The Alpha King's Witch Bride
Chapter 160: _What She Truly Is

Chapter 160: _What She Truly Is

I ground my jaw as I watched Odessa squirming and struggling as she knelt, her muscles tensing.

Magic...

I scanned my gaze around, searching for the witch who had her held down. The people were silent as the sound of high heels clicking on the marble floors echoed.

I soon spotted the person responsible, Lucinda. She had her right hand outstretched and clenched into a fist, her robe and hair blowing around her.

She stared at Odessa condescendingly as she walked toward her from the other end of the hall, the crowd giving way for her.

"As a delegate of the Luminari Coven, I want to step forward and state that that outburst from Odessa Pierce wasn’t witchcraft." Lucinda declared with a loud voice that boomed around the hall, demanding attention and respect from her fellow witches and the humans.

The werewolves looked on with skepticism, some of them murmuring to themselves.

After scanning her gaze around, Lucinda brought her gaze to Odessa and tilted her head, a cold smirk curling up her lips.

She wasn’t stepping in to protect the people. This was yet another display of power to cement her position in the supernatural hierarchy!

My eyes narrowed as I took a step forward, my Alpha King aura receding into my body the same way it had come out in the first place.

I ground my jaw and watched as Lucinda slowly brought her gaze to me, her eyes glinting with hesitation at first before she harrumphed and continued.

"Tell them, Odessa. Tell the people and the continent what you really are."

Everyone was silent, and it seemed as if the air itself had thickened with tension as they all held their breaths.

Odessa breathed in and out, slowly raising her head and staring directly at me. My heart ached seeing her like that, and I felt my chest burn as I felt her humiliation as my own.

Seeing that Odessa was silent, Celine grunted from the stage, speaking into the microphone and chiming in.

"Listen, witch. This is our pack’s territory and that slut on the ground has to face punishment in OUR land." She addressed Lucinda, who merely glanced at her.

I could feel the disdain both women had for each other based solely on their races, but that was still just background noise compared to the nagging feeling in my head that something was wrong.

None of this felt right.

’Yes, because you’re standing back like a wussy while our mate is being humiliated and hurt.’ Damon growled with frustration in my mind, clawing at my skin and spiking my anger. ’Take action now before this escalates!’

I balled my hands into fists, but just when I parted my lips, something shocking happened.

Odessa slowly stood on her feet, her body shaking as she glared directly at Lucinda, whose face was scowling.

People gasped as Odessa’s hair blew into the wind, a violet energy aura enveloping her body until she was finally able to stand fully.

Her eyes glowed with a bright violet light, causing everyone who stood close to step back in fear and confusion.

"By the goddess..." Celine mumbled on the stage, but then Odessa snapped her head to her.

I watched as my mate spoke with a domineering voice that shook the event hall, her magic reverberating in the air.

"I am a hybrid. A part witch and part werewolf."

Terrified gasps echoed around the hall, and fear shook the people as they stared at Odessa and shifted further away.

"Is this some kind of joke?" A male voice asked with dread.

"I’ve always known she was trouble."

"A hybrid will doom us all!"

My hands twitched as I thought of what to do when a hand suddenly grabbed my arm, causing me to turn my gaze to the owner.

It was Elder Davina who stood beside me, alongside Layla.

"Sir, the situation is getting out of control, and I got word from the Gamma that the pack soldiers are surrounding the building," Layla said to me in a loud voice as the hall was further illuminated by the violet light of Odessa’s magic.

Everyone dimmed their eyes, and I was forced to do the same as I turned my head to Odessa again.

She stood there like a goddess, her lush blonde hair and her silver white gown blowing around her like clouds as she glared at Lucinda, who stepped back with both fear and spite.

"I knew it! Thank you for revealing yourself to everyone, hybrid!" Lucinda spoke with a silvery laughter that echoed around the hall as she spread out her arms elegantly.

Her robe whipped around her as her magic manifested as an emerald green energy aura that clashed with the violet energy of Odessa, sending streaks of blinding light everywhere.

The building shook to its foundations as people screamed and gasped, some even scampering to the exits already for safety.

As for Celine, some guards came to the stage and shielded her, helping her step away as she watched the scene with wide-open eyes.

And as for me? I didn’t even move a finger as I watched the clash of magic, my mate standing on one side and a powerful witch whom my delegates once suggested I pick standing on the other.

"The Gamma says the decision of whether he and the pack soldiers should step in lies in your hands, sir!" Layla yelled out, trying to keep her voice steady as the magic energies sent a powerful breeze that blew everything.

As for Elder Davina, she stood beside me, clutching my arm quietly until she finally spoke.

"Now the mate bond you share with her makes sense." She whispered, staring at my face and forcing me to bring my gaze to her.

I clenched my jaw, but she wasn’t done speaking yet.

"A duel between a powerful witch of Lucinda’s caliber and the unpredictable hybrid power of Odessa would be catastrophic to this pack and beyond. A hybrid’s powers can become violently unstable. You have to stop it before it escalates."

No sooner had she said that than Lucinda declared with a powerful voice, her emerald green energy pulsing with her voice.

"I told the Elders that you were a disgrace! Now I get to prove it in front of all these people."

Her emerald energy spiked, her eyes blazing as she added with a domineering yell. "I, Lucinda Silverwing of the Luminari Coven, shall rid the earth of you! Hybrid scum!"

Without another word, she swiped her right arm at Odessa, sending a powerful blast of magic at her and signaling the beginning of a battle that came out of left field.