Chapter 39: 2.17: Marital Bliss?
A few days passed like that, with them hiding out in Darien's apartment, and enjoying the time they found as a newly mated couple. Her parents were housed at Alliance HQ, and she'd been on the phone with them every day, but she had yet to see them. Reports say the alpha had been holed up in the manor since the attack, raging and destroying things around him. No council meetings have been called, not that she could go anymore, anyways.
Tonight, as Darien was snoring from his bed, she wandered into the living room and opened up her laptop. She reached into her purse and dug out the flashdrive file that she had taken from the alpha's office. It was time to examine the files.
She spent hours pouring over every data file in the folder, there were military defense strategies, mating registries, and meeting minutes for every council meeting for the past few years. She dug further and further, and finally gasped when she discovered what she was looking for.
Lucien had been channeling funds in the millions of dollars into an offshore account designated for military weapon development. This was over half of the populations resources and budget, spent on weapons. The people would not be happy about that. The development plans and notes were hard for her to decipher, but she gathered it was some type of massive gun that was meant to cause death in the thousands.
She jumped when her phone started vibrating on the couch next to her, she looked at the screen. It was the alpha's number. She ignored the call, then listened to the voicemail he left.
"Setia… You can't hide from me. I know you're with him." The phone was silent for a while.
"I know where your parents are, I have preparations in place to raid your father's businesses. I know how to smoke them out, Setia. Unless you come to me." A chill ran down my spine, he knew where they were. He was going to destroy my father, he could destroy everything.
"Meet me in the city." The line went dead. She froze. He would be waiting for her. She sighed and put her head in her hands. What should she do? To complete the mission in this world, she needs to get this information to the Alliance. She took the flashdrive out and placed it on the kitchen counter, she wrote a note to Darien next to it, explaining where she was going, and what he needed to do with this.
She grabbed her purse, and she went to the wall where Darien had various weapons mounted. She pulled out a dagger, and stuck it in her belt. She looked once again to the sleeping figure snoring on the bed. She sighed wistfully, and stepped out the door.
The pink of the morning light was rising in the sky, as dawn broke. Setia stared over the edge of the hill at the massive expanse of the city stretching out before her. She ran her fingers through her hair, and tried to position her hair to hide the bite mark on her neck. She started making her way down the hill, into the deserted streets of the city.
The streets were deserted in the early morning, and the crumbling remains of some buildings were clearly visible. The charred remains of some buildings rested in other areas, the devastation from the attack the week before still baring a heavy burden on the city. Some shops were boarded up, others had bars on the windows.
Her footsteps echoed through the streets, rocks crumbled beneath her boots. She could hear her heart pounding in her ears. She walked on, toward the city center. Finally, she turned a corner, and her heart stopped.
The Alpha was standing with a garrison of soldiers, surrounding the central fountain of the city. They surrounded a large machine, it looked like. Setia saw two figures kneeling near the fountain, with guns pointed at their heads. Her parents. She saw her mother's tears flowing freely down her face. Her father looked stoic and angry. Their eyes widened and they looked afraid when they saw her. She smiled softly to them.
The Alpha stood at attention when he saw her approaching, and his laughter echoed through the streets.
"My darling, you came!" He said with a smile, coming forward. He extended a hand out to her.
"Come, come. We are just discussing with your parents what would happen if you didn't show up." He reached a hand out to her. She reached her hand out, it shook, she placed her palm in his.
(Ding! Love Meter has increased to 85%) Jesus! This man was insane. He clasped her hand in his, and his smile increased. He lead her over to where her parents stood, and the large machine. The machine had what looked like a gun pointing into the sky, and a control panel.
(Ding! Mission complete meter has reached 75%) Yes! Darien must have awoken and found the file. Now he just needs to get it to HQ. She stood next to the Alpha and stared grimly at her parents. Tears filled her eyes.
"If you didn't come, I was going to use this here to take care of them." He said, stroking her hair lovingly. The look in his eyes was full of love and tenderness. She struggled not to flinch away from him. As he stroke her hair, her hair moved away from the side of her neck. His eyes fixated on her mark. His eyes turned red and he shoved her hard away from him, she tripped and fell to the ground.
"Whore!" He shouted, growling in her face. He spat at her. "Who is he?!" He grabbed her arm and tugged her to her feet, she cringed and shook her arm free.
"You don't need to worry about him." She tried to say soothingly. He bristled.
"You bare another's mark! I should kill you all." He growled.
Gifts
-- Gift
received Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
-- Power
stone