Chapter Four | An Object

ALEXANDROS

That was rather surprising, amazing, in fact. Never have I felt so good in centuries. The goddess sure knows her stuff.

I stared down at the figure before me as if she were my long-lost treasure. Sound asleep, she looked stunning. I must admit, her allure was undeniable.

Although it's a shame I would have to overlook all that when it's time for the ritual, and sadly, her death.

She rolls towards me; her hand finds my bare chest and rests there, eliciting a smirk from my lips.

She was sweet in bed. If this keeps up, I might get addicted.

The next full moon is in two days. Surely, she can't escape it now that she's in my territory.

My hands run through her brown, curly hair as I ponder how long I have been looking for her.

I sense her eyes watching me, and I was correct as they slowly opened while she woke up.

"You look beautiful," I complimented. Surely, I should give her credit even once before the D-day.

She smiled and responded softly, "Thank you ... Alex."

Alex? No! You're not fit to call me that!

"You are not to call me Alex," I said to her sternly, wiping the charming expression off her face for a second.

"What? Really? But you just said earlier..."

"I am dark Alpha King Alexandros of the Lockwood Pack South to you!"

I watched her eyes widen as she stood up from my chest, shifting backward.

"You're the Alpha king??! I slept with the Alpha king?!"

"Yes, I am. Don't feel too important; I let you lay on my bed. It was just a moment of pleasure and a part of my plan."

"What plan? What do you mean?!"

I could feel her heart racing hard now in her ribcage.

I stood up from the bed as her frightened eyes followed me while I circled around her.

"You shall find out in a hard way when the time comes. For now, do not make me angry with your never-ending questions. I will not spare to teach you a very valuable lesson, even though you happen to be my mate."

"We just made love!! You were inside me moments ago. How can you threaten me like this?" she asked, her eyes shaking.

Out of anger, I reached for her jaws and tightened my grip on it.

"Love, you say? Sex isn't love, my dear, and I don't love! Never will. I was just doing all that with you because I felt like it. Do not feel too important. I do that with over a hundred women daily in my harem chambers."

I noticed her eyes becoming blurry with tears, and I cocked my head. Knowing fully well I haven't even hurt her yet.

When I am done with her, her eyes will find tears but won't see any.

I pushed her away as I released my grip on her jaw.

"You are my second chance mate. I never thought I had any after Elena. May the goddess bless her soul."

With a shaking voice, she asked, "What happened to your first mate?"

"Not with the questions again, girl!" I snapped, my canines coming out as she shrugged. "But I will show you what happened just because you are bound to share the same fate with her in the future." I smirked, standing from the edge of the bed.

I dashed to her on the bed before she could move and placed my hands on both sides of her cheeks, showing her the visions of what happened to my first mate.

"Oh my goddess!!" she screamed, stepping back from me, and I chuckled.

"See? Despite the fact I don't need you, I won't reject you! But when I am done with you, you would be the one begging me for a rejection instead!" I thundered, and I saw her eyes bring down tears.

"How old are you?"

"Older than you can imagine," I smirked teasingly.

"Why? Why does the goddess hate me so much? I thought my freedom had finally arrived when you saved me back then, but now you're threatening unspeakable things to me," she cried under the duvet.

"To me, you are an object—a container holding what I truly want," I said firmly, watching her gaze widen.

If I didn't hear wrong, I could swear a low growl came out from her as well, making my eyebrows raise.

"I'm a useless omega! What good would I be to you to harm me this way?" Her voice trembled.

"Hahahaha. You've been deceived, poor girl."

"My name is Francesca!"

Slap!

Her face turned in the direction my slap gave her, and then came silence.

"You are not to talk back to me, you insect."

I clapped my hands in the air, and one of my servants came in with my custom robe and wore it on me while she shot daggers at me with her blue eyes but was powerless to do anything more than that.

She licked her lips, dripping blood from the slap I gave her earlier.

"Prepare; you will be moved to your 'room' very soon. Don't get comfortable here. I don't want my sheets soaked in your miserable tears."

"Are you going to trap me here? You kidnapped me!"

I stormed out of the room without giving her an answer and made my way to the room I had ordered to be prepared for her.

Except, she would be shocked it's not just any room.

Now there, I held the chain to feel if it was strong enough for the task.

"Alpha king, I have added the highest amount of wolfsbane to the chains. She won't be able to fight it," my right-hand man said to me instantly.

"Good. Although I won't let my guard down with her, she's different from the rest I have met in my lifetime. Unpredictable and sweet..." I played with my tongue as I pondered.