Take Off Your Sweater: His Command

"What's the secret of Alpha John and his family that the Crystal Blue Pack are exploiting mercilessly?" Kayla thought while she had her ear glued to the door to listen to their conversation going on inside.

Kayla couldn't derive much from whatever she was hearing as she was not acquainted with the topic. The more deeper they ran into the conversation, the more questions would pop in Kayla's head. 

She was eager to know what was the secret. She asked in her mind, "What is the secret that our pack has to pay monthly allowance which if not paid could lead to a war.

"Oh my God! What's brewing? Alpha John has a secret, a secret that can put an end to his rule or should I say not only his rule but existence too! I thought the prince is the holy one, but it seems like he is sinful just like the Red Moon Pack!"

RING RING!

Kayla was like a cat on hot bricks when all of a sudden the silence enveloping in the emergency chamber got broken by her ringing phone that alerted the werewolves inside the emergency chamber. Kayla quickly made her fidgety hands turn off the phone. 

"Oh no! Run Kayla!" Kayla said to herself.

After putting her phone off, Kayla ran at the top speed. She took a turn and at that time, heard the emergency chamber's door opening. She rushed and hid inside the bathroom. The sound of their hasty footsteps caused her heart to thump. 

From behind the slightly ajar bathroom door, Kayla saw the guard and Alpha John! 

Alpha John shouted, "How did someone enter the emergency passage?!" The guard trembled and had his head low. John blasted out, "What are you waiting for? Go and check out who sneaked inside the bathroom. We would be in big trouble if that person heard our conversation. 

With that the two of them left. Alpha departed back to the emergency chamber and the guard on the path outside the emergency passage. Kayla heaved.

Her ears rang the last set of John’s words. A cunning smile formed on her lips and she mumbled, "Seems like something very precious is being hidden at the cost of my so-called dear Alpha's life and rule and it is connected with the Crystal Blue Pack." 

She nodded, "Interesting! I will keep this point in my mind. One never knows what might turn out to be his ace card!" 

Her eyes collapsed to her vibrating phone. She was stunned to see the she-wolf who ignored her a few moments back was now calling her. She picked up the call and said in her sweetest tone, "Hey Alice!" 

There came a brutal tone of Alice from the other end. 

"What took you so long to pick up my call? Do you think of yourself as the future Luna who is so busy that she can't pick up my call?" 

Kayla was pissed off by her tone but managed to be sweet while pouring out her words of defense "No, actually…" 

Alice cut in, "Whatever! Have your ears open! Future Luna Whitney wants to have a word with you!" 

Kayla was happy and scared at the same time. Happy because it was a chance to perfect her image and join the bully gang. Scared because of the way she was treated while serving supper. 

She said, "Yeah sure! I will come to Miss Whitney's chamber!" 

Kayla could hear a faint voice behind Alice. She recognized Whitney's voice that said to Alice, "Not my chamber. Hers!" 

Alice reiterated the same and Kayla said, "Yeah, s…" 

Kayla stopped speaking and closed her eyes out of frustration when the call was disconnected midway. She heaved, "No worries, let's keep this Crystal Blue Pack thing on hold and focus on rebuilding a good impression in front of Whitney!" 

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Skyla's happiness was short-lived. There came a fierce knock at the door. Skyla said, sounding worried, "Oh no! How did I forget it's my punishment time?" Her eyes searched for water as she mumbled, "I got to put off this fire, or else they will kill me!" She saw the jug by the nightstand. 

Pulling up her weak body, Skyla limped and reached for the jug, but before she could reach for the jug, she collapsed on the bed owing to a noise. 

It was the noise of breaking the door. Max had just broken the door. He glared at Skyla and snarled, "Are you deaf? Why didn't you open the door?" 

He took a step inside and his gaze shifted from Skyla on the bed to the crackling sound. He became red with anger when he saw the fire in the furnace.

"You!" Snarling at Skyla, he rushed towards her and slapped her tightly, igniting the pain in Skyla that was gone some time back. 

Grabbing the collar of her brown-colored sweater, he made her sit and growled, "How the heck did you break the rule? You can't use a furnace! You can't keep yourself warm!" 

Skyla cried out, "So… sorry!" Max released her furiously and grabbed the jug to put off the fire. However, the jug was empty. He stormed inside the bathroom and came out with a wooden bucket filled with cold water. 

He splashed half of the water inside the furnace and the fire was extinguished. Fiercely keeping the bucket on the floor, he growled, "You just broke the rule! Do you want a weeklong punishment to be extended by two weeks?!" 

Skyla shook her head, "No… no!" 

Max's jaw tightened and he kicked the dressing table hard and said sternly, "When your future Alpha is standing, are you supposed to sit your ass on the bed?" 

"No! I… I am standing up!" She said, her voice trembling. 

Skyla pressed her lips together owing to the strain as she tried to rise from the bed. Luckily, she rose from the bed in a go due to the ointment that was healing her leg wounds. 

Max rubbed his nose as if he had just consumed some drugs and said curtly, "Take off your sweater!" A shiver ran down Skyla's spine.