Chapter 148

• The training ground of Bloodstone pack was packed to the brim; apart from the pack members, some people had traveled from the other two regions, and pack members and alphas from other packs of the Eastern region. As the temporary leader of the Eastern region, Shawn was given the seat for the alpha of Bloodstone pack. They were reporters all around, most of them with their cameras and teammates, trying to get every single bit of news they could. The sun wasn’t as high as it was earlier in the day, and everywhere was noisy and bustling, everyone trying to get out their own opinion and how they believe the fight would go.
• Leo heaved a sigh and stared at Alicia, standing on the other side of the arena. No matter how many times he tried to catch her gaze, she refused to look his way or acknowledge him. But would he blame her? Of course not. He had treated Alicia the way he did because he knew that as soon as his sin was revealed, she would hate him more than anyone else in the world. He had done that to protect himself, yet why did it still hurt? Why did it still hurt that she hated him and was here now to fight him and dethrone him? Why did it still hurt that he wouldn’t be able to speak with her and explain his side? But what possible explanation could he give? He had indeed introduced Dan to Allister and sheltered him the night the Stone family was murdered. No matter how he looked at it, his sin against Alicia was unforgivable, and whether he won the fight today or not wouldn’t change that fact, nor would he be allowed to live.
• “Please, Leo, I don’t want to die yet, please win this fight so that mom and I can at least be allowed to survive,” Joy cried. During the last month, she had finally understood that there was no liberation for her family. Everyone had abandoned them, including the ones she called friends and even her fiancé. So right now, all she could plead for was her life and the chance to start over in another region.