Chapter 2

Aguilar:

“Did you call for Daniel?” I asked, asking about my son. My beta, Ezio, smiled and nodded.

“He should be on the way, Alpha. We have already sent orders for them to be brought here from Moscow.” Ezio said, and I nodded, looking out the window of the office that was now my own.

“Good, I have missed him terribly.” I said, and Ezio smiled.

“Both he and Luna Ella have missed you too. You know, she has been waiting for your call and would be anxious to see you when she is back.” He said, and I nodded, not saying a word at the mention of my first Luna. The mother of my eldest son.

“You know, we are going to have a lot to take care of now,” I said, and he smiled, knowing that I was right. “The fact that we are now standing in the center of the world. Where the world will be bending the knee to their Alpha, it is going to be time for us to set new ground rules.”

“I am curious about how the humans would be accepting the new rules and grounds that we set for them. You know, they tend to have a difficult time doing so. And if we are going to be repeating the same cycles; I doubt that anything would be changing. They refuse to accept change, and by time, it has become the other Alpha’s essential task to force them into submission. Something that I know you wouldn’t want to do.” He said, and I nodded in agreement.

“We are going to force them into submission, yes. But it is going to be done in our own terms.” I said, and he raised an eyebrow. A heavy feeling settled in my chest, and I couldn’t help but find myself curious about my wolf’s reaction as he grew alert. It wasn’t out of danger, but a scent had his attention. One that I couldn’t understand.

“Do you think that they are going to be willing to submit? You know, judging by how things are, I doubt that they are going to be making things easy for any of us. If anything, they are going to be more than willing to choose being aggressive.” He said, and I nodded as the two of us walked out of the office. I nodded at the men who were standing by the door and they returned the nod. They were my men, and I knew that things were going to be changing for everyone.

“And that is why my main target is not going to be those who think that they have the authority over these humans. While they are going to need to focus on how they go about on their lives and things, we are going to be sure that we focus on earning the people.” I said, walking toward the halls of the house. “They are going to know that my reign is not going to be like the ones that they lived through.”

“You know that they are not going to trust us, Aguilar. Chances that they even listen to a word that we say are slim. If they see that their leaders are scared, they would be growing fierce and when that happens, we are going to have to deal with more than we are going to want to afford. And sometimes, it is not even worth the fuss.” He said, and I chuckled.

The feeling in my chest grew stronger, and I found myself frowning as I approached the estate’s harem. The dorm where my concubines would be staying. I walked toward there, it was way past my path, I knew that, but I needed to know and understand where this scent came from.

“Had we not made a fuss, we wouldn’t have been here, Ezio. That is something that you are going to need to keep in mind,” I said, choosing to keep the fact, her presence, whoever she was, to myself. I stopped, knowing that we have gotten far enough. We had people waiting for us to show up, and the last thing that I wanted right now was to delay what I knew would be one of the biggest changes that we would be making. “While things might end up being complicated for all of us, we are going to need to deal with them the way that we know best.”

“The two of us dreamed of being here, and when I was exiled, we both believed that it would be almost impossible for that to happen. Many made sure that it wouldn’t be possible, and yet, here we are.” I said, turning toward the door where I could hear the voices of the men who had gathered to see their new Alpha. The Alpha of Alphas.

“You and I both know that things were different,” he said.

“And things are going to be different now. One way or the other, I am going to force them to accept our new ways. But they are going to be doing it while being convinced. At least, their people, those who believe that they are unsafe would know that they are. Then after we have managed to seep deep inside their lives, when we have managed to show them what we are capable of, we are going to be making our next moves.” I said, and my beta raised an eyebrow.

I looked at the door, knowing that our lives were going to be changing the second we stepped outside. Everything was going to be changing, and even those who were under our reign were going to understand that change.

“Now come on, I doubt that it would be very kind of us to keep our guests waiting any longer, wouldn’t you agree?” I asked, looking at Ezio. “It is time to show the world who the new Capo dei Capi is, and more importantly, who their Alpha of Alphas is going to be…”