Captive Of The Alpha
Chapter 10

Hades let out a loud gasp. This fight had become intense. Perhaps not enough to meet his expectations but enough to take his breath away. The alpha of the gray pack was not weak despite his appearance, he was very well trained and his strength was not to be overestimated. That didn’t take away from the fact that he had the advantage.

He had attacked several times to the neck, managing to snatch the chain and let it fall on Nicolas’ paws, who now guarded it with his life, although in the process he had gained several wounds on his chest and front paws. Now they were both back as at the start, facing each other showing their fangs covered in bubbling saliva.

Nicolas backed up to where the beta was, he felt the tension in the air and the pressure made it hard to breathe. When two alpha males challenged each other the weaker wolves could feel their power.

The fight resumed again. Both beasts rolled on the ground until Hades managed to bury his teeth in Rudoc’s neck and squeeze until b***d gushed out. The wounded animal did not stand idly by, it shook its paws in an attempt to break free leaving a deep gash in the left section of the assailant’s cheek. The b***d splashed into his Hades eye mowing him down for a few seconds, enough time for his opponent to manage to break free and push him off, rolling again.

But by now the older alpha was getting tired of the little games and using the strength of his hind legs he pushed them off and bit his neck again, making sure to bite deep but not deadly.

Long seconds later, Rudoc’s body fell motionless on the ground and Hades was finally able to back up and sit on his hindquarters to catch his breath. B***d dripped from his muzzle and he shook it off. The brown wolf that had been at his enemy’s side and had been staying out of it all approached the body of the fallen alpha and sniffed over the head moving it with his snout. Suddenly the wolf on the ground moved bit through the chest and knocked him down.

Nicholas stepped forward and pushed his father’s back as he pulled him away from Rodrigo, his older brother who had been shocked by the attack. Hades stood in front of the two cubs protecting them waiting for a new attack that did not come.

The animal collapsed unconscious from the wounds and the loss of b***d. He would not die for that, they were not such weak creatures, but it would be hard for him to recover and they would have to keep him alive until the Council decided his punishment for all his crimes.

Finally, the winner raised his head and let out a howl announcing his victory, declaring himself the new alpha of the pack.

She felt the creak of the open door and shuddered. Once again her husband had come to rape her and make her give birth without being able to meet her cub afterwards. Her body was lying on the cold floor immobilized by the heavy shackles that only cut into her skin. This time she was so weak that she had no strength to put up resistance. Her three fundamental senses, hearing, smell and sight, were so impaired that she could barely tell what was going on around her. He raised his head and saw, through a thick mist, several silhouettes approaching.

She breathed in to replace out who she had brought with her, perhaps the same doctor as always who was in charge of keeping her in condition to procreate, but no. She could not. Although her sense of smell was weak she could recognize their foul scents and it wasn’t them. Instead a sweet sweet smell came to her and her heart began to pound, she couldn’t believe it.

Like every mother, the smell of her children was indescribable, sweeter than normal, she could even tell them apart if there were thousands of other wolves. One of them was there. One of her sons was standing before her. She wanted to get excited, to say something, to raise her arms to wrap it around his neck but she barely had any energy and her consciousness was slowly fading against her will.

Nicholas couldn’t stop a tear from escaping and running down his cheek. He knelt down and grasped the deteriorated body of the she-wolf that had brought him into this world. The image had him in awe. With the slight light that entered that place he could only appreciate her skin almost stuck to the bones, of a grayish color. The huge dark circles under his battered face. The multiple bruises on her skin barely covered by a lightly torn dress. And the b***d. That which bathed her abdomen, legs and hands.

He wanted to press her to his chest and give her his own life. That was heartbreaking to watch. How could what had been the queen of the pack have been brought to that? Liam knelt down in front of her and keeping a neutral expression held out a cloth blanket to cover her. Nicholas could see her hands tremble and the color leave her cheek.

Hades, standing in the doorway was speechless. When he had heard the story he could never have imagined the conditions to be so dismal. How long had the woman been there to be like this? Wolves could go for weeks without eating before significant changes in their bodies were noticeable.

Rage was building up inside him. He felt Leoxi’s hand on his shoulder who had just arrived and was frowning. In his pack, females were as respected as males and violence against any of them, was severely punished.

For a moment, the impulse to return and finish the unfinished job of leaving Rudoc alive shook every fiber of his body, but his brother stopped him even though his muscles were also tense with impotence.

Repressing a growl, he walked over to where Nicolas was taking too long to cover the emaciated she-wolf from the impact of the image of his body. He bent down and despite his protests and the wounds still fresh on his skin he carried the woman in his arms and headed for the exit.

Because from that moment on she was his and he would not let anyone hurt her again.