Chapter 83
A large tent was set up in the middle of Central Plaza.
Some soldiers were gathered outside of the tent.
They all turned to look at Aurora with an awed look when she came close. One of them rushed to lift the curtain for her.
“Gamma Aurora, that was a great fight!” the soldier said to her enthusiastically.
“Thank you,” Aurora replied with a smile.
“Alpha Damien is expecting you inside.”
Aurora stepped into the tent.
Damien was standing in the middle of the room, using a towel to clean the blood stain on his body.
He turned around abruptly when Aurora walked in.
Their eyes locked for a long moment.
Damien abandoned the towel and strode forward. He seized Aurora’s shoulder and pulled her into his arms forcefully.
Aurora was taken aback.
She could hear his quickened heartbeat and heavy breathing. His hands were also slightly shaking on her back.
“What is the matter?” Aurora broke the silence and asked.
Damien shook his head and buried his face into her hair, taking in a deep inhale of her scent.
“I was afraid of losing you,” he said deeply.
“Are you serious?” Aurora said under her breath, “I am standing right here. Safe and sound. What made you think that?”
“This is the first time that I saw you on battlefield. I know that you have a strong wolf and everything. But when that rogue came at you…My heart almost stopped beating. I couldn’t help but wonder….what would happen to you if I was a minute late…”
He tightened his arms around her, hugging her more tightly.
Aurora could hardly breath in his arms.
Yet her heart swelt.
This was the first time Damien revealed his true feelings to her.
He used to be so cold, so closed–up, and it was impossible for her to figure out what he was thinking through his expressionless face.
But now,
he opened up to her voluntarily.
He said that he was afraid.
Aurora once thought that a brave man like Damien was not afraid of anything.
But he was afraid of losing her.
“Hey.”
Aurora stroked his back gently.
“You got there on time. And I am fine. There is nothing to worry about.”
“I know. But-”
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“Even if you didn’t, I would still be alright. I am a Gamma, remember? I proved myself capable to fight side by side with you. You can trust me with your back, just like I trust you with mine.”
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Damien straightened his back and cupped her face with his hands.
He stared deep into her eyes.
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“Always,” he murmured. “I trust you. With my life.”
Aurora’s heartrate quickened. Her mouth was dry as well.
And it was probably an illusion but…somehow the room temperature seemed to be rising.
They were only a few inches away from each other. They had not been this closed since Damien rejected her.
And now, they were leaning toward one another.
Aurora fluttered her eyes shut and felt her heart thumping wildly in her chest.
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She could almost feel the gentle touch of Damien’s lips on hers-
“Alpha Damien! What a great fight!”
A sudden voice came from the door, and they separated almost instantly.
Steven, Jeff, Maxie, and Glen just walked in. Each one of them had a large grin on their face.
They froze by the door when they saw Aurora and Damien inside.
Damien’s hands were still on Aurora’s cheek.
“Oh.”
Jeff let out an awkward laugh and scratched his head.
“Do you want us to come back?”
Damien cleared his throat and dropped his hand, “There is no need. Come on inside.”
Aurora felt her cheeks on fire.
It almost felt as though her parents walked in on her while she was making out with her high school boyfriend in bed.
The six of them took their seats.
“Last night was a good fight. Great work, everyone.”
Damien looked around the room with a faint smile.
“Yet before you go and have some rest, I do want to take some time and recap last night. I believe that you all have some questions.”
The 5 Gammas exchanged looks.
“OK. I will start.”
Jeff spoke up first.
“My man and I were waiting outside of the East Gate. Around 3 o’clock, we heard fighting noises coming from the north-”
“That is me,” Glen said. “I attacked the North Gate and the rogues attacked back fiercely. If it weren’t for Alpha Damien and Gamma Aurora, we would have lost this battle already.”
“But that is weird,” Maxie said. “I received no resistance from the South Gate.”
“Neither do I,” Steven said.
“Yeah, same here!” Jeff added with a nod, “The East Gate was wide open. It was almost like that no one was guarding it.”
Glen raised an eyebrow, “So you are saying that all the rogues were at the North Gate last night?”
“It would appear so,” Aurora said coolly.
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“Well, that is kind of crappy for me.” Glen shrugged, “But it works out for the army. Just because all the other 3 gates were wide open, we can take down Crimson Fort this easily.”
The other 4 Gammas agreed with a nod.
But not Aurora.
She exchanged a look of apprehension with Damien.
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“So did any one you see the Rogue King?” Damien asked.
Maxie answered, “No. I tried to ask a rogue, but he said that he doesn’t know who the Rogue King is. I am not sure if he was lying or not.”
“He is telling the truth.”
Aurora straightened her back. A cold gleam was in her slit eyes.
“The Rogue King has been hiding from their own men, giving orders through Sterning and Sterning only. It is very clever. Even though they lost the battle, we still have no idea of where our biggest enemy is.”
The room fell into a deadly silence.
Everyone was gripped by the fear of unknown.
“Well, let’s cheer up a bit, shall we?”
Steven stretched his body and grinned.
“Sure, we don’t know who the Rogue King is. But we just won a huge battle and saved most people’s lives in Crimson Fort! We deserve to celebrate. So what do you say we pop open some beers and go wild for a night? Huh?”
Glen smiled, “I like that idea.”
Yet before people could be completely relaxed, Damien raised a hand and said, “Hold on a second. I think that you have forgot about something.”
Everyone turned to look at him.
“The mole,” Damien said.
The smile died upon their lips.
“… You are really a buzzkill, Alpha Damien,” Jeff murmured.
He slumped back into his seat and sighed frustratedly.
“Sure, if you want to talk about that, let us talk. We still don’t know who the mole is, don’t we? And we managed to win this battle anyway. Maybe the mole didn’t take action.”
“Or maybe keeping information enclosed within this small group helped,” Maxie said. “This system works.”
“No.”
Aurora shook her head firmly.
“The mole did take action. The battle plan was leaked.”
Maxie gasped sharply. And the others rounded their eyes in shock.
“Only the 6 people in this room know about the battle plan!”
Steven straightened his back and glared at Aurora.
“Are we back to that conversation again? Are you saying that the mole is in this very room? Let me tell you. I am so fucking tired of you making random accusations without any proofs-”
“I have the proof,” Aurora said calmly.
She stood up and glanced around the room.
She saw different looks on people’s faces: shock, wonder, perplex, anger….and fear.
“And you are right. The mole is indeed here in this very room.”
The atmosphere tensed up instantly.
With everyone watching, Aurora slowly raised an arm.
“The mole is-”
She pointed at a certain person in this room.
“-him.”
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