The Alpha's Curse The Enemy Within

Killian's point of view

I was still in the meeting with some of my warriors, Morgan, Mason, and Allen when the door burst open and my eyes lifted and fell on Valerie's deep purple eyes.

Her deep crystals reflected an emotion I have never seen before. It made my heart bang against my chest.

"Everyone, leave. Now!" I ordered, not taking my eyes off Valerie. The last time I had seen her was when I handed Thea's items to her, and I was informed by Gwen that she had left the pack in a haste. With the way she looked, I could only conclude that she had just returned and had come here straight away.

I watched the last warrior leave my office, leaving just Morgan, Valerie, and me.

Valerie stalked closer and I offered her a seat, but she shook her head.

"What happened, Valerie?" Morgan asked, also feeling her uneasiness.

"This is unbelievable, you all can't begin to imagine what I just found out," she muttered, and for a second, her purple eyes flickered with rage.

"Is this about Thea?" I queried hurriedly, almost holding my breath. The gruesome look on Valerie's face terrified me.

She nodded, and I felt my heart tighten. If this was about Thea, what could Valerie have found out to get her in such a state?

"I just returned from the coven at the village," she began as I held on to her every word. "I did a spell on Thea's belongings as I promised, but I couldn't believe the result."

"What spell?" Morgan rose from his chair.

"To find out about her ancestry, precisely about her parents, and from there we were hoping to be able to track where she came from. Her previous pack," Valerie explained.

"What did you find out, Valerie?" I questioned and her gaze returned to me.

"At first, I couldn't believe the result of the spell. I thought it to be impossible, and there had to be a mistake somewhere, so I took it somewhere else, and had the witches redo it all over," her words came out painfully slowly. "This is far worse than any of us had imagined. Thea Chrysler is a complete fake!"

I curled my hands in a ball as Valerie's words descended on me. But Morgan and I remained silent, I could feel there was still more Valerie was yet to share.

"The witch's result was the same as mine. Thea doesn't descend from the bloodline of wolves, Killian. She lied to us all."

"What?" I was up on my boots, with eyes wide with confusion.

"How is that possible? That bitch fucking smells like one," Morgan took the words right out of my lips.Ccontent © exclusive by Nô/vel(D)ra/ma.Org.

"Precisely why no one could sniff her out. She had cloaked herself, concealing her true scent."

"Cloaked herself?" The confusion in me was rising by the second. "What the hell are you saying?"

"That Thea is a witch!" Valerie's words echoed unstoppably within the corner walls of my office, and as soon as her words died, an unwelcoming silence covered us all.

"What in the goddess' name are you saying?" I spoke in a whisper. I couldn't think. This wasn't exactly what I was expecting. I knew something about her was wrong, but Thea being a witch was...was... I didn't even know what to call it.

"The result from the spell the witches and I conducted proves that Thea has magic coursing in her veins. She is a witch, and not a wolf, as she made us believe," came Valerie's words again.

"What about her pack? And the Alpha that's after her life?" Morgan asked, confoundedly.

I raked my hair with my fingers, clutching a handful as Valerie's words sank deeper into my mind. "Lies. They were all bloody lies!" I voiced as I felt my body vibrate with rage.

"That's true. At this point, everything we know about Thea are lies. She didn't come from any pack and she doesn't have an Alpha after her life. All those were blatant lies she said to infiltrate the Pack," Valerie said, and my eyes landed on her.

"Infiltrate?"

"Isn't it obvious? Thea's a witch who lied about her entire life. She came here for a reason. Let's think about everything wrong that has occurred in the pack from the moment she arrived here."

"Wait a second," came Morgan's voice as I couldn't keep still. I started stalking the floors of the office.

This information was too much. And I just couldn't stop my mind from thinking about certain things that didn't make sense. Things I was finding hard to believe Thea was behind. She couldn't possibly be that witch.

"If she's a witch, how was it possible for Killian to think she was the gifted one, to begin with?" Morgan directed his question at Valerie.

"She did it," I froze, realizing Thea was behind that misconception. "Oh, my goddess. Thea was the one who manipulated my dreams. She planted her fucking self in my dreams and made me think she was the gifted one!"

"I am afraid that's nothing compared to everything that she's done," Valerie said. "I suspect she's the witch that's responsible for everything that has been going on around the pack, right from the death of your warrior, Rowan."

I buried my face in my palms. "She's that fucking witch, isn't she?"

"Yes, she has to be, Killian. We've been searching for that witch all these while, and it's not just mere coincidence that Thea happened to be one."

It made sense now. She had staged that incident. She wanted Sheila dead and had used Rowan to frame my mate up.

"Thea was the only one with you on the night your demon took control of your soul and you went on a rampage," Valerie said. "She was the one who broke through my barrier spell and set you free. She's been the traitor in our midst."

"So, everything has been Thea's doing?" Morgan stepped forward, his rage had begun to charge forward. "The attack by the Fire Crest Pack that almost killed everyone, including Sheila?"

Valerie nodded, making Morgan chuckle hard from rage and disbelief.

"She's also working for Lucius," Valerie sounded, "So, I'm guessing he had sent her here, to destroy you and the entire pack."

I closed my eyes in silence. "She's the witch who had cast the dark spell on me and tried to make me kill Sheila. I'm guessing she's still the one that set her chamber on fire," I whispered, as everything Thea had done in my life began to flash through.

"But why would she even put herself in such danger?"

"To manipulate me into feeling sorry for her. And to frame Sheila up. But that didn't work."

"I always knew she was a bloody maniac," Morgan swerved to Valerie as I fell into my thoughts. "I can't believe that bitch was taking orders from Lucius."

Morgan's words hit me. I couldn't believe it either. I knew she was working with Lucius, but something wasn't just right.

Thea may have lied about every fucking thing she had told me, but the venomous hatred that was always rooted in her eyes whenever she spoke about the death of her family wasn't something that seemed to be all made up.

"Does anyone know about this yet?" Morgan asked Valerie and she shook her head.

"No, I came here the instant I found out," she replied.

"Good," I moved closer to them. "The truth about Thea only proves that she is an enemy of the pack and responsible for putting the pack in so much danger, which cost us lives of our own. And that's unforgivable," I said.

"We need to tread carefully, Killian, remember Thea is expecting your child."

"I haven't forgotten about that. But that doesn't exempt her from paying for her crimes," I muttered, mind-linking Sheila. She had to know about what we just discovered.

"Oh, Sheila, where are you?" I asked, sharply.

"I went for a run, what is it?" I could hear the worry that laced her voice. But I couldn't tell her through the mind link.

"It's serious, we can't talk over the link. Please hurry, everyone is gathered here," I muttered, disconnecting.

I called for an urgent meeting with the ranking members of the court in a few minutes. We had to decide Thea's fate. Frankly, she should consider herself lucky she was pregnant. If it weren't for that pup, Thea would have had her heart ripped out this instant.

I left the office with Morgan and Valerie, meeting Allen and Mason on the way.

"What's wrong, Killian?" Mason questioned hurriedly as I mind-linked a few warriors, including Xavier, the head warrior to hurry to the castle.

"I will explain everything later," I said. Thea had no idea we had discovered her already and I wanted it that way. After what we know about her, she's capable of just about anything, and I liked the element of surprise better.

I was almost at Thea's chamber when I was mind-linked by Sheila.

"You won't believe this, Killian, Thea is the fucking witch!" Sheila's words sounded so clear that I was forced to stop in my tracks.

"How did you—" before I could complete my words, Sheila spoke quickly.

"Fuck, the bitch is trying to kill me," she voiced sharply before disconnecting abruptly. I tried to connect with her, but I couldn't.

"Killian, what is it?" Morgan came closer.

"Thea is after Sheila," I muttered, mind-linking every bloody warrior in the pack at once, issuing out a command to find Thea, and capture her, dead or alive.

It didn't matter now. My mate's life is in danger.