6. Blood Alpha

The name of the alpha rang in my head like a loud church bell. Alpha Zion Kincaid of the Valis pack. Everyone knew that name even if they didn’t know who he was in person. Very little is known about the man and for someone like me, I knew less than the others.

Dad for reasons unknown to me till this day had put a ban on that name so we couldn’t freely talk about the alpha or anything that had to do with the pack but that didn’t mean that I didn’t hear enough about him from people who carried gossip but that also meant I knew practically next to nothing except baseless rumors.

He was known as the Blood Alpha because he enjoyed bathing in the blood of his enemies but I didn’t believe that a person could be so terrifying so I always laughed off the exaggerated adjectives that were used to describe him.

It was said that he became the Alpha of a small pack after a tragedy that took his father, the previous alpha and within the space of five years, he had grown that small pack into one of the largest and most powerful packs in the world. People gossiped that his pack was at par with the alpha king in terms of strength.

That man I saw last night was definitely him. Though he didn’t look as horrifying as the stories made him, he was definitely a man of blood. The way his bloodthirsty eyes had killed Dad a thousand times still gave me chills.

The question I had was why had this man come to wipe out my pack when we had never had anything to do with him? Dad never let us talk about him and I guessed it was because of the stories about him that made Dad keep our pack away from the Valis pack. Even when other packs sought their help, we never did so it was unnerving to know that he was the one responsible for all these.

I ran as many scenarios as I could through my head for why this man would do this but I came back empty handed. Something was not adding up. Someone was lying and it was these people who were keeping me locked up.

My father would never hide anything from me or do something that would have endangered the life of the entire pack. He was considerate. It was these monsters that were trying to spin the narratives and make themselves the victims so they won’t be tagged the murderers that they were.

I was so lost in my thoughts that I didn’t hear the door open so I jumped with shock when the door suddenly shut. I looked up to see a young girl around my age or younger standing by the door

She stood by the door, not moving an inch and staring at me as if I was the predator and not them. Her eyes ran down my entire length and she couldn;t hide the disgust in her face as she took in my bloodied dress and hair. I knew I was in a terrible state but I couldn’t care about it.

She finally decided to walk further into the room and it was then I noticed that she was carrying some clothes with her. She placed them gently on the bed making sure to jump back away from me as soon as she did that

“You should take a bath and change into these clean clothes.” She gestured to the clothes she placed on the bed and also turn to point at a door I hadn’t noticed earlier “That’s the bathroom” She turned to walk away when I reached and grab her hand

She shrieked in surprise and jumped back away from me. I raised my hands up to show her I wasn’t any threat and it was so funny because it should be the other way around.

“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to scare you” I told her and she gave me a long stare before she finally relaxed a little but not completely.

“What do you want? I am not supposed to say anything to you” She whispered and her eyes kept glancing at the door in fear

“I just want to know why they are keeping me here. Do you know anything? I need to go home, please help me” I pleaded

“I I I don’t know anything” She stumbled over her words and her eyes kept looking everywhere but me. She was lying. I could smell the lies on her

“Please help me out here. I am sure your people don’t want me here. Help me escape please and I would be indebted to you with my life” i grabbed her hands but she pushed me away

“Are you mad?” She gasped in horror “You want me to get killed” She ran out of the room before I could explain myself better

My frustration grew by each passing minute and there was nothing to elevate it or soothe my worries. I looked at the clothes laying on the bed and decided it wouldn’t hurt to shower and change into some clean clothes.

I moved towards the door the girl had pointed at earlier and opened it to be greeted with an impressive bathroom. It was as clean as the room but it wasn’t the time to admire the home of my enemies. I entered the shower stall and used the products there to take a quick bath.

I threw the dress over my head and slipped on the underwear provided. I didn’t want to think of how they guessed my size. It would only cause more headache for me. I felt way better on the outside than on the inside now that I had washed away all the dirt and blood from my pack members. I felt light but not free.

I paused when I exited to find a tray of food on the bed. The smoke escaping the plate indicated that the food was hot and my stomach grumbled greedily at the sight of food. I didn’t even think I was that hungry until I saw the food.

I should have eaten the food knowing how weak I was but it would be betrayal to my people. I couldn’t eat or take anything of theirs. I had already done too much by taking the clothes they gave me but I couldn’t touch anything else.

With the anger pulsing through me, I grabbed the tray and threw it at the door. The tray and the plates smashed hard against the door and shattered along with the content making them spill all over the floor.

My stomach whined in protest so instead of standing and staring at what I had just done, I turned and sat on the floor in a corner of the room before I began to regret my decision like a whim.

As soon as I sat down, the door opened and the brunette from earlier entered the room with wide eyes. His eyes scanned the room in panic but they slowly relaxed when he saw me curled in the corner.

His eyes fell to the mess of the floor and then he was looking at me

“You don’t want to eat?” He gestured to the mess I made on the floor but I turned my face to the side

Someone else entered the room shortly and also inspected the mess on the floor

‘What’s wrong Jeremy? She doesn’t want to eat?” He asked the brunette I could now finally identify with a name

“Get someone to clean up this mess. I can’t deal with this shit this early” he groaned before stepping out of the room without any word

“You should eat if you don’t want to fall sick” The young man spoke after Jeremy left but I also ignored him the way I ignored Jeremy

“I can’t say I understand the way you feel but I’m sure your folks wouldn’t want you to starve to death.” He spoke softly before bending down to gather the broken pieces with his bare hands

“It’s unfortunate that you were born to a man like that and have to suffer such a cruel fate and now…” He freezed as if realizing he had said a little too much than he should have but I already cut

“You better keep my dad out of your mouth you monster” I screamed “How dare you say that? I should be the one pitying you for being born into such a disgusting pack” I scoffed and tears that threatened to fall gathered at my eyelids.

“You came to a peaceful pack and slaughtered innocent people and you dare to claim that we are the wicked ones” I was on my feet now and was approaching the man slowly. He realized he was in danger now because I was so livid and would definitely hurt him.

“Look I didn’t mean it that way, I…” he didn’t finish his sentence before I lunged. He may be stronger but I was angrier.

I didn’t even stand a chance but my claws ripped through his face and I relished in the groan that left his lips as his flesh followed my fingers before I was thrown across the room. I was on my feet fast but he was gone.

I stood there panting and staring out of the door but I was satisfied with the mark I knew I left. They should know I won’t be going down without a fight.