Chapter five: Into The Lion's Den

Lily felt like fate was really playing a trick on her. Her boyfriend broke her heart by bringing another woman over to marry, and she got herself drunk and ended up marked by a strange Alpha, who turned out to be the most feared Alpha ever. After leaving the hotel, she thought she had escaped him and decided to leave everything that ever happened that night behind, but who knows she would be finding herself entangled in his cobweb again, by coming to stay at the pack which he was the leader.

“Who is she?" The lady learning on Logan asked, bringing her out of her train of thought. Her eyes focused on her, scrutinizing her all over, as she couldn't understand why he was interested in her.The stare between them somehow made the lady uncomfortable.

Lily stared at the lady, finding herself disliking her immediately. Her attitude towards him; as she saw clinging to him, showed that there was definitely something going on between them. And that really hurt her somehow, she knew that it wasn't really her that was hurt, but since both her wolf and her were connected that meant they shared their emotions.

Her wolf growled and stirred inside her at the sight of the lady touching her mate, but Lily tried to maintain her composure. She tried to keep her wolf in check; she couldn't afford to lose control in front of them.

“She's my friend,"Rose answered obnoxiously at her. “Why?" She asked, staring at her questioningly, wondering why she would be asking.

“And what's she doing here?" The lady demanded persistently, and her endless questions somehow irritated Rose. She looked at her with an angry face.

“And who are you to question me, Roxy?" Rose asked her annoyingly, eyeing her disgustingly, evident to Lily that Rose was not fond of her.

But Lily knew that it was unlike Rose to dislike someone, and she believed that she must had her reason. ‘But what could be the reason?' she wondered.

“I'm sorry," Roxy quickly apologized when she realized that she had breached her boundary limit.

“Do I know you?" Logan asked, directing his question to Lily, who stood frozen upon hearing his voice. He freed himself from Roxy and strode towards her. Now standing so close to her that they could feel their own breaths.

Her brows drew together as she wondered what he was up to, and her instincts told her that whatever he was up to, it wasn't something good for her. As she stared at his eyes she could feel herself drawn to them, and she was beginning to lose the control of herself. And to avoid the inevitable, she quickly lowered her head, trying her best to avoid his gaze.

“What... What are you talking about?" She said almost in a whisper. Her voice sounding so low, showing the fear in her.

“You look familiar. Have we met somewhere before? Your eyes, the color look familiar to me. It seems like I have seen them before." He said, his eses boiling into hers.

Her skin went pale and her hand trembled, but she tried to keep herself normal. She lifted her head and their eyes locked, and his intense gaze made her feel like he could see right through her.

'Is he trying to reveal everything in front them?' she thought, feeling unease.

She was somehow felt scared, afraid that Rose might find out that she had a one night stand with her brother.

They stood like that for like some moment, gazing into each other, it was as if they were staring into each other's souls. Though it was dark, and yet the darkness could still mingle with the black color of his eyes, she found herself swayed by the darkness in his eyes. The rest looked at them curiously, wondering what was going on.

“What are you talking about, brother?" Rose questioned, trying to lessen the tightened atmosphere. “If you had once come to my workplace, I would think you must have seen her there but you never did. So how did you know her?" She continued, but still his eyes were glued to her face.

“About that..." Henry, his beta answered in his stead. “He was busy."

“Yeah, just like always." She replied, her voice dripping with hurt. “I know that's what you would say. He's always busy, and does not even care about his sister. But Henry, why do you always answer for him."

“He's..." The rest of his words trailed off when a maid interrupted them.

“Alpha!" The maid said, bowing. “Everything is already set and everybody is waiting for you."

“Wr are not done yet,"Logan told her, his voice dripping with an undercurrent tension. Then a smirk tugged at the corner of his mouth, sending a wave of anxiety through her. He broke the eyes contract and walked away, then the maid and Henry followed him.

Lily exhaled deeply, realizing that she had been holding her breath since.

“What's that?" Roxy asked, jealousy lacing in her tone. She gave Lily a disgusting look before following Logan and others.

“Are you okay?" Rose asked her when she noticed the horror look on her face and she absently nodded. “ There's no need to be intimated by him, he can be strange sometimes. You will get use to it."

Lily's eyes couldn't tear away from the way he went.

What did he mean? What would happen to her next?

Her mind told her that she had just entered the lion's den and she should be on her toes. she told herself that she must do anything to avoid him.

“Let's go inside." Rose said and both of them proceeded inside of the pack house.

As soon as they entered the pack house, Lily was greeted by the astonishing beauty of the interior. The grand entrance hall was adorned with elegant chandeliers, and their crystals casting a soft glow across the marble floors, and there were staircases that led to upstairs.

And then for the first time she noticed that everywhere was silent, there was no movement of anyone. Unlike in her previous pack where the maids would be roaming up and down, there was no single person, which she found strange.

“What's going on? Where's everyone?" Rose was also surprised as she.

Then they saw a maid entering the pack house. She bowed when she saw Rose. “Where's everyone?" Rose asked.

“They are in the garden. A dinner night is held for Alpha's return."She answered and Rose almost slapped herself for forgetting.

Whenever Logan returned from a long journey, a dinner night was always held to celebrate his return.

“Okay, you can go." Rose told the maid and she bowed, before walking away.

Meanwhile Lily couldn't tear her eyes from the beautiful of the interior, it really wondered her how a pack house could be so beautiful.

“Come with me, I know where everyone is." She told her and together they walked down the grand hall.

When they got to the end of the hall, where they could see a set of grand double doors. Lily wondered where the doors would be leading to. Then, with both hands, Rose pulled the doors open, and they were greeted by a breathtaking sight. A vast garden unfolded before them, bathing with the bright radiant light of the half moon that was hanging up at the sky. The air was filled with the soft murmur of conversations and the soft jingling sound of glasses. Lily gasped at the sight.

“Sit down here, I want to go and see grandfather." Rose said as she sat her down at one table before she walked away.

Then she raised her head and saw Logan, his eyes fixed intently on hers, and her heart sank as she realized that she was trapped with him.