"But how do I do this without attracting unnecessary attention?" Felicity asked Yenka. She has finally agreed to work with Yenka even though she could not fully trust her. But she was desperate, desperate to kill the past and save her secrets.
"This war will come either ways, so why fret?" Yenka was barely requiring an answer when she said that. Felicity realising that Yenka must have a plan, decided to accept the deal.
"As long as I get to be in charge of both packs after this war, then I do not mind," she said. And that was her resolve. She could use Yenka to get rid of both Alpha Cain and Rufus, and all she just has to do is a little favour of saving Yenka's underling.
Felicity immediately went to fetch an ink and a paper. She wrote a letter demanding for the release of Vivian in exchange for the Red Moon's pack Luna. She sends the letter through one of her trusted aide.
Yenka was offered a room at the Blood Moon pack's house. Even though she didn't want to stay there, she had no choice but to carry on with the act. She can only wait till Cain responds. One thing Yenka was certain of about her plan pulling through is that she knows Vivian would never say a word and with Cain's love for her, he would fall for a scheme like this.
"Why am I still troubled over your true intention?"
"I still do not see what you stand to gain from this collaboration," Felicity said.
Yenka smirked. She knew Felicity would come, if she didn't, then she would not be the woman that caused her mother's doom.
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FLASHBACK
"A witch!? You are a witch out to get my head," Alpha Rufus said, pointing accusing fingers at Stella who laid on the floor, in the pool of her own blood. She was drained of colour with her daughter by her side who could do nothing but cry while trying to hold her mother up.
A woman stood right next to him, it was Felicity. She had a smug look on her face. It was her, her mother's trusted friend. She exposed Stella's true identity to Rufus. But Stella only wanted to live like a human without being dragged down by her identity; she just wanted to stay loving the very man who did nothing but hurt her.
"You and your offspring shall be executed," that was the moment he abandoned them. He was abandoning his wife and kid over another woman's claims. Reela looked at the man she has known to be her father since she learnt to talk.
"But mother never hurt anybody," She cried.
"You are just like her, evil and vile," Rufus said, his voice vibrating through walls. Reela buried her head in her mother's arms when she saw her father making his way to them. Perhaps she was not expecting it, because she let out a shrill cry when he kicked Stella, flinging her body out of the hall.
At that moment, Reela noticed the many eyes piercing through her skin. She cowered her way towards her mom's body, hating every fibre of her own existence – the child of a man like Rufus who knew not mercy. All she could think of was killing everyone, but she needed to save her mom first.
"I will kill everyone of you," she wailed as she held her mother's bloodied body, screaming so loudly, deafening everyone in the process. The doors to the hall shut against them, her and her mother outside the hall, with the rest of everybody inside. A strong wind accompanied her wails; Rufus managed to break down the door, dashing towards her and her mother when they both suddenly exploded in front of everyone with no trace of their body anywhere, just blood.
Rufus stood there in a daze not knowing whether or grief or be relieved. His eyes stayed on the area of the scene for a really long time. Even after everyone left, he stayed back watching that place, as if trying to unsee what he saw.
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PRESENT
"I just need a portion of land for us witches to live out in the open," Yenka said. But Felicity could not believe her, however, she did not push it any further.
While Yenka sat back waiting for her plot to come to fruition, Cain paced the floors of his office, his eyes were bloodshot.
"They have her! I should have known they took her and had someone impersonate her," Cain said with Gus standing by the side. Gus had his hands clutched to his side. He already read the letter and did not want to believe that Vivian was working for someone else and not Yenka. He has seen her before, they even fought.
"What if this is only a ploy to steal your focus away from the truth," Gus said when he finally spoke. But Cain shook his head refuting him.
"The witch never confessed to working for Yenka after all those torture," Cain said, trying to reason with Gus why he can't suspect Yenka anymore.
"But you saw it yourself, she was impersonating her," Gus said.
"Exactly! They know she's without a wolf, so she became their target. Yenka needs me to save her." Cain said conclusively.
Gus just grits his teeth and walked away. Even if Cain falls for it, he was not going to be fooled by Yenka. He has seen Yenka giving Vivian orders. And he already knew Vivian was not an ordinary person, but he wasn't so sure at first what she was.
"What if our mate is actually in trouble?" his wolf said, sounding worried.
"She is cunning, she can't be the one in danger in this situation," Gus said. But somehow, he knew he feared that he could be wrong.
"We are going to the Blood Moon pack!" Cain said charging towards the direction of the dungeon. He howled, alerting the entire pack to assemble.
"This could still be a trap!" Gus said when he realised what Cain was about to do.
"No! This is war!" Cain growled.