𝟓𝟕) 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚

Victor runs out of there, still pressuring his wound. He knows Brent's car will be waiting for him outside. He runs as the poison was acting faster than it normally does.

"What...what happened?" Brent asks, panicked as a bloodied Victor sits in the car.

"Drive! NOW!" he orders. Brent doesn't need to be told twice as he steps on the accelerator, heading straight to their home.

"Are you going to tell me who is in the trunk of our car?" Brent asks as he drives fast.

"Just drive!" Victor says but it comes out as a painful cry.

"It wolfsbane. Do you have their blood to treat it?" Brent was still worried about his brother.

"Just. Fucking. Drive." His sentences became shorter as the poison starts to spread rapidly. Brent stops their car in front of the house. The servants rush out to help their master.

"Quick. Take him inside and prepare iced water!" the servants carry him but Brent stays there. He has to look inside the trunk.

"Master, the big master is asking for you!" A servant comes running to him as soon as he was about to open the trunk. Brent hurries inside to see his brother spewing out blood.

"Brent!" he calls out, "Go to my room. My safe..." before he spews more blood.

"Quick, the ice! On his head!" Brent orders the servants and runs upstairs. He knows the combination of Victor's lock.

What he found shook him to the core. A small vial of blood. Only one.

He descends, clutching it in his hand. His brother was still writhing in pain, his neck was growing puss, his scar on the face too had opened up.

"Where, where did you get this from?" Brent shivers while asking.

"How much did you give him?" Abir asks looking at Inara. She was caressing Zade's limp hand. They had come back home. Damon and Kyros were successful in saving everyone else.

"Enough." Inara answers. It has almost been an hour since she fed him her blood but there seems to have no effect on him. She was dreading that was she too late? Did she make the same mistake of choosing the wrong?

"Don't worry," Damon assures her even though he was himself unsure. "The poison was in his heart. It will take some time."

"I will kill him." Inara gets up suddenly and turns to dash out.

"Wait!" Kyros and Damon try to stop her, "You are not in your right mind!"

"Oh, I have never been better!" she was burning. "I will kill Victor for what he did today. And what he did those years ago!"

"Your memories...." Abir realizes, "It's back!"

"Yes." She hisses, "I remember how he killed Luca, and then my whole pack!"

"I always thought there was good in people. That we're all wolves, so we could be understood by each other. But him? I can't give him any more chances. It ends here." Rage was all that she had on her mind.

She pushes Kyros and Damon but Damon holds her back, "Listen! Zade needs you here. You are his mate!"

Inara calms down after hearing his name. "He needs you now. As for Victor, we will take care of him. I promise. It will end here."

She nods quietly and sits beside Zade again, holding his hand. Damon dashes out, Kyros following him closely behind.

"Where are you going?" Kyros shouts from behind stopping Damon. He was breathing heavily.

"AHHH!" he punches one of the walls outside of the house. He didn't want the kids to see him this way.

"Calm down Damon!" Kyros stops him from hurting himself anymore. "We have to think straight!"

"We have to find the Elders!" Damon says, determined. "I think Victor has Odin!"

"Did you get that paper too?" Kyros asks, taking out the threat he got.

"We have Odin. If you want to save him, meet me at Room 205. Don't dare to tell anyone and come alone." Damon reads it out.

"I got the same one but a different room! I remember entering the room but then everything was black." Damon exclaims. "Do you think Zade got one too?"

"We don't know." Kyros sits in the car and starts the engine, "But we know we have to find the Elders. This really has to end here." his hand slips from the wheel and Damon realizes.

"Maybe you should rest. You gave a lot of blood." Damon places his hand on his shoulder.

"I am okay." He says, pressing the front of his head. "Maybe you should drive."

"We should go to the hall first. We might get to know something there." Damon says as the tires make a screeching sound.

"Now will you tell me where you got this from?" Brent asks when Victor was in a state of talking. The blood worked its wonders and Victor's neck bite healed, though the scar remained.

"Sad, the blood couldn't heal the scars." Victor chuckles, touching his face.

"I asked you something." Brent asserts, still shaking with fear.

"What makes you think I am answerable to you, little brother?" he flicks his chin and walks off to his office.

"It was you," Brent shouts at him. "You killed Kyros, the Blood Stone Pack, and the Blue Moon Pack."

"Technically, that bastard is alive." Victor sits on his chair. "I just drained him of his blood."

"Why? Why did you lie to me? Why did you lie to everyone out there, making them think that Kyros killed the Blue Moons and then fled with his pack?" Brent clenches his fist. One of the reasons why he hated the Blood Stones was that they betrayed their protector, Damon's pack. As a wolf, he kept loyalty on a very high pedestal.

"Dramatic show, brother," Victor smirks. "You see this scar?" he points at the one on his face, "Thanks to that tyrant's sister, I got this as a gift for taking everything away from her. This can only be cured with their family's blood."

"So, you did that to Kyros?" Brent asks, still bewildered about his evil brother. Well, he knew that Victor wasn't a do-gooder but still he had hopes that he was working towards something beneficial for all the wolf community. Hell, he has killed several wolves but not with any plan in his mind.

"Now I would tell you my evil scheme but that would be just dumb." Victor asks cockily.

"I just need you to tell the truth," Brent says, defeated.

"The truth is just a grey area, brother. I took some steps to ensure our pack remains powerful, that is the truth. And all the things that happened in between my plans, those strategic losses, that's what makes me evil." He stands up and walks to his brother.

"I will apologize for my behaviour with the Blue Moons and also your mate, Evelyn. But as I said, they were just strategic losses." He grins.

"An apology without change is manipulation," Brent remarks. "I will not let you selfishly destroy every wolf just so you can taste power." He was about to leave when Victor bangs the door, locking him in.

"I suggest you sit down and listen to me. I may sound wrong but I am not letting my scheme go to waste because my brother has suddenly got some conscience." He makes him sit down.

Brent shivers at the mention of the scheme, dreading to know when all of this even started.


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