Back in Lautey's pack.
"What, what do you mean she's still alive? She can't possibly be alive, she should be dead."
"Alpha Reed took her out of the pack on the last day of school and she was spotted in the human world and then back here, a few weeks ago." An unknown man in a suit with a mask on, said looking out the window.
"If she's back then why didn't she come back here to see her best friend? The last time I remembered, my son rejected her and she lost her memories."
"Which means, she can't possibly come here on her own. Someone has brought her back. Well, thanks to that someone whoever it is, he or she just made my work a lot easier." Thalia said, looking at the unknown man at the window.
"It's not that easy."
"And why is that?"
"Because Thalia, the person.. no, let me rephrase my words, the people who brought her back are the Alpha and beta of the Montgomery pack. She's currently in their territory which isn't easy to get in by the way."
"What! Why is it that every time I plan on doing something to that wretched girl, someone always messes it up? Namely Reed, most times. Come to think of it, I can't let him keep ruining my plans so I'll just get rid of him. My son's the Alpha of this pack already."
The unknown man turned to look at Thalia and went close to her, he pressed her on a table in the room and looked her dead in the eye before saying," What do you want me to do my Queen?"
Thalia looked at him with a smirk and wickedness showing in her eyes, she replied," Get rid of Reed before the next full moon, make it look like an accident, and do not leave evidence behind, got it?." She placed both her arms on his neck. She removed his mask to reveal his face with an evil grin plastered on it. He kissed her deeply, put his mask back on, and turned around left through the window.
"Just wait, Marietta, it's going to be your turn soon," Thalia mumbled under her breath and stared at the window where the man on site passed.
****
"What do you mean by" my father is dead? " I just saw him this morning!"
"I'm sorry Alpha Sails, his car was spotted coming back from a drive when he lost control of it and the brakes weren't working. His car went flying into a tree and caught fire."
"He can't just die like that, I know we don't get along that well but…he can't leave me, he never told me he was gonna die today."
Lolla went to Saila with tears in her eyes, she hugged him and told him everything was going to be okay.
She told the guard to leave them, took him to a chair, and told him to sit. She tried consoling him and in the middle of It, Thalia walked in looking shocked, her eyes red and swollen. It looked like she had been crying for hours.
"Mom, how the hell did this happen? I mean he was here five minutes ago and the next he's dead, what's…what's going on?" Sails asked, walking towards his mom.
"I don't know, I'm as shocked as you are, but we have to stay strong."
"Mom, have you seen yourself in the mirror? You look terrible. Are you in any pain?"
"Well, just a bit of pain in my heart but I'll be fine, nothing to worry too much about," Thalia said and fell on a sofa.
"Okay, so what are we going to do now?"
"Hum, we have to move on, the pack still needs us, they need you, you are our Alpha and I think the faster we say our goodbyes, the faster he would rest in peace because watching him in pain by taking care of the pack and us, having sleeping nights so we could be where we are right now, building the pack to make it safer for all of us," Plus, " I'm sorry, I miss him," Thalia said sobbing.
"Mom, it's okay, we're gonna be fine, and we'll say our goodbyes to him tomorrow night if it hurts you that much. How does that sound?"
Thaila nodded her head still crying. A few minutes later, she stood up and told both her son and Lolla she was going to rest in her room. They offered her a hand but she rejected their offer and left.
Thalia entered her room and the act she displayed earlier was gone. She took a piece of wipes, walked towards the mirror, wiped her eyes, and the whole swell and redness was gone.
"You did well."
"I only did what I was asked to do. You know I'll do anything for you."
Thalia turned to look at the masked man for a while before walking up to him and hugging him and he hugged her back.
"Now what we have to do is transfer that annoying dead idiot title to me, and then I can carry out my plans; but first, the funeral has to be over and I should give it a few days, probably a week for all this to die down and then, I can successfully take the Alpha title to myself. And besides, this power that Rewd was too selfish not to pass down to Sails is now mine and they are very useful."
"What about Sails?"
"What about him?" Thalia asked, looking up at the masked man.
"He is the Alpha of this pack and can do what he wants…"
"He has limitations, my love, and he's easy to manipulate. I can easily get him to do what I want, all I have to do is do what I do best."
"So all we have to do now is wait?"
"Yes, that's the plan."
"What if someone finds out and tries to sabotage your plans, what are you going to do?"
"I'll take care of it like I always do."
The masked man sighed and stood still.
Thalia looked up at him and let go of his body." My love, what's wrong?" she asked, removing the mask from his face and placing her hand on his face looking worried. "What's wrong, you don't like the idea?"
"It's not that, I was just thinking about me, us, when are we going to finally tell the world about us and when will Sails know I'm his father and see me like one?"
"I thought we already talked about this my love, Peace is the key to our greatness. Reed just died and it's taking a hard turn on him, so I say we give it a while before you come in the picture, he needs time."
"Okay, I guess you are right, it's just that I want to go see him up close, hug him, pat his shoulders, go fishing with him and all the stuff fathers and sons do."
"I know my love, and it will happen soon, all we have to do is wait."
"Okay, I love you."
"I love you too."
****
"Alpha Reed is dead! How did that happen?"
"I heard it was a car crash, on his way back home, brakes weren't working, lost control of the wheel and crashed into a tree."
" Shit, that's bad," Marietta said and sat down in the chair facing Harley.
Harley stood up from his chair, turned Marietta towards him, and placed both his hands on her cheek "It's going to be alright."
"He was like a father figure to me."
"Hey hey hey, everything is going to be alright, okay."
After consoling her, she went to her room and cried the whole night and couldn't sleep. She looked like a ghost the next morning and scared a few people.
"Woah, Marietta, you look scary," Zack said, stepping back from Marietta.
"I couldn't sleep last night."
"Is it about Alpha Reed?"
"Yes, I think something's not right about his death and I can't seem to point my finger at it."
"Babe, I thought I told you not to worry about it and sleep but you didn't," Harley said walking towards her.
"I'll go to sleep now."
****
"Mom, are you sure you're okay with this?"
" Yes, I'm fine, thank you dear, I just need to rest now, it's been a long day."
Thalia walked into her room and met the masked man lying in the bed. "How did it go? Did Sailes notice anything strange when you asked him if you could Take Alpha Reed's position earlier?"
"Nope, he said he had been thinking of giving me that title since last night which I find a bit strange, nice but strange."
"What do you mean?"
"I don't know, but I think Lolla has something to do about it."
"What do you mean by that, again?"
"I know Lolla never liked Marietta and all that, but she seems strange and I have to make sure she doesn't ruin our plans."