My Alpha’s Betrayal: Burning In The Flames Of His Vengeance by Moonlight Muse

12. Distrust

THEON

“How could you lose her?!” Dad roared at Arabella, who had her head bowed, almost as if wanting to flinch, but she remained in her position, her head down. “Both of you!”

His orange eyes turned on me, but I remained indifferent. I had been dragged back from the coast, but even now the panic that was consuming me was outweighing the fact that I had rejected her.

I felt empty, but it was ok. I had been emotionless, simply a shell for vengeance until she had made a place inside of me. Maybe I was just not meant for anything more than this. 1

I just hope she was safe. 1

I wish I had dived into the water, but I was fucking useless, unable to even swim because a siren‘s injury was far more dangerous and powerful than an ordinary injury, and my Little Storm had fucking dug deep. I deserved it though; I had hurt her far more than these mere injuries. She could do this ten times over and it would never be enough... 2

The bruises that covered her body, the lashes on her back... Anger blistered within me, and only when Dad shouted did I snap out of my dark thoughts.

“GET OUT!” Dad thundered at Arabella, she bowed her head before she left the room. “Fucking useless!”

He slammed his fist into the ice that was now melting away, creating large cracks through it.

I remembered the question between him and Arabella, the way she had addressed him as Master and the way he had called me a fool… Things like that were not something that I was just going to forget.

“Calm down, I‘ll bring her back.” I replied coldly, knowing I needed to keep up the facade, as if I didn‘t know what he had called me.

He looked at me keenly.

“How did she escape? Where did she go?” He asked.

Was he hinting at the ocean?

“Into the water, but I‘ll find her… I saw what she partially became before she attacked me.” I said, forcing as much disgust into my voice as possible.

He tensed before nodding.

“Ah yes, of course, I wanted to discuss this with you.”

Oh really? I heard you say to keep it from me.

“I know how much you hate sirens, as do I, after all it‘s because of them that we lost your sister and Nathalia.” He growled.

I nodded, “Then let‘s find her and kill her as we promised. All sirens must die.” I said, crossing my arms despite the agony in my chest at that simple move.

I heard the faint change in his heartbeat before he calmed it almost instantly.

“You learned she was your mate… Are you willing to kill her?” He asked me sharply.

“Of course, she‘s nothing to me.” I scoffed resentfully.

She was fucking everything to me, but I didn‘t have the right to be possessive of her anymore. ,

Dad frowned, watching me for a moment, but I remained indifferent and came over, sighing in relief.

“I’m olad… For a moment I thought you would bend because she was your mate.” He patted my shoulder, and I resisted the urge to speak my mind.

He was right, I had changed in two years. All my adolescent years I had trained to hide my emotions, so when the time came, I would be able to deal with Andres. It was something I had mastered skilfully. Now. I would use the same on him,

changes nothing. Mom was killed by one, do you really think i‘ll have any consideration for

bond does things to us, it can blind us and deter us from our

loved Mom,

didn‘t say

beginning to question even the things

worry, I am going to find her and

is the right thing to do… You aren‘t healed and you are my son,

an issue

can handle myself, besides, we‘ve worked too hard to get to where we are

sparked with a fire of approval, and he

has changed your view of her, I was beginning to worry that

My heart skipped a beat at his statement, but I

that. I will never forgive their kind.” I

Even when she rejected me, and she took on the partial form of a siren, couldn‘t hate

need her for the

hell–bent on having her, when I thought he hated sirens more than me and would rather want

as much as I do, isn‘t killing her better? Do we really need her? After all, you

but there was a flicker of unease there

I lost my daughter and my mate! I have a plan, Theon, a plan

it, I will be the most powerful Alpha alive. If the packs

trace of accusation from my voice. “What plans do you have, Dad? Don‘t you think I should have been told? I feel there‘s a lot that you are not telling me, and if we are meant to work together,

remember you asked me why I wasn‘t scouring the seas to find

a better way

him sharply. I had begun to think that he really didn‘t care, but he had a

way

smirk crossed his

she was taken from me far faster than she ever should have. I don‘t just want to kill the one who did

seemed so bothered the last time

how are the sirens safe from

in the oceans and seas that they

what if we poison those seas with something that

at him

down there

“How is it possible?”

He smirked.

see Theon, I have been working extremely hard on this. To get revenge for your mother.”

get my head around it. Something wasn‘t right, I just couldn‘t believe that he had kept this

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the elements we are missing? If this is your plan and you can execute it, then I want

ability of the land and sea. She is the only one who will be

be able to do it. Back then she hated sirens and still

would never be able to live with the blood of that many on her

back, but how do you plan to

the greater good. When you mark her, your bond will strengthen, and she will succumb to your will. You can manipulate her to our bidding.” He responded, smirking coldly. “We were meant for this. That was why you were mated to her, and with your hatred, there

my way? Or find my way? I loved Mom and I always would, but me seeking revenge and manipulating someone else to do so on my behalf, were two very different

kill her, and then I would

to find out what Hunter had discovered. I had

Dad, placing a confident smirk on my face. “I‘ll

to go Theon, I have sent my