Ch.4 Debt Payment Successful
Lucifer’s claws dug into the arm of his throne, five thick grooves denting the metal.
He only wished he could see Noah clearly as he bowed at his feet.
But the thick, dark shatterproof glass that separated all the Alpha heads was designed not only to protect from assassination attempts but to muzzle their senses and dampen their aggressive instincts, thereby preventing them from tearing each other apart. Though it barely seemed to be working now.
The gouges in his throne’s armrests grew as his claws tunneled deeper. The burn scars on his chest and arms pulled tight.
His plans were so close to fruition he could almost taste victory.
Shoving his hand into his pocket, he fingered the chain tucked inside. His thumb traced the well-worn grooves of the necklace.
Valf Prendel/Dominant Alpha
“The meeting of the Brotherhood has begun. 𝙀𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙀𝙣𝙞𝙜𝙢𝙖 Lucifer Sokolov and Alpha Olan Lundin, stand.”
The disembodied voice of Inner Council Head, Valf Prendel, echoed through Lucifer’s sealed room, as it did for the other alphas each starting out from their private chambers.
Lucifer stood, tearing his gaze away from the omega to stare at the smug, bearded face of his greatest enemy.
Lucifer Skolov/ML/Elite Enigma
He could not wait to wipe that look from Olan’s face.
Actually, he could not wait to wipe out Olan altogether.
Valf Prendel/Dominant Alpha
“You all know why we are here.”
As Inner Council head, the Prendel crime head ran all Brotherhood meetings, his slime-based races’ love of efficiency coupled with an inability to feel emotion, making him the perfect bureaucracy head.
Valf Prendel/Dominant Alpha
“The feud between the Skolovs and Lundins has gone on long enough. Vendettas and discord are a way of life, but this grudge has boiled over into a galaxy-wide territorial dispute that has begun to impact all our profits. That cannot be allowed.”
Lucifer hid a smirk. There was nothing the Brotherhood hated more than a threat to their bottom line.
Prendel droned on, his green, gelatinous body oozing and contracting as he spoke.
Valf Prendel/Dominant Alpha
“So, the Brotherhood has determined that action must be taken.”
Exactly as Lucifer had been pushing for far too long.
Valf Prendel/Dominant Alpha
“Before this begins”
Valf Prendel/Dominant Alpha
“And to ensure that both parties come to the trial on equal footing, Olan Lundin’s outstanding debts to Lucifer Skolov must be paid.”
Lucifer didn’t hold back his smile this time. He wished his brothers Maxheim, Alexi, and Damien could have been here for this moment, but only heads of families and property were allowed in the inner sanctum.
Still, Olan’s flash of rage was as satisfying as it got. It had to be humiliating to have it revealed that the debts he’d been racking up through bad investments and gambling losses—all orchestrated by Lucifer—were held by the one person he wanted least to owe anything at all.
It had to hurt, too, that as a result of those outstanding charges, Olan had to back out of the official bridal contract he’d forged with the Verish family and use as debt reparation the one piece of valuable property he had that was not already leveraged to the gills: his first omega son.
But that’s what the bastard got for trying to give what was Lucifer’s to some other male.
Lucifer suspected most of the Brotherhood thought he was crazy to take the omega as remuneration for the massive tab Olan owed him.
But revenge was priceless—and Lundin’s first rare omega son was the key.
Valf Prendel/Dominant Alpha
“Do you accept the ownership rights of Olan Lundin’s first son, a pure, gifted rare omega, as a fair and equitable exchange for the financial debt you are owed?”
Prendel’s eight eyes blinked as one.
Lucifer Skolov/ML/Elite Enigma
“I do.” ❄️
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