The Shadow Alpha novel Chapter 56

I sat at my desk going through a stack of paperwork that had been awaiting my attention for a while now, with everything that went on, I didn’t have much time to deal with internal pack issues and they have been piling up.

Red was nowhere in sight, last I saw him was when he was flying around the pack house earlier, scoping out the area, but he hasn’t made an appearance since. The packs seemed to have taken to the little creature just as I have and many didn’t even bother to question his sudden presence. My thoughts were cut short by a knock on my door and Ronaldo, the head prison guard walked in.

“Good evening Alpha Allison.” He greeted with a curt nod and grim look on his face.

“Good evening Ronaldo, can I help you with anything?” I questioned him directly, the look on his face told me that he was not here for a friendly chat.

He sighed heavily and removed the beret from his head, “Alpha I have come to tell you that Mrs Summers has passed away.” The news came so suddenly that I was shocked by it. I stood from my chair and went to stand in front of him.

“How?” I narrowed my eyes at him, the wolfsbane was to immobilise her wolf, it was not enough to kill her.

“Silver poisoning.” He stated emotionlessly and I gestured for him to follow me as I made my way to the prison cells.

“How in the world did she get hold of silver!” This wasn’t making any sense, who could have given her silver or perhaps poisoned her on purpose?

“I am not sure; we found a vial in her hand. We also found letters in her cell, one addressed to you and one to Alpha Devin. Alpha Devin was the last person to visit Mrs Summers before leaving a few days ago.” He notified me.

Devin… I sighed.

How is he going to take this?

“Have her body taken to the Infirmary and get a post mortem done. I want statements from all the guards and prisoners around her, perhaps they saw something.” I ordered and with a curt nod he walked off to do as he was told.

“Where is Austin Summers?” I asked one of the guards inside the prison.

“Good evening Alpha, Mr Summers is being detained in the interrogation room.” I didn’t bother asking why; instead I walked to the door and nodded at the guard to open the door.

“Austin Summers. Not so high and mighty are you now?” the man didn’t look up to meet my eye, I could see how the months between four walls had changed him physically and emotionally. He was no longer the smug, overly confident narcissist that he usually was, his muscular form was now replaced by sagging skin and a bony frame.

“What do you want?” he asked hoarsely.

“I want to know how April managed to get a vial of Silver to kill herself with.” I sat down on the chair and watched his reaction, but he had none.

“How should I know? I haven’t seen her since we were thrown in this God forsaken place.” He glared at me, finally looking me in the eye.

“Austin, you had everything, but still you were greedy for more. You ruined thousands of lives and killed countless more. You deserve to rot in this “God forsaken” place.” I put him in the picture and all he did was scoff.

“Why did you let me live?” I wondered aloud, the question I had asked myself this question hundreds of times and not one answer I came up with made any sense.

He smirked evilly and dare I say it looked even sicker with his current appearance. “Wouldn’t you like to know?” I scoffed and shook my head.

“Of course, you’re still the same slimy spineless jerk that you always were. Old habits die hard I guess. What did I expect? Why would you tell me why you never killed me or why you did any of this.” I stood up to leave, just as I was about to buzz myself out his voice sounded behind me.

“You were weak.” I spun on my heels, but made no move to get closer to him. “All of you were weak!” his fists were clenched on the steel table and his glare was focussed on the metal that held his wrists together. “My mate, your parents… You.” he looked up to meet my eye with a heated look in his own,

“She was a liability, I needed her to give me an heir and she did her job; I thought that he would grow up to be a leader, but all he is, is a good for nothing coward. I should have expected that, that good for nothing rogue would double cross me.” He snarled at the realisation that he wasn’t quite as close to the top as he thought.

“We could have been the best; it was my mistake for thinking Asher would be smart enough to join forces with me. He was going to expose me so I had to get rid of him and what better way to cover it up by blaming you? I still get chills when I think about how well my plan worked.” My jaw was shut tight as I held myself from attacking him.