Novel Reader
Chapter 62
Chapter 62
Janet had to breath deeply to calm herself down.
“You are doing it again,” she said and tilted her head away. There was a hint of accusation in her voice.
“Doing what?”
“Treating me like an innocent little girl and trying to fool me with sweet talks.” Janet struggled out of his arms and said, “You taking a bullet for me…That’s total crap.”
“Why?” Daran stepped aside and blocked her way of leaving, “You don’t think I can do it?”
“Well yeah. You are the Alpha…and it makes no sense for you to put your own safety at risk to protect me, another pack’s Gamma-”
“Who says an Alpha can’t protect his loved one?” Daran asked.
Words froze on Janet’s lips.
She was stunned. Shocked by Daran’s “loved one.”
…What did he mean by that?
Was he saying that she–Janet–was his loved one?!
“You are being ridiculous again.” Janet gulped in panic. Her cheek was going red. She was glad that it was so dark right now that Daran couldn’t see it.
“Janet-”
Daran seemed that he had something else to say. But before he said anything, Janet turned around abruptly and dashed away.
She ran all the way back to her car, jumped in and started the engine. As the car fast–forwarded down the countryside road, she finally let out that breathe she had been holding for a long time.
Her heart was thumping like crazy. She had to clench her grip tightly on the wheel to
focus on the driving.
She hated to have her feelings and emotions being manipulated by Daran, which reminded her of her past, when she was crazily in love with Daran and would overthink the meaning of the smallest stuff he did.
But that was in the past now.
Right now, she should be focusing on training soldiers and going to war with rogues.
As for Daran…Well, he could go ahead and hit on any girls he liked.
Just not on her.
***
The following week, an explosive news spread across the entire Riverside Pack.
-Gamma Baron had been charged with corruption, false imprisonment, torture, abuse, and a series of other serious crimes.
Alpha Daran presented an account book to the elders which detailly documented all
Alpha Daran presented an account book to the elders, which detailly documented all the dirty trade Baron had been doing. Apparently, 80% of the military budget was pocket by Baron himself.
And a large group of people from the lumber camp was willing to testify for Baron’s false imprisonment. Belongs to (N)ôvel/Drama.Org.
Everyone was shocked, especially those in the army.
Riverside soldiers all respected Baron’s father very much. Naturally, they reflected some parts of that feeling on Baron, thinking that Baron was a decent guy too.
This news took a pretty hard strike on these people.
Janet found many soldiers getting distracted during the recent couple of days. Everyone’s mind was on the Baron case, which had a more profound influence on the public than Harper.
With Harper, she was an upper–class lady, and the public would love to see her dirty get dug out. But she didn’t have the power to shake things up in the society.
Yet Baron was the Gamma. Everything about him was tightly associated with the future of Riverside Pack.
Especially since this was a sensitive time–they were going to war with rogues with
soon.
If Baron was taken down, who would become Gamma? And who would lead Riverside’s troops?
It was natural for soldiers to get anxious.
On the fourth day after the news was released, Maxie went to talk to Janet during the
training.
“How’s it going? How are your families?” Janet asked her.
A smile came across Maxie’s face at the mention of her family, “They are good. Thanks for asking. My parents might need to get their physical checkup and my brother and sister need to find a new school…but everything is on the right track now.”
“Glad to hear that,” Janet smiled. “Let me know if you need my help.”
“Actually, I do right now…And it is about Baron.”
Maxie showed Janet some text messages. And they were all from Baron during the last couple of days.
His tone in some earlier texts were nasty as ever.
[You bitch… You gave the account book to Baron, didn’t you!]
[Your families were so dead! Prepare to receive body parts of your families!]
And then he gradually started to panic.
[How did you get your families out? Did you ask Janet to help you?!]
[Are you working with them right now?]
[We should be a team, Maxie! Wake up already!]
Then he practically started begging in the messages he sent to Maxie this morning.
[Please come and talk to me Maxie.]
[We can work this out.]
Janet chuckled and gave the phone back to Maxie, “You basically owned him right now. But why does he want to meet with you anyway?”
“I bet he wants me to take the blame for him, which had happened many times before,” Maxie said icily.
“That bastard… You know you can totally ignore him, right?”
“Yeah, I do. But…”
Maxie paused and bit her lips. There was a reluctant look on her face.
“…It is just that most people in the army still didn’t believe Baron was guilty,” Maxie said with a heavy tone.
Janet frowned, “Really? Why? The evidence is right there.”
“It is no secret that Alpha Daran didn’t like Baron. Some soldiers believed that the evidence Alpha Daran presented are all fabricated. And this whole thing is a conspiracy.”
The look on Janet’s face became sullen.
These soldiers were more stubborn than she thought.
But these people’s opinion couldn’t be ignored. Daran might have the right to sentence Baron guilty, but he couldn’t control the public opinion. If soldiers were convinced that their Alpha was a calculating tyrant, the whole army would fall apart. And it would be harder for them to win the war against rogues.
“So what do you think?” Maxie asked, “Do you have any good idea, Gamma Janet?”
Janet pondered for a while.
“I do have an idea,” she said slowly. “But it might require you to meet with Baron again. And I totally understand if you don’t want to do it.”
“I’ll do it!”
Maxie said eagerly without hesitation, “My families are safe now. Baron has no way to control me anymore. I want help Alpha Daran to take Baron down. And I will do anything for it!”
“Excellent.” Janet smiled and patted her shoulder. “Come with me. Let’s talk to Alpha Daran. We might need his help on this.”