The Alpha King's Witch Bride
Chapter 254: _Dark Purple Sky

Chapter 254: _Dark Purple Sky

"What was that?" Layla gasped as everyone else and I stared outside the window behind me.

The sound of people screaming echoed from it, followed by more explosions.

My eyes widened as I breathed heavily, trying to understand what was happening.

The sky outside seemed to burn with a dark purple light, the clouds spiralling.

I had no doubt what that was...

"Magic..." Althea murmured, stepping forward with a solemn expression. "An attack. For a witch to expend so much power to cause destruction within the pack means—"

"The moon stone ward at the pack gates." The military advisor suddenly muttered, getting on his feet. "They’ve protected our pack from wide-scale witch attacks for decades. It hasn’t protected against the culprit killing people because their magic is minimal at best."

"But this isn’t." An elder said solemnly.

I blinked, clenching my jaw as I thought about one person.

Odessa.

Without a word, I turned around my desk and headed for the door, ignoring the stares of the others.

"K–Kaelos, wait!" Marcellus called out from behind me when I approached the door, forcing me to turn my head to him.

He got on his feet, worry clear in his eyes. "I’ll come with you. Whatever is happening out there sounds—"

"I appreciate the concern, but I don’t need babysitting, Marcellus," I growled, staring at him one last time before I opened the door and stormed out. "Get the guards to secure the mansion, Layla."

I closed the door behind me, navigating my way through the dark hallways and the few maids who were either lowering their heads in fear or trying to find safety as the building shook from yet another explosion.

The mate bond pulsed in my soul, allowing me to feel Odessa’s emotions like they were mine despite our distance.

She was frightened.

Confused.

And rightfully so.

"I’m coming..." I muttered, walking down the stairs.

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Once I got outside, my gaze was fixed on the sky as the sound of my pack soldiers scampering around and yelling orders echoed around the mansion’s premises.

I scanned my gaze around, my jaw clenching as I stared at the sky.

’Kaelos.’ Odessa’s voice suddenly sounded in my mind, causing me to blink once before I drew in a deep breath to focus on her voice.

’Odessa, are you seeing this too?’

’Yes. Look behind you.’

I furrowed my eyebrows before slowly turning around, only to spot Odessa and her maid walking out of the mansion and heading toward me.

She had a tense expression on her face but her shoulders relaxed when she saw me.

"You’re alright..." I whispered as she walked up to me and wrapped her arms around me while Caroline stood behind in silence.

I stared at the maid for a brief second until Odessa pulled away. "Where are the others?"

I parted my lips to speak when suddenly, two guards ran from the compound gate, approaching us with fear in their eyes.

"Sir! We have a problem." one of them said, panting heavily.

How quaint... stating the obvious.

"What is it?" I asked, raising an eyebrow as the other one managed to compose himself and continue.

"T–The head of the mansion’s guards. Alaric. He’s the one behind the flames in the sky."

My frown deepened as I swerved my head to Odessa.

She bit her bottom lip, fixing her gaze on me as well. "You know what this means. Right?"

I nodded with a somber expression. "This... Alaric. He’s our artificial hybrid. The culprit behind everything terrible that has happened in this pack."

My hands clenched but before I could say anything, a voice echoed from the mansion.

"Alaric is the guard who tried getting a rise out of Odessa before your trip to Mexico."

All eyes turned to the mansion’s entrance where Althea walked out from, her black hair and purple robe blowing into the wind as the dark purple magic in the sky increased in intensity and brightness.

I squinted at her with confusion but she waved her hand dismissively. "There’s no time to explain. He was trying to taunt Odessa for being a hybrid. During all that... I felt something was off about him. It was well hidden but now?"

Suddenly, a voice boomed from the clouds, spreading all around the pack as the wind picked up speed and force, causing me to dim my eyes.

"All witches must die!" The voice echoed, deep and condescending but also sounding emotionally distant. "The lord of the North awaits to free us from their depravity!"

Depravity?

"What’s he yapping about?" Caroline murmured much to my surprise.

The girl was usually quiet when I was near.

"The real question is, where is he, and where did that explosion from earlier come from?" Odessa asked, dimming her eyes at the clouds.

But Althea held her hand just then, causing me to furrow my eyebrows.

"You can’t interfere, Odessa. Please. You’re already pushing the limits of—"

"The elders of our coven and the bracelet they used in chaining me?" Odessa interrupted, yanking her right hand away from her aunt. "They sent me a letter just before the explosion. I’m still under their radar... but they’re giving me a free pass for what happened in Mexico City."

"Duck!" Caroline suddenly yelled out, grabbing Odessa and trying to shield her.

I turned my gaze to the direction she was staring at and instantly went on high alert, my instincts flaring.

It was a blast of dark purple flames, hurtling at us like a wave of divine judgement.

I stepped forward, smashing my right foot on the ground. That caused a silver energy shield to spread from the ground before covering our front.

The flames hit the shield, spreading around it and seemingly trying to get past it and hit us. But the silver shield was resilient, blocking the full brunt of the attack until the flames subsided.

"Since... since when could you—" Odessa breathed out with surprise but I swerved my head to her and winked.

"The battle against Gamma Zane in my mental space. I was able to do something similar and thought maybe I could try it in the physical world.

We maintained eye contact as the silver shield slowly dissipated. It was not until another blast of dark purple flames lit up the sky that we were forced to break eye contact.

From the sky, a figure covered in dark purple flames fell like a blazing meteorite, a blood-curdling scream thundering from him.

The scream was filled with pure agony, causing a cold shiver to run down my spine.

It seemed to be getting closer and closer.

"That should be the guard. Alaric." Althea stepped forward, stretching out her arms. "Brace yourselves. That’s not a stable transformation... that magic is consuming him."