My Alphas' Dark Desires novel Chapter 58

Chapter 58: Simpulation Training

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Chapter 58

~Dristan’s POV~

There was a pause. A small one. He liked that answer. I could tell.

"Very well." He returned to his desk, adjusting his cuffs and lowering himself into the chair with the slow confidence of a king on a throne. "It shall be done. It would be made into an accident during one of your training courses."

To think he had thought that far was... stomach-wrenching.

"If that will be all, Alpha," I said, turning. I had barely started moving when I stopped. One step away. "You can kill her if you want," I added. "But since you’ve noticed she has everyone’s attention... why not use that to our advantage?"

Silence. Long, annoying silence settled between us as though he was gauging my response and scrutinising every step.

He didn’t answer.

I turned my head slightly to glance over my shoulder. "She could be the perfect distraction. If they’re all drawn to her, let them stay distracted. Let them tear each other apart over it."

"Speak."

"Let them fight over her. Let it twist the alliance. Break their focus. Shift their purpose. If she’s useful, then I say use her. After all, you want capable pawns on your chessboard."

My father studied me long and hard. Then, finally, he gave a small nod.

"Fine," he nodded, "she just bought herself a little time."

I had achieved my goal and saved Valerie from my father’s wrath briefly. That was all i needed to say as one word more would expose the truth to him.

Which was another reason why I could not let word get out that she is mated to me.

She’d be dead faster than before she can breath her last breath.

"As you wish, Father."

I left. Even as the door clicked shut behind me, I didn’t stop walking until I reached the end of the corridor, far from his study. That was when I clenched my fist hard.

The leather of my gloves strained, and blood seeped from where my nails, no claws this time, dug into my palm.

My body trembled with restrained fury, lightning buzzing faintly under my skin.

"You want to use our mate like a tool?" Soren snarled in my mind.

"I don’t want to," I muttered. "But it’s better than watching him kill her."

Soren rolled his eyes at me. "She deserves better. We deserve better."

"I know."

I was silent for a moment till I got to the front of the house. Silence.

"I need distance," I informed Soren using our link. "I can’t protect her if he sees how much she means to me."

And right now... she couldn’t know how far I’d go to keep her alive even if she hated me for it.

All I could hope for was that she had others to protect her, but still, I had this uneasy feeling in my gut telling me no—do not trust anyone with your mate.

Fuck!

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~Valerie’s POV~

Things had been... quiet since then. Not in a peaceful way, but in the suffocating, everyone’s-watching-you-too-closely kind of way.

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