UNTAMED: THE ALPHA

Emily's heart shattered when she saw the way Eros threw a death glare at the man, who kissed Zuri. He must be her significant other. She knew that because Eros had told her about that man, assured her nothing would happen between the two of them, since they had their own important persons in their lives.

However, what Emily saw right then had completely shattered her fragile belief in what Eros said, that despite them being mates, they were not compatible with each other.

Eros had reassured her and said every word that she wanted to hear, to put her heart at ease, but it would be too difficult after what she witnessed tonight.

Emily also watched how the three men disappeared in the blink of an eye, along with Zuri, who was kissing her man. There was this relief that marred Eros's features when he didn't need to watch it for a prolonged time. She also didn't need to see how angry Eros was to witness that.

Yet, the look in his eyes, would forever be etched in her mind because Eros had never looked at someone with so much jealousy and killing intent like that. He was the most gentle and caring man in her opinion.

"Eros," Emily called him, she was carrying her backpack along with one more bag in her hand when she approached them after she calmed herself down. She didn't want Eros to see she started freaking out again because of Zuri.

After all, they were about to leave, they wouldn't cross paths again. She hoped they wouldn't.

Hearing his name being called, Eros turned around and approached Emily immediately, as he took her backpack and the other bag from her hands. His expression had returned to normal, as if the anger that she saw earlier was only in her mind and he actually didn't make that face.

"Let's go," Eros said, as he slung the backpack on his shoulder and grabbed the other bag in one hand, while he grabbed Emily's wrist with his other hand to escort her to the car, which made Emily clutch onto him, as if her life depended on it. It made Eros a little bit confused, but he didn't say anything.

Eros put all the bags in the backseat, next to Colton, as Emily would sit next to him.

Before he started the engine, he also did what he always did; he would check her seatbelt and make sure that she was buckled up.

Eros had been in a lot of accidents during his missions, most of which were fatal, but because he was a shifter, he had survived all of them. But Emily's case was different. She would die in an instant if she had to experience such a thing, therefore, he took extra precaution whenever he was with her.

Moreover, this was their first trip together out of the pack, so he didn't want there to be any mishap.

"Are you ready?" Eros asked, as he started the engine, which let out a soft grunt.

"Yes, let's go home." She wanted to scream at him to get her out of here, she wanted Eros to be as far away as possible from Zuri. "Let's go home, Eros."

On the other hand, Colton, who was sitting at the backseat could feel the tension in the air, he stared at Eros, but the young lycan refused to look at him.

Eros was deep in thought. He didn't have to say goodbye to Zuri, but then what would he get by saying that useless thing?

The next time they would meet again, that would be the time when they would end things between them, breaking the stupid mate bond that tied them down without their consent.

However, no matter how many times Eros told himself that he didn't want his mate and being together with her was an impossible clause and they lived in two different worlds, which wouldn't let them cross paths with each other, the image of her being kissed by another man kept playing in his mind. His blood boiled whenever he remembered the way that man touched her.

"You will break the steering wheel," Emily said gently, as she grabbed his hand.

Only then did Eros realize that he had been gripping the steering wheel too tight, and any tighter than this, he would break it and put all of them in danger.

Slowly, he loosened his grip, but said nothing. He didn't even look at Emily, whose face was crestfallen, because she knew what was going on in his mind, more or less.

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"How do you plan to get to the alpha?" Zuri asked Knox, because he managed to calm Gael down and led them toward the pack house.

There were a few people, who were still on the streets and awake at this hour, but they didn't say anything, the most they did was to stare at them, since they came in peace, they thought these four people must be travelers or guests of someone, since they had passed the guards and were allowed to roam around this pack.

"Go straight to the pack house and ask where the alpha is," Knox said lightly.

"What?" This was not the first time for Zuri to do this job, but they had always been lowkey, therefore there had never been many confrontations and commotion.

But, it would be a different story if they used Knox's method.

"Are you sure that's safe?" Zuri looked at Chaos, who didn't say much, he just stared at her and played with her hair. What happened to him?

"Are you talking about your safety when you are with the three of us?" Gael cracked his knuckles in excitement, despite he was the one, who told them that he was too old to fight. "Are you losing your wits?"

Zuri came to him and pinched his arm for saying that.

"What is that for?" Gael protested.

"Shut up," Knox snapped.

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