SWNOVELS Chapter 7: I’ll bring a war!
Kane sped the whole way back to the pack house, he was angry, he was horny, Ky was agitated and he wanted his mate. Someone was gonna die today. He arrived in record time when he exited the truck he slammed the door hard enough that it hung from its hinges. He stormed past a few pack members and as they bowed towards him.
“Fix that!” He barked. They immediately set about their task of repairing the door. He stormed to the house and other pack members just hurriedly moved out of his way. Johnny and his Gamma Charles met him at the door and both started talking at once. They could tell the look in Kane’s eyes that he was beyond pissed, about what was going on, they just couldn’t figure out why. Kane moved to his floor of the house, with Johnny and Charles in tow.
“Alpha Thomas will only talk to you, he says the matter is urgent” Charles was saying,
“And you couldn’t assure him that you were more than capable to assist him” his tone was calm, but his stance was rigid and tense. His grip on the door knob to his room was deathly that the simple piece of metal was protesting under it.
“No, he wouldn’t listen to me” Charles replied,
“Are you telling me that you are no longer capable of fulfilling the duties that come with your pack position?” Kane hissed at Charles when the door knob broke off in Kane’s hand, Charles whitened and shook his head.
“Then why AM I HERE?” Kane bellowed, losing his patience with Charles, his jaw was clenched and a vein in his neck started to pulse.
“H-he-w-wants to-”
“He wants to renegotiate the terms of the contract and requested an audience” Johnny cut him off, glaring at Charles and shaking his head. Stammering like an idiot in Kane’s presence wasn’t the best move on a good day, it could prove to be fatal when he was in a bad mood.
“Is that all?” A wicked grin spread across Kane’s face, “Then I will be down in 10 minutes have them wait in my office” and he kicked his bedroom door open. Wood splintered as the door crashed inside “And get this fixed.” Charles just nodded and ran down the hall, trying to get away as fast as possible.
Johnny stood in the doorway to Kane’s room looking at the carnage.
“So….how did it go?” Kane looked at him and raised a quizzical eyebrow “Did you have another go around?” Thinking this could be the reason for his friend’s current state. He remembers the first go around they had left him seething.
“Oh we went....a round all right ″ something flashed over Kane’s face but disappeared, Johnny was confused. It wasn’t entirely anger but it was something, Kane shifted uncomfortably when Johnny saw the bulge in his jeans, things began to click. Anger mixed with sexual frustration makes for a very unhappy Alpha. Johnny’s eyes shot wide open
“No fucking way” Johnny exclaimed,
“If we weren’t interrupted I’d be fucking her every way right now, but no I have this shit to deal with” Kane replied, shifting again.
“How did you leave it?” Johnny asked. Kane glared at him
“She said it will never happen again” the sadness Johnny saw wash over him quickly turned to anger and a low growl rumbled through his chest.
“What are you gonna do?” Johnny inquired,
“I’m going to have a shower, deal with this meeting, and then prepare a battle plan. If my little mouse wants a fight, then I’ll bring a war.” He said with a devilish grin
“Hodie suus ’bonus cotidie mori” Johnny said,
“Quod factum est amicus meus,” Kane replied. Today’s a good day to die, it was their motto when they went to war, if they died on the field, they left the world with no regrets, no unfinished business.
With his second cold shower of the day out of the way and dressed in a pair of dark jeans and a tight fitting black shirt Kane made his way to his office. He paused outside his door and listened to the voices on the other side.
“It’s bullshit, and you know it Johnny” Beta Jackson was saying. “The terms are unfair and almost cruel”
“Was it bullshit when we stepped in and protected your asses against that rogue attack a few months back, was it bullshit when we backed your play to expand your territory further to the south.” Johnny calmly replied
“But to take control of our town holdings more than doubling the size of your ownership of the town, come on Johnny?” Jackson argued again, poor simple Jackson if he only knew that Kane already owned the town. Only a few close people knew that little secret.
“It was the agreed upon compensation for our help. It’s not like we are unreasonable, we allow your members to work in the town and they are paid quite generously might I add. If you had an issue with it then, then you should have said something.”
“It was extortion and you know it. We would have been wip-“ Jackson was cut off when Kane came in and slammed the door shut behind him. He walked calmly across the room and sat behind his large desk. After what he had heard, he wore his anger like a badge clearly visible and clearly displaying he had heard every word. Beta Jackson swallowed hard standing in the middle of Kane’s office. Alpha Thomas Kincaid sat in one of the chairs facing Kane’s desk and Johnny sat beside him clearly relaxed with his left foot dangling loosely across his right knee and a grin on his face. It only widened when Kane stormed the room. Yes clearly today was a good day to die, and if someone wasn’t careful that is exactly what would happen.
“Is that how you feel?” Kane addressed the other Alpha in the room, he doesn’t talk to the subordinates of others. The silver haired werewolf was considerably older than Kane, 45 years older to be exact, at 24 he considered Kane to still be a pup, a hot tempered but undeniably strong pup. His deep brown eyes possessed unspoken wisdom, he was the one who approached Kane about striking up an agreement. Kane was stronger and his blood lust was known widely amongst the werewolf community. What was the human saying better to sit at the right hand of the devil, than be in his path? Alpha Thomas knew when to challenge and he knew when to back down, he had sat there saying nothing until he could directly address Kane himself. The thing was Alpha Thomas was tired, and only getting older his ability to continue leading the Hillcrest Pack was up in the air, with no heir to take over he formulated an idea. Yes his Beta was a strong pack member, but he was not Alpha material, he could not entrust the safety of his pack to the hands of an ametuer. Before he answered Kane, he told his Beta to leave. Due to his shock, Beta Jackson responded in anger.
“You can’t be serious, I am not going to leave you here with this manipulative, extortionist” Kane remained calmly in his seat, only slightly tightening his grip on the armrests to his chair. Johnny shifted to a more upright position, this was not going to end well, Charles let out a low growl, as Beta Jackson verbally attacked his Alpha. Kane slightly shook his head telling his Gamma to back down. As Beta Jackson went on about why he should not be removed from the office, why he should not leave his Alpha alone, with him. His grip on the chair only tightened more.
“Are you calm?” Came Johnny’s voice in his mind
“I am fine!” He replied
“That is not what I asked” Johnny was watching Kane cautiously
“I am calm” Kane’s jaw was clenched and his chair’s arm rests were starting to splinter.
“I said leave us” Alpha Thomas raised his voice to his Beta,
“I will not leave you here with this bloo-“ the words were barely out of Jackson’s mouth before Kane’s chair exploded behind him and he had Jackson pinned to the wall on the other side of the office by his throat. His blue eyes showing Ky was on the surface and his canines elongated.
“Today is a good day to lose one’s life” he hissed “You pathetic little man, are you ready to die?” Beta Jackson’s eyes were wide and his face paled, he shook his head no. “Then give me a damn good reason to not snap your neck” he squeezed tighter and the Beta’s eyes bulged out of his head as Kane cut his air supply. He clawed at Kane’s hand trying to get him to loosen his grip. Black dots were forming before his eyes and he could feel himself starting to lose consciousness. Johnny and Charles were trying to pry Kane off of him, Kane only squeezed tighter, Jackson’s face was turning purple due to lack of oxygen.
“Enough!” yelled Alpha Thomas, all three men looked at him. “With all due respect Alpha Kane, but I think your point has been made, please release him” he urged. Kane looked back at Jackson and released him, he dropped to the ground with a thud, holding his neck gasping for air.
“Get him out of here” he barked. Charles bowed, nodding and pulled Jackson to his feet and ushered him out of the office and to the medical ward.
“Why have you called this meeting Alpha Thomas?” Kane’s patience had snapped. The older man sighed and gestured towards a chair in front of Kane’s desk. Kane slumped into it, he did not want to be here, he had a plan to formulate.
“I am only getting older and more tired, with no heir to pass the pack onto, I fear they will suffer greatly when I am no longer able to perform my Alpha duties. As you have seen, my Beta, though young and strong, is not Alpha material.” He explained “I have called this meeting today, to talk about merging our packs under your leadership. I would like to stay on however as an advisor in some capacity” he added. Kane’s eyebrows rose, this shocked him, Alphas don’t generally give their pack to another Alpha, they are usually taken by force. He glanced at Johnny who was sitting on the sofa in Kane’s office and he was just as shocked as he was. Before any further conversation could transpire, Johnny’s phone rang, he glanced at the caller ID, a grin plastered across his face when he showed Kane. A glimmer shone in his eyes as a smile spread across his lips, he nodded to Johnny to accept the call. Johnny picked up the phone and left the office.
“Good morning Darling!” He cheerfully said into the phone
“Hi Johnny” she answered back, she sounded tired and frustrated. Johnny’s grin only grew bigger.
“What can I do for you today?” He asked
“Stop being so damn cheery for starters,” She stated.
“I’m sorry little darlin, I’m just a naturally cheery guy. I don’t really think you want to see me when I’m not” he replied, with a deep chuckle.
“Of course you are, I have those pieces ready for YOU to pick up or I can have them delivered.” She made sure she emphasized that she wanted him to come and get them.
“Wait, I thought Kane was there earlier, he didn’t grab them for me?” Johnny feigned confusion, there was silence on the other end of the phone, Johnny thought she got disconnected.
“No!” Was all she said quietly.
“How strange? I wonder why not?” It took effort to force concern into his voice with a Cheshire Cat grin on his face. More silence, he heard her swallow hard and breathe deep, his grin began to fade
“Um...can YOU pick them up or do you want them delivered” again placing emphasis on the word you. He no longer found humour in her tone of voice.
“I can come, just not today, or tomorrow, how about friday?” He asked. Just then Kane’s office door opened and the two Alpha’s came walking out, smiling and laughing. They shook hands and Kane said something about setting up a welcome dinner for the two packs in a few weeks and they parted ways.
“Shit!!” She whispered but Johnny heard her, he frowned.
“Friday’s fine!, but Johnny...uh just you alright” she finally said
“Great I WILL see you then” he put emphasis on I will, to let her know he got her understanding.
“Thanks Johnny!” And she hung up. He disconnected the call and turned to face his friend.
“Just what the hell did you do to her?” He asked. Kane just raised an eyebrow
“Nothing she didn’t encourage” he stated sharply not that he gave her a chance to refuse.
“Friday, does that give you enough time to formulate a plan?” He asked, shaking his head, he felt sorry for the poor girl, she did not know what she was up against. When his Alpha wanted something he stopped at nothing to get it and this was his mate, nothing would stop him. She didn’t stand a chance really, now that he thought about it.
“Are you sure you want to do this?” Johnny asked, a twinge of guilt was starting to build in his gut. The thing about Johnny, was whatever he was feeling he showed and guilt was written all over his face.
“Why? What did she say?” Kane asked, expressing concern, maybe his mate said something to him.
“It wasn’t what she said, it was how she sounded” Johnny replied,
“How did she sound then?” Kane snapped, Johnny looked at him, guilt showing more and more on his face.
“Sad!” One word was all it took for Kane’s emotions to come unhinged. Hurt crossed his expression and he started breathing hard, blue glowed in his eyes, his canines elongated Ky very much in control.
“Off….ice” was all he managed before he spun on his heel and headed back into his office, he slammed the door, shattering it against the frame.
Sad, he made her sad. What the fuck was wrong with him? You’re an idiot! Ky yelled at him. He growled and shook his head back and forth. He never should have left. He swiped everything off his desk, laptop crashing to the floor papers flying everywhere, he growled louder You hurt her! God, what must she be thinking? He let out a louder growl as he grabbed his head. Ky was screaming at him to make this right. He wanted to make her his, he lost control and moved too fast. He knew she wasn’t ready, she’s human for fuck sakes, he threw one of his visitor chairs into the bookshelf on the side of the room and the other one right behind it. You made her sad! His next growl shook the house, his pack avoided his office, they avoided the corridor that led to his office, hell they tried to avoid the area in front of the corridor. Their Alpha was not happy and he could be heard across the territory, his whole pack felt his anger. He flipped his couch and threw himself across the room and ripped the rest of the bookshelves down. Fix this Kane, fix it fast, so help me I’ll make you pay! Ky howled at him, another house shaking growl released from him and his desk ended up out the window. He dropped to the floor on his hands and knees, head hung in shame, a tear released from his eye, what was he gonna do? Pain shot through his body as he felt Ky emerging. His clothes ripped to shreds as his bones cracked and popped. Midnight blue fur spreading across his body, Ky was purposely making this shift painful to teach him a lesson, he deserved it. He yelled out in pain, and ended in a sorrowful howl. He jumped out the window and ran towards the tree line. Johnny burst into the office and saw the chaos and destruction.
“You’re cleaning this up you son of a bitch” Johnny yelled through the link “I sure as fuck ain’t doing it” he added quieter.