King Alejandro: The Return of Her Cold-Hearted Alpha
Chapter 21

Ever since the shower, Kiara seemed suddenly quieter. I had let out all my f*****g pent-up emotions, f*****g that p***y of hers with everything I had and f*****g enjoying every moment, but then I don't know what the f**k happened. We were ok up until we showered. She had selected a high neck white dress to cover all the marks I had left on her neck and had pulled her wet hair into a messy bun, but I could tell she was completely preoccupied.

We had headed downstairs and entered the kitchen as she began to take the ice cream stuff out.

"You f*****g ok?" I asked, trying not to look at her a*s in that dress. She looked over her shoulder at me, a natural pout on those plump lips of hers that looked a tad f*****g sore, and she gave me a smile, nodding. Yeah... there's something bothering her... "Babe, could you grab me a tray?"

"Which cabinet?".

"I'll get it, Luna." Claire said as she entered the kitchen with a tray of glasses and an empty jug.

My eyes didn't leave Kiara's as she gathered several things onto the tray before she picked it up and smiled as her eyes met mine.

"Shall we?"

I held the door open for her, kissing her lips as she passed me before we both walked to the garden. Questioning Kat... I don't think I'd ever be f*****g ready for something like this, and I've questioned adults and kids countless f*****g times in my life. The twins were on the swings, whilst the Westwood devil was hanging upside down in one of the trees, her arms crossed over her chest, her eyes staring blankly ahead and a creepy as f**k smile on her face whilst Dante sat on the bench with Scarlett and Elijah. Scarlett glanced up when we approached, a smirk crossing her lips as she looked at her daughter knowingly, whilst I walked over to the swings smoothly. Kataleya looked a little distracted, and once again I saw that same piece of fabric in her hands. "Daddy, push me!" Skyla asked. I obliged, pushing both girls slowly. "Faster, Daddy we aren't scared." Skyla complained. "I got ice cream, kids!" Kiara called.

"I'm a bat. I can't come down." Azura whispered.

I glanced at her and she smiled, looking even creepier than before, Kiara smiled back at her.

"Ok, then tell me what you want, and I'll put it on your cone or in a bowl for you."

"A cone will do for a bat." Azura replied.

"You are so weird." Dante remarked.

"That's no way to speak to your aunt." Azura retorted, glaring at her nephew.

"You are not my aunt."

"Am too, pup." She retorted. Dante glared at her with pure irritation. "Azura, behave," Elijah warned. "I didn't say anything wrong." She remarked, shrugging. She sure had f*****g good balance. Skyla jumped off the swing, rushing over to Kiara, and I looked down at Kat.

"So, what do you want. Ice cream in a cone or bowl, and which flavour?"

She shook her head.

"I don't want any, thank you." She replied, shaking her head.

I frowned and gave a small nod.

"Why not?"

She simply shook her head but didn't answer. That was a first for her, not sharing what was on her mind... I glanced up, exchanging a look of concern with Kiara who was passing everyone ice cream, before she began topping a new cone up. "Azura come down now if you want ice cream, you are going to feel sick like that," Scarlett called.

Azura pouted before she jumped down.

"I wouldn't be sick." She mumbled before going to the table and taking her cone. "What's on your mind, Angel?" I asked Kat, pushing her sandy brown hair off her face, crouching down by the swing. She looked at me with sadness in her eyes. "Please help him, Daddy." She begged softly, her eyes filling with tears.

I sighed heavily; she was really f*****g hung up on this little fucker. But what exactly had she seen or experienced? That was something we didn't know yet.

I glanced at the cloth, that had been a part of his clothes... something that belonged to him.

"His name was Enrique, right?"

She nodded just as Kiara came over, passing Kataleya the cone of ice cream, her thick sexy thighs coming into view, and I won't deny that I took a moment to appreciate how f*****g good she looked.

"Yes, Enrique Ignacio Escarra, the future Alpha of the Fuego De Ceniza Pack." She stated it carefully, as if she had repeated it and memorised it thoroughly with effort until she had burned it into her memory.

Kiara and I exchanged looks; this was more than I was f*****g expecting. We had a name and a

pack...

"What did he look like?" Kiara asked, crouching down next to me as she cupped Kataleya's hand, brought the ice cream cone towards her own mouth and took a lick. "He had dark curly hair and very pretty green eyes, with yellow in them, and long lashes."

Wasn't that a tad too many f*****g details about his eyes? I frowned, and Kiara placed a hand on my thigh knowingly. "What about the horrible Alpha?" Kiara probed gently. Her face instantly fell, fear filling her eyes, and Kiara wrapped her hands over her small ones. "He was scary, his face was burned, and it was all red and looked painful. He was horrible, Daddy." She looked at us, clearly terrified. "He can never hurt you again, my angel." Kiara frowned, her eyes flashing purple. "He was mean and said I wasn't good enough, that I'm better off dead, and that you wouldn't come for me, Daddy, because I'm not Dante." She broke into tears, I took the cone from her loose grip as Kiara wrapped her arms around her tightly. So, the fucker had wanted Dante... "Oh baby, he's just a horrible person. You, Dante, and Skyla, you are all equal to us." Kiara whispered, soothingly caressing her hair. I frowned, pondering over what she said.

"Darien, see what you can replace on an Enrique Ignacio Escarra and a Fuego De Ceniza Pack, right now!

'On it, Alpha.' His swift reply came.

Hi!!!

I stood up, didn't that stand for Ash fire or some shit? 'With a name and pack, we could even replace the boy! Kiara's voice came.

Hm, or better - the father...! 'Alejandro... What do you plan to do?' Her voice was full of concern. 'If this boy is his heir... then I'm sure he's f*****g worth something. I felt her shock through the bond, but I think it was high f*****g time this man had a taste of his own medicine...

I crouched down next to Kataleya again. "Do you want me to take that so I can use it to replace him?" I asked her.

She frowned slightly, staring at her piece of cloth. 'Alejandro, we are not kidnapping children. Kiara's stunned voice came in my head.

I looked into her gorgeous eyes which were wide with shock and disapproval.

'Yeah? You aren't'

But I f*****g am.

"Promise you will protect him, Daddy." Kataleya asked me, her eyes filling with fresh tears. "I'll make sure his father doesn't replace him." I said as she finally let go of the piece of fabric. Perfect

I stood up feeling Kiara's gaze still on me.

I walked towards the house, needing to do some of my own research. It's not like I was going to f*****g beat his pup how this fucker beat my pup. There was a difference. 1 I heard the sound of her heels as she grabbed my arm, stopping me just when I was halfway through the house. "Al! You can't possibly be thinking of kidnapping him!" She whispered shocked, clearly not wanting anyone to hear her.

"I'll do what I need to."

"Alejandro..."

We weren't going to agree on this shit, I knew that much.

"Look, Amore Mio... I realised that I was far too soft and relaxed to start with, I let myself fall into failure. Over the years I've clearly let things go... it almost lost Kataleya and she went through more than she ever should have. Dante is f*****g cursed and Skyla won't ever forget this shit either. It's high time I remembered I'm the Lycan king and there are things I need to do, regardless of if they are the f*****g right thing to do but rather the shit that needs to be done." My voice was cold, and it held a finality that I was not going to change my mind. Letting my alpha aura roll off me, it didn't affect her as much as others, but I wanted her to get my f*****g point. "Alejandro, you can't say that. You have done so much, you need to stop blaming yourself for this, but kidnapping a child? You will ask Raihana to do this, won't you?" "Whoever I ask is my decision, I'm not going to change my mind." Our gaze met and I could see the hurt in her eyes. "Can't you just see if he's safe or just try to replace his father and port, don't kidnap a child, if you want to help him it's different... but your intentions..." She asked pleadingly.

"Yeah, we all know an entire f*****g army can't port, secondly with the Djinn I'm sure it's not that f*****g easy. A summoning spell is the only damn way." "Two wrongs don't make a right." She whispered, cupping my face.

I gripped her wrists, inhaling her scent.

"No, they don't, but sometimes we need to do shit to get the answers we need." I replied, removing her hands from my face

It f*****g hurt, doing that, but I wasn't going to change my mind. "There's a way to do things, baby." She pleaded desperately.

I caressed her face, pulling her into my arms. She was far too pure to ever agree. This time we just weren't going to.

"I know, but sometimes we have to choose the f*****g hard path. That fucker touched my

family... So he's going to pay." My eyes were burning red and when she looked up, I felt a wave of guilt wash through me.

She sighed in defeat, resting her head against my chest for a moment. "Alejandro, listen to me; I don't want you to get angry, but I think there's something."

"Amore Mio, I'm not going to f*****g change my mind." I pulled her close, kissing her plush lips deeply and ending the f*****g conversation. I'm going to get that pup and I would hold him as bait and if the fucker behind this didn't care about the pup, I'll put him somewhere safe. "Alejandro, listen I wanted to-" "I'm going to go meet Darien, I'll be back later." 1 She looked down, but simply nodded in defeat. "I love you." I said quietly, taking hold of her chin and tilting her face up. "I love you too." She whispered.

I frowned, quite surprised that she was actually near tears over this shit. Neither of us exchanged any more words before I left the house, heading towards the pack headquarters.

I hated when I disagreed with her over anything.