Chapter 4

CHAPTER 4

I watched as the woman who had shattered the only pride I have left was taken away per my orders. There was no way in hell that woman would be my mate. It was a mistake. A costly mistake.

I would not accept this!

“Alpha…”

I turned to one of my able guards standing beside me in rage. How dare he call my name? I shoved him off, and he staggered to get to his feet. The fear and panic appeased me slightly, but it was not good enough.

Turning to the guards that had lined my palace, I glared at each of them, sparing none. “I do not want to hear a word of wha went down in here to the rest of our people. You know how I am, and I believe you understand that if anyone goes against me, it won’t be deemed funny. I will destroy that person completely, and leave his skulls hanging in one of the spots in my palace,” I threatened lowly.

They all shivered, and could barely look me in the eye. I didn’t care about that. I only wanted one thing, and that was for someone to fall in my trap, and I would destroy them with my bare hands.

“Ugh! What are you waiting for like a couple of spineless idiots? Get out of my palace! All of you, out!” I thundered, shaking the roots of the palace in a moment.

I watched them fall over themselves, as they struggled to get out of the palace. I turned my back, and walked into my room of skulls. I couldn’t sit on my royal bed.

My situation was too awful for that. A growl escaped my lips in frustration. This really was happening. A human was in my pack, and currently in my dungeon, and worse still, my mate was finally here.

I looked up at the ceiling, and tried my best not to scream. I needed to gain some sort of control. There must be something that could be done to salvage the situation. There is no way I would end up with a human mate. It was better I was mateless for the rest of my life.

I pulled at my man-bun. 

Whoever she was, I will break the bond with the help of the witch, and then, I will burn her alive. Her screams would surely give me some utmost satisfaction.

“Denzel!” I thundered.

The small bodied man that had served me all of his teenage days stepped into my chambers. He looked like a tiny creature who was scared of being emancipated by his master, and that gave me sadistic pleasure. Yes, they would fear me for the rest of their lives. It was how it was meant to be, and that human would not change this.

“Get Erika, the witch right now!” I snapped.

“As Alpha Gunnolf Royale wishes,” he said with his head bowed in respect.

Denzel left at once, leaving me in a fix. I walked out of my chambers barefoot, moving directly to the throne room. There was so much on my mind. 

Beneath the anger, I felt the need to touch the human again, and that angered me more. I slammed the porcelain decorated on the hall aside, and heard it shatter in a million pieces. Yet, it barely made me feel better.

“Be calm. Damn it!” I snapped at myself.

Those words seemed to pull a false sense of calm into my veins, but that soon left the moment I stepped into the throne room. I could see it all play out once again like a bad tape.

I had almost lost myself when I had her in my hands. I could hear her feisty pleas too. It wasn’t pathetic like I had hoped. There was definitely a layer of stubbornness in that body.

Ugh!

“I need to stop thinking about her,” I grumbled.

My long legs took me through the length and breadth of the room ten consecutive times. I was mad, and anxious. What would Erika say?

Just then, the bell chimed, and the whole room went dim. The light flickered at the side, struggling to stay on. I turned towards the door, no fear visible in my body. I was the Alpha of the Twilight Pack, and no-one scared me. No-one!

Erika stepped in half naked with a live snake rolling around her neck. She ate them live, and got more to play with. It was disgusting, but she was needed in the pack.

Her gait was fearless as she looked at me. I stared into the dark paintings on the left side of her face, and assumed that she had just done it before she came to me. Whatever she aimed to achieve, I had no patience for that.

“That’s enough!” I snapped angrily.

She stopped in her tracks, and had the decency to bow her head down to me. I ignored it. It wasn’t as respectful as I wanted, and if I paid too much attention to it, I might actually order her death, and I didn’t want that.

“You called me because of Leonie.”

I blinked twice, and folded my hands behind my back. She always took me by surprise. I didn’t even know her name yet. My wolf seemed excited at it, and kept throwing the word around which made me more annoyed.

“I want the bond destroyed.”

She looked up then, her eyes meeting mine. “I can’t do that.”

“What do you mean by you can’t do that?” I snapped.

She smiled, and I out of the corner of my eyes, I saw some of my guards shiver in fear.

“The moon goddess made no mistake when she made her your mate. She was born to complete you. As you know you’ve been mateless since your youth, and now, you’re 100 wolf years…”

“I didn’t call you here to tell me my age. I know fully well what my age is, and I definitely do not look it. I look like milk, and I will surely get other women to be my mate.” I snapped stubbornly.

Erika softly caressed the head of her serpent, and then, looked at me right in the eye.

“There is no way out. She is going to be your mate. There is a reason she was chosen. Look past the fact she is a human and  treat her well. The Twilight Pack would benefit from her when she becomes the Luna. If you don’t value her, then I am afraid, you should be ready to face the consequences,” she said calmly.

I growled at her, but she barely blinked.

“Save your energy to making her moan in bed,” Erika said with a wink.

I lunged forward, and she took a step back. “Regain some control of your senses, Alpha. You do not want to do that,” she said calmly.

I paused. She was right I do not want to do that. No matter how disrespectful she was, she was needed. She was also a very dangerous being, and shouldn’t be trifled with.

“Listen, I know that you add value to the pack, but I’m going to say one thing. I want this bond destroyed. Appease the moon goddess, and get back to me. I can’t have a human as a mate. I can have anything, but definitely not a spineless, and evil human as a mate,” I said through gritted teeth.

She bowed lowly. “I can do nothing, Alpha Gunnolf Royale. It’s your cross, so wear it with pride. I hope you invite me for the mating rituals. Have a good day, I mean, night,” she said with a cold smile.

“Get out!” I thundered in rage. 

She sighed like I was some petulant child.

“One more thing, Leonie is the heart of the pack. Don’t lose her because she will make this pack greater than ever.” Erika informed me calmly.

“I said, take this witch out of my palace!” I screamed to the guards.

They walked over to her, and pleaded with her to leave. Erika turned elegantly around, her bad leg barely missing stride as she walked away from the throne room.

I had never  felt such frustration and anger as I watched her leave. She could do nothing?

“No1" I gasped in shock.

This can’t be happening. Leonie’s terrified face came back in my mind’s eyes, and my wolf proclaimed mate. 

“She isn’t your mate!” I screamed.

I growled loudly, and turned back, walking back to my throne and sitting right on it.

“I am Alpha Gunnolf Royale, the Alpha of the Twilight Pack, and I will never accept that human as a mate.” I screamed.

Nothing happed. 

The bond was still like an elastic. It didn’t dissolve. I knew why. I had not told Leonie about my decision. But, I would.

I’m not going to be tied to such a disease, and anomaly. I pulled at my bun, as a growl shot out of my mouth which could be heard a good distance away.