Chapter 5 05

ISBERLT.

My head snaps up to the hand that halts his, and Rio is glaring at the wolf; his face covered with an expression I'm yet to decipher.

"What the hell do you think you're doing, Peter?"

He asks him, eyebrows draw in concentration, and lips pressed into a thin line.

The wolf, whose name turns out to be Peter looks down at me, back to Rio, down to me again, then back to Rio before withdrawing his hand, and straightening his stand.

"She disobeyed me, Beta. That much you should know. "

Rio glances back at me, jaw tightened, and I avoid his gaze before finally finding my feet; my hand clutched to my stomach from the pain that shoots through my entire body.

"You do not unleash your powers on a wolf that can't defend himself, Peter. She might be a slave to the wolf pack, but she's still one to the Alpha King, and he did not give an order to have her mistreated..."

"She's just a fucking Slave, Beta. "

Peter snarls, and Rio brings down his hand, before taking another step closer to the huger wolf- daring him.

"If you have a problem with her, report to me, Peter, and she'll be taken to the Alpha King for the execution of her punishment. That! Was the order! "

Everywhere goes silent at the roar that echoes around the room, and I shiver in my stand- surprised at the fact that the same man that Jones around with me, is the same man with that much power over them.

"As his lord pleases. "

Peter says, before backing away, his fierce gaze meeting mine in subtle eye contact, and I do not know why, but something about the way he smirks at me tells me he isn't done with me.

Oh, not yet.

"You all should get prepared for the moonball events, and not joke around. We will be having more Alpha's, and packs from different continents, and I expect you all to be in your best behaviours. "

He says, gazing around at them, and I watch as they all murmur under their breaths, while slowly evacuating the room; with Peter being the last to leave.

As soon as he finds the room empty, Rio turns to me with a sour look on his face, and I whimper lowly under my breath, knowing whatever he's going to say next will I don't like too much.

"You shouldn't have fought back, Isberlt. "

And there it goes. I should have just allowed him to sexually assault me, I see.

Laying back against the wall, I begin to speak. "I was staying in my business when he started it, Rio. "

Over the past few days; Rio, and I have grown quite a good friendship. Though he's refused to tell me about where he knew me from. Someday. One day. He says every single time.

"He's a wolf, Isberlt. One of the strongest we have here, and you..." He glances down at me, a muscle in his jaw twitching. "You're wolfless, Isberlt. "

"I'm not wolfless. " I tell him, gritting my teeth at him, and he shakes his head.

"You do not have your wolf powers, Isberlt, and that makes you easier to kill. Not to talk of the fact that you're a slave here, and you're under punishment as declared by the Alpha King. I know you are not okay with what's been bestowed upon you, but as I've always said- your stubbornness will get you nowhere, but death. "

When I say nothing, but a shift in my stand, he proceeds to say. "And I think I've had enough of it. You need to understand that this is not a joke, Isberlt. You'll be presented before the Alpha King. "

I raise my gaze at that; eyes wide, and heart pouncing hard against my chest. He's going to take me to him? Again?

As much as I tell myself to not be afraid; that man still very much scares me. If Peter, a mere member of the pack, is capable of killing me. Then what is he capable of? I truly wonder.

***

"There's currently someone in there with him, so you'll have to wait. "

Rio turns to me, his cheeks flushed, and I scrunch my nose at the obnoxious sound of a woman moans, and a man's grunts coming from the other side of the door.

I see he's currently busy fucking. Probably his Luna.

A few minutes later, the sounds start to die down till silence fills the air, and Rio gives me one glance, before moving forward, but not making any attempt to open the door.

"Alpha King. This is Beta Rio, there's a case that requires your attention. "

I know he's just doing his job, and he's probably tired of how stubborn I get no matter how many times he warns me of the dangers, but isn't doing this betrayal? Didn't he say he was my friend?

"A minute, Rio. "

The deep vibration of his voice follows right after, and shivers run down my spine at the echo of his voice that resonates deep in my mind for a weird reason.

After waiting for a while, the door opens from the inside, and a tall woman with blonde hair, bright brown eyes, a very beautiful face, clad in a gown that hugs her body tightly, and brings out all her curves perfectly steps through the door with her head held up high, and the scent of after sex reeking off her.

"Beta, "

She greets Rio who responds with. "Arie. "

She gives him a small smile before bringing her gaze to me, and I watch as her face morphs into one of disgust.

Of course. She hates me too.

"Slave. "

She calls with resentment dripping off her tone, Andi bites down on my tongue -knowing I shouldn't get into any more trouble while already being in one-as I watch her move out of sight.

"Don't even think of making an enemy of her. She's one of the most dangerous people in here, and she'll ruin what's left of your life within a blink of an eye. "

Rio says, bringing my attention back to him, and I raise my brows already at him.

"Who's she?" I question, nodding my head towards the direction she went. I suspect she must be the Luna if she's having what she just did in there with the Alpha King.

"She's the Alpha King's mistress. Let's go. "

He pushes the door open, and I gulp down the fear that rises in me as I step through the door; the masculine scent that I've only scented once filling my nose, and making my body tremble unconsciously.

My gaze moves across the room, till it lands on the huge figure that sits behind the desk; hair tousled in his head with fingers moving expertly across the keyboard.

"Alpha King, "

Rio calls beside me, and his fingers stop moving almost immediately. Without turning back in his seat, he says, "I guess she created trouble already?" He knows it's me.

"She made a bigger enemy of Peter. "

He reports, and he nods, still not turning back. "I see. You may take your leave, Rio. "

No. Fuck, no.

Rio nods, and bow a little, giving me a sympathetic look before walking out of the room, and I jump when he shuts the door; leaving me in the presence of him. With no one here to save me from the predicament that's about to befall me.

A very suffocating silence falls in the room as he stays behind the desk, fingers drumming against it before he suddenly raises, and I gasp under my breath when his darkened eyes fall on me; pinning me down.

"Which part of you're a slave to the entire pack, and as a slave, you do not have a choice in anything, but to do as you're told, did you not understand?"

He raises his brows at me, and I shrug, "All of it. "

A muscle ticks in his jaw, and he takes a step closer; a strong aura surrounding the space him. "You do not talk back at me, do you understand me?"

"If I have a contradicting opinion to that of yours, I will speak. "

I resort, and it happens faster than I could comprehend.

He pushes me against the cold rough surface of the wall, his glare pinning me down, and nothing but silent fury dancing around the orbs of his shiny blue eyes.

Fear rises in me, and my heart begins to beat at a fast pace as I stare boldly, yet highly nervously into the eyes of the big, bad, scary Alpha King. But the huge desire to stand my ground have me scowling back at him.

"You do not disrespect me, Wolf. Do you understand me?"

He speaks in the gentlest of voices, but that doesn't hide away the authority and power in his words. Strong enough to have any man backing down.

"And you do not tell me what I can't or cannot do, " I tell him boldly, chest heaving as I hold his gaze. "You kidnap me from my world, and forcefully drag me into this messy world of yours without my consent. Yet, you want me to respect you? Sorry, not sorry, but that isn't how things work for me. "

Wrong choice of words.

No longer had the words leave my lips, my barely-holding-tightly-unto-life- dress follows and a gasp flies past my parted lips as I gaze down at my naked skin.

"As I said, Wolf, " He interrupts, groping my chin in his palm tightly and forcefully, almost dislocating it and a wince escapes my throat from the unmerciful action. "You do not disrespect me. Now, Kneel. "