The Dark Side Of Fate Chapter 654

Once we got on the good road, the ride was smooth, and the driver sped up.

"The bastard knew we were coming. I wonder who the informants in Brentwood were. I can't believe the pack members would be so wicked to do this to their Alpha," Nicole said angrily, and I shook my head. I had thought about it carefully and doubted that was what had happened.

"Brentwood doesn't necessarily have to have an informant," I said, and everyone looked at me as if what I had said was strange.

"What do you mean, Amelia?" Susan asked.

"I mean, Timothy is an old man. Inkabod did not follow the script this time around. Usually, they show up at night and sack the settlement. But this time, Inkabod looking as weird as fuck, knowing the secret about the Stepanovs was out, paid Timothy a visit in broad daylight. He made up a stupid story about protecting Timothy from Alexei, who, by the way, has honoured the ban on challenges. Inkabod was 'generous' to let Timothy think about his decision and then told Timothy when he would return for an answer," I said, and the glint in Linda and Tamia's eyes showed they knew where I was heading.

"Inkabod has informants everywhere, so he knows Timothy's behaviour. So far, Timothy always reaches out to Leo for help whenever anything comes up. Inkabod knew Timothy would not change his reaction this time; he knew he would reach out to Leo. He probably already knew we had his bitch, Alice. I am sure the southern informants must have told him," I said, and Susan's eyes widened.

"Which was why he gave Timothy his real name," Tamia completed.

"He knew Timothy would call and tell Leo. He also knew Devin had arrested Alice and brought her to Mountain," Tamia said, and Linda nodded.

"He knew Alice would break easily. He believed Alice had already given his name. So when Timothy says his name, it will pique Leo's interest, and Leo would come," Susan said, and I was glad they figured it out.

"They knew Leo would come to try to capture him for information. He would use that opportunity to eliminate the Head alpha of the East since Alexei won't allow them safe passage through Hill Valley into the Mountain. It was a trap," Linda said, and I nodded.

"How did you figure it out?" Tamia asked, and I smiled.

"When I saw the number of people he brought. The Stepanovs aren't as many as we think. It would take much meticulous planning and time to gather that number of people. At least twenty-four to forty-eight hours. Andrew had already said they attacked with a maximum of thirty.

This man came with over a hundred people.

If Brentwood had an informant, the informant would have only been able to inform them Leo was coming after Timothy had called Leo and started evacuating the settlement, which was less than six hours before the time of our arrival.

It meant the spy would have informed them in the afternoon. There wouldn't have been enough time to gather an army of that magnitude between that time and when they attacked," I said, and Tamia smiled.

"Alexei was on the lookout and would have detected them if they passed through Brent in that number.

Which meant they had been around since yesterday morning when Alice was arrested and brought to Mountain.

They had been hiding scattered around Brentwood's forest away from the pack members," Tamia said, and I was happy she figured it out.

"Inkabod knew Alice would get caught. Someone must have informed him that Devin had returned to Brentwood, and Alice must have told him that Devin had given her her old job back.

The people that shot at Devin when they carried Susan from Brent must have informed him what had happened and how Devin had carried Susan's body away.

It was very odd behaviour for a man that had just lost his mate.

Inkabod must have figured then that Susan had survived the attack and given up Alice's name," Linda added, and Nicole whistled. She was always dramatic.

"After all, Susan told us that Alice was fired. So why would Devin go back to Greenville without Susan and rehire Alice while he was still mourning Susan?" Linda asked, and Susan's eyes widened.

"Wow!" Nicole said, and we were all silent, realising how Inkabod had played us.

We would have walked into a trap if Leo's parents had not given us the brilliant ideas.

We would have expected twenty-five to thirty people and faced over a hundred.

It was clever, but the Moon was on our side.

I blessed the goddess as we rode back to Mountain.

When we arrived, Martha, Avery, Katya, Claudia, and Richard were outside.

An ambulance was on standby, and Mirabel was loaded onto it.

Martha hugged me for a while, and then Richard too. They were glad we were okay.

Tamia hugged them, too, and likewise, Linda. There were sentiments between them.

"Go on to the clinic, I will join you when Leo's group returns," Martha told us, and we followed the ambulance to the clinic.

I was glad we had captured Inkabod, but we needed to be extra careful because we were dealing with intelligent people that were still in the shadows.