Chapter 93

Silver’s POV

“You’ve been lying to me??” Scott asked, a flash of hurt in his eyes.

I stood frozen; I had been caught trying to take the dagger from the safe. I should have known that Rogue would have been watching me all night. I was stupid to think he, like the others, had fallen asleep. He had a smug look on his face and a smirk on his lips. Scott’s brows were tilted downward, and he looked utterly crushed that his own sister would betray him like this.

The dagger was held firmly in his hands. I could tell the handle had various different gemstones on it but the largest one in the center was multiple colors of purple and blue. It was gorgeous. I knew from different books that it was the moonstone.

It was the most powerful dagger in the world, and it could kill any creature with just a scratch. He was planning on using it on Elliot. My stomach twisted at the very thought. I needed to get that dagger before it was too late; I couldn’t allow Elliot to die.

“Do you have anything to say for yourself, Silver?” Scott asked, his brows furrowing. “I thought we were in this together? I thought you wanted to see a better world where we are in control? How could you betray me like this?”

I swallowed the lump in my throat.

“I love him, Scott,” I whispered, deciding just to be honest. There was no use in lying to him; he wouldn’t believe me anyway. “He’s my husband. I don’t want him to die. I thought I’d take the dagger and hide it so you can’t use it on him.”

I also decided not to tell him that I was planning on killing him. That definitely wouldn’t look good.

“That was the whole point in all of this, Silver!” Scott shouted. “What Elliot and his family did was wrong, and they need to pay the cost of it all!!”

“Elliot was only a boy at the time, Scott. He didn’t do anything wrong!” I found myself shouting back.

Scott’s eyes grew large at my words as if he just figured something out.

“You never came here to help me,” he said, his voice low and threatening. “You came here to stop me. Maybe even kill me yourself. Is that the truth?”

“I told you she was up to no good,” the rogue muttered. “I didn’t trust her from the beginning and I’m never going to trust her now.” He folded his arms across his chest and glared at me.

I wasn’t sure what to say, so I remained silent. I feel as if denying the claims would just make things worse for me. I lowered my gaze and bit my lip, hating that I was stupid enough to get caught. I only had one mission, and I completely failed it. Now Elliot was more in danger than ever and there was nothing I could do about it.

“Take her into her room and cuff her to the bed so she doesn’t escape,” Scott said through his teeth.

His eyes had gone dark and there were no longer any emotions on his face. My entire heart fell into my stomach.

The rogue was so fast, I didn’t even see him approaching. The next thing I knew, he was grabbing my arm and squeezing it so tightly that I let out a whimper and fell to my knees. He twisted my arm behind my back like he was some kind of cop and forced me to my feet so I could walk.

“Ouch,” I whimpered, trying to break free from his tight hold.

“Shut up traitor,” he hissed, kicking me in the back. I heard a crack, and I howled in pain.

Scott just stared at me with zero emotions in his eyes and I hated not knowing what he was thinking. I knew he was pissed though, and I was surely going to pay the cost, maybe even with my life.

The rogue pushed me out of the room, and I struggled to keep walking with the amount of pain I was suddenly in. He did something to my pack and now it was hurting like crazing. We made our way down the stairs, Scott following behind us. Other rogues had poked their heads out of their rooms. I wondered if any of them were sleeping at all, or if they were just acting like they were sleeping so they could catch me.

Shame washed over my face, and I couldn’t look at any of them. I wasn’t ashamed of betraying them because they were aiming to hurt and kill those I cared about and loved… I was ashamed that I was naive and stupid enough to think that they left me alone without watching me. I was ashamed that I failed my mission and let my pack down. I was ashamed that I let Elliot down.

I was pushed into the bedroom and then I felt a cold, silver, handcuff wrap around my wrist. I winced at the burning sensation because silver still hurt even though I didn’t have a wolf. He latched the other end of the handcuff on the bedpost, forcing me to stick to the bed.

“Please don’t do this,” I pleaded, tears burning in my eyes.

“You should have thought about that before you betrayed me,” Scott said, shaking his head with disgust on his face. He turned to the rogue. “Leave us.”

The rogue nodded and gave me one last hateful look before dispersing from the room and shutting the door behind him. Scott stared at me, his eyes still dark and his mouth still sealed. I hated not knowing what was going on in his mind. I knew he wasn’t going to kill me right now because he needed me in order for tomorrow to be successful. He needed my power. So, what was he planning on doing with me?

“We could have had a good thing,” he murmured, shaking his head at me. “We could have been a team and yet you decided to go against me.”

“I’m sorry,” I whispered, staring at the ground, my cheeks burning.

“Are you sorry for betraying me, or sorry that you got caught?” He asked, his words coming out bitter.

When I didn’t reply, he scoffed.

“That’s what I thought,” he muttered. “It’s because of that damn mark on your neck. Once your precious husband is dead, your mark will disappear, and you can find a new and better husband. You don’t need him, Silver. When will you get that through your head? He killed our parents!”

“His father killed our parents,” I retorted sharply. “And you already killed him. Elliot was only a boy at the time, Scott. He did nothing wrong.”

Scott rolled his eyes.

“The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree,” he muttered.

“But sometimes it can roll away,” I said without hesitation.

He shook his head and stared at me like I had just grown another head.

“I’m disappointed in you, Silver. Our parents would be disappointed too. We are after revenge for them. We are taking back what should be ours.”

“Our father was the Beta; we would have never had leadership over these packs,” I told him.

He let out a dry laugh.

“Our father would have wanted so much for us… including leadership of all these packs.”

“You don’t know that…”

“Elliot and his family destroyed our lives; the least we deserve is leadership!” He growled, his eyes blazing yellow as his wolf surged forward.

I flinched and clamped my mouth shut, not wanting to say anything that would set him off.

He sighed and ran his fingers through his hair.

“Get some rest because tomorrow is going to be a long day for you,” he muttered just before he left the room, slamming the door shut in the process.

I let out a breath I hadn’t known I was holding until just now. My entire body shuddered against the bed. The way my arm was twisted and the position it was handcuffed in, I doubted I’d be able to find a comfortable spot on the bed, but I tried.

I was too far away from Elliot to mindlink him and tell him that not only was he in danger, but so was I.

I just hoped that he knew to be careful tomorrow.

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Elliot’s POV

Something was wrong. I could feel it. Silver went from feeling upset to feeling nothing at all. I couldn’t channel her emotions and because she was too far away, I couldn’t mindlink her to find out what exactly was wrong.

I spent the entire night trying to sleep, but I only tossed and turned.

“You look like you haven’t slept,” Charlotte said as soon as I walked into the kitchen.

“I haven’t,” I murmured. “I can’t help but think something happened with Silver last night. I think she might be in trouble.”

She frowned and I could tell there was something she wasn’t saying.

“Did you have a vision?” I asked her.

She bit her lip and refused to look me in the eyes.

“Char?” I urged. “Tell me what you saw.”

She sighed and then finally looked up to meet my eyes.

“You died,” she whispered. “I saw you dying. Scott is going to use the dagger on you, and you aren’t going to make it, Elliot. I’m not sure what happened last night… but whatever it was… it cost you your life.”