140 BLOODY NIGHT (6)
“Kill her.” And Alpha Xerxes decided to take one step ahead, as he ordered the two guards from earlier to kill Meredith right in front of them. This was only a game for Alpha Xerxes, who had been through so much to know how to play it.
Therefore, he felt like he needed to show the young fierce girl before his eyes how to play it...
“NO!” Emmet jumped to his feet and bared his fangs at the two guards, who were ready to approach his mate. His instincts kicked in. No matter how harsh he was, he was not going to let someone touch his mate, let alone kill her.
Meanwhile, Meredith was crying, her whole body was trembling, she was holding onto Emmet’s trousers for dear life, turning her head left and right, afraid that one of those people would jump on her and butcher her, just like what they did to Mateo.
“FATHER! YOU PROMISED ME!” Emmet yelled at his father desperately, he was trying to make this right and save the situation. No, he wanted to save his mate, since he knew that his father wouldn’t kill him.
However, to threaten him with his life like Blue did was out of an option. He didn’t want to go that far...
Alpha Xerxes raised his hand and the two guards stopped approaching them.
“Put down your onlace and accept the ceremony, or I will kill her right before your eyes.” Alpha Xerxes was talking to Blue, his eyes were fixed on her and he could see how much hatred that she held against him. Great. Hate was a good reason to stay alive.
“Zuri...” Emmet turned around, he only managed to call her name, but this was the first time that he pleaded to her. “Don’t do it.” He clenched his fists beside his body and followed Blue’s line of sight, which was now on Meredith.
.....
The girl was the only friend that she had, she always treated her nicely and one of the two people that she acknowledged from her former uncle’s pack, aside from Mateo.
And now Blue had lost Mateo, she didn’t feel it was right to let her have the same fate as him.
“Zuri, please...” Meredith spoke to her silently, but Blue could read the way her lips quivered. “I am afraid...”
I am afraid...
The words echoed in her mind.
I am afraid too, said a tiny part of herself. She was afraid, but she had no one to help her.
“Liam, take away her weapon.” Alpha Xerxes could see the hesitation in her eyes and that was enough for him to know that he had won the battle.
Therefore, he needed to take action before Blue had made up her mind and made another decision. A decision that would make both of them lose.
Liam looked hesitant when he approached her, as he dropped to his knees and grabbed her hand, which was pointing the sharp edge of the onlace against her neck.
“Let me take this, Zuri,” Liam said, he was so close to her, thus it was possible for him to talk to her without anyone being able to listen. “You need to survive to avenge your loss.”
He knew that what his father had done was too much, but in this kind of situation, with her position right now, there was no way she could fight him.
“You need to be alive to avenge him. It will be your loss if you die tonight. Mateo’s death will go to a waste.” Liam gritted his teeth when he said that, as he tried to take the onlace from Blue.
He didn’t want to force her to give up the weapon, because at any given second, she could change her mind and it would be a backlash for Liam, when she decided to not care about what he was saying.
However, though it was hard, Blue finally gave in. She loosened her grip on the hilt of the onlace and Liam took it away, stored it in his pocket, so it would be safe with him.
“Great!” Alpha Xerxes clapped his hands and everyone in the crowd visibly relaxed a bit, as the tension dropped down. “Now, we can proceed with the ceremony!” he announced it joyfully.
Liam threw his father a disgusting glare that only lasted for a moment, before he helped Blue to stand up. That was the first time for Liam to throw him such a look openly, because most of the time, he would ridiculously obey his father and brother.
“Come on, stand up, Zuri...” Liam whispered to her. “Your battle has just begun.”
Blue didn’t know what he meant by that, but the only thing that kept repeating in her mind was the opportunity for her to be able to turn the situation around one day.
Hatred and anger were the only things that drove her mind to be able to move her body.
She hated this pack and everyone in it, but the most important part was; she hated Xerxes. If he was really eager to make her the Luna, then she needed to show him how she would rule his pack.
One day. One day he would learn that his obsession toward her was a great mistake. The kind he would regret even after he crossed to the underworld.
Liam took her to Emmet, who was giving her a look that was hard to decipher, but then he looked at Meredith and nodded at her, as he helped her to stand up.
It was almost unbelievable to see how capable Emmet was to treat his mate with such gentleness, he was completely like another person in front of Meredith.
“I am sorry.” That was the only words that he could say to her and it was for everything. He was sorry because he couldn’t protect her and make her his mate.
“I understand,” Meredith replied through her sobs. She lowered her head and let Emmet kiss her forehead before he took Blue’s hand and they proceeded with the ceremony.
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