Alpha Enzo (and Alaria) novel Chapter 80

Enzo:

“What game are you trying to play?” I asked, looking at Damon who was sitting at his desk, not even bothering to look at

me.

“I am not playing any game, you aren’t worth the moment for me to do so to begin with. But then again, I doubt that you seem to realize that, Enzo.” He said, and I shook my head at the man. He was being foolish and I hated to admit that he didn’t even realize the danger that he was putting himself in.

“You are going against everything that Yaroslav set for you because of him, do you fucking realize that?” I asked, and he raised an eyebrow. The man looked up at me and intertwined his fingers as he extended his hands on his desk, looking at me.

“And that is something that you care about?” He asked, “last I checked, you were more than willing to deny everything that I asked to do. You refused to stand by my side, and you went on being against me. I doubt that you should be caring about the small little detail of Jacob. You know, especially when business wise, the man doesn’t even concern you as a person.”

“He concerns me when it comes to my son, and it concerns me when…”

“Alonso is not your son, and I think that we have all established that by now,” he said, stopping me.

“I wasn’t even referring to Alonso.” I said, and he frowned. His eyes studied my expression, and I shook my head. “You didn’t expect me to…

“Last I heard, you wouldn’t accept Ashton as your son. If anything, you even called him a bastard.” He said, and I chuckled. “Katerina has kept you up to date with the gossip of what was going on in my life, hasn’t she?” I asked, and he smirked.

“When a woman has nothing to do in her life but you, a few things can slip here and there when it comes to her being freed of the one thing keeping her busy. Note, I am calling you THING. You are not man enough for me to consider you as one, and I doubt that you expect me to treat you as the Alpha that you clearly aren’t.” He said, and it took everything in me not to knock him over, knowing that I was going to need to have him well and safe as to show this to his father that what Alaria was telling him right now. “You know, that is unless you think that you are the Alpha of ashes.”

“I can, at least, consider myself an Alpha over a pack who I know that I took care of very well. What can YOU do? Because last I checked, you were nothing but a failure. You even got to the point where you brought over your ONE competition to your side. That competition has always and will always see you as less than him and not righteous…”

“Jacob has agreed that the two of us would be sharing our power…”

“And you were foolish enough to believe him, weren’t you?” I asked, stopping him. “You were dumb enough to believe that HE, the man who has fought everyone and everything, the man who has been banished by your father, and the man who has been under an exile for so long would be willing to give up his own morals and what he sees as his rights to share the pack rule with you? You really are one stupid man. I don’t understand how your father…”

“ENOUGH!” Damon yelled, and I raised an eyebrow, waiting for what he was going to say. “I am neither here to listen to your foolishness, nor will I allow you to go ahead and disrespect me in MY own place. You can get the hell out of the office, or I am going to be sure that you lose your head before you can step out of this door.”

“You are making the biggest mistake in choosing to betray your father the way that you are. Not only are you going to put yourself under threat, but you won’t have anyone to defend you when he turns his back to you, and trust me, Jacob is going to do so, and even worse, he is going to be sure to stab you in the back when you least expect it.” I said, giving him my final warning. I knew that it wasn’t going to change anything. But it was going to give me the time and proof to give Yaroslav. It was the one way that he was going to be willing to listen, and with Alaria already there in his office, I knew that I was halfway through what I wanted to get to.

“The one mistake that I made was not listen to what Jacob said about Yaroslav when he first gave me the warning. I wanted to trust him, it turns out that I was wrong. Nevertheless, one learns the hard way sometimes, and this is going to be a lesson for me to keep in mind.” He said, and I chuckled, mocking him.

“And what lesson might that be? How to fucking betray the man who gave you everything that he had?” I asked.

“How to repay the man who gave me everything that was corrupted, expecting me to fix it, simply because he thinks that he has given me something.” He said, giving me the coldest response a man could give. “You all dragged this toward the fate that you are going to be suffering. Yaroslav is only going to be the first one to deal with the consequences behind his actions. But trust me when I say, you, just like everyone else, will be paying the price of your actions if you choose to side against me.”

The fact that he was laying off his entire plan told me how foolish and inexperienced he was. This was one of the main reasons why I knew that his brother was using him.

I got up from my chair and walked toward the door, knowing that I got what I wanted and needed. I looked at the man over my shoulder for a moment, studying my words carefully as I knew that ONE wrong word could mean a fatal mistake.

“It is a shame that the two of us can no longer be on the same side, Damon.” I said, and he chuckled.

“I doubt that we ever were.” He said, and I nodded.

“Indeed.” I said, walking out the door, whispering my next words. “But we could have been.”

I walked out of the building and my phone rang just as I reached my car where Viktor was waiting for me. It was Alaria.

“So?”

“The message has been delivered. Now we wait for the action to begin…”

Alaria:

“Speaking to his father is the ONLY way to guarantee that we are going to get what we want and need, Alaria.” Enzo said, and I nodded, knowing that he was right.

“Deal, but if things get too dirty, I am going to end up shooting Damon. This is going to cut our work in half.” He said, and I rolled my eyes.

“Yes, because killing his son is going to have Yaroslav accept working with us.” I said, and Enzo shrugged. “Let’s just hope that things go as planned. Otherwise, we are going to end up dealing with things that we don’t want to work with…

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“Here,” I said, looking at Yaroslav. “You heard everything yourself. I didn’t need to tell you anything and you didn’t need Damon to deny it. You heard everything on your own.”

“That is a lie,” he said, shaking his head, growing denial over what he heard. “Damon is not foolish enough to be working with the man who has done so much harm to him…”

“I think that you heard yourself that your son is going to be willing to kill even you for power. I don’t know how he has done it or why, but Jacob has brainwashed Damon. It is going to be up to you to wake him up before it is too late…”

“MY son is not going to be doing so. You are only playing a game on me.” He said, and I took a deep breath.

“Yaroslav, do you really believe that I have the time or energy to be playing games? I am here, aiming to protect my son from your bastard son who is going to harm him if he can. I have a thousand things to deal with, and being on the same page with…”

“You being by Enzo’s side right now is something that I find absurd. You clearly have lost your morals…”

“I am a mother,” I said, stopping him. “And to protect my son, I am going to be more than willing to do anything. Trust me when I say, anything to protect my son. Enzo may have been harsh with me and the two of us had a rocky marriage and aftermath. But at least, when it comes to Ashton, he is willing to put what I say first..”

“What about when it comes to you? Have you ever thought of what will happen after you finish with what you’re doing? Let’s say that the two of you are right and that this is not a game, what do you think will happen from here? Because in my opinion, you are only dragging yourself in the same mud that you crawled out of.” He said, and I shook my head.

“One grows, and I doubt that you would have thought that your own son would turn his back to you when you have given him everything a man could ask for.” I said, making the man frown. “And yet, here we are.”

“What is expected from me from here?” He asked, and I shook my head.

“That would depend on how smart YOU are,” I said, getting up from the chair. “But my suggestion is to put a stop to this madness, because trust me when I say, your sons are going to end up killing you. And if that happens, and if they gain the strength that they are after, no one is going to be safe…”