" So what was it that you wanted to talk to me about? "
I swear I didn't mean to be that polite with him but I was doing it for Ryan. I knew that, at the moment, the power that Helos, the Northern Chief held, was beyond our comprehension and thus he was practically undefeatable. 
The lives of all of us were at stake. 
 The ghastly apparition had blindfolded me and carried me on air, somewhere. I guess I wasn't meant to find out his hide out. They took the blindfold off when I finally could feel solid ground beneath both my feet. 
The place was dark and damp. I saw that I was standing on one of the small stones, scattered around and the rest of the ground was submerged in water. I tried to dip my right foot to check how deep it was but it kept going and I had to take it out because it was too chilly. 
In front of me was a pile of discarded bones. Human-like skeletons formed a towering structure on which was seated a hooded figure, as if it was his throne. 
He brought forth his exceptionally long fingure and pointed directly at my forehead. 
I didn't know if it was real or if it was the place but I couldn't bear the exceptionally strong smell of rotting flesh, building up in that place. 
The spot his finger touched on my skin, started burning. 
" You are the female Alpha they were all talking about... hhhmmmm... but you look so tiny. "
There was a sense of mockery in his tone which immediately made me go to the defensive. But the moment I tried to step back, my foot almost slipped in that chilly water. 
" Careful little girl... that water might drink up what you remember... "
That voice was so menacing, it was very difficult for me to believe that this soul was at some point loved and capable of love, towards another being. 
" I believe you are willing to save your pack from my wrath... well, since I was in a good mood, I am going to offer you such a deal, that will be hard for you to refuse... "
That hideous smirk followed again. 
" And what is the offer like? "
I asked, trying to stare him in the face. I knew for my life that it wasn't a offer that I was receiving. It was a command. A command that was non-negotiably engraved in my cursed brain. I was just being told that it was just a normal deal while I knew in my heart that my will against it was already doomed. 
" Kill Ryan. Kill him with your father's blade and I promise you respite ... "
Sick! That was what this man was. A mentally sick man, still feeling under his twisted desires. 
" If you want him dead, why don't you do tha job? "
I needed to know why he had brought me in because if getting rid of Ryan was his main motive, he wouldn't need to lure me. It was something else that he was planning. 
" Well, well... You look like a clever girl. You see killing that scumbag just like that will give me no thrill. I want to see him bleed red by the hands of the woman he thinks about when he is awake and when he goes to sleep. I want to see the look of pain and suffering in his eyes. I want to hear him scream.... "
He was going on and on. And in his lustful fantasy he slipped in his wording. It gave me enough space to understand what he really wanted. I had learnt well from my father to forsee things. 
It wasn't Ryan that he wanted dead. 
He wanted me to make all the plans to kill Ryan. He wanted Ryan to know about my plan. He wanted to see the him suffer till the last and in the end he would have me killed by someone else and make Ryan live in suffering for the rest of his life. 
I was already dead by this logic but I had to gather my rational mind and think of a loophole to get Ryan out of this cycle of misery. 
" What's in it for me? "
I asked as boldly as I could and Helos looked a little taken back by my sudden retrot. 
" Your pack's life. I thought I had made myself clear. "
" Well, that's not enough if you want me to betray the man that I love. " I said with my arms folded over my chest. 
Helos smirked, " Women.... They are all the same... When it comes to power, they get more desperate than men. Greedy gold diggers... Tell me what you want little wench. "
I had hit his nerve. I was going in the right direction. 
" I need to know that I can trust your promise. You know all my weaknesses and secrets, but I know none of yours. How can I be sure that you will not betray me as well after my job is done. "
That ugly voice of his broke into a chuckle. 
" Like father, like daughter. You know how to play around. "
" Wait what! You knew my Baba? "
I had a vague assumption that my Baba might have forseen something when he had given the three of us the secrets from his weaponry. But did he forsee his own death and the rise of the rebellions as well? How exactly was my father and Helos, connected. 
" Once upon a time, we used to be classmates and friends. We went to learn the secret arts together when we were kids. Your father didn't keep in touch with me after we finished training. He said I wasn't up to his standards, whatever that meant. One would think I was a candidate that he was going to marry. That arrogance."
That wasn't the end of it. If my father severed ties with him before he turned evil, there must have been something in his actions and behavior that might have forced him to forsee the evil this man was capable of commiting. 
I got what I needed. Now I needed to dig up more from that clue. 
" Alright. Let's come down to this arrangement. I get all the packs , united under me and you can have Ryan for yourself. I want to be that undisputed queen in these lands, whom no man dares to diaobey. I want this guarantee. "
The evil guy smirked again. 
" I can give this in writing with my own blood. If you outlive Ryan, you get to dominate all of the werewolf packs. "
He played again. But I was ok with that.