The Dark Side Of Fate by Karima Sa'ad Usman

77 Catching Alice (Book 2)

~Devin~

I heard someone pull up in my driveway, and I knew it was Alice. She did not come by until ten in the morning, which was odd, given that I had told her she could resume her job.

I tried to look as miserable as possible with a bottle of beer sitting on the couch. I needed her to let her guard down and relax. I felt it was odd she broke up with Lukman the night I returned. She might be trying to skip town or might be planning something worse. I did not know, but I needed to be careful.

"Come in", I called out, already knowing who was at the door, and Alice walked in. She looked nervous at first, but when she saw me, she gasped.

"Alpha!" she said and rushed toward me. Left to me, I would chain her in silver and drag her to Mountain, but I composed myself.

"What happened?" she asked, and I sighed.

"Just do your work, Alice and mind your business", I snapped at her.

I had to act as usual so she did not get suspicious of my intentions.

She seemed like she had something to say, and I raised an eyebrow at her.

"Where is Miss Sullivan," She said, still unable to refer to Susan as her Luna. This was where I had to act, so she remained in my house while they searched her belongings because her body language said she wasn't resuming her work.

"Ran away two days ago, haven't seen her since, and I doubt I would," I said, maintaining the story. Something faltered in her eyes, and she was clearly hiding something.

I already knew what it was, so I did not bother with her; I just played along.

"I am sorry to hear Alpha; I hope she comes back," She said, and I knew she did not mean those words.

"I doubt she will. I guess it was goodbye this time," I said, and she smiled.

"let me fix you something to eat." She said, and I shook my head immediately. She might try to load me up with silver too.

"Just keep me company and tell me all you have been up to since I left for the East," I told her, and she smiled at me.

"Well, I went to visit my folks in Hayland and returned the day before yesterday. Lukaman and I broke up last night. We weren't feeling the relationship, so we decided to end things, and that is all in a nutshell." She said, and I wanted to drill her some more I just needed to be careful how I go about it.

"What are your dreams, Alice?" I asked her, wanting to understand her motivations. She looked at me and frowned.

"I want to know what you aspire for yourself. You have to want something for yourself," I asked her, and she bowed her head.

"Dreams are what they are, just dreams. Reality is always far from it, and since we all have to settle for reality, I have no dreams," she said. That was really strange coming from someone as young as her.

"So there is nothing you want?" I asked, and she looked at me, blushing.

"I wanted you," she confessed, and I composed myself. I doubt she meant that because if she cared for me, she wouldn't have teamed up with my enemies to ruin me.

"But you wanted Miss Sullivan. I had been constant. She had been off and on, but she always won no matter how hard I tried to show my worth. You're a dream, and this is my reality," She said. I knew I could get more out of her, at least buy more time.

"Why did you want me?" I asked her, and she frowned at me.

"If I said I was interested now, what would be your reason for wanting me, Alice?" I asked, and she smiled.

"You are funny, smart, handsome, powerful. You are in charge. People call you Bane; other regional alphas respect you and want to be like you. You are a woman's dream, Alpha. My dream," she said and sighed. Those were general things, so I figured it wasn't heartfelt.

"I do not know how Susan can't see what she has. I hope you finally get to move on because she is never coming back," she said, and I frowned at her. It was an odd statement to make, knowing Susan always comes back.

"Why would you say never?" I asked, and she blushed.

"She can only run and return a couple of times. A day will come when she won't return to you, Alpha. She is fickle and fickle people can't be relied upon." She said, and my phone rang. I paused to answer it.

"Max," I said, and he sighed.

"Her house is clean, Devin. Too clean to be clean. Even Lukman finds it odd. It is as if she is planning on leaving Greenville. Her bags are packed and everything," Max said, and I sighed. I had figured that out already. The confirmation made it easier.

"Please come home," I said, not wanting to give away anything.

Kyles's proposed way would have to do the trick because I had no time to waste. The North liked to investigate; I just acted. NôvelD(ram)a.ôrg owns this content.

I hung up and looked at Amelia, and smiled.

"Follow me to my bedroom," I said, and she beamed at my invite. I could not believe that the girl was willing to allow me to use her as a rebound. I had a surprise for her in my bedroom, and she would like it.

She followed me eagerly, and I ordered her to remove her clothes, leaving her underwear on while I bound her hands and feet.

"Today, I would let you live in that dream, Alice," I said while binding her with silver sensually, and she was blushing. I could swear her heart was beating fast and anticipating it. Rex was eager to finish her off, but I knew I had to be patient.

I cuffed her hand and feet with silver and then wore her blindfolds.

I reached into the wardrobe and took out a chain. I use the iron chain to tie the cuffs on her hand to that of her feet. Leaving enough room for pulling.

"Alpha, you like Kinky stuff," She said, and I smirked.

"Yeah, Alice, I 'love' Kinky stuff," I said and took off her blindfolds.

She looked at me, a bit surprised that I was still dressed, but I could see the anticipation in her eyes.

"Who do you work for, Alice?" I asked.

" You, Alpha," She said sensually, and I slapped her.

She had shock and fear in her eyes.

There was nothing sensual about the slap and the look on my face.

Her mood changed, and it was like something was switched off in her. Her need was replaced with confusion and fear.

I lifted her chin and stared into her eyes.

"Who do you work for, Alice?" I asked, and she pretended not to know what I was talking about when I slapped her again so she would know I was serious.

"Alpha," she cried, and I slapped her again. She had no access to her wolf abilities, so she was bleeding.

Just then, Lukman, Max and Kyle arrived, and I asked them to join us in our bedroom. The moment they entered, Lukman gasped, and Kyle and Max were happy.

"That is what I am talking about," Kyle said.

"Alpha?" Lukman said, and Alice looked at him with pleading eyes.

"Lukman, Alpha is hurting me," she said, and I slapped her again.

"I confirmed that you did not visit your folks in Hayland," I said, and her eyes widened.

I could see she understood her predicament now.

"How long have you been working for them, Alice? And why?" I asked her, and she began to sob.

"I do not know what you are talking about." She said, and I pulled her hair really tight so she could look up at me.

"I am not playing, Alice. I am ready to kill you for what you and your friend did in Brent," I said, and the surprised look in her eyes said it all.

"What happened in Brent?" Lukman asked.

"Alice buried silver arrows in Susan because Susan confronted her when she saw her with those silver immune weirdos with white hair. The same people that wiped out Pridewood," Max explained, and Lukman gasped. Tears began to stream down Alice's cheeks.

"Why did you do it? Why did you betray me? They almost killed Leo, thinking he was coming with the royals. You were the only one that had access to that information. Had the Royals really been there, they would have been killed, and it would have been your doing. Why Alice?" I said, tugging on her hair.

"His name is Inkabod Semenov, Current Alpha of Leegard close to Gad. He is the one that took over Brent," she said in tears, and I pulled her hair tighter.

"We have been dating for six months now; we are to be wedded on the Bluemoon night. I was going to leave tonight. He works for a man called Yuri.

I have never seen him before, but he calls him his uncle.

They want to take over the south and east and establish kingship," She said and began to cry. I let go of her hair.

"When you asked me what my dream was, that was it, Alpha. I wanted to be Luna too. Normally I should be your choice being the beta's daughter, but you chose a Sullivan. One from a treacherous lineage," She said, weeping, and Max laughed.

"So you decided to be a traitor so Devin would find you appealing, right?" he said, and even though it was funny, this wasn't the right time to laugh.

"You will lead us to this Semenov bastard, am I clear?" I said with my command, and she nodded quickly.

"Pack her up; she is going to the east," I said, and Kyle smiled.

"With Pleasure, Bane," He said, calling me by my nickname, and I knew he was enjoying this. I could also understand his reasons. She was part of the people that helped run him out of his home.

I pulled Lukman aside to give him instructions.

"I want the rest of the Greenville residence, that is, civilians moved to the North. Only our military presence should remain. Thanks to Alice, the South has fallen. I do not want innocent people to die. If they come, make sure everyone surrenders and chooses to serve. Do not fight back." I said, and he looked at me with a worried expression in his eyes, and I nodded.

"Trust me. It is better than ending up like Pridewood." I said, avoiding telling him we had a plan.

The less he knew, the better it would be.

I never trusted Andrew's idea of teaming up with Yuri because anyone that would kill multitudes of innocent people cannot be trusted.

I do not care what Andrew has to say.

I got ready to head back to the east with the prisoner.

I felt Inkabod was a valuable player, and he would blow this thing open and give us a fighting chance.

He was just one person, and we had Amelia, Alexei and Clay on our team. There was no way we could go wrong.