The Alpha’s Undoing

CHAPTER 03

AYLA

I’m doomed!

I’m meeting Alpha Kael, I’m meeting Alpha Kael!! I repeated the statement over and over in my head. The nerves in my body were wrecking me, this is the man I haven’t heard a single good thing about and somehow I’m betrothed to him? I took a deep breath, calming down my nerves, remembering I’m doing this for my family and frankly I have no desire of returning to the institution.

My side of the car opened and another one of my father’s drivers stretched out his hand for me to take, helping me out of the car. I muttered a thank you under my breath, making my way towards the entrance of the house.

Nothing seemed out of place, the atmosphere was calm…my thoughts halted at the appearance of an older woman waiting for me at the entrance.

“You must be Lady Ayla? Alpha is expecting you, he asked me to bring you to the red room.” Without providing any further explanation, she returned inside, giving me no choice but to follow her.

The red room? Is that slang or something? My gaze slide over the place, admiring the beauty of the place when a painful howl suddenly cut into the air, causing my steps to flatter. My eyes widened with alarm while everyone seemed unfazed by the howl, as if it was something normal.

Okay, maybe I’m overacting. It’s probably a wolf in pain—the noise came again and this time it wasn’t a howl, it was a shriek of pain. The older woman finally stopped at the red door, where the screams seem to be coming from. I swallowed hard as she knocked on the door. When she turned around and left, I was tempted to go with her.

You’ve been through worse Ayla, I’m sure you can survive this. I chanted stepping foot into the room but not even my imagination could have prepared me for what I just walked into. The table first caught my attention, on top of the table were several knives of shape, size and design and each piece seemed to be going into the different area of the rogue body which Alpha Kael sat in front of, taking pleasure from hurting another being.

My stomach turned at the amount of blood, I felt sick to my stomach and almost threw up. Sensing my presence in the room, he stood up, wiping his hands elegantly with a white table cloth.

My breath catch as our eyes met, I don’t know why but from the rumors about how cruel he was, she expected him to be ugly, to be this sinfully beautiful but if Madam Red had taught her anything, it was that the devil is beautiful, that’s why sins are so tempting, so alluring.

He dropped the table cloth, his eyes narrowed at me with a wealthy amount of insult, it made me shivered. He took a threatening step towards me, all this while the rogue is still wailing in pain and I have a feeling I’m next in line.

“A Grayson…” He spat the name with so much venom.

“I…” my tongue darted out to wet my lips, a shiver passing through my body when his eyes traced the movement of my tongue over my lips.

“If you have something to say, I suggest you do it. As you can see, I’m in the middle of something.” He gestured casually towards the rogue, a smile tugging at the corner of his lips.

“I don’t know why I doubted the rumors about you, you’re so much worse in person. How could you casually torture person in a cruel manner?” The words rolled out of my tongue before I could stop them.

He threw his head back and laughed instead of feeling offended by my words. “A criminal from exile is going to judge me? Wow… I think my day just got interesting, don’t you think?”

His question was directed at the rogue and when the guy didn’t respond right away, which is reasonable considering the situation he was in. That didn’t seem to concern Alpha Kael because he took another knife and stabbed it into his ear hole.

The guy cried in a high pitch voice that had me flinching and whimpering, Kael turned to look back at me. It’s the way he looks at me, like he hates everything I stand for and I don't know why. Way before I made the comment, he had been staring at me like that.

“Are you going to kill me too? Is that what it is all about?” I asked.

“Kill you? No sweetheart, you’re to be my mate and I take pleasure in torturing than the actual killing. Trust me, with what your father did to me, torturing you is me being merciful to you.”

I gasped! What did my father do to him? That didn’t make any sense. “What? What has my father done that makes you want to torture me? If you want to be mad at anyone, be mad at your father who betrothed you to someone you don’t know to talk more of loving. Being mad at my father is my job, because like you I’m being forced into this!”

“I see… your father hasn’t told you about his crimes? Why am I not surprised? You Grayson are not particularly known for your honesty.” He snapped, turning his back on me.

“What are you talking about?” I ignored the door opening behind me, I wanted to know what he was talking about. Betrayed him? My father? It didn’t make any sense especially from how close both families have been for centuries.

“It’s time to leave, Alpha is done with you.” The guard that appeared informed me, firmly leading me out of the room.

During the drive back home, I was fuming! How could he lie to me? I was never betrothed to Kael from a young age, I was a sacrifice thrown to a wolf to stop it from coming after them. Them in this context being my family! I sobbed into the palm of my hands, at this point I couldn’t decide which one is much worse, staying at the institute or marrying Alpha Kael.

I could see the promise of vengeance in his eyes, I could feel it, that man hated me more than I hated him. He called me a criminal, having no idea what I’ve been through. He has the audacity to judge me while he was casually torturing a man for simply being a rogue. My chest squeezed tightly, making it difficult for me to breathe.

I didn’t wait for the car to fully stop before I jumped out of it and ran into the house. “How could you lie to me! How could you!” I yelled at my father. “You told me I was betrothed to Alpha Kael but as it turned out, you betrayed him! His family and like a coward you are afraid of what that will mean to you so… you made a deal with him! How are you comfortable with me marrying a man that hates me so much?”

“Ayla, calm down.” Kya chided, reaching for me but I stepped out of her grasp.

“Don’t tell me to calm down… because this is me realizing that none of you care about me! Is he the price I have to pay for wanting to be a part of my family again? Then I reject all of you! Take me back to the institution because I’ll rather take my chances with Madam Red than marry Alpha Kael!” I hissed.

“Then go ahead!” Father cuts in, catching me off guard. “What do you think would happen then? Do you think he’s simply going to punish me? Look at the condition your mother is in? Isn’t she in enough pain already? Do you want Alpha Kael to torture her some more? Everything I did in the first place was for her, your mother.”

Tears rolled down my face. “No… please, let's think of something else. Don’t make me marry him, he won’t hurt her… she’s sick.” Even as I said those words out, I didn’t believe them.

“If you love your mother like you claimed, you want her to get better then you will do this for her. Not for me, not for your siblings but for your mother.” He declared, walking away before I could say anything.

I stared blankly ahead as I collapsed on the ground, knowing once again that my fate has been sealed. Once again, I felt like the first time I was leaving for exile, it’s like exchanging one sadistic monster for another, except this time around, I’ll be marrying that sadistic monster!