Chapter 104: Visions of Betrayal
The crowned form of Kael snapped his fingers. The office walls began showing moving pictures like a movie screen. "Watch," he ordered.
"See what your precious mate will really do with her power." Kael tried to look away, but his eyes were pulled to the visions against his will.
The first picture showed Elara standing over his dead body. Her hands glowed with golden light, but it looked wrong. Twisted. Dark. "This happened yesterday," crowned Kael said lightly. "In another world.
She decided you were too weak to lead." "That’s not real," Kael said, but his voice shook. "Elara would never hurt me." "Wouldn’t she?" Another image emerged.
Elara leading an army of supernatural creatures. Her belly was big, almost ready to give birth. "She told them you were holding her back. That your fear of her power made you useless." Kael’s heart clenched. He had been afraid of her growing skills.
Sometimes he did worry she was becoming too strong. "Keep watching," the other version smiled. "It gets better."
The next vision showed Elara in the pack house, but everything was different. Golden images of her stood everywhere. Pack members knelt when she walked by.
Fear filled their eyes. "She made herself a goddess," crowned Kael explained. "Used the baby’s power to control everyone’s thoughts. They worship her now, but they hate her too." "Stop showing me this," Kael ordered.
"Why? Because it hurts?" The other Kael laughed. "Because you know it could be true?" A new image emerged. This one made Kael’s blood turn to ice. Elara stood in their bedroom, holding their newborn baby. But she wasn’t looking at the child with love. She was studying it like a weapon.
"Perfect," the vision-Elara said to someone off-screen. "With this child, I can remake the world however I want." "Who is she talking to?" Kael whispered. "See for yourself." The vision widened to show the whole room.
Standing beside Elara was a man Kael recognized but had never seen before. Tall, strong, with red eyes that glowed like fire. "The original Alpha," Kael breathed. "She chose him over you," the crowned version said.