Chapter 85: Coming Of Age Ceremony
"What’s going on?" Zeta Tara asked, sensing the tension in the air.
Beta Thane broke his stare with Elder Thomas, sighing with a grim expression. "Delta Xavier was locked up for a crime he commited days ago, and now, he’s escaped," his brows furrowed. How did he do that? Had those prison guards betrayed the pack once more?
"He didn’t escape," Suddenly, a voice drifted from the entrance.
The room fell silent as all eyes turned to Zeta Marcus, who stepped forward languidly, a hint of a smile playing on his lips. "Xavier was kidnapped," he said, his voice dripping with amusement. "By the rogues."
Beta Thane’s face darkened, his eyes flashing with anger. "The rogues?" he growled, his voice low and menacing. "You’re telling me that the rogues, who have been a thorn in our side for years, just waltzed in here and kidnapped a pack member?"
"And you did nothing?" Elder Thomas spat, his voice venomous with rage. "You stood by and watched as my son was taken from under our noses?"
Zeta Marcus’s smile never wavered, but a hint of steel crept into his voice. "What was I supposed to do? Fight and get killed?"
"Zeta!" Elder Thomas growled, half-transforming as his claws elongated, his eyes blazing with fury. "That was my son!"
Marcus shrugged. As if he needed to be reminded. He rolled his eyes. He hoped the bastard would be cut into small pieces and sent to his father as meat.