Alpha Dante

Tamara's POV

By sunrise, I called a few of my connections and got the number to reach Alpha Dante.

Then I went to a secluded part in our garden, gathered my courage and dialed the number of my former enemy.

The phone rang a few times before a sultry feminine voice answered.

"This is king Dante's office, who is this and how can I help you?"

I took a deep breath. “This is Tamara Hawthorn," I said, "And I would please like to speak with Alpha Dante."

There was a pause, and I realized the person on the other end recognized who I was.

"Tamara Hawthorn, Luna of the Winter Pack and future wife of Alpha Jack?" the woman asked, her tone becoming colder with each word.

"Yes," I confirmed, feeling more tense than before.

The voice suddenly turned icy cold. "The King is not available at the moment."

I was taken aback by the sudden change in attitude. "Are you sure? I really need to speak with him." I pressed.

"The King doesn't talk to the likes of you," she replied icily.

I was shocked by her rudeness. Who was this bitch and why was she so rude when I didn’t even know her?

Before I could respond, I heard a deep velvety voice in the background.

"Who is on the phone?" the masculine voice asked.

"It's nobody," the rude woman on the phone lied.

"That's a lie!" I shouted, with desperation creeping into my voice. I had to talk to Alpha Dante! It was the only way we could survive.

There was a moment of tense silence, then the deep voice commanded, "Hand over the phone Lucy, and go put on your clothes." The voice said and my eyes widened, was she naked?

I heard the woman curse and grumble, but she reluctantly passed the phone to him.

"You are speaking to Alpha Dante. Who are you?" the deep voice rumbled through the receiver.

I suddenly felt every nerve in my body become alert at the sound of his voice. It was so deep, velvety and dark. It was the kind of voice that could have me sinning for days.

I immediately shook my head and tried to remind myself that this was the voice of the man who had killed my family in my past life.

The last time I saw him, we were at war on a battle field. I clearly remembered the iciness in his voice and the hate in his eyes, it was like he wanted to cross the field and kill me himself, so I definitely never found anything attractive about him in my past life.

Alpha Dante was probably in his early thirties, while I just turned 23 this year, but he had always looked down on me, like I was still an immature child. We might not have started attacking each other’s packs yet, but from his cold attitude, i always knew he hated me, and I hated him too. But I needed his help now.

"Alpha Dante," I began, keeping my voice bold. "This is Tamara, Luna of the Winter Pack. I need to speak with you about something urgent."

There was a long pause. "Tamara," he said, his voice now dripping with disdain. "The proud little brat of the Winter pack, Why should I listen to anything you have to say?"

I forced myself to ignore his insult and continue. "Because I have a proposition that would benefit us both. I want us to form a mutually beneficial alliance. If you and your warriors offer my pack protection when we need it, we will provide to you any of our precious and most valuable raw materials you need. How is that?” I asked, feeling sure that he would jump at the offer because every other pack in the region envied us for our precious natural resources. Only a fool would turn our offer down.

“Is this a fucking joke?” Alpha Dante snapped, and I jumped.

“What? No!”

Alpha Dante’s voice became dangerously low. “So after you sent your men to attack my pack, and steal from me, you turn around to ask me to protect you? Have you lost your senses girl, or are you trying to provoke me to war?”

Fuck!

I felt panic flair up in my chest. Someone had attacked his pack already?! But that wasn’t supposed to happen until the next four months!

Everything was speeding up. It was all happening too soon, and Alpha Dante was already talking about launching the very war I was trying to prevent.

I took a deep breath, and forced myself to calm down. "Alpha Dante, I need you to believe me when I say that we never attacked you. Someone is trying to set us up, turn us against each other before we have a chance to team up. I want you to know that I am not your enemy. Someone is trying hard to make you believe my pack attacked yours and stole from you, but that is not true. We are honest people."

Alpha Dante snorted at that. "Honest my foot! I heard you're marrying that little boy, Alpha Jack right? Why don't you ask him for help instead?"

I sighed through my nose. I couldn’t tell him that my Fiancée Alpha Jack, who I was still engaged to, was the exact person we needed protection from. I would look like a joke and Alpha Dante would never take me seriously.

"He can't give me what I need," I just said, my voice firm. "Only you can."

There was a pause on the other end. "And what exactly do you need, lady Tamara?" His voice was deep and velvety again, I wanted to fall asleep and wake up to that voice.

I shook my head again.

"I need protection for my people. I need to form an alliance with you that can protect my people, and in return, we would give you what you need.”

Dante laughed, a dark, humorless sound. "And what do you think I need Tamara?"

The way he said my name was sinful.

"I don’t know, What do you want?" I asked, my heart pounding, hoping it was something we could afford to provide.

“I need a wife.” Alpha Dante said, and I froze.

“Excuse me?”

"You really want to form an alliance with me Luna?"

"Yes," I said, my voice was no longer confident.

"Then leave that immature brat and marry me."

My breath caught in my throat. "What? W-why?”

If I remembered correctly, this man was supposed to hate me, and I was supposed to hate him, so why was he asking me to marry him?!

Shock coursed through me. "Marry you? But—"

"Think about it, Tamara," he said, his tone now cold and calculating. "If you're truly willing to do anything to make me believe you want this alliance, then this is the price. Marry me, submit to me and we will form an alliance so strong that it would be legendary."

I was speechless. The man who had killed my family, the man I had once ordered to be executed, was now offering to be my husband.

My mind raced, Could I really do this? Could I marry the ruthless Alpha Dante to protect my pack, save my parents and friends and stop the people who had betrayed me?

Yes? no? maybe?

"What's it going to be, Tamara?" Dante's voice broke through my thoughts. "Do we have a deal, or are you wasting my time little girl?" He rumbled.

Before I could even respond, another voice jolted me out of my thoughts.

"Tamara?" I looked up to see Jack looking at me with a frown and my heart sped up in panic. How long had he been there?

"Who are you talking to?" Jack asked and I froze.