Alpha Markus and Celeste novel Chapter 55

Chapter 55 – Celeste
Celeste P.O.V.
I was having trouble keeping my stomach from emptying as I watched Markus interrogate them. He was just beginning, he wasn’t actually doing anything gory, but it was the screams that made me flash back to the beatings I used to get and the times I was forced to
watch the public beatings Alpha Geoff liked to give. Kara was doing everything in her power to give me strength, but I was beginning to
regret coming down here. I couldn’t leave now though. I didn’t want Markus to believe I was sickened by his actions, because I was not.
This was necessary and I loved him the more for it because it took strength to do something like this for the good of the Pack. When he
talked about Levi’s pup, I knew without needing him to tell me that he would never harm the child. He would never punish an
innocent.
I could also tell that despite the despicable things this man had done to us, he loved that pup by the fear that took over him when it was threatened, so I played my role of the soft Luna. I promised him I would make Markus give the pup mercy and this way we could forgo another hour of torture. I had someone bring me a burner phone to take video. I didn’t know if this man would be alive by the time the
council got here. This was too valuable to risk.
Nice one Luna. Video will go a long way,’ Danny mind linked as he came to stand behind the camera to make sure the video didn’t stop recording.
“State your name, your pack and what you have been doing for the last 12 years to the surviving women of the Sky Moon Pack,”
Markus and Atlas’ voices mixed together, both sharing control perfectly.
Mates are really something – Kara purred. She wasn’t wrong. It was known for ranked members to overlap voice as they experienced
extreme emotion, but it was rare to see a wolf and human sharing full control in harmony with each other and on command.
“My name is Levi Garth, I am from the Desert Moon Pack. 12 Years ago, Lucas Rogers approached me to help him sell some prisoners
from the Blood Moon Pack. I was given 20% of the sale cost on any completed transaction. After the initial bulk of girls, we’ve sold 1 to 2
girls a year.”
“What do you know about these girls you’re selling?”
“Just that they are she-wolves that are about to be exited from the pack. We pick them up the day after a full moon. We’re given an
i
encrypted tablet that tells us where the meet is, when the payment has been received and who to look for. Once they are sold, I am paid
via wire transfer to an offshore account. Once the deal is done, Lucas comes and lets me know when we have to pick up another she-wolf.
“Who is in charge of the whole operation? Who gives you your instructions?”
“I am not supposed to know this. I’m just muscle, but over the years I’ve managed to piece things together. Luna Luisa and Beta
Trevor are the ones that mostly interact with Lucas. Lucas is Luna Luisa’s cousin. His father and her father were brothers. Lucas’ father
defected from Blood Moon after he found his mate as Alpha Geoff’s father wanted to take his mate as his chosen Luna.”
“So Alpha Geoff isn’t involved in this whole operation?”
“That Oaf doesn’t have the brains for the sophistication of the operation to be the brains, but I have no doubt he is aware of what’s
happening. I heard Alpha Geoff and Luna Luisa arguing one day about one of the girls we were taking. Alpha Geoff was asking why it was
necessary and Luna Luisa shouted that if he could keep it in his pants, she wouldn’t have needed to be gotten rid of. I also heard a
conversation later between her and the Beta about some pup they killed so that her daughter had no competition for her claim to the
title. They believed the pup to be a threat to their daughter. Of the three women we took with us that time, one was visibly beaten and
emotionally broken. She kept cradling her sweater, speaking to it as if it was a baby.”
“How many women in total have you sold?”
“52 women total.”
“Did they all come from the same place?”
“Yes, they were all omegas working in the Packhouse of the Blood Moon Pack. They were all malnourished, beaten and most of them
looked barely old enough to shift.”
“Why? Why would you agree to selling these women?” I asked finally. I needed to know why this was happening.
“I don’t know. It was easy money. These girls looked so malnourished and weak. They barely put up any kind of fight when they
knew what was happening. I think most of them would probably even fare better wherever they were taken than where they were. It’s what I told myself anyway. I just wanted the money. I wanted to give my mate and pup a life I couldn’t afford.”
“What was it that Ruby told you about me?”
“She said that you were Alpha Cory’s daughter. The one that Alpha Geoff and Luna Luisa had been looking for many years ago. I
don’t know why. It was confusing to me why it mattered, but Lucas insisted that you were special and we would get a bonus if we delivered you to Luna Luisa.”
“How did you get into the Packhouse? How did you know there were people coming?” Markus asked.
“We have a contact that can come and go as she pleases. She owns an Italian restaurant just outside the Packgrounds but doesn’t
belong to this Pack. Lucas knows her from school. We mentioned that we wanted to kidnap a she-wolf that had recently joined the pack
and lived in the packhouse and she seemed very eager to help. Something about how she didn’t deserve what she had worked to get for so many years. She took a bug and put it in the landline as well as another one in your office, Alpha Markus, but you haven’t been in there for the last week, but yesterday we heard two females talking about you and Luna being gone in the morning and scheduling the caterers and some farmers to deliver. They were looking for some contact and when they found it, they used the landline to arrange the
deliveries. It didn’t take us long to find the company and find a matching vehicle to follow them in.”
“Find Marcie, bring her here NOW,” Atlas raged. His eyes had gone full black. Three of the guards scuttled like roaches out of the
basement.
‘Atlas, breathe. We’re almost there,’ I said.
‘That b***h thought they were talking about you. I’m sure of it. She will pay for everything, Markus and Atlas’ voice came through. I looked at Markus again and noticed he was back to sharing control of his human form. I won’t let anyone hurt you.’
Tam here, and I am fine. The important thing is to continue the video. We have almost everything we need to take the Blood Moon
Pack down.’
‘Fine,’ Atlas pouted, and I had to struggle not to laugh.
“Where is the tablet and burner phones you have for this?”
“Alpha, there were a bunch of items picked up from the cave where we found them. There’s a few electronics among them. I’ve already called Evergreen and he should arrive tomorrow afternoon.”
“So we don’t need this piece of trash then?” Markus asked, grabbing the syringe again, making Levi pale and then we smelled the clear smell of piss. Markus put the syringe down and smirked.
“Hose him down and then put him back in the silver restraints. Put Lucas back in the restraints as well. The iron ones,” he turned off
the phone recording and smirked at Levi again, “Remove the gag. Levi can spend the next few days with his pal. We’ll let the council
sentence them.”
He came out of the cell, wrapped an arm around me and guided me out of the dungeon. I leaned on him the moment the dungeon
door was closed and he lifted my legs to carry me bridal style. I was so emotionally drained at this point. I just wanted to go to our
bedroom and ask Markus to hold me.
“You did so well. Let’s get upstairs and sleep. I need to hold you; to make sure you’re safe in my arms,” Markus said huskily.