<h4>Chapter 513: 513-The Agreement</h4>


    <strong>Joshua:</strong>


    I had made a mistake when, aftering back from the North, I watched Suki leave for Yorick’s home.


    I wish I had done something to stop her, but there was no other way. She was Oriana in everyone’s eyes, and she had to leave.


    The next thing I did was call my trusted men to let them know we had to find a way to return home.


    I called my father and told him that the academy was shutting down and everything rted to it. I was certain it would happen.


    My father was hopeful. He was happy that I was returning. Little did he know that I wasing back with Suki.


    "Oh,e on, Joshua. I have a beautiful girl in mind for you. You will like her as your mate. Trust me," my father said on the call, insisting nonstop.


    "How many times do I have to tell you that I do not want to marry the woman you have in your mind?" I grunted at my father.


    "Then what? You are going to die thinking about that Suki. She was just a beta," he continued.


    I took a deep breath as he spoke and then decided that I needed to tell my father the truth.


    "Would it be okay if the woman I choose is the rightful heir of an alpha’s pack, but she has a stepbrother who is sitting on the throne even when he does not deserve it?" I asked, and my father’s tone changed on the other side.


    "Well, if he does not deserve it, then you can challenge him. You are a crusader. You will win," my father replied hopefully, and I nodded to myself.


    "Well then, let me tell you the truth. Suki is alive. We sacrificed Oriana in the north, and we let Suki live in her body," I continued before my father could say anything.


    I heard someone gasp from behind me.


    I turned around and was shocked to see Mira standing there, watching me with her eyes wide open.


    "I need to call youter, Dad," I stated, slowly lowering my phone while looking deep into Mira’s eyes and making sure she was not moving.


    "I was here to ask— if you have packed your bags so that we— can leave," she stammered.


    The hesitation in her voice and the anxiety in her expression proved that she had heard it all.


    In that moment, something wild took over me.


    The minute she turned around to rush away, I lunged after her.


    "Help," she tried to cry out, but before she could even finish the word, I attacked her from behind with the silver knife in my pocket.


    The chaos at the academy had shifted everyone’s attention so much that nobody cared anymore who had a weapon and who did not.


    The next thing I knew, I was stabbing her from the back repeatedly.


    And then I pulled away from her.


    That day, I had to quickly take a shower ande out to the others as if I had not done anything.


    I watched them cry and mourn her.


    For some reason, I did not feel guilty.


    If the headmaster and so many others could kill innocent youngsters, lurkers, and crusaders, then I was not at fault for killing one person either.


    She died there, and I returned home.


    I had to exin to my father what I did.


    It was not easy for him in the beginning, but then he came around to it.


    I mean, what could he do? Nothing.


    Suki now had a pack.


    I could marry her and challenge Oriana’s stepbrother for it.


    My father liked the idea.


    So thankfully, it was all settled until it was time to contact her.


    For some reason, I could not get in contact with her.


    Renee had somehow managed tofort herself.


    She was living with Sebastian now.


    They had epted each other or something.


    I could not care less.


    They had been blowing up my phone, asking me toe and look for Clementine together.


    But my head was stuck on Suki.


    "She is not responding until now?" my father asked me, and I shook my head.


    I was getting desperate at this point.


    "I do not know what to say except that we should go and check for ourselves. We know that she is in the body of someone who have a very good reputation. From your experience, they have always been very sneaky. I do not like those people. I say we go and bring her home," my father suggested, because he knew that with Suki now came a pack.


    "Well then, we should go now," I insisted, and my father shook his head.


    "No, do not go crazy. There is no need to lose your mind. We will find her, do not worry. But it will take some time. We have to speak with the council and do it the right way," my father insisted.


    But I could not get along with the n.


    The more we dyed, the more the chances grew that she was in desperate need of me.


    "You believe me, right?" my father asked, sitting on his chair. "I will take care of everything. Do not worry. Did I not take care of her stepbrother? Look, I have filed aint against him and opened an investigation against him and his mother over the death of Oriana’s father. They have already found witnesses. People have cracked and started speaking. Her stepmother and stepbrother are under interrogation, and chances are that they are going to jail. Then we will bring Oriana out. You will marry her, and the pack is yours. You do not even have to challenge her stepbrother anymore."


    My father spoke casually and shook his head at me for being so desperate.


    "No, Father, I just do not feel like everything is right," I replied, letting him know that for some reason, I could not ept that she was safe.


    I knew Suki, and I knew she would have contacted me the minute she was there and asked for a rejection.


    Something bad had happened.


    It had been days.


    Why was she still living with that man?