Freya scoffed, “I hate him.” I replied, “Same.” I rolled my eyes at Ezra saying, “I was literally the worst revenge of all time, but please…regale me with your tale… and I’ll probably interject where you are wrong… but let’s just humor you.”
Ezra smiled, “You’ve killed a lot of people.” I blinked but he didn’t continue. I said, “Oh my lord. How does anyone let youplan anything? That’s how I’m the perfect revenge? I’ve killed people. That will certainly make waves… nowhere.”
Freya said, “All Supernatural’s kill. Even passive ones that don’t like fighting.” Ezra snorted, “You think your precious Xander will love you when he hears about all the innocent Omega’s you killed?” I raised an eyebrow at him while Freya laughed outright in my head.
Ezra continued, “You think it won’t kill your father to hear about how you worked WITH Hunters? It already kills him that you were hurt. This will torture him.” Would now be the time to drop that I knew the Hunters real purpose? Freya advised, “Probably not. The group in the back room is in chaos over this information.” Fair enough.
I stared at Ezra then asked, “That’s it? That’s all you’ve got?” Ezra frowned, “That’s plenty.” I said, “Ok, wow. Just… wow. No, I’m not your perfect revenge plan. I’m your linchpin. That you callously, and naively, threw into the mix of evil and expected me to be your perfect puppet.”
“I have bad news…for you… not me… or anyone else. Just you and your constituents. I’m not a puppet. I’m a person with strong opinions whose intelligence is SO far above yours it’s crazy. All of you should’ve known from the MOMENT I refused to back down, when you hurt people in Black Path, that I was the wrong person. I knew how things were supposed to be. I was the literal worst choice you could have made.”
Ezra repeated, “You worked with Hunters.” Did he not know I was forced to join? Because he hadn’t called me a Huntress yet. Freya snorted, “I bet he didn’t know.” Or it was a trivial detail to him. I mocked him to his face, “Did I? Or did I give intel to the Hackura to bust the drugs the Ring is running?”
Ezra’s eyes grew wide with horror. He growled, “You wouldn’t dare.” I snorted, “You don’t believe that.” Ezra growled, “You killed innocent Omega’s because you were told to.” I asked, “Butdid I? Or did I kill the Hunter groups, take their phones and laptops… pretend to be them to give updates back to the larger group, and send the Omega’s somewhere you’d never look for them… Here, for example.”
Ezra was turning red with anger. I said, “By the way… you might have been in too much pain to notice… but Tao and Talia are REALLY cute together. He took over your pack, with his fated Luna at his side… which you should know… because you were just paralyzed, but I doubt you noticed.”
“Talia was here… in Black Mountain….by the way….she was all along, but well… you didn’t bother to look. Your son trusted me to come up with a plan to save her… because I trained him… in secret. He watched every training video Xander put out… and I simulated an Alpha training another Alpha with them.”
“That’s how Tao got so strong… and you never knew. It’s really unbecoming… of an Alpha… just saying. They know things like that. None of my father in law’s pups would’ve been doing something like that without him knowing. Because he’s a true Alpha blood… unlike you.”
Ezra had a vein bulging out of his neck as he snarled, “How dare you! That girl doesn't deserve my blood!” I retorted, “That girl is a woman who is fated to your son. Tao is a much better man than you ever were. He doesn’t need to rape she wolves to feel superior.”
“He doesn’t need to coerce and corrupt young men to do his bidding. He’s a real man and Alpha. I know that’s a hard concept for you to grasp because you are not one, but I never killed anyone who was innocent.”
Ezra studied me. Eventually he asked, “Are you in the Resistance?” I rolled my eyes admitting, “That’s a popular question these days. If you weren’t so in your head about how smart you were, it would’ve occurred to you a LONG time ago to ask that question.”
Ezra shook his head denying the truth in front of his face, “No. We checked on you several times after the Resistance was involved with things.” I countered, “Wow… you checked on me. If only I knew a few Demons and a Witch who could help me get from one place to another quickly.”
“Gosh, that would just be so helpful. Do you know what’s sad about that? You all knew I had Demon friends… AND a Witch friend… yet this didn’t occur to you. I actually think pups could run circles around you in strategic reasoning classes. Because the allies, with all their compulsions and cookies bound by magic, thought it was me… but you had none of those issues and couldn’t put it together.”
Ezra shouted, “You’re not that smart! You’re being run by someone else! So, someone else organized people and you just joined.” I stood, “First of all, I’m a genius. I WOULD HAVE TO LOSE OVER TWENTY I.Q POINTS TO BE CLASSIFIED AS SMART!” Ezra scoffed, “You clearly lost them because you’re just a follower.”
I retorted, “Oh yeah?” Freya growled at him Ezra’s eyes widened. Freya took over, “You tried to hurt my human in immeasurable ways. You were party to keeping me from her and tried to get me permanently taken away with that whelp of a pup marking her. You are a disgrace.” Freya let me take back over.
Ezra stammered, “Your wolf just….” I snorted cutting him off, “Oh come on, you had to know I got my wolf.” Ezra frowned, “It will be years before you shift.” I scoffed, “Based on what research? You’re not smart enough to get that answer.” Ezra snarled, “I’m right!”
I retorted, “Oh yeah, Mr. Know it All? I already shifted. I need someone to snap you a clown nose at this point.” Someone did just that. Ezra tried to take it off but couldn't. I laughed, “Now you really are Bobo the Clown.” Freya said, “That amuses me deeply.”
Ezra growled, “The Ring will find the person behind the Resistance and then you will be NOTHING! You are NOTHING without the leader of the Resistance. So, you saved some Omega’s? You’re working for someone who decides what’s good and bad. Maybe they will lean to the bad side, and then you’re just like me.”
I snorted, “I will never be like you. You chose your greed over everyone around you. You could’ve had love and life, but you were greedy.” Ezra snorted, “You’re a puppet whose strings are being pulled just like mine were. You have no say in what you do which makes you just like me. You’re even bolder than you were before, because I’m behind these bars.”
I argued, “I’m not a puppet and my strings aren’t being pulled. I’m bolder because there are no consequences for me, or my friends, with you behind those bars. I thought of them… always. I stood for them, and those that couldn’t, against bullies like you with Alpha blood running through your veins. I did what Selene should’ve done to stop bad people like you.”
Ezra snorted, “You’re exactly like me. I also thought I was in charge for the longest time. We are all cogs on a wheel.” I repeated, “Again, I’m not like you. You’re the one who threw a live grenade into the Ring packs.”
“Do you think it’s a coincidence that things started happening against the Ring when I got there? Do you REALLY think it’s a coincidence that everyone you sent after the Conners family… failed after I showed up? They didn’t even get within fifty miles of Black Mountain for years. The one group that did… suffered the most for it.”
Ezra frowned asking, “You killed those people?” I nodded. Ezra snorted, “You’re still like me.” I growled, “Stop saying that.” Freya said, “I want to take over and use my aura on this horrid excuse of a person.” I didn’t blame her.
Ezra laughed, “We are all cogs on a wheel rolling for the bosses behind the scenes. Some grudge match between the Ring leaders and Resistance leaders is going down, and we’re just caught up in the fray. At least I had my own agenda. You merely joined a band that rallies against a cause. Good never wins, my dear. It’s always best to join the evil side.”
I was furious now I demanded, “NEVER call me my dear again. Only one person does that… and it’s not you. I’m not your anything. Well… your demise… but I don’t think you’d call me that. I didn’t merely join a cause. You threw it in my lap and in my face. I’m not caught in anyone’s fray.”
Ezra laughed, “My dear…” Freya took over and roared, “DO NOT CALL MY HUMAN THAT!” The full authority of the white wolf went into that command, and I watched Erza lock up as it took hold. Xander linked, “That’s so sexy.” Freya purred at him.
Ezra shook himself, “You were probably taken advantage of more than most. You had your grief over your family, and you are smart.” I linked Sierra, “I hate Ezra… I hate him… I’ve already told him I’m a genius… and he keeps calling me SMART!”
