Christopher's POV
I watched the days turn into weeks and then into months and my Luna, my mate, my life, my Millicent did not come back. How could she bear to be away from me when I was languishing and agonizing over her?
I had lost appetite for food, had Samantha not used her female tricks to get me to start eating again.
'Millicent, come back to me, I have so much I want to tell you!' I cried silently in anguish.
During the day, I smiled and went about my duties but in the night, Oh, how I dread the night, these days. That is when all the feelings came to the fore. I can't stop remembering our night together. If I had magic, I'd use it to conjure Millicent. Some nights were far worse than others. My wolf would wriggle and wriggle in anguish and frustration. I have never felt Zara distressed this way before. It seemed we were never going to recover from Millicent's flight.
I occupied myself with my duties during the day, trying not to think because my thoughts were always of her. I was slowly going insane. How could I have got all I have ever truly wanted and then it slips from my fingers without any notice?
The day, Millicent went away without a backward glance, the day, we organized a search party for her, a group of people visited me.
'Alpha Christopher', the leader said. 'We are sorry, we brought you this news late, but we have been able to uncover the mystery behind your parents' deaths'.
I was in no mood for that right now. It had been one of the things I had wanted to give to Millicent, the vindication and clearing of her father's name, It was supposed to be a sign of my love and care for her, but she was no where to be found and the interest for that was gone. Since the messengers were here to give the result of their investigation, it was only right that I listened to them.
'I'm listening', I said, disinterestedly. 'Who is responsible?' I asked.
'We found out from a reliable source that a group of rogues were responsible for the deaths of the late Alpha Merryweather and his Luna'.
'Rogues? I should have known!' I said, my interest was piqued. 'But they couldn't have known about the treaty, or that it was about banning them, could they?' I asked.
'They were not working alone, my Alpha', Spade said. 'They had the backing of one prominent Alpha!'
'Who is this Alpha?' I asked.
' It's Alpha...',
'What?' I asked, shocked at the name they mentioned. How could that Alpha do that to my father. I thought they were friends and had similar interests?
'Are you sure of this information?' I asked, feeling happier, because I knew Millicent would be happy to hear that her faith in her father had not been misplaced. Then I recalled that she was gone and my face fell.
'We were attacked by a pack of rogues, and we fought them to within an inch of their lives and they ran, but there was one of them who was too weak to run with them', Spade narrated. 'Before he died, he confessed that they were responsible for killing the late Alpha and his wife. To quote his words:
'We were hired to kill him so that he would not sign the treaty, barning us from from certain territories! When we found out you were investigating the case, we panicked and came to kill you all as well but you caught us unawares. And it was Alpha... who paid us handsomely for the job. We had to kill the Luna because she had seen our faces but the old man's Beta really gave us a tough time before he breathed his last'.
'Are you sure of the Alpha who hired you?' we asked him and he countered by way of response, 'Would you forget someone who fought the battle which you would have been unable to fight yourself?'
We asked him why he was telling us so much without being coaxed.
'My gang is not supposed to leave me here, no matter how injured I am', he said regretfully. ' It is against the rogue rules. Now that they have left me for dead, it is only right I pay them back in kind!'
'So you see, Alpha Christopher that we are sure of our source!'
'What happened to the rogue?' I asked.
'He died after confessing to their crimes. We didn't need to do anything to him! We would have given him a mercy death if he had not!'
'Had not, what?' Sylvester who had just come in asked.
I quickly dismissed them.
'Thanks for your help. I shall call you for another assignment soon enough! And as for the payment, your balance will be deposited into your account soonest, with a generous extra for your hard work!'
The bowed and left, after expressing their gratitude.
'What was all that about?' Sylvester asked.
'I told you to always put a lid on your temper so that you can have a clearer judgement of situations but you allow your anger to proceed your judgement always!' I said angrily.
'We have been waiting for you so you can lead the search and you are here lecturing me on Anger Control and Right Judgement. Are you no longer interested in searching for Millicent?' he asked.
'Of course I am. I shall lead the search as I said I would but these men are the people I contracted to investigate the death of our parents and they found out that rogues murdered our parents. The one they captured confessed to it all before he died due to the injuries he sustained during their fight!'
'That is in the past! Why bring it up now? What will it do, bring Merryweather and his wife back to life?' Sylvester asked carelessly.
'No, it won't but if you had carried out a thorough investigation, an innocent man and his pregnant wife would not have been killed and their pack destroyed!'
I saw the import of my words as the implications dawned on Sylvester.
'I have been torturing Millicent for so long, for no just cause after depriving her of her parents presence and love', he said regretfully. 'This is the more reason we have to find her, and tell her father's name's been cleared!'
I shook my head. It was not as easy as all that, did Sylvester not know that? But there was going to be time for all that later.
Also, I had withheld mentioning that an Alpha had mobilized the rogues to take such an action, if I had, he would have stopped all else and waged a war against the him and we still needed to search for Millicent.
That Alpha who had acted behind the scenes, the Alpha who was the real back stabber and betrayer of friendship, was unbelievably none other than Alpha Blake!
