He must not be feeling well, to sit in such a posture. Was he feeling sick again?
Ravenna knelt behind him and gently massaged his shoulders.
His chambers were dark, and only the reflection of the moon penetrated through the door from his garden.
Sihwa hated the sight of light and loved the darkness in his room.
“Grimm.” He summoned and Grimm stood up and walked close to him.
His words were different this time. Gentle. Angelic and smooth. It took me a moment to realize this beautiful being before me was an alpha.
His eyelashes and how godly he looked as the moon shone on him made him gorgeous and deadly.
He is a little feminine.
“Sit down beside me.” He instructed, and Grimm sat down beside him on his knees, facing him.
Sihwa yawned a little, shifted himself and rested his head on Grimm’s shoulders and stared at us.
He spread his hand and covered his left eye and took the other one, covering his right eye, leaving a space between his fingers to look through us.
What is he doing?
“All of you look like drenched wolves.” He smiled. “Did you piss at your pants, my little wolves?”
We kept mute. He always calls us that name whenever he wants to make fun of us.
“I love the looks on your faces. How sad and frightening it seems makes me happy.” He amusingly uttered.
He is right. He loves when we are miserable. Any slight change of happiness causes us torture.
“I heard another Omega has joined us once again, and she turned out to be our mate. I have a stepmother and a stepsister. Isn’t that amazing?” His sluggish, dark look scares me. He moved away from Grimm’s shoulders and sat down at the exact posture he had previously used and stared at the moon. “Is it true she’s so pretty? What is her name again?”
“Wendy Grimwolf,” Grimm replied. “I saw her when she ate her breakfast this morning before leaving for school. She’s in 8th grade.”
“Huh!” He emphasized and stressed out the ‘Huh’ word amusingly. “She has grown that fast?”
Grown that fast? Has he met her before?
“I don’t know what you mean, Sihwa, but she’s only 10 years old.” Grimm explained.
“Wendy Nightshade became Wendy Grimwolf. And the step daughter of Aaron Grimwolf. Impressive. How time flies.”
We were quiet and didn’t say a word.
“Has she seen all of you?” Sihwa questioned.
“No, she hasn’t.” Donovan responded. “She doesn’t know who we are.”
“Oh really? She doesn’t know. Why? Isn’t she a werewolf?” Sihwa glared at Donovan. “Why wouldn’t she know all of you are her mates?”
“Because she hasn’t developed into the full form of her wolf yet. Not all Omegas recognize their wolf at a young age.”
“What! Are you lecturing me?”
“No, I’m not, Alpha Sihwa. I’m sorry. I was just -”
“What he is trying to say is, she’s a late shifter and a pretty dumb Omega too.” Kellan cut in with a bow. “He didn’t mean to offend you, Alpha Sihwa.”
Grimm added. “And she has the scent of the maiden.”
Sihwa’s eyes widened a little. “What? She has the scent of the maiden?”
The scent of the maiden? I think I’ve heard that phrase before.
“Yes, the scent of the maiden. She isn’t just an ordinary omega like Kellan is making out to be,” Grimm explained with a scoff. “That’s also why they get attracted to her, too. I think she would find out about them when she turns 18 and wants to mate with all of them. Imagine the power she has when she finds out she can control 16 sons of Aaron Grimwolf.”
His expression relaxed a little. “Impressive. How you figured that out so fast just by looking at her at first glance without her seeing you is appeasing.” He glanced at Grimm. “Good work.”
“I’m honored, Alpha Sihwa.”
“I want her killed.”
Our bodies went stiff when he said those words, and Lykan’s expression wasn’t good.
“Why the silence?” Sihwa stood up on his bare feet, and Ravenna covered his body with his robe. “Why are all of you silent?”
He scares me, I am terrified of him, actually.
I can’t see him, but he can see me. Watching my every move. Watching me. Sihwa has always been terrifying. That’s why I hate seeing him.
And why do I hardly stay at home?
Suddenly, he pulled my hair and grabbed it, bending it backward for me to face him.
“Gerhard.” He sang. “Why are you silent? You are the youngest male Omega in this family. Tell me why you are silent and not saying anything. Do you want her, too?”
I gritted and groaned painfully as he kept pulling my hair. I felt an unbearable burn on my scalp, as if any minute from now, my hair will get pulled off.
I cried out and Sihwa smacked and punched me in the face. I fell to the floor as Sihwa used his claws to rip off my clothing. He chuckled as he squatted in front of me.
“Tell me, Gerhard. Do you want her?”
“No, I don’t.” I mumbled. Sihwa got up, gave a swift kick to my neck, and smashed my back to the floor.
“Awhugg. Ha.” I coughed and let out a sharp cry as I lay down on my chest when he slammed my spinal cord, using the left side of his palm.
My body went paralyzed at that instant and I couldn’t move my body.
“Gerhard.” Donovan panicked and came over to me. Sihwa swiftly grabbed Donovan and smacked him on the floor. I don’t know which part of his body cracked back then, but blood splattered on the floor.
‘Who dares to challenge me?’ Sihwa scoffs and shifts his attention to Ravenna. “Get some new clothes. I don’t want to reek of blood.”
“Yes, Alpha Sihwa.” I heard Ravenna say, and Sihwa slammed my back once more. I cried out in agony and my tears burned up my eyes.
“Listen alphas.” He raised his voice. “If anything happens to Wendy before she clocks 18, I will bite your head off your neck. All of you should kill her on the day of the mating ceremony. I want her dead. I don’t care how she dies, but one of you must kill her. Isn’t that right, Aiden?”
But because Aiden couldn’t give a proper reply, he beat up Aiden to pulp and his blood splatter on the walls of Sihwa’s chambers.
Wendy, no idea what was going on behind the scenes, didn’t know her every move was being watched by Sihwa.
Most of us left home and never came back, because we didn’t want to lose control of ourselves and disobey Sihwa. And I didn’t want to come home again and face such a monster.
I made a reasonable excuse and left the pack. I didn’t care what happened to Wendy, but to my survival.
The others who stayed behind received instructions to watch over Wendy and ensure she didn’t stray off the path they had planned for her.