Chapter 26 - Ring

******Alpha King's POV******

"I hope you've had some time to think about what you want to talk to me about today... because believe me kid, If you deliver anything other than the truth about my daughter then you will be executed in-front of thousands of wolves in the most horrific way possible do I make myself clear." I growl, as Leoni moves her hand slowly up and down my back to keep me at bay.

He sits opposite us at my desk, his head still hung low like the last time he was here.

I watch as he nods slightly at my statement, causing me to growl thunderously.

"I asked do I make myself fucking clear!" I roar, slamming my fist down on the table, though he surprisingly doesn't even seem to flinch from the action.

This kid has balls of steel which only angers me more...

"I understand." He states, loud enough for Leoni and I to hear him.

"You address me as your fucking Alpha or your King!" I bellow, causing Leoni to flinch slightly this time at my volume, however he still doesn't move.

"Yes King." He says next.

Good.

"So am I correct in accusing you of being the one who took my daughter away from us?" I ask lowly, leaning forward as Leoni shoots me a warning glare to not go too far.

He visually gulps and nods slightly-

"Yes King."

"Do you wish to tell me the reason why you took our daughter away?" I accidentally snap a pen that I had been holding in my left hand in half with ease, the pressure getting to me from this whole thing.

Oh how I wish I could just torture the answers out of him but Leoni is right... I would go overboard and wind up killing him.

"If... If I tell you, I know that you both won't believe me, King." He states, as Leoni and I exchange a look of slight confusion.

We won't believe his reason for taking away my daughter?

What reason could he even possibly have! The sick bastard took her for his own pleasure! Why else would he fucking take her!

"There is a lot more to this story and I will have to explain it all... but I need to know that you will give me a chance to finish before killing me... if you don't, she might end up dead." He gulps, as I notice him fighting back a few tears that were building up in his eyes.

Over my dead body will she end up dead! But why does he even seem to care?

"I don't mind if you kill me but please at least wait until she is back home and safe... as long as you find her first then you can do as you please with me." He trembles slightly in the chair but again I sense that his fear isn't from being in here with me... his fear is sourced from something or someone else...

As he turns his head slightly, I notice the healing yellow bite mark on his neck that I had first spotted on the day that he had arrived at our pack border.

"Do you know that there is a law which bans the act of drinking a fellow wolves blood for power and healing use which is punishable by death?" I suddenly state sharply, catching him off guard as his mouth parts slightly.

"I did not know that Alpha." He then states, being genuine with his answer as his eyebrows seem to furrow in slight horror.

"Then tell me... wherever it is that you came from Coda... is this a thing that still seems to happen where you're from?" I grit my teeth as he diverts his gaze elsewhere.

"It does Alpha yes..." He mumbles almost guiltily.

"So then tell me this... is my daughter being used for this purpose?" My fists are now clenched tighter than ever, my knuckles white, since I already seem to know what his answer will be...

I'll kill him if he took my daughter away to be used as a damn blood bank!

I'm seething with rage by this point from his lack of ability to answer my question and I can't help but want to punch him again...

"Enough Kane." Of course Leoni steps in, stopping me right before I lose control yet again.

"Let us hear your story... I am willing to give you the chance to talk... something deep inside me is telling me that you're not as evil as we seem to think..." Leoni was like an angel trying to negotiate with the Devil himself.

"He took our damn daughter away from us Leoni! It was him! He has admitted it! How can you stand in here and say he's not evil!" I turn on Leoni, not understanding her thought process at all as she just glares at me daring for me to take it further.

"Kane. Shut your mouth for five minutes and let the kid talk! If we fail to get her back then it will be due to your irrational behaviour! Just stop getting so angry and listen to the one fucking person who could tell us where she is!" She suddenly snaps at me, raising her voice to her maximum level and even throwing in a cuss whilst she's at it.

"Fine." I huff out like a stubborn child, leaning back in my chair and allowing for Leoni to take the stage.

This better be fucking good if I've had to take a back seat for it.

"Okay... so Coda... please tell us honestly what made you take her from us...we want nothing more than to see her again and to bring her home." Leoni asks him softly as if he were an infant child incapable of understanding her.

I don't know why the fuck she is treating him like the good guy in this!

I watch as he pauses, staring at Leoni- lost in his thoughts on whether or not he can really trust her...

I could see that he wanted so desperately to tell us something from the second he had walked in here but I knew that he feared what our reaction will be...

What excuse will he manage to come up with...

"Luna... please believe me when I say this... I wouldn't lie... but your daughter Maddison... she's uh... she is my mate." He suddenly states, as I feel the breath being knocked clean out of my lungs.

I shoot upright, the anger in my body slowly rising as I glance between the boy and Leoni in horror.

Leoni doesn't seem to look startled at all though as she nods once in response to him.

Surely she doesn't fucking believe him does she?!

"I won't stand for this bullshit! I've had enough! Guards!" I roar from the top of my lungs, causing both the boy and Leoni to jump up completely, startled by my outburst.

How dare he think that he can just get away with this kidnapping by claiming that he is my daughters mate! As simple as that! I don't fucking think so!

I've been down this road before with a sick vile man pretending to be Leoni's mate years ago and I will not stand for it again with my daughter!

"You are hear-by sentenced to death by the authority of myself- the Alpha King- and as soon as I'm finished torturing any information on my daughters whereabouts out of you then you will be killed publicly afterwards once we have her back. You are no more than a fucking disgrace to wolves!" I roar, as guards come piling into the room awaiting my further instruction...

*******ring*******

I could smash that stupid God damn phone to pieces right now!

******ring******

People know better than to call my pack phone unless it's a fucking emergency!

******ring******

If this phone call has nothing to do with my daughters whereabouts then I'll be wiping out packs!

"WHO THE FUCK IS IT AND WHAT DO YOU WANT?!" I roar down the phone, almost crushing it in my hand with how angry I am.

"Dad..." I hear a sob come from the other end, causing my heart to shatter completely as my mouth falls open in shock.

It's her...

"Maddison..."