Chapter 148: _Shatter All Reassurance

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Chapter 148: _Shatter All Reassurance Ryker’s POV ***** He sat in his throne room, surrounded by darkness and shadows as he drank from a golden goblet. To his left, several large televisions showed news broadcasts from all over the world. The North American region might still deceive itself that this war was coming to an end... But to him, it was only just beginning. Suddenly, the doors to the throne room burst open and several guards barged in, dragging along two people in chains. Silver chains. Ryker’s eyes lit up as he turned his gaze to the scene. Regina, his left hand and second most powerful among his artificial hybrids, stepped forward, a mischievous smirk on her face as she gestured at the captives. "My Lord, I present to you... The South American Alpha King and his Luna Queen." She remarked while Ryker stepped down from his throne, his goblet still in his right hand. He tilted his head, a plain expression on his face as he scrutinized the captives. They looked like they’d been through days of struggle, and their clothes even had cuts. A small smirk settled on Ryker’s face as he spoke coldly to the South American Alpha King. "Alpha King Leonardo. Kneel." However, the proud Alpha King spat on his face, gritting his teeth as he snarled. "¡Suéltame, bastardo!" His wife, who had been silent, added in English. "We’ll never bow down to you! Do you know who we are?" Ryker was amused, but he only chuckled softly as he used his right hand to wipe off the saliva on his face. Meanwhile, Regina raised her hand to strike the South American Alpha King, but Ryker raised his hand and stopped her. The welcoming Ball, which Kaelos had thrown for Alpha King Leonardo, was over a week ago, but Ryker had been plotting patiently. Due to the war, flights were cancelled all around the world, meaning the South American Alpha King and his delegates had to use the road to get to their destination. When Marcellus gave him word that Alpha King Leonardo had left the Blood Oak pack, Ryker sent Regina to capture him. Of course, it wasn’t an easy task, hence why it had taken so long. "Indeed, I am a bastard, my dear friend Leonardo," Ryker remarked all of a sudden, smiling at the man as if they were old friends. "But would you blame me or my father, who spent time frolicking with almost anything under a skirt?" The South American Alpha King glanced at his wife, who also seemed as confused as he was. Seeing this, Ryker raised an eyebrow. "What? Are you surprised that I understand Spanish? I mean, if someone hopes to conquer the world and become its sovereign ruler, he has to have basic knowledge of all languages, right?" There was no comment from either of them at first until Alpha King Leonardo spoke with a shaky voice. "Y– Your father...? Those eyes of yours..." Before he could put words together, Ryker shot his right hand forward and grabbed the man by the neck, causing his wife to scream in terror. "¡No! "¡Déjalo en paz!" Ryker scoffed, turning his gaze to the Luna Queen and simply snapping his fingers. That caused magical chains to appear around her neck, causing her to gasp in pain as she fell to the ground, struggling to breathe. "R– Reina..." Leonardo struggled to speak but could barely accomplish that with Ryker’s hand around his neck. Ryker didn’t end there and slowly raised him into the air while he clenched his other hand into a fist, tightening the magical chains around Reina’s neck. "Let’s get one thing clear here, Viejo. You’re MY captive. In MY territory. Underneath MY roof." Ryker’s voice was calm, but it was colder than ice and sharper than a blade. Leonardo tried kicking, but his legs were constrained by silver chains. Regina had made sure to make him almost useless before bringing him here. Almost. Suddenly, Leonardo’s eyes glowed with a predatory light as he released a ghastly howl, even though he was being held up by the neck. The howl was so powerful that it sent Regina and the other artificial hybrid soldiers flying, some of them even hitting walls and groaning with pain. But as for Ryker... He only shifted back by a few feet before he smirked coldly. Leonard had gotten out of his grip and was trying to shift, but when he tried, he screamed with pain, gritting his teeth as his veins pulsed with visible black lines. He coughed out blackened blood, falling to his knees while Ryker walked slowly back to him. "The power of an Alpha King in all its glory." He muttered with a calm tone as he brought his right hand to the old man’s face. "Even after you’ve been bound with silver chains and had both silver and wolfsbane injected into your system, you’re still putting up a fight." At that same moment as he spoke, he stretched out his other hand, which still had control over the magic chains restraining Luna Queen Reina, and telekinetically raised them into the air, raising her alongside it. The poor Luna Queen struggled, using her hands to grip the chains on her neck as her eyes bulged and her face reddened from the pressure. "Too bad your wife doesn’t have the same privilege," Ryker uttered coldly before twisting his hand in a swift movement. That caused the Luna Queen’s neck to snap, her eyes becoming lifeless as she fell back to the ground while Alpha King Leonardo let out a blood-curdling scream that shook the throne room. "REINA!" He fell face-first to the ground, his chest glowing with a silver light as the mate bond shattered, signalling his mate’s death. He was clearly in pain before, but the death of his mate multiplied that pain to an unfathomable level. "Ah, yes. The mate bond between an Alpha King and his mate is the most powerful in the werewolf world." Ryker remarked, shaking his head with mock pity as he watched the old man weep like a baby. "How tragic. Anyway, I’ll go straight to the point. Tonight, Luna Queen Celine of the Blood Oak pack will be throwing a Charity Ball. Kaelos aims to reassure the people of the continent and beyond tonight." He paused, bringing his gaze to Regina, who had regained her composure after Leonardo’s earlier outburst and was now walking toward him. Ryker’s face was cold and expressionless. "With your help, Alpha king, we’ll shatter that reassurance and whatever faith the three races have in Kaelos’ rule..."

Chapter 148: _Shatter All Reassurance

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