The Alpha King's Witch Bride
Chapter 241: _No Mercy For The Alpha King

Chapter 241: _No Mercy For The Alpha King

Kaelos’ POV

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I flew out of the truck, my bones twisting and my muscles contracting under the invisible force.

This wasn’t in my bingo card of possible, things that might happen during the mission to the raven witch’s liar.

I gritted my teeth, struggling to gain back control of my body as I scanned my eyes around. Or, at least... As far as my head could turn under the invisible force.

The pocket dimension was a large atrium with a curved ceiling. Lining the walls were several glass capsules stuck to the walls like a scene out of a Star Wars movie.

Within some of these glass capsules were werewolves. They were all unconscious and would probably number around fifty or way more than that.

The glass capsules flowed with a purple liquid that bubbled with occasional pulses of light.

Magical light.

"Show yourself, witch!" I snarled, managing to move my head around.

My voice boomed, causing the ceiling to shake as dust fell from it. I glanced back at the truck which Odessa and I had come into the pocket dimension in.

Darvis, the manipulated guard, hopped out of the driver’s seat, staring at me with a cold smirk at the same moment that a mocking female voice echoed around the hall.

"You must be foolish to think I wouldn’t sense you stepping into my domain, Alpha King Kaelos Bloodoak. I’ve heard so much about you, including your power. Yet, here you are..."

I squinted my eyes, bringing my gaze to a black door that slid open at a corner. Out of it came a figure wearing a black hooded cloak with the hood covering the face.

A raven was perched on her shoulder and I already knew who it was.

"YOU." I thundered, fighting through the control of her magic on me and shooting my body like a meteor heading toward her.

Her face was covered by her hood but I could’ve sworn I saw a smirk underneath it as I got closer and closer to her.

I crashed on the ground, dust and rocks billowing around me and shooting several meters high. But I slashed my claws around, in search of the witch.

She wasn’t there.

"That was a close call, wasn’t it?" Her voice echoed behind me, causing me to grit my teeth as I swerved my head around.

I bolted in the direction of the voice only to meet her slowly removing the hoodie of her cloak, revealing a face that caused my heart to skip a beat.

It... It couldn’t be. That’s impossible...

"M–Mom?" I croaked, but at the next second, she made a simple gesture that caused me to freeze mid-air.

She then flung her hand sideways, sending me hurtling through the air until I crashed through the ground and sent dust and rocks flying every which way.

I coughed, panting heavily as I slowly got on my feet, using the back of my hand to wipe off the dust on my face.

I couldn’t be imagining things. That face... Those eyes.

Those blue eyes. That kind face that had once cradled me as a child, teaching me how to track scents. The face that belonged to the woman whose death marked the beginning of a dark part of my life.

My mother.

’Something is wrong, Kaelos. Snap out of it and focus.’ Damon spoke up in my mind, as I slowly clenched my fists.

He was right.

My mother wasn’t a witch. And she’s dead. Dead after getting cursed with a lethal disease that slowly killed her.

So, who the fuck is that woman?

Suddenly, a blast of black energy fell from above, causing my eyes to widen as I raised my head. I crossed my arms into an "x", trying to shield myself.

But the blast still tore through, causing me to fall to my knees before pressing on me with a force that caused me to fall backwards until I got crushed into the ground.

At that moment, as I coughed and tried to gain back control of the situation, the only thing I could think about wasn’t the fact that the witch had my mother’s face.

No... It was Odessa.

"In case it isn’t obvious... I’m the one behind your mother’s pitiful death." The voice of the raven witch echoed as an invisible force held me again, forcing me to rise out of the crater caused by the blast.

I gritted my teeth, struggling to move my muscles again as I was face to face with the raven witch who levitated only a few meters away from me.

She carried my mother’s face... The face of a woman who was kind and loving despite being married to my father, a war-obsessed madman with a knack for genocide.

And now she was admitting to being the one behind the death of my mother.

"No hard feelings though." The raven witch continued casually, clenching her right fist which increased her invisible hold on me. "I didn’t have anything against her. But the lord of the North..."

Meanwhile, Damon growled inside me.

’She’s too powerful, dude. And the fact that she’s been alive since your mother’s death means she’s much older. Like... Probably over a century like Luzia. Not to mention the fact that she defeated Luzia without her actual body.’

I felt like cursing Damon for stating the obvious but I prepared myself. If things escalate beyond this, I’ll have no choice but to shift into my wolf form.

"Y–You’re working for the lord of the North?" I managed to speak, shaking my head. "I swear, I’ll burn you and paint this place with your—"

"Empty threats coming from someone who’s at my mercy." The raven witch interrupted, making a gesture that sent me flying into the ceiling above.

I crashed with a force that sent the air rushing out of my lungs but before I could even get the chance to catch my breath, she sent me plummeting to the ground.

"This pocket dimension brims with decades of magic formations and wards that’ll make sure I gain the upper hand." She echoed. "I’ll add you to the specimens. You and that hybrid mate of—"

Suddenly, a powerful sonic howl tore through the air, sending shockwaves that caused the ground to vibrate and the entire structure to shake.

I knew that howl...

"Odessa..." I whispered.