Offered to the Triplet Alphas

Chapter-59. Greatest weapon

[Ezra]

After a relatively tense drive, I finally parked my car near the entrance of the Virgo palace. Xanthea hadn't said a word ever since we began our ride.

I knew she was sitting with her thoughts, revisiting her memories and reliving the pain.

I could read her eyes and how they lit up and dulled with the changing array of her thoughts.

Her breath had an irregular rhythm, but I could still decipher them as words on pages. And the screams she never cried manifested as the assault of her heartbeats against her ribs.

I had a conversation with her silence that spoke to me more than her words ever would.

Shutting her eyes, Xanthea clenched the fabric of her dress over her thighs.

I placed my hand on hers, feeling the subtle tremble in her fingers.

Her eyes, bleary with uncertainty and fear, met mine. She shook her head, her brows knitting together in a silent plea.

Intertwining my fingers with hers, I smiled slightly.

"You can do it. I know you can and you will. Because you know how to play your games with... shampoo poured all over the floor."

With the apprehensive look still sprawled across her eyes, she broke into a soft chuckle.

I smiled back at her.

"I mean, it was a brilliant idea. Stupid, but brilliant," I said.

She shook her head as her chuckles turned into half whimpers and half giggles.

"Hey! I am serious! I would have slipped right on the shampoo and fallen like a clown, given how impulsive I am. Might have fractured my tailbone and then Raven would have to heal my ass and I don't even wanna imagine Raven healing my ass."

"Oh, goddess..." Xanthea puckered her face, placing her hand over her mouth.

The second hand embarrassment had her cracking up badly, laughing while she gave me the weirdest, odd comedic look, as though I was really a clown.

I contemplated her with a subtle smile.

Once Xanthea had controlled her laughter, I licked my lips and said.

"Your smile is your weapon, angel. It's your greatest weapon. So keep it safe, hidden, but handy. Your laughter, your happiness, is what's going to kill them alive."

kissed the back of her

lips, Xanthea gave me a determined nod. She looked outside the

surprised to see the Alpha King, Atticus Dencruz, standing beside Nikolai. That old man liked to pretend to be the one in control of the

a check on us and maintained some kind of balance between the three realms. Last time I checked, Asher just used him to navigate and communicate to

when we seized the fallen packs, he couldn't do a thing to help them. He just stood aside and watched, praying to his moon

they stood to the way their petrified eyes hovered around my car. They awaited to see a coffin with

the same when we returned the dead

we could, but the rumors that spread across

Xanthea," I whispered. "They're waiting to see you dead, to receive your dead body. But it's time

was going outside, but outsiders couldn't look into the car. She took a deep breath and was about to open the door when I held back her hand.

I emerged from the car, every

shadowy, twisted forms writhed with a sinister laughter, compelling him to bow lower. Nikolai stumbled under their weight and the force they put on him. My demons were clearly trying to bring him

us demons to stop the spiritual awakening in the mortals by influencing them with pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, and sloth. Making them seek external power

been fighting them for ages with whatever little spiritual and mental strength they possessed, relying on

Nikolai were among the strongest and most evil. If it

the restlessness and jumpiness in his eyes, the stiffness in his shoulders, and the weary look on his face were all proof that my demons were influencing him deeply. From his thoughts to his emotions,

there could be only two possibilities. Nikolai either had insane spiritual control, or he had already received some celestial

Atticus," I greeted the Alpha King with

his head and everyone else followed. "Welcome back to the earthly realm, your highness. We

I know what you have been doing behind my back," I said in a grim tone, maintaining my

faster than the colors

your mercy," Atticus said with a nervous smile. "When I received the message that

I broke into laughter.

us take over the packs, spot out the real traitors, neutralize the resistance, and maintain our authority and control over the fallen packs," I said, skimming my eyes to Nikolai. "After all, the burden of the entire earthly realm is on your shoulders. You wouldn't jeopardize its safety for one or two packs." Both Atticus and

smile onto

right, my lord. I need to think of the safety of my realm. After all, that's my

I smirked.

I was bringing Xanthea here. He was ok with it. But he told me to stay alert and not leave Xanthea alone even for a second. As if I would. He also told me to seed

I did

pardon my insolence as I dare to ask if the Virgo pack has failed to provide you with a

I glared at Nikolai, who immediately lowered his head. None of them expected a fate other than death for a feeble, abused

my in-laws. Look for yourself." I looked at the valets and cocked

a stalled breath, Nikolai took a tight gulp as he looked at

screening process, right?" I asked, my

even with all the brave facade, I noticed his hands trembled as he took a gift box from the valet. He

substance for the safety of the royals. Who knows what might be in those boxes? It's not uncommon in our realm to receive mutilated body parts of our family

a gift with the mutilated body parts of their family members. Let's start with your

a kid. He was just a little scared, my lord. I beg for your mercy, your