Queen Of The Alpha
Chapter 64

She’s mine…

You’re not going to guitar her to me.

The growl of a wolf sounded annoyed, violent, shaking because it couldn’t get out.

Layan opened his eyes and his head throbbed severely. He put his hand to his forehead and pushed his hair back in his face. He had just had a strange dream. He could barely remember it, but there was still the feeling of a deep and somewhat familiar voice echoing in his head.

He didn’t understand what that had been. It was strange, but for some reason he felt uncomfortable. Who the hell was it that was claiming what was his.

He opened his eyes to replace the ceiling of his room above him. Light filtered softly through the curtains. He had slept long after dealing with his she-wolf’s rut. He was sure everyone in the pack had noticed by now since he was always visible or available.

He heard a faint sound next to him and found Priscilla fast asleep on his shoulder. Her face was calm, he figured it was because the rut was now under control until further notice. Surely he could rest before the new wave returned and she was ready for him.

He moved closer and kissed her forehead. His arm went around her narrow waist and he squeezed her, earning a grunt of protest from her. Layan smiled. He had never stopped to take a good look at Priscilla as she slept and could only say she looked like a puppy. A very warm and soft one.

He rubbed his cheek against her hair. After realizing his feelings it was as if a door had opened and everything looked brighter. Like that’s how one felt when one was in love.

He loved the feeling. Even more so when he had the she-wolf in his arms.

A pounding on the door brought him out of his thoughts. He growled and pulled her even tighter to him possessively. Males were known to get very dominant with their female in heat and he was no exception.

-Alpha,” Victore’s voice sounded soft, “Alpha Litus wishes to speak with you.

Layan frowned. He had forgotten that the wolf was still in his pack. His mind had more important things to really focus on.

-I’m coming,” he said as quietly as he could so as not to wake Priscilla. She would need a lot of rest. The rutting exhausted the she-wolves too much.

Carefully and noting that she didn’t want to, he separated from Priscilla and left her settled between the sheets. He covered her up and headed for the bathroom. After last night that just remembering it could make him hard again, he cleaned them both up, but he still needed a bath badly. Maybe this way he could get rid of some of the puppy’s scent and focus on his work. Something he knew would take a lot of work.

When he returned he found a ball made in the bed under the sheet. Priscilla’s head was no longer visible. He approached curiously and touched the top of the lump with a faint smile when a furry head grabbed one of her long locks and pulled it down.

-Hey, don’t pull,” Layan said smiling at the wolf lying on his bed. He stroked his head and the wrinkled nose in annoyance, “I went to the bathroom and I have to do some things. I promise I’ll come quickly.

A very annoyed Priscilla for getting up alone in bed growled at him to pull his hair back down without as much force.

Layan leaned down and kissed her nose.

-You told me your zeal is mine, and I’m true to my words,” she slowly opened her mouth and the long hair slid down. Layan kissed the furry cheek to embrace her, pulling the dark, furry wolf against him.

Priscilla m****d slightly and stirred to lie back down on the bed and close her eyes. Layan stroked her head and back until she fell asleep again. He figured she must have reacted that way because of her own heat. She-wolves became very sensitive and possessive of their mates as well. It was natural law to protect both their offspring and their future family.

Litus heard the door being knocked and opened at the same time. He had left it unlocked knowing Layan was coming, but the first thing he blurted out from his lips made Layan frown.

-Priscilla is in jealousy.

-Yeah, so what? – he said in a deep voice.

Litus was an alpha too, and a strong wolf, but he kept a low profile in front of Layan. The red-haired wolf, with his flowing hair hugging his body in a pair of trousers and a shirt he had barely bothered to button the first few buttons, with his bright blue gaze and the shadow of his fangs in sight, was really scary at that moment.

-His scent is really strong Layan. I felt it since yesterday,” he continued.

-That’s why you have to leave. I can’t allow you to be around while Priscilla is in jealousy.

Litus raised an eyebrow.

-You’re afraid I’ll be the one to bond with her,” he said.

-You still want to lose your head Litus. I can kill you and I can assure you nothing will happen if I do.

Layan growled loudly exposing all his inverted commas and his eyes suddenly turned golden. Litus knew he was provoking him, he couldn’t help it. Priscilla had caught his attention. Besides, she was his b***d, too. He still didn’t understand why she had chosen him.

He sighed. He put his fingers between his eyebrows and squeezed.

-Priscilla really is a subject that gets on your nerves and everything about her. I don’t really recognise you, but that’s not what I want to talk to you about,” he closed his eyes for a moment.

Layan’s alpha scent was invading the room. Outside the waiting wolves felt the dense atmosphere.

-Speak,” Layan demanded.

-There’s something I have to tell you.

Priscilla watched from the window as Litus walked away. She imagined that her relationship with Layan after the k**s had been rocky. Part of the fault had been hers, she would have to deal with that later, not now.

Her body had returned to normal, at least temporarily. She no longer felt the searing heat that had enveloped her or the need to be filled deeply. She still remembered how she had reacted to Layan yesterday and how he had proposed to her, and she couldn’t stop a slight blush from creeping onto her face.

-He’s cute,” she snorted lowly, remembering the way he had told her to be the mother of his pups.

Though that wasn’t on her mind right now. She was very young and had barely lived lucidly in this world so Layan could wait a little longer. She already had one big, possessive puppy to raise to take care of two. Layan was after all difficult to deal with in some ways.

She took a deep breath and stepped back. She was hungry as it was already lunchtime. Layan was due to arrive at any moment. She didn’t want to stray too far from the room since her zeal was unstable. She wasn’t stupid, she had studied rutting before so she was prepared, though the books didn’t come close to what rutting really was.

It was scary. I had to admit.

She lost complete control of her functions and reasoning only guided by her instinct. She didn’t like not being in control of herself. She was thankful Layan had held back, because if she had completed the link everything would have been ruined.

She didn’t know when the symptoms would return, so she had to look for Liam, but… if he came back when she was out?

If another wolf took her in heat he could bond with her and her body would suffer from rejecting Layan’s mark on her neck. She put her hand to her face.

-What frustration,” she lamented.

She had never imagined that replaceing him would be so difficult and take so long. And then to realise all the cons, from the fact that she could control other people, that she could take over Layan’s body if he was aware of the fact that he existed and that she wasn’t yet sufficiently prepared. Even now, after what happened inside the puppy’s mind he wasn’t so sure he could take him down.

Yes, she was strong, Layan himself had complimented her, but Liam was always one step ahead. It was like he knew what was going to happen, or what was going on around him.

No, she couldn’t focus on her zeal, she had to do something, even if it was locking him in her mind like that time and even if he didn’t wake up again at least she was keeping everyone she cared about safe.

But as she turned around to get the pill she saw a certain wolf walking away. He stopped and looked over his shoulder at her as if he knew she was looking at him…and smiled.

-Liam,” Priscilla growled.