“Do you wish it was him?” Dave asked.
“Stop beating around the bush,” Alpha Kilian exclaimed, seemingly running out of patience. “It wasn't him,” Dave revealed.
“It wasn't him?” Alpha Kilian stared at Dave, slightly stunned. But for some reason, he also felt a slight relief.
“It was one of our old enemies. Not sure how they were able to find us here, though.” To prove his words, Dave handed the surveillance footage to Alpha Kilian .
Alpha Kilian finally heaved a sigh of relief when he saw the person in the footage. Thank goodness, it's not because of me.
Nonetheless, his brows were still furrowed tightly.
“Are you relieved now?” Dave fixed his gaze on Alpha Kilian and asked.
“Relieved? No, we'll make them pay for what they did!” Alpha Kilian glowered as a malicious glint appeared in his gaze.
“You're still as vindictive as before,” Dave blurted, staring at Alpha Kilian .
“I'm sure you know where their bases are,” Alpha Kilian said with a low voice. “Of course I do.”
“Then stop wasting time. Let's go!” With that, Alpha Kilian turned and darted toward his car. Dave could tell that Alpha Kilian was in a bad mood that day.
“Then, I'll leave this place to you.” Dave turned to Mike.
“D-Dave...” Before Mike could say anything, Dave had turned and left. Looking at their retreating figures, Mike furrowed his brows.
He wanted to go with them, too.
In the car, Dave held the steering wheel with one hand and teased, “You seem as though your desires were not fulfilled.”
Shooting a glance at Dave, Alpha Kilian grumbled, “If you know, then be quiet.”
Dave raised his eyebrows in surprise and asked, “That had nothing to do with me, right?”
“You're overthinking things,” Alpha Kilian muttered under his breath. He felt defeated every time he thought of how Nelly just fell asleep.
Dave's lips curled into a smile, and he resisted asking anything else. After pondering for a moment, he voiced, “Alpha Kilian , let the past be the past.”
Alpha Kilian 's eyes narrowed at Dave's words. He turned to look out of the window.
“To be honest, when we were on our way here, I knew it couldn't have been Midnight fang pack . He wouldn't have fought back so soon. But I was also worried that if it were indeed his doing, it would cross your bottom line again,” Dave added.
Alpha Kilian remained silent and continued staring out the window as though he had not heard anything. However, his clenched jaw sold him out.
“Stop beating around the bush,” Alpha Kilian exclaimed, seemingly running out of patience.
“What happened to Zavier was not your fault. No one blames you for what happened, and you don't have to put all the blame on yourself. If Zavier was still alive, I'm sure he wouldn't have blamed you too.”
“Dave!” Alpha Kilian turned his head and cut Dave off. After deliberating for a long while, he murmured, “I don't want to talk about this anymore.”
It was obvious that he still hadn't gotten over what had happened. Without a word, Dave nodded in response.
Alpha Kilian shifted his gaze back to the window as the car sped down the road, and memories from the past flooded his mind.
Zavier was also one of the founders of DX Group, along with Alpha Kilian and Dave. Alpha Kilian 's eyes reddened as scenes from the past flashed across his mind.
Meanwhile, at Midnight fang pack , Boss stared at the message carved on the naked man's body as he clenched his fist tightly.
The naked man's face was terribly pale from fright. He could tell the message on his body was an insulting one just by looking at Boss' expression.
“Boss... I-I didn't know the message was insulting. It's their fault! T-They made me do this...” “You knew it was insulting. Yet, you still showed it to me.” Boss frowned with his fist clenched. “I-I...”
“Men!” Boss roared, “Take him out—”
Before he could finish his sentence, someone at the side cut him off, “Take him out to get some
treatment!”
Boss lifted his gaze to look at the person beside him. “Gavin!” he growled.
Unfazed, Gavin stared at his men and ordered, “Quick! What are you guys waiting for?” A few men quickly went up and took the naked man with them.
“Thank you, Boss! Thank you so much!” the naked man exclaimed.
After they went out, Boss shot Gavin a look and ranted, “I have to ask for your permission before making decisions now?”
Gavin walked over to him and bowed as though he was begging for forgiveness. “I'm doing this all for you, Boss,” he claimed.
Boss stared at him in silence.
“Since you told me to assist you, then I'll not let you behave like General Will. You're just the Acting General now, and you haven't won their hearts yet. If you murdered him just because of the message on his body, then no one will be willing to risk their lives to work for you in the future,” Gavin continued.
“So I'm just going to let him walk around with that insulting message on his body?” Boss retorted.
“We can remove the message on his body or even murder him. But we shouldn't do it so openly,” Gavin suggested.
Realization finally dawned on Boss when he heard Gavin's words. He had to admit that Gavin was right.
Just now, he had lost his senses due to his anger. But now, he was able to think straight again after finally calming down.
He then closed his eyes and took a deep breath to calm himself. “All right. We'll do as you say.” Gavin nodded and promised, “Don't worry. I won't disappoint you.”
Right then, Boss looked at him and asked, “Right, how did things go last time?” “Mission failed,” Gavin replied without any sign of fear on his face.
Boss narrowed his eyes when he heard Gavin's answer. “Do you think she was the one who did this?”
“According to one of our men who had a battle with them, there were two of them. While one was no match for them, another was on par with them.”
“On par with our men, but we still lost?”