You Rejected A Silver Wolf
Accepted Only Now

Chapter Thirty-Nine - Accepted Only Now Chris POV

Your Silver owed me one! Ray knelt below me, head down. I had never felt so much rage against him! How could he be late to save Beta Gaius? Sasha held onto my balled fists, but I pushed her away. She rolled to the ground where Ray was, but he didn't say a word.

"Chris! Stop! It isn't Ray's or Sasha's fault that Beta Gaius died. It serves him right, actually. Didn't he escape prison?" Vanessa barked at me. She didn't understand; none of them did. Your Silver was the real enemy here, not me.

"Beta Ray, are you sure you didn't meet that silver wolf? We really need to clip his wings now!" I barked.

"Your Silver only defended himself. Beta Gaius must have attacked him first," Ray replied.

My Delta sighed. "Are you siding with a rogue who killed a Beta of an ally pack?" He glared at Ray. When Ray met his gaze, he looked down.

"And you didn't meet Your Silver? None of you did?" I pointed at the warrior beside Ray. She looked down but said nothing.

I needed her to speak up. She didn't know how to lie, and I didn't trust Ray to actually capture Your Silver if he saw him. He seemed to like that guy for no reason. "Cara!" I called the warrior. Gently, she lifted her eyes and gave me a disdainful look. She had always been like that since we were younger.

She was clinging to Ray's arm, like a bug. She would surely side with him.

"Did you meet with Your Silver?"

She replied, "No!"

Ray raised a brow at me. "Why ask her? Did you doubt me?"

I looked away. I didn't know what to believe.

"How had Beta Gaius even escaped? None of the guards agreed to have seen anything!" He looked at the Delta.

"I will conduct an investigation, Beta. Surely someone released him; there's no way he left on his own..." She started, but I cut her off. "Is that necessary? He is dead, so..."

"It is necessary. We can't have a spy in our kingdom, can we?" Cara interrupted me, then turned and walked out.

I rolled my eyes but noticed the slight smirk Ray had on his face. He was unbelievable. He also made a bow and walked out with her.

It reminded me of when Vanessa bothered Rih, and they both ganged up against her; now I was the one they were hanging onto again. But it wasn't to defend Rih, but a rogue. "Delta!" I called. The young man came before me. "Take some men and search around the Boots and Rivers market. Find Your Silver."

He hesitated, looking at his sister, Sasha, for help. Finding Your Silver was hard; catching him and bringing him here was harder. "And if he doesn't find him?"

"He should." I left my throne. "He should find him." Before they could revolt, I tried to walk away, but Vanessa blocked me.

"Instead of putting your Delta in such turmoil, place a bounty on Your Silver's head and let his warriors and rogues try to catch him." My eyes widened at her suggestion; I faced her and nodded.

Sasha rushed to me with her brother beside her. "It's best if rogues catch a rogue than for your honorable self and Delta to chase around a rogue." She made a point, but I didn't acknowledge it. I walked away, heading towards my room.

"That silver wolf has to be cut off before he takes my kingdom from me," I mouthed, slamming the door behind me.

And now Your Silver had killed Beta Gaius; his rank would be higher. What kind of a man was he to even have killed a Beta? An Alpha wolf?

I fell on my bed. What if he was actually an Alpha wolf? To kill a Beta and run away without Ray seeing him? He was truly formidable.

"Red Moon has to use their Lycan to silence him. It will be too risky going after Your Silver, as he can overpower you," Zeke told me.

It dampened my confidence. Your Silver was yet another threat. I took out a scroll and ink. I needed to inform all packs that Your Silver was wanted and should be killed on sight.

All omegas should endeavor to kill him and be elevated to hunter level. They felt Your Silver was their savior; I could do more for them.

"Cara! Deploy all your warriors to my palace now! I have an announcement!" I mind-linked her as the lead warrior.

She moaned, making me stop my writing and freeze. What was she doing?

"Alpha, I am quite busy now. My warriors and I will meet you by evening, if it's okay with you," she said in a low voice.

Was she with her mate? She had no mate. The memory of her clinging to Ray at the courtroom zoomed past me. Were they...?

They had known each other since they were preteens! And he had been coronated without her. How could they be mates now? Or was she just his fling?

"You aren't quite sure he is the one with her, you know," Zeke warned me.

I dismissed the thought not to annoy him. Since Rih's death, he had a soft spot for her brother.

"Very well, Cara. Make sure your warriors come. And if you are around Ray, tell him to meet me," I switched off my mind link.

I folded my scroll and placed it on the table. A knock came on my door. "Come in."

My mother rushed in, wearing a scowl. She shouldn't be around scolding me. I did what she wanted by setting Beta Gaius free.

"I know. Are you sure Ray didn't see the rogue? I asked Cara, and she replied that even if they did, she couldn't take him on alone."

I faced my mother. Did Cara mean Ray wouldn't have challenged Your Silver? This was giving me questions.

"I am sorry about Beta Gaius," I apologized.

My mother shrugged. "Never mind; he has a son to replace him. Have you seen though? Cara has a bite mark. She has finally been mated by Ray."

The ink in my hands dropped. Mated by Ray finally? My mom always had premium gossip, like her daughter and daughter-in-law.

"They were mates?" I enquired.

"Actually, since she turned eighteen, she knew. But he always denied it until today; it's weird, right?" My mother laughed.

Seeing she was in a good mood and not very much offended by Beta Gaius's death, I relaxed. But how could Ray accept Cara only now?

"Ray is a mysterious young man. You need to keep an eye on him," my mother added.

Zeke was rejecting the thoughts, but her words were forming realizations in my head. Ray wasn't an enemy, but he hadn't really been friendly.