Chapter 6 - Two Alphas

Everyone left the room except for me, Stefan, Beta Claire, Ethan, and his Beta.

Stefan made sure that I was seated between him and Beta Claire as we faced both Ethan and his Beta. 

“Our meeting was set for tomorrow and not today,” Stefan said irritably. 

“Apologies, Stefan,” Ethan said smiling. “I really thought it was today. But I can’t say that I wasn’t glad to have the date wrong.”

I can tell how much Stefan hates the Alpha in front of me, I just don’t know the reason why.

“How did you know Angeline?” Stefan said cutting to the chase. 

The Alpha in front of me looked at me with those shining eyes and a never faltering smile.

“Oh, I don’t know her,” he said shaking his head as he looked at me and then turned his attention towards Beta Claire. “But I do know her,” he added as he nodded towards Beta Claire who now seems uncomfortable. 

“You know my Beta?” Stefan asks in confusion.

“Yeah,” Alpha Ethan said in a very nonchalant way that made Stefan hate him more. “We used to hang out while I was studying abroad, right clairy?” 

There was a hint of mischievousness in his voice. And one thing I know about Stefan is how much he hates things that he doesn’t know. 

Stefan took a quick look at Claire who wouldn’t look back at him. 

“Aside from what I came here for, I can’t help but be interested in the woman who is now seated beside you. You’re Angeline, right?” He asked as he scooted over to shake my hand. 

But before I can even shake his hands Stefan already took his hand and shook it making Alpha Ethan laugh and Stefan more angry.

“Angeline,” Alpha Ethan said softly as he continued to look at me with those shining eyes. “Your name suits you well since you really look like an angel.”

“Are you here to talk about business or drool over Angeline?” Stefan asks angrily. 

“Business of course,” Alpha Ethan said, “but I can’t help but be interested in the lovely angel in front of me. You’re single right, Angeline?” 

“Angeline is not available,” Stefan said sternly as he placed a hand on my knees.

“Really?” Alpha Ethan asks with disbelief. “Correct me if I’m wrong, but I can feel that Angeline hasn’t been claimed yet.”

“Angeline is my mate,” Stefan said as he took my hand in his.

“But you haven’t marked her yet, which means that she is still available to be claimed. And besides, you never brought her to be introduced as your mate in those parties that you held.”

“If you want to do business with me, Ethan, don’t forget your place,” Stefan threatens. 

Alpha Ethan raises his hands in surrender but the mischievous smile that graces his lips tells me that this was not the end of the discussion.

“I’m just saying that you have a great talent, and a beautiful one as well. And yet it seems like you don’t even take care of her. How about we add it to the business partnership that we’ll discuss? Let me bring her to my pack and help her be the best version of herself?” 

“Angeline will never go with you,” there was a lace of menace in Stefan’s voice that it even sounded like he growled.

“Then shouldn’t you make sure that she is taken care of? Because from the looks of it seems like you don’t even give her the attention that she deserves as your mate,” the smile from Ethan’s face disappeared as he turned away from me and looked directly at Stefan’s eyes.

“I think we are talking about something that is not part of the business proposal that we have sent,” Beta Claire interjected as the two men finally stopped their staring contest. 

“The meeting was set up for tomorrow and not for today,” Stefan said as he stood up pulling me along with him. “I would rather have our meeting at the day and time we have set up. So if you’ll excuse us, my Beta here will help you out.”

Stefan didn’t wait for their reply as he pulled me out of his office. He never let my hand go as he continued to pull me along with him. 

“Stefan, slow down please,” I asked I realized where he was taking me but he wouldn’t stop.

“Stefan, please,” I begged but he never slowed down, not until he needed to open the door of our room. 

He pulled me inside and shut the door as he pushed me to our bed with so much anger that I almost bounced off the bed. 

“How dare you flirt with him?” Stefan asked angrily as he removed his suit. 

“What are you talking about?” I asked in confusion. 

“I can see the way you’re looking at him,” Stefan said seethingly. 

“What are you talking about?” I asked, getting angry as well. 

“You know what I am talking about,” Stefan said as he stood in front of me, “You like it? Do you want him? Are you imagining him fucking you?” 

Stefan pushed me down on the bed and locked both of my wrists with his hand as he hovered above me and he pushed my legs apart. 

“What are you doing?” I asked in a panic. I would have loved to have Stefan inside of me but not like this. 

“I am getting what is mine!” Stefan shouted angrily as he pushed my skirt up and ripped my thongs apart. 

“Stefan, please stop,” I begged, trying to push him away. This was the first time Stefan was like this with me. I have always wanted his attention. Always wanted him to want me. But this is not the way I wanted it to be. This is not the way I dreamed it to happen. 

“Stefan, please,” I said as I choked on my tears. 

“No one takes what’s mine!” Stefan said with a growl as he pushed inside me so hard that I screamed because of the pain. 

I continued to beg but Stefan seemed like he couldn’t hear a word I said. Stefan had his moment of roughness in bed but still, there was some gentleness in it. But this was so different from that. There was no sign of gentleness in his action. 

I was in so much pain that I screamed each time he pushed inside of me. I look at the man above me and as much as I love him. As much as I wanted him to notice me. This was not the way I wanted it to be. 

Because when I look at him. He was not the Stefan I fell in love with. It was like he was a totally different person. And it breaks my heart to realize that he never looked at me the way I did. Because for him, I was nothing but a possession. Just like how everyone looks at the females from my pack. 

We were nothing but someone they needed for breeding. 

Stefan continued to take what he wanted from me and I just let him because there was nothing I could do about it. He was way stronger than me, way bigger. 

The pain slowly subsided as my body grew numb and my eyes became blurry until everything else fell dark. 

I don’t know how long I was asleep. 

Not sure what happened after I passed out. 

But when I woke up, I found my hands in shackles against the headboard. 

My body aches so much that I couldn’t move. But as I looked around me I saw that I was alone. 

‘Finally, you’re awake,’ my wolf said angrily. 

‘Please don’t fight with me,’ I begged, ‘I really don’t have the energy for another battle.

‘I am not fighting with you,’ my wolf replied as she tried to deny my accusations at her. ‘But there is something that you need to know.’

‘What?’ I asked.

‘While you’re unconscious, I felt and heard something,’ she replied. 

‘Can you just get straight to the point?’ I asked sounding so annoyed. 

‘I heard and felt a faint heartbeat,’ my wolf replied softly. 

‘Of course, you will hear my heartbeat,’ I replied getting more irritated by the second. ‘You are connected to me. Which meant that you would hear my heartbeat.’ 

‘If you would stop being angry then maybe you will you’ll realize that I was not stupid enough to know if what I was feeling or hearing was your heartbeat,’ my wolf retorted. 

‘Then what the hell are you talking about?’ I asked getting more pissed. 

‘What I felt and heard didn’t come from you,’ my wolf said angrily, ‘What I’m about to say could have been something good if I would have said it at a different time. Right now, I am not really sure.’ 

‘Just say it!’ I told her, almost screaming at her. As I feel the beating of my heart speeding up.

‘I think that you’re pregnant!’ 

I froze. 

My wolf was right. If I had heard what she has to say on a different time I would have been so delighted to hear it. 

But after all I have been through right now, I am not so sure. 

All I feel right now as I look at the shackles on my wrist was fear. 

Because it feels like what I was trying to escape from before, what I thought I was saved from, has somehow found me. And I am not sure how I can escape this time.