A Second Chance With My Tribrid Alpha King

LOGAN’S POV

When I heard him say that his tragedy struck, I became more attentive. I guessed this was the part where he explained how his mate died.© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

“I had invited a few Alphas from some of our neighbouring packs, to dicuss how our packs could be beneficial to one another. We had finished our meeting late at night, and that was when I headed back to my bedroom. On getting to the room, I was shocked to see the scene I met. There was my mate, under the weight of one of my soldiers. I definitely thought he had been forcing himself on her, and made a lunge towards him. All the while I beat him, Brenda had just screamed, and I assumed it was because she was still in shock. That only fueled my anger to punch him harder. Suddenly, he stopped moving and laid limply on the floor. That was the moment the actual thing became clearer to me.”

“Brenda’s cries had gotten louder, and I was about to hug her and try to make her calm, when she suddenly pushed me away and yelled at the top of her voice. ‘What the hell have you done to him?! Adrian!!’.” He repeated her words. “She ran to his lifeless body and tried to pull him off of the floor, holding him to her bosom. I was shocked. That was when it all dawned on me. He hadn’t be trying to rape her, it was very much consensual. My mate had actually been cheating on me with the very man I had probably killed. I didn’t want to believe it all because she was a smart woman, or so I thought. I definitely didn’t expect she’d want to do something like that, and would do it so indiscreetly. Most of all, I was heartbroken. I couldn’t speak for the fear of crying in the process.”

“As a wolf, our senses are heightened but as a vampire, both my senses and emotions are heightened. You can imagine the combination of both. Before I could help it, I dashed out of the room, and made my way towards the east wing of the castle, where a few pack members were. Apparently, Ralia had just found her mate; Desmond, who was one of the Alphas that I had invited to my pack. Everyone was excited for them, and they were still trying to get introduced to each other, when I showed up. The moment my sister saw the grim look on my face, she knew something was up. The next second, she called my mate’s name in confusion, and asked her what was happening. That was when I realized Brenda had followed me behind, all the way to the east wing.”

“I looked at her, and the scene I had just witnessed kept replaying in my mind. Without even thinking, I took a glass ware on the table in the middle of the hall, and smashed it to the floor in anger. Everyone gasped in shock, clearly at loss of what was really going on. Ralia screamed in horror, asking me what I was doing, but I had gone wayyyy deep into my anger, to spare her an answer. Soon, Brenda reached out for me, saying she could explain, but I was too pissed to listen. She tried to grab my arm again and I shrugged her hand off of me, warning her not to hold me anymore. At that moment, Ralia knew it was a serious issue, and signaled a few guards around to lead others out of the hall.”

“Ralia proceeded to ask Brenda what had happened.”

“And did Brenda tell her?”

“No. She just kept stuttering, unable to make any words. That was when I knew she had nothing to explain. She had really been cheating on me. She looked guilty, not angry that I had falsely accused her.”

“You were still hopeful she would tell you something else was the case?” I asked, clearly understanding from his story that his mate had really been cheating.

“I guess that’s what love does.” He chuckled bitterly. It was so clear that even until now, Ryan was still hurt. “Hell! I had literally killed the man, thinking he had been trying to rape her.” Even if he tried his best not to give off the fact that he was sad, I could tell he was, and it made me sad as well. “Of course, I became angrier and heartbroken when I figured that there was no explanation. She had really been unfaithful to me. What else did she want? I had tried to do and be everything she ever wanted. I wondered where I went wrong. I was lost in thoughts when I heard her call my name. In the speed of light, I covered the distance between us, and grabbed her by the neck.”

“Oh no.” I whispered, so invested in his story.

“I know.” He sighed. “I shouldn’t have, but it wasn’t me any longer. I had no idea that I was slowly shifting. Everything suddenly went blank and the moment my consciousness returned, there she laid on the floor. Lifeless.” He suddenly paused, and I didn’t blame him. Even I, had paused my thoughts as well. I knew he had killed his mate, but I didn’t see it coming now. He took a deep breathe, then continued. “Ralia was crying in horror of what had happened. I hadn’t strangled her to death, Logan.” He had unconsciously referred to me by my name, and I thought nothing was more endearing. But then, if he didn’t strangle her…. I was confused.

“If you didn’t strangle her, then….”

“I had drained her of energy until she eventually died.” He pointed out, making me ponder. Hybrids could do that?

“As a hybrid, you can do that?”

“No.” He replied, further confusing me. “It was an ability I didn’t know I possessed, until the witche’s council visited. Your mate, Audrey Chadwick. She possesses insane abilities, I heard. Lily also confirmed it.”

“Yes, she does. She is even resistant to poisons, wolfsbane inclusive. Marvels me honestly.”

“That sort of explains mine. I have the ability to tap into energy.”

“So you drained her of energy without realizing it.” Now I understood what he meant when he had said his mate wasn’t strong enough to control him.

“Yeah. Ralia had been wailing the whole time, while her newly found mate tried to calm her. She and Brenda had bonded really well. I just stayed unmoving in my place until the next morning. Apparently, they had found the body of the soldier I killed in my bedroom. Ralia returned to make me speak, but I didn’t budge.”

“I still couldn’t believe I had killed my mate, regardless of the heartbreak she had caused me. My vampire genes make my emotions come at me much more, so you can only imagine how much sorrow and sadness was eating me up. My sister was scared to ask the soldiers to carry me inside, unsure of what I might do to them.”

“So they left you there on your own?”

“Yes. I had remained rooted in my position until night fell again. That was when the witches council made their second visit and this time, it wasn’t a friendly one.”

“I had literally killed the only person who was supposed to control my energy, and that simply meant that every other person was unsafe around me. I guessed they had been more angry I had killed my own mate in such a cruel manner. I told them I didn’t know how it happened, when they asked for an explanation. My explanation may have been enough to exonerate me, but I couldn’t say a word.”

“Why?”

“Everyone would know that Brenda was unfaithful to me. I didn’t want my pack thinking bad of her memory.”

“Even after she hurt you?”

“I guess it was because of the guilt of killing her.”

“And because you still love her.” Guilt asides, it took a man who truly loved a woman, to jeopardize his freedom just to cover his dead mate from shame. Even after she had hurt him.

“Loved.” He corrected me, suddenly looking so unfeeling. “That was how I was imprisoned in the east wing of the castle. The witches had cast a spell around the wing, preventing me from stepping out.”

“So you remained isolated for 5 years?!”

“Well, I wouldn’t have been isolated, if I hadn’t banned everyone’s access to me.”

“How do you mean?”

“The witches had casted a spell to prevent me from stepping out, but not others from coming in. I had ordered them to stay away.”

“Why?”

“I had never been more terrified of what I was. I was truly scared of causing harm to anyone else, so I’d rather stayed alone. It was safe to say I loathed myself. I had incurred the hatred of my pack members on me, after a the years of trying to build the trust my parents had broken. A few maids only came in when the wing needed to be cleaned, and to supply food and change of clothes.”

“Ralia had been devastated by the whole thing. I guess that is the only reason I might spare that mate of hers. He had been there for her, when I couldn’t be.” Immediately he said that, I remembered the reason he had asked me to come with him to his study. Sebastian. I decided to remain patient. “After a few months of hanging around in hopes that I would eventually be freed, she finally went with Desmond to his pack. She couldn’t remain here when she had a duty to his pack, as their Luna. As months passed, I began to see little of her, until she hardly visited. I also became more and more detached for the rest of the world. My Beta had to take full charge of things in my stead, and before I realized it, five years had passed.”

“Then how did you get your freedom?”

“The king came for me.” He managed a small smile.

“My father?”

“Yes.” He nodded. “He had secretly visited several months back. He was the king, and I couldn’t send him away. Somehow, he drew out the truth about that incident out of me, after which he promised to do all he could to ensure I got my freedom. According to him, he had watched my parents die a cruel death, and he wasn’t going to watch me just waste away with so much potentials. True to his words, a few weeks after his visit, some members of the witches council visited. They had set me free, but I didn’t let anyone know. I remained inside the east wing.”

“Why?”

“I honestly have no idea. I probably thought it was unbelievable to be freed after so many years of being locked up.”

“I can imagine.”

“Over a month back, the king sent Beta Justin to me again, probably after not hearing I had come out of isolation. This time he sent Beta Justin with a message that forced me out of isolation.”

“And what could that message be?”

“To protect you.” He sighed. “He wanted me to protect you. There is trouble coming, and he smelled it from far off already. I guess giving the open floor to anyone eyeing the throne to step forward and challenge you, was a brave but bad decision. Now, Sebastian wouldn’t be a rebel for going against you.”

He had given me such a shocking news, and was so plain about it.

“I’m sorry for dropping it on you that way, but I was having a hard time deciding how to tell you.”

“Sebastian wants to challenge me for the throne?” I asked in a low tone of disappointment. I wasn’t disappointed because Sebastian had plans of challenging me. I had always know Sebastian wanted the throne, but I didn’t expect he would take such a bold step to claim it. All I had thought was that he was hopeful the voices of the people who didn’t want me as king, would speak for him.

“He was at the boundaries of cold moon pack today. He had come with some other Alphas who have agreed to join his movement. He wants to have my support as well.”

“He has the support of some Alphas already?” I found it difficult to speak out as cold shivers ran down my spine. This only meant one thing. It wasn’t of recent he made that decision to challenge me for the throne. If he already gathered some Alphas, then he had long been planning this. Now I had given a go ahead to anyone who wanted the throne, he would no longer be a rebel. Was this really happening to me? It was now that Ryan’s anger towards Ralia’s mate made sense to me. “Desmond is part of them.”

“Yes.” He nodded, even though I wasn’t asking. “But with the recent developments, it looks like he has called it quits. And in a way, it would be to our benefit. We would find out as much information as we need about their movement.”

“Hmm.” I nodded, half mindedly. So this was what was really going on? This was the reason my father had sent me here. He did tell me that Ryan would tell me all I needed to know. I just hadn’t expected all these.

“The reason I had gone out with my troops today, was because the Alphas who had been supporting Sebastian’s plans had been kidnapping some of my female subjects. They had sent a bloodied note, asking me to come to the boundary of my pack for the missing women. I thought they had been threatening me because they wanted me to give Sebastian my support, which seemed really stupid to me. I took my troops because I had in mind to wage war against them if things had escalated. That was why I kept my pack members locked the in west wing. It was a safety measure. What I hadn’t realized was that the silly Alphas were only trying to lure me into a meeting with Sebastian.”

“I assume the meeting took place.” I muttered.

“It did. He wanted my support. Nothing I wasn’t already aware of.”

“And what was your answer?”

“That I wasn’t interested.” He shrugged. “Though, I know he would persist.”

“And if he does, would your loyalty to me remain?”

“No.” He said, catching me off guard. I definitely didn’t see his response coming. “I would tell him he has my support if he persists.” At his words, I tried to retain my composure, no matter how disappointed I felt. My heart continued to drop to the pit of my stomach, until he said his next words “Your highness, my loyalty would always remain with you. I have a plan.”