My Alpha's Betrayal: Burning In The Flames Of His Vengeance
Chapter 102

Chapter 102

12. Distrust

THEON

“How could you lose her?!” Dad roared at Arabella, who had her head bowed, almost as if wanting toflinch, but she remained in her position, her head down. “Both of you!”

His orange eyes turned on me, but I remained indifferent. I had been dragged back from the coast, buteven now the panic that was consuming me was outweighing the fact that I had rejected her.

I felt empty, but it was ok. I had been emotionless, simply a shell for vengeance until she had made aplace inside of me. Maybe I was just not meant for anything more than this. 1

I just hope she was safe. 1

I wish I had dived into the water, but I was fucking useless, unable to even swim because a siren‘sinjury was far more dangerous and powerful than an ordinary injury, and my Little Storm had fuckingdug deep. I deserved it though; I had hurt her far more than these mere injuries. She could do this tentimes over and it would never be enough... 2

The bruises that covered her body, the lashes on her back... Anger blistered within me, and only whenDad shouted did I snap out of my dark thoughts.

“GET OUT!” Dad thundered at Arabella, she bowed her head before she left the room. “Fuckinguseless!”

He slammed his fist into the ice that was now melting away, creating large cracks through it.

I remembered the question between him and Arabella, the way she had addressed him as Master andthe way he had called me a fool… Things like that were not something that I was just going to forget.

“Calm down, I‘ll bring her back.” I replied coldly, knowing I needed to keep up the facade, as if I didn‘tknow what he had called me.

He looked at me keenly.

“How did she escape? Where did she go?” He asked.

Was he hinting at the ocean?

“Into the water, but I‘ll replace her… I saw what she partially became before she attacked me.” I said,forcing as much disgust into my voice as possible.

He tensed before nodding.

“Ah yes, of course, I wanted to discuss this with you.”

Oh really? I heard you say to keep it from me.

“I know how much you hate sirens, as do I, after all it‘s because of them that we lost your sister andNathalia.” He growled.

I nodded, “Then let‘s replace her and kill her as we promised. All sirens must die.” I said, crossing my armsdespite the agony in my chest at that simple move.

I heard the faint change in his heartbeat before he calmed it almost instantly.

“You learned she was your mate… Are you willing to kill her?” He asked me sharply.

“Of course, she‘s nothing to me.” I scoffed resentfully.

She was fucking everything to me, but I didn‘t have the right to be possessive of her anymore. ,

Dad frowned, watching me for a moment, but I remained indifferent and came over, sighing in relief.

“I’m olad… For a moment I thought you would bend because she was your mate.” He patted myshoulder, and I resisted the urge to speak my mind.

He was right, I had changed in two years. All my adolescent years I had trained to hide my emotions,so when the time came, I would be able to deal with Andres. It was something I had mastered skilfully.Now. I would use the same on him,

“No. It changes nothing. Mom was killed by one, do you really think i‘ll have any consideration for her?”

*The bond does things to us, it can blind us and deter us from our goals.” Dad replied, frowning deeply.

But you loved Mom, right?

I didn‘t say it out loud.

It was crazy but I was beginning to question even the things I had witnessed and known as a child.

“You need not worry, I am going to replace her and bring her back. We need her, right?”

‘Yes... but I‘m uncertain if sending you is the right thing to do… You aren‘t healed and you are my son,don‘t want anything to happen to you.”

You didn‘t have an issue sending me to Andres.

“I can handle myself, besides, we‘ve worked too hard to get to where we are today. We need the heartunder our control.”

His eyes sparked with a fire of approval, and he nodded.

“It seems knowing her truth has changed your view of her, I was beginning to worry that you were fartoo madly in love with her.”

I looked at him sharply. My heart skipped a beat at his statement, but I simply scoffed.

“Her being a siren changes all of that. I will never forgive their kind.” I growled.

But she wasn‘t a monster... Even when she rejected me, and she took on the partial form of a siren,couldn‘t hate her... She had remained forgiving for far too long.

“Good good, but we need her for the power she possesses.”

He was still so hell–bent on having her, when I thought he hated sirens more than me and would ratherwant him dead. 1

“You hate them as much as I do, isn‘t killing her better? Do we really need her? After all, you vowedthat we would kill them all.” I questioned.

I wasn‘t sure, but there was a flicker of unease there in his eyes...

“Of course I do! Those things are the reasons I lost my daughter and my mate! I have a plan, Theon, aplan that will kill them all.” He hissed, gripping my shoulders painfully.

“But I need her powers, hers and Arabella‘s combined. Just imagine it, I will be the most powerful Alphaalive. If the packs of this kingdom wish to live, they will have to rely on me and submit to me.‘

“What do you mean combined?” I asked, trying to keep any trace of accusation from my voice. “Whatplans do you have, Dad? Don‘t you think I should have been told? I feel there‘s a lot that you are nottelling me, and if we are meant to work together, then I should at least know.” 1

“You are right, but we haven‘t really had the time now, have we? But do you remember you asked mewhy I wasn‘t scouring the seas to replace the siren responsible for your mother‘s death? Well it‘s because Ihave

been working on a better way to kill them all.”

I frowned, looking at him sharply. I had begun to think that he really didn‘t care, but he had a plan?

“What other way is there?”

A cold smirk crossed his face.

“Nathalia was mine and she was taken from me far faster than she ever should have. I don‘t just wantto kill the one who did it, but all of them. They all need to die.” His words were full of venom.

Strange... He hadn‘t seemed so bothered the last time we talked. Was he messing with my mind?

“Tell me Theon, how are the sirens safe from us?”

“Because they reside in the oceans and seas that they control?”

“Exactly, and what if we poison those seas with something that affects only sirens?”

I looked at him sharply, my heart thundering.

Yileyna was down there right now.

“How is it possible?”

He smirked.

“I haven‘t completed it... There are certain elements we still need, but don‘t you see Theon, I have beenworking extremely hard on this. To get revenge for your mother.” He said quietly. 1

I frowned, trying to get my head around it. Something wasn‘t right, I just couldn‘t believe that he hadkept this all from me and was now suddenly telling me? Why?

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“What are the elements we are missing? If this is your plan and you can execute it, then I want to makesure we succeed.”

“The heart. It possesses the ability of the land and sea. She is the only one who will be able to drive thepoison deep into the farthest depths of the oceans.” 1

And with it make Yileyna claim the lives of thousands... I remembered her sadness for the siren girl inBellmead. There is no way Yileyna would be able to do it. Back then she hated sirens and still felt sorryfor her, how would she feel killing them all, children and adults alike?

She would never be able to live with the blood of that many on her hands.

“We will get her back, but how do you plan to get her to obey?” I asked emotionlessly.

“Perhaps it‘s a blessing in disguise that she is your mate. Although I know just the thought repulsesyou, this is for the greater good. When you mark her, your bond will strengthen, and she will succumbto your will. You can manipulate her to our bidding.” He responded, smirking coldly. “We were meant forthis. That was why you were mated to her, and with your hatred, there is no risk for you to lose yourway!”

Lose my way? Or replace my way? I loved Mom and I always would, but me seeking revenge andmanipulating someone else to do so on my behalf, were two very different things... 2

My initial plan was to replace that siren, kill her, and then I would have let it go… Killing the entire race wasnever the plan.

Perhaps I was losing my way, but I needed to replace Yileyna and I wanted to replace out what Hunter haddiscovered. I had to replace the answers on my own accord and fast. 1

“That is the perfect plan.” I said to Dad, placing a confident smirk on my face. “I‘ll search for her.”

“You don‘t need to go Theon, I have sent my men already.”

“We cannot afford to waste time, I will go too.”

He seemed to hesitate, obviously not happy with my stubbornness, but I knew he could tell my mindwas made up.

Besides, no–one knew that she had been taken by sirens. When Arabella had shown up, the storm hadbeen far too violent. I had said she escaped. It was no mystery she controlled water and Arabella hadbought it.

“Fine then... but be careful, we have many enemies out there Theon. I can get Arabella to put a spellon you, those who do not know you won‘t be able to recognise you.”

There was no way I was going to let that woman put another fucking spell on me.

“No thanks, I‘ll be fine, you don‘t need to worry about me. I will bring her back immediately.”

He gave a nod, slapping my shoulder, sending a violent flare of pain through me.

“That‘s my son, I‘m glad that her true form and reality have made you see how very right we are indoing this.”

“Of course.” No, I‘m just agreeing with you so I can replace my own answers... “I do have a question.Where is Thea?” 1

He looked at me, raising an eyebrow at my question.

“Oh, she‘s safe in Lochfox. She is residing in the city with a few of our older wolves. No one knows sheis mine. She will be safe there until we can bring her here. She is a bit of a daredevil and having herhere would only have gotten her in trouble.” 1

| almost smiled. She would be seventeen now, she had gotten her wolf shortly after I had left. She wasfierce and feisty, and I had a feeling that wouldn‘t have changed. Dad‘s words proved that. 2

“That‘s good, she‘ll be safe.” I nodded.

“Yes.” He agreed.

“I will plan to leave immediately. I will start on getting supplies together for my journey.” I replied, turningaway, but he stopped me.

“No Theon, there is no rush. You need to at least heal. I am as restless as you to get her back here, butI also need you to heal first. You are no use to me dead.”

Our eyes met, and I shook my head. 1

“I will gather supplies and set out, I won‘t fail you.”

We both knew the wounds were far too deep for me to heal from.

An injury made by a siren was not one that would heal overnight... After I returned to the castle, thehealer who had rebandaged my wounds had warned me. His words still rang in my mind.

The chances to heal from these wounds are minimum... They are far too deep... I‘m sorry, there isnothing more to do... Will I ever heal fully? Only time will tell. 21

Dad frowned, staring at my chest. Concern flickered on his face before he exhaled. “That‘s my son.Stay resilient.” He said simply. I gave a curt nod before taking my leave.

Yileyna was on my mind once more.

Fated and rejected... was this our fate?

The paths we walked were so different that I don‘t know why I had been so stupid to let myself getcaught up by my emotions... I had destroyed not only my own resolution, but above all: Her.

I had lost the only thing that made me feel alive in the process too.

She told me to make sure the people of Westerfell were safe, but I needed to make sure she was okbefore anything else.

Call me selfish, but knowing the sirens took her was fucking worrying me, and she was the only fuckingthing I cared about.

It was high time I did a bit of snooping around here, and no matter how fucking angry I was at thebruises that littered her body, there was no way I could ask Dad without giving away my concern forher.

I would replace out who did it and I would kill them. But before I left... there were two bastards that I wasgoing to fucking castrate. 1

First, I needed to get in touch with the captain of The Siren Killer and its crew.