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“Please leave.” I managed to push his hand off my shoulder as I spoke in a quiet voice.
Was I still afraid of him?
He humiliated me in front of the entire school, rejected me, cursed at me and bullied me. I didn’t have the physical strength to fight him. I didn’t have the mental strength to heal from the injuries he never apologized for. I was powerless against him, so yes, I was afraid. Especially now with his eyes roaming my body, making me feel even more exposed than I did with my private parts open.
“I just want to talk.” I didn’t want to talk but it didn’t matter. “I made mistakes that I’m not proud of. But maybe we can have a fresh start?”
Stop looking at me like that!
I wanted to scream at him. It made me feel disgusting but I didn’t have it in me that night to say anything.
“I accepted your rejection,” I muttered to my legs as his hungry eyes still ravaged my body.
“We haven’t mated with anyone else. We can reverse it in a few minutes.” I shivered at his callous words.
Mates rarely ever rejected each other – I mean, they were sacred – but if you’re someone like Lucien, a powerful wolf, future Beta of a powerful pack and a drop-dead gorgeous man, refusing a traitorous latent omega mate made sense.
When mates rejected each other, they broke the sacred bond of the goddess but the goddess loved mate bonds so much that she made a loophole for rejection. The loophole was s3x.
If I did it with Lucien, the bond he broke by rejecting me would begin to form again. He could mark me during the act and I would be bound to him for life.
The Alpha’s Call saved me from the unwanted heat in his eyes. We’d both shifted now so we couldn’t avoid an Alpha’s Call.
“It’s no secret that the Alpha Pack have taken up residence amongst us.” As Alpha Zavier spoke, a few members of the Alpha Pack walked by without sparing him a glance. No, it wasn’t a secret. “It’s also no secret what they want.” A few people began muttering as Alpha Zavier drew out his speech, keeping us all in suspense.
Everyone already went into hiding but he called us all out of hiding. For what? A speech without a head or tail? The two girls behind me fidgeted, tapping their feet and holding on to each other as the entire shifted wolves in the pack gather in the arena in response to the Alpha’s Call.
“I had a brief conversation with him and we agreed on a method that will save us from war.” He took a deep, stuttered breath, his loud voice subdued as he spoke. It made the wolf in me lower her head, placing a paw across her eyes at the weakened state of our Alpha.
In less than twenty-four hours, another Alpha came to throw our lives on its head and made our Alpha quiver as he spoke, his hands balled into fists and his gaze trained far, unseeing into the crowd.
He lost before the battle even started.
“I will fight Prince Valens.” Murmurs exploded around us, growing louder with each moment that passed with Alpha Zavier waiting for us to calm down.
I will fight. Not he will fight. Alpha Zavier already gave up his rights to this pack. His Alpha pride didn’t delude him into thinking he could take on the werewolf prince and succeed.
“You can’t fight him!” Someone from the crowd shouted and everyone joined in.
“Prince Valens is a conqueror!” Another person inputted.
“You will lose! You can’t gamble with our fate like that! What will happen to us when you lose?”
“We don’t want another Alpha!”
Everyone had something to say. Together people poured out their displeasure at the Alpha’s choice. Secretly, I applauded him.
Everyone else was too scared to admit it, too scared to see the sense Alpha Zavier put into this negotiation but I applauded him for it. He was giving up his position as the Alpha of Redville, and willingly too because there was no way in heaven, earth or hell that he would win against Prince Valens in one-on-one combat.
Most packs that he invaded chose to fight as a pack to stop the invaders but they all lost. Every. Single. Time. As we would too if our Alpha charges us to drive out the invaders that had casually taken over our homes.
“I cannot gamble with your lives.” The Alpha exclaimed, his sharp words cutting off the muttering and exclamations. “I’m your Alpha. I am responsible for your protection. I can’t have my people hiding out forever in their land. The earlier we do this, the earlier we can start our new lives.”
“I refuse! This is nonsense!” Beta Osiris exclaimed, drawing attention away from the Alpha. “If you fight and lose, he will become the rightful Alpha of Redville. Redville is yours! The people are yours, the grounds are yours! The f*****g air in this place belongs to you. Why let another man steal it from you?” Even from where I stood, I saw the redness in his cheeks and the pursing of his thin l!ps. “We will fight behind our Alpha for what is ours.” He beat his chest, once then again.
“That is a touching speech, Osiris but I’m not giving you a choice here. I am still the Alpha. My word is the law. I won’t risk my wolves lives to maintain leadership.”
“Aren’t you concerned what he would do to us when he becomes Alpha!?” Skylar’s angry voice called from behind. I turned, as did many people, to see her wipe tears off her cheeks with Lucien by her side. I shivered at the look in his eyes when I faced him.
“He is a wicked man! He could slaughter us the minute you hand over!” Murmurs broke out again, loud enough to drown the Alpha’s voice.
In truth, if Prince Valens wanted to slaughter us, even an underground sanctuary wouldn’t stop him. Thinking of the prince made me shiver. His presence alone had scared the wolf out of me! I swallowed down cold fear.
“What about me! If you hand over what will I inherit?” Bethel shouted from behind. People turned to look at him and they all forgot about their annoyance with the Alpha.
“Foolish boy! Your sister would make a better Alpha!”
“Is that what you’re thinking of at a time like this? Succession? You need a pack to inherit anything!”
“Close your mouth child and hide your stupidity!” An old woman interjected before Alpha Zavier called us back to order.
“I have made my decision. Prince Valens agreed to stay out of the pack house until the battle which will be this evening.” He took another stuttered deep breath. “By six in the evening, whoever is interested can come out to watch the battle for leadership.” I swallowed down my pity for him.