Chapter 13 A Cup of Tea Best Served Hot
Adeline
I knew that the Alpha and Luna of Midnight Pack were cruel, they were the tales that parents would warn their pups about.
I didn’t realize that they were also twisted and corrupt.
I went from having the time of my life at the Lone Wolf to seducing an Alpha, followed by getting locked in a cage and molested by guards - now I’m locked up in a packhouse.
I felt the fury boil over me, why could the Moon Goddess allow my Alpha to die at the hands of this beast? She surely knew what he was capable of.
I hated him for everything he had done, everything he had been apart of, they were his guards and she was his mate after all.
I was caught in the moment when he grabbed me into his arms, I almost forgot what a savage he was.
He was so sexy when he looked at me like I was the only girl in the world, I wanted so badly to push my lips onto his and close that gap that was a few inches between our faces.
It took everything in me to push him off and remind him of what he put me through tonight, on my birthday on top of it all. Was this just some game to him?
“Don’t you think if I was as cruel as your pack has been conditioned to believe that I would have ripped out your throat by now?”, I felt myself gulp at his words, my nerves were taking over. “Everything that happened tonight was fucked up and has been dealt with Adeline. I ripped my own guard’s throat out because they knew that behaviour is not tolerated on my territory. If that didn’t prove it to you, then tell me how I can prove it to you? Even as Alpha, I’ll beg for your forgiveness”.
“There is nothing in this world that could make me forgive you Alpha. I shouldn’t have even been in those cages to begin with. I may be forced to respect you Alpha Jaxon, but you will never be my Alpha”, I spat out without a thought, “why are you so interested in me? What do you want from me?”
I felt the notoriously calm Alpha get more rattled.
I knew I was out of line and should never speak to a higher ranking wolf like this, never mind an Alpha. If he wanted to kill me, so be it, but I had full intentions of letting him know how scummy he was before I left this earth.
My wolf was getting agitated with me, why was she backing down? She was never one to walk away from a fight. I dismissed it as it was probably the wolf instincts to submit to our Alpha.
Dominance took over and his voice deepened, “I hate to break it to you pup but I am actually your Alpha and that decision is not yours.
One more time you speak out of line like that I’ll be sure to punish you in a way that you’ll never forget”. He clenched his jaw hard, “Your beloved Alpha got what he deserved. I showed him the compassion of a true Alpha when I gave him two warnings for picking off my guards. I’m not going to apologize for protecting my pack, they are my responsibility and they rely on me to keep them safe”.
I stood there in shock taking the time to digest what Alpha Jaxon just admitted, wondering if it was even true. He must have noticed my confusion as he chuckled back, “surprised, are you Adeline?”, emphasizing my name.
“Let’s not forget about the humans that he was always buying, using as sex dolls and then discarding of. Or did you think female humans walking through pack territory was a normality of all packs?”, his voice fuelled more anger, “yet Adeline, here we are, I’m the ferocious Alpha who took your beloved Alpha away from you. That man had more demons than all of the Alphas in the United States put together”.
While I knew there may have been some truth to his tales, everyone in Silver Shadow Pack assumed that Alpha Max’s methods of being friendly with the humans was a tactical move to prevent war between the humans and werewolves.
Alpha Jaxon was no saint and I wasn’t sure what he was trying to prove in that moment, then I hit low – possibly, even too low.
“Wow, what a saviour you are, Alpha Jaxon. You killed your own father, your own flesh and blood. For what? All for power. That’s the kind of leader you are, sir”. My voice cracking knowing I would regret my next move but my mouth was moving faster than my brain was processing, “Everyone in Silver Shadow knows that, you’re such a great Alpha that not even the Moon Goddess thought you deserved a mate”.
Before I could spit out another word, I noticed his canines enlarging and his eyes turning pure black filled with fury.
Fury for the hateful words that escaped my mouth. I felt a punch of regret doing somersaults in my stomach, as he did a swift turn towards the door and grabbed the door knob, gripping it and almost ripping it off of the door. Slamming the door behind him, he left me all alone in this unfamiliar room.
I’m not sure what possessed me right then to bait a fight but I was so affected by the thought that Alpha Jaxon was upset with me, even my wolf wouldn’t regard me.
I curled up in a ball in the corner and let my tears pour down my face.
I cried so hard that my sobs became uncontrollable. I badly wanted to run to him, my instincts begged me to embrace him and apologize until he forgave me. My thoughts wondered if the rumours were true or if he was the one lying to me so I would forgive him.
I didn’t understand why Alpha Jaxon was having this effect on me.
12:01am, the clock flashed across the room. Happy Birthday to me.