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{ Alpha Cronus }

I stayed in the comfort of my office and haven't seen her for the past few days, but I have been getting an update on her from Callous, Drew's uncle, who was also a doctor in the pack, and according to him, she was recovering.

“ The bandage has been taken off, and she can now walk freely without hurting her good foot,” Callous explained. I unconsciously sighed in relief, and Callous scoffed. “ She is quite obedient.” He added before turning to leave my office.

A frown clouded my eyes as I watched the closed door.

What did he fucking mean by she is obedient?

I close the document before me and lean in my seat. What the fuck did Callous mean when he said she was obedient?

I mindlinked Zoe to come into my office, and in less than two minutes she was standing before me.” How is she doing.” I buried my face in the document and started writing on it.” She has been recovering pretty fast…”

“ That is all I needed to hear.” I cut her off. “ Okay, alpha.”

“ Does she take her medicines without any complaint?" Zoe remained silent, and I immediately lifted my head to look at her.” She has been complaining about…”

“ You can leave.”, I instructed and Zoe bowed before getting out of my office.

What did Callous mean because the Grace I knew wouldn't obey orders without complaining first? It has been only a few days since she was brought into the pack but I could attest to her personality.

She was the first person to ever challenge me in years.

I signed up all the documents on my table and decided to go on a walk, it was dark everywhere.

The minute I got to the door to my room where she had been staying, I was tempted to step in, especially with her sweet scent lingering at the doorway, but I held myself back and pushed my wolf away.

Damn it!

I turned and started towards the main entrance without looking back. Could it be because of the mark on her shoulder? My wolf seemed attracted to her in a way I didn't want to admit to myself.

It has been more than a century since my wolf ever felt someone.

I frowned when I smelled her outside the building.

My attention turned to the other side of the building as I slowly followed her scent.

My eyes narrowed when I saw her small frame, where the fuck was she heading to?

“ Who allowed you out of the room?” I demanded, and I saw that her back stiffened.

” You speak when I ask you a question.” I reached her side in seconds and grabbed her shoulder, shoved her around so she would face me.

” Let me go.” she protested. The shock in her eyes was replaced with anger, but I didn't let go of her.” You dare to try to run away again!” My fingers slipped up to her fragile neck with a little more force, and I would successfully snap the living light out of her.

Her innocent blue eyes stared back into mine, and it felt as if I was just looking at her for the first time. Perhaps I hadn't looked this close because her eyes were charming and more dangwrougge than her body.

fuck!

Why the hell was my heart melting for her?

As I looked into those innocent blue eyes, I didn't realize how long I had been staring; something about her pulled me in, and I fucking couldn't tell.

Damn it!

A growl left my mouth and I let go of her throat. She immediately stepped back from me like I was some kind of beast.

My heart suddenly felt empty as I looked at protest gaze.” If you want an excuse to get rid of me, guess what? You don't need any.” She took another step back, her eyes filled with tears and range.

Did I hurt her? I glittered my teeth, regretfully.

“ Get back into the house.” l stared down at her bare foot with a nonchalant expression.

“ You think you are any better than my father?” She stared straight into my eyes, fearlessly.” Guess what, you are more beastly than he ever was.”

“ What did you fucking say?” I grabbed her hand in rage when she was about to walk past me. How dare she compare me to her fucking father?

” You heard me, alpha Cronus.” the disdainful look in her eyes didn't skip me, her challenged voice made my heart settle quietly in my chest.

Her innocent, yet alluring scent rushed into my veins.

It was the first time I was feeling this affected but a female.

My gaze suddenly settled on the red object on the floor. I strode further and picked it up, a hairpin?

Did she come out because of this? After a careful look, I realized it was broken; the tiny pin that held the sides together had been removed, making it impossible to use.

I turned back, and she was gone, but her scent remained in the air.

I pulled my phone from my pocket and put on the light to look for it.

It made me look ridiculous but I didn't give a fuck!“ Alpha Cronus..” Theo gasp. “ Help me look to find the pin.” I said, my voice cold and stern.” But alpha,..”

“ Are you helping or not.”

“ Okay, I will do just that.” without a choice, he pulled his phone and turned on the light.

“ I have found it,” Theo announced, but I ignored him as I stepped forward and picked the shining golden object that was blazing in the dark;

I fucking found it.

“ It seems I found the wrong pin.” He shoved whatever was in his hand away. “ Another beast has been captured at the border.” I frowned, slowly raising my gaze.

“ Did anyone get hurt?” my fingers squeezed around the hairpin before I shoved it in my pocket and turned to walk towards the forest.

“ Fortunately, no,” Theo replied.

I shifted into my wolf and jumped into the forest with Theo behind me.

Because of the geographical location of the pack, we were mostly surrounded by different kinds of wild animals.

Over the years, we have encountered countless wild animals, and most of these animals get captured by the warriors for consumption.

‘ They are at the northern border.’ Theo mind linked me as I jumped over a log, heading towards the northern border.

As we approached the border, the growling sound became clearer.

Capturing these animals helps to protect the pack and provide for the pack members.

I shifted back into my human form, its growls turned loud and threatening the minute it saw me approaching, and it wasn't a foreign experience; most of these wild animals didn't like my hybrid scent and saw me as a threat to their lives, which was indeed true because they sense my preying instinct.

I was a threat to them because I fed on their blood instead of human blood; I had trained myself to live with animal blood, though it didn't give me the satisfaction that human blood would.

For several generations, my body has come to terms with animal blood, and the reality, I didn't intend to change. ” We have to get it under control.” Theo suggested.

“ Alpha, the chains are loosing up!” one of the warriors complained and I stared up at the wild animal that was looking at me with bloodshed eyes.“ What do you suggest?” Theo asked, stepping forward, but I didn't have the chance to answer as one of the chain's thorns, the beast started shoving the warriors one after the other rendering the chains loose.

" I will take care of it." I stared directly at it before turning on my heels and running in the other direction.

It was better this way because none of the warriors would get hurt.