The Second Chance Luna

4

Alpha King stood up from the bed immediately. Lena blinked a few times before sitting up from the bed. She stared at Alpha King who stood at the food of the bed with his eyes looking everywhere else but at her.

“Good morning." His deep voice resonated through the room.

She swallowed hard before finally answering.

“Good morning, sir."

Her voice still sounded raspy and her throat ached because it was dry. Alpha King noticed this and went to get her water from the jug that was at the side of his bed.

After she took a sip from it, she dropped it on the side table.

“Go take a bath. I'll be waiting for you here. I want to have a talk with you."

She nodded slightly and then slid out of bed, taking the duvet with her to cover her nudity. She spent a while in the shower, trying to scrub off something she knew wasn't there. Maybe she was trying to scrub off the dirtiness she felt or maybe deep down, she felt that if she stayed longer in the bathroom, he'd leave.

He'd forget about her. She wanted him to…she didn't want to have to look at his face after what happened last night. She couldn't even look at herself in the mirror.

Of course, he was there waiting for her when she came out. He was dressed already and Lena had to admit that he looked as handsome as ever. He was wearing a blue suede suit with gold buttons and his hair was swept back away from his face.

He looked up at her the moment he heard a sound. Actually, it was the sound of her stomach growling and asking to be fed. She clutched it tightly through the towel and wanted the ground to open up and swallow her.

Alpha King gestures to the seat adjacent to him and she nodded, in order to avoid him shouting at her like last night. She hated being shouted at.

She was still in her towel so she clutched it closer to her chest and used her little fingers to cover the but that she could. He noticed this and he also noticed the way she shook when a chill breeze paraded into the room.

“I'll leave you alone to get dressed soon. I just need to speak with you urgently before I leave. I may not have the luxury of time soon."

She nodded. “I'm all ears, sir."

“First of all, I'd like to start by apologizing for what happened last night. I'd like you to know that I'm actually really gentle. Am I forgiven?"

Why do

He asked her like she had a choice. Like she had a say.

“Yes sir. Yes, Alpha."

“Oh please, call me Alec. Everyone calls me Alpha, it's tiring. I'll go straight to the point. I brought you here because I need your help."

He didn't miss the way her eyebrows caved into a frown.

“Yes, I need your help in birthing an heir. Someone that would take over from me when I'm gone. I've tried for years but it hasn't been fruitful and if you haven't noticed, I'm not getting any younger. So I have to do everything I can to make sure it happens before I run out of time."

Lena could see the desperation on his face and the way he spoke about trying again and again, that was tiredness, fatigue. It wasn't easy for him to take young girls from their homes and put them on shows like they were prostitutes.

It didn't stop there, he had to choose one of them who he would force to sleep with him. He didn't even want to think of how demeaning they felt because he knew. But there was nothing he could do about it.

“I understand, Alec. What can I do to help?" She genuinely wanted to help him out.

“You've already helped in the only way you can. Now, it's up to the Moon Goddess to decide if I'm worthy of being a father or not."

He suddenly jumped up from the seat and paced around a bit. Lena could see that he was in thought so she just sat there thinking of how wonderful it would be to get a cup of water at that moment. She was dehydrated and famished.

Outside, she heard a bell and Alec's eyes rose to the direction it came from.

“I must leave you now. I'll get maids to attend to you, food and everything you need. I'll be gone for most of the day so I won't have time to be with you but if you need me, you can reach me through my Beta or just go to Mala. "

Dread filled Lena's gut as she heard that name and as if on cue, the door burst open and Mala walked into the room and stopped short when she saw Lena in a towel.

“What in the wor-" she stormed over to where Lena sat “You b***h!" She felt the weight of those words and the way her face tingled from the slap.

“Mala, what in the world is your problem?! Why would you do that?"

She turned her head to Alec sharply like she was possessed.

“What is she still doing here? Isn't she supposed to have gone by now? More importantly, why is she still in a towel? Tell me Alec."

“Lena was just leaving. She was only here because I told her I wanted to have a word with her. As you can see or as you would have seen if you hadn't bust in here acting like a mad woman, I was just on my way out."

The room was silent. Alec having made his point, Lena still dazed from the slap delivered and Mala just staring back right into Alec's eyes.

“What-"

“You know her name? Since when, Alec? Since when did you start asking for the names of your whores?"

“I didn't ask and she's not a w***e-"

I'm really not, Lena thought.

“And you called me a mad woman because of this b***h?!"

Alec sighed out loud. Firstly because he didn't have the willpower to deal with any of this but also because he didn't even know what to say to her.

“I'm sorry okay-" He started to apologize but there was no use.

She had already walked out of the room. He turned to look at Lena and gave her a small smile and a wave goodbye before leaving as well.

Lena fell back on the sofa. The last thing she wanted was trouble from anyone but that obviously didn't work out well. She felt tired and she wanted to go home, away from all this.