Part 7

Margareth POV

Stepping inside the mansion, the noise of my heels tapping on the marble floor was heard as it echoed. Then, as I followed Bastian and stepped on the stairs carefully, my eyes observed the artistic details of the mansion. The first thing that caught my attention was the wolf head statue attached near the fire place on the first floor. Below the magnificent statue, the brand entitled ‘Red Iris Pack’ was engraved nicely in gold.

Then, the next thing was the room I entered on the second floor. It was well-organized with a few of bookshelves on the right side. Besides that, the working table along with the leather chair was placed. Honestly, it was completely different from Xavier’s working room which was much smaller and not really fancy.

“Please have a seat, Margie,” Bastian asked gently with his right hand gesturing towards the sofa.

I nodded as I obeyed him. Although I really wanted to express how surprising it was to him, I kept myself composed. At the same moment, a young beautiful woman with white apron on her red casual dress entered the room, and uttered, “Excuse me, Alpha Bastian. Here is the tea and some snacks asked by Martian, the butler earlier.”

“All right, Selda. Thank you. You can serve it right here,” replied Bastian with a little smile stroke on his proportional face. Along with his composed expression, his gestures showed the maid to put the tea and snacks on the table.

The young woman then nodded and did what it was ordered. After that, as she left, Bastian continued the conversation by saying, “I’m the Alpha of this pack, Red Iris Pack, but it doesn’t mean that I must show it off publicly.”

Getting surprised by the statement, I widened my eyes and replied, “Why do you think like that? As far as I know, most Alphas are proud of their positions. Even, some of them tend to be pompous.”

Bastian with his gentle smile stared at me firmly and confirmed, “Well, you may have to stay here for a long time then.”

Being stunned by his order, a few premises were running in my mind. Firstly, his order might mean if he wanted something from me in return since he felt that he had saved me from Xavier being rude twice. Next, he asked me to stay longer for imprisoning me with him, in case if Xavier chose Selena in the end. The last thing that I really assumed was this Alpha was eager to make me his slave or may be a mistress. I knew that those things were clueless, but I really needed to set up a plan if he was not any different to Xavier Brown.

“How is it? Is it a matter for you for staying here longer?” He inquired as our stares met.

I then avoided the sudden eye contact and answered, “Well, I may need Xavier’s permission since he is still my Alpha.”

Acknowledging my statement, Bastian chuckled for a while and said, “Hey, he doesn’t even respect you as his mate, Margie. I just want to remind you about the recent situation you face. You were also humiliated by his mistress.”

As the certain facts stated, I was speechless while my mind was drowning in my own thought whether I must ask Xavier’s permission or not. Subsequently, after I reflect about everything related to Xavier’s disloyalty, I somewhat planned to escape from the castle without any announcement to the Alpha I always honored. However, on the thought that my position as the Luna of the pack, it would harm my reputation once I left the pack.

“Let me discuss about it. Once, it’s finished, I’ll let you know by phone.” I replied when I handed in my cellphone and continued, “Can you note down your number here?”

“Sure.” Bastian nodded and obeyed my request.

End of pov

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At the moment, once Bastian had saved his number on the phone, the front door was forcefully opened by Xavier with the rage flashed on his brown orbs. While he walked towards his Luna, he snapped, “Why should you obey the man you just meet?! Let’s go home! My mom would like to talk to you.”

Along with his utterance, Xavier grabbed the Margareth’s right hand rudely. Being forced as she was pulled while walking before her chosen mate, Margareth protested, “Let go of me! I can walk by myself!”

Nevertheless, Xavier turned a deaf ear. He kept grabbing the hand as he walked towards the front door. At the same time, Bastian walked past him and uttered, “Take her this time for finishing your matter, but please return her to me tomorrow morning.”

Xavier clenched his jaw while he stared at Bastian furiously. Then, he bravely dared, “What if I don’t let her come here?? She is legally my wife and the Luna of Brown Iris Pack, so you’d better not to mess with me.”

Gently standing upright and streaking a tiny smile, Bastian replied sternly, “My troops will attack your pack. I’ll ruin your castle and the wolves. Please return her here tomorrow if you are still eager to see your wolves are peacefully alive.”

Those threats certainly caused Xavier break out in a cold sweat. His fierce expression instantly changed into scared yet panic. It was obvious that he was acting like an ill-fated hero by picking up Margareth arrogantly. “Is it understandable? I want Margareth to be here tomorrow, otherwise your pack doesn’t exist any longer,” Bastian voice discerned for another time.

Having no other choices, Xavier nodded and stammered, “Y-yes. De-finitely.”

“Good,” said Bastian as he patted Xavier’s shoulder. He also added, “You can go now. Be careful on the street, Margie. I’ll see you tomorrow.”

Along with the words uttered, Bastian waved his hand to Margareth while she just frowned and wondered if her new friend would really ambush her pack. As a consequence, she spoke silently, “I never think or even imagine that someone like Bastian will threaten his opponent brutally like that. Despite of his friendly and carefree trait, he may be pretty scary when he is mad or disappointed. It’s just the opposite of Xavier looking fierce and brave outside, but he actually is just a little kitten whenever he needs to fight for the real war.”

On the other side, Bastian stepping on the stairs darted his eyes and said silently, “The coward Alpha needs to know his new position now. If he messes up with my fated mate, he will be gone, either dead or alive imprisoned.”

TO BE CONTINUED..