Chapter 40
Hardin’S POV
“Talk to us Doctor!” Miguel roars with his authoritative Beta voice and Doctor Karl jumps in fright.
“This has never happened before” He finally speaks and that gets my attention. I look up to him.
“What has never happened before?” I ask curious.
“Werewolf resurrection. She was dead when they brought her in here.”
“Was dead, that means she’s alive now, isn’t she?” Miguel asks anxiously.
“Yes she is and that’s what’s puzzling me”
“You mean as we are talking now, Reign isn’t dead?”
“No she’s not!” I don’t wait to here the next thing he has to say, I leave his presence and walk along the corridor trying to find her ward, I don’t know which ward she has been placed in but I trust the smell of her pheromone to lead me there.
Vanilla cream …
I can smell it already. All the hair on my body stand erect as her sweet pheromone hits me hard! I follow the direction of the smell and it leads me to a room that’s closed and when I look in, my heart leaps with joy when I see Reign lying on the bed. I can hear her heart beating frim her chest and you have no idea the joy that’s in my heart right now.
I’m trying very hard to keep my composure right now.
I quietly open the door and carefully step into the ward so I don’t make any noise and wake her up. She has been through a lot and I don’t want to wake her up just yet. She needs enough rest.
I walk towards her bed and my heart almost jumps out my chest when my eyes fall on her very perfect face.
Reign is flawless.
She’s gorgeous.
Her beauty has no match on this entire earth. Her thick black hair perfectly compliments her very white skin and her eyebrows are flawless. I look at her the side of her neck that’s exposed and I can feel my hormones enrage within me.
I feel like marking her as mine, but I can’t.
I’m happy she’s safe.
I’m happy she’s alive.
I’m so happy that I don’t even know how to express it. I gently stroke her smooth black hair and plant a gentle kiss on her forehead before I walk out of the living room to go and meet and Miguel and Doctor Karl.
Now that I know she’s alive and doing just fine, I need to know exactly what happened.
“Is she alright?” Miguel asks the moment I come to meet them and I just nod as I turn to Doctor Karl.
“You were saying?” I ask and he lets out a heavy sigh of relieve.
“That she’s supposed to be dead!”
“But she isn’t so let’s skip that point, what happened to her?” I ask annoyed.
“Alpha, Beta, her food was poisoned with a great amount of Silver!”
“What?” I ask aghast as I feel all my nerves tension in my body.
What do he just say?
“She was poisoned and she was actually already dead and cold when they brought here, her being alive right now is a miracle, Alpha”
“Hold on, you said she was dead, then how come she’s alive now?”
“That, I don’t know either, she suddenly woke up in the lab while we were carrying out the autopsy and that’s when we flushed the poison out of her system. One thing that baffled me again is how quickly she recovered. I can assure you that she is totally fine now and only needs few hours of test to start be as strong as she was before she was poisoned. That isn’t normal!” He explains in shock and Miguel and I both exchange glances.
We both know exactly why she’s alive again.
It’s because she’s my mate and she’s just as resistant and resilient ask am.
My strong mate.
“You say she was poisoned”
“Yes Alpha” He agrees and I nod my head.
“Just keep taking care of her while I get to the root of this matter”
“I will do just that Alpha”
“You can leave” I order and he gives me a slight bow and leaves.
“What exactly is wrong with these pack members? Poisoning? Seriously who would have the mine to do that?” Miguel laments.
“I don’t care who did it, all I know is that he or she is going to feel my wrath! Assemble all the servants and security personnel in the field, I’m going to fish out whoever did this and when I do… May the moon goddess have mercy on him or her” I say as I walk away.
I head over to the junior training ground where I meet Kylie and ger friends training with the other children. She was with Reign at the cafeteria when the incident happened and I’m positive that she has some relevant information to give me.
“Hardin!” She calls and rushes over to me the moment she sees me. “How’s Reign? She asks worried.
“She’s fine, she just resting”
“whoa! Thank the Moon goddess”
“Indeed. Come with me” I instruct and she follows me outside. “Tell me everything that went on when you went to see her”
“Uh, well… I met her outside, it seems she was looking for someone but couldn’t find that person. We both walked in and she took me to a table where her food was already set and she began to eat. After taking around the fourth scoop of food, that’s when she began to cry and hold her stomach”
“Who did she say she went to check on?”
“Well, she said someone told her that Ma’am Sophia requested to see her outside”
“And who is the someone?”
“She didn’t say. Hardin, is everything alright?” She asks worried
“No Princess, everything is not alright, Reign was poisoned with Silver”
“No way!” She lamented as she overs her mouth with her palms.
“Yes baby, that’s why I need you to tell me even the slightest bizarre action that you noticed among the others when Reign was in pain”
“I remember something”
“What could that be”
“Two girls high-fived each other when the guards carried her outside. One red-haired and the other brunette. I don’t know their names but I can very well recognize them.”
“Come with me, love!” I urge as I make my way out of the junior training ground and she does same.
She just gave me all what I needed to find the culprit. Even if I have to torture all the brunette and red-haired girls to get the right girl, I would do just that.
We get to the central field and I am not surprised at all to see every servant and security personnel assembled. One of the many reasons why I like Miguel, he’s the best Beta ever.
I walk up the podium with Kylie and …
“That’s them!” Kylie suddenly screams as she points to two girls who are majestically walking towards the field, talking and laughing like they just conquered the world.
“Miguel, get them to the torture room” I instruct and immediately, Miguel walks over and bundles them away.
“You can all go back to your various posts” I order and the rest of the servants begin to disperse. “And you Kylie, you can return to your training ground”
“Can I take…” She starts to talk but I cut her off.
“No you cannot, now get back to training” I instruct and she wiggles herself in anger as she walks away.
I just chuckle as I make my easy to the dungeon.
I’m about to take a take a life right now.
Once I walk into the torture room, I grit my teeth and clench my fist the moment I set my eyes on both girls who are bundled on the floor.
It should be them.
It has to be them.
“I’m going to make this very clear to both of you, I don’t mind spending my entire day torturing the living hell out of you, on the contrary, I’m going to enjoy doing that. For a little spoiler alert, Reign isn’t dead, she survived the poisoning and for that reason, if you humbly tell me which one you did the act, I can assure you that your punishment won’t be too severe. That said, I now pose the question, which one of you poisoned Reign’s meal with Silver?” I ask in a deadly tone and they both stay quiet with their heads bowed down.
One second.
Two seconds.
Three seconds.
One minute… I turn to Miguel.
“Bro, get me the electrocute!” I order and immediately, one the girl’s saps up her head.
“It was Chloe who did it!” The brunette girl blurted out and a wicked smile formed in my face.
“She… she was the one who put the Silver in Reign’s food. She lied to her about Ma’am Sophia requesting to see her outside so could gain access to Reign’s food. She did it Alpha” She reported in and I turn to look at the red-haired girl who has still not offered a word.
I stoop by her side and fiercely grab her jaws with my right hand and lifted up her head.Contentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDrâ/ma.O(r)g!
“Is that true?” I ask in fury.
“Yes, it’s true. I poisoned her food with Silver” She accepts and I quickly let go of her jaw and step away from her before I lose my temper and do the abominable.
How dare she?
“Miguel, lock her up the Silver prison and the other girl in one of the normal cells. I’m still to figure out what to do with both of them” Then I walk out of the dungeon and go to the field to clear my head.
I’m sick and tired of this whole charade.