The offer

I sighed as I looked back into the room only to see her sleeping so peacefully. It broke me to see her sleeping peacefully, and at the same time, it made me feel inner warmth.

I was sad because I had thought that after the little argument we had, she would be apologetic and try to explain why she acted the way she did, but sadly, I didn’t get any of that.

I took a deep breath as I looked up at the sky. This wasn’t what I wanted. I never wanted us to go to bed having a fight, but then, I guess fights had become inevitable.

I was becoming sleepy, she had already slept, so what use was my being awake? I walked to the bed as I laid on it, staring at her even though she had her back facing me, and I inhaled deeply before drifting to sleep. I was so tired!

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I yawned as I slowly opened my eyes, it was a new day, and I could clearly tell this from the fresh smell of flowers and food that was being cooked.

I stretched my hand, expecting to feel Dawn by my side, but then I could only feel the coziness of the bed, and I finally opened my eyes completely.

I sat upright as I stared at the bed. Where could she have gone so early? I asked myself as I got out of bed. I could remember vividly how I had slept next to her, so how was she suddenly out of bed? Where could she have gone so early this morning?

"Dawn!" I called as I walked to the bathroom. There was a high probability she was in the bathroom.

It's possible she had an upset stomach or was simply taking a bath; she had complained about not feeling well the night before.

Knocking on the door of the bathroom, I called out to her, but then, I couldn’t even hear the water running, so I pushed the door, and it was open. She wasn’t even in the bathroom.

I was beginning to get worried because this was unlike Dawn. She never left the room so early without telling me, so where could she have gone then? I hurriedly got dressed before walking out of the room. I needed to find my wife.

The pack was huge. Where would I even start looking for her? Gosh, why did she suddenly choose to go out so early without pre-informing me? I sighed as I moved around the packhouse, asking member to member if they had seen Dawn.

It was embarrassing, I knew it. Especially the reaction they would give when I asked if they knew where Dawn went because she was my wife after all. If I didn’t know where my wife was, then whose location would I know?

"I wish the alpha had known the truth; I wish he had known what his wife was up to; and I wish he had known the kind of woman the Luna was, because if he had, he wouldn't have been so bothered by her." I heard a famine voice say and I stopped in my tracks. It was coming from the room opposite me, so who could be speaking?

Who would dare open their mouth to talk filth or thrash about my Luna? I clenched my fists. If there was anything I hated more than being rejected in bed by Dawn, it was hearing filth about her.

"I wish I could, but you know what they say about love being blind, and..." I could not take it anymore, I could not stand back and listen to them talk trash about Dawn, and at that moment, I kicked the door open and stared at them, anger unhidden in my eyes.

"And what?" I asked angrily, and they immediately bowed their heads, fear evident in their voices as they greeted me.

"G-Good morning, Alpha," they greeted me, and I could see them swallow hard in fear as I walked toward them, anger building up in me.

What did they think of themselves? Merely looking at them, I could immediately tell they were maids, and I felt even more insulted, mere maids? Did common maids now have the audacity to talk about my wife in such a way? I would end them for this.

Grabbing the neck of one of them, I raised her head, so she stared at me, making sure the anger in my eyes was visible as she stared at me.

"If I killed you now, in this room, alongside your friend, would you say I was wicked?" I asked her as I tightened my grip on her neck while she coughed out in pain—she was choking, I could tell, and that was the end of it. I showed her that no one could dare speak about my wife in that manner and still get away with it so freely.

While I strangled her and she coughed, the other fell to her knees as she broke into tears. "Forgive us, Alpha, please let us go, such shall not happen again, so please do forgive us, Alpha; we shall never say such again," she begged on behalf of her friend, and I stared at her before pushing her away in anger.

"Get away from here now!" I yelled in anger, and they didn’t need anyone to tell them they had to leave.

They rushed out of the room, thanking me.

I ran my hand through my hair as I sighed. I still hadn’t found Dawn, and the only thing those foolish maids succeeded in doing was wasting my time. I hissed as I turned to leave the room when I saw my beta, Hugo, standing at the door.

"Greetings, Alpha," he said as he bowed, and I nodded in response to his greetings.

"To you too. What brings you to me?" I asked him.

"The gammas are here to see you, alpha," he told me, and I clenched my fists. I hated seeing those leaders.

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I stared at them, anger unhidden in my eyes as I stared at them, and that was the main reason I hated it when they came.

I was doing my best not to end them all right here, and at this point, I couldn’t help but wonder if the goddess was doing it on purpose to me because it was barely the first quarter of the day and I had already listened to two sets of people say rubbish about Dawn.

"Say something, you know we're right," their words brought me back to reality, but I chose not to respond, just as I wouldn't respond to any name-calling directed at Dawn.

She was my mate, my wife, and the love of my life, and even though things weren’t the best between us, that didn’t mean I would let anyone say such nonsense about her.

"And what if I refuse to speak?" I asked coldly as I finally raised my head.

I could no longer keep quiet, I was losing all my self-control, and I knew that if I tried to bottle it up for another minute, I would lose it, and they wouldn’t be able to stand me.

"Get out of here now!" I ordered them as I stared at them angrily, and one of the elders got up and walked to me as he stared at me like a father stares at his child, but it didn’t matter to me if they didn’t like my choice or if they wouldn’t support me, I didn’t think there was a reason to be looking at me with so much care.

It was all fake!

He sighed as he looked at me. I knew that look contained his anger, but because I was the alpha, he had to hide it. However, it didn’t stop him from continuing to say what it was he wanted to say.

"Your wife is barren, it’s proof that she can’t provide this pack with the heir it deserves, so why should you continue to wait? You’re not getting any younger, Bruno. Luckily, we had thought of this far in advance, and so…" He looked towards the door of the room with a smile, and on turning, I saw a young woman being pushed in, and she fell at my feet.

"Greetings, Alpha Bruno," she greeted and from the way she sounded, I could tell that she had been eager to meet me for a long time.

I stared at her, "What kind of nonsense is this? Who is she, and why have you brought her here?" I asked as I stared at her, burning with fury.

"This is Katy, she is a virgin, and she’ll be the one to carry your baby." He told me, and my eyes widened in shock. This had to be the height of it, but he wasn’t done yet. "Based on her family history, it won't be long before she takes in, and then you can throw her out. We’ll have gotten the heir we wanted," he told me, and I couldn’t take it anymore.

"Get out!" I yelled angrily as I threw them out of the throne room.