The Lost Female Alpha

I still wasn't sure exactly what Arthur was capable of. He made it clear that he wanted me to be sitting at the table waiting for him when breakfast was served, so that is exactly where I was. Even though it meant I had to get dressed in a hurry and practically run down all those flights of stairs. I arrived in the dining room a couple of minutes before Arthur instructed but he was nowhere to be seen.

I sat down in the cold, empty dining room and poured myself a cup of coffee while I waited for him to arrive. The food hadn't been placed on the table yet but there was tea, coffee and more types of fruit juice than I had seen in one place before.

'Does he think he is running a hotel or something?' Onyx grumbled in my mind, making me giggle and almost spit coffee across the table.

Maybe Arthur was trying to impress me with the table layout and the wardrobe full of designer clothes but that showed how little he knew about me. I wasn't concerned about luxury or material possessions. After spending years worrying about the people who destroyed my pack coming after me, all I wanted was to feel safe and protected. Preferably somewhere a long way away from here.

It was another half an hour before Arthur finally decided to grace me with his presence. I was already on my third cup of coffee and my legs were bouncing anxiously under the table but I managed not to let it show on my face. He walked across the room with a smile on his face until he sat down opposite me.

"I'm so sorry to keep you waiting." His tone was so sleazy that it made me feel sick.

In fact, his whole demeanour made me think that he was trying to goad me into some kind of response. I had no clue what his plan was, but I wasn't going to give him what he wanted. I flashed him a small smile before taking another sip of my coffee. I was going to need to drink a lot more of it if he was going to expect me to make small talk with him.

'If you drink much more of it then you will end up in hospital.' Onyx was being hyperbolic but that didn't sound like a bad plan to me. At least it would get me away from him for a while.

As the omegas brought the food to the table, Arthur's eyes slowly roamed over my body. I tried my best to ignore his gaze but it was difficult when he was looking at me as though he wanted to leap over the table and consume me. I couldn't fault his logic too much after seeing the food we were expected to eat. I would probably have been more filling than the food which had been laid out in front of us.

The plethora of drinks earlier made me think that the food I would be offered would be equally lavish. I was wrong. The table was completely filled but there was nothing on it other than fruit. What kind of werewolf eats nothing but fruit for breakfast? With our heightened metabolism we could eat all the food on the table and be hungry again a few minutes later.

"You look beautiful but this isn't exactly what I asked for." He told me as he loaded his plate.

"What do you mean?"

How I managed to maintain my composure was nothing short of a miracle. He kept me waiting for half an hour and now he had the nerve to tell me that I had done something wrong. I wanted to tell him to go fuck himself. Maybe if I was quick enough I could slit his throat before he could call in the omegas he was controlling to protect him.

"I like my women to show a little more flesh, particularly on their top half. I am tempted to have you undress and eat your breakfast in your underwear."

"I will not be eating breakfast in my underwear." I growled, pushing my chair back as I got to my feet.

Arthur burst out laughing. He was so arrogant. He was laughing in the face of an alpha who was physically much stronger than he was. He was so sure that his mental strength would make up for his physical inadequacies but he didn't know what I had planned. I only had to bide my time for a short while longer and then all of this would be over.

That didn't mean that I was going to roll over and beg like a puppy while he kept me here. It wasn't my style and I wasn't even sure I would be able to pretend to be powerless if I tried.

"Sit down sweetheart. I wouldn't humiliate you like that, but in future you will dress more provocatively when you are in my presence." He told me in what I am sure he thought was a seductive tone of voice.

I gave him one last defiant look before I sat back down at the table as he asked. I wouldn't have to put up with him much longer, there was no point starting a fight. But of course I couldn't leave it there, I had to have the last word.

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"Why do you even want me here?" I grumbled as I rolled my eyes at him before placing another piece of fruit in my mouth. I was already sick of fruit but I needed something to occupy my mouth and stop me from saying anything else that I would regret.

"I thought I had already explained that to you." He put down his knife and fork and looked at me as though I was a petulant child. I had never wanted to hit someone more in my whole life than I did at that moment.

"You told me that you wanted to take me as your mate but I don't know why. I have been reading about our kind and the books say that your children will be Hex wolves if you have them with your true mate. So why do you want me? Why can't you just claim your true mate?"

"She is dead, that's why."

That made me feel stupid. I muttered an awkward apology then started eating my breakfast again. He continued to watch me, letting the silence stretch out between us until it started to feel oppressive. "What happened to her?" As much as I didn't want to have this conversation, I hated the silence more.

"She was an omega and I rejected her and kicked her out of my pack. It took me a few days to realise that I had made a mistake but by that time it was too late. She had been taken by a group of rogues, they kept her alive for a while but not long enough for me to save her." He told me, his eyes glazing over at the memory.

I didn't care about his regret, I wanted to kill him. That poor woman probably suffered terribly for the last days of her life and he was responsible for it. He was lucky that I wasn't a sadistic person because if I could stomach it then I would have given him a taste of what her last few days must have felt like. As it was, I would have to settle for killing him.

"That was many years ago though. I don't understand why I never got a second chance mate. Surely after all this time I have suffered enough for my mistake." He mumbled.

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I shook my head. I couldn't believe he was trying to play the victim after what he had done. I knew he was messed up in the head but I didn't realise he was this messed up. I opened my mouth to give him a piece of my mind when my mother came running into the room. She must have been listening in to our conversation and she was here to save me from myself.

Arthur stormed over to her. He wrapped his arms around her neck and pushed her up against the wall. "What the fuck are you doing here?" He growled. She was clawing at his hands as she struggled to breathe.

"I wanted to spend some time with my daughter." She managed to choke out.

"My mate has only just got here and you want to take her away from me." He held onto her neck tighter. She wasn't able to form words anymore and her movements were becoming more frantic. "No! Please don't hurt her."

I pulled on his arms and hands, trying to get him away from her. He held on for a few more seconds before finally letting her go. She collapsed into a heap on the floor in front of him, clutching her chest as she took deep breaths. "You are lucky that I let you and your son live. Don't make me regret that decision." He spat at her before turning his back on her.

Without saying a word he held out his arm for me to take. It took all of my resolve to go with him, leaving my mom on the floor behind me. But I had a feeling that it would have been worse for her if I didn't do as he wanted.