Page 49 of Rejecting My Lycan Mate: The Throne
“I won’t be participating in the tournament,” Ellie said, making us all look at her.
“Why?” Will asked her, furrowing his brows.
Ellie sighed and looked at Maddie.
“Because I can’t distract myself with it,” she said. “Maddie needs to be protected. She needs me.”
“Ellie, no,” Maddie said as she stood up and approached the couch.
She sat down next to Ellie and took Ellie’s hand in hers.
“You have to participate, Ellie,” Maddie said softly. “You’ve been preparing for it for a long time. I will be okay. Dimitri and Will won’t let anything happen to me.”
She was right about that. I was going to destroy anyone who even thought about hurting her. Nothing was going to happen to Maddie.
“No, Maddie,” Ellie said sternly. “I am not participating. If something happened while I was in the game, I would never forgive myself.”
Maddie wanted to protest, but she was interrupted by a knock on the door.
“Madeline,” I called her sternly.
I wanted her close to me while we talked to Alpha Alistair. I didn’t trust him.
She sighed, stood up, and walked back to me. I grabbed her hand just as Will opened the office door.
“Alpha Alistair,” Will said and stepped aside so he could walk in.
“Beta William,” Alpha Alistair said, bowing his head a little.
He looked at me and smiled.
“My King,” he said as he approached my desk. “Thank you for inviting me here.”
I gave him a small nod and pointed at the armchair opposite my desk.
“Sit down, Alpha,” I said. “We have a lot to discuss.”
Alpha Alistair sat down and looked at Maddie. A small smile spread across his face.
“It is so nice to see you again, my Queen,” he said. “I wish it was in better circumstances, though.”
I tightened my hold on Maddie’s waist. I didn’t want him looking at her. As far as I knew, he was the traitor. I wished I could pull Maddie to my lap. She was sitting on the chair next to me, but she was still too far away for my liking.
“I need you to explain what you told me yesterday, Alpha Alistair,” I said sternly. “Why do you think that there is a traitor among the Alphas?”
Alpha Alistair sighed and leaned back in his chair. He glanced at Ellie and Ali and raised his eyebrow.
“Should they be here for this, my King?” he asked. “The less people know, the better.”
“They have to be here, Alpha,” Will said as he pulled a chair and sat down next to Maddie. “Please answer the question.”
Alpha Alistair looked at me and took a deep breath.
“Think about it, my King,” he said, “Is there a rogue powerful enough to inflict such damage? Is there a rogue powerful enough to gather so many followers who would do as he said?”
I tightened my jaw and narrowed my eyes slightly.
The answer was no. There wasn’t a rogue powerful enough to cause so much trouble. If there was, he would have been eliminated a long time ago. I was tracking the rogues’ movements and if I had noticed that any of them were getting powerful, I would have had it taken care of.
