Chapter 5 The blood Alpha

No, she'll be chosen by me.

Gemini is mine" Jacob growled

out. I had never heard him sound

So angry or possessive in my life.

He didn't sound like my friend

Jacob sounded like every

other male Wolf. I didn't like that

- but I would have rather been

with him than the infamous

Alpha Vetteriano.

"Take him away" the Beta yelled.

"Understood Beta Strider," one of the workers said before two of them grabbed Jacob. My friend growled and snapped, as he fought against them. But, they just dragged him away.

"Jake I called after him, moving away from Beta Strider and trying to go after my friend.

"Do not run, Gemini. Alpha Vetteriano will not like that".

"I don't want them to hurt him" J whispered, "I just want to make sure he doesn't get sent out". The Beta just rolled his eyes at my words - as if they were childish.

"I don't care what you want.

But I will give Alpha Vetteriano

what he wants. And he wants

you. So stop this behavior and

follow me, before I beat you

into submission". His voice was powerful and dominant. He was

no Alpha, but he was still a lot

higher than me -a simple pack ° Wolf with no title.

His words scared me, and I felt tears prickling in my eyes. I didn't want him to beat me and I didn't want to be mated to Alpha Vetteriano. "Don't cry" Beta Strider snapped, annoyed. His words made me even more upset, and I felt more tears rising. "Come". He grabbed my arm - fingers digging into my arm - and he pulled me after him.

Tears began to fall as he dragged me through the mutual territory. He took me to a smaller marquee towards the back of the area and pushed back the curtain to drag me into it. As soon as we walked

in, I gulped.

Alpha Vetteriano sat on a chair, eyes staring at the floor in his usual emotionless stare. When we walked in, his eyes snapped up to us. He looked at me, before frowning deeply. Fear ran through me - maybe I wasn't as pretty as he first thought, and because of that he was going to kill me.

"Why is she crying?" Alpha Vetteriano demanded, looking

at his second in command. Beta Strider just shrugged, as if he had no idea. Alpha Vetteriano didn't buy it and frowned deeply. His frown was the most emotion I had seen that far. He turned to me. "Why are you crying?" he

asked.

His voice just made me more fearful. But it was odd, I was more afraid of Beta Strider than Alpha Vetteriano. I mean, I wasn't planning to be best friends with him any time - but the fact he was going to choose me made me look at him differently.

All day male Wolves had been shunning me because of my weakness, yet Alpha Vetteriano -someone who should have

been shunning me because of

my weakness wanted to make

me his mate. That made me feel slightly safe - as if he saw past

the labeling score. Yet, Alpha Vetteriano still terrified me. fa

"Well?" he snapped when I didn't reply. "Why are you crying?" His harsh voice made me whimper, dropping my head once more.

More tefellfell from my eyes at

an ever faster rate. "Look at me". Grabbing my chin - once more -

he forced me to meet his green

eyes. "What happened?"

"I'm scared" I whispered out; voice almost lost in the soft summer breeze.

"Of what?" Alpha Vetteriano demanded; no sympathy in his tone.

"He said he'd beat me" I confessed.

"My Beta?" he asked, jaw setting in anger and fury. I nodded yes, and instantly regretted it. Turning on his heels, he faced Beta Strider. He grabbed his Beta's collar, before smashing his fist into his face. I screamed as Beta Strider's nose cracked - breaking almost instantly. He fell to the floor, as blood spurted from his

face. is

Alpha Vetteriano didn't pause, he bent down and continued

to beat him. I cried harder,

and screamed a few times, as

I watched him - the man who planned to take me as a mate - continue to punch and kick Beta Strider. But, there was still no emotion on his face.

When he'd finished beating him,

the Beta was unconscious and bloodied. Alpha Vetteriano turned away from him, before looking at

me. His frown returned when he

took my crying form in. He then

took his shirt off, and used it to mop up the blood from his hands.

Alpha Vetteriano's body was large and well-toned - his abs prominent and obvious. He looked at me, once he'd finished cleaning himself, before walking over to me. He stopped when he was only a few inches away from me. My heart was pounding out of fear.

He took my hand, in his, and brought it to his toned body. I blushed, as he ran my hand over his hard body. I wasn't sure what he was doing, but I didn't ask or question him. He brushed my hand over his abs and chest a few ° more time, before dropping it.

"Very odd" he mumbled to

himself. I wanted to ask him what was odd but decided against it.

I was worried he would find me intruding, so I stayed deathly

silence. "Come" he instructed,

before walking away. I followed

him without queries.

Alpha Vetteriano didn't stop walking until we reached a different part of the marquee. There were a few chairs there, and a table filled with drinks and food. I knew it was a tent reserved for Alpha - Jake had pointed it out to me. He had also mentioned that Alpha Vetteriano was the only Alpha there to find a mate.

"Sit" he nodded to a chair. I did

as I was told, as perched on the chair Alpha Vetteriano studied

me for a few minutes - eyes scanning my body closely. I felt very self-conscious and curled into myself slightly. Before I'd even thought about it, a question flew from my mouth.

"Alpha Vetteriano?" I asked.

"Layton" he interrupted me. I gave him a confused look. "My name is Layton". It was odd him having a first name - not because I didn't think he had one, but because it reminded me that he was still a normal person, and he was going to be my mate. I would get to know him, to mate him, to have his pup. The Blood Alpha was going to be my mate - and his name was Layton Vetteriano.

"Layton, why are you going to choose me?" I questioned, worried about his answer.

"Because I want you" was his

simple reply. I had worked out quickly, that Layton was a man of very few words. I wasn't a large talker, but at least I could hold

a conversation. It seemed that

Layton found talking more of

chore than a necessity.

"But why? I'm weak". My voice was small and childlike, I felt so pathetic and weak next to him. Layton continued to stare at me - his eyes wide and hard. He gave nothing away.

"I don't care about strength. I want you; so, now, you are mine". Layton gave me an intense look; green eyes piercing mine. We stayed like that for a few seconds ~ Layton staring at me, and me holding his gaze so as not to drop it and anger him. Finally, he broke eye contact.

"It's time for the choosing"

he stated, before turning and walking away from him. It took me a few seconds to realize he wanted me to follow him - so I had to jog a few steps to catch up. He walked with a big stride, which was hard for me to keep up with.

Layton led me towards the

center of the mutual territory,

where all the other She-Wolves

were lined up. They stood

according to strength and then

alphabetically. I was only ranked

a three for my strength, so I was

slightly embarrassed to have to

line with the others. But, then, I

remembered that an Alpha would

choose me.

The male Wolves all stood around the line, there was a low murmur of chatter over the group. "Follow me," Layton told me, taking my arm and pulling me towards the line of She-Wolves. Everyone fell silent as they saw the Blood Alpha dragging a weak She Wolf to the line - it was a shock to everyone. I blushed at the attention.

He walked me to the line, every

single pair of eyes on me. He

found the other She Wolves with

my same ranking, and took me to them. With a simple glare of his

hard eyes, the Wolves all moved

to make room for me. Layton

placed me in the line, before

walking back to where all the

males stood

I would have felt nervous being so on the show, under normal

circumstances, but as everyone knew that an Alpha like Layton had an interest in me, I felt even

more nervous. I ringed my hands, keeping them in front of them

-as I bit my bottom lip. I was terrified.

One of the workers for the Ritual stepped forward and began to talk. The blood that pounded in my ears was too loud, I didn't hear a single word she said. But she didn't speak for long, because soon she began to call out names.

"Charlotte Morrisey" she announced, standing in front of the first girl in the line.

"Mine" a male Wolf voiced, taking a step out of the crowd. There were a few seconds of pause, making sure no one else tried to choose her before the woman nodded. Then the man walked over, took the girl's hand, and led her away.

The woman continued her way down the line - calling allowed each She Wolves name. Most got chosen, but a few were unclaimed. Each girl that wasn't chosen, looked both upset and embarrassed and stayed where they were. I felt sorry for them ~I had expected to be like them before meeting Layton.

When she reached me, I felt my breath catch in my throat. "Gemini Burn" she shouted.

Not a second passed before Layton's voice sounded out. "She's mine". He stormed over to me and grabbed me. A small pit of both nerves and excitement bubbled in the bottom of my stomach. I was chosen by an Alpha

Never, ever, in my wildest dreams did I think that was going to happen. But it did, I was chosen by not only an Alpha but the Blood Alpha.