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The silence that plagued the room was as if he’d said a forbidden word.
“I shouldn’t have to say anything else, and yet some of you stand here trying to ignore all the fucking signs.” Baku shook his head. “You know what’s always been something spoken about in the Underground? How Roberto was able to pull Queen Elphaba and the only reason why they apparently broke up was because he didn’t want to share.”
“What does that have to do with anything?” Felicia snapped. “Roberto’s dead. We don’t need a history lesson on his love life.”
“Oh, but you do,” Baku argued. “For if you were a Beta that actually pays attention, you’d know that Queen Elphaba only dates Fae men.”
I frowned and glanced over to Malachite, who seemed completely relaxed as he casually leaned against the wall.
“Wait. Roberto was a Fae?”Jayce questioned me.
Honestly…I’m not sure. He never really did any magic when I was around.
The only thing that was magical was the fact that he could erase one’s memories.
Wait. Is being able to erase our memories a fae trait?
“Could be,”Jayce offered.
"If he was Fae, he wouldn’t be dead,” orange hair shouted. “He wouldn’t die so easily from a fucking bullet.”
"Well, you’d be speaking a different tune if you were shot by a Deadly Hollow’s Bullet,” Baku argued. The mention of it made a few people gasp.
“Fuck. He died from a bullet like that?” someone quietly spoke.
“Bruh, that’s the ultimate killer. It doesn’t matter what shifter race you are,” another voiced.
“But if Alpha De Luca was Fae, it would make sense that he was with Queen Elphaba.”
“It would also make sense that Willow could use magic to change into a male without much struggle. That ain’t shit you can simply do because you’ve got some witch capabilities.”
“Then doesn’t that prove she’s a powerhouse?”
“Ya. Now add the fact that she’s lined up to be the Alpha of the Forbidden Pack.”
“You heard two fae Princes are fighting to mate her, right?”
“No. It’s fucking deeper than that. King fucking Amos and Prince Raymond or whatever. I don’t know his true Fae surname. One wants to court her and the other is already mated to her! It’s literally the buzz of the Underground. They’re talking about that more than Roberto’s death.”
More people began to gossip away, the commentary growing louder and louder as everyone kept on emphasizing what a force I now was with my current allies.
“Y’all really listening to yourselves?!” the orange-haired man barked which silenced the room once more. “All talk but no fucking bite. Bringing up all these fucking rumors and shit about how powerful the heir of our pack is and yet she isn’t fucking here! Boasting about her Forbidden fucking pack, but where the fuck are they? All I’m hearing is excuses and statements of how we need to be afraid of what’s to come, but where’s the fucking action, huh?”
He made his way to the platform, easily jumping over the fence and landing loudly as he spun around and patted his chest like he was a damn gorilla.
“I, Lorsan Ross, ain’t going to fall for such foolish bullshit. Who’s going to protect us when all those who despised Roberto come knocking on our Pack House door, huh?” He glanced over to Felicia and gave her a mocking smirk. “Certainly, Felicia wouldn’t stand a chance protecting our pack.”
“Excuse me?” she snapped. “I’m the underdog you’re all always undermining because I’m a female!”
“Ya, ya,” Lorsan dismissed her, which only emphasized her point. “All they’ve gotta do is pin you down and you’ll be the perfect sex toy diversion rather than an Alpha that can protect powerful men like us!”
He returned to the crowd and began to stomp around with pride.
“You need a REAL Alpha to step up to the plate and protect you all from all those enemies hiding in the late Alpha Roberto’s closet!” he loudly declared. “I can fill those shoes perfectly.”
A single person’s laughter chimed through the air. How did I know it belonged to Baku? My eyes were already locked onto him as he struggled to compose himself.
“Now this is true entertainment,” he began and snickered. “You? A real Alpha? You wouldn’t even be able to take out a Beta. No. A mere wolf shifter has a better chance at beating your ass. You’d be a disgrace trying to represent us.”
