UNTAMED: THE ALPHA

Eros couldn't contain his anger after he heard what Liam had done to Zuri and how he had manipulated her. She was very young when all of that happened and he knew about all of this was too late.

Eros felt so strange, because he shouldn't feel like this, while that girl was not his concern whatsoever and the events occurred more than a decade ago, but… he couldn't deny the fact that she was his mate and this stupid bond made him feel anger that he couldn't explain.

"He was the epitome of an evil…" he coughed and then corrected himself. "He is an evil person."

Xerxes then proceeded to tell Eros why he shouldn't trust Liam. He gave countless reasons why he couldn't trust him. Even though he appeared to help you, there would be a price for everything.

"That girl should have had… a child by now if Liam didn't… get involved and everything went smoothly… the way I planned…" he grunted. In his hazy eyes, there was annoyance that he couldn't hide.

However, Xerxes failed to see the imminent danger in Eros's eyes when he heard him blabbering non stop. The young lycan was trying to hold himself back, the beast inside of him was trying to claw its way out and strangle this man to death, because the more he listened to him, the more he wanted to make him suffer.

Razor sharp claws emerged from the tips of his fingers, in one strike, he would be able to decapitate this old man, sending him straight to hell, but his conscience kept telling him that Emily would be in great trouble if he acted out of impulse and he couldn't do that to her.

No, at least not now. His position was still so weak, even though he was the beta of the pack. Liam was the one, who was still in charge of everything around here. He was the alpha.

At that thought, a sudden realization flashed in his dark blue eyes.

Should he become the alpha? So, no one would be able to threaten him again and he could do whatever he wanted.

It had never occurred to him before this. Eros simply accepted every order and demand that Liam threw at him, even though he didn't like it.

But, even after what he had done, his and Emily's lives didn't turn out to be good. These stupid shifters still couldn't accept him.

If they couldn't accept him as one of them, then they shouldn't have any qualms when he became the alpha of this pack, right?

They could keep ignoring him, but they wouldn't be able to ignore his order then…

If they hated him and Emily for no reason, just because they were different, it would be better if he gave them a solid reason for that now.

"Eros," Emily called him, as she walked into the room to warn him that their time had run out, they should go from here now. "It has been an hour, we have to get out of here now," she said in a low voice.

"Is there a guard?" Eros asked her calmly, as his claws retracted. His dark expression looked a little bit better now when he looked at her.

"There was a guard patrolling around this area, but I don't think he saw me or even realized that we were here," Emily informed him. Thanks to her, they could mask their scents and it was of such great help at times like this.

Meanwhile, Emily rummaged through the desks and found a syringe that she usually injected Xerxes with, so the frail man would go back to sleep again.

"Let's get out of here," Eros said, after Emily was done putting him to sleep.

Eros didn't say anything to Emily whether he would visit him again or not, if he did, how many more times. But somehow, aside from all the negative feelings and thoughts that kept invading her mind, Emily enjoyed this little secret and their short walk together in the middle of the night.

Eros had been so busy recently and so was she. Therefore, she cherished every second that she could spend with him, even though the risk was not a joke at all, because once the alpha knew about this, their punishment would be dire.

"Thank you for tonight, Em." Eros grabbed her hand and led their way out of here.

Emily bit her lips nervously and watched his broad back, he always positioned himself in front of her, so if something bad happened, she would be well protected.

"Hm," She mumbled as a response. "You don't need to mention it."

And with that, they walked away from this area, back to their bedroom.

Emily stole a glance at Eros, she wondered why he didn't say anything about their kiss earlier. He seemed to be acting like that had never happened, or maybe it was because she was too sensitive right now?

What response did she expect?

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Skylar was very upset to know that Zuri came along with them anyway, despite Chaos's disagreement. She couldn't help but complain along the way.

However, Zuri simply closed her eyes and fell asleep. She had a lot of things to think about and Skylar's protests didn't even get a tiny bit of space in her mind.

Knox brought them with him to the nearest city to Lucinda city, Grende city, to get a car for the three of them. While Chaos and Knox could teleport themselves straight to Gael's place, the three of them needed to follow the procedure.

They should get into the city through the main entrance and undergo all the stringent checks to get into the city.

There was nothing to be worried about, having stayed in that city for nearly a decade, Gael had planted many people in the government, thus it was easier to do this with his help.

When July and Sebastian came to this place, Gael had done the same thing for them and helped them to settle in.

Apparently, based on what Gael had told them, since the joint military force between the Artzees country and East Draghar in order to subdue the dragon had formed, the Artzees country became strongly armed in their neighboring country and started to invade them politically and militarily, since they didn't have any experience to deal with the supernatural creatures.

Artzees used that reason to prolong their stay and started meddling in their state affairs, thus after six years, it was hard to tell who was the leader of the East Draghar country right now, since all the regulations needed not to be approved by them.

Therefore, military power in this country was divided and many young people were serving in the military, because they needed a lot of manpower.

If the Hound was getting stronger, then it meant, Artzees could finally drive away the supernatural creatures from their land and their main target was the McKeltars and Shadow Moon pack. The two of them were the epitome of what they hated the most, where many supernatural creatures gathered around, flocking with each other like disease.

They could take back Fokosa city from the McKeltars and Aldrian city from Shadow Moon pack. Then, the rest of them would follow suit, because once they took down their biggest threat, the remaining supernatural creatures would be so easy to get rid of. They were akin to pests.

"Finally…" Norbeat sighed begrudgingly after all the trouble that they had to go through just to enter this city. He raised both of his hands after he came out of the car and stretched out his arms and legs.

In front of them was a hotel building, it was not that big, but it was quite decent for this city, since the location was not favorable.

However, the main function of this hotel was beyond what people in this city knew. It was a lowkey place for supernatural creatures to gather around under the government's nose. This place alone was a monument of mockery against them.

"Shut up, Skylar, or I will add more scars to your face," Norbeat growled at Skylar, who was still grumbling about Zuri, though the girl didn't pay any attention to her at all.

Skylar threw him a dagger look and walked toward the car trunk to get her suitcase, while Zuri simply took her backpack and walked straight to the hotel lobby along with Norbeat, leaving her behind.

However, when Zuri was about to enter the building, she caught a glimpse of a shadow darting toward her. Out of instinct, she raised her hand, ready to attack this person, until his familiar scent engulfed her.

"Heavens! You are so big already!" Gael screamed, while hugging Zuri, the way he did when she was a child and this took her by surprise. "Look at you! You are a woman now! You are not a little girl anymore!" he was so excited to see her.

"Don't be overly dramatic." Zuri kicked his leg and freed herself from his suffocating embrace. "We met five years ago," she said impassively.

"You call that a meeting? I barely saw you that time," Gael said begrudgingly, crossing his arms in front of his chest in disagreement.

Zuri waved her hand, seemingly not interested in talking about that. "Is Knox here?"

Gael raised his brows, surprised. "Why are you asking about Knox?" They were not close, right? "And moreover, why did you only bring a backpack? Are the rest of your things still in the car?" He asked in bewilderment.

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