Ares.
I stared outside the glass wall of my office. Despite being the Alpha of The Blood Moon Pack, I also owned various companies, clubs, buildings and estate. And I had just finished reading the reports from my biggest sale yet.
The sun was heating against my face but that was the least of my worries, because as much as I tried to avoid it. The image of Alora flashed in my mind so frequently that it was all I could think about.
From her black curly hair that was in a mess with broken tree branches and leaves to those violet eyes of hers that seemed to hold many secrets.
Alora Forrester.
What a joke!
I knew she was lying about that or it wasn’t entirely true. I wasn’t an alpha if I couldn’t realise I had been lied to. And her whole story of being a slave to a human wasn’t entirely true either.
Though, I could see the sadness in her eyes and the way her hands trembled when she spoke to me about how she had gotten here. But when u had stared harder, I noticed those violet iris trying had to avoid me, as if wanting to look away but keeping cool at the same time.
I could almost hear the sound of her heartbeat thumping loudly in her chest, I could sense her nervousness and I noticed her forehead was a bit sweaty despite the cold AC and her wet dress.
I smirked.
How dare she lie to me and think I wouldn’t notice?
At first I wanted to grab unto her and tell her I knew she wasn’t saying the truth. But at the same time, I felt challenged, eager to know about her without her having to be the one to tell me.
It was like a mouse trying to hide from the cat even though it was stucked in the sane cage as him.
But this time, I wasn’t a cat. I was a big bad wolf.
My door opened and I instantly knew who I was. Only one person could step into my office without being called for. I turned around to see Seth closing the door behind him.
Seth was my Beta and my most trusted man. Right from childhood, he had been by my side and I could take a bullet for him and he would also, for me.
“Alpha.” He greeted, glancing at the floor briefly to show submission before he stared at me with wild, firerce eyes. Only Seth could look at me that way and I wouldn’t be putting a bullet between his eyes.
Even Victor didn’t have that privellege, after all the bastard could hardly show any emotions in those eyes of his. The only person who could even cause a tiny reaction in him was his girlfriend, Mila.
I knew what Seth was about to say and I beat him to it.
“No. I’m not going to kill her.” I said defiantly, picking a cigarette from my desk and placing it between my lips.
I could feel Seth’s anger and I knew he was holding himself from grabbing unto me and shaking me from this stupid decision I made.
“Alpha, you don’t know who she is. She could be a spy of your enemies, or worse Jax Pentagon. What if this was all a motive to get you and the pack.” Seth argued, his eyes glaring at me.
If there was anything that Seth and I had in common, it was never trusting anyone. So I could understand why all of a sudden I was letting this girl into my pack, knowing she was lying about everything she said.
“I know, and that’s what makes this interesting.” I smirked, reaching for the gold lighter I always had in my pocket. I slid it open.
“Interesting? Can you listen to yourself Alpha?” Seth asked in disbelief and I sent him a warning glare. He composed, glancing at the floor briefly before staring back at me.
“All I’m saying is that I think this is dangerous and very risky. She could hurt us in different ways. That’s how they come all innocent and scared but inside they are as dangerous as a snake under a green grass.” Seth said and I sighed.
I took out the unlit ciggerete from my lips and stared down at it. “Why do you think I’m keeping her?” I asked and Seth looked confused for a minute.
“I don’t know, but li-”
“To have fun, Seth. I could sense she was lying when she told me her last name. In Fact the only thing I truly believe from her lips is her first name. And probably about the fact that she didn’t have a wolf and her ability to mask her scent.” I said, snapping the lighter open again.
“You see, she’s already sounding like a spy. The fact that she’s able to mask her scent only makes her dangerous.” Seth said worriedly and I smirk, reaching for my chair as I pulled it backwards.
“That’s what makes it more interesting. She thinks she can mask her scent and hide from me.” I chuckled darkly and Seth raised a brow at me.
“How do you think I found her hiding under my bed?” I asked Seth and he shrugged his shoulders.
I lit the lighter, watching the bright red flame dance around it before I placed my cigarette over it, burning the tip. The smell of the tobacco hit my nose and I smirked.
“This cigarette gives off two things. Smoke and smell. You see you can wear a mask, and you won’t be able to perceive it but that doesn’t mean you can’t see the smoke.” I smirked as Seth rolled his eyes, and I placed the cigarette between my lips, drawing in a deep breath as I felt it in my lungs, exciting my veins before I puffed out the smoke from my lips.
“She can mask her scent as much as she wants and I wouldn’t be able to know where she is, but you see, the fear she gives off whenever I’m around her makes me find her. I know exactly everything she’s feeling at every time. The fear in her eyes, conflicting with the admiration makes it all fun. It’s like she’s fighting between admiring me and fearing me. She’s scared to her bones but in the end she can’t help but look at me as her savior.” I smirked, flopping on my chair as I crossed my legs and I laughed in amusement.
“You ask why I’m keeping her? Because I’m interested to see where this goes, I want to see which emotion finally wins. Fear or admiration.” I finished, closing my eyes in bliss as I recalled those violet eyes once more.
Alora.
I wanted to say her name once more, feel it in my lips and roll off my tongue but I didn’t want Seth to see me as crazy. I opened my eyes when he groaned loudly.
“Alpha, there’s a lot of fun with the girls at the club. Not her.” He argued again and I resisted the urge to roll my eyes.
“The girls in the club aren’t fun.”
“They are just exactly like her, they fear and they love you.” Seth said, folding his arms in front of him.
I chuckled. “True, but they aren’t interesting. They come when I call them. They worship me and do everything I ask without any ounce of disobedience.”
I dragged in a deep breath once more. “But, Alora..” I puffed out the smoke, opening my eyes and glancing at the white ceiling above me.
“She’s stubborn. I know one when I see one. She’s scared, but she doesn’t like to be told what to do. She’s going to defile me in many ways. I know she is, and I want to play her like a violin. Touch all her buttons so she’s torn between fearing and doing what I say. I want to tempt her so bad that she might even end up falling for me and picking that admiration she’s trying to suppress.” I said, before shutting my eyes once more.
“This is dangerous, Alpha. And what if you end up falling for her? What if you end up loving her instead?” Seth asked and I felt the time around me freeze and I snapped my eyes open before pinning them on Seth in a glare.
The aura shifted, filling the room with the power and anger I radiated and Seth’s eyes widened before stepping backwards. Knowing he had said something I didn’t ever want to hear. Those words angered me faster than one would betray me.
“You know how much I hate that word and you still utter it in my presence?” I asked in a low dangerous tone that sent Seth’s heart beating faster than usual.
“I’m so-” He started to say and I grabbed onto the mug on my dest that read “Blood Alpha” a gift given to me by my workers on the first day of resumption after the holidays. I felt it under my palm, cold and hard, before I threw it at Seth.
It went so fast, flying across the room and towards him that he didn’t have the time to dodge it before it hit him in the forehead. It broke on impact, tearing his skin and falling on the cold tiled floor, clattering and breaking in smaller pieces.
Seth hissed in pain, staggering backwards as he reached for his temple, touching the blood that rolled off his temple and down his cheeks. He didn’t look up at me, but I knew there was pain in those grey eyes of his.
A part of me felt guilty that I had injured him without knowing it but it was instantly consumed by anger and I frowned. Why would he choose to anger me on purpose, knowing what those words meant to me?
Him of all people knew better than to use those words in my presence and to my hearing, and worst of all. It was directed to me.
“Get out.” I said, and Seth nodded before bowing and he left the room, closing the door gently behind him.
I tried to block out everything he had said and I drew my laptop closer, signing into my database and searching for “Alora Forrester”
The list came up with a few people with that name, but none of the faces matched the Alora that had been hiding under my bed. The eye color was so rare that I knew it would stand out among the search.
I searched for “Alora” and came up with a longer list but I stared at the eyes of every girl that came across my screen and they ranged from blue, green, hazel, grey and black, none was violet.
I dragged in a deep breath as I pushed my laptop away. As I thought, she wasn’t in the database. It meant that wasn’t her last name. Or maybe she wasn’t registered because she was a slave.
I sighed, resting my head against my chair, and suddenly Seth’s words resonated in my head. I huffed in a deep breath from the cigarette before leaving it in my lips and I raised my left hand above my face. I took off the cufflinks and rolled my sleeve to my elbow as I stared at the scar that ran down my wrist.
It was a deep scar that ran deep to the other side of my arm.
Love.
I scoffed, rolling back my sleeves as I smirked.
There was no such thing.