Balance of Light and Shadow (By Chandrea) novel Chapter 190

Chapter 190

Conrad POV

The next few days were a whirlwind of activity. Murdock runs drills with a familiar military precision that actually puts me at ease. A mix between a fond memory and an old habit coming back to my life.

The one thing I hate, though, is how infatuated he is with my mate. He’s right when he makes remarks about how amazing she is, but he keeps yelling that they need to run away together or trying to get her to go on a mission with him. Jace is furious at this. We put up with it, though, as it is for her protection.

We conducted some training this morning and are meeting in the war room for most of this afternoon. We need to start planning our attack, as I am not waiting for this asshole to come to my door. I need to find his.

I run the meeting with Lewana, Liam, Arthur, Murdock, and Nightstalker on speaker.

I start the meeting. “Let’s go over what we know“.

Nightstalker starts. “Malik Sterling, aka Rogue King, is the target. He seems to have gotten his wealth and power by being the figurehead behind Serenity Enterprises. He doesn’t operate in the human world. Only the virtual one, which makes it hard to pin him down. Also, why are so many creditors and investors are after him? He’s taken out huge loans and made promises, but when people need to serve him papers, they have nowhere to send them. There are no records on him from the Werewolf side as he was likely born a rogue“.

just nod, thinking about how we can use this information later. “Liam, what did Cordelia tell you about his plan?“.

“The two things she mentioned were having an army that was under Alpha Command and packs being in blood oaths“.

Murdock speaks up. “You’re going to have to translate werewolf for me. What are those?“.

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Lewana explains. “A blood oath is an unbreakable deal between Alphas that can only be ended by death. If you do not maintain your end of the deal, your life force can be collected in the same way a mate bond works. You also inherit that Alpha’s pack. An Alpha Command is forcing someone to do something against their will“.

Murdock is excited and fascinated by this. “Really. Anything you say“.

Lewana turns to Liam. The only one who can be affected by an Alpha Command. His eyes start to glow golden, with Serena’s eyes also coming forward.

“Liam. Just up and down twice“.

Liam’s face goes completely blank as he follows the command blindly. Murdock starts laughing at this.

She commands him again. “Liam, do the hockey pockey“.

He starts dancing with the same blank expression as Murdock is howling with laughter. Arthur and I are uncomfortable with this, but we know he needs to understand.

Lewana instructs Liam again and holds out a blade. “Liam, hold this blade to your throat. Close enough to draw blood“.

Liam snatches it up without a second thought and holds it close to his neck. Murdock goes still. The sudden realization of what this truly meant was dawning on him.

Murdock speaks just above a whisper as he approaches Liam, who is still stone–faced. “He didn’t even hesitate“.

Lewana looks sad. “He was ordered not to. This is what I need you to understand, Murdock. They will do anything ordered. Strap bombs to themselves, fight to the death, murder, rape, and slaughter pups. They will never question it. The only way to stop the commands is for the Alpha to stop the command or for the Alpha to die“.

Lewana looks into Liam’s eyes and seems to be examining them for something. She stops after a few seconds before giving him one last order.

“Liam. For your loyal service to the Alpha King and your Luna Queen I am giving you a

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gift. We both trust you explicitly, and from this day forward, you will have complete free will to obey or disregard any Alpha order as you see fit“.

Liam suddenly became very awake and alert and threw the blade across the room while rubbing his neck, just trying to get the invasion feeling out of his body.

Lewana approaches him slowly, and I can hear Valen whimpering. She gently approaches him, and I can see Valen’s eyes come forward as she runs a hand through his hair. He leans into it for comfort as she sends a calming wave through him.

“Sorry, I had to do that, Valen, but it was important for more than one reason. Were you aware that you were under Alpha orders? Were you conscious they were happening?“.

He nods slowly in her hand.

“Thank you, Valen. You might have saved us“.

I’m confused by this statement. “Moonlight. What do you mean?“.

“The night I was attacked in the human world, Liam took two rogues into custody. On the day of the raid with the candidate, we took another two prisoners. When the hunter reviewed all prisoners, they were green and not black, indicating they were sick. I think it’s because they are under the Alpha orders. It’s why we could never get any information out of them. They couldn’t even if they wanted to. If their conscious state was still working while completing these orders, they might have information we can use if I break the Alpha Command“.

My jaw hits the floor. “You can break the command“.

She looks at me nervously. “I’m a blessed pure blood Alpha with a direct link to the Moon Goddess. Serena thinks she can do it, and it’s a full moon in two days. Think it is worth a shot“.

I just go and hug her close because if she can do that, then it will change everything. I also pat Liam on the back and rest my head against his in reassurance. It couldn’t have been easy to go through that.

I look over at Murdock and see his brain trying to keep up with everything just said. “You

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talk to a Goddess“.

Lewana just smiles at him. “If you thought Valen was cool when you met him, wait till you meet Serena“.

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