Chapter 197

“I uh… we…”

My anger tips over and I slam my palms against the table, causing a loud bang that echoes throughout the empty room and makes the girls jump in their seats out of fright “Stop stuttering and answer me! I want your voice and sentences to be as clear and concise as the ones you made when you were accusing Ashanti of poisoning you.” Kyle places a hand on my shoulder, urging me to calm down. I shoot him a stern glare. He doesn’t flinch. He’s used to this mood.

“Calm down and let me take it from here.” He gives two gentle taps on my shoulders and nods. I suck a deep breath and lean against my chair, allowing him to take over.

He looks at the girls who are almost in tears, I bet my sudden outburst scared the shit out of their pants.

That was my goal.

“You know…” Kyle starts. He places his hands on the table and intertwines his fingers. His eyes are trained on their pale faces. “I just carried out a survey on the number of contestants who were able to eat food before going in for their various duels and do you know the results I got?” The girls shake their heads. “Out of the one hundred contestants who were to fight today, just the two of you ate food this morning despite the big fights you had ahead of you.

‘so, statistics have shown that more than ninety five percent of fighters are unable to eat anything before going in for big fights because they lose their appetites. How then were you girls able to eat full course meals? Where did you get the appetite?”

“I… I was hungry.” The brunette girl quickly says. I hold back a chuckle.

Another lie.

Even me, as strong as I am, cannot bring myself to eat anything before big fights just the others.

Nervousness steals away your appetite leaving you empty.

“I was hungry. I have a very big appetite. You can ask my mum.”

“Be quiet!” I command. She instantly shuts her mouth. I lean forward, my eyes on her white. face.

“Seated before you are Alpha and Delta, yet you have the audacity to open your mouth and spew lies?”

“I swear I’m not lying.”

“You put the herbs in your food with your own hands. You poisoned yourselves and now you’re accusing Ashanti just to put her in a bad spot. Yes or no?”

“Alpha Rea…”

12 C +15 BONUS “If you dare lie to me one more time…” I cut her off with a deadly tone. “I will hang each and very member of your family before your eyes and chop off parts of your body piece by piece into nothing but a pile of bleeding flesh on the floor. So think hard before you answer that question.”

“We know the truth.” Kyle chimes in. “We know all of this is a plan act and there’s the main mastermind behind it. You two are just pawns in that mastersmind’s game. You are just carrying out orders. We know all of that already. I don’t need your confirmation to know if Ashnati did it or not, I know she didn’t. She’s innocent. What I want is for you girls to tell me the truth. Say the truth and you’ll be pardoned. Lie one more time and everything Alpha Reagan just said will come to pass. If you think he’s bluffing, make the wrong move.” The girls start trembling as they look at each other.

Kyle leans closer to them. “Did you or did you not poison yourselves?”

The red girl turns to the other who frantically shakes her head.

“You can’t!” She denies. “She’s going to kill us!” That piques my attention. I lean closer to them.

“Who’s she?”

“We can’t say.

“WHO IS SHE?” I roar at the top of my voice and the walls of the room tremble. The girls. scream in fright and duck under the table like I pointed a bullet at them.

e’s going to kill us if we say her name.

“Would you rather die by my wrath for concealing the truth or be shown mercy by telling me what I need to know.” They both look up. “Speak now!” I scold furiously.

“It’s Rhea!” The red–haired girl cries out, tears streaming down her cheeks. “Rhea is the mastermind of all this. She asked us to poison ourselves and accuse Ashanti. She poisoned the It was all her. There is even CCTV footage to prove it! It meals to be served to the guest Alphas was Rhea!”

I am ready to set something on fire.