The Alpha's Runt Mate (complete)

Chapter 6: Leonidas POV

Chapter 6: Leonidas POV 

(Violent content warning)

I stormed through the pack house, unable to sleep. In a matter of hours my life had been turned upside down. One moment everything is just the way it had always been and then some young upstart came in and stole my daughter. He even had the nerve to accuse one of my pack members of touching my Willa. Ridiculous!

I accidentally kicked a basket over in the den next to the couch where Willa slept. Her clothes spilled out. I huffed in frustration, kneeled down, and started to pick up the mess I had made. All of her clothes were dingy and tattered. I'd never noticed but most were too big for her. All of the other she-wolves in our pack were tall. She would have been drowning in the clothes I found. I noticed an unusual lingering scent and pulled out a pair of shorts with a stain. I stared at the mysterious stain for a few moments before I realized what it was--semen. I felt my anger erupt. I realized I recognized the scent too--Lucas. The little bastard! I dumped out the basket of clothes and found his scent on almost every piece of clothing. The scent was fresh too. It could not have lingered from previous owners.

With great speed I whipped past my gamma who was standing guard nearby and ran up the stairs to my beta's family suite. "Lucas! Get out here you ungrateful little s**t!" I screamed it at their door. Reginald answered with his wife hiding in the background. "Alpha, what is the meaning of this?" I grabbed my beta by the throat and said, "Did you know?!" I was furious, crazy with anger. I knew I wasn't making sense. "Know what?" He asked between gasps. "Your son has been touching my daughter! I found proof that Alpha Nathan was not lying!" He looked back at me with wide eyes but did not answer.

His wife Trixie came up behind him and begged me to let him go. "There must be a mistake, Alpha! Lucas could have any girl he wanted. He wouldn't need to force anyone, especially not a runt!" I felt my fury turn to her as well, suddenly hating the whole beta family. "You will not talk about my daughter that way!" I screamed, a harsh growl following. I hadn't been this angry since the day my wife died in the hospital.

When Lucas appeared in his doorway, disheveled and half asleep, I dropped his father and stalked in his direction. "You monster! What did you do to my Willa?!" Lucas grew alert and alarmed immediately and looked to his parents to defend him. I growled, telling them to not even think about speaking up again until I gave them permission to. "They can't protect you from the inevitable, Lucas," I said, reaching for his throat. His eyes widened with shock but closed when I tightened my grip. "Tell the truth or die a liar," I threatened. Lucas struggled, thrashing about trying to get free. 

"She liked it," he suddenly said with an arrogant smirk. "She loved it so much she was going to ask me to be her mate. The real monster here is that alpha with a vendetta against us. He always wanted what we had. He finally got it when he took Willa, didn't he?" I glared, taking in what Lucas was saying. Was he correct or was he trying to distract me and keep me from seeing what was really going on?

I was ready to forgive him when I heard him say "She is a slut and I'm sure he is showing her a good time right now." My anger got the best of me and my wolf took control of my grip. I snapped his neck. He was dead. I heard his mother scream and my beta growl as his limp body hit the floor. "I want you out, both of you," I commanded and left the suite. 

"Gamma Peter!" The blonde-haired gamma built like a mountain appeared immediately. "Alpha?" I nodded at his tall stature and said, "You've been promoted to Beta. First order of business, get Alpha Nathan on the phone." He nodded, hiding the surprise I'm sure he was feeling. He pulled his phone out of his pocket and made a call. "He isn't answering. It is only 5am. He may be asleep, Sir," he reported. I nodded, "Try again in an hour. Get me when you have him on the phone." Then I thought of something. "Even better, deliver the body to his doorstep. He will see I took his condition seriously." He looked at me with obvious surprise this time. "Body, sir?" I pointed at the beta suite door. "Lucas is dead. Deliver him to Alpha Nathan and leave a note." "Saying what, alpha?" He looked horrified. "Now he can't touch anyone ever again," I said as I walked away.