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."

back of her

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

the Virgo pack, stood at the entrance, 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

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

he couldn't do a thing to help them. He just

I could feel it from the way they stood to the way their petrified

when we returned the dead bodies of the previous brides

dead bodies as peacefully as we could, but the rumors that spread across the mortal realm romanticized how brutal and gruesome it

whispered. "They're waiting to see you dead, to receive your dead body. But it's time to show them just how alive

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. "Let me do

from the car, every

demons lurking around Nikolai in their 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

to stop the spiritual awakening in the mortals by influencing them

ages with whatever little spiritual and mental strength they possessed, relying on their faith in

the strongest and most evil. If it had been a normal mortal, they would

and jumpiness in his eyes, the stiffness in his shoulders, and the weary look on his face were all proof

Nikolai

time no see, Atticus," I greeted the Alpha King with a fake

"Welcome back

doing behind my back," I

the colors that drained

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

I broke into laughter.

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 and Nikolai's expressions were drenched with alarm and confusion, but they swiftly concealed them behind their poker

forced a smile onto

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

I smirked.

leave Xanthea alone even for a second. As if I would. He

I think I

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

expected a fate other than death for a feeble, abused

in-laws. Look for yourself." I looked at

a stalled breath, Nikolai took a tight gulp as he looked at the gifts the valets unloaded

The gifts royals receive goes through a screening process, right?" I asked, my gaze boring into Nikolai. "Or is it different in your realm?" "Absolutely not,

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

important 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

will receive a gift with the mutilated body parts of their family members. Let's start with your insolent young alpha,

kid. He was just a little scared, my lord. I