The Female Alpha’s Sanctuary

Chapter 146

Val licks his lips, staring down at the ground as he swallows,

“The treaty between Duskfall and Nightwake was supposed to urge out Walker, but nothing happened, so we proceeded with the attack. We were under strict orders to erase everyone. To burn everything to the ground. No survivors. We thought it would be enough to get a response but I guess Nightwake wolves are crueler than we thought.”

There’s a glint of hatred in his eyes as he looks at me but I make sure to keep myself as impassive as I could even with my blood boiling.

“Who was the mole in Nightwake?”

Val flinches, eyes darting to the ground as he clenched his jaw. He looked reluctant to speak, so I look to Noah and nod.

Without another word, Noah grabs Fio by the neck. She whimpers, crying out loud enough for Val to turn to look at her. With a look of resignation he shuts his eyes tight,

“Gamma Chamberlain.”

My brows rise at the name. Gamma Chamberlain was a man of very little words. I hardly ever saw him outside of pack training grounds from when I lived there. He acted as if I didn’t exist, never once speaking to me and only spoke to my father, mother or sister. I knew he had a particular dislike toward me even if I was certain i did nothing to earn such a specified emotion.

“Why is he working for you? Was he always a mole?”

manages to shake

Chamberlain the position of a high ranking wolf by his side if he helped him. He’d given him some supplements

why not just attack Nightwake head on? You already

he leans against

want the easy way out. They want submission, to install fear. I don’t know exactly what it is he wants but

Something he wants.

for. Then again, Nightwake has its secrets. But what could possibly be so

door. He nods, taking Fio by the

do to

eyes looking between Isaac and

de

say nothing, much to

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looks pressed, unhappy with my avoidance of the question. His gaze drops to the floor. His hesitance and uncertainty dripping from his pores as he awkwardly shifted in his seat

Finally, he cracks.

the happenings in Nightwake… he told Xeneron about the layout of Duskfall’s barriers and defense structures. ‘S how we got in… Chamberlain was the one to tell us about you being in Duskfall. Told us about you being Walker’s mate too… said only the higher ups knew ‘bout you and Walker’s bond….Xeneron thought maybe it would pressure them into acting by putting you in danger as a bonus but, of course not… We’d been trying to make them cooperate for months before but they didn’t care… fuckin‘ hell, they send you there knowing that.