UNTAMED: THE ALPHA

"Lucinda city?" Eros frowned. "What do you want me to do there?" It could be said that they had never gone as far as Lucinda city, since that place was filled with a lot of human beings and it was hard for them to enter that place, if they didn't have strong connections. "Why should I go there?"

And more importantly, there was the fact that he didn't want Emily to get involved with anything related to this pack. He was well aware that Liam had his eyes on her talent, but he shouldn't think of taking this too far, especially when Ariana was still the main healer in this pack.

"I need you to meet with someone," Liam replied. He didn't seem surprised with Eros' blatant refusal. He tended to be overprotective whenever it involved Emily. The girl still held a lot of value to him, even though he had met his own mate years ago. "You don't need to worry, I have prepared everything. There will be no problem."

Eros narrowed his eyes, it was clear to see that he didn't trust him at all with what he was saying. It was nonsense to say there was zero risk in taking any mission that he had to go on.

"I will go, but Emily will stay," Eros said resolutely. "You don't have any reason to get her involved in this."

Liam tilted his head. He didn't have the same sentiments like Eros did. "Why couldn't she get involved? She needs to prove that she is useful to this pack. I took her in because of you, but now I can see how smart she is in what she is doing. I should give her a chance to prove that she is useful."

Eros didn't like this discussion at all. "This is not up for discussion."

"Exactly." Liam clapped his hands excitedly and then stood up. "I want you and Emily to be ready early tomorrow morning, I will drive you to the border myself. So, rest up and let her know about this. I will give you the details on our way there."

The two of them were in the alpha's office room and now Liam wanted him to go out, because he had something to say to Colton, his gamma.

"Why don't we send Ariana? I will go with her." Eros was fully aware that he would be in dispute with Colton if he got his mate involved in this, but then he didn't think it was fair to get Emily involved when he thought Ariana was more suited for this job.

Ariana had been in this pack longer and she was way more skillful than Emily, thus why didn't Liam just give the mission to her.

And just as expected, Colton glared at Eros for his suggestion. "Ariana is not a human. It is only right to send a human to that place."

It was the first time for Colton to talk in a condescending tone. If there was one decent person in this pack, it would be him, but he wouldn't be so nice to deal with when it came to his mate, just like the other shifters. They were very protective of their mates.

"I am not human," Eros retorted in a mocking tone.

"Of course, you are not," Liam spoke slyly, he smiled understandingly at him, which made Eros want to throw up. "This is only a simple task, if everything goes well, you will return in a day. Treat this as a chance for Emily to have interaction with her own kind. Don't you think this is a good idea?"

Eros hated to be around humans, he still remembered his life before joining this pack, where he had to be their experimental object until he managed to run away from the facility. It was just Emily, the only human that he could stand.

Aside from her, he would gladly kill them all in one clean move, especially those linked to the facility.

"Do you think I will return?" Everyone was aware one of the reasons why Liam kept Emily in this pack was for Eros. Because he would return to wherever she was. The girl was the assurance, but what changed now?

"Of course, you will, where else will you go?" Liam didn't treat his question seriously. "If something happens to you there and people know who you are, do you think Emily will be able to leave unscathed? You don't think humans are that nice, do you?"

Emily would be dragged down with him, if the people there found out he was a shifter, a lycan. He knew better that humans could be more despicable than monsters.

"You can leave now," Liam said, as he waved his hand, once he saw the understanding in Eros's eyes.

With that, Eros walked out of the room, he lowered his head not because he was ashamed at the thought he couldn't stop Liam from sending Emily away to Lucinda city, but to hide the hostility in his eyes. The wrath that he felt for this wretched alpha.

If he was the alpha, no one would be able to order him around and no one would dare enough to threaten him and the people that he cared for.

If only he was the alpha…

This was one of the reasons why a lycan was the most dangerous creature among the other shifters, it was because of their nature. They didn't like to be ordered around and leading was their second nature. And, the way Liam treated Eros only worsened his anger.

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"Why do you keep bothering me?" Knox scoffed when Zuri entered his room. This time she didn't even bother to knock on the door. She threw herself onto the sofa, completely ignoring his question. She reeked of the smell of alcohol.

"I am tired," Zuri slurred a while later. Her hazel eyes were fixed on Knox, who was standing next to the window, staring into the distance. He often did this, as if he could see something, or someone in a place so far away from where he stood.

"If you are tired, go back to your room and sleep there," Knox was angry at her, but she had long stopped caring about it. "This is not your room."

Zuri was silent, she chewed on her lips before she spoke again gloomily. "Your scent is close enough to his."

Among the other shattered souls, it was Knox's scent that smelled the most like Chaos, thus despite the fact that Zuri was annoyed by him, she always looked for Knox whenever she couldn't find Chaos.

This was the longest he ignored Zuri and she felt hard to breathe whenever she thought she wouldn't see him again.

"So, you come to me just to sniff my scent?" Knox frowned and this comment made Zuri grimace, she threw a disgusting look at him.

"That's not what I meant!" she snapped at him. "Why do you use such weird words? That makes me look like I am a dog!" Zuri growled.

Knox rolled his eyes when he heard that. "Whatever, but stop coming to my room without my permission."

"Will you let me in if I ask for permission?"

"No."

"Exactly." Zuri laid down on the sofa. "That's why I never asked."

Knox was annoyed by her, thus he chose to avoid this girl, as he disappeared from this room, leaving her to sleep on the sofa alone.

Zuri didn't realize that Knox was no longer inside the room, because not long after that, she blacked out.

She woke up the next day with a splitting headache. She didn't even realize that a shifter could experience a hangover this horrible since they had great healing ability. Why couldn't her body cope up with alcohol?

"How much did you drink?"

Zuri groaned and held her head when she heard his voice. He was so close, until she could smell his scent.

"You look horrible," Chaos said impassively, he looked ashen upon seeing Zuri's current state. "I hope this is the last time I see you like this."

Zuri was still trying to grasp the situation, weighing whether this was just a dream or not, but when she heard what he said, her head boiled with anger, the headache was forgotten for a moment.

"Maybe if you can face me instead of running away, I will not be so miserable like this." Zuri wanted to bite him, her mind turned violent at the sight of Chaos in front of her, but at the same time, a wave of relief hit her.

"I told you not to come here," Chaos said. He extended his hand to caress her cheek, but Zuri swatted his hand away angrily. Her hazel eyes were ablaze with anger. "But, you didn't listen to me."

"Why can't I come when I can help you more if I am here?" Zuri gritted her teeth. "Are you trying to push me away now?"

"I am not trying to push you away," Chaos replied patiently, he looked a little bit haggard, but his blue eyes indicated that he was fine. "I am trying to stop you from resenting me."

That again!

Zuri only let that feeling slip for a brief second and Chaos caught it.

"You are willing to keep me close to you, even though I can kill you. But, you can't have me with you because of that mere stupid feeling?" she asked incredulously.

There was pain in his voice when he replied. "I would rather have you kill me than be resented by you."

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