CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
ADOLPH’S POV
Till now, I still cannot believe Astrid had the courage to do what she did to me last night.
She had the nerve to raise an object against me. She humiliated me big time and she is going to pay.
When I was her father’s beta, he did nothing but humiliate me all the time. He made me take care of all the difficult tasks and didn’t fail to scold me when ever I did something wrong. Right now this is exactly what his daughter has done to me.
She had the audacity to raise an object against me, she made me lose consciousness for a whole lot of hours and she is going to pay with her life.
I didn’t just keep her alive all these years for nothing, I had my own plans.
Ever since we were young, I had always loved her mother, but it happened that she was not my mate, instead she was Alpha Tarlishi’s mate and I lost her to him. I eventually found my mate but I never stopped liking her.
Her mother was one of the main reasons why I killed Alpha Tarlishi. I wanted to be with her so I killed my own mate, then took over power as Alpha and married her.
When she found out that she was pregnant with my child, she killed herself.
Astrid is the photocopy of her mother, whenever I look at her, I get drowned in her ocean blue eyes which she got from her mother. I kept her alive so when she becomes of age, I would marry her.
If I couldn’t be with the mother, then I will be with the daughter.
Yesterday when I saw Tyr trying to rape her, only the Moon goddess knows how much I wanted to have him killed instantly, but I couldn’t, because he is my son.
Astrid is mine alone, I will never share her with anyone else.
“Alpha Adolph” My chief guard, Franck, calls as he kneels before me panting like someone who was being chased my a lion.
“Speak”
“Alpha we have searched the entire pack, but she is no where to be found. She seems to have fled the pack”
“Fled the Pack!” I ask in a roar as I stand up from the chair I was sitting on. “How could she have fled the pack without anyone noticing?”
“Al… Alpha… maybe she left at night”
“Find her! I want you all to find her in all the packs around. I want her back here!”
“Al…pha Adolph, that won’t be possible”
“What?”
“I … mean…” He stutters yet again and I just feel like gushing his throat out. “It is against the law to get into another territory without a proper invitation or request. It is wrong” He explains and I walk around the living room fuming in rage.
I would have to give it to Astrid this time around, she has succeeded in outsmarting me. But this isn’t over yet, I’m still going to find her.
“If that’s the case then, I want you to send word to all the Alphas in the various packs, tell them you check their Packs properly and fish out that scheming witch. Tell them they have five days to bring her to me else I’ll kill them and everyone they have ever known. Have I made myself clear?”
“Yes Alpha Adolph, I will do that right away” He says as he rises on his feet and scurry away in fear.
This is not only annoying, but it’s frustrating as well.
How could a twenty two year old girl knock me out with a piece of wood?
She looks so frail and fragile, like the slightest thing could kill her, but deep down, she has got enormous strength in her.
Like she was able to knock me and escape, me of all people!
Impossible.
I’m going to get her back and when I do, she is going to pay back in ways she could never imagine.
“Father” Tyr’s calls from the door and I turn to face him. The first thing that buzzes on my mind is memories of how he almost raped her yesterday.
I am so mad at him right now that if he was not my son, I would have killed him myself.
“Yes Tyr, what brings you here”
“You have been restless since morning, is everything alright?”
“Does it look like everything is alright?” I ask in fury and he takes a step backwards in fear.
“Father calm down and tell me what the issue is”
“Haven’t you notices Astrid’s absence?” I ask with a shout and he pauses on the spot and gives me a queer look.
“Astrid is no where to be found”
“Exactly. She fled the pack last night after knocking me out…” the words fly out of my mouth before I can realize that I was not supposed to say them.
Great!
I just told my son that a girl knocked me out.
I’m going to be a laughing stalk sooner or later.
“Dad I’m having a hard time trying to wrap my head around this whole issue. How did Astrid knock you out and why did she flee from the Pack, how did she even leave without anyone noticing?” he asks in utter confusion and I just stand still and look at him.
How am I to tell him she fled because I almost raped her.
That was the same act I stopped him from doing earlier that day, but then a few hours later I went in to do the same thing. If Tyr gets to know this, his respect for me will drop drastically and I cannot afford that.
“I don’t know how she did it, but she knocked me out and ran away.” I lie smoothly as I turn around so he can’t see the lies through my eyes.
“Have you commanded the guard to search for her everywhere?”
“I have, but it seems she has gone quite far, so I have asked the guards to send word to the other Alphas, telling them to search their packs and send Astrid back to me if found. That is definitely going to work”
“Yes it will. Astrid cannot survive in the wild as a rogue, so she is definitely going to find refuge in another pack”
“I hope so”
“Calm down father, everything is going to be fine. You are going to find her within the twinkle of an eyes.” He encourages and I nod my head as I turn to face him.
“I know I will”
“You will”
“Can I ask you a question?” I ask with a creased brow and he smiles.
“Yes you can”
“Why did you try to rape Astrid yesterday?” I ask and the smile on his face disappears and is replaced with a nervous look. He nervously scratches the back of his head as he takes a step behind.
“Uh… Act… actually… I…” He stutters and I fold my arms and intensify my gaze at him. “I … you know… she is always just on her own and has never been touched, I just wanted to…”
“Enough!” I stop him with a yell. I can’t take it anymore of such bullshit . “The only reason I spared you is because you are my son. But this a warning for you, when Astrid comes back, you will get your eyes off her, you will never invite her into your bedroom to do any work for you and you will stay clear of her path, is that clear”
“Yes sir, clear as day”
“Good, now you may leave” He takes long hasty steps out itf the living room and I let out a heavy sigh of relieve.
I need to mark my territory, lest things get out of hand.
When Astrid returns, she will be mine and mine alone!