~Sylvester~
I gave Liam a minute because he started crying after his last sentence.
One thing I noticed was that he did not know their last names. Which meant they were not planning to keep him for long. The names he had might be aliases. It was sad.
"She had moved out. It was as if she was never there. All the photos of her were gone, her clothes. Her emails in my inbox, and the ones I sent to her.
They logged me out of my account in the Friendzone app, and everyone had cut off.
She left a note telling me I had been made and was being watched.
I panicked and decided that I should run away too.
That was when I got arrested," Liam said, and I was silent for a bit.
I looked at Marcel and Theodore; they also seemed to be sorry for him. What he told us was helpful.
We knew they had a leader called Moses. Hopefully, that was his real name; if not, then at least he knew what Moses looked like; but what baffled me was how they had copies of orders and sanctions I had presumably signed.
Were they real or fabricated? I remembered what Lilly was doing for them, and I wondered if she was creating sanctions using my seal all along.
After what she did, I wouldn't put that type of behaviour past her.
"Can you tell me your mother's role in all this because she seemed to let you have your way all the time," I said, trying to throw him off my suspicion, but his eyes said he knew, and he suddenly became tight-lipped.
"I know you think you may be protecting her. But if she has a hand in this, then she isn't worth your protection. She must have seen you as dispensable for her to allow you to get mixed in this shit.
Think about who you are protecting, Liam, and ask yourself if they are worth it. Look around you. It is just the four of us here, and you are the only one in chains," I said, pointing at his cuffs, and he looked at them.
He had an internal battle.
"You have to tell us everything, Liam. We will find out one way or the other. The last thing you want is for us to find out elsewhere. It means we will have to hand you to the council for judgment, strip your father of his position, and send him on exile, which would shame your family. Tell us all you know so we can manage the problem better," Theodore said, and Liam looked stunned.
"My father had no hand in this!" he complained, and I nodded, but we need him to give Amy up. We knew she was a part of it. We also knew it did not matter. As long as a family member was part of it, the entire family would be guilty; it was the law.
"Is your mother a part of it?" I asked him sternly, and he looked into my eyes and bowed.
"Yes, alpha. She was the one that gave them my email and made them recruit me the way they did. She did not want to ask me directly just in case it did not work out, and I told my father, so this was the best option for her. That was what she told me," He said, and I relaxed.
"Who else is a member that you know?" I asked him, and he sighed.
"Luna Gezel. Carla Orlov, Luna Kate of Cains Island, Jacob Mikhailov, and some alphas from the eastern region.
They are plenty and have groups in each region except the south.
They plan on neutralising your power and getting rid of Bane and Albert. They claim the three of you are what is wrong with our world.
There is also a manhunt for a David Pavlishchev. I do not know who he is, but they claim the world would be better without him.
They have a lot of documents and evidence to support their claims," he said and looked at me.
"I do not know if this would help and if what I am about to tell you would make you spare my father, but they all seem to be taking orders from a man, one whom they refer to as the king and say he would lead the council once they have scrapped out everyone.
Lady Volkov and Luna Volkov are also on their hit list. I believe I was on it too because someone tried to kill me before I was arrested," He said I did not know how to handle all I had learned.
The most worrisome part of the revelation was that Theodore and Marcel's family were deep in it.
There was no how this would get out, and they won't be asked to step down temporarily.
Those women were allowing themselves to be used.
Hearing they tried to kill Liam made me realise that they would kill anyone that stopped being beneficial to them.
So far, Devin's region seemed impenetrable to them, and I wondered how he did it.
Leo was at high risk. The man was too peaceful for his own good. This was very bad.
"Are you sure of everything and every name you mentioned?" Marcel asked him and Liam nodded.
"Do you have proof?" He asked, and Liam shook his head.
"They deleted all the emails and wiped out the blueprint. The app has been pulled down. I have no proof," He said, and Marcel punched the wall.
My hands were shaking.
I could see the target on all their backs, and I wondered what target was on mine.
If they wanted to scrap everyone out, then they were definitely planning something for me.
Implicating Marcel and Theodore for treason was definitely their smoking gun; I wondered what would be mine. I needed Devin's help.
So far, he seemed impenetrable, and I needed to know why.
"How are we not sure you are doing to us the same thing you tried to do to your father?" Theodore asked him, sounding angry.
"You might as well be telling us what they told you to tell us, so we could be misled," Theodore said, and he had a valid point.
There was a possibility this was all a plan, from the use of the false ID to his arrest might be a plan to get him in here so he could plant shit in our heads. We could not trust him, really.
I looked at Liam to study him, and he shook his head.
"I swear to you I am not lying. These people are very smart. If they sent me here, I would have proof to implicate all these people I mentioned and make you go after them," he said with tears in his eyes. He seemed desperate and scared.
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