The Alpha King's Witch Bride
Chapter 132: _The Alpha King Isn’t Honest

Chapter 132: _The Alpha King Isn’t Honest

Marcellus’ POV

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’What did you do?’ The true lord of the North asked him telepathically after he had burnt the human town to the ground.

Marcellus stood outside the town, using his magic to remove any traces of blood or ash on his ironically white suit. It was a gruelling task since he also had to make sure no lingering scent remained.

’Oh, nothing much, my lord.’ Marcellus responded to Lord Ryker with a small smirk curling up his lips. ’I just annihilated a small human town that was about to ally itself with Kaelos. But it’s all good now.’

There was a few seconds of pause, causing Marcellus to think maybe the telepathic link had been cut off.

But upon further inspection, he found out that it wasn’t.

’It’s all good now?’ Lord Ryker asked with what sounded like disbelief. ’Are you certain you wiped out the town for the reason you stated, or were you just trying to satiate your insatiable desires?’

Well... Ouch.

Marcellus couldn’t help but remember the commander’s daughter whom he had killed personally. His dick still hurt a little from the chiwawa level bite she left there.

’Worry not, my Lord. I can assure you that I made sure to clean all my tracks so that no one would be able to track it down to me.’ Marcellus said with confidence, a small smile on his face as he began making his way back to the Blood Oak pack.

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Oh, how wrong he had been.

Later on the evening of that day, Kaelos gathered a group made up of the members of the Council, the Alphas of the surrounding packs, some pack soldiers, and later on... Celine and Elder Davina.

Marcellus became a little pensive as he scanned his gaze around the town cautiously while pretending to care about the investigation.

Until Elder Davina discovered the girl he killed, having traces of telepathic manipulation, and Celine helped connect the dots to make everyone realize that the culprit might be someone among them.

’I’m beginning to wonder if that spell I cast on her gave her an intelligence boost.’ Marcellus thought to himself as he stared at Celine after she made her observation.

"Honestly, it makes sense." Gamma Zane blurted just then, nodding as he scanned his gaze on everyone present. "But I doubt the culprit is among us. What I think is the most likely outcome is that the culprit got information from one of us."

Marcellus could already see where this was going. The blame had successfully shifted away from him but now it was placed on someone who he knew damn well was innocent.

"We aren’t even sure if a witch or a werewolf did this." Alpha Katherine pointed out, her arms folded in front of her chest as she shrugged. "And if we’re to say it’s both, that means—"

"What about a hybrid?" Layla suddenly commented, causing all eyes to go to her.

However, most of the gazes she got were judgmental and dismissive rather than believing.

"Darling, I’m sure that’s pushing things too far," Celine remarked, chuckling with amusement as she walked back to Kaelos and stood beside him. "Hybrids are things of legend, and they haven’t been seen in decades."

Others began murmuring, agreeing with her, but Marcellus noticed something intriguing. Kaelos’ eyes seemed distant, as if he were in deep thought about something.

Or someone...

This caused Marcellus to dim his eyes as he scrutinized the Alpha king discreetly.

"It’s clear that this conversation is getting us nowhere!" Kaelos suddenly shook his head and spoke with a thundering voice, forcing everyone who was murmuring to calm down.

Marcellus looked away from him but couldn’t help but peek occasionally with suspicion. He was sure of it... Kaelos knew something that he wasn’t telling the rest of them.

But what could that be?

"If for any reason someone is trying to insinuate that Odessa somehow manipulated a werewolf to commit these atrocious acts, then do I need to remind you that she doesn’t have magic?" Kaelos remarked, staring directly at Celine.

The latter clicked her tongue, glancing around before she shrugged. "First off, I don’t know why you’re staring at me. I didn’t insinuate that."

Kaelos clenched his jaw, but before he could even let out a breath, Gamma Zane chimed in.

"And even at that, isn’t the so-called ’powerless’ witch the same one who managed to knock out the Beta with her potions and then escape the pack?" Gamma Zane suddenly asked, causing the Alphas of the surrounding packs to open their mouths with surprise.

"She did what now?" Alpha Katherine asked with a baffled expression.

"Escaped the pack? Doesn’t that make her a potential security risk?" Another Alpha added.

"My point exactly!" Gamma Zane patted the man on the back, and soon, they were debating and arguing once again.

At this point, Marcellus could feel Kaelos’ frustration and anger, especially from the way he glared coldly at Gamma Zane and the others.

Marcellus braced himself, expecting Kaelos to end the talks by releasing his suffocating Alpha King aura, but that didn’t happen.

Instead, Kaelos turned away from the group and, without a word, he strutted out of there and into the night of the town.

Everyone present glanced at themselves before they watched him leave, only speaking after they were sure he was far away, and even then, they spoke with low voices.

"Am I the only one who feels like the Alpha king isn’t being one hundred percent truthful?" One of the Alphas asked, causing the rest to nod in agreement.

"I’m telling you all, ever since that witch stepped into his house and his life, he’s turned into a completely different person." Gamma Zane remarked, shaking his head.

At this point, Marcellus couldn’t help but roll his eyes before he also walked out of there, scanning his gaze around until he realized Kaelos had stepped out of town.

When Marcellus followed his scent, he eventually spotted the Alpha king standing close to the tent the group had brought up, holding a glass of whiskey and staring at nothing in particular.

"Are they already getting into your head?" Marcellus asked with a chuckle as he walked up to him.

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