A Weekend With The Alpha
A Weekend with the Alpha Chapter 42

I couldn't sleep. I was awake until midnight, restless and thinking. Dinner came just as Aaron promised and it was delicious. I ate in my room and a few hours later; I retired to bed, but didn't sleep. Countless and never leaving thoughts clouded my mind, and it was none other than leaving and replaceing safety and sanity away from all of this. I felt stuck and needed an escape from everything. I wanted protection more than anything, but at what cost? Losing it all to Aaron? First, I'd lose Zion and then my senses. Was it worth it?

I sat up in bed and ran my hand over my face, wanting to step out but knowing the door may be locked. After sitting and staring at it, I took my chances. I moved to the door and turned its knob. It opened, to my surprise, and wasting no time, I stepped out. The hallway had no light, and I did not know where my legs were taking me, but I didn't stop walking. I couldn't remember the path Zion and I went through yesterday when we took a walk, but I wanted to get out, get air or something.

I paused on my step when I saw a figure standing before me not so far away, and my heart skipped a beat. I hated not being able to tell who exactly it was because the Harts brothers had almost the same body built and the only way to differentiate were their voices and faces. However, this one before me hasn't spoken and so I couldn't tell.

I was still deep in my thought when I saw his eyes glow a shade of red in the dark and my heart clenched in my chest, but I told myself it had to be Aaron. So far, he's been the only one whose eyes glowed red. The figure approached and his movement didn't look like that of Aaron. I would know. I had kept my eyes of hate on him since I came here, and I'd watched him move a few times. Whoever it was, his movement felt less dominating. Yet it terrified me to not know who it was. Despite this, I didn't move back or try to run away. I stood with my feet glued to the floor, though my heart skipped in fear.

He transformed into a big black wolf with scary eyes, terrifying in his stand. This had to be a dream, I told myself. There was no way a human would become a wolf, but that was what just happened before me, and I wasn't hallucinating. This was what being a werewolf was, and I was still in denial because I'd never seen it live.

He growled and climbed onto the wall to the left and my stomach dropped when he ran swiftly over the walls as if it was nothing, his claws digging into the walls and creating a crack in them. He landed in front of me and the terrifying growl leaving his mouth caused goosebumps to erupt over my skin. Thank God for an empty bladder or I would have peed myself from shock.

I took to my heels, running as fast as my legs could take me out of the house. The cold night gripped my skin and the blue blouse and trousers I had on did little justice to prevent it. The wolf still chased after me. I felt it, but didn't dare to look back. I ran out into the night, still running fast before tripping and falling face down. I coughed and groaned in pain and I almost stayed there, then remembered someone-thing had chased me out.

I flipped on the ground and found him approaching, a low growl leaving his mouth even as his blood-red eyes stayed on me. I swallowed and remained still. Perhaps this was it, this was my end and nothing I would do would save me from it. I should have stayed inside. It was much safer there.

I swallowed and waited for the worse.

"Enough, Damor!" Aaron ordered from behind, and I turned to replace another figure behind me with glowing red eyes.

Damor shifted back to his human form, naked, and Aaron tossed the clothes in his hands to him.

"You know what? You are no fun, brother." Damor replied and the next moment his glowing red eyes disappeared, "She's human. She needs to know what we are about. You can't hide her away from it forever." he wore the trousers and pulled the shirt over his head while I tried to not look at him.

"She's under my protection, and that means you do not get to scare her or lay a hand on her."

He grunted under his breath, clearly not liking the terms Aaron had just set before him. "Again, no fun. With the pace you're going, I see why you won't live as long as our ancestors did." he pointed out before turning to face me and he must have smiled because I saw his perfect teeth on full display.

"I am sorry to have scared you, Zera." he offered me his hand, but I didn't take it, instead I pulled myself up on my own and dusted off my dirty trouser.

I stared at him in silence and I felt his gaze move to Aaron, who still stood behind me. "Is she suddenly dumb or something?"

"She's not dumb but after the scare you just gave her, I wouldn't want to talk to you either," Aaron spoke in my defence and Damor scoffed.

"The energy you carry is flat. I'll go replace me, Sesi. We have a pack to lead tonight," he said and walked past me, whistling melodiously.

"I am sorry about that," Aaron spoke up once Damor departed.

I didn't want his nice self coming into play. They would numb my sense and make me think of things I shouldn't. I didn't want any form of kind gestures from him, that wouldn't help.

"I doubt you're sorry." I turned around and walked back the way I came from. My heart still hammered heavily in my chest despite no threat or danger before me. Damor had set this fear in me and I don't know if it would go away any time soon.

I entered my room and didn't bother shutting the door, since the only way to lock the stupid door was from outside.

The door cracked open not long after, and Aaron stepped into the room. I spun around, my heart still skipping in my chest from the scare Damor did earlier.

He had a worried eye as he beheld me, but I didn't want to see it. "You must think I'm not, but I am sorry. This world isn't the one you and Zion are used to."

The scare Damor just gave me told me I wasn't safe here. "Then why not just let us leave?"

He shook his head. "I can't do that and you know why."

I would not act like I do. "What I know is there are as many bad people here as they are on the outside. Your brother is one of them."

This was my fear speaking.

He took a step forward. "Damor plays dangerous games, but he means no harm. We might look bad to you, but one thing we will never do is harm you. The bad ones outside, just like Henry, would seek to harm you."

"You do not know that."

"I think we both know that."

"I've lived in the outside world for twenty-six years of my life. It's been five years since I met you and over four years since I had Zion. I have lived in peace and had never had my life threatened before. Not until you brought yourself back in, so, in my book, you guys are the bad guys. For all I know, Henry was the only one out to hurt me."

"Henry was a pawn."

"Says you."

His eyes fluttered, and he dragged a deep breath. I could tell he was having a really hard time with this argument, but I would not let him have it easy. "I know you resent me, but you're smarter than the argument you're making."

"Maybe I am and maybe I'm not. I just want to get back to my old life, to the way things once were, when I was innocent and naïve."

"There is no going back, Zera, not after what you've known, not after what you've discovered and there is no safety, not when those who wanted you dead as still waiting for the next chance they will get."

"Why don't you let me be the judge of my own life? It is my life the last time I checked."

"And you're the mother of my son. That automatically places you under my protection," he said in a flat tone, as if expecting no further argument, and that made me boil.

"I don't need your protection!" I snapped at him, charging toward him.

He took a step forward to meet me halfway. "Strange you would say that. I didn't see you put up any fight when Henry had you in his grasp. You were defenceless and you would have died if I didn't step in when I did. So instead of this continuous rebellion, how about some f*****g gratitude?" he snarled at me.

"F**k you!" I cursed.

Red flashed in his eyes and he gritted his teeth. My heart skipped when he took another step closer and I realized how close to his reach I was. "You will remain here until I say otherwise," he said and stormed out of the room, slamming the door hard on his exit.