Scarred Alphas

Chapter 39

“Serge, why would they have

him in a room in the house?

Wouldn’t it make more sense

to take him to a cell?”

“My guess would be to keep him close to you. To use him

against you.” Serge responds.

That makes sense.

As I search through the hall, suddenly Julia stomps in my

direction.

“This is all your fault!” she

shouts at me.

“What?”

“Alexis is being punished because of you! He might be killed!” She starts crying but has visible anger.

“Colt will not be killed. I will raise hell if that happens!”

“You did this to him! Why couldn’t you just leave him alone?!”

She is not listening to me.

“I hate you and I swear if something happens to him, I will make you pay!”

“Enough Julia!” Serge shouts

from behind me. “You can’t

speak to her like this.”

Julia grinds her teeth. “I

don’t care who she is. I love

him. This is all her fault and

Alexis should not have to pay

for it.”

Love?

It bothers me but I look past

1. it.

“Colt.”

She looks at me with

confusion.

“His name is Colt, not Alexis.

And I intend to do

everything in my power to

make sure that he is safe. I

will not let my father kill

him.”

She doesn’t say anything else

but just stares at me.

I turn around and continue

my search.

Love him? She loves him?

Well…so do I. I love this man

too.

As I turn a corner, I see the two guards standing in front of a door that leads to a

room just like Garret said.

I walk up to the guards and

they suddenly stand in my

way.

“I either pass or you are going to have to stop me.” I tilt my head. “What will

happen if they put their

hands on me, Serge?”

Serge suddenly growls at

them and they immediately

back away.

I do feel like a brat at this

moment. Using everything I have to my advantage.

“We have instructions not to

let anyone in.” The guards

say.

“Then don’t tell anyone. I am going in either way.”

I walk past them, ignoring them, and open the door.

The room is dark but I am

still able to see.

Colt lies on the bed with his

hands cuffed on the side of

the bedpost. For a werewolf,

this would be easy to get out

of but he does look hurt and

weak.

He looks up and when he

sees me, he immediately

tries to sit up but he can’t.

“Cass!”

I sit on the bed with him on

his side.

“Did someone tend to your

wounds?” I ask him.

He slowly nods.

Unlike Ezra, Colt’s face

wasn’t touched but he has

deep cuts on his b*dy that are already starting to heal. But because I am sure they

were made with silver

weapons, it will take a bit longer than usual. He doesn’t

seem to be hurting though

and I am glad about that. I

don’t want to see him

suffering.

“Let me explain.” he says.

“Don’t talk. You’ve said

enough.”

“No. I haven’t. I haven’t said

enough.”

He lifts himself up as best he

can, resting his back on the headboard.

“Let me start from the

beginning.” he says.

I quietly listen.

“In no way do I expect you to just forgive me because I lied to you. I lied to you many times when I could have just

told you the truth. But I was

scared and that made me act

like a fool.”

I don’t give him a reaction and just wait.

“After Skye did what she did,

I climbed up the ladder to get close to Warrick. That is all true. My need to kill him was all true. A few years later

when he finally trusted me

enough, he gave me an

order. To search for his

daughter. He was convinced that she…you—had survived and that you were being harbored by an enemy pack.

I started with the easiest

packs to infiltrate and of

course, I didn’t find

anything. When my father’s pack caught us…that was true as well. We got caught by them, I never had any

intention to infiltrate my father’s pack mostly because I was sure that Warrick’s daughter would never be there. I was obviously wrong but this all came by chance.

Even when we were in the

cells together, I didn’t know

you were his daughter until

you used your power on that

f**ker.”

“And that is when you

planned to take me to him.” I

interrupt.

“No! Listen, please.”

I take in a deep breath trying to put my anger aside.

“Giving you to Warrick

would have meant that he

would have had more power.

So no, that was never my intention. All this time, I was

searching for you so that I could use you against him. Cass I got as close as I could

to Warrick and I still had no

chance to end him. So this

was my plan. Falling for you

was not part of it but by the time I learned who you were, I already had my foot in. I was taken by you.”

“So you brought me to him to get close to him?”

“No. We got caught when we went to the city. I had no

idea that he would be there

because he rarely ever makes

rounds to the city. But once

we got caught, the urge to follow my orders through set in though I fought it with all I had. When we got caught, there was no other choice.

All I could do to protect us

was to act as if I had really brought you to him. I hated the idea because now, I

wanted to keep you from him. Now, I didn’t want him

to know that you existed. I wanted to protect you.”

“And the seducing me part?! Why are you leaving all that out?”

“I am not. Once we got here, he told me to get close to you. But I was already close though I didn’t tell him that. I was already in love with you and I know you were in

love with me. It doesn’t

matter how much you deny

1. it. I know.”

I keep my face away from him trying not to react to his

words but he continues.

“I had to agree so I did, but that was it. My love for you is real, Cass, and that plan I had to use you against Warrick, was out of my head a long time ago. I don’t know what

you did but, all that hate is gone. I am still angry but it is not my fixation anymore.

You are. You are all I want.”

He pauses and I take a

moment to take it all in.

“I…I have to think.” I say as I

get up and head to the door.

“Cass!” He calls out to me.

I stop walking and wait to see what he has to say.

“I love you, Cass.”

With hesitation, I start

walking and leave the room

without giving him a

reaction.

There is no denying it, I love

him too. I fell for him hard. I

recognize that I am angry at this moment, and I know it will pass. I think I just need some ME time.

As I walk through the hall, I

stumble on Skye who has a bag that seems to be full of clothes. She has a split lip

and looks angry.

I can only assume that

Warrick threw her out of the

house.

“Leaving?” I ask.

She obviously wants to tell me off but she doesn’t. She

keeps her mouth shut and

walks past me.

I shrug my shoulders ignoring her too.

I walk downstairs and go to

one of the garden rooms at the back of the parlor where I have seen Poppy and Lotus gather before. It is a

sunroom with flowers all

over it. A calm and relaxing

area. I find an empty chair in

one of the corners and sit

soaking in the sun on my

skin.

Serge, I assume is

somewhere behind me. He

almost makes himself

invisible to me. It’s annoying

to have someone follow me

everywhere I go but at the

same time, it feels nice to not

feel so alone.

Suddenly I hear Serge give a

low growl. When I look back,

I see Ezra.

I roll my eyes. “What do you

want?”

“You.” He nonchalantly says.

“Ezra!”

“Fine. Just let me talk.”

I stay quiet and turn back to look out of the window glass.

“I realize what I did. I realize I f**ked it all up. But we still

have a connection. That’s

how I was able to find you

here. I followed it.”

“And?”

He sighs. “It means

something, Cass. We are

fated to each other.”

Looking straight outside, I

confess to him. “I am in love

with your brother.” after a few seconds of silence, I turn

to him. “I am not saying this to hurt you, Ezra. But you

need to understand where

my heart lies and it is not with you.”

“But I am your true mate. I

am the one you are meant to

be with.”

“That means shit to me, Ezra.

You hurt me and pushed me away. This is the result of that. Accept it. Move on.

Find someone you can truly

love and can love you in

return.”

“I can’t. I always wanted you.”

“You what?!”

“I always wanted you but my pride got in the way. I was ashamed that I wanted you. I was angry at myself and that is why I treated you the way I did. That is why I did the things I did.”

I feel like I am finally

hearing him speak the truth.

But… it’s too little too late. I

still feel nothing for him.

“I need you, Cass. Let me

make things right, please.” he

pleads.

“You don’t need me. You

only want me now because

you lost control of me. You can’t hurt me anymore.”

“No, Cass. That’s not it.

Please, just give me a

chance.”

“And your family? You are

betraying them, giving them

up to the enemy for what? A chance with me?”

“Yes. I am giving everything up for you.”

“I can’t believe you. Do you actually see this as a selfless act? It is not. You are being

selfish. You are unable to

have something you want so you do anything you can to get it. Including hurting those closest to you. You

haven’t matured at all. It’s

like you are a bratty child in a man’s b*dy.”

He abruptly gets up. “You are mine. No matter what you

say, you are mine. My brother might have indulged in your b*dy but he will

never be your true mate. If

that is what was meant to happen, then he would have been your mate from the beginning. But he isn’t. I

am.”

“Ezra, I am going to give you my final answer. I don’t want

to be with you and you need

to accept it.”

“No! Never!”

“Then now you are just

hurting yourself.”

“You will be mine again.” he

says.

I look straight into his eyes. “I was never yours. Not.

Once.”

His eyes slide to my n*ck

and I suddenly panic but he

then looks behind me where

I know Serge is.

Ezra is an Alpha but I know so is Serge and he looks much more menacing than

Ezra.

Ezra looks back at me as he

backs away. “You are mine.

I’ll be damn if I let Colt have

you.” He says and then

leaves.

In your damn dreams.

I am so glad I wasn’t alone. I am sure that it crossed his

mind to mark me.

I sit back straight in my chair feeling annoyed. This really pisses me off. Ezra was the one that brought all this to light but Colt just had to go and ruin things too and when things were so great!

“You dummy!” I mutter.

After a few seconds of

silence, Serge asks.

“Uhm…me?”

“Oh! No, sorry.”

I huff and get up feeling so angry. “Stupid Colt.”

I sprint up the stairs and make my way straight to his room again. The moment the guards see me, they start shaking their heads side to

side.

“No. Not again.”

“Yes, agian.”

I go past them and open the

door. Then I close it behind

me, locking it and leaving

Serge out there as well. I ignore their complaints and go straight to Colt. I stop in my tracks when he is sleeping looking very

peaceful. I slowly walk over, taking in how s*xy he looks

handcuffed to the bed.

Biting my lips, I lift one leg and throw it over him, sitting on him. He opens his eyes and looks surprised.

“Cass?”

“I am angry at you.” I speak.

He sighs. “I know.‘

“But… I love you.”

“You do?!”

“Yeah! Why are you so

surprised when you are

always saying that you know

I love you.”

“Because you never said it

before.”

“Well! Anyway! I was saying I am angry but I love you.”

He smiles and looks relieved.

“Oh, don’t think I am forgiving you just like that.”

“What can I do to make it

right? I’ll do anything.” he

says.

I look down at his b*dy that

is only covered on the

bottom torso with a

blanket.“What can you do? Mh…not a single thing. Let me have my way with you.‘

He raises a brow. “Have your way with me?”

“Yeah. When am I ever going

to be in control if not like

this?”

He gives me a half smile that makes him look even more

s*xy.

“Do what you want to me,

Angel.”