The Alpha's Dark Revenge novel Chapter 80

Nikolai's POV

'Nikolai?'

My heart skipped a beat when Anna's voice filled my head in a mindlink. I stopped in my tracks, my breath caught in my throat, praying silently that she was about to deliver good news.

'I can hear you Anna, what's up? Did you…' I paused, not knowing what exactly to ask. My insides churned as I waited for her response.

'We've found Liyah, she's alright.'

I felt my heart muscles loosen at the sound of those words, my clenched fists relaxed and I heaved a sigh of relief. Thank the goddess. Liyah was alive. She was safe. Everything would be alright now.

'Okay. That's very good.' I breathed

'Drew says our soldiers have already rounded more than half of the Monhowl pack, a lot are dead and the few who are wounded are surrendering.' She sounded in my ears.

I scoffed. So these were the best fighters of Monhowl. Pathetic.

'Okay. I'll need you to help him gather all the prisoners, maybe into their dungeon or something then wait for my command.' I said and broke the mindlink. It was time to settle old scores, once and for all.

I was tempted to think that Jonas had gone into hiding but I killed the thought immediately. He was much too egotistical to run away. If there was one thing I knew about Jonas, it was that he would rather die than give you the satisfaction of thinking you had won. And that was exactly why he was going to die today.

I had searched the entire mansion stealthily and there was still no sign of him. There was only one place left; the garden.

Cautiously, I took long strides, moving past the halls and toward the garden as I watched for any traps. This was beginning to get too easy, and it was a bit unsettling. I still couldn't believe we had taken over nearly half of the mansion. I knew the ambush gave us an advantage. But still, something seemed off.

And then I saw him.

Jonas Verbeck, sitting on the garden bench and drinking tea so peacefully, like his entire pack wasn't under siege, like all his betas hadn't just been killed, like he had no idea what was going on.

What the hell was happening?

But when he turned to look at me with an amused expression, I knew something was definitely up. I extracted my claws, anger brewing inside me at the sight of him.

"Ah, we meet again. For a moment there I thought you had ditched me. Care for some tea?" He asked, motioning to the jug. "It's cold now and the leaves are extremely difficult to pick but very refreshing. What do you say?" He asked, smirking while lifting the teacup by his side.

"VERBECK!" I growled, shaking with fury. He had the balls to joke? I would make sure his death was slow and painful.

He faked a frown.

"I'll take that as a no then. Oh well, I tried didn't I?" He smiled and adjusted on the garden chair. "You look good by the way, Slade. After our last meeting at the office, I thought your big head would have blown off your shoulders by now. So well done. Although I still think registering for anger management class would do you some good, don't you?" He said brushing a piece of leaf from his hair.

I gave a thin smile. "Staying alone out here was a big mistake, Jonas. You're going to regret it."

He laughed loudly.

"Oh Nikky. Nikolai Slade, still playing hero, even after all these years. How history repeats itself." He smirked again.

It was him. The same man who had saved my life when I was stabbed by Jonas' traffickers with silver. The same man who had disappeared when I tried to thank him. I had almost forgotten about him. But what on earth was he doing here?

"You..?" I breathed still staring at him in surprise.

"You're welcome," He replied. "Let's end this." He said as we both faced Jonas who was struggling to get to his feet. He staggered back in shock when his eyes fell on the man by my side.

"Gabriel?" Jonas asked, his voice hoarse. "What the fuck are you doing here?! I thought I told those bastards to kill you." His chest heaved as he and the man stared each other down while I stood confused.

"Do I really have to do everything myself?" Jonas said coldly. "Oh you'll just have to die again then!" He growled.

Gabriel scoffed but said nothing.

"What are you waiting for you fuckers?! Come on!" Jonas yelled.

Gabriel growled as he transformed and extended his claws as we both charged. I was a big black beast and Gabriel was smaller, about the size of Jonas but his mane was light brown and huge.

We both pounced, landing blows at the same time, both of us catching each side of Jonas' face. The impact sent him reeling as he roared painfully, landing heavily on the grass. I could see the blood oozing from the gash in his head as I approached him.

It was time to end this.

It all happened too quickly for me to grasp. One second I was bending over Jonas ready to strike, the next he had somehow picked up the garden bench and dived towards me. I was caught off guard as he struck a defeaning blow to my back before I could block it. My whole body numbed from the pain as the bench was crushed into pieces on my back.

I fell to the floor, blood oozing from my mouth as I tried to crawl to my feet. The last thing I felt was my body shifting back to my human form, and then everything went black.