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sorry,” Summer said. “If you ever need to talk, I’m available. My sister, Autumn, was killed by the former Texas Tigers’ Alpha before help arrived.” She moved across the room and sat down beside Jinx. “That was when Jinx, Styx, and the others came to the clan’s rescue, and to my rescue. Jinx killed Avery and set the Texas Tigers free. To set me free.”
“Ty and Tabitha put one of their clan members in the position of Alpha over the clan as well.” Her voice was still full of tears.
“Tex is the Alpha of my former clan, and he was from the clan originally.”
“Summer’s right.” Styx nodded. “Tex was sent to watch Adam’s helicopter when he came to Texas to recuse Robin. He was shot and nearly killed, leaving Adam no choice but to toss him into the ’copter and fly him back to the Alaskan Tigers compound to be healed. That’s how we found out what was happening there.”
“So, you didn’t place your own man as Alpha?”
“No.” Styx ran his hand down her arm. “Tex was elected by the clan and he chose his Lieutenant, Ben. Ben is Summer’s brother.”
“Lies. Why am I surprised all he’s told my clan were lies?” She let her head rest against his chest and tried to come to the terms with everything she had learned. Her clan had submitted to Frank because he brainwashed them. People died because of those same words. If there was anyone left from her clan, she had to do something to save them.
Chapter Six
It had taken over an hour for Mira to drift off to sleep, but Styx had done his best to soothe her, rubbing her back and giving her comfort. He could feel her exhaustion, but she had been too upset to sleep. Tears had fallen until she had no more left to cry, and there had been nothing he could do for her. He didn’t have the answers as to what happened to her family, but he was determined to find out.
He pushed a strand of her dark brown hair from the side of her face and glanced down at her. Soundly asleep, her chest rose and fell in perfect rhythm. She was his, and all he could think was that he didn’t deserve someone like her. His past had been shady at best and downright diabolical at the worst of times. He had killed more than he cared to remember or even admit to himself. All of them were ordered executions, but had the reason for their deaths been legitimate?
Now that he had time to think back to the orders, he doubted it. His former Alpha had been suspicious of everyone, and thought there were things going on behind his back. He was young, and the Alpha had taken him under his wing, giving him a place to live when he would have otherwise been out in the cold without a clan. In return, Styx had done what he was ordered, never bothering to question things until much later. That was when their relationship changed, but in the end it hadn’t been Styx who’d plunged the knife into his heart, but another man.
Mira’s earlier words played in his thoughts. You’re the monster under the bed, the proverbial boogieman. Stories about you make everyone look over their shoulders, and listen to their Alphas, otherwise you’ll come for them. She hadn’t realized how deeply those words cut or how given the chance he’d rather be anyone else. He was an assassin because there had been no other option. He was a pre-teen when the training began, and each day it started before dawn and lasted long past the state of exhaustion. Each moment broke him a little more, but that had been the goal. They’d break him and then build him back into the man, or rather killing machine, that they wanted.
Though he had been ready to leave that life behind, no matter the cost, when his Alpha had been killed, it was a shock that left him lost for a time. He had wandered alone, unsure of what to do. It wasn’t until Ty had found him that he seemed to find a new cause to focus on. Instead of using his skills to eliminate a target, he was able to use them to better his kind. He joined Ty’s clan,
“Ty and Tabitha put one of their clan members in the position of Alpha over the clan as well.” Her voice was still full of tears.
“Tex is the Alpha of my former clan, and he was from the clan originally.”
“Summer’s right.” Styx nodded. “Tex was sent to watch Adam’s helicopter when he came to Texas to recuse Robin. He was shot and nearly killed, leaving Adam no choice but to toss him into the ’copter and fly him back to the Alaskan Tigers compound to be healed. That’s how we found out what was happening there.”
“So, you didn’t place your own man as Alpha?”
“No.” Styx ran his hand down her arm. “Tex was elected by the clan and he chose his Lieutenant, Ben. Ben is Summer’s brother.”
“Lies. Why am I surprised all he’s told my clan were lies?” She let her head rest against his chest and tried to come to the terms with everything she had learned. Her clan had submitted to Frank because he brainwashed them. People died because of those same words. If there was anyone left from her clan, she had to do something to save them.
Chapter Six
It had taken over an hour for Mira to drift off to sleep, but Styx had done his best to soothe her, rubbing her back and giving her comfort. He could feel her exhaustion, but she had been too upset to sleep. Tears had fallen until she had no more left to cry, and there had been nothing he could do for her. He didn’t have the answers as to what happened to her family, but he was determined to find out.
He pushed a strand of her dark brown hair from the side of her face and glanced down at her. Soundly asleep, her chest rose and fell in perfect rhythm. She was his, and all he could think was that he didn’t deserve someone like her. His past had been shady at best and downright diabolical at the worst of times. He had killed more than he cared to remember or even admit to himself. All of them were ordered executions, but had the reason for their deaths been legitimate?
Now that he had time to think back to the orders, he doubted it. His former Alpha had been suspicious of everyone, and thought there were things going on behind his back. He was young, and the Alpha had taken him under his wing, giving him a place to live when he would have otherwise been out in the cold without a clan. In return, Styx had done what he was ordered, never bothering to question things until much later. That was when their relationship changed, but in the end it hadn’t been Styx who’d plunged the knife into his heart, but another man.
Mira’s earlier words played in his thoughts. You’re the monster under the bed, the proverbial boogieman. Stories about you make everyone look over their shoulders, and listen to their Alphas, otherwise you’ll come for them. She hadn’t realized how deeply those words cut or how given the chance he’d rather be anyone else. He was an assassin because there had been no other option. He was a pre-teen when the training began, and each day it started before dawn and lasted long past the state of exhaustion. Each moment broke him a little more, but that had been the goal. They’d break him and then build him back into the man, or rather killing machine, that they wanted.
Though he had been ready to leave that life behind, no matter the cost, when his Alpha had been killed, it was a shock that left him lost for a time. He had wandered alone, unsure of what to do. It wasn’t until Ty had found him that he seemed to find a new cause to focus on. Instead of using his skills to eliminate a target, he was able to use them to better his kind. He joined Ty’s clan,
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