Chapter 31-The Traitor

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Chapter 31-The Traitor

Sydney Carrington's POV

"You can go back first if you're feeling tired." Brendon said lowly in my ear and I nodded. "Okay." We were at a monthly pack meeting where the leaders of the four locations reported any issues, good or bad to the Alph and Beta.

It was already three hours since the meeting started and I was tired. I had stayed up late completing the painting of my parents. Whatever my mother had done, I decided not to fault her for it. It was in the past and I wanted it to stay there.

On the subject of my mother, I had spoken to my siblings about it because I strongly believed that they had the right to know that our mother was alive all this while and that she had abandoned us in an orphanage.

Like I had expected, both Sean and Sarah didn't take it too well and wanted nothing to do with our mother. I agreed but my heart ached at that. No matter what, Sabrina Carrington was still my mother and nothing could change that. But was she my mom? I didn't think so.

Also, it has been almost two weeks that had passed and I realised that being Luna was hard word but very rewarding. I stood up from my chair and gave Brendon a quick peck on the cheek before leaving. Sam and Owen behind me as I left the meeting during the quick break.

Speaking about my guards, I had gotten to know them and I liked that they were serious but yet knew when to loosen up. They were about in their mid-thirties to forties and I appreciated that they were willing to protect me even though that they had families.

I knew it wasn't going to be easy protecting me, considering that I had a giant bulls-eyes target on my back. Kyle and his leader still hadn't made their move and I've begun to think that they had given up on their plan.

However, another part of me knew that it was simply wishful thinking. Honestly, I just wished that Kyle and whoever wanted to harm Brendon and I would just leave us alone.

Entering my house with Owen and Sam trailing behind me, I stopped at the sight of him standing in the middle of my living room.

My eyes widened at the sight of Kyle in my bloody house as he waited for me. "Sydney. Good to see you." He taunted coldly and immediately, both my guards shifted and pounced onto him.

I was too stunned to see him in my house but I quickly pulled myself together. I couldn't freak out at this. Before Owen and Sam could hurt Kyle, gunshots sounded out and both of them slumped onto the ground unconscious. I ran towards them but found no blood pooling around their bodies.

The sound of footsteps diverted my attention away from my guards and my head snapped to the right where the shooter was. The sight of the shooter in view made my head spin. Oh my fucking god. I couldn't believe it. The shooter stepped out of the kitchen with a rifle and all the breath was knocked out of my lungs.

"Cara?"

I breathed out stunned. Cara was the traitor all this time? Oh my god. Cara avoided my burning gaze. All I could think of was that a person I treated as a sister had betrayed me. Immediately, my thoughts went to Brendon.

"Don't worry about them, they're just tranquillisers." Cara spoke quietly, her green eyes still avoiding mine as she held onto the gun in her hands tightly.

How would Brendon feel? Cara was literally his half-sister. I could never imagine Cara as the traitor. She had literally been under our noses all this while. Oh god, Brendon would be devastated. And I knew he wouldn't deal with traitors well.

I quickly glanced away from her and looked up to see a smirking Kyle who was obviously enjoying the look of horror on my face.

Anger burned in me and within seconds, I shifted and lunged towards him, my claws scratched his face as I attacked him. Anger was clouding my mind but I didn't care. I bit, clawed and scratched whatever part of Kyle that came in contact. You could say that I lost control of my wolf.

"CARA FUCKING SHOOT THE BITCH!" Kyle roared and a gunshot sounded and I felt something prick me and my sight turned blurry, I moved away from Kyle as dizziness swarmed through my veins.

"WHY THE FUCK ISN'T SHE OUT YET?"

"She's in wolf form!" Cara snapped and by now, I was so close to blacking out but I fought it as hard as I could but eventually, I lost consciousness.

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The sound of footsteps around me made my eyes snap wide open but I remain still. I didn't want anyone to know that I was already awake.

"It's your fucking fault, I'm fucking injured because of the blonde bitch!" Kyle snarled. And by my guess, he wasn't in the same room as I was in and I shifted a tiny bit to gage the situation I was in.

It wasn't looking good for me. I was tied to a metal chair with ropes around my body, my legs and my hands. There was no way that I could untie myself or struggled free of the ropes. I shut my eyes and tried to reach Brendon.

Maybe he could feel the panic and betrayal I was feeling but somehow, I couldn't reach him. More panic swirled through me. Why couldn't I feel him? Could something bad have happened to him? No! I wouldn't think that way! I swore and glanced around the living room for something that was useful to free myself.

My eyes ran over the objects in my living room. There was literally nothing I could use to cut myself free. The sound of footsteps drawing nearer made me freeze and I went back to my original position to seem as if I was still out from the tranquilliser.

"Bitch is still out." Kyle called out as he neared me. "Hey! Bitch!" Kyle snapped as he slapped my cheek lightly.

I opened my eyes and glared at him and remained silent. "She's up!" Kyle called and Cara stepped into the room awkwardly. "Sydney, I-"

"Don't talk." I spoke coldly and glared at her. "How could you do this to Brendon? He raised you when your mother left you." I snarled. Cara looked down at her feet, "You wouldn't understand."

I pressed my lips into a thin line. "You're right, I won't and I don't think I want to."

Cara looked at me sadly. "I'm sorry things have turned out this way but I never meant to harm you or Brendon." I remained silent and simply stared at her coolly.

"This is rich." Kyle barked out and dragged a chair and propped in front of me. "Not to harm them? I already did. How's Kelsey? Wait, she's dead but she was a good lay." He mocked and I fisted my hands.

"You disgust me." I said as I looked at Kyle who let out another bitter laugh at my words.

"So what's the point in doing all of this? Cara is the traitor but I don't see how she is in the position of power to grant you to be Alpha." I questioned and once again, I tried to reach out for Brendon, but it was as if a concrete wall was separating us.

"I know, but someone she knows does have the power to give the title to me. And she makes a very good traitor doesn't she? No one suspects her, after all, she's the little sister that Kingston took care off." Kyle sneered and Cara stiffened and shot a glare at Kyle.

"Shut up, you know why I'm doing this." She snarled and tightened her grip on the gun. Kyle rolled his eyes and stood up and leaned in towards me.

I eyed him with distaste and he smirked. "The funny thing is no one ever thought to look for me in Cara's dormitory." He mocked again and slapped my cheek lightly.

"I've been dying to that for you. You ruined everything. If my cousin died, I would be Alpha, but no, you had to step in and ruin every fucking thing! You're his chosen and if he dies, leadership would be upon you and I wouldn't be Alpha. Thus that's where Cara and her sources come in."

He glared at me before raising his hand and slapped my face viciously until I was sure my cheek had a giant handprint on the side as pain flooded my senses. I bit back the pain and simply stared up at him coolly and silently.

"You're good, I'll give you that." Kyle scoffed before patting my face harshly once again making my cheek sting. "Stop it! We are not to harm them until she gets here." Cara shouted and stood in front of me.

Kyle scoffed before stalking away from me and out of the room. "Why? You were my friend and you are Brendon's half-sister. He loved you." I questioned quietly, my heart aching at this betrayal.

Cara sighed heavily before sitting across me. "I'm sorry but you wouldn't understand why. I've lived my whole life being ridiculed as the mistake that the Alpha made. I do thank Brendon for taking care of me. But I meant it, I don't intend for any harm to come across you. What Kyle did with the attacks was purely his own actions. And he has been terribly reprimanded for it."

I studied her and frowned, "Who's behind it? You said 'she' earlier." Cara straightened up and shook her head. "I'm not supposed to say. But I really mean it, no harm is to fall upon you or Brendon. We don't want to kill you, we just want you out of the way." She explained and fiddled with the tranquilliser gun.

I eyed her warily before starting. "Why can't I contact Brendon?" Cara looked up at me before looking down at her boots. "The darts are laced with a small amount of wolfsbane. It just makes you lose your wolf for a day and that's why you can't contact him. It just weakens you."

I struggled against the bonds and sighed, "Doesn't Brendon taking care of you when your mother abandoned you mean anything?"

Cara glared at me, "I know that! I appreciate it too but like I said earlier, you wouldn't understand. And that's why I've requested that you and Brendon are not to be harmed in any way."

"What wouldn't I understand? Try me." I said and hid a triumphant grin as I managed to unknot one of the knots binding my wrists together. I needed to stall and making Cara talk was one way to do it. It was even better that the tranquilliser gun was with her.

"All my life, I'm known as the Alpha's little bitch. The illegitimate child. The mistake. All because of what my father did to my mother. I've never been really able to fit in anywhere and nothing really felt like home. Anyway, I just want things to change." Cara finished and glanced away before meeting my gaze.

I couldn't stand looking at her. I still couldn't really believe that Cara was the traitor. My mind couldn't seem to wrap around it. Who would have thought it?

"Where are my guards?" I questioned a little worried for both Sam and Owen. "They're fine. Just knocked out after I shot them some more." Cara stated as she gestured towards the gun.

I eyed the piece of metal and managed to undo another knot. "Brendon would be back soon." I stated before continuing, "I highly doubt that both of you and Kyle could win him in a fight."

"I know that. But he wouldn't be back yet. He has an issue to check out at one of the territory borders before people will knock him out. And then he will be brought back here. But if he doesn't cooperate, we'll threaten to harm you."

To be honest, I was a little unnerved by how Cara managed to say all of this emotionlessly and with such calm. But the mention of the word 'people', I frowned. "What do you mean? There are others?!" I demanded.

Cara nodded her head. "Yes. People who were mistreated by our father. Robert Kingston. He pissed off everybody but he mistreated some. Of course, they are willing to have some sort of payback."

Worry and anxiousness poured through me. All I wanted now was to go to Brendon to make sure he was safe. It wasn't fair that he was being blamed for the faults of his father. Panic and rage followed and I struggled even more in my seat. Seeing the horrified expression on my face, Cara bit her lip.

"Don't worry, I made sure that they wouldn't harm him physically, they would just knock him out with the tranquilliser darts." She stated calmly and I glared murderously at her, "How the hell do you think Brendon would feel if he knows you're helping Kyle? It's not too late for you to change your mind."

Cara looked at me sadly, tears welling up in her eyes. "I'm afraid that it is already too late. But really, no harm will come to you and Brendon." She repeated and I resisted the urge to sock her in the face even though I was restrained.

At this moment, the door burst open footsteps pounded into my home. For a brief moment, I thought that it could be someone who was here to help but that thought faded when I caught sight of an unconscious Brendon dragged on the floor by four masked men.

"Brendon!" I shrieked and struggled and bucked about in my chair. Bruises marred his face along with some cuts. And his arm was bleeding from a knife wound and the blood from the wound stained his white shirt.

"HE'S FUCKING HURT! YOU SAID WE WOULDN't BE HARMED! YOU FUCKING LIAR!" I shrieked at Cara who seemed speechless and stunned at the sight of Brendon all bruised and bloodied.

Kyle dragged in another chair and the four men tied him up in it. "Did anyone see you?" Kyle questioned the men and they shook their heads. "No, we came in through the forest. It took about ten darts for him to be out. We had to kill the other man who came with him though."

My eyes snapped to them. Did they mean that they had killed Rhett? He was beta after all and he would follow Brendon for any threats to the territory. Oh my god. I looked at Brendon who was a metre apart from me and willed for him to wake up.

"Why is he harmed? I thought I told you that they can't be harmed!" Cara demanded and glared at the four men. "Shut the fuck up Princess. You're not the boss." One of the men yelled.

Immediately, Cara flinched as the reality of what she had seemed to have done hit her. "I meant it, no one gets hurt!" She ordered and aimed the gun towards one of the masked men.

The men narrowed their eyes at her when the door burst opened and a small group of five men and women entered followed with two women.

My eyes widened, "Mom?!"

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