Page 75 of Night Sector
“As you can imagine, that line of work created a few enemies,” Cillian continued. “One of those enemies was Alpha Fare.”
A few of the princes exchanged glances, clearly familiar with the infamous vampire.
“It seems King Seamus made a grave error in assuming a beheading had been enough to incapacitate the ancient Vampire Alpha. He left one of his Elites behind to handle the cleanup while he saw to an Omega’s injuries.”
Kyra, I thought, having heard the official story now.
She’d earned her title as an Alpha killer after Fare’s death. Only, what the world didn’t know was that she’d had some help on the inside from another Vampire Alpha. One who had provided her with a blade that she’d used on Fare.
During an intimate moment.
Something I really didn’t want to think about.
Fortunately, Cillian had pulled the occurrence from Fritz’s mind and didn’t elaborate on the incident, just provided the essential details.
“Unfortunately, the Elite he left behind was susceptible to Alpha Fare’s compulsion,” Cillian went on. “Also, unfortunately, that Elite was one of the island’s sole Protectors.”
The Alpha Princes exchanged glances again.
“He’s an Omega,” Kieran said, aware of what the princes were likely wondering. “Fare’s been using him for over a hundred years. He’s a dreamwalker. However, his compulsion only went so far.”
Cillian nodded, then explained what he’d learned from Fritz’s mind.
Fare had compelled Fritz to lie about the remains, to say he burned them when he hadn’t. He’d then left a strand of compulsion in Fritz’s mind, one that had allowed Fare to maintain a link to Fritz—one Fritz could only remember when Fare activated the link. Meaning every time Fritz dreamt of Fare, his memories returned. Then he’d forget it all when he woke up.
“He didn’t immediately activate the link,” Cillian went on. “He waited until a few years after Seamus wiped out his nest, ensuring everyone thought he was dead. Only then did he start reaching out to Fritz in his dreams. However, as I said, his compulsion had limits.”
He meant that literally.
As in Fare’s mental hold on Fritz had been fragile due to their physical distance. Which meant Fare had needed to be very careful about what he’d made Fritz do.
He’d known Kyra had been taken to a safe house of some kind, one he’d thought was in Blood Sector. And when he’d tried to ask Fritz about it in the dreams, Fritz would automatically wake up. It hadn’t taken Fare long to realize that Fritz’s loyalty to the safe haven was stronger than Fare’s compulsion.
So he’d gone about it in a different way, instead using their dream sessions to learn more information about Seamus’s operations. The key players.Elites.
Which was where Myon came into play.
V-Clan wolves were known for their secrecy, our identities ones we rarely allowed others to know outside of our world. We preferred to be mysterious to outsiders. Unknowns.Ghosts.
But Fritz had given Fare enough details in those dreams for him to find another source—Myon.
However, unfortunately for Fare, the source he’d attached himself to didn’t know the location of the Sanctuary. Just that it existed, why it existed, and that it was protected by MacNamara magic.
So Fare had compelled Myon to enchant Kiana’s necklace. Seamus had already placed a locator charm on it—something that had been done to protect Kiana MacNamara. However, it was only supposed to ignite in an emergency.
But then Myon had changed the spell to track her every movement.
He’d also added a code that would cause it to light up like a beacon when she reached the magical barrier of the island.
“This was over a century ago,” Alpha Lykos marveled, his eyes widening as Cillian told the tale.
“He played the long game,” Cillian replied. “He also indirectly killed the MacNamaras.”
Quinnlynn flinched, causing Kieran to immediately rest his arm over her shoulders. “They realized the necklace was bespelled and crashed their own plane.”
“Fare met Myon at the scene.” Cillian’s tone was bitter, mostly because he’d been the one to review and validate the black box just a week ago. Which we now knew had been manipulated by Fare. “He compelled Myon to think it was an accident and gave him a black box as proof. Then he handed him the MacNamara diamonds and told him to add a new enchantment, one that would cause the jewelry to explode when they reached the Sanctuary.”
“Yes, and then he forced him to forget all about it,” Kieran added flatly.
