The Twin Alphas Warrior Luna (RYN)

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"My, my!" Dominic's deep voice rumbled. "How you've grown."

I kept silent, my free hand curled into a fist.

"Should I call you brave or arrogant for coming into a lion's den without backup?"

"Who says I came without backup?" I said and at my cue, my men came out from the bushes on both sides. One group shot electric tasers at the beasts behind me, incapacitating them and bringing them to their knees while the others turned their guns on Dominic and his I sighed in relief cause plan F was a success. I was simply the distraction while they climbed over a wall to get in.

Dominic smiled, seemingly unfazed by the turn of events and I knew why. His army will soon be here and I had twenty minutes tops to get out. "I guess you are as smart as they say."

I glanced at Adam, whose hair was gripped by Dominic and spotted a huge bleeding gash on Adam's collarbone. "Let him go." I demanded, "Your men in exchange for mine." I motioned to the incapacitated beasts behind me.

Dominic huffed before bursting into a cackle. To my surprise, his men joined in and that made me frown. This wasn't the way things should have gone. My captain shared a worried glance with me.Belonging © NôvelDram/a.Org.

"You think you can use my men against me?" Dominic asked, his face the epitome of amusement. "They are all loyal to me. Any one of them will jump off a cliff at my word and they'd do it without batting an eye. That's loyalty beyond your wildest comprehension."

I instantly realized I needed a new plan. "Well, unlike you, the lives of each of my men matter so please, let him go. He's innocent."

"Innocent?" Dominic snorted "I caught him stealing from my garden and I don't know about the law over in your kingdom but here

in the North, stealing is punishable by death." He bared his teeth. To make a point, Dominic dung a claw into Adam's wound and his cry echoed in the air, sending a flock of birds scampering in flight.

I took a deep breath to control my anger. "He was under my orders."

"I don't fucking care." Dominic's clawed hand moved up to Adam's throat. "He dies by my hand."

"Wait!" I said. "You really don't want to do that."

Dominic's brow arched. "I'm listening."

"I have something you want and I will give it to you if you let my boy go."

"There's nothing you can possibly give me to change my mind.

It's my turn to arch a brow. "Even if it's the last letter your father wrote for you before he died in our cell?"

Dominic's mask of confidence fell, then like a light bulb switching on, his face morphed into one of rage. "You liar! There's no such thing!"

I raised a finger. "Just a sec." I said in amusement before striding to my car. After retrieving two items from the glove comparunent. I went back to face Dominic. Then I showed him two envelopes with the seal of the North King. "He wrote one for you and one for your sister."

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When Dominic saw it, his face slacked again with the dawn of realization and for a moment, I thought I saw the flash of a

broken man.

"How dare you?!" He whispered, physically trembling with rage. How dare you keep this from me?!"

He gripped Adam's hair tighter, making him groan out loud.

I looked at him like he's ridiculous. "You seriously can't expect me to seek you out and hand you your father's letter after what you did right?"

"You bastard!" Dominic laughed bitterly, shaking his head. "You cruel, cruel bastard!"

I sighed like I was bored. "I've heard worse. You want the letters or not? But this time, I want my boy, a phoenix flower and him." I nodded to Viktor standing by his side.

Viktor, who had been sneering from where he stood, suddenly did a double take and looked up at Dominic as if unsure if the King would really sell him out.

"That's three things." Dominic replied, his face slipping back to his usual mask. "You only have two things to barter. So you have to drop one request." Shit! He was right.

I took a deep breath.

Adam was non-negotiable. If I went for the flower, then I'd be betraying Nicholas and if I went for Viktor, Ryn might never get the cure for her sickness.

I checked my wristwatch. Eleven minutes left till Dominic's army arrives.

"What else do you want in exchange for the third option?"

Dominic cocked his head to the side. "I heard a rumor you're going through all this trouble for a girl." Dominic's brows pulled together in curiosity. "What's her name?"

"No!" Adam grunted, struggling in Dominic's hold. "Don't tell him anything!"

A punch to the gut and Adam fell to his knees.

Dominic watched me to gauge my reaction. "Now, I am super curious about this girl. Who is she?"

"None of your business." I snapped.

"Ooooh!" Dominic chuckled. "Someone's feisty!"

His men laughed again.

"Ask for something else."

"You know I'll find her, regardless of what you tell me, right? That I can promise you."

Ifrowned. "Why? She has nothing to do with this."

Dominic's brow raised. "That's where you're wrong, Prince Charming. She has everything to do with this. She's made a whole Prince risk his life breaking into a dangerous Kingdom just for a flower. She's special. I can see it in your eyes." "Bullshit. She means nothing to me."

"If so, give her to me and I'll give her the flower myself."

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