Chapter 428
85 – Ben
We got a lot of information and at the same time nothing at all out of Drake. It was amazing to see Jeff’s face when we brought him in, though, he knew he was fucked seeing Drake in custody. That smug demeanor that he has been trying to maintain, even while being caged and more or less forgotten.
They both started arguing through the bars of the cells, I wish it would have been useful information, but they are both not as stupid as one would hope. I guess it was Jeff’s job to eventually get caught, although, I’m not sure if he truly thought that through. Getting caught means eventually he will be sent back to the Goddess, and I can guarantee she won’t give him any special favors after this. Eventually we had to put them as far apart as possible so we can get our job done. Copyright 2025 Miss L Writes and Ember Mantel Productions
Jason didn’t talk the whole time. He got comfortable setting up a table with all of the tools that we could possibly use to get information out of Drake. He left the interrogation up to me. I asked about the Shadow Markers, about targeting pups and anyone under twenty. I asked about the focus on Black Claw and Red Fang. He said nothing about what’s going on here, just the same lines of he was hired to protect Juliette.
Eventually, after the removal of some fingernails, we got out of him that ‘protect’ meant kill her if she decided to run or did anything his boss didn’t want. What Jason and I don’t understand is how he would know if she was doing a spell wrong? He’s a wolf with zero experience in magic based on his answers. I hope, for Jason’s sake, she was trying to get caught today.
We switched gears and asked about betraying Silver Crescent. We both wanted to know how he could turn on his pack like that? Alpha James is a great leader and Jeremiah will be too. After some heavy physical influencing to get him to talk he admitted to kidnapping Kennedy and some of the details of what was done to her. That set Jason off
completely while I was frozen at the I admission. He talked like it is an everyday occurrence to force himself on an unsuspecting human female. We both put two and two together and I had to stuff down my anger to control Jason. I think he broke every bone in both of Drake’s arms and then moved to his legs before I could finally stop him.
We need a few areas left to break in order to get more information out of him. We did eventually get out, through sobs and spittle, the absolute truth that he had assaulted Kennedy and he assaulted Juliette Jason’s Wolf went feral, there was very little I could do. He shifted and used his razor sharp claws to make tiny but effective cuts all over Drake’s body. Too many to heal quickly with his enhanced healing focused on all the bones we broke earlier.
I had to shift into my wolf in order to reel him in, to prevent Jason from killing Drake. When I got Jason calm enough to shift back to human and walk away, we head upstairs to let Elara know that we had a little bit of information but we would need to try again. T hoping the little witch was more forthcoming with details.
The door to Juliette’s bedroom is still closed, but I hear Brianna loud and clear, “Our suspicions were correct.” a deep breath, “Our worst suspicions.” Jason pushes the door open, but no one looks our way. We are both stopped in the doorway at Elara’s wolf growling, aura flowing out.
“Is she okay, physically, I mean? Obviously, the emotional stuff is going to take time.” Elara asks, looking at each witch. I can’t see her face, but I feel the tension in her body.