Heated for the Alpha

Chapter No 4 Rustle in woods?

I could have been raped, I could have been killed or, worse, I could have become a target, a rogue, a slow torture.

I gulped and slowly swam back to the shore.

I grabbed my clothes and started wearing them while looking around. My hair was all damp and sticky, making my clothes wet as well. I had long curly dark brown, Welma says I got my hair from my mom. She was the most beautiful woman in the pack.

I moved my fingers in my soggy hair and the cold breeze touched my body, making me shiver. I was feeling cold. If I had my wolf inside me I would have felt warmer. I was more like a human.

I felt the rustle again and I looked around. The fear was dancing in my eyes.

Did I make the wrong decision tonight?

“Listen. What are you up to? I don't care but leave me alone, I ain’t give a s**t,” I said, trying to look strong, but deep down I was shaking.

Just then I looked up and gasped.

“Who, Who are you?” I asked with tears in my eyes.

He growled.

“No, No, stay away,” I said while taking a few steps back.

That’s it; I will be killed by this rogue.

All I could see were blue eyes and they were looking heavenly attractive. Whoever he/she was, they got their eye color in their wolf form.

The aura of that wolf feared me. It was dark, even the moonlight was hiding the wolf in the shadow.

I gulped again and turned to leave when I heard a loud howl that made me stop. I looked back and the wolf was nowhere now, but his/her howl was so powerful that made my heart stop for a while. There were traces of pain in that howl as well. I screamed and ran as fast as I could without looking back.

I ran towards my house and climbed up on the window through the pipe. Luckily, no one noticed me despite the fact that I screamed.

I was taking deep breaths.

“Whoa, I, I almost lost myself,” I said, panting.

“If father came to know about this, he would kill me for sure,” I thought and fell on my bed.

“What have I done? I have grabbed the attention of a rogue,” I thought while closing my eyes.

Just then, I heard the same howl again and two blue eyes appeared in front of me again.

I opened my eyes with a knock on my door. I got there instantly and looked around. It was morning already. I fell asleep last night while thinking about the incident that happened in the woods.

The knock on the door was instantaneous. I got up, my head was throbbing. I opened the door and Selena was staring at me with disappointment in her eyes.

“What?” I asked.

“You are sleeping, it is 12 in noon already, we have to go to the saloon, have you forgotten?” she asked, annoyed.

“Listen, you know how to do a makeover, why don’t you….” I was about to complete my sentence when she abruptly interrupted me.

“You are the upcoming luna of both packs, you should behave like one,” she said, irritated.

I rolled my eyes.

“I am coming, will you wait?” I asked, annoyed.

She gave a sigh and turned towards the other room. I shut the door and walked towards the attached shower in my room.

I undressed and walked inside the shower. After turning on the tab, the warm water was touching my body. I closed my eyes to feel the calmness. Just then a spark happened in my eyes and I saw the two blue eyes again and the painful howl was echoing in my head, I took a deep breath.

“Who was he? Why was he howling in pain?” I thought.

“A rogue?” I thought again.

But then I felt a sharp pain in my arm. I checked my right upper arm.

No, no, no, this can’t be.

There was a small wound on my arm and I remembered, I got it last night when I was running from that wolf.

I touched my wound and it hurt like a knife stab.

But I found my heart beating fast. I was unable to understand what this pain really was.

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“Where is she?” asked my father, Alpha Nigel. He was dressed formally as usual. No one has seen him smiling since my mum died.

He had worn a mask which showed everything was fine and okay.

“Alpha, she will be here anytime,” said Selena while bowing to him.

I was trying to adjust my dress. Luckily, the wound on my arm was hidden because of a jewel I wore on my arm.

I walked down the stairs.

It should have been the happiest day of my life but happiness was far away from my face and heart. I looked around. There were a lot of people who were attending this political engagement.

I knew that my father hated me, but I never knew that he would bother me with someone only for an heir. I knew my pack’s ideology was so misogynistic, but I never knew they could do such an unlawful thing by marrying off a wolf to someone who was not his mate. I was more of a human, but Alpha Nathan was a wolf, he deserved a mate and I knew someday when he would find his mate I would take the position of his mistress.

I looked at my father expressionlessly. He was looking at me and for a while I saw something in his eyes like I never had before, a small number of emotions, but my dad had total command of his emotions.

His expression turned stone again. My curly hair was done in beauty queen style and a few curls were touching my face. The long red dress was looking so beautiful wrapping around my small framed body.

I looked at Nathan. He was standing there arrogantly. He had a smirk on his face as if he was telling me he got what he wanted. There were people from his pack as well, and other pack leaders were invited as well, as my father is the infamous Alpha and everyone was curious about the marriage of his only daughter.

Selene walked ahead and took me towards Nathan. His eyes were digging inside mine and I felt a chill through my spine. He was an infamous bully after all.

“People of both packs, we are here to gather around here for the engagement of my beloved daughter with the Alpha Nathan,” said my father.

Beloved?

“She is the first Alpha born female. I am stunned. I never knew Nathan would be her mate,” I heard one woman who had long black curly hair and green eyes whispering something to the tall man standing next to her. The man had black hair which he had in spikes. I could tell you something different about them. The man had purple eyes.

I raised my hand while looking at the couple. Nathan put the ring on my finger and everyone clapped.

It was my turn to do it. Nathan put his arm around my waist. I looked up at him.

I am forcefully claimed.

I put the ring inside his finger with a trembling hand but something tells me inside that it is not good, it was totally wrong.

He was looking around the crowd while putting his arm around my waist. All my attention was on the couple who looked different from the crowd. I wish they could have introduced themselves. Maybe they are Alpha and Luna of some pack.

I was thinking about them when my heart started rushing again and after that I felt sharp pain around my body. The pain was so sharp that it made my eyes teary. I wanted to shake his arm away from my body, his touch was giving me more pain. It had never happened to me before.

People were now chatting and enjoying the party. After a while, Nathan let me go and, marvelously, the pain was now a bit easier.

I looked around and tried to calm myself because my heart was rushing so fast, but I had strong command of my facial expressions, something I got from my father.

Nathan was nowhere to be found and I give a damn about it, honestly.

“Hello beta Justin,” said my father. I turned towards him; he was greeting the purple-eyed man. The thing that was making me more conscious and curious about them was that man’s eyes. I had never seen purple eyes before and the woman who was standing with him was also mysterious.

“Hello Alpha Nigel, it is an honor to join this event,” said the man who was referred to by my father as beta Justin.

“It is an honor to have you here as well. I was expecting Alpha Althea and her mate, Alpha Tyler, as well,” said my father.

Wait, Alpha Althea and her mate, Alpha Tyler? I have heard about them. I remember Welma had told me about the Infamous Alpha Tyler of the white wolf race and River-stone, the most fearsome fellow territory. Alpha Althea is a female born Alpha as well, and she rules the pack alongside her mate, who is a powerful Alpha as well. I don’t know much about them.

“Alpha Tyler is busy with some pack matters, so does her mate,” said the woman who was standing with Justin. She must be his mate as he was holding her. She has possession. In the werewolf world, wolves are mainly possessive of their mates.

They were now discussing pack matters. I looked around, the anxiety in me was now increasing with time. I took a deep breath and slowly walked towards the stairs. I know if I skipped from here no one would notice, because who cares?

I walked towards my room and shut the door and sat down.

I was engaged, I was still unable to believe that fact. I opened my hair and then it flew down to my waist.

I walked towards my window; it was indeed the full moon today. Just then my body started heating up again. The tears were filling my eyes.

I was breathing fast because the pain was unbearable and then a desire rose in me. A very desire that never happened before.

Something was pulling me towards the moon and all of my senses were now gone.

I felt my body burning. I climbed up out of the window and jumped down but, amazingly, nothing happened to me and I was not feeling scared at all. I wanted to run, run as fast as I could.

I started running towards the woods and the moonlight was falling on my body, my burning body. I looked at my hands while running and, much to my horror, they were changing, my body was shifting and it was painful.

Within a few minutes of the pain, my body was all in the form of a wolf, a grown mature wolf. I touched the ground with my paws.

I ran as if something was leading me somewhere, the pain and burning sensation was still there and that’s when I howled, so loud.

That howl made me sort of calm and I felt someone's presence. I turned and the two blue eyes met mine.