Chapter Ten
Alpha Kadden’s POV.
I’d no sooner delivered the announcement to the girl when I stalked out of the bedroom, slamming the door shut. Having little doubt of her willingness to remain I took out the key I’d retrieved from the bedside table. Grinning wickedly as I heard the click of the lock, which was soon followed by a few choice words. Oh yes. Von – I was certain that was her name was less than pleased that I’d locked her inside of the roomL
Good, that made two of us.
I reached out to those of my warriors in the mindlank. “No one is allowed admittance inside or out of the Alpha Manor for the foreseeable future.”
“Is everything okay?” Beta Alex asked.
I grimaced at the worry evident in the voice of the man, the closest I’d ever come to true friendship. If being friends is what you could call us. More along the lines of associates who understood each other and often used the car to express their own problems. Like me. Alex Carlisle had lived a hard life. Though to the view of the public he’d risen among a long line of Beras, I alone knew the truth. He, like myself, descended from the Dark Leads Children who’d been left lost and alone in the world of the rogues, forced to rely on themselves. I didn’t know much about Alex, having always been a closed–off person, but what I did wasn’t pretty.
It’s one of the reasons why I’d chosen him to be my Beta. When 1 had taken over as the Alpha of Blood Diamond, William had wanted me to name Thom. He’d served William well in the few years he’d attained warrior class, but I’d had other ideas for what I wanted. Alex was the perfect Bera for me and had proven to me a hundred times over what an asset he was
to be my
“Tm fine,” I assured him. It was a lie. I was anything but fine at the time. I’d woken up to discover I had slept with a girl young enough to daughter, who also happened to be my mate.
“Do you need me?” his beta replied
“No.“I denied. Then cut him off.
I knew that Beta Alex wouldn’t be pleased that I’d severed the connection, but frankly I wasn’t of a mind to care. I knew the only reason the man offered was to give himself something to occupy his time. There’d been a lot of that the last couple of years, determined to keep himself busy. His mare tended to do the same thing, having returned to her warrior status among the pack
I wasn’t blind to the truth either. It was the loss of their child that drove them to keep busy, unwilling to think about their own pain. Two years ago Rayven Carlisle had disappeared from the pack, no idea where the girl had gone. There’d been a couple warriors that claimed to have seen her near the borders, believing she’d left the pack. Of couse at the time I’d discounted the possibility. Unwolfed rubs couldnt pass through the protective barrier placed around the territory, a gift from the goddess.
I was wrong. After more than a week of scouring from one foot of the territory to the next, the girl never surfaced. All of us were forced to face the realization that Rayven had left the pack, she’d gone rogue. I didn’t know what compelled the girl to leave, but suspected pain had forced the decision on her. Alex and his mate were both plagued by the loss of their child, guilt had having failed to girl somehow. And as the weeks turned into months until it eclipsed years, no new of her, nemher of them could handle it.
Banishing those thoughts to the back of my mind 1 stalked into bedroom chambers down the hall. Snapping the door closed to one of the guest bedrooms I stalked towards the bathroom. Hopping in the shower I stood beneath the steaming hot water, to wash away the evidence of what I’d done. The knowledge that mere hours following burying my wife in the ground I’d been fucking someone else.
The anger mounted up inside of me all over again, at the unwanted reminder of what I’d done last night. My memories were fuzzy at best, proof I’d drank far too much last night, the evidence was proof enough. The enormous mark on the side of her neck, far larger than anything I’d ever bore witness to. As if I wanted the entire world to know what I’d done, to stamp my claim to show all who she belonged to. What the fuck!
Afht slammed the wall.
“Stop crying like a bitch This was my wolf. Bhavage chose that moment to emerge from the shadows of my mind, to reprimand my behaviors. He’d always been a snarky little bastard, treating me like a child rather than his human counterpart.
“Fuck off.” I growled back.
He chuckled, licking his lips, “Like we did her.”
Curing the determined reminder from the animal I turned off the shower and flung the door open. Snatching the towel hanging on the wrack on the wall, I angrily tied it around my hips as I stepped out. “Well, I hope you fucking enjoyed it, because it’s never happening again”
“Wanna ber” He challenged. “I will have her again.”
snarling viciously at the animal who thought it was his right to challenge me at everything, I talked out of the bathroom. Headed towards the closet I found a change of clothes, having chosen the room Lused recently. I hadn’t been able to stomach the thought of entering my material bedroom Liner Naralı Beth was taken from me.
“She a nut nurs,” I informed him, no matter what Ed said to the girl. Technically she may be the mute the goddess had chosen for me, but i’d be
thing more than an rufordland.
SEE IS MINET Bhavage practically reamed in the silener of my mind, determined I face the truth of the situation. “You might be hung up on
ara’s death, but I will not lose another day with her because of you. I gave you thany years with her, accepting a bood I never wanted, now it’s time
Carling my lip back in deron at the claims the woll was making to me, I headed towards my personal office The door suruned closed behind my
Chapter Ten
entrance, I made a beeline for the cabinet where I poured myself a glass ignoring the reminder of the last time I’d elected to drink, reminding myself she was locked away. No chance of the scheming the wolf tricking me into her bed while I was too drunk to know what I was do
Collapsing into the chair behind desk I turned on the computer and logged into the security system, I’d been six mondu ago when Pdflad: state of the art security system installed in the house. It was following an attack that’d gotten a linle too close for confort, thard almost killed my daughter. Of course, Lalone was aware of it having been installed. I didn’t know who was behind the attack or the ones before, but suspected there was a traitor. Someone, probably someone in my inner circle, was working against me and I was determined to be one step ahead.
I was whimpering back from the shadows of my mind when my gaze noticed the scene taking place on the camera. Von was presently standing in front of the dresser, exactly where she’d been when I left the room My wolf reacted to the tears that were coursing down her face, while I remained entirely unaffected. No doubt the girl was simply crying for having been caught in the act of whatever scheme she was up to.
“You’re a bastard. Rhavage growled.
Yeah, tell me something I don’t know. I’d been an asshole brought on by the difficult upbringing that I’d suffered through as a child. It was necessary when growing up in the Dark Lands, or else the cruelty of that world would break and kill you
Rhavage grew angry, his claws scraping at the side of my mind. “How can you do this to her, Kadden? You’re the one that marked her, but you’re treating her like the fucking enemy. She’s our mate.”
“One I never wanted.” I shot back.
“And I didn’t want Sara,” he reminded me. He was right. Bhavage hadn’t wanted anything to do with the proposition Sarah had presented to us. He’d rejected the thought of being bound to a woman who wasn’t their true mare, fighting against it all the while. Until……..
“You remember don’t you?” the animal cackled.
1 was Rhawage had only conceded to the chosen bond with Sarah when I had offered him a proposition. If he offered me the ability to be with the
one I wanted, then when the time came I’d offer him the same chance.
