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

Xanthea gave me a determined nod. She looked outside the car and I followed her

awaiting my arrival. And I was not at all 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 mortal

to think that he kept a check on us and maintained some kind of balance between the three realms. Last

couldn't do a thing to help them. He just stood aside and watched, praying to his

same terror on his face. I could feel it from the way they stood to the way their petrified eyes

auras around them were the same when we returned the dead bodies of

the bride's dead bodies as peacefully as we could, but the rumors that spread across the mortal realm

waiting to see you dead, to receive your dead body. But it's time to

the car. She took a deep breath and was about to open the door when I

car, every single soul went into a

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 to his knees,

with naked eyes. And it was the duty of 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 by blinding them

they had been fighting them for ages with whatever

strongest and most evil. If it had been a normal mortal, they would have succumbed to madness by

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

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

see, Atticus," I greeted the Alpha King with a fake smile

and everyone else followed. "Welcome back to the earthly realm, your highness. We are honored to have

been doing behind my back," I said in a grim tone, maintaining my eye contact

his eyes faster than the colors that drained out of his

speaking behind your back, my lord. Our realm lives at your mercy," Atticus said with a nervous smile. "When I

I broke into laughter.

in yours. I know you are on our side. All your intel so far has helped 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.

a smile onto his

safety of my realm. After

I smirked.

leaving the Infernal realm, I texted Asher that 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

I did

Virgo pack has failed to provide you with a competent bride?" He inquired cautiously. "Are you

I glared at Nikolai, who immediately lowered his head. None of them expected a fate other than death for a feeble, abused omega with royal blood. Playing along with their assumptions, I continued in a dark

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

took a tight gulp as he looked at the

new alpha check the gifts? The gifts royals receive goes through a screening process, right?" I asked, my gaze boring into Nikolai. "Or is it different in your

a curt nod and even with all the brave facade, I noticed his hands trembled as he took a gift box from the valet. He held it as though he was

It's not uncommon in our realm to receive mutilated body parts of our family members-" Before I could finish my sentence, Nikolai threw the box away. Clenching his fists, he stepped back, panting and shaking violently. Drawing in rough breaths, he stared at the box with pure terror in his widened

in the Virgo pack will receive a gift with the mutilated body parts of their family members. Let's start with your insolent young alpha, who doesn't know his place." Nikolai lifted his dread-filled eyes to me,

pardon Alpha Nikolai. He is still a kid. He was just a little scared, my lord. I beg for your mercy, your highness," Atticus said with