Chapter 436
Clementine:
“No. Do you think it is fair? Let’s not even talk about choice. Did you ever ask where it all started, or were you just told stories and believed them?” I argued, watching the siblings share a glance before looking back at me.
“What do you mean?” Sylvia asked.
“A third realm broke through in the north, and monsters came in. Some infected normal living beings, werewolves, and turned them into monsters as well. Others were created when we sent criminals there,” Roberto explained.
This time, Roberto was speaking, and I expected him at any moment to stop and listen to himself, to realize how ridiculous he sounded.
“What is the difference between sending a criminal to the north and sending a teenager there, then expecting one to fight monsters and the other to become one?” I asked, leaning back in my chair and folding my arms across my chest.
I noticed how everyone in the room, even the alpha’s daughter, stared at me.
“What are you trying to say, young woman?” Sylvia asked directly.
“The north was created by the alphas of the south, east, and west for fun,” I stated.
As soon as I finished, I watched the council members turn toward the alpha, who slowly lowered his gaze.
“Is it true? What is this girl saying?” Sylvia asked the alpha, who began to gulp hard.
That alone should have been an answer, but they had different standards for their alphas. They gave them enough chances to explain themselves, to prove their innocence, because it was hard for them to believe they had been betrayed all this time.
“Daddy? Is the north created by you? Then why are you sending me for the next session?” the girl asked.
Just as I had expected, the girl standing to the side spoke up, giving me insight into what was happening.
“They have already decided a new session, haven’t they?” I asked, turning to the alpha.
He looked down and then glanced around for a few seconds before slamming his hand on the table.
“That is enough. This girl is trouble. She is trying to cause all these problems so she can manipulate us. Do you still not see it? We are innocent people. We have been attacked by these monsters,” he argued, starting to make up lies.
I turned to the girl.
“Can you help me? Can you grab something that can play these kinds of tapes?” I asked her directly, showing her one of them.
I noticed the alpha stand up from his seat.
“Where did you get these from?” he demanded.
They had been clever, using old methods to deceive everyone, because they believed it would be harder for someone to find and play these tapes without a specific player.
“I can ask around. Wait here,” the girl replied, ignoring her father’s hesitation.
“Come back, Vanessa,” her father shouted, but she did not listen and wandered out.
“Sit down,” Sylvia yelled, and the alpha froze.
He turned toward her, gesturing with his hand as if asking why she was believing me.
“I said, sit down,” Lady Sylvia repeated. Her tone remained mild, but the clenching of her jaw showed how angry she had become.
“I will speak with the other alphas about what this girl is claiming, and I will also call the headmaster and ask him to take her back,” the alpha announced.
He seemed far too panicked to sit. I met Sylvia’s eyes, then rose from my seat, circled the table, and reached him. The moment he tried to leave the office, I grabbed the back of his neck, pulled him down, slammed his head onto the table, and twisted his arm behind his back.
“What the hell? Did you just assault me?” he screamed, struggling to break free. He forgot that we had been trained at the academy for over a year.
“We will stay here and wait for her return,” I stated.
For the next five minutes, the council members waited in tense silence while the alpha struggled to escape my grip, until his daughter came back. She gasped at first, then clenched her jaw at her father before plugging in the player.
I handed her the tapes and released her father, but instead of taking them, she rushed to the door, shut it, and told him she did not want him to leave.
“No, Daddy, you will stay here,” she told her father, her eyes growing watery. Then she looked at me. “Please play the tapes. I want to see what kind of monster my father is p>
As soon as she said those words, I played the tapes. There was a frown on the council members’ faces, and after I played a few more, only a few minutes from each tape, I faced them again.
“What is this supposed to show?” the alpha asked.
“Sure, I know these are recorded so they can keep an eye on the monsters and see if one has been killed p>
Lady Sylvia seemed unsettled and confused, even when she looked at the alpha with much milder eyes this time.
“See, there is nothing to worry about. This is only because we do not know if the crusaders are committing crimes against each other there,” he continued.
I knew he would take that path, so I started to laugh.
“What about these ones?” I asked, holding up the other tapes, the ones with intimate details written on them. His daughter covered her mouth.
“And what about when you all sit together, share popcorn, sit down, and watch the torture, the intimate moments, and the deaths of the crusaders?” I added, and the girl’s eyes widened.
“That is nonsense,” the alpha laughed, but it was an uneasy laugh, one I was sure even his daughter did not believe.
“Did you?” she asked him again. The look on her face had turned sharp.
“You are believing this woman for no reason. Don’t you see she is making up lies?” he argued.
“I can give you the exact location where you can watch them have these gatherings and meetings. In fact, you might even get lucky and catch them red-handed. But alpha being here tells me today was an off day,” I remarked sarcastically, watching the alpha grunt as I added.