SKYLER'S POV.
"What the hell is that supposed to mean!!!? What do you mean you couldn't find them?! Is this supposed to be a joke to you?!" The enraged voice thundered through the whole room, reverberating off the walls and leaving everyone that was around silent and speechless.
Nobody spoke as the enraged Alpha growled with his hands scratching the table. With the way his claws stuck out in place of his fingers, one didn't need a Seer to tell us that he was fighting the urge to shift into his wolf and rip these men into pieces. The men cowered in fear and so did I, even though I wasn't one of them, and I hadn't brought about any of this. He gasped, trying to catch his breath as the rage began to dissipate. It was best not to mess at him whenever he was this angry, or you would be dead. I thought of running out of theroom to avoid any onslaught that was building but I knew that the smallest things could spike his rage.
I just sat there, staring at the floor as the argument continued. It was the chief tracker who broke the silence. Liam was still growling like a bear. "We have searched everywhere, Your Grace. We have scoured the woods, even the neighboring territories but we have found nothing, absolutely nothing, he didn't even leave a single trace which has made this job almost impossible to accomplish. I believe that if you give us time and some support, we will get this done and bring those two back to this Pack. I promise, your Grace. You know what I'm capable of." He sounded so gruff and his deep baritone was almost rough, and terrifying.
After he had spoken, he watched his Alpha who was hunched over the table, still staring at it. The veins in his head were all out as he tried so hardnot to think about the failure of his men, the ones he had trusted to get the job done. He slowly got up from his throne and walked towards them. He was walking slowly towards them, but his aura was intoxicating, so intoxicating that I felt like I was choking on it.
The men stepped back instantly, knowing the kind of danger they had put themselves in and what they had caused. It was clear they had been given a time frame to bring the eloped couple back to the Pack.
By evening yesterday, it was reported that the two had been found but it was now a different story altogether. I wondered what had actually gone wrong and how they hadn't been able to catch the duo and bring them back to the Pack. I shifted uncomfortably in my chair and slowly watched him. He had done many things here, so it wasn't going to be a very big surprise if he killed the men. His rage was still so profound."No sign?" He asked, darkly.
"Do you even have the faintest idea what's really going on? Do you understand what this means for me and my reputation." He shook his head as he got closer to the Chief tracker and his men who stood beside him.
"I don't think you do, because if you did, you wouldn't be here." He said, tightening his jaw and his body, still keeping his emotions in check.
"We are doing everything we can. Your Grace. But it's like they have vanished into thin air. It's very mysterious, considering the fact that we have not been able to get a single lead despite the troops and calvary of trackers that were sent after them, even the foot soldiers couldn't find a trace." The man spoke fast now, as if he was defending his life.
He was about to go on with his speech when Liam slapped him across the face. The slap was so powerful that it instantly left a mark on the man's face. But the man showed no emotions asthe wound started to heal.
"You dare not talk back at me, you dumb fuck! Get out of my sight, all of you!" Liam roared again as he watched the men scurry out like scared rabbits.
They knew his powers, and did not want to mess with him.
As soon as they were gone, he began to pace the throne around like some sort of caged beast. Every now and then, he slammed his fist on the table, emphasizing how these men had ruined his reputation and how he was going to kill every single one of them if they didn't find her when they came back next.
I didn't say anything, instead I stayed tight on my seat and didn't utter a single word. I wished I could just disappear and never be seen again. He was getting closer to me and my body was getting so jittery, I was super nervous. Instinctively, I decided to put in a small talk since I had no idea what elseto do.
"You know, you could use the help of bounty hunters to get them and deal with them." I suggested, but his eyes instead shot towards me with such rage that made my whole body quiver with fear.
"How dare you speak to me. Are you trying to say that I'm stupid, and I can't handle my affairs?! Is that what you mean?" He growled at me. I felt the blood beat in my brain.
"Of course not, Alpha. I was just-" He interrupted me with a yell.
"What are you still doing here? Get out of my sight! I don't want to see you here again!" I immediately scrambled to my feet and hurried out of the room while repeating the words
"Yes, your Grace. Sorry, Your Grace." and momentarily glancing back to make sure he wasn't following me. I've seen him angry before, but this was something else entirely. His fury was almost tangible. His temper could be unpredictable and I didn't want to risk becoming the target of his wrath. I quickly left for my room, bone tired and worried about Liam.
I quickly made the bath myself, not wanting to talk to anybody, including my personal maid. I got into the shower and began to have my bath.
It took a long while before I got out of the bathroom because I had spent almost all of it thinking about Liam, Colton and that bitch that ran away from her mate.
When I was done, I got out of the bathroom naked and headed for my closet. But that's when the door swung open. Startled, I turned sharply and covered myself, but it was Alpha Liam. He walked in and saw me. He stopped instantly, and from the way he sneered at me and the smell of strong wine oozing off him, I knew he had gone to drink. His eyes were glazed and unfocused, he waswasted. Bus eyes were dark and the darkness almost swallowed me whole. As soon as he saw me covering myself, then a very dark smile crept up his lips. "Get on the bed!" He slurred at me, his voice thick with alcohol.My heart pounded in quick successions as he approached me. I stepped back in utter fear, scared of what the dark look in his eyes revealed to me.
"Let me not repeat myself again, woman. Get onthe damn bed!" His voice rang in the room. Immediately threw my hands off my body and scrambled to the bed in obedience.
My body trembled with fear for what was about to come.
"Yeah... that's it, Hazel. You see it's not that hard, is it?" He said, ripping off his clothes before joining me on the bed. I frowned hearing the very name that had haunted this house ever since her absence. But had he gone insane? Why would he call me Hazel when I thought he hated her to the core?
"Hazel?" I questioned, albeit mentally. What was that supposed to mean? Was he comparing or mistaking me with that bitch?! I couldn't voice out my anger because of the state he was in.
Things could get really dangerous and escalate quickly. He grabbed my waist and flipped me around so that my back was facing his ground.Then he slowly parted my ass cheeks and without any foreplay of any sort, he began to pound inside me from behind, roughly. Throughout the sex, which didn't feel like sex to me at all, I kept looking out, hoping he wouldn't suddenly lunge at me and tear me to pieces.
I gasped in pain when he gripped my hair tightly, almost pulling it from my scalp. I yelped, begging him to stop but instead of listening to me, a loud sound resounded in the room and a sharp pain ting my butt.
"Say another word and you'll regret it," his voice was deep and gruff as he threatened. "This is the price you pay for running away from me," he added. Tears wet my eyes and everything seemed blurry.
When was this going to end? The pain was just so unbearable and my eyes shut as he pulled out leaving only the tip before slamming into me to the hilt. I groaned feeling the unexpected pain thatshot from within me. My legs trembled and then my whole body almost fell to the bed but he had his hand around my throat, pulling against his back. My back was flushed against his chest.
"Please stop. I can't take it anymore, I'm sorry,'' I pleaded but they fell on deaf ears. I should've been expecting this from him. This man was a beast, a carnivorous beast that only cared about the pleasure he deprived from others' pain.
But the most annoying thing about it was the fact that he kept mentioning Hazel's name throughout the whole thing. Each time he said her name, he began to pound even harder and moaned in pain seamlessly. I couldn't take it any longer and knew I had to do something about it. It deeply unsettled me as I wondered if that woman who had abandoned him and fucking eloped with his brother was the one he still thought about! Despite my fears, I felt so betrayed and envious of her.
I felt so used and objectified by him. There wasliterally nothing that I hadn't done to make him happy, yet this was the best he could do. Was this the way he was going to pay me back after everything, after all my sacrifice.
And I knew it wasn't a joke to make me jealous, because he was drunk. I was jarred out of my thoughts when he entered me with a painful stroke that made me groan and squirm in pain.
"Yeah..." He moaned, lust-personified. "Moan for me, Hazel."
My hands grasped the bedsheets in a firm grip as my insides twitched in pain. Why was he doing this to me? I thought I had everything under control but this encounter had proven me wrong and I found myself cowering in shame and fear.
If he could do this to me after everything he planned, after everything I had planned then I was certainly unsafe and at the mercy of this ruthless man.Today he was coming at me so strongly and I wasn't surprised by his brutality but I was instead hurt by the way he treated me. Like an object for his disposal and he was unfeeling and cruel the whole time. I hated myself for falling into the hands of this man.
I curled my lower lip between my teeth in anger. While he finally came undone, shamelessly evoking Hazel's name in the process.