Chapter 4
Dylon heard his name and turned to see a stunningly beautiful woman who appeared young, her body tight, her face unlined. The only indication of her age was long silver hair falling in layers around her face, highlighting sculptured cheekbones and soft lips. Her ice-green eyes were like lasers that could latch onto prey with pinpoint accuracy. He knew who she was?he’d met her when she paid a visit to his parents.Oh Fuck! She knows!
“Hello, Oracle,” Dylon said.
“Wait, you two know each other?” Jackson asked.
“Yes, I met Dylon when I was visiting his parents. How are they?”
“They were fine the last time we spoke, ma’am.”
“I am glad to hear it. Please send them my regards the next time you speak with them.”
“Will do.”
“Dylon, would you rather I tell Jackson what happened to you? Would it be easier than for you to have to relive it?”
“No ma’am, I’ll do it,” Dylon said, glancing at his mate before looking at Jackson. “I was an enforcer with the Silver Point Pack and was accused of betraying the pack. I was locked up and repeatedly beaten in an effort to obtain my confession. The last time, the beating did not stop and I blacked out. After that I have no recollection of anything until I woke up here, apparently like new. My parents will thank you personally for saving and healing me.”
“Why did they think you betrayed the pack?” asked Jackson.
“Because of a video they had showing someone who looked like me talking about pack business to an unknown person.”
“But you are sure it wasn’t you?”
“Yes, I’d have remembered if I’d done it and I would never have done it in the first place.”
“Okay, let’s leave that for later. Do you know if the Silver Point Pack wants you dead?”
“I’d assume so since they beat the crap out of me and left me for dead. Do you know where they dumped me?”
“In a ditch running alongside a highway near our old pack house.”
“The one on the mountain near Blackwood Pass?”
“Yes. Do you think they’ll check to see if you’re dead?”
“I dunno. Maybe. But I don’t see why they would.”
Jackson turned to Mystia and said, “Better tell Jimmy to be on the lookout, just in case, when you guys go home, and I think you should take some enforcers with you for a few days.” Then Jackson turned back to Dylon. “You are welcome to stay here. I’ll have a suite prepared for you and Cody as I expect some alone time will be needed. Any questions?”
Dylon thought and knew he needed to ask the question that might get him killed. “Yeah…why did you kill your family and the rest of your pack?”
Jackson stared at him, unable to believe what he’d heard. He heard Steel growl and saw Cody move closer to his mate while Colton grabbed Ian, shoving him behind him. A tsunami of pain and grief flooded his body as his mind rebooted the memories of the night in Las Vegas when he was told his parents and younger siblings weremurdered. Unable to breathe, heartbroken and numb—it was as if it happened yesterday.
“Dylon,” said Oracle, “do you believe I can only speak the truth?”
“Yes, you’re an Oracle so you cannot lie.”
Oracle inclined her head slightly in acknowledgement of Dylon’s statement before saying, “The people who killed Jackson and your mate’s family were the Silver Point Alpha and his enforcers. You have been lied to by them.”
“But why? I don’t get it. What a fucking mess. Why don’t you go to the High Council? I can talk to my father. You can’t let them get away with this!” Dylon was angry. He was with Rudy when they found the old pack house.Fuck, I might have killed my mate. Holy Shit! My wolf doesn’t like that thought. “Look Oracle, my father would listen to you and if you tell him that, the High Council would take action against them. Let me call my father so you can speak to him.”
“Who the fuck is your father,” growled Steel, “and why would the High Council listen to him?”
“My father is Franklin Royd and the vice chair of the High Council. Oracle knows him. She can speak to him about Silver Point.”
“Mother, is this true? You could’ve done this and stopped the threat my mate and my son live under? Why the fuck didn’t you say so?” yelled Steel.
