Chương 167: NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH

The traffic cleared up... almost like the warlock weather we had been having lately, and we actually did get home in time for me to take a shower. Today was grapefruit and yuzu! Although the school project was done, and my phone had received a copy in my email inbox, I felt like I left something hanging... mostly the classified documents that Killion had forwarded to me. Henry had been collecting data from behind our backs. Maxwell was giving it to us behind Henry's back.

And now I had the documents in my hands (particularly when I was holding my phone. Hahaha... oh, right, not the time for bad jokes, not that there was ever a time for them.... Ahem, back to the issue at hand... hahaha, get it? I made another pun with "hand" in it. Underhanded, I know. Pfffft... hahaha. Sorry, not sorry.) Anyway, what should I do? OPTION 1: READ THE FILES AND SEND KILLION OUT FOR MORE. OPTION 2: KEEP QUIET ABOUT IT SINCE IT'S NONE OF MY BUSINESS AND IGNORE THE FILES.

OPTION 3: TELL HENRY WHAT HAPPENED AND TAKE WHATEVER CONSEQUENCES THAT IT MEANT FOR OUR FRIENDSHIP ETC. Normally, all through my growing up years, the adults would like to say, "Honesty is the best policy." Maybe as a kid that was true. But in this situation, it was like the truth was this big cow pat that had been handed to me, and telling Henry would be like throwing it into a turning fan. I remembered hearing Jules ever saying to the other guys on the train, "S*** flies." I sighed...

since when did anyone compare the truth with dung? Shouldn't the truth be something more shiny and precious? You know, like "a pearl of truth"? No one would be offended if you handed over a pearl. But what if it wasn't a nice or pretty type of pearl? Like, "your assistant is betraying you and probably lonely too because he is giving away your intel so he could have more friends" kind of pearl. What happens then? And why was Henry collecting information about me?

He could've asked me directly, although tbh, I wouldn't know the answer to half of the things in that document. {Alpha is near} Oh yeah, that's right. Alpha James was about to come. What should I do about him? He thinks: My brother is the only trustworthy one I have left to rely on. My beta and his family are dead. My son had run away and is dead. My men are seeing ghosts. This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere.

The truth is: Your brother is a stinky bad guy. Your son is alive, but your brother was out to kill him. Your men didn't see a ghost. Killion is alive, even though your brother had thought he killed his whole family. Furthermore, we pranked your men while they were in our custody. Killion is my beta now, so since your brother is a fake beta, your pack is now beta-less. And your son is my Luna. So your pack might also be alpha-less. Sorry about that, I didn't do it on purpose. It just happened.

And BTW, I'm about to be Alpha of Night Leaf Pack in a few years. I would like to merge with Morning Light and overtake your pack as the largest one here on Green Packlands. Again, sorry about that. Please sign your support for me. Yeah. That would go really well. (Note my sarcasm.) In the best case scenario, he believes me and will fight me to take back his beta and alpha, because what Alpha would not fight for the future of his pack?

The worst case scenario, he doesn't believe me and we end up in a pack war, which I'm sure we would win, given that they have a few key pieces missing on their side of the chessboard. But we won't win without casualties. I thought of how the truth didn't help much in school either. I was a warlock princess with long-term anemia who couldn't possibly break open lockers or knock down entire toilet cubicles. Again, I didn't do it on purpose. It just happened. People see what they want to see.

I stepped out of the bath and tried to figure out what to wear. It looked like Mum had left clothes out for me. The white dress I stuffed in my drawer was now properly pressed. And the gold bracelet that Alpha Kingsley and Luna Edith had gifted me was laid neatly on top of it. I guess I didn't lose everything in the fire. I gratefully put them on. It was nice not having to deal with what to wear with everything going on in my head. {Alpha approaches} I got dressed. Wolfie was excited, which was weird.

She usually only got this way when mate was near... Oh! I immediately zipped up the dress and spun around to look. Sure enough, there was someone in my bed. I crept over and looked. Mate! I knew who to expect, but I couldn't help the way my heart jumped when I saw him. He was still sleeping. I looked very carefully at him. He didn't seem any worse for wear. I guess his vampire master (the old scary dude) didn't hurt him beyond what he could heal?

Yes, I was very aware of how little I knew about what went on in my own mate's life in the fight dog cages. As I looked at him, my wolf calmed at the sight of him unhurt and well, and suddenly I realized who I was. Not what Henry's documents said. Not what people saw. It's hard to explain. Just that I suddenly calmed down and when everything settled in my head, it was as clear as day. I was Sam. Just Sam. And always just Sam.

It was a good thing that when Jules said, "S*** flies," he meant it figuratively, because I was wearing a white dress tonight. I was the Alpha. Why was I even wavering? The truth would set you free. Even if it came with a lot of dirt on it. It occurred to me suddenly that just covering the dirt with more dirt wasn't going to help matters in the long run. And I was going to be Alpha for the long run. We needed to come clean.

"Wake up, Bell." I shook mate. Rebel rolled over and groaned, "Princess?" He groaned again and complained, "Your bed is too soft."

"Then get up," I told him.

"Your dad is here." Rebel sat up, "What?" I mindlinked Killion, {Killion, come now.} {So demanding, Princess.} Killion smirked over the mindlink. {And Bell needs clothes,} I added. {Luna is here?} Killion asked. (Beta approaches) That was fast. {Both of you are coming with me for the meeting tonight,} I informed Killion through the mindlink. {I'm about to die, aren't I?} Killion joked. He knocked on my door. Rebel stood up from the bed. Killion let himself in.

"Come, Luna, we need to get dressed," Killion said like a very proper Beta would. I let Killion take Rebel to his room.

"I'm going to go down first," I said.

"Wait. What?" Rebel asked.

"Luna wants to know what's the plan tonight, Goddess," Killion translated.

"The plan is to tell the truth and nothing but the truth," I said.

"Bold. I like it," Killion agreed.

"What the hell is going on here?" Rebel asked. I left Killion to settle Bell. I needed to get downstairs before the adults took things into their own adult hands and overcomplicate it with adult things I didn't understand.