A Beta's Silence
Jack’s POV
“You were gone for two days! Where the hell did you run off to? Who are you plotting with, to take me down?” Alpha Kane’s voice thundered across the room.
I clenched my jaw, the weight of his accusation hanging heavy in the air. My eyes fell to my bloodied clothes, the healed cuts and bruises I inflicted on myself for cover-up, lining my arms—each one a reminder of the truth I now carried.
“I was abducted, Alpha,” I replied, my voice icy. “And I figured your squad should’ve told you that already. I saw them when I was being taken away, and they didn’t lift a finger to help me.”
That last part was a wild guess and the way he leaned back confirmed my suspicions. So they were really there as the men that had abducted me said and didn’t try to help me?
“Do you really want me dead? Is that why your men didn’t help me?” I asked, my voice rising slowly.
“Enough!” he retorted, his gaze darkening. “They don’t respond or defend anybody that is not me.”
“And that includes me? Your Beta?” I asked with a little hope that he would give me a reason not to despise him the more but, he failed me. He failed our pack. He failed his father.
His silence was damning. I wasn’t even expecting him to give me any sort of redemption anyway, but a part of me had hoped.
“Get to the point, Jack. Who abducted you and why?” he snapped angrily, his hands twitching by his side.
“I really don’t remember,” I replied firmly and watched the fire explode in his eyes as he lifted the nearest chair and threw it out of the window angrily. His rage filled the silence, but I was calm. Too calm for a man who has heard what I had.
That was a lie, I did remember. How can I not when I’ve learned everything that could change the fate of the entire pack?
I remember waking up to the cold hum of machines, the harsh light overhead blinding me. The pain in my skull was like nothing I’d ever felt, as if my mind was being split in two. But then through the haze, I heard a voice. A voice I hadn’t heard in years.
Beta Thomas.
The one who was supposed to be dead, killed by Kane’s orders. But he was alive. Standing in front of me like a ghost.
I didn’t believe it at first. His face, hardened by years of betrayal and exile, wasn’t the one I remembered. But the moment he spoke, everything fell into place. Every suspicion I had harbored about Alpha Kane, every unspoken doubt—it was all confirmed.
“I’ve been waiting, Jack,” Thomas said. “Waiting for the right moment. Kane betrayed me, just like he betrayed the pack.”
He told me everything. How he had been framed for treason, banished to die, but escaped by the skin of his teeth. How Alpha Kane had poisoned his own father and set Cleopatra up as the fall. And worse, how Alpha Kane had killed his own mate and blamed Alpha Williams, all while making deals with wolf hunters, selling out our kind for profit.
The betrayal ran deeper than I could’ve imagined.
Beta Thomas didn’t need to convince me. The puzzle pieces fell into place on their own. Every lie Kane had fed us over the years, every suspicious death or disappearance…it all made sense now. But the final blow—the thing that shattered the last bit of loyalty I had left for Alpha Kane—was the death of his father, our dear king Alpha.
Thomas also revealed that his men had sent the message on the spear. He had killed one of Kane’s guards and sent the spear to Silverfang as a warning. He had been watching all along, waiting for the right moment to strike.
And now, I was his leverage.
“Together, we’ll bring Kane down,” he had promised me. “But I’ll need you to gather proof. We need to play this smart.”
That was my mission now. Watch. Wait. And when the time comes, we will end Kane’s reign for good.
I glanced at Alpha Kane once more, watching as he paced the room, fury radiating off him. Every fiber of my being wanted to tear him apart right then and there. But I couldn’t. Not yet.
I needed more. Proof. Solid proof to bring him down.
Beta Thomas had promised to reach out again soon. And when he did, Kane wouldn’t see it coming.
This was far from over.
I steeled myself, keeping my expression cold, masking the storm brewing inside me. Kane’s reign of terror was coming to an end, and I would be the one to deliver the final blow.
Kane’s rage simmered down to a low boil as he stopped pacing, his eyes narrowing on me like a predator sizing up its prey. The room felt charged, as if one wrong move would ignite something we both couldn’t control.
He crossed his arms, his voice dropping to a dangerous calm. “Are you sure you don’t remember?”
I kept my expression steady, refusing to flinch under his gaze. “Like I said, Alpha. I don’t. I passed out and woke up in the woods. I ran as fast as my legs could carry and now, here I am.”
His lips curled into a sly smile, one that sent a ripple of unease through me. “Strange,” he mused. “I find it hard to believe that someone like you, my Beta, could be taken and not recall a single detail. What was the point then?”
I felt my pulse quicken, but I kept my composure. He couldn’t know. He had no proof—just his paranoia.
Kane took a step closer, lowering his voice to a near whisper. “Maybe I should bring someone out to…jog your memory. What do you think, Beta?” His words dripped with venom, his eyes gleaming with twisted amusement.
A chill slid down my spine, but I refused to break under his taunt. He was baiting me, trying to force my hand. But one thing he seems to forget is—-I’m his Beta. I know him more than anyone else.
“Do whatever you think you need to, Alpha,” I replied, my tone steady. “I’m not hiding anything. In fact, I’m offended that you would think so.”
His smile faltered for a moment, the flicker of doubt crossing his face. He was searching for a crack, for any sign that I was lying. But I wouldn’t give him the satisfaction.
Alpha Kane leaned in closer, his breath hot on my neck. “We’ll see about that, Jack. We’ll see.”
The room went silent, the weight of his suspicion hanging between us like a blade ready to fall.
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