The Alpha's secret

CHAPTER FIVE: THE SECRET

ALICIA POV

PRESENT

I took in the sight before me in horror and knew my life was about to take a new turn.I was about to scream when I felt a warm hand on my mouth, the guy who called Hayden earlier was holding me in place with his hands on my mouth and my husband used his hand to signal I keep quiet by placing his index finger on his lips.

I nodded my head in agreement, Indicating I wasn't going to scream, he told the guy to stand down and, sure enough, he removed his palm from my mouth.

I took a deep breath and tears streamed down my face as I held back the urge to scream. Hayden moved forward slowly and raised my head with his finger, so I could face him. He gently wiped off my tear-stained eyes, smudged with eyeliner before speaking "You are a smart woman, Alicia, and I trust you know how to keep your mouth shut, so you would clean up your tears right now and keep being the happy bride for the night till we leave, do you understand or do I need to repeat what I just said ?"

I was in shock and short of words. I nodded in agreement, and he replied with “Good.I will be outside waiting for you, clean up your face and come out, so we can go back into the hall together”. He was about to leave before he suddenly turned back and faced me.

“And one more thing”. I felt his thumb on my lips, “Open up” he commanded. I was dumbfounded he would say something like that, yet my lips parted without hesitation, his thumb was in my mouth, and before I could register what was going on, his voice resounded “suck” and I immediately complied.

He removed the thumb from my mouth and smudged my lipstick a bit. “ Keep it that way, I need people to think we were both fooling around, can you handle your face or do you need me to get someone to do that for you?”

I can…..can do….do it by my…self” I said, my voice quavering as I cleaned up my tear-stained face. He left the dressing room and I faced the mirror. I was a mess, my tear-stained eyes looked black, my hair was a mess and my lips were smudged.I did the best I could to adjust my face with the little make-up kit available. My hands kept shaking,I tried to look away from the scene, but the body lying flat on the ground was hard to miss.

I took a deep breath again and tried to calm down. I needed to run away.I couldn't go back with that monster disguised as my husband.

I came out of the dressing room, he entangled our hands together. We started walking towards the hall. He leaned down to my ears and in a menacing voice and said “Everything would have been perfect if you had just stayed put in the hall, you would have been the perfect gullible luna, but you just had to come and see for yourself, didn't you?”.

I didn't dignify his accusation with a response, I was too busy analyzing my environment, looking for the best way to flee without him catching up to me. If I shapeshifted I would be able to run faster, but it takes time to transform. If I got closer to the reception hall where people are, I could just run pretending to have had cold feet. Hayden sensed the silence and looked at me. Without any warning, he released my hand and stared at me.

“ You can try it, you know.I know you want to run, so run, but know this if you get caught, and you will, the consequences of your action will be too hard for you to bear, and if you are dumb enough to think you have a better chance of running at the reception hall,,just remember you have a mum and friends who would still be here, keep that in mind before doing something you would end up regretting”.

We got to the reception, he took my hands in his again, and we walked inside together. Something light fell on both our heads, the whole crowd shouted in unison“ To the Alpha and Luna of the Southern pack” and clapped. Then everyone went back to their various activities. It took me a moment to realize it was rose petals raining down. My mum came forward and stood between Hayden and I by the entrance and whispered to my ear “I hope you love your present”.I nodded in response, too scared to speak.I didn't want to raise more suspicions from Hayden, who was watching me closely.

She had a mic in her hand and made a small sound that caught everyone's attention. “ I made a short speech to say on behalf of my munchkin but never got the chance, mostly because I was being a coward and scared to read it out loud” The whole crowd laughed at her prior statement and now everyone’s focus was a hundred percent on her.

“But here I am, so here it goes, Alicia honey,you had to strive to grow up by yourself,you gained your independence at a very young age, and you found love even before your mum could blink twice.I want you to know that mum is sorry for the days she wasn't around when you needed her the most and I really hope you spread your love and kindness towards your husband as you both learn to understand one another, and build a great empire filled with love for each other, congratulations, my darling baby,you would always be my little girl”.

The whole crowd stood up and began clapping while I burst into tears leaning on my mum's chest.I was so scared I wanted to tell her what I saw,I tried to stretch up to whisper into my mum’s ear, but Hayden was smart. He pretended to be the caring husband and took me away from my mum's chest, making me lean on his shoulder as he whispered to me.

“Nice try, but I am aware of that little trick” he murmured to me.

Soon it was time to leave the hall after a very long day. Hayden and I went around together to thank everyone for coming. The whole crowd seemed to think he was being romantic by keeping me by his side. They did not notice anything strange and I couldn't blame them.

We left the reception hall. A limousine was outside waiting for us. Normally, it would have been the perfect way to end the night, but right now all I could think of was being in such a large space with this man and how uncomfortable it would be.

He suggested I enter the limo first, which I did, then he sat by my side. The driver locked the doors on Hayden’s order and the journey to Hayden’s Villa started.

We moved in silence for fifteen minutes.I turned to face him and saw him staring out the window.I wondered what he must be thinking about? The Hayden I have always known was a sweet soul, but right now that Hayden is gone.

“Why are you staring? '' he asked in a calm voice while still facing the window.

“What did you do with the body ?” I asked. He faced me, tossing a smirk my way before replying“ Now, that is none of your business, I handle my business”.

We fell back into silence and I started formulating ideas in my head, anything to get out of this car and run as fast I could for my life.

The car abruptly came to a stop without warning. The driver came out of the car and swore. Hayden went outside to check what was going on. We were in the middle of an intersection with a few houses on the right side and a forest on the left side.

I rolled down the car glass and heard both the driver and Hayden saying something along the lines of a loose tire.

Hayden was busy contacting someone. He forgot to lock the door. I knew this was my opportunity to run,I removed my heels and the veil that had been attached to my head and opened the car door without hesitation and darted into the forest without looking back.