"The last numbers on the car plate were 313, a black sedan. I need to know who was inside that car," Royce says to the person on the phone, his thoughts occupied by why Ryker was staring at the car.
He was so engrossed in whatever was inside it and Royce knows his brother better than anybody else, nothing has his interest. So if he was staring at the car, there is definitely something special about it.
"Good, I need answers before the end of today," Royce throws his phone to the empty seat as he drums his fingers on the steering wheel.
"What is he planning now?" Royce thinks about the moments he came out of seclusion, walking out of that dark portal to the whole Pack members gathering around it.
And then he was told Ryker hadn't come out yet. Even though his father was rejoicing and toasting in his glorious name, he was wishing with everything in him for Ryker to be safe.
And he did, with a smug on his face.
And then… everything had changed.
~
"How was your school? I wonder if your stupid brain managed to pick up on anything new," Baldwin asks Mylo coldly, sipping his beer through a water flask to avoid being questioned or scrutinized by people or the traffic police.
"I sincerely wonder how you managed to pass each time, do you sell your body to your teachers?"
Mylo looks out the window, his stomach gurgling loudly from starvation, his shoulder hurting from yesterday. He did not dare go to the medical center earlier to avoid being questioned by the nurse.
Worst case he may be reported and his parents will be in trouble. He picks up strength from his core to answer, "It was my first day in school, father."
"What is the attitude, hmm?"
"You just want to talk down on me, father."
Baldwin matches the brake instantly and dread immediately fills Mylo's skin. He has crossed the line again.
"What did you say?"
"I'm…I'm sorry, father."
"Argh…" Mylo half yelled as Baldwin grabs his hair, yanking them in his fist.
"You ungrateful bastard, everytime I try to be nice to you, all I get is your bitchy attitude and insults. I can't wait to find a perfect way to dispose of you."
These words cut Mylo deep as he grits his teeth, "How about you do it now, I'm tired of your shit. Do it! Do it! The same way you did with my mother."
Baldwin expressions morph into that of surprise and then disappointment and then rage.
He lets go of Mylo's hair and begins driving, "Your mother and I are having guests over for dinner. They are the new church members we were able to gather today, you are going to act perfect and holy. You are going to be pure and close to God as you are raised to be. You can't slip anything up. Catherine and I will do the talking, all you have to do is sit there and be quiet."
Mylo does not answer, he rubs his hands together in his laps, his eyes burning with tears.
"You should know I'm trying to be a good father to you. That is why I'm going to excuse your behavior today and I won't tell your mother about it."
"She is not my mother," Tears fall on Mylo's cheeks as his voice breaks, "She is your wife and you don't have to be nice to me, it doesn't look good on you, father."
"Right… You are right," Baldwin shakes his head, agreeing with Mylo, knowing he is going to whip him 72 times for his audacity.
He only had gone to this school for a day and came back seeking death.
~
"Alpha…?" Dante Frenzy, the owner of Cocktail Moon Bar, is surprised at the sight of Alpha Royce stepping through the door of his yard of sodomy.
"Alpha, you are here during this time of the day…" He thinks carefully of his next words, "Is everything alright?"
Royce waves him off with a tight smile, "Be at ease, Dante. Just give me my usual."
"I'm sorry, Alpha but I'm out of male omegas at the moment," Dante begs regrettably, "I was not expecting you, I would have specifically prepared a good one for you just how you like it. Thin, hazel color eyes and super skinny. Did something happen at home? You usually come at midnight."
Dante is a male Omega who made his way through the top. But specifically through his friendship with the most worthy candidate to the throne of the Waning Moon Pack and Northern Lantern City.
The largest city to ever exist in the history of the Moon.
Opportunity, generational wealth, good luck and great fortune.
He trails his fingers on Royce's shoulders, massaging his tight muscles slowly. He leans over to rub his cheek against the sweet spot on the Alpha's neck.
"I can fill in the empty gap, Alpha. I can make you feel good, I will even take your knot, take me, you know you don't have to pay."
Royce is silent, uninterested in what the Omega was doing. He thinks carefully, solving his messy thoughts.
Dante snaps his fingers in the air, ordering a bottle of vodka made from refined wolf's bane.
He pours Alpha Royce a glass, "Drink something my love, tell me your worries, is it your brother?"
"My father is suddenly asking us back home for a meeting tonight," He scoffs, trying to get the hang of this invitation.
"Whenever my father invites the two of us together, it is either he is sending us out on a mission or he wants to hear our thoughts on being the Alpha King. I have a bad feeling about what is coming next."
"Do you think he will announce his chosen successor?"
"I'm not thinking about that, I'm thinking about the sketchy thing he will make us do next."
Dante breathes out calmly, "As long as it is not about his successor, I believe you can handle anything, Alpha. Although I heard rumors," Dante leans forward and whispers them into Royce's ear, before relaxing in his seat.
"So I understand why you would want to fuck before returning to the Villa."
"Do you think that Ryker knows about this?"
"I doubt it, Alpha."
Royce stands up from his seat and dial Ryker's number. As usual, Ryker rejects his call.
Royce immediately sent him a text, daring him to stay back from the meeting.
~
"I don't think you should stay back from the meeting, Alpha," Lenn watches as Ryker turns off his phone after reading a text message from Alpha Royce.
A few moments ago, he was watching the Alpha's phone blow up with his father's calls.
Ryker does not say anything, he picks up his basketball by the sideline and runs into the court, causally aiming and throwing the ball directly into hoops in an impressive manner.
"Do you think your father wants to give you and your brother another mission? You both haven't even completed the previous one and what annoys me is that you were waiting so long to get information from that Beta from White Cloak Pack before that skinny chicken walked in and wasted our time," Lenn remembers, he cannot forget how Mylo walked into the restroom earlier.
He wants to destroy his innocent looking little face so badly.
Something shifts in Ryker's expression as he also remembers the boy, he blinks it away as he picks up his ball again and continues playing silently.
Lenn is already used to the Alpha's quiet demeanor but he is so frustrated right now for not getting any input or reaction from the Alpha.
He is even more quiet than usual.
Lenn knows something might have happened earlier in that restroom but he can not wrap his head around it.
He continues to perform his duties as he begs the Alpha, "If your father called you, Alpha Royce is also forcing you to go, it means it's important, Alpha. You should go home."
"It is because they're forcing me like this, it makes me even more reluctant to go," Ryker jumps up, dodging last minute as Lenn suddenly tries to slap the ball out of his hand.
He misses the hoop but he doesn't give up, he throws the ball from his new position, a little too high that Lenn couldn't reach as it goes straight into the basket.
"I am not going for this meeting and that is final."
"Your father will be displeased with you, Alpha."
"It won't make any difference when he is always that way with me."