Chapter 89: Chapter 89

Trevisan Pack House,

" Have you seen those blood bags?", Ariana shouted from the kitchen, her voice echoing out in frustration. Damien collected a few blood packs last night, asked her to preserve them but it was all gone now. In this pack house, there was no one to drink blood. Hence, Ariana found it weird.

Ashley always woke up early in the morning. She chewed her bread, mumbling after a shrug,

" No idea! I also saw it in the refrigerator last night."

Ariana uttered few more curses then let go of the matter, assuming that some kids might have played with them. Exhausted after working so long for hours, Ariana sat down on the chair, panting and sweating.

" Are you okay?", Ashley spoke in a concerned voice. After her mother's death, her visions changed a lot. She started to care for this pack who took care of her in her hardest time. Especially Ariana took care of her like a baby, made sure always that she had her meals on time.

Ariana smiled back warmly. It was good to see her changes these days. Ariana assured her, not wanting to disclose her pregnancy so quickly,

" I am absolutely fine, Ashley. It's just a work load."

Ashley didn't seem too suspicious with her answer. Brian's being her mate was still a secret hence she thought that Ariana was just having to work hard today. But honestly, Ariana knew that it was her pregnancy hormones which were making her tired everyday. She was always this exhausted too easily. Although Damien wanted to dismiss her from her working position, Ariana insisted on staying. One, she feared that the pack members would be suspicious about her. Secondly, she loved to take care of her pack members.

Damien entered the scene, looking exhausted after an entire night of patrolling. As he began to take the stairs, Ariana asked just to notify him,

" Alpha, have you taken away the blood bag from last night? I can't seem to find it anywhere."

Damien's brows tightened together, confusion morphed on his expression. He replied, holding the railings unknowingly,

" Noo! Why would I take blood? Did you look everywhere?"

Ariana nodded, staring at Damien in bafflement,

" Yes but saw nothing anywhere."

Damien didn't stretch the matter. His thoughts were the same like Ariana as they had too many children in the pack house. He shrugged his shoulders, began to stride the stairs again,

" Maybe, some kid is playing with that."

When Damien went inside his room upstairs, Viona was taking her online classes. He didn't want to disturb her focus. So he went inside the bathroom to take a shower without having any conversation.

Right after the class ended, Viona received a call from Alaric. His cold voice faded her breath away,

" Viona!"

Viona straightened her back subconsciously, and stole a glimpse from the closed door. Damien was still inside the shower so he couldn't hear their conversation. Viona replied casually, trying to sound less concerned,

" Yes, Alaric?"

Alaric paused for a few seconds. Later, he exhaled sharply before spitting his words out,

" We have to see each other to break the bond. Can you come now?"

Viona pondered silently and saw the morning sun. She assumed that Damien was going to sleep longer. Besides, she wanted to end this matter as soon as possible. Debating for a while, Viona gave him an answer, trusting him for the last time,

" I will be coming. Send me the location!"

After a few more talks, they promised to meet each other in the university. Viona changed into some formal clothes and shouted to let Damien hear her clearly,

" Damien, I have to submit some papers to my professor. I will be out for hours. Take a rest after shower."

Viona was gone by the time, Damien had come out of his showers. He felt a little regretful when he looked into his empty bedroom. Although, she was now officially his, he felt guilty for not giving her proper attention. Ever since, his pack had been abandoned literally by council and consecutive threats from Lucas, his works had become major than before. He had to take care of things personally.

Sighing, Damien walked over to the cabinet to pick out his clothes. Suddenly, his eyes snapped next to the dustbin of their room. His eyes froze when he spotted those empty blood bags. Curiously, he picked one of them and saw that it was left empty, the blood inside was gone. His lips pursued together tightly in suspension.

What was Viona doing with the blood bag that Ariana found missing?

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Far away from Damien's pack house, a group of wolves had gathered around Lucas. Fully recovered, Lucas was sitting over a massive chair more like a throne and waited for his special spies to speak. A brown wolf transformed into a human soon, bowed respectively before speaking,

" Alpha, Damien made no move. Looks like, he isn't afraid of our threats."

Lucas shot up to growl beastly. Although, he was strong now even managed to receive the support from the vampire queen, he was afraid of losing his battle to Damien again. That's why, he started sending threats fast. Lucas spat, glaring at his men harshly,

" Looks like the king is looking for a war. We should focus on direct attack now. The faster, the better! The queen is having so much hopes on me."

" No, Need!", came a harsh response from the opposite. All of them whipped their heads back to find vampire queen forwarding. They all bowed before opening a path for her. Even Lucas had to bow slightly since she was helping them with her witch powers a lot. He had no choice but to respect her like a goddess.

The queen stood in front of Lucas, bickering disgracefully,

" I have seen your damn worth, Lucas. You can't even threaten them properly. I have my own plan now. Give your damn attention to kill Damien, Now!"

Lucas was in complete puzzlement. The queen didn't say anything to him clearly about her motive. All she said was that Damien's Luna was her son's mate too. Naturally, a vampire wouldn't ever accept a werewolf as his mate but the queen was acting too different. She wanted the Luna for her son and wanted to get rid of the other mate. Whenever Lucas questioned her, he was forced to shut up immediately. Today, he still mustered up his courage to question finally,

" But your highness, why do you need her? The prince can always have a second mate."

The queen glared at Lucas for speaking too much. Instead of replying, she threatened, raising her chin haughtily,

" You want to get back to your poor state again?"

Lucas's expression grimaced, turning pale instantly. If it wasn't for her witch power, he would have laid on the bed until today. He pressed his lips tighter, apologizing in a numb voice,

" My apologies! I shouldn't have said that!,"

The queen mother hummed satisfying and lectured to warn Lucas for the last time,

" I will be taking away Viona soon. At that time, if you fail to kill Damien, I will kill you and your entire pack personally. You have wasted a lot of my time. Leave Viona to me!"

The queen took her leave afterwards. Lucas growled as soon as he left and vowed that he was going to prove his worth this time. The queen was right. Without a mate, Damien would be more vulnerable mentally. It would be his right time to attack his lonely pack.

As Lucas began to make the plan personally, his last spy arrived with a happy expression. Due to queen's help, they were able to conceal their smell perfectly. It was the reason that Damien couldn't trace whoever intruder came in his pack. Last time, they wanted to kill Ashley to threaten Damien but the old lady, Meredith saw one of the spy. To erase the evidence, they had to kill her. Lucas didn't regret it since she was also part of Damien's family.

His last spy panted before speaking in an exciting voice,

" Alpha, I think, we have gotten a big secret."

Lucas growled, too impairing to know,

" Say it! What is it?"

His spy gave a wicked smile before telling,

" I saw Luna drinking blood last night sneakily!"

Lucas widened his eyes, too surprised to believe that. No wonder, she was able to beat all his men on her wedding day. No wonder, the queen was so eager to take her as a daughter-in-law. Lucas grinned back, chuckled before going back to sit on his chair,

" You deserve a reward, Steve! I think, now I can fully understand why the queen is asking for the Luna. This time, no one can save Damien and his pack from destruction."

His men all laughed together, too happy to find that another big secret was finally exposed to them.