Love And Betrayal | ✔️

10. I'm off duty, Carter

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"If you love two people at the same time,
choose the second.
Because if you really loved the first one,
you wouldn't have fallen for the second."

-Johnny Depp

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I smell him even before I hear him.

And a second later, a loud bang and string of curses prove that the bucket has hit it's mark.

"Dammit!" I hear him shrieking as he gropes blindly in the air for support, "Beta Evan, you moron! Come up here right now!"

Laughter threatens to bubble up my lips, but I place my fist over it well in time. "We need to hurry up and get out of here, Nick." I tell the boy next to me, instead. "Any moment now and they'll smell us intruders."

"I'm trying, Luna Kiara. Just a pinch of itching powder and everything's set." He replies. "Did you cut off the wires?"

"I did."

Outside, I hear the second set of footsteps come hurrying upstairs, followed by loud panting and a series of grunts.

I hear the door open and a moment passes.

Then Evan let's out a terrified scream at the sight of me. There are similar blue splashes of paint all over him.

"Stop screaming." Aden seethes through clenched teeth.

"I'm so sorry, Alpha. For a moment, I thought you were—never mind."

I hear as he shuffles about, trying to get the paint off his face and hands while trying to figure out who the culprit is.

"Did you see any suspicious activity, Beta?"

"No Alpha. But this could be considered as an attempt to take your life. I believe, this a work of the Rebel Rogues, as a diversionary tactic to-"

"For the love of the Moon, Beta, this is a bloody prank not an attempt of murder!"

"Oh, I see. Sorry Alpha."

"You say sorry one more time, and I'm going to ban you from the pack dinner for the next three months!"

"I'm sor-... er... I see, Alpha."

I can only imagine Aden facepalming in frustration at his Beta's idiocy. For all his hulk like appearance, the man possessed the IQ of an orangutan.

"You may go, Beta. I thought you may have something informative to say, but clearly, I was wrong. Maybe you're better off as an Omega. Remind me to bring up your status in the next pack meeting." Beta Evans goes white as sheet. "Ask the guards or anyone around if they saw any visitors. I'm pretty sure who has a hand in this anyway."

You do?

I sincerely hope the paint blocked his nasal passage too. Because, if he were to smell the culprits, Nick and I were sure to be caught in seconds.

Once more, I resort to prodding my partner in crime. "Hurry up, Nick! Hurry up! We need to get out before he gets in here!"

"Calm down. We won't be able to get out before he gets in anyway. I mean," He hurries on catching the horror on my face, "Once Alpha Carter comes in and begins to starts... um shower, he will most likely be distracted with all the paint and stuff on his face. So we have a few minutes to unlock the door and creep out."

"What if he notices the unlocked door? He'll get suspicious."

Nick rolls his eyes. "Luna, he is going to be half-blind with all that paint. Do you seriously think that? He'll probably think he just forgot."