Claimed by the Alpha: Luna's Awakening novel Chapter 2

Chapter 2

Ada gave her a potion to soothe her frayed nerves. She made Carmine drink it as she sat on the edge of the bed. She didn’t give her the drug to sedate her, afraid that it might kill her because she was already weak even though it went against Alpha’s orders.

Carmine went off to sleep after hours of tossing and turning. When she woke up, it was almost mid-morning. Determined to leave, she got out of the bed and took a long bath as she thought about her options. When she came back, her phone was buzzing. There were ten missed calls. When she picked it up, Kade barked, “Why weren’t you picking?”

“I was t—taking a bath,” she stuttered. “B—but Alpha Kade, I can’t live here. I will never, ever be your mistress.”

“Oh, really?” he growled. “Try leaving. Trust me, I will drag you back. If you don’t believe me, then check outside your window.”

She walked to look out the window and, to her surprise, she noticed five warriors guarding the lodge. “You’ve got guards!”

He let out a dark chuckle. “Yes. You can’t escape, my little wolf. You are mine, even though I have rejected you. Don’t forget that.”

Carmine shuddered after he threatened her. She wanted to argue, but thought the better. It would further rile him up. In order to escape, she needed to calm down. She dressed up and went to the dining room for breakfast. She inspected the lodge, checking for escape routes. There was one, but it had a window of ten minutes. That would do.

Kade hadn’t come, but he called her in the evening just before dinner, as if to ensure that she was still there. He sounded tense when he said, “I will be there in two hours. I am in a meeting with the Alpha Supreme. Don’t even think of stepping out of the lodge. My wolves will shred you into pieces. Even if you managed to escape, Alpha Supremes’ wolves will kill you!”

She didn’t answer, knowing that she couldn’t provoke him. She already had a solid plan in her mind.

At dinner, Ada served her with grilled lobster and garlic bread with red wine. “You’ll need it,” she said with a smile that reached her eyes. “My cousin isn’t bad…” she remarked. “He is under a lot of pressure…”

Without answering, Carmine sipped wine and really liked it. Its flavor burst on her tongue and she gulped it all down. Soon she was two glasses down. Little did she know that the wine was drugged.

Her job well done, Ada brought a very drugged Carmine back to her bedroom, thanking the goddess. The drug would have an after-effect of enhanced sexual urges, but at least she prevented her from escaping.

Ada knew the Alpha wouldn’t throw her in the dungeons; he would kill her instead if Carmine escaped under her watch, even though she was his family.

In the bedroom, Ada laid her on the mattress, took her shoes out and after she was sure that Carmine wasn’t able to move, she switched off the lights. Carmine was murmuring and touching herself. Ada chuckled. Maybe she would earn brownie points from Alpha now that Carmine couldn’t stop her sexual urges.

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Theo was never angrier. He had met with Kade Marshall and gave him one last offer to join his empire. In the private room where he was with Kade, who was also his half-brother, Kade insulted him calling a bastard. Theo lost control and attacked him. The two had to be separated by their Betas, and it took two more warriors to hold Theo back.

Instead of going in his car back to his home, he shifted and ran through the jungles to calm down his Alpha wolf, Thunder. It was not long before he left his warriors behind him.

Thunder ran, his powerful muscles rippling beneath his sleek, ebony fur that glistened silver in the moonlight. His golden eyes scanned the surroundings with predatory focus, alert to every sound and scent that wafted in the air.

His keen ears discerned a distant hoot of an owl and the rustle of small mammals in the undergrowth. He darted between ancient trees, leaping over fallen logs, weaving through a maze of branches. His fangs glistened as he occasionally peeled his lips to snarl.