“But it is still my fathers, and it falls to me to handle.”
“But-”
“No more buts. Bring me to the interrogation room so I can set everything up before you and Beck grab her.” I raise myeyebrow. “Before you try to say you don’t have one, every pack has one.”
Ronnie snapped his mouth shut and motioned me to follow. He opened a door, and punched in a code, and stairs opened up and we headed farther down.
Chapter Thirty-Five
I
walked into the room and dumped everything on the table. I organized everything in a way I liked, ensuring it was visible from the chair and turned to Ronnie. “Is there anything I can use to cover this with?”
“Here.” He walked around the corner and pressed a panel in, causing it to pop out. Hidden behind was a cabinet filled with cleaning supplies and towels. I raised my eyebrow, and he shrugged. “What? It gets messy in here.”
I gave a low single chuckle and grabbed the towel that he was holding and covered my tools. “Have Beck meet you at her cell and bring her down here.” I walked with him out of the room. “I’ll wait out of sight until you mind-link me. Then I will come in.”
“Why do it like that?” Ronnie closed the door behind me and I walked around another corner, leaning against the wall to wait.
“Because. I want her to think she has a chance, and then to have it ripped from her.”
“But why?” Ronnie kept pushing it until I gave an answer.
“Because the faster she loses hope, the less I will have to hurt her.” I stared at Ronnie as he processed what I said.
“Do you think that is really going to work?”
“Nope. But I hope it does.” I leaned my head against the wall and prayed to the Moon Goddess. “Go get her and bring her down.”
“Okay.” Ronnie left me alone to pray to the Goddess, over and over. Hoping beyond hope she would give in.
I heard her long before she was down here. She was screaming for Beck and Ronnie to let her go, that she was the next Luna, and they would regret ever touching her once my father got loose. She was screaming as they slammed into the interrogation room and strapped her into the chair.
“You won’t fucking touch me. You heard what Gavin said. I’m your Luna,” Aurora screamed over and over. But neither Beck nor Ronnie said anything to her. “Let me go. I’ll mind-link Gavin and he will come running.”
Both men stayed silent as I strolled to the room, my heavy boots echoed on the stone floor. Aurora grew silent as my steps grew closer and I finally entered the room with a small smile on my face. “I’m sorry but my father is currently locked away in a cell, so you unfortunately have to deal with the only other Alpha here. Which is me.” I closed the door and Ronnie leaned against it, while Beck hovered close by, just in case someone got down here. “You see, you are accused of poisoning the Alpha of this pack. And I am in charge of finding out by what.” I smiled as I slowly walked around her.
“You won’t do anything to me. I’ll tell the council.”
I stopped behind her and leaned down over her shoulder to whisper in her ear. “Who do you think allowed me to interrogate you?” I watched her freeze, and I leaned back up and walked slowly in front of her. “I spoke to the King myself. His exact words were to ‘do whatever you have to do to save your father’.” I knelt in front of her so that I was level with her face. “And Aurora…that is exactly what I plan to do. I plan to do absolutely anything to save my father. Whether you survive is really up to you.” I stood as her breathing grew ragged.
“You can’t mean that.” Her voice was low.
“Oh, but I do.” I walked to the table and pulled back the towel, revealing my tools to her. Once her eyes caught on the silver, she fought the bindings again.
“No. No. No!” she screamed over and over, wiggling against the bindings, her eyes growing wide as panic set in.
“Yes.” I looked back towards her as I slowly slid gloves onto my hands. Then I grabbed something from the table and made my way back to her. “You see, I love my father very much. And even if I haven’t been here often, I will do anything to stop him from being hurt, and what you did today crossed my line.”
“Stop.” She stared down at what was in my hands and I just tsked at her.
“I wish I could.”
“You can. You can stop this right now.” Aurora’s eyes wouldn’t move from what was in my hands, and I didn’t blame her. I wouldn’t want this touching me either.
“But you see, I can’t Aurora. You did something to my father, and I won’t stop until you tell me what you did to him.”
“I didn’t do anything to him.” She screamed.
