SWNOVELS Chapter 6
Chapter 6
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“Beautiful…” That word is one no one has ever directed at me. The most I get is plain even when no has ever called me ugly to my face. It is the very first time I will hear such a word said to me and from the most unexpected person. I stare blankly at the wickedly handsome man in front of me with the softest gray eyes I have ever seen. His eyes seem mesmerized by something and I have a hard time believing I am the one responsible for making the eyes of the most feared Alpha grow so soft. Alpha Raze Von Miller is everything like he has been described. Devilishly handsome and just when I thought the men I met back at the borders are the biggest I have ever seen, they are nothing compared to the man in front of me who could pass for a giant. I don’t have to feel his body, to touch him to know how strong and hard every muscle of his body is. It’s right there in front of me, stretching the T-shirt he had on even when it looks like the perfect fit. This man in front of me has killed hundreds of wolves. He has taken over packs and made them go rogue. He has conquered every single pack that has tried to oppose him and I know I should fear him. I shouldn’t let the strong scent of him turn my
brain into a mushy mess like it is doing at this very moment. I should test my impending death because I know I will never leave the night walkers pack alive. Not when it is a warrior pack ruled over by the strongest Alpha. I cower under his lingering gaze that doesn’t shy away from me. He studies me as if my eyes or my battered body has the answers to why I am here in his pack. Alpha Raze comes even closer to me. He leans forward and I want to do the same backward but being tied to a chair isn’t exactly comfortable enough for me to move. My heart pounds hard in my chest. So hard and loud even for my own ears and probably to the ears of the two men in the room since they no doubt have a heightened sense of hearing as Alpha and Beta wolves. “Zane…” Alpha Raze calls but his eyes don’t leave mine. His breath hits my face and makes me breathe in…hard. The distinct smell of expensive alcohol and something else that seems like his natural scent has me in a stronghold. I have never felt this way with anyone. Not even Reece. How could I feel my brush go mushy when all he ever does is beat me till I can’t feel any part of my body anymore? The only thing my brain does with Reece is to ring a warning alarm at the sight or the smell of him knowing that his hands can come landing on my cheeks at any time for absolutely no reason. It’s different with this man. Alpha Raze Von Miller who Reece can’t even hold a candle to. I feared Alpha Raze but something else is just as great as the fear I have for him inside of my head and it’s making me doubt all I have ever known about Alpha Males. “Yes, Alpha.” Zane responds. “Have you seen anything so delicate…so pretty?” Alpha Raze’s voice is as soft as his gray eyes. I am unable to look at Zane to see his expression as it feels like Alpha Raze has commanded both silence and stillness to me. “The men don’t seem to think so. They would have killed her if I didn’t show up when I did.” Zane simply answered making no comment about the question he’s been asked. It sounded like he respected his Alpha too much to tell him that the Omega he’s set his eyes on is pretty. Not like I believe the Alpha anyway. Alpha Raze’s eyes dilated in slight anger, “Blind f ucks, the only thing they are good at is shedding blood.” Zane chuckles. The exchange between them only heightens my fear as I wait for when he will decide what to do with me for trespa ssing into his pack. I can already imagine all of the things he can do to me in my head. When the black bag covering my removed, I’d seen the dangerous and life threatening instruments of torture in the room. All of those things
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would break even the strongest wolf. A weak omega like me will die before I’ve touched the most of the equipment in the room. Alpha Raze doesn’t lean away. Instead, he raises his hands and I flinch. Whimpering and slapping my head to the side, eyes clenched tight and waiting for the searing pain to hit my cheeks. I am used to it already and I know how bad it hurts whenever it happens, only this time it doesn’t. This time, the second I count till a hard calloused palm hits my cheeks and goes on for so long and I still don’t feel the pain that brings tears to my eyes each time. That makes me dizzy for more than a few minutes before I finally regain my proper sight. Instead, I feel a touch, the softness of a feather rest on my cheeks. It is warm and it slides across my face slowly down to my chin where it rests and brings my face back to face Alpha Raze. The emotions in his eyes are hard to fathom. Maybe it’s just my imagination since I’ve been so out of it all along but it feels like hurt and anger are what swell in his eyes from my reaction. It takes a while for me to process the fact that he didn’t hit me like I thought it would. He caresses my cheek and moves a strand of hair, wet from sweat, away from my face and puts it behind my ear. My heart picked up at a fast pace again. Why is he looking at me like that? Why is he touching me instead of hitting me? Why am I leaning into his touch when the touch of every male should repel me after everything I have been made to go through in the hands of horrible men like him? “What pack are you from?” He asks, his voice harder than before. The softness is gone, contrasting the way his hand still caressed my face softly. I am too scared to open my mouth to talk. I fear that a slight mistake will make him finally reveal his true self to me. “It’s okay, Amber. I won’t hurt you, I promise.” Alpha Raze says. The way he says my name like he’s always known it makes a strange and unfamiliar feeling coil and settle inside of me. find it hard to believe his promise of not hurting me. I would never trust any Alpha male so easily. Never. But! also figure it’s better to open my mouth and speak lest I anger him for making him wait too long. “T-he… Wolfsbane Pack” I say to him. He frowns, “Alpha Reagan’s pack.” He knows my father. Just how much does he know? But still, I nod. I nod. Knowing I can’t trust Alpha Raze no matter how gentle he’s surprisingly being to me, I choose to leave it at that. To never mention that Alpha Reagan is my father and to never mention I was banished because I rejected my mate. To never mention that I was ever even mated. “Why did you come here?” He asks again. I know I have to lie to him. I have to lie to keep myself safe. I can not possibly tell him anything now that I more than the little information I have shared. What if he kills me because I am more or less a rogue am banished? No. I can’t let him find out. Maybe it’s all I’ve been through or because I really need to play tricks to keep myself safe, I burst into tears, unable to stop the tears from running down my face. Alpha Raze suddenly crouches in front of me and cups my face with both palms. “Hey…hey, it’s okay…don’t cry. We won’t hurt you and you don’t have to talk about it.” He coos softly and although it shifts something inside of me, it still shocks me that this man who is feared by all is capable of such tenderness. And it makes it hard for me to decide what scares me more, his tenderness or his reputation. Either way, I know I have to keep the pretense up. He suddenly shoots up like electricity jolted through him and turns to his Beta, “What are you doing? Untie her right now.” Beta Zane bows and does as he is told, coming behind me to loosen the rope around my arms and my legs. I am freed from them and how deep they cut into my ankles and wrists that have now become so red and sore. Alpha Raze’s eyes linger on the red marks left by the ropes and it causes a grimace to hang by his lips. “You should have been more careful with her!” He yells at his Beta. “I am sorry, Alpha.” Alpha Raze looks at me as he rushes out his next command, “Prepare one of the rooms. Even better if it’s one close to mine and get the maids ready to serve her. Right now.” Did I hear that right? I must be dreaming. Beta Zane bows, casts me a final glance and walks out of the room. “You’re safe now, Amber. You are safe with me.” And for the first time, I want to believe in an Alpha.
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