Kidnapped and Rejected – The Return of Alpha’s Luna by Moon Claw

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Chapter 56

The witness Jwanted to talk to was Maxie.

Although Baron hadn’t been very nice to Maxie, he trusted her very much. He brought her to the first

between–packs competition, and he even let her fill in as the substitute trainer while he was absent.

Maxie must know something about his dirty deals.

The only problem was whether or not she would be willing to tell Jeverything that she knew.

It seemed that Maxie was terrified of Baron. She didn’t even dare to say a word of defiance when

Baron blamed her for the mad bear incident.

Baron must have found a way to control her somehow.

Jneeded to find out by what means Baron was controlling Maxie.

And she needed to win over Maxie’s trust.

Maxie was living in the central packhouse. Since she didn’t show up in the training field today, Janet

thought she might have the luck of finding Maxie in her room.

Jarrived outside of Maxie’s room and gently knocked on the door.

Nobody answered.

Jdidn’t give up. She knocked again.

This tshe heard a series of light footsteps approaching the door, followed by a guardedly tensed

voice asking, “Who is it?”

“It is me, Janet, from the Blood Moon Pack.” Jleant closer to the door and

asked, “Can we talk for a minute?”

“I can’t think of anything we can talk about,” said Maxie warily.

It didn’t kick off with a great start.

But Jdidn’t leave.

Instead, she held the doorknob and insisted, “Givea chance to talk to you Maxie. This is important.

You don’t need to cout. We can talk through the door if you like.”

There was another long silence.

And then, the door was opened up a crack, revealing a small part of Maxie’s face.

“What do you need?” Maxie asked lowly.

“You were not at the training field today. I heard that Baron replaced you with Owen. But you were

doing great training your soldiers. So what happened?”

“Gamma Baron felt that Owen is a better fit than me. And I don’t mind that, really. I was temporarily

filling in anyway—‘

“Nonsense!” Jgasped, raising her voice. “Both you and I knew that is bullshit. Have you met

Owen? The guy knew nothing but waiving his fists in the air like a giant gorilla. And you are counting on

a guy like him to train your soldiers?”

Maxie’s face went pale.

After a pause, she muttered, “This is Riverside Pack’s business. And you are Blood Moon Pack’s

Gamma. This doesn’t concern you.”

She wanted to close the door, but Jtook a step further and put her foot between the door panel

and the wall.

And Jinsisted, “But this is an alliance, Maxie. And we are going to the battlefield together one day.

I can’t stand aside and do nothing when a real capable person like you gets bullied and dismissed,

while scumbags like Baron and Owen take the control!”

Maxie bit her lips and subsided into silence.

Jstared at her and asked abruptly, “What happened to your arm?”

Maxie was wearing long sleeves, But her sleeves rolled up when she tried to shut the door, revealing

her upper arm skin.

There were a few striking bruises on her skin. All seemed relatively new.

Maxie panicked and quickly pulled off her sleeve to cover her skin. But it was too late.

“Don’t bother. I saw it already.” Jsaid solemnly, “I get it. It isn’t easy for you to stand up against

Baron’s tyrant. It tooka long tto learn about how to fight for my own right as well. But you can

do it, just like me. This is your chance now, Maxie!”

Maxie inhaled sharply. Her lips started to tremble.

She still had the door half–open. But she stopped trying to close it.

“What do you want then?”

Maxie asked eventually.

“Are you trying to getback to the training field? We both know that Gamma Baron won’t allow that.‘

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“And that is why we can’t let Baron take the wheel.”

Jlooked into Maxie’s eyes and said,

We need to take down Baron.”

A look of shock flickered across Maxie’s eyes.

“You are crazy!” Maxie gasped in disbelief, “Do you know who Baron is! He is-”

“A respected warrior’s son, right? And so what? His father won all those glories, not him. We can’t let

him keep corrupting your army. Even your Alpha is withon this. We have your back!”

Maxie was still shaking her head, “Baron is too respected among the soldiers. You can’t kick him out of

power. You will cause a riot.”

“And that is why we need to show those soldiers that Baron doesn’t deserve their respect.‘

Jtook in a deep breath and got to the gist.

“Alpha Daran toldthat there was an account book, documenting all details of Baron’s secret deals.

If you happen to know where that account book is—”

“NO!” Maxie snarled abruptly.

There was a mixed look of fear and anger on Maxie’s face as she glared at Jand cried, “Forget it! I

am not giving you that account book!”

“Calm down, Maxie. Let’s work it out-

“No, I am done talking to you. Goodbye!”

Maxie slammed the door close with a huge bang and shut Joutside.

Jtook a quick step back to avoid getting hit by the door.

Then she frowned.

So there was indeed an account book.

And Maxie knew where it was.

Which were all great news.

And Maxie didn’t seem to hate the idea of taking down Baron. She must hate Baron

too.

But why did she react so strongly when Jasked her about the account book?

Did Baron threaten her with something?

Jknew that she wouldn’t be able to get Maxie’s trust unless she found out what Baron threatened

Maxie with.

Jturned to leave Maxie’s room while still pondering on these questions.

When she reached the end of this hallway, she heard a series of conversation coming

from around the corner.

Two maids were talking in a cautiously low voice.

“…Miss Maxie was still in her room?” one maid asked.

“Yes. She hadn’t eaten anything since yesterday. Poor thing. I was thinking maybe I should bring her

something to eat.”

“She won’t eat. She won’t even open the door. She is always like this after–you know.”

Jnarrowed her eyes standing in the shadow.

It seemed that these two maids knew what happened to Maxie. But they were too scared to say a word

about it.

“I know. But what can we do about it? We are only maids. There was nothing we can do about it.”

The two sighed and were ready to walk away.

Just before they left, Jstepped out of the shadow and cried out, “Wait!”

Two maids jerked around in panic.

“Gamma Janet!” one gasped, “When did you-”

“I have heard everything.”