Chapter 608
XADEN’S POV
The doors of the moonlight pack were opened, and I waltzed in.
The air was thick and smelled of soil dampened with rain.
The environment was quieter and less dark and gloomy compared to when I had last come.
I hadn’t been here since I had taken over.
Since Bale had been successfully executed by none other than his own daughter’s hand.
The pack was cold and scarce.
As I walked through the pack, I looked at what has now become mine by default.
I didn’t want to have anything that belonged to Bale.
But this was a show that I had defeated my lifelong enemy.
“Alpha Xaden.” Greeted Silas.
Silas was one of my top Betas.
He was a buff and extremely tall man with wild golden hair and a full beard.
He had been trained and stayed with me in the crescent pack for almost ten years.
I had left the moonlight pack in his hands to manage.
“Silas.” I nodded at him.
All the men and women who were in sight hurriedly bowed to greet me.
“Rise,” I said.
They slowly got up, and I waved my hand to signify they could go on their way.
“I didn’t expect you. You didn’t send a message that you were coming.” Silas said his face obviously panted with surprise.
“Is it a crime to see one of my properties?” I asked.
Silas laughed heartily.
He was my friend.
He opened his arms and we hugged. “The goddess herself protected you. When I heard you had gone missing, I couldn’t believe it! If you hadn’t put me here, I would have rescued you personally, my lord.”
I laughed at Sila’s commitment, and he laughed with me.
“You’ve always been a good friend, Silas,” I said with a smile. “I do hope my visit wouldn’t interrupt your work here.”
“Of course not. I was just surprised, especially since you never wanted to come here again.” Silas explained.
I took in a deep, heavy breath.
Silas was right. I had said I would never return to the moonlight pack the day I left.
And yet here I was.
Standing in the last place I would ever want to find myself in.
“It’s good to see you, my friend,” Silas said with a smile spread across his face.
I nodded. “I can say the same.
I walked, and Silas went side by side with me.
“I came to find out some things myself,” I said. “How is the pack and its members faring?”
Silas shrugged his shoulders. “It’s been fine. We haven’t met any rebellions. Just once, it seemed the wolves hated Bale and his family. They’ve been quite happy that they are gone.”
I listened to the news even though anxiety and eagerness filled my entire mind.
I wanted to know about my sister Anna.
Or as she had been called here, Jessica.
“Everything is fine,” Silas said as we walked up the steps.
I had wasted no time in coming here.
The very day after I arrived home in the Crescent Pack, I personally traveled to find information.
Silas led me to the Alpha’s throne room.
The last time I was here was when I married Jasmine.
I winced at the memory of how cruel I had been to her.
My entire being was suffocated with guilt.
I sat down on the throne and looked around.
I felt nothing for this place.
I wanted to get out as quickly as I had come.
“I had requested information about the moonlight pack Alpha Hunter?” I said.
“Is that why you came here?” Silas blinked at me in disbelief. “All the way? To know about Hunter?”
Silas nodded with his fingers interlaced together. “Yes, and I sent you a response from what I had gathered. You got it, didn’t you?”
“I did,” I said, rubbing the back of my head.
Silas looked very interested to hear what I had to say.
“I thought the bastard was dead,” Silas stated.
I gave a slight shrug.
Didn’t know how to explain that Hunter and his men had just vanished from the face of the earth.
“Goddess Selene. Xaden.” Silas said, looking at me closely. “You want to see how you can find him now, don’t you? That sonofabitch! I’ll be damned if I can’t join you, find him, and tear his fur into pieces.”
I smiled. “Something like that. But I really wanted to explain what Hunter came to do in the pack when Bale was alive.”
Silas looked at me blankly.
Then he rubbed his face and seemed to think for a split second.
“Well, I won’t lie to you, I have no idea,” Silas said. “Tried my best to get information from them. But nothing.”
I felt my shoulders drop
“But there were rumors.” Silas pointed out after a seemingly deep thought. “Word flew around in the pack that a serving girl called Alice knew more than anyone else about the situation.”
“But I tried to confront her.” Silas shrugged. “She didn’t come up with anything, so we simply let it go.”
I leaned back into my newly acquired seat as Alpha and thought deeply.
“And Jasmine having an affair with him? Did she mention anything about that?” I requested.
Silas looked at me and blinked.
“What the hell are you talking about?” Silas asked, lost.
I frowned.
“In the letter. You told me she had an affair with Hunter.” I stated clearly as I pulled out the letter I had gotten from my fur coat.
Silas looked at me like I was insane. “Xaden, I have no idea what you’re talking about. I never heard of any affair between those two.”
I handed him the letter, and he received it.
He sized it up and down before shaking his head. “Xaden, this is not the letter I sent to you.”
My entire body froze.
What the hell was Silas getting at?
I snatched the letter back and turned it back to me.
“That’s your seal.” I pointed out the paper.
“Yes, but that is not the letter I had sent to you.” He said.