Alpha Kael ✔️

Chapter Twelve

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Word Count: 1864

~Jada

I couldn't sleep that night.

My mind was whirling, pouring over every word Kael had said to me. I'm not sure if it was his intentions to make me confused, but if it was, he succeeded. I never knew his family had died...or gone missing. I'm not sure what he had meant. All I know is he has on family left, and is left alone to be an Alpha. Is that why he has Silent's?

Tomorrow we are revealing our secrets to Niko. Part of me wonders what I should say, considering no one else surely knows about this. Niko will be surprised. I would surely make it to the next round...

But can I really say it? A foolish part of me feels as though it's a special secret I share only with Kael. Like no one else can know.

This is my downfall.

Sighing through my nose, I turn over on my side, looking at the moon that glares straight into my room, alighting my bed covers in a silvery glow. Right as I thought my luck was changing, I'm back where I started. I should enjoy the freedom before I'm whisked off into the depths of prison for the rest of my life.

I let my head sink deeper into the pillow. What am I going to do?

***

The expressions on everyone's faces when we met in the gymnasium the next day differed. Defeat, to triumph.

What frightened me was not what I have to say in front of these people, and what they are going to walk out of here knowing. The worst that will happen is they will walk out of here questioning how I know this, or what else I know. Or maybe they will spread the word to other people around the Pack.

Niko wasn't the only one to enter the room, arms crossed, looking across all of us as if he knew something we didn't. Alpha Kael followed after him, hands tucked into dark trousers, a dark jacket pulled over his shoulders.

He doesn't look at me, as my eyes widen. He doesn't acknowledge me in any sense. He's impassive, subdued, coming to stand in front of us with the stature of a leader.

Nothing like the honest man I talked to yesterday.

"Someone's going home today," Niko says brightly, as if it's something to be celebrated. I feel Raine, the girl standing next to me freeze. She clearly isn't very confident about what she has discovered. "I thought we might get that over with today."

That feline smile painted across Niko's smug face tells me everything. This is a routine process he has dealt with before, and enjoys immensely. It must have been awhile since he was in our position, wondering whether he would make it to the next stage or not. He seems to be enjoying this too much.

"As you may be aware, it was expected of you to find something out about a chosen subject, without them being aware," Niko says, clapping his hands together. It's a sound a little too harsh for this time of the morning. "And of course, a special guest, your Alpha."

Finally his gaze meets mine, but only for a fleeting moment.

"I think we will start from the right side of the line," Niko says, pointing to where Baylee proudly stood, ready to spill all her information. "Tell us the name of your subject and what you've discovered. We will decide who goes home when you're all done."