Chapter 33

33 Brute and Brains

Luke.

I could not believe how ‘Tia had managed to get him to talk. I looked at Caleb, and he smiled. Maybe he

wasn‘t trying to make me look like a monster after all. I looked at my wife, and she winked at me. Then

went to get a chair and sat in front of the guy.

“Let his arms down,” She commanded like a Gamma would, and the men looked at me, and I nodded to

tell them it was okay.

“Do as she says,” I ordered them, and they went to let his arms down. The man collapsed to his knees.

“What is your name?” Tia asked him gently. There was something sensual about her voice, and I smiled

at her.

“Theodore, Theodore Welsh,” He managed. His voice sounded raspy and dry.

“Please get him water,” Tia pleaded with someone close by and bottled water was brought for Theodore.

“Don‘t rush it,” she warned him and watched the guy sip gradually.

“All this could have been avoided, Theo. All you had to do was give them up. They would have given you

up, you know. They used the plates to make you the fall guy. They knew you were loyal and a fool,” Tia

told the guy, and he was speechless.

“Now, I meant what I said, Theo. If you do not give me anything useful, I will take out my anger on your

family. I am not as kind as my husband.” She warned him gently, and the man nodded quickly.

“Speak, Theodore, we are listening,” she said and leaned back in the chair.

“Gabriel was the one that brought the job. Gabriel Atkins. He said it was the break we were looking for,

and we will be set up for life. I needed money then to pay for my wife‘s chemotherapy, so I joined without

knowing the job description. No one met with us physically, but Gabriel said he knew the guy and that

they went way back. Gabriel knew what the job description was, but he kept it from Tom and me. They

paid us some of the money, and I could pay for my wife‘s treatment. We thought the job would never

come and everything went well until some men came to my home. They tied my mate up and gave me a

phone. It was Gabriel on the other side. He instructed me to bring my car and do as he had instructed, or

they would kill Tamara, my wife. I did not need to think about it. The threat had motivated me to do as

they said. I took my car to the location, and Gabriel was waiting for me. When he told me what he

wanted us to do, I tried to chicken out, but they had my wife, so I had to comply. He put me and Tom to

watch your movements. The instruction was simple. We were to take both of you out. We watched you

for a month, and then you went to that resort and stayed

there a bit, so we had to retreat. While we were scouting, I tried to find out who gave us the job. All I was

told was that the man wasn’t from around here. I was afraid to push too much, so they do not get

suspicious and murder Tamara. When They finally told us we were to kill both of you, Tom backed out.

He said he couldn’t do it. Tom begged them to ask for anything else. He offered to give back the money,

but what they were requesting. They did not argue with him. They waited for him to get home and

slaughtered him and his family. When I found out what had happened, I promised total obedience,” he

said and kept quiet.

“What happened when you did the job?” Tia asked him.

“Gabriel asked me to report the car stolen and go home to my mate. He said if I ever got caught, I should

die with the information saying I acted alone, or they would kill Tamara. Tamara just got better, and she is

in remission. I could not allow them to steal her life after fighting for it, after selling my soul for it.” he said,

explaining his reason for wanting to die.

“This Gabriel Atkins; where is he?” I asked him, and he looked at me.

“He doesn’t have a place he stays; he is everywhere. He also does not belong to this pack, so you can‘t

find him with the key mark. He comes and goes as he pleases.” the man said, and I nodded.

“When he comes, do you know the people he associates with?” Tia asked him, and he nodded

reluctantly.

“They are innocent, Luna. Most of them do not know the kind of person he is. They believe he is an

average wolf.” he said, trying to protect Gabriel’s associates.

“Nonetheless, you will give us all their names. Your wife is being picked up as we speak. Know that no

harm will come to her if you comply. If the names lead to a dead end. Her life and yours are forfeit, so I

suggest you give us names that would lead us somewhere,” I said to him, and the man began sobbing.

Even with his swollen eyes, he could still weep. I saw his mate‘s mark on his neck, and I realised why he

would not want us to kill her. It will be like ripping out his soul.

The man gave us a list of seven names that I asked my brother to check out. Caleb was initially reluctant

because he had taken offence to the fact that I would think he would stoop so low to try to set me up to

prove a point to Tia. I had to swallow my pride and apologise to him. He agreed.

Tia and I rode back home in silence. I knew she wasn‘t mad, but I had yelled at her; there was no way

she would let that shit go. She respected me enough not to show her disappointment in public which I

was grateful for, but the silent treatment was torture. The moment we got to the room, she went to the

bathroom. I tried to join her because I needed to shower badly, but she had locked the door. Thirty

minutes later, she exited the bathroom and went to get dressed. I felt like a child at that moment. I

showered hurriedly and left the bathroom. She lay on the bed in a sexy red lace hipster and a tank top

that showed lots of cleavage. Then I noticed some of the pillows and a duvet on my side of the bed were

missing.

“You have been a bad boy, Luke. You get the couch,” she said, and I groaned. I wanted to rush to her to

tell her I was sorry for shouting, but I knew she wouldn‘t listen. She was mad. I quietly went to the couch

to lay.

“Tia, I am really sorry,” I linked to her.

“You embarrassed me in that warehouse, Luke. You yelled at me. You could yell and lose your cool with

anyone but not me. You made me feel as if I was nothing to you. As if you had no limits with me, Luke. I

am mad,” She said, and I felt ashamed; she was right. I had disrespected her by yelling at her, and I was

really sorry for what I did. I wished I could take it all back.

“I wished I could take it back, Tia. It was just that I knew that Theo guy was lying, and I wanted to get the

truth out of him. I wanted to know badly who was behind the attack that almost claimed our lives,” I

explained. .

“And did your brute methods work?” She asked me, and I flinched a bit at her choice of words to

describe my actions. I remembered the day Caleb called after her and said I was a monster, and I did not

know if she saw me that way. Yes, I had anger issues, but I could never lose my shit with Tia.

“‘Do you think I am a monster?” I asked her, and she was silent. Her silence broke my heart because it

only meant she thought so and did not want to lie to me or say it. I could not say anything else again.

“If you think you are a monster, then what does that make me, Luke. You just have anger issues. You

need to learn to control it. I am worse than you when it comes to brutality. I was just as angry as you

were, and just as you thought he was lying, I felt exactly the same. I wanted to kill the bastard and hurt

him, but I knew physical pain won‘t break him. He was ready to die with the details, Luke. But you

allowed your rage to blind you from seeing that. I am crueller than you, Luke, but I do it subtly. I wanted

to get his family and murder them in his presence one after the order. The worst part was after I did that,

I was going to let him rot in a cell so he could spend every miserable day blaming himself for their deaths

and wishing he had told us what we wanted.” she said, and I could not speak. I was stunned.

“I had the highest score in the academy‘s history for mental torture and tactics. Kirk beat me in the

Physical strength and endurance class only, and that is because he is obviously strong. That was why he

got the beta position, Luke. So do not think of your brute treatment fueled by your anger as being a

monster. It means you are passionate, but you have to learn to guide your passion wisely. I am not as

physically competitive as the rest of you, so I depend on my brains. You should learn to depend more on

your brains than your muscles, Luke,” she said, and I knew she was right. I lay on the couch and thought

of all Tia had just said to me, and I felt like a fool. I felt pretty stupid. I was glad she came along, but I

wasn’t happy she put me on the couch. I could not sleep, and I stayed awake.

An hour later, I heard Tia moaning. She really wanted to punish me. She was doing this deliberately. I got

off the couch to see what she was doing, and she was touching herself. She

made sure I would be able to see what she was doing. I felt my cock get hard, but I dared not advance.

“Like what you see, Luke?” She moaned sweetly, and I could not say a word because I was battling my

wolf.

“Next time you want to lose your shit and disrespect me, you remember this,” she said between moans

and came. Fuck! Tia knew how to punish a man.