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."

the back of

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

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

think that he kept a check on us and maintained some kind of balance between the

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

the way they stood to the way their petrified eyes hovered

frenzied auras around them were the same when we returned the dead

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

you dead, to receive your dead body. But it's time to show them just

peered outside through the one sided window glass. We could see what was going outside, but outsiders couldn't look into the car. She took a deep breath and

emerged from the car, every single soul went into

Nikolai in their shadowy, twisted forms writhed with a sinister laughter, compelling him to bow lower. Nikolai stumbled under their weight 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

couldn't see demons, they had been fighting them for ages with whatever

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

spiritually awakened. So, there could be only two possibilities. Nikolai either had insane spiritual control, or he had

time no see, Atticus," I greeted the Alpha King with a fake smile as I took off

"Welcome back

Don't lie. I know what you have been doing behind my back," I said in a

his eyes faster than the colors that drained out of

with a nervous smile. "When I received the message

I broke into laughter.

so serious, good friend? I was just joking. I find it rather difficult to make the humor of my realm work 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. You wouldn't jeopardize its safety for one or two packs." Both Atticus

a smile onto

safety of my realm. After all,

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 to seed a sweet little suspicion among the

I think I

Virgo pack has failed to

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

looked at the valets and cocked

a tight gulp as he looked at the gifts

wrong? Won't the new alpha check the gifts? The gifts royals receive goes through a screening process, right?" I asked, my gaze boring into Nikolai.

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

to make sure the gift doesn't have some hazardous 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 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

Nikolai. "Looks like every house 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

little scared, my lord. I beg for

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