Chapter 2 Send Her to My Room

PHOENIX'S POV

"Your Majesty!!! I'm not lying! Do not come any closer!" The slave's voice kept coming from behind me, constantly begging me to believe her. How ridiculous!

Since she wasn't going to tell the truth, let's accept the punishment. I increased my speed and headed for the door.

"Stop!" A familiar figure flashed past me quickly, stopping the soldiers who were pulling that slave. I knew that there was only one person who could do this, my father, Don Ramon.

"Just what the hell are you up to this time, Phoenix? "You're abusing your mate!"He turned around and loudly reprimanded me.

I shrugged my shoulders, feigning indifference."Mate? No!"I was just interrogating the prisoner. She was the one who had to lie."

My father massaged his brows as he looked at me helplessly. "You're implicating an innocent woman, Phoenix. This isn't what I taught you to become."

"She is not innocent! You forget how your wife died?She died because of this traitor's parents!" I responded coldly.

My father fell silent upon hearing my words. He spoke again, "But perhaps she's not the same as her parents. As an alpha, isn't fairness something we must uphold?"

What was going on? Why was my father defending someone who had killed his Luna? But I wouldn't make the same mistake as him—his mercy had allowed Hermione and her brother to live. And the result was my betrothed suffering their hands once again!

The thought fueled a rising anger within me. I was determined to make that traitor suffer, even if she was my mate!

"Father, your mercy no longer has a place in leading this pack. As the alpha of the pack, I will ensure that those who betray me meet a gruesome end!" I spoke to him icily.

My father seized me again, roaring at me, "The bond of a mate is irreplaceable to a werewolf! You know, a part of me died when your mother passed away, and that part can never be restored. My strength was greatly diminished! That's why I handed over the alpha position to you so early!"

I saw my father age a few years in an instant, his voice tinged with the weight of my mother's death. But I believed I was different. Since taking over the pack, I had become the strongest wolf in the alliance.

I believed I wouldn't be weakened by a fragile mate bond.

"Father, the strong aren't affected by feeble bonds! Haven't I proven that over the past 25 years?"

Hearing my words, he stared at me for a seconds before he let out a heavy sigh and shook his head in distress. He looked like he had a lot of things he wanted to say, but in the end, he ended up shutting his mouth.

"I hope you won't regret it." After saying that, he left.

Regret? No way!

***

"Don't come over-" Suddenly, the slave's screams came again from the cell behind me.

When I turned my head to look at what was behind me, my eyes shrunk. Perhaps seeing that my father had left, the soldier continued to carry out my previous orders.

He had now unbelt his pants and his hands were also trying to unclothe Hermione's shirt, leaving for Hermione's bra to be visible in the naked eye.

"Bitch! How dare you scream!" He knocked her out with a slap from behind her, and the cell was immediately quiet.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, we'll finish the job perfectly!" They fawned on me. After saying that, their hands were already slowly stroking her bare skin.

My brain suddenly buzzed and both of my feet moved on their own. I gnashed my teeth in anger and my ears were already bursting from the loud growl and howl of my wolf inside of me.

I took a big uncontrolled step forward.

PAP--

I kicked the soldier who tried to touch her away.

Seeing me, his eyes shook. He nervously uttered with his whole body shaking. "A...Alpha...King."

However, I didn't manage to hear what he said nor did I care about his explanation.

I gritted my teeth and took a deep breath, I have to admit that I don't want to see her touched by another man. Is this what it means to be a mate?

I took off my suit and wrapped it around Hermione's body before I looked at the soldier who tried to harass her.

"Do you know what you did wrong?" I coldly asked as I took out my dagger.

The soldier that was on the ground, coughing with his own blood while groaning from the pain of his bones that had been broken. Some of the soldiers who were also showing their eagerness earlier had flinched and looked away. All of them are sweating with bullets.

Yet the soldier who tried to undress Hermione, tried to speak despite the fact that his teeth were extracted from the impact.

"A...Alpha King, I... I don't really understand..." The soldier nervously laugh, showing his blooded mouth.

I looked at him with disgust and coldness. "I am the only one who is allowed to torture him or touch her. Anyone who does, shall die."

They clenched their teeth tightly, refraining from uttering another word, even as I betrayed my own command.

I waved my hands and coldly commanded, "Drag him out and throw him into the torturing basement. "

After I said that, I turned my head at Hermione

"Unchain her." I looked around and saw a female attendant that was on standby, currently trembling at the sight. Seeing that I looked at her, she flinched and bowed her head.

"Alpha King..."

I didn't give her time for any pleasantries and coldly commanded her. "Wash her from the top to bottom to make sure that she's clean. Send her to my room right after."