Chapter 9
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Aiden
That f*****g b***h! She just had to ruin everything. She could have just complied like the little b***h that she is.
"Aiden! Increase your pace." The new head of guard commanded me.
I got demoted to the post of a slave just because some little skunk decided to ruin everything.
Each time I see her face, I feel like wrapping my hand around her tiny neck and squeezing the hell out of it.
I've had s*x with other slaves I find pretty either willingly or unwillingly, yet, none of them had the audacity to resist me.
If she thinks she can get Scott free, she doesn't know what's gonna hit her.
~
During the day's work, I caught a glimpse of Alora coming from the king's suite in the palace.
Really? He took her to his private chambers?
I felt so angry, I'm sure as hell she is the King's new toy. She rejected me, yet she f**k's the king even though he's not her mate.
What made me boil with fury more is the fact that guards I had once commanded now sent me on errands. My wolf had started going crazy, he had gotten so used to being a leader that it felt really wrong to be an inferior instead.
A smirk appeared on my face as i found out that this was the perfect time to carry out revenge on Alora.
I secretly trailed behind her. Surprisingly, she did not go towards the kitchen staff's quarters, which is her new room. She was walking towards the backyard, which made my work even easier.
I walked at a slower pace so as not to make my presence known.
She stopped by the small lake somewhat far from the pack house. She sat on the small bench with a peaceful look on her face.
'So sad, I'll take the peace away very soon." I muttered to myself.
It was not until I was very close to her that she sensed someone behind her.
A very weak sense of smell and hearing for a werewolf.
"Howdy, sweetness?" I asked sarcastically.
An alarmed look came upon her face, she stood up to run away, but I cornered her.
"Let me-" She wanted to yell but I covered her mouth, careful not to make the same mistake I made the last time.
"Shut it, b***h. No one is here to save you." I snarled.
She trashed around in my hold but her strength is no match for mine.
She looked and felt too weak for a werewolf though. I could pick her hands above her head with one hand with little or no strength.
"I'd f**k your little p***y senseless that it'd be ruined for the king." I smirked.
Tears started streaming down her face and it brought a sick kind of satisfaction to me.
This side of the palace is mostly deserted during the day. No one would even find out that we were gone, almost everyone was still hung over from yesterday's celebration.
Her trashing slowed and I thought I'd just use the moment to unbuckle my pants. A painful nick on my palm covering Alora's mouth jolted through me.
The b***h bit me!
"Ahhhhhhh!" Alora screamed loudly when the pressure on her mouth got freed.
I immediately sprung into action and flipped us around so whoever came to the rescue would think she was assaulting me.
Loud thuds of food steps sounded against the ground.
A loud growl resonated through the lake, it was so powerful that I bowed in submission unwillingly.
"The f**k are you doing with her again?" The king growled.
He came to her rescue again?!
"Your Majesty, she came onto me first, I swear. She followed me down here to seduce me, she said it's been a long time since she had been laid. And when I tried to shrug her off of me, she fell down with a loud impact, that was why she shouted." I lied smoothly. I almost grinned at how I fabricated it to look real.
My success, however, was outlived when the king's fist made contact with my jaw.
"The bruises on her wrists and neck say otherwise! You expect me to believe that s**t you just vomited from your mouth? Everyone was there the last time you tried to force yourself on her." He growled, prompting his anger into his fist.
I had almost passed out when Alora's wince of pain met his ears.
The king halted his punches but he still had a firm grip on my neck.
"You are a worthless piece of s**t. You don't even deserve to live in a pack. You are hereby banished." The king ordered, authority dripping out his voice.
"No! Please your majesty. Tamper justice with mercy." I begged amidst coughs.
"Did you tamper justice with mercy when she begged you to let her go? Or is there anyone who has anything to say?!" He growled at the onlookers.
We have garnered a lot of attention. Everyone would want to see what made the king growl so loud.
"No, your majesty. He deserves it." they said in unison.
"Guards!" The king shouted.
Five armed guards arrived by his side in five seconds.
"Escort him out of my territory." He ordered and released his grip on me.
Two guards dragged me up, rough handling me. I was escorted out but not without giving Alora a menacing glare which I hoped she got what I passed across to her.
'Don't think you've gotten rid of me, yet.'
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I survived five days as a rogue, feeding off smaller animals.
It was really hard living alone as a werewolf, without a pack. All because of a worthless slut!
*Would you just take the blame for your actions for once?* My wolf said to me.
It's the evening of the fifth day now.
This was the first time he had talked to me since when our position was stripped from us even though we travelled mostly in wolf form.
*And I did not know you still existed* I sassed.
He ignored me again and went back to the back of my mind where he had been since.
A horrifying scent just like what my own scent had turned into entered my nostrils.
Another rogue is in this perimeter.
I can only hope it's not a violent one, one who has gone rogue for a long time and is now insane.
What I thought was a single scent turned multiple, it's not just one rogue.
They were moving towards me. My wolf took a defensive stance, in case they wanted to attack.
Five rogues appeared before me, all males. They all surrounded me but posed no threat.
I shifted back into a human form completely bare.
"Chill, pup." The one directly in front of me said.
He sniffed the air as if trying to detect my scent.
"Where do you come from? You just turned rogue." He assessed.
"From the Lycan kingdom," I replied, and one of them handed me worn-out pants.
Their eyes widened in shock.
"King Kylen banished you?" He asked.
"Yes," I replied.
"What did you do?"
"Nothing. The king had just grown weak because of a woman. He exiled me because of a slave who joined the kingdom just months ago." I explained, it wasn't entirely a lie.
"He now has a weakness?" He grinned." Is she his mate?"
"I don't think she is. If she was, he wouldn't even have allowed her work as a slave. Besides, she turned slave because her father owed the king a huge sum of money." I explained.
It's just like my senses went through exile. I'm divulging too much information to people I just met, even though I knew I no longer worked for the king, it felt wrong.
The man before me grinned widely, his yellow teeth on full display.
"By the way, I'm Carl." He introduced himself.
The other rogues introduced themselves as Ken, Josh, Abel and Finn.
"I'm Aiden." I said.
"We have a camp somewhere around. Would you like to follow us?" Carl asked.
"Sure," I replied. It would be better if I at least had a warm place to stay.
They led me towards a roughly made pack house.
"This is our base for now." I was shown around, it looked manageable.
However, for someone who once lived in a beautifully structured house, it felt like a great downgrade.
"You said it's your base 'for now'. It's not a permanent residence?" I asked Carl.
He seemed to be the leader here.
"Yes. We shouldn't stay in a place for too long or we should be attacked. As 'rogues' are too dangerous to stay close to packs. "He replied, quoting 'rogues'.
I nodded in response.
"You might want to clean up a little bit. There's a small lake not far from here, it's not up to a minute's walk. I have to warn you though, be weary of violent rogues. They are very rampant in that direction," He instructed.
"Mm-kay." I replied and walked towards the direction of the lake.
~
After I had cleaned up and we had hunted and cooked dinner, we gathered around the fireplace from the smoked meat we made.
"So, Aiden. Do you have any plans in mind against King Kylen?" Ken asked.
"Rebel against King Kylen? I'm not that dumb!" I said.
"We are not rebelling against him. We'll get to him through his weakness." Carl said.
"We?" I asked.
"Yes, we are a team now," Abel added.
Finn seemed to be the quiet one, he just observed.
"King Kylen isn't one to play with. The man singlehandedly killed fifty wolves in five minutes at a time. He doesn't have a wolf nor a Lycan, he has a beast instead, whom, when provoked, turns into a killing machine. His strength is unmatched." I explained.
"That's why I said we wouldn't attack the king, we'd face the slave you said. We'll come up with a plan. I'm sure you know certain things about her already," Carl asked.
"Yes, I do." I said with a wicked smile.
"I know how we can lure her out of the kingdom. Then we can do whatever we want to do with her."
"Perfect." Carl grinned.
After a lot of deliberation, we decided to get hold of Alora's father, roughen him up a bit and send his picture to Alora, saying we have her father in captive.
I saw her reaction when I threatened her father yesterday.
It's a stupid idea but it's worth giving a try. When we finally got Alora alone, we'd threaten or worse, kill her in ways that the king would be hurt; that's if he cared about her at all.
"We will carry out our action in two days." I announced to them.
~
We studied and analyzed the patrol on the kingdom and, thank goddess, I was the head guard, I know a lot of things about the security measures, even though I'm sure as hell a lot would have been changed already.
We spent the next two days strategizing and putting things in place for the attack.
On the night of the third day, we attacked.
It was only two warriors that were on patrol as that was the time they switched patrols. The two warriors were meant to stay there for five minutes before the next set of patrols came.
We took them down in no time as it was six against two. You can't compare the strength and fighting tactics of five powerful rogues and a former head guard to that of mere guards.
Besides, I single-handedly trained these two guards, so I know how they fight.
I managed to tuck the picture into one of the guard's pockets with a note that says;
*Time is ticking, Tick Tock. Two days, neutral land*
With the picture, Alora would surely be informed.
The neutral land is a certain piece of land not owned by any pack, anyone can peregrinate but no one lives there.
"Revenge sure tastes sweeter when served hot." I grinned to myself when we got back to the base.
I had Alora's dad in captive, my plans are falling into place.
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