Chapter 3 Business card

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He slapped her hard across the face, and another slap sent her colliding head first into the wall.

Something painfully sleek and thick crept down her head, she didn't have time to check it when Ramon slammed his hands around her throat, and shoved her against the wall.

Ester's eyes widened as she struggled for air. "Beta..Ramon."

Ramon gritted his teeth, anger flaring and contorting in the lines of his jaw. "I didn't tell you the second part; if you refuse, I will make your life miserable, you will suffer for the rest of your life. I will personally ruin Wolvencore. You seem to forget how much your father had to suffer, the humiliation he passed through, being dragged naked across the street his clothes torn to shreds by wolves, just to build this silly business. I can make all that happen again. You bitch!"

Ester's face was turning crimson as the breath seized completely from her lungs.

She tried to pull his hands away from her neck but she was no match for him.

He laughed and tightened his grip in a death choke. "Yeah you can go ahead and die you haughty piece of shit. Artems won't do shit. Maybe send your family back after your death to avoid having a bad image brought to his pack but that would be all."

She began feeling her body go limp, life leaving her, when the door crashed open and the next instant Ulmea was on Ramon.

He flung him across the corridor which such energy that Ramon flew straight into a mirror adorning the opposite wall, shattering it and crumbling to the floor, the broken pieces decking his body like confetti.

But Ulmea wasn't done.

He leapt and pounced viciously on him.

Loud coughing rang off the walls in the background, as Ulmea bloodied Ramon's face with an endless barrage of punches, his eyes glowing a deep red.

He kept punching him, coating his hand red with Ramon's blood as a loud roar erupted from his throat.

Ester quickly regaining consciousness and realizing he might just kill him, rushed to the spot. "Please! It's okay! You'll kill him." She tried to hold Ulmea's hand and stop him but he flung her away causing her to land butt first on the ground.

Realization dawned on her features , making her eyes widen.

Her mouth dropped. "Oh gods. No. He's actually going to kill him!"

On her feet, she rushed and threw herself on Ramon, shielding him with her body.

She braced her body to receive the impact of his blows, but she never felt anything.

He had stopped?

"What the fuck are you doing?" Came his deep grave, lethal voice.

The anger in it bathed her body, making her shiver.

"Get up." Ulmea spoke, his voice calmer than he had intended.

"No, I won't let you kill him. Kill me too if you have to." Her body was trembling.

" Hummmph. You protect another man who hurt you from the one who is protecting you...what a warped way of reasoning."

Ester didn't say anything for a moment then she slowly stood.

Her suit was drenched in blood.

The three of them were all bloodied.

"Killing him is no way to deescalate this matter." She glared at him, her eyes tearing up. "In case you are not aware it will start a war. Everything will go to hell. i don't even know what to do at this point. I am screwed. I have screwed everyone!"

Her body shook as the weight of what happened began weighing in on her. The tears that brimmed in her eyes began falling down her cheeks.

Her chest ached with sorrow; grief constricted her heart painfully.

She tried cleaning her bloody hands in order to make use of them but the blood smeared all the more.

Ulmea stepped closer and brought out a kerchief; luckily his left hand had less blood on it.

He wiped her tears carefully. "What I'd tear down in this world to take away these tears."

He rubbed her cheeks softly, affectionately.

The words he said were a soft whisper, something the winds were supposed to carry in their currents and store in their never ending memories.

So that whenever he listened to the trees,and they blew the wind past, they'd sing to him.

Remind him of those who needed protecting. He couldn't protect everyone.

Only those who came to him.

Only those, nature brought to him.

"Oh, Alpha Artems is going to kill me." She lamented.

Ulmea frowned." I don't get. You came with him?"

She nodded, sniffing back her tears. "I..I am part of his.. pack...a member. A uhhh...Part of..a.. lower grade wolf."

"Hummmph. Interesting." He grabbed her hand then to her amazement. "Come with me. He needs to get a piece of my mind."

He said when she looked up at him in bewilderment.

" No, no. No."

But he didn't listen as he all but dragged her out of the bathroom, leaving a half dead, bloodied Ramon on the floor.

The shocks of the people in the coffee house, including the servers were one thing, but the shock on Artems face when he saw them terrified Ester the most.

Artems stood from where he was chugging the last of his beer and stormed towards them. "What in the fucking hellll, iz the meaning of this? Where is Ramon?" He looked around in futility.

" Looks like you have a guilty conscience and some explaining to do. Why did you bring her here just to get her humiliated by your Beta?" Ulmea's tone was deadly, vicious.

" Go and check on Ramon this instant." The fear was clear on Artem's face as he barked at his gamma who had his mouth wide open the whole time.

He shut his lips and scrambled up from his sit, descending into the restroom corridor.

"What the fuck happened?" Artems asked. "Ester."

"He wanted to take advantage of her." Ulmea answered for her. " And you don't ask the fucking questions! I do!"

Ester's hands shook in his, and he pressed gently on her, trying to calm her down, to reassure her that he was here now and nothing would happen to her.

When the gamma came back, Artems took one look at him and turned back to Ulmea. "You almost killed my Betaaa."

"Almost...I wanted him dead. "

Artems took a confused breath, scratching his head in frustration" I... You..you... I...I didn't know something was going on..that Ester was being mistreated, I would have handled it. " he stammered, afraid of his plans being ruined because of his stupid beta.