7. The Alpha’s Beast

Gwaine’s POV:

From the moment Vilkus took an interest in her, I knew that I had to get far away from her else there would be trouble, but she just happened to cause a scene at the feast and awake the beast within me once more.

Being Alpha King was such a great role in the eyes of many. Until they realized that it came with a beast that was in as much control as one’s human side was. But it might be worse for me, since my beast actually had the greater control of my mind than my human side did.

The only perk, might be the fact that I at least got to be in my human body and interact in human form. Goddess knew how much trouble Vilkus could cause if his form was allowed to roam out more often.

I watched as Catherine’s head hung from the side as she slept, unaware of my presence. She was really cute and I loved how fiery she could get, but I wasn’t sure that attitude sat well with my wolf.

Vilkus loved his women submissive, fiery, feisty, he just didn’t do well with neither of those things and he could do extreme things when it came to bending them. I didn’t want the same fate for Cat and so I knew that it would be a huge fight between my wolf and myself trying to protect her from him, but it wasn’t the first time.

One thing I was sure off, was that I wasn’t letting him chase this one away.

‘And how are you supposed to stop me Gwaine?’ He pushed through my mind, but I ignored him as always. My eyes now trained on Catherine that was starting to wake up.

Seeing that she was starting to get active again, Vilkus began pushing through, fighting to take a more dominant front in my mind, but I didn’t come here to indulge my wolf’s twisted games.

And so after giving a warning, I exited the room, trudging towards my office even when everything in me was fighting to go back down and torture the girl that my dungeons held till she cowered in submission.

‘You can have your fun later Vilkus, we have a meeting right now and I’m not postponing it just so you can entertain yourself for a couple of minutes.’ I told my wolf, panting from the efforts that it took to stay in control.

Slowly but surely, I felt my wolf retreat to the back of mind, allowing me breathe easier and assume full control of my mind.

“Are you okay?” Regan, my Beta asked very cautiously.

I couldn’t blame him, Vilkus wasn’t the easiest to deal with when he was in control and he had a habit of lashing out at the wrong times, making it difficult for people to approach me in general or try to hold conversations with me.

“Yeah, yeah, I’m fine. Are the guys ready?” I asked, forcing a smile onto my face for the sake of my Beta and when he returned it with an even wider smile, it made me chuckle.

“Of course, we’ve been waiting for you.” I gave a small nod of my head and then pulled open my office door to reveal the meeting table already filled with pack officials.

“I apologize for the delay. Let’s begin please. I need an update on the border patrol unit. Heard there’s been some disturbances lately.” I went straight to the point immediately I was settled in my seat.

“Yes, few humans keep trying to poke around the borders and try to get into the pack even with the restriction sign and us closing the main entrance roads.” Micah one of the officials delivered.

And at the mention of humans, Vilkus let out a small growl that I couldn’t help but project. It was safe to say that he wasn’t fond of the beings at all, it wasn’t like I was either.

They were too nosy and were more troubles than they were actually worth but we had rules and guidelines that help us cohabitate with them. I couldn’t figure out why they kept failing to keep to their end of the deal.

“Tighten security on the borders. Any of them that tries to come through even with the restrictions put in place, capture and bring them back here. A little lesson should help send a message.” I said, letting my wolf slip through.

After I received the confirmation for that, we went ahead to discuss various other things. The meeting lasted a while and I was glad when it pulled to a close. The rest of the officials filed out of the room but Regan remained as per usual.

“How was the feast yesterday? Sorry I couldn’t come along with you, I just really didn’t feel well. Anything eventful happen?”

He asked but I only shook my head negative while my attention remained on the piece of paper in front of me that I was trying to read through.

“Nothing eventful happened? Vilkus didn’t find a woman toy to play with in the meantime?” Regan asked with humor in his words but for some reason his words made me stiffen.

“The feast was fine, I think there are plenty of mistresses already at my wolf’s and I disposals and I also think it’ll be best if we drop this topic. It’s been a long day and I’ll be retiring to bed now.” I said, shutting the file and pushing it aside before standing up from my chair and heading towards the door.

I had no idea why I wanted to lie about Catherine. It wasn’t as if Regan wasn’t used to long list of mistresses or my love for beautiful women. His question wasn’t anything weird or unexpected but for some reason it made me really angry.

“Okay man, geez, you don’t have to be so hostile about it. I’ll head home now, Goodnight.”

If I were still in full control of my mind, then maybe I would have felt a pinch of remorse for my attitude towards my Beta but with Vilkus having slipped to the front of my mind the moment Catherine had been mentioned, I couldn’t boast of such a thing.

Sighing heavily, I made my way to my room, stripping off my clothes before quickly changing them. I had half a mind to take a bath but I knew that I wanted to visit the dungeons and those sort of visits never ended with me coming out clean.

And so just changing into some comfortable clothing, I made my way into the bathroom to splash some water on my face.

The moment I caught sight of my reflection in the mirror, a tiny shiver found a way through my spine.

The set of dark eyes that stared back at me in the mirror wasn’t anything I wasn’t used to, it meant that Vilkus was just in front of my mind, but I missed my own brown eyes that I barely ever got to see.