<h4>Chapter 329: 329-Lost A Soldier From Guilt</h4>


    <strong>Joshua:</strong>


    Everybody was silent for a second before panic settled in.


    "Come on, Mira, everyone, push the three into the subway station! Make sure you lock the door from the inside," Clementine yelled at her red squadmates, ordering them to get the three to safety.


    However, it wouldn’t be easy because the three alphas were starting to pick up on what was happening to Oriana.


    And once that happened, they would go back into their protective phase.


    "But wait, I don’t think they can even hear the whispers," Renee pointed out.


    As soon as she said that, I noticed the three alphas looking around in confusion,pletely unbothered by the whispers.


    "They haven’t even looked in the direction of the whisperer anymore because she’s already in their heads!" I shouted, making everyone realize they were unaffected.


    Somewhere along the line, it struck me that the magical force was far more powerful than I had imagined.


    It became even more important for me to get that piece of jewelry from her stomach.


    She had a belly chain, I could feel it through her bodysuit. That had to be it.


    She was using that belly chain to control the three alphas.


    "What the hell are you doing?" Oriana screamed as I turned her around and pulled her zipper down.


    "No! You guys don’t see? He’s sexually assaulting me!" she shouted, trying to twist the situation into something it wasn’t.


    I wasn’t interested in her.


    The moment I unzipped the suit, I grabbed the chain from the back, not even wanting to turn her around or look at her.


    I didn’t pull her suit down, I just reached for the chain.


    "What are you doing? Come on, everybody, we need to get into the subway!" Clementine yelled, running over when she noticed what I was doing.


    Finally, I yanked the chain from Oriana’s back and it snapped free.


    I didn’t need to check whether it was broken, it didn’t matter. I had the chain.


    I pulled it out of her body and let her go.


    But before I could get to my feet, she spun around and tried to grab my cor to reach for the chain.


    I caught her by the back of her hair.


    At that moment, the whisperer stepped too close forfort.


    It was a man, tall, broad, wearing arge ck hood that hid his facepletely.


    None of us could see any of his features; the darkness beneath the hood swallowed his identity.


    Gasps erupted at his scary presence.


    "Are you all ready to listen to my whispers? I can tell you some words full of wisdom," he began to speak.


    There was no barrier anymore. Even though he was whispering, his voice came crystal clear.


    Even when others were terrified, I didn’t have to be. I held the ultimate power in my hand.


    I raised the chain so everyone could see it and stared at the man who stood just a few feet away.


    We were still on the road, the four of us, Oriana, Clementine, Jack, and me.


    The others were across the street near the subway station.


    "You will obey me from now on," I dered, channeling the power of the chain. "I order you to listen to me!" I shouted again, gripping the pendant tightly and ring straight into the darkness in the whisperer’s hood.


    Everyone around me had been panicking until they noticed how confident I looked.


    They stopped trying to run. Now they just watched with intrigue, ready to celebrate the whisperer’s downfall.


    "Come on, get on your knees and beg for my forgiveness!" I yelled, still clutching the pendant with one hand while holding Oriana tightly with the other.


    She kept struggling to break free, but I wouldn’t let her go.


    She was so foolish. This was her magical chain. She should have known she’d be safe with it.


    The whisperer stared at me, then slowly began to kneel before me. Everyone watched in disbelief.


    With this chain, I was going to control all the monsters, everyone who dared disobey me. I was going to change everything.


    But before the man could bowpletely, he startedughing, one hand pressed against his chest.


    My eyes darted to Oriana. She was swallowing hard, fear was written all over her face as she stared at me.


    "What’s going on? Is it not working?" I demanded.


    "Do you not understand such a simple thing? it was meant for me! It was crafted especially for me, for those three helpers, and nobody else!" she screamed.


    It felt as if my soul had left my body.


    My gaze shifted. Panic erupted once again among everyone, but one person stood in greater danger than all the rest.


    "I’m guilty," Jack said suddenly.


    Cold shivers ran up and down my spine.


    "What?" I muttered, turning toward Jack, who stood a few paces away now.


    "I’m guilty of sleeping with your mate," he continued, "It is my fault that you are so troubled now. It is all my fault that you and her fought and you praised Clementine before her. If I hadn’t done that, you would have still seen her as the best among everyone and she wouldn’t have be so jealous enough to risk everyone’s life and hers too."


    His words crushed me whole.


    All this time I was running after a mate who had died and ignoring a friend who was suffering beside me, guilty and needing a conversation.


    "He’s under the power of the Whisperer!" Clementine was the first to realize it and scream.


    Before she could reach him, Jack raised a silver knife to his neck and shed it open.


    The cut was so deep his head was nearly severed.


    "No!" I screamed at the top of my lungs, trembling miserably, the chain still clutched in my hand.


    "You idiot!" Oriana yelled, shoving me aside as she snatched the chain from my grasp.


    She sprinted in the opposite direction, toward the station, while Clementine charged at the Whisperer in fury.


    My body went numb for a few seconds before I rushed toward Jack and dropped to my knees beside him.


    Blood gushed from his neck like a fountain.