
"Achilles!" Diana yelled at the top of her voice as both her and Tony followed Achilles into his office. None of them expected him to relinquish his rights as Alpha and they were terrified. The Wall Street Pack could not be without an Alpha.
No Pack could survive without an Alpha.
"Achilles!" Diana yelled again as she banged the door hard behind her.
"What now, Diana!"
"I know what they did to you was wrong. I know you are mad, but to seize to be their Alpha? That's too much!" Diana cried and Toby nodded by her side.
Achilles ruffled his hair with his fingers and heaved out a heavy sigh. He turned to face them once more with his hands on his waist.
"I spoke with Carter a while ago and do you know what I noticed?" He asked and both Diana and Tony shook their heads.
"I noticed that he isn't sorry for what he did and he doesn't care about the punishment he would be getting either. None of them care. Whether I behead or banish them all, it won't make a difference because they won't feel any pain. Diana, we lost a brother, we are grieving, but none of those people are touched, because they care less about us. I just don't want to punish them, I want them to feel the pain I'm feeling right now, I want them to feel a great deal of fear and I con only do that by seizing to be their Alpha. Let's see how long they last without their Alpha."
"Achilles." Diana cried as she walked over to him. "They are not worth it. They are not worth you leaving everything behind. Please don't leave." Diana pleaded in tears, but Achilles shook his head. "So, you want to leave me behind? Achilles I have never lived without you, how am I going to survive?"
"You have Tony with you." He said looking at Tony whose eyes had shot wide open. "Tony is going to take care of you while I'm away. You are a great witch, do well to protect yourself and careless about the others, because they don't care about you either."
"This is not good at all. What about Alex? You promised you would find a way to bring him back to life, if you leave now, that's never going to happen!" She cried even harder, but Achilles did not say a word. "Achilles,You are just as selfish as them all. You care about no one but yourself! I hate you!" She screamed bitterly as she rushed out of the office, but none of the guys tried to stop her.
"You know she doesn't mean that, right?" Tony asked and Achilles quietly nodded his head. "Do you really have to go?"
"Yes." Achilles agreed and looked up at him.
"What do you think will happen when you live? Especially as Alpha D'argan is still alive. What if he barges in here and have us all killed?"
"Diana is never going to let that happen."
"Achilles I know what Carter and the other subjects did was wrong, but this is too much. A pack cannot survive without it's Alpha. We are all going to perish without you leading us." Tony lamented and Achilles shook his head.
"A pack cannot survive without it's Alpha and Beta. I will be gone, but you will be here with them, together with their great witch. I'm not just doing this for myself, Tony. I'm not doing this because they have wronged me, I'm not doing this because I want to take revenge on them, I'm doing this because I want them to realize their mistakes by themselves. When I spoke to those subjects, especially Carter, I noticed they weren't sorry for what they did. I also realized that beheading or banishing them would not be the best solution. It won't teach them any lesson,but leaving them defenseless against their enemy would teach them a lesson." He explained detaily and Tony calmly nodded his head, even though he was still not okay with the decision.
Achilles was his best and only friend, he was going to miss him dearly.
"Have you even thought about me? Do you think I will be okay without you? Man we have been with each other all our lives. I'm used to taking orders from you, I'm used being around you. This is going to be so difficult!"
"I know, it's going to be difficult for me as well."
"Are you even ever going to coma back?" Tony asked, looking at him straight in eyes and Achilles looked away with a tiny smile plastered at the side of his lips. He chuckled and bit his lips before looking back at Tony.
"You will be in charge of the pack in my absence. You already have a sense of responsibility towards them as their Beta, so I want you to lead them. Do your best, but don't kill your self, Diana will assist you."
"This is crazy!" Tony exclaimed in frustration as he rubbed his forehead with fingers.
"You decided what you will do to the traitors and that includes Carter."
"I'm going to kill them."
"Anything but killing and banishing. Anything but that. You are good with giving people punishments that would make them rethink their life decisions, I need you to implement that skill of yours in this situation and make those men regret their actions and come back to their senses. Can you do that?"
"Most certainly."
"Good. And one last thing."
"What's that?" Tony asked concerned and Achilles looked at him, long and hard.
"Diana."
"What about Diana?"
"Take good care of her. I know she is going to be your mate, that will be known by midnight, so please, take good care of your mate." He insisted and Toby chuckled with his head bowed down.
He didn't need that reminder from Achilles because he knew that was his duty.
He had been carrying out that duty since the beginning of time.
"I will, I promise."
"Thank you. So, when do you leave?"
"Tonight."


