Ascension of a Gamma novel Chapter 65

Chapter 65 Brothers’ Skirmishes

– Liam 

A silent groan escaped me as I blinked my eyes open. Moving my arms, I felt a sting around my wrists. 

“About time,” said Gale. 

Gale? 

I raised my aching head to see that my wrists were bound in silver chains. Gale was to the wall on my left in the same position. He tipped his jaw forward. 

To my right was Rigel, in exactly the same position as us. 

“You stink,” I commented. 

The stale air was filled with his repulsive scent. It didn‘t help that my nose was sensitive. 

“Fuck you, Liam,” he spat, his head down 

“Hey, Alpha,” said another voice. 

I looked down and saw the prisoner on the concrete floor, on his knees. Chains 

bound his arms to his back and his ankles were cuffed, connected to chains that were held securely to the same wall as I, just below me. 

“Now that you‘re awake, how about figuring out a way to get us out of here?” 

I knew I smelt something familiar and equally repulsive! 

“Shut up, inmate,” I replied, shaking my head to rid of the throbbing ache but only making it worse. 

He chuckled. “Not the smartest, are you? I have to say I‘m disappointed.” 

Gale growled at him. “Shut up. I can‘t think right.” 

“Oh?” he asked, sounding amused.“ What are you thinking of? Something... not right? I hope I‘m the only one there, mate.” 

“Mate?” shouted Rigel, raising his head. 

I was in disbelief too. I turned to face Gale and he had a slight blush on his cheeks like a high school girl who just heard a confession. 

“What the fuck, Gale!” I blurted out. 

That guy had been in the Fun House for months and he didn‘t bother to let us know he was his mate? 

Gale had a side unknown to many, but to his mate – I didn‘t take it he was that cruel. 

“It was for the pack,” said Gale, his eyes looking everywhere but to any of us. “He attacked Anna. He‘s not my mate, he‘s the enemy.” 

“Whatever makes you sleep at night, mate,” said the prisoner. 

Gale scoffed. 

“Where‘s the kid?” I asked, diverting the subject back to how we were going to escape. 

“Fucking Rigel‘s cousin,” replied Gale, glaring at him. “Or about to have his balls cut. Who knows?” 

Alright. This wasn‘t going to work. Gale was pissed off, Rigel stank, and the pack‘s prisoner who happened to be my Beta‘s mate was amused by the whole 

Great. Just what I needed to plan. 

My head now feeling better, I closed my eyes to try to mind–link Lexy, but there was interference. 

“Won‘t work,” said Gale. 

There was wolfsbane somewhere. 

A minute of silence passed us by before Gale spoke again. 

“Is Anna alright?” 

“She‘s with the Delta Unit,” I replied.“ They‘ll keep her safe.” 

The prisoner laughed aloud again. 

“Shut it, Andrix!” shouted Rigel, but he just laughed louder. 

“Fuck. Your Alpha here thinks he‘s keeping her safe!” he mocked. 

“You underestimate my pack?” Gale challenged. 

“No,” Andrix replied, then his voice became deadly serious. “Pray to the Goddess my niece is safe, Alpha Liam, or 

I swear in Her name, I will make your life a living hell.” 

“Line up,” I replied. 

“You‘re her what?” shouted Rigel before I could ask. 

My hands balled into fists as I reigned my anger in 

What do you care? 

I bit my tongue to prevent myself from shouting at him. It‘d only worsen the situation than it already is and right now, I needed all of us to work together. 

“Andrix,” I called, and he responded with a grunt, the chains rattling. “What does her father want with my mate?” 

“What every Alpha wants –,” he replied i n an “Are you a fucking idiot?” kind of tone, then added, “–an heir to take over when he‘s gone.” 

He grunted as he shifted his weight between his knees. “Anna is the only heir to the Alphaship of the Black Mist Pack. Our Alpha... has just passed away. Whatever happened after you were 

called Delta Unit better do their job.” 

My heart fell to the pit of my stomach. Myron... it had to be him. Everything hadt o do with him 

“We have to get out of here.” 

I‘d held back for years, two long years. I understand Rigel was frustrated. I fucked up. I should‘ve done this then. 

I‘m going to kill him. 

I let out a low growl. 

“Rigel... you don‘t have a fucking choice.” 

“I‘m not going back to the pack,” he replied with a growl. “You can‘t use the Order on me.” 

I was going to keep this to myself, but he forced me to. “Sabri’s pregnant, bro. You didn‘t know, did you?” 

His eyes widened and his jaw fell. 

“I‘m the Alpha. Nothing in the pack gets past me. You should know this by now. You two were keeping it a secret, and I waited for you to come around, but… I’m 

“Where is she?” he asked, voice dripping 

venom. 

I didn‘t answer 

“Where the fuck is she, Liam!” he shouted, shaking his chains. 

“She insisted,” I replied. “She‘s Delta, Rigel. You should know. You trained her.” 

He let out a frustrated groan. “We have to get out of here.” 

“What about him?” asked Gale, looking a t Andrix. 

“AW... I‘m touched, mate,” he said mockingly. “A word of warning, mangoes. When I‘m free, I‘m fucking the daylights out of you.” 

“Save it for when we‘re actually free,” I interjected before things become graphic. My head had cleared up by now. Luca growled, anxious about our mate. Besides the choking scent, there was rot, pine, and... freshwater. 

I know where we are. 

“Gale, if I remember correctly, the river‘s on the northern side of the Blue Moon Pack, isn‘t it?” 

“Yes. Why?” 

“We‘re far north. No one‘s around for at least half a kilometer, and no guard has come knocking... yet. We‘re not sedated. I t could be a trap.” 

“From how I see it, we have two options: follow the river and escape from there or launch a suicide attack on this son of a bitch Myron,” said Rigel. 

I glanced at Gale, then at Rigel, then at Andrix. None of them said a word. 

It‘s settled. 

Stretching my neck to the sides, I concentrated on channeling Luca‘s energy. I‘d been training to increase my tolerance against wolfsbane so it wouldn‘t sting as much, and after Anna‘s donation, Lexy ran some tests and found that I could tolerate a small amount of ito n my system. Might come in handy someday. 

I tugged on the chains, the wall behind m e shaking. Gritting my teeth as the wolfsbane burned my skin, I kept tugging at the cuffs. Sweat beaded my forehead, Luca howled, then finally, the chains broke. I fell to the ground, on my stomach 

“You good, Alpha?” asked Andrix. 

That reminds me. 

“Where‘s Jaymer?” 

The door flew off its hinges and went flying into the room. A cloud of dust and smoke obscured whoever stood in front o fus. I got up to my feet, on full alert. Then, a hooded man entered, coughing as he did. I lowered my arms. 

“About time you woke up.” 

“Hey, Alpha,” he said between coughs.” Remind me why I‘m on your pack again?” 

“Bait, ace, liability...” 

“Took you long enough,” said Gale, chuckling 

“Alpha, there‘s something wrong with the Delta Unit » Gale reported