Alpha Bane''s POV


    I couldn''t believe my ears. The young man didn''t only admit tomitting such a heinous crime. He imed to have no remorse for it.


    As I kept swinging wildly at him, punching away at his face, something in me told me that the pain that I was inflicting on him was due to something much more than his confession to his crimes.


    I couldn''t get over the fact that he shared a bed; well, technically a dungeon floor, with a woman I used to share a bed with and he was unashamed to admit it. It was his guts for me. He wasn''t even afraid that he was right in front of two Alphas.


    The more I thought about it, the more I increased the intensity of my punches. He deserved nothing less than death and I was very much d to provide it.


    Not that it would''ve helped a great lot but Ivan refused to say a word about the person that sent him despite my best efforts. "Who hired you?" I asked over and over again, but I was met with the same answer. Silence.


    "Talk to me, Ivan. Who sent you?" I asked. I needed to beat the answers out of him somehow. He had to give them to me or die by my hands sooner than I had nned. He was going to die anyway.


    "Stop it!" The Alpha King yelled from behind me but I wouldn''t stop. I just couldn''t. It felt so good and I couldn''t deny it. I wanted to stop. I said to myself a few times but my hands won''t stop.


    Soon enough, the Alpha King resorted to pleas as hismands meant nothing to me. Ivan''s screams slowly faded into muffled sounds as he had lost a lot of strength.


    As I raised my hand to deal a fatal blow to him, with my ws shot out of my hands, I heard a very loud scream in the direction of the entrance to the throne room and I immediately turned to see who it was.


    It was Aurora. I couldn''t believe it. My hang immediately remained in the air as I froze. I didn''t expect her to be there at that time. I didn''t know what to say to her as the words eluded me. I could only open my mouth in shock.


    I felt the rage inside of me slowly go away. The redness of my eyes became a thing of the past as my eyes got back to normal. I could tell because I couldn''t feel that anger in me anymore. Her presence took it all away.


    She looked at me with a very strange face causing my face to flush. She looked afraid; terrified even. She was stricken and her legs were shaky.


    As our eyes locked together, she opened her mouth like she was going to say something to me but she didn''t. Instead, she just kept looking at me in disbelief. Suddenly, she turned her gaze from me to Ivan, whose head I still held with my left hand.


    I quickly let go of his head, letting it drop to the ground with a small thud. Then I slowly got up and took a few steps backwards from the man before turning to see how many guards were around.


    "Take this man to the dungeon," Imanded two guards by the door as they quickly ran to carry out the instruction. "Ensure that you lock him up and guard the ce very well. Be on the lookout, just in case he''s working with someone else in this Pce. We can never tell."


    They nodded and began to walk away but then I remembered a few things that I wanted to add. "When you toss him into his cell, give him some water to drink and let the man rest," I further instructed them. "With his hands and legs, all chained up of course. Let him recuperate for what is ahead. It would be a lot if he doesn''t quit trying to show how strong he is and just tell us what we want to know. Get to it now, boys!"


    They finally walked away and I thought about the next thing to do. I didn''t know what Aurora thought about the whole incident or how she was going to see me. She had never seen me in such a mood all her life and her visage showed it. But the man had to pay for what he did. I was only carrying out an act of justice. Nothing more than that. I hoped in my heart that she was going to see it that way.


    I dashed toward her and held her hands but she flinched, hitting them away, still looking stricken. "The words of the witch areing to pass," she muttered, more to herself than anyone else as she kept staring at me like some clueless ghost.


    It was clear that something was running through her mind and it wasn''t good. She was more terrified than I expected her to be and I felt it was due to the words of the witch.


    "I can''t believe it," she kept saying, over and over again, not turning away from me for once.


    I was confused. I couldn''t understand why she said what she said. I thought they had told me all that the witch said to them, including the wedding. I didn''t know what else they didn''t say to me and for what reason.


    I began to regret letting her go there. It was clear to me that the witch had gotten into her mind, just like many witches did when the person who went to see them went unprepared. I wanted to avoid that at all costs but Aurora kept pushing for it. Now, I had to bear the consequences of that action with her.


    "What exactly are you talking about, Aurora?" I asked her, trying once again to hold her and failing. "What is it that the witch said to you?"


    She said nothing and it angered me a bit but I tried to keep calm. I had to. "What is it that bothers you, my love?" I asked again, hoping that she''d talk to me but she didn''t.


    She simply bowed her head and I saw something that looked like a tear, dropping from her eyes. She drove me nuts. She wouldn''t even let me console her or tell me what the problem was. I was in a position where I knew not what to do next.


    "Hey, you should say something," I pleaded further. "What did she say to you?" She took three steps backwards and turned around. Then she slowly walked away, pausing for a bit to look at me, before shaking her head and continuing her walk.


    "Damn it!" I cursed, very livid. I was so mad that I began to hit the wall with my fists as hard as I could.


    "You need to calm down, Alpha Bane," the Alpha King said to me. "I believe you''re taking things way too far. You must take control of your emotions. You cannot let them control you or you''ll end up being a tyrant. Power without control usually means the end of a man. You must get a hold of your feelings. That way, you''ll be able to do things better. Don''t worry about Princess Aurora. I''m sure you both wille around soon."