Regretted Rejection : Wrath of the Moon novel Chapter 20

"Three years ago, your brother and your pack betrayed you, the true Alpha of the pack." the rogue said.

"What are you talking about? I am the true Alpha. Father named me as the pack leader, as an Alpha, when he stepped down." Ken thundered coming inside the interrogation room.

"But are you truly an Alpha? Didn't your sister beat you in the test to be an Alpha? You were named as an Alpha because your dad wanted to keep the Alpha title in the family. If your sister was named an Alpha and she mated to another then the next person in line for the Alpha title will not be a Forrester. Isn't that the truth, Alpha Ken Forrester?"

"But... Yes, she did beat me in the test. However I was named an Alpha and I had been taking care of the pack for the last 8 years. How didn't anything happen at that time? Why did things started going south only in the last couple of years?"

"Isn't it obvious? Your sister, Maya, allowed you to hold the title. She generously gave away her birth right, while supporting you from the sidelines. But the pack and you betrayed her three years ago. And that is why, your pack faces dissolution since three years ago. You called us traitors, Maya. How is your brother and this pack any different?"

Maya glared at him and replied, "You are right, they betrayed me. However this doesn't give you any right to put the innocent people through a war or to murder people. Why did you kill the Quinn couple? They were helping you, weren't they?"

"We didn't kill them. I mean we wanted to, but we didn't. Someone already killed them before we got there." the rogue clarified.

"Stop lying. Do you think this will reduce your punishment?" Maya questioned. Her irritation with the rogue was increasing with each passing minute.

"I am not lying.... Look, I have got no motive to lie now. I know I am going to be handed to Council for my punishment. I don't know who killed them but trust me, it was not us." he explained earnestly. His tone and his body language suggested that he was speaking the truth but Maya knew she couldn't relent.

"Then who killed them?" Maya asked him.

The rogue sighed, thankful that Maya believed him, and said in a calm voice, "I don't know but old Mrs. Quinn, she suddenly developed a conscience. She wanted to let Alpha Forrester know the situation about the dissolution process. That's the last thing we heard from either of the Quinn's."

"Where is your band of rogues located?" Maya asked her last question.

"We keep moving the location so we are not randomly discovered." he replied sighing.

"Ok. We are done here." Maya said and left the interrogation room. Ken followed behind her.

Maya stopped a few steps away from the interrogation room. "What are you guys doing here?" she asked to the newcomers. Her parents and Claire stood in front of her.

"We heard... we wanted to explain." Justin began but Maya put up her hand signalling him to stop. She didn't want to listen to his excuses.

"Jeff, get our team down here and inform Dylan about the latest development." Maya said without looking at him.

Then she turned to face Ken and said, "From this moment on, the Wrath of the Moon team will lead the further proceedings on the rogues front. The Forrester pack takes a back seat. Councilman Dylan will get in touch with you regarding the dissolution matter. I need your utmost cooperation to get to the bottom of this rogue problem."

"We will help you in any way we can." Ken assured her.

"Good." uttering that single word, she turned to Beta Mark and punched him across the face. He fell on the floor and held his jaw, that was throbbing in intense pain.

"Now, Beta Mark will you tell me why you killed the Quinn couple?" Maya asked him calmly.

"What? What are you saying Maya? He won't do such a thing against his own pack. He has been loyal to the pack since his birth." Claire tried to intervene.

"Luna Forrester, I am completely aware of how everyone in this pack is responsible and loyal. Now shut up and let me clean up the mess you made." Maya ended her speech while releasing her Alpha aura. The aura rolled of her in waves and Claire fell to her knees submitting to the powerful Alpha in front of her. Her Luna title mocked her. She didn't have any face left in front of the people in the pack.

"So, Beta Mark would you like to be treated as a traitor or as a rogue?" Maya asked menace in her voice.

"I am not a traitor. I killed the Quinn couple so that our Luna Claire remains in power. The old lady was spewing nonsense about natural dissolution of the pack. She needed to die." Beta Mark screamed.

"He confessed to his crime. Put him in a holding cell." she commanded Jeff.

"I have done nothing wrong." Beta Mark screamed.