Chapter 5

Akira's POV 

After he threatened me with Brielle, he cocked his eyebrow and walked away from where I was still standing. My hands shivered from fear. I couldn't think of an escape plan. 

Those people were here to take me away from him. I should be able to leave with them along with Lisa and Briella. Why should the poor girl have to pay for my actions?

I was still deep in thought when two women came to meet me and told me to follow them. I was sceptical, clueless about what was happening. 

"What's going on?" I asked, my toes clamping together. I was cold all of a sudden. 

"We're not obligated to answer any questions. We'll only do as we've been told," 

One of them replied. 

They took me into a room and asked me to take a shower in the bathroom. Although it reminded me of home and the hot shower helped with the cold, I didn't waste much time. I got rid of my ripped birthday dress and threw it in the dustbin.

So much for so many designers working on a stupid dress. 

As soon as I came out of the shower, I was given a new floral dress. It almost made me puke. I hated the idea of floral dresses. My mother forced me to wear them because she believed they were befitting for a rich, beautiful girl while I wanted nothing but jeans and a shirt. 

"I'm sorry for being insensitive but can I change this to jeans and a top?" I asked them. 

They both shared a look before one of them smiled and left the room. She came back with jeans and a polo shirt. 

"Thank you," 

She hummed, raised an eyebrow and gave me a small stool to sit on. 

They helped remove the numerous pins in my hair that had been placed last night and brushed through the hair. 

They offered me jewellery but I insisted on not wearing any. 

It suddenly occurred to me why I was being dressed up . Alpha Hunter wanted me to look presentable to my father's friends so that they would believe I accepted the mating bond. 

One thing peculiar to the werewolf world is that when two wolves are mated, other mated wolves can see the red mysterious string that binds them together. It was hard keeping a mating bond a secret. 

As soon as we were done, I followed them out of the room to the same office hall where I'd met Alpha Hunter yesterday. I took a deep breath before walking in. 

Three older men were already in the room with Alpha Hunter in absence. They all turned to me and I saw they were really my dad's friends. I could recognize two of them. I almost shed tears. 

Right before I could run along and hug them, a hand grabbed me from the door and pulled me closer, stopping me. As our bodies were in close proximity, I couldn't help denying the cold shiver in my spine. My breath hitched and my heart raced. 

"Hello Alphas," 

He acknowledged them. His voice was scratchy and thicker than I remember it. 

"Thank you for coming to see my mate and I. I believe you're here to extend your congratulations. I appreciate it but at the same time, you should have done this through the phone," 

I couldn't miss the hard glare on the faces of the older Alphas. 

They weren't happy to see him and I'm sure they were herd only for me. 

"Leave the facade aside, Alpha Hunter. We know you're not happy to see us and we're not here for you," 

One of the Alphas, my dad's closest friend, Alpha Jack said. 

"That statement of yours is confusing, when have we not been excited to see each other?" 

"Since you got rid of your father and uncle. We severed whatever bond was between us," 

"Wait till I kill you. That'll really sever our bond but as long as you're still alive, it would be such a great joy to always see you," 

"You bastard!" Alpha Jackson yelled. 

Hunter's hold on my waist tightened. I turned to him and saw that his eyes had changed to red. 

Red eyes! 

The sight of those eyes brought back dreadful memories and I wanted to hide away from the world. 

"We're not here to argue or fight with you. We're here to demand for her custody," the second Alpha announced. 

"Her custody? You mean, my mate," 

"Yes. The moment you killed her father annulled you of any right to her mate bond. It's the same as you rejecting her and I'm sure you're aware of the law of the werewolf world. You'll be sentenced to death for rejecting your mate or killing her father" 

Hunter laughed. 

I held onto my other hand tightly and swallowed hard. It was as if my heart was in my throat and I would throw up anytime soon. Cold sweat broke out on my forehead and my mouth became bitter. 

"If I understand you perfectly, you're here to ask for my head and take her away from here because you believe I killed her father," 

"Yes," the three men chorused. 

Hunter removed his hold from my waist and walked away from me. At a few feet away, he turned and asked me, 

"Doll, is it true that I killed your father?" 

"What sort of stupid question is that? Didn't you and your hooligans invade the pack?" 

One of them roared. 

"Don't make me tear your head from your neck, Alpha Jeremiah. If you interrupt her one more time, you'll see my wrath," 

The room suddenly became silent. 

"Did I kill your father?" He asked. 

I shook my head. "WORDS?" He growled. 

"No," I cried, holding on to the hem of my shirt tightly. 

"Would you like to share with these men who killed your father?" 

Fear gripped me and refused to let me go. I was about to face my darkest, deepest secret. It was as if I was suddenly thrown into a dark, deep pit I'd dug for myself. 

"Don't make me repeat myself, Doll," Hunter commanded. 

I looked over to the Alphas with tears rushing down my eyes. 

"I did it. I killed my father,"