The Rebel
Chapter 30

Logan’s point of view.

I looked at myself in the mirror. My eyes had dark circles and my beard needed trimming.

But it was still better.

Better than a year and a half ago, when I was almost on the verge of madness.

When I killed without mercy, when my wolf killed innocent people out of rage at losing his mate.

When I took the throne, leaving Alpha Arthur all his life on his bed.

Looking down I removed the piece of shirt that covered my body, my muscles were now peeking out from my clothes and I looked like a beast in every sense of the word.

My eyes stopped at the tattoos along my right arm, covering half of my back.

I didn’t like them, but I had to get them made. To hide the burn marks on my body.

To hide the ugliness underneath.

The marks I received when I was almost burned, thrown out of the burning fire in which my partner was trapped.

From the fire that my own companion lit.

When I escaped death.

I was ready to die for her if I had to. But the moon goddess had something else planned.

She wanted me to suffer slowly for every day of my life.

She wanted me to die every day with regrets.

And I was dying.

I drowned in these memories and hated myself.

Vera.

His name is enough to make my wolf howl in pain and my grip tighten on the shelf.

If only I hadn’t marked her twice that day.

If only I hadn’t crossed his line.

If only I hadn’t forced her to be mine.

What she did was good. I didn’t understand how strong and independent she was.

A fool to think she was like the others.

But I never thought she would go to this extent.

Had she survived? Was she alive somewhere?

The double mark was canceled, I did not feel the pair bond.

My wolf did not feel the presence of his wolf.

All this pointed to only one thing, his death.

Death because of me.

The partner I murdered.

Without realizing it, a tear left my eye. His provocative brown eyes coming before me, his rarest smile… His smell, everything hit me, throwing me once again into the same pit of regrets.

I really wanted to kill myself, hoping to see her at least in heaven.

But how can I if I’m dragged to hell instead.

Dying was easy,

For the pack that my Vera entrusted to me, for the members of my own pack too.

“I’m not a normal wolf, I’m the king of the werewolves now.

And I will not shy away from my responsibilities.

I’m going to make this a better place to live, Vera.

Especially for women.

And I promise you that.

Even if I have to shake the Rebel’s hand for this, I will. »

“Alpha King!” We are ready ! »

Ben said and I tried to pull myself together. Splashing water on my face and pulling up my shirt.

Looking at my cold, emotionless eyes in the mirror, I responded.

” I’m coming. »

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The North Trail was a small village located at the top of Moonlight territory.

A barely populated area of ​​around 100 inhabitants.

Previous incidents of rogue trafficking were mostly reported from this area and we decided to visit this place first.

This was the most likely target that day.

“King Logan, we have surrounded the area. »

I nodded at Ben, hands behind my back looking at the small houses in the village.

The aura of this place was strange.

Almost fatal. As if all hell had broken down on him.

“What do the villagers say? »

“They refuse to talk, Alpha. They locked themselves in and didn’t let anyone in. I contacted neighboring villages and they say it’s the same every new moon.

Yet they are still attacked and the women are taken. »

I nodded, walking down the path. Just then I saw movement near a corner. My instincts were put on alert.

“Block 41°24’12. 2″ N latitude. A wolf is coming towards you.”

I gave a mental link and then I heard howling and the wolf was captured.

As I approached slowly, I saw the man struggling in the taken from my guards.

Standing in front of him, I looked at his arm to see the Moonlight pack emblem.

As expected.

“How many of you are involved in this matter, you bastard!” “, Ben shouted at him, holding his collar while the man growled at him angrily.

“You are fools!” My pack is not involved in this matter…”

Ben hit him hard, causing him to land on the ground.

He lost control.

“You’re lying, you piece of shit!” Who are those who are with you! Tell me ! Where are your bastard men hiding? »

I saw Ben punch him, trying to inflict pain.

The man was moaning in pain, almost on the verge of unconsciousness, when I waved my hand at Ben, asking him to stop.

He stepped back as the man lay on the ground.

All bloody and helpless.

I crouched down, grabbed his collar and pulled him up, his defiant eyes refusing to look down at me.

And he spoke, his voice coming out crooked and breathless.

“Trust me…King…Alpha…We didn’t…Have…Did…”

“So what are you doing here?” I asked and saw his eyes close.

Ben went a little too far, this man couldn’t even speak properly.

“I…We…”

He struggled and my grip on his collar tightened. Pulling him closer, I asked him to continue.

“Help…” he said and I looked at him in confusion. A voice came from behind, making me release my grip on the man’s collar.

“We are here to help these villagers. To protect them. »

I turned around, and I felt his aura before I saw him.

He seemed more powerful than the last time I met him, he was holding up better than me, I guess.

“Alpha Kane. What a pleasant surprise,” I said, standing up and putting my hands in my pockets.

His eyes moved from the man on the ground back to me.

“Not so pleasant for me, King Alpha. I wasn’t expecting you,” he said, approaching me. I just moved my head to the side and shrugged my shoulders.

“Something important has happened. I think you should know. »

He clenched his fist, looking back into my eyes.

He was doing well. I can say it.

After losing his partner, I thought he was going to lose his shit and go down the ranks, but instead he did well.

Growing stronger to be the second most powerful Alpha in the world.

Right after me.

” I am aware. » “But it seems you are too blinded by lies. If only you had seen what I saw. »

I narrowed my eyes on him, raising an eyebrow.

And he sighed as he walked over and helped the man in his pack up.

“I would love to go into detail, but unfortunately we don’t have time. »

“Time for what, Alpha Kane?” Don’t try to fool us. We know it’s you who’s involved in all this. »

Ben started to interrupt our conversation.

“Everyone in the council knows how you killed your own mother…”

“Well! », I ordered and he closed his flap. He looked at me and bowed.

I looked at Kane to see his fists clenched, trying to control his wolf from lashing out.

If I think about it. Kane and I weren’t that different.

Fighting with our animals, blaming ourselves for the death of our companion.

But in his case, it was a little different.

His companion was a bed warmer. Who tried to seduce the Alphas for power and status. She betrayed him in every way possible.

But he loved her anyway, until the day he saw her in their room with another man, he completely lost her.

He killed her in cold b***d.

Few people knew, they thought it was his fault. Even though I knew he wasn’t.

This girl was pure evil and I know it because I was her target once, before I met Vera.

And unlike the others, I didn’t fall into his trap. I threw her out of my pack the next second.

“The problem is serious, Alpha Kane. I need to know the truth

… The truth in your words. »

Ben looked at me in shock, while I ignored him.

I gave Alpha Kane a chance.

He deserved it.

Nodding at me, he started and what I heard was not at all what I expected.

“He is indomitable, King Alpha. I tried… I’ve been trying for so many months, but his strength is extraordinary. It’s as if he has a disease unknown to us werewolves. »

“Who are you talking about?” I asked and before he could answer, a scream echoed through the silent forest and our eyes turned to its source.

A girl’s shrill cry of pain, which sent fear and adrenaline pumping through all the men.

Without wasting a second, we rushed towards the burning house in the village.

It was deliberately set on fire.

The wolves were busy trying to save those trapped inside with Kane helping them.

But my mind was elsewhere.

It was a trap.

He had to be. I felt a strange smell enter my senses. As a Lycan, my senses are more developed and more precise than others.

Something was wrong.

“Essence at 41°24’16” N. Are you receiving me?”

I made a mental link and received nothing in return. What the hell was happening?

Why weren’t they responding?

“King Alpha . What’s wrong?”

It was Kane who asked me this time and I answered looking back into the forests. Ready for the hunt.

“I can feel a weird energy here. Take care of it. I’ll come back.”

“But…”

I didn’t listen to him. I transformed into a wolf in the air and followed the trail.

It was somewhere close… I could feel it.

My steps stopped near a pack. “It’s coming from here only to go towards the forest.”

As I entered the pack, my brain froze for a second.

“What’s that? Did he pass here?

The girl’s body… Dead… A black substance… And what was it?

A dagger?

Could it belong to Rebelle?”

Without missing a beat. J I followed the smell to the forest.

It was stronger here.

I didn’t feel well. I had a feeling… “Quick…Logan!” “, my wolf said to me for the first time and being surprised would be an understatement.

After Vera, he rarely spoke to me, and it was the first time in 3 months.

It must have been important, otherwise he wouldn’t have helped me.

And that’s when I heard it.

The sound of a paw hitting the ground was clearly audible, but beyond that, small, clumsy footsteps.

As if the person is limping and struggling to walk.

What if it was another girl?

Whore !

Picking up my pace, I rushed forward. I got closer.

But the closer I got, the more a strange feeling entered my body.

An energy… Belonging to someone… Unknown but familiar, enveloped me.

” Faster ! Run faster! ”, my wolf howled in my mind and I finally reached the clearing.

Before you can even breathe,

Her bleached, spotted fur covered someone small…the girl in danger.

I saw red.

Groaning, making the ground beneath our feet shake. I jumped into the air, onto his back.

Making him fall.

Not expecting it, he growled angrily and our bodies rolled to hit the tree behind.

My brown eyes met his and my grip relaxed for a second.

Too shocked to interpret.

They were different colors, beautiful but deadly at the same time.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, he threw me backwards and my back hit the tree.

A sharp pain shot through my body and I prepared to fight, when I heard my wolf howl in my mind.

“She needs us!” Save her! »

And that’s when I looked at the girl I had saved and my whole body froze.

Those eyes.

Could this be a dream?

The eyes that I saw in my dreams every night, stared back at me.

“Logan. »

My name on his lips made me believe it was a reality.

Caught off guard, I didn’t realize that the monster in front of me had attacked me.

I was thrown into the air and landed on the ground in agony. A sharp pain disturbed my senses.

Everything seemed numb.

But my eyes refused to leave his.

My companion… My Vera was alive!

Too happy to die now. I smiled when I saw her, not caring about the b***d oozing from my head.

The monster growled as it approached me.

But I only saw her, my world.

But then my world ended, its beauty approached me and that’s when the beast inside me was unleashed.

“We have to save her!” “, my wolf shouted and I placed my palms on the ground to stand up, ignoring the pain in my body.

“I failed to save you, Vera.

But I won’t fail twice. »