UNTAMED: THE ALPHA

Xerxes watched as Emily grew uncomfortable. She couldn't say the reason why she was here and wanted to talk to him in the first place.

"Do you want to know what Eros and I were talking about?" Xerxes knew his guess was right. He could see how Emily became even more nervous and to cut off the conversation, she was about to put him back to sleep, but the former alpha spoke something that caught her attention. "He was asking about his mate's past."

Eros had never told Xerxes that Zuri was his mate, but a cunning person like Xerxes, even when you asked a simple question, he could conclude some information out of that.

Asking a question to him was akin to explaining yourself and your motives, especially when Eros visited him so often.

"What?" Emily couldn't mask her surprise, she looked at the former alpha, hurt evident in her eyes. "What do you mean?"

Despite the pain of being woken up like this, Xerxes found himself enjoying playing with this naïve, young girl's feelings. It was so much fun to see the turmoil in her eyes when he said those things, this was even more exciting than when he talked to Eros.

"He wanted to know why Zuri left this pack," Xerxes said and then continued to tell her about a few things that Eros asked about Zuri. Even though the entire conversation between them was not about her, he made it sound like that.

On the other hand, Emily didn't even know that Zuri was part of this pack. She knew there used to be a white wolf here, but she didn't know that it was Zuri. She thought it was common for a wolf to have pure white hair like her, just like how Eros had black fur in his beast form.

Emily's head was spinning with this information. She stopped Xerxes as she needed to go to Ariana. The healer was waiting for her. She put the former alpha to sleep.

"Are you okay?" Ariana asked with concern when she saw Emily coming so late and the look on her face was not particularly good. "Did something happen?"

Emily shook her head and forced a smile, so Ariana could stop worrying about her. "It's okay, I slept late last night and Eros didn't wake me up this morning, sorry I am late."

Emily sat down in front of her desk and started to take out all the equipment that she needed.

"Oh, okay…" Ariana mumbled. The reason was convincing enough, since Eros loved her so much, he must want her to stay in bed for a little while. "Oh, I just want to let you know that the alpha was here a moment ago, he was looking for you."

Emily lifted her head in surprise, she blinked her eyes, as if she didn't believe what she heard. "Why?"

Ariana shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know. But he told me to let you know that he is waiting in his office room."

"You won't come with me?"

"He only asked you to come."

"Should I go now?" Emily grimaced at the thought that she needed to meet with the Alpha alone. It was a very rare occasion for her to have a one on one meeting with him.

"Yeah, you should. He didn't seem to be in a good mood, it will be good if you don't let him wait longer." Ariana looked relaxed, she was always so calm.

"Do you have any idea what he wanted to talk about? Can you give me a pointer?" Emily could feel the same nervous feelings that she felt when she talked with Xerxes. Did the alpha know about that? Impossible…

"I don't have any idea," Ariana chuckled. "But, if it is his study room, I think Eros and Colton will be there. You don't need to be so nervous."

The information let Emily breathe in relief a little bit and then she walked out of the room to go to the alpha's office, where she found Colton and Eros.

"What are you doing here?" That was the first thing that Eros spoke when he saw Emily had come. He didn't like it when she got involved in anything related to the pack, especially if this concerned the alpha's interest.

Eros tried to reject the mission earlier when Liam told him to bring Emily with them, yet he was not the alpha and he couldn't refuse a direct order from one.

"You all can leave, I called her to come and discuss something with me." It was Liam who answered Eros's question, as he stood up from his seat.

Eros narrowed his eyes, he didn't budge from his position, as he studied Emily's expression. He knew her so well to know that she was not comfortable with this meeting. "No," Eros said firmly. "I will stay here."

Emily was surprised when she heard how Eros rejected the order, but to be honest, this was not the first time for him to reject an order from the alpha.

"Eros…" Emily whimpered, as she tugged on his sleeve, while Colton grew anxious with Eros's defiance. "It's okay, I will just talk with the alpha for a while."

On the other hand, Liam tilted his head. He was amused by how Eros grew even more brash every day. This young lycan didn't have a single bone of submissiveness in his body, even if it was in front of his Alpha that he had to back down.

"Why are you so angry, Eros? You don't think I will do something bad to her, right?" Liam didn't even flinch under Eros's hostile glare. "You don't need to be worried, I will not harm a single hair on her head."

"You can talk with me here," Eros said coldly, he ignored Emily's attempt to make him back down.

"Very well," Liam agreed readily and then looked at Colton. "You can leave."

Seeing the situation, Colton resigned himself and left the three of them.

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