust out laughing.

"You deserve it you prick!

And how fun would it be to see that..." I mutter.

"You are playing too much. I thought you were going to take this seriously."

I roll my eyes. "Fine, fine." I look around. "...punch that desk," I tell Colt.

He stares at the desk but does nothing. Obviously, it didn't work.

Why can't I be consistent with this?

I take in a deep breath and concentrate again.

"Punch that desk," I say and he immediately does, leaving a crack in it.

Warrick shakes his head unapprovingly. "You are all over the place. One moment it works, the next one, it doesn't."

I sigh.

"But we do know that when your emotions run high, they work pretty well."

I get that he was trying to get me there with what he said but it was kind of cruel.

"Continue." He says and I nod.

I command Colt again and again. Only when I am getting upset does it suddenly work. But I know that I need to learn to use it not just when I am angry. Suddenly, my training is interrupted. There is a commotion outside.