Chapter 451

Chapter 451

“I thought about that.” Ryken mutters, “Yet talking to him doesn’t seem to be making a difference.”

“But you haven’t tried having the Alpha speak to him.” Dane gestures to me.

“Okay.” Ryken nods his head at me. “He is in his room after a rough day. Do you want me to call him down?”

“No need.” I mutter.

“But you have to let her handle this. Don’t intervene in any shape or form.” Dane tells Ryken

He takes a deep breath, “Do it.”

I move to the bottom of the stairs “KADE EVERWOOD!”

Kade appears at the top of the stairs. There is a flicker of annoyance at his delayed reaction in recognising me. I watch as his brown eyes soften. His bottom lip trembles. “Alpha Neah,” He whispers, lowering his eyes

“We need to talk.” I sigh. He was just a kid. A kid a little older than I was when I was accused of killing my parents. Scaring him was not what I wanted to do. I will find another way. “Let’s go for a walk.”

He silently moves down the stairs and looks to Ryken for help. Ryken keeps his mouth shut, just as requested.

Kade follows me out of the house, neither one of us speaking. He shoves his hands in his pockets and scuffs his feet as he walks. But he walks quickly, as though he was in a hurry to get away from the house.

“Tell me something.” I mutter

“Like what?” He asks, confused.

“Anything. School, friends, home.”

“I don’t have any friends.” He grumbles. “They are all stupid.”

“Stupid? That’s a bit harsh.”

“They just…you won’t understand.” A frown appears on his tanned face.

“Try me.”

“They won’t get to live so what’s the point in being friends.”

“That was unexpected.’ Nyx frowns

“What does that mean? Why won’t they get to live?” I ask

He rolls his eyes.

“Do you know that I have this way of getting information out of people even when they don’t want to share it!”

“That’s a lie.”

‘He is one little cocky kid.’ Nyx snorts

“How do you think I made you come out of your bedroom?”

He shrugs his shoulders at me and we keep walking. He didn’t want to be here, that much was clear.

“Are you not happy here?” I ask

He looks up at me and shakes his head.

“Why?”

Kade presses his lips together and keeps walking.

“Are you talking to someone who is not in the pack?” I changed my tone enough to force him to answer me.

“Yes.” He squeaks. Though he looks confused about why he had to answer.

“Who?”

“Cooper.” His voice couldn’t get much higher.

“What does he say?”

“He wants to punish everyone.” His tears fall faster. I hated that I had made a kid cry, but it was crucial to confirm that it was Cooper.

“Kade. He is a liar. Whatever he is telling you is not true.”

He shakes his head at me. “You are wrong. He said we could be free. He said I could help him because I am a strong Lycan. He said that you will ruin us. He said he would help me. I’m not scared. He picked me. Not stupid Dorothy or my brother or anyone else in school. He picked me. I just have too….”

“Have to what?” I press

His brown eyes lock on mine. He really didn’t want to tell me. “I have too…” He lifts his wrist to me and points to what looks like a watch, but instead of a clock face, it has a small button.

“Press this.”

“What does it do?”

“I don’t know.”

“He said to press it but you don’t know what it is? I grab his wrist. He tries to pull away and at the same time, press the button which panics me even more. I had no idea what it did.

“Let me go!” He bites my hand and slams his finger onto the button.

An explosion knocks me off my feet. Kade takes off running as I look over to the pack house. All the windows have blown out, half the roof is missing as the side of the house crumbles. Flames fill the open space, sending black smoke into the sky.

Kade had blown up my home. Kade is a fucking kid who had blown up my home.

There are screams and shouts as people move around me. But all I could do was sit and stare.

‘Fucking little bastard!’ Nyx growls