I woke up confused, feeling sore across my whole body. The I remember what happened last night. I smiled. I turn over, ready to greet Landon, except he's not there.

The absence in the bed sent a shiver down my spine. Where could he be?

I say up, looking around. My clothes lay discarded on the floor, but I decided I wanted to put clean ones anyway. I felt exposed, as I got out of bed and hunted around the room for cleaner clothes. I may have been naked before Landon yesterday, but today is a new day, and I'm still shy

Having still not shown himself, I decide it's time to head downstairs to try find Landon. He's got to be somewhere around here. Maybe he had Pack business he needed to deal with.

I stalk down stairs, listening out for any trance of him. Once I'm downstairs, I hear soft voices talking. Is Landon by the front door? Maybe he was collecting Cyrus's dead body. I shiver at the thought. I really want to see Cyrus before he is given to his family.

I turn the corner, to see Landon and another man at the door. Landon leans against the wall, his head in his hands. The other man stands tall, his arms held behind his back.

The man that stands I don't recognise. He's larger in build then Landon, which immediately makes me aware that he is an Alpha. His eyes a hard blue. He looks tough, and it's unnerving.

He looks at me as I walk over, and goes to move toward me, but Landon's hand reaches it and stops him. I don't move, unsure of what to do. Landon looks over at me, his eyes lined red. I frowned at him.

"Althea, this is Kael," Landon says hoarsely. Kael? It dawns on me who is standing through there. Alpha Kael...Another feared Alpha within the community.

He nods at me. "Of the Discipline Pack."

I know. I should have guessed as soon as I lay my eyes on him. He runs a Pack of order and control. Everyone in his Pack is trained to be the best fighters, while at the same time following military like orders. And Kael is the leader of them.

Although my Pack is known for brutal strength and ability to fight, we don't understand discipline like his Pack members do. He is the police of this world.

"Why are you here?" I find myself saying. I don't know why, but it came out rudely. He is here for a reason. Why else would he be here? He should be within his own Pack, ensuring everything is going how it should be. Instead, he's here.

Landon looked grave. That's how I knew he has gotten bad news.

"We heard about what has happened...With the boy," he said solemnly. I blinked. He knew? He had to mean Kace, who had toppled downhill by his own means.

I glanced at Kael. "Kace, you mean?"

He frowned. Landon shook his head at me, his eyes widening. What? What did miss....

"Kace who? I meant Cyrus, the boy found dead on this Alphas property," Kael said. I glanced at Landon, who was looking down at his feet. He was getting blamed for the death.

"He didn't kill him...Kace did!" I insist. Kael still looks confused. Does he not understand what I'm saying? I'm telling him who murdered Cyrus, and he is looking like I just admitted I've seen aliens in my life time.

"Who is Kace?" He questions.

"He's from the Vengeance Pack...He killed Cyrus, not Landon," I insist. Kael doesn't look convinced, and my heart begins to sink. Why isn't he listening?

Landon still doesn't look up, knowing the weight of the situation. Kael says, "Well, Alpha Kaden said he witnessed the killing. We need to take him into questioning before we can extend our investigation."

I stare at the Alpha in disbelief. What about Landon's Pack? What would the do if they found out their Alpha is being taken to trial for the murder of one of their fellow Pack mates. There would be anarchy.

Landon still doesn't say a thing. He is willing to take the fall for it, if it means I won't get prosecuted, I can tell. He knows my hands were all over Cyrus, after Kace had killed him.

"I did it," I find myself saying. Landon looks up in disbelief, while Kael screws his face up in confusion.

"If you search the body, you will see my DNA is all over him. I killed him, not Landon," I say quickly. I don't even register the words that are coming out of my mouth by this point. All I know is that I will not let Landon go to jail, and maybe even be given a death sentence for something he didn't do.

That I didn't even do...

"Althea stop," Landon warns.

"I'll sign a full confession. On paper," I tell Kael. That's how the police work right? That's what he wants from me?

"You're admitting to murder?" He questions in disbelief. I can tell by the look in his eyes, that he has never come across someone like me in his whole reign as Alpha.

I nod, but Landon quickly steps in. "You will not arrest her."

"If she is admitting to it, I have to take her in for questioning. I have no choice," Alpha Kael says, exasperated. Landon steps in between Kael and I, trying to ensure he can't get to me.

"What about me? What if I confess too?" Landon questions.

"Well, well, well, what do we have here?" A voice suddenly says from behind Kael. We all turn in surprise, to see a smug looking Kaden outside.

Landon growls. "You have no right to be here."

Kaden looks at me. His eyes are so cruel. I wonder briefly if he has someone. Is he mated? Does someone love him as much as I love Landon? I can't imagine.

"In fact, I've brought evidence to this case," he said. Evidence? He wasn't anywhere near here when this all went down. He has no right to come in here with whatever lies he's about to spread. But unfortunately, he's the Alpha of Death, and whenever there has been a murder, he's jumping on the opportunity in a second.

Kael looks confused. He's the only one who matches height to Kaden, and the intimidation factor. "You said you witnessed the murder?"

I growled lowly in my throat. He witnessed nothing. He is a liar, and as much as I want everyone here to know that, I have nothing to back my case. Kaden, on the other hand, holds up a small dagger, blood drenching the blade.

"Is that..." Alpha Kael trails off. He must have gotten it from Kace.

"And where I found this, will surprise you even more," Kaden said. My heart dropped, as his eyes met mine, and his lips curled into a cruel smile.

"Althea, want to tell us why your mother found this in your bedroom?" Kaden asked. My mother? My blood ran cold. My mother didn't even know if I was alive. Did she seriously think I was a murderer?

I glanced at Landon, to see him frown. "How could she have that knife, if you saw me kill him?"

"Maybe I saw wrong. I'm just saying, if Althea had this knife in her room...." Kaden trailed off, but we knew what he is thinking. He's framed me. Because that's what the Alpha of the Vengeance Pack does. He lies, and he frames to get what he wants.

Wordlessly, I allow Kael to snap the cuffs over my wrists. It's better than Landon taking the fall. And anyway, I'm sure I'll get out of this once Kael sees that I'm not guilty.

As I'm being walked out of the house, Landon is yelling abuse at Kael and Kaden together. He's pleading with them to let me go, to take him instead, but the damage has been done.

I'm about to slide into Alpha Kael's car, when Kaden grabs my shoulder to stop me, leaning in to whisper in my ear.

"I'm going to bring you down for what you did to Kace..."