Hidden Secrets

Chapter 3 - Rogue prisoner

Elektra's pov:

Yesterday after I skilfully avoided the border patrol I arrived home where a very angry Roxanne was waiting for me! After giving me a half hour preaching stating for the thousandth time all the dangers I could face, she eventually allowed me to go get some sleep! Oh my Goddess this woman can be very persistent sometimes!
Τhe next day I woke up with the desire to search for this strange man I met yesterday. I wanted to know everything about him and his pack. I quickly got dressed and after I informed the omegas to bring my breakfast upstairs I googled his name. Unfortunately nothing came out of it. Then I googled his pack. It was weird but I didn't find much about his pack either. Who was this man? The only entry I found about the Silver Dawn Pack, was  an article thirty years ago about the Alpha Phaethon and his Luna Olympia. It had a picture of them hugging and smiling probably from the Luna's Ceremony. They were a very beautiful couple. The man looked like Alexander. The only difference between them was the color of their eyes and hair. Phaethon had black hair with blue eyes while Alexander was brunette with gray eyes. It was obvious that Alexander had taken his mother's eyes and hair color. So they were probably his parents. Unfortunately I wasn't able to find anything more about them or their pack. It is as if someone erased everything about them. This couldn't be accidental. Someone did it on purpose. Who knows why? An enemy? 
I took my breakfast in my bedroom and got downstairs to the fields to do some training. I was so frustrated that I didn't find anything about Alexander that I wanted to burst out. Did he lie to me stealing the identity of someone else or was he really telling me the truth? And why didn't I find anything about him or his pack? Who would probably have information about it? Who could I ask? Roxanne is the only person I might ask! She is old enough to know something about it.
I finished my training, took a quick shower, got dressed and headed to the office. Ever since my father left, I have been in charge of the pack despite our Beta's protests. My father did not trust anyone more than me. I was checking the financial data of the last quarter when our
Beta, Jordan, burst into my office.
-"Have you not yet learned to knock before entering?" I scolded him irritated. I am sick and tired of his audacity. 
-"Your father, the Alpha, doesn't mind Elektra" he commented venomously.
-"But I do! And it's Alpha to you!" I contradicted.
-"Anyway, Elektra, I am here to inform you that the yesterday patrol caught a rogue at the northern borders of the pack".
When I heard it my heart started pacing like crazy! I really hoped it wasn't Alexander the "rogue" they caught.
-"And why am I hearing this now Beta?" I asked him angrily.
-"I came yesterday to inform you but Roxanne told me that you had already retired due to a terrible headache you had"
-"In any case you should have informed me Beta" I scolded him.I did not want him to understand that Roxane lied to him to protect me yesterday. I knew he was a dirty rat.  All he wanted was an opportunity to present me as bad and disobedient to my father as he wanted his son to become the Alpha of our pack. He really despised the idea of a female Alpha my father wanted to impose. Although he didn't have the guts to confront my father,  I knew he was working underground against me. He is a disgusting sexist and a misogynist. I know how he treats she -wolves of the pack especially the omega. The only thing I don't understand is why my father doesn't punish him for his behavior. He is aware of his Beta deeds. I took care of it! However my father didn't take the slightest measure against him. Why? With what our Beta is holding my father? Cause I really can't believe that my father would justify such sexist behaviors in our pack, especially from high ranked members such as our Beta or his son. His son. That incapable and idiot person. When we were young, his father used to say that we were mates. When we both grew up, it turned out that we weren't, but Jordan could not give up the idea. He continued to insist that we should be together and rule the pack. His son as Alpha and I as his Luna! Only the idea gave me the creeps! How could I be with a bully like him? A person who mistreated everyone due to his father's position? I swore to myself that if we were really comrades I would reject him no matter what happened after ...
I got down the stairs heading to the dungeons. My heart was about to leave my body. My agony escalated as we approached the cell where the rogue was held. Two large guards were outside the silver safety door. They bowed in respect when me and Jordan arrived. They opened the door for us and we got inside. The view was heartbreaking. Although he wasn't the first prisoner I visited, he was the first one I could care about. The rogue was sitting in a corner curled up, clearly beaten up. His head was bowed while his hair was black and sweaty. His face was bruised and his clothes were torn.
Jordan approached him menacingly and started kicking and punching him.
-"What are you doing?" I protested.
-"What happened Elektra? Are you worried about this bastard?" Jordan asked sarcastically.
-"No, of course not. I just want him alive so I can take as many information as possible you idiot!" I quickly made up an excuse. Jordan is a very sly man. One wrong word of mine and he will start to suspect something. This will be the end of my career as the Alpha of the Black Shadow Pack.
I approached the man while my heart was beating like crazy. The man was hit terribly and I could not tell if it was Alexander or not. His body, although wounded, was well built like that of Alexanders and he seemed to have the same facial features.
I leaned next to him and asked him as calmly as I could.
-"Who are you? What were you looking for in our territory?"
-"My.......my ...... name is Jjjjames and .......I am a tracker in the Crescent Moon Pack" he answered with great difficulty. It was obvious that he was exhausted. Hearing his name and realizing that the man wasn't Alexander, a weight was lifted off me. Crescent Moon Pack's territory is adjacent to ours to the north. Although they are our neighbors we don't have friendly relations with them. In fact, we do not have friendly relations with any of our neighbors. They do not challenge us and always submit to our demands, no matter how absurd they are.
Hearing his name made me sigh in relief. Then I continued the interrogation.
-"Bring some water for goodness sake" I ordered the guards frustrated. After a few minutes one of the guards came in holding a bottle of water in his hands. He offered it to me and after bowing he left. I took the bottle and offered it to the rogue. The man hesitantly took the bottle and drank it frantically.
-"What the fuck are you doing?" Jordan asked irritated.
-"He needs water, don't you see? He is dehydrated!" Ι explained annoyed.
-"And why should we care about it?" he asked incredulously. This man is a masochist and this prevents him from doing rightly his job.
-"Cause we need him sober to give us information you moron!"  I talked back.
-"What were you doing in our territory?" I asked when I saw him stop drinking.
-"While patrolling our border, I found some tracks on our southern border and followed them. They ended up in your territory and more specifically in your forest. I was following them when your border guard found me and brought me here"  he said with great difficulty.
-"What kind of tracks?" Jordan asked.
-"Wolf tracks of course" he replied honestly.
-"Maybe they belonged to one of our pack members" I quickly reasoned.
-"No, it can't be. The traces started from our northern borders, passed through our territory and ended up in yours! It was more than obvious that they belonged to a stranger, maybe a spy or a rogue" James explained.
-"Did you catch any sense?" I asked impatiently.
-"No, unfortunately not! And this is the strangest thing! I found the tracks that were recent but I didn't catch any sense. It was like this wolf has covered his sense."
-"What nonsense are you saying? This can't be true! Don't you see that this man is messing with us?" Jordan intervened. And then it came to me! Alexander did not smell either. It's true! I didn't caught any sense of him either.
-"We don't know, maybe it can be done!" I contradicted.
-"Have you lost completely your mind?" Jordan scolded me.
-"I am just saying don't be so absolute!" I reasoned.
-"Do you know anything more than us Elektra?" Jordan asked in a cunning way.
-"No, of course not! But I can't rule out any possibility. Don't you think?" Ι reasoned.
-"The whole thing is absurd!" Jordan said.
-"Take this man, give him  a guest room in the pack house to clean himself and rest, food and then set him free. Until then don't let him out of your sight! " I ordered the guards.
-"What?" Jordan asked incredulously and continued "What are you talking about?" and then addressing the guards ordered "Kill him". The guards looked once at me then at Jordan clearly puzzled.
-"Do as I say!" I told them. "I am replacing the Alpha and as you all know I am above everyone in this pack! Is that clear Beta?" I said angrily addressing to Jordan.
-"Crystal Clear..." Jordan said through his teeth showing his disapproval. Then he rushed out of the cell without even greeting me accordingly. It was obvious that it was extremely difficult for him to accept the idea that I would become the Alpha of this pack. It's time for him to suck it up otherwise things between us will end up badly in the end.