Jeremy's POV
The warmth of the jacuzzi and that of the three women in my arms kept the cold at bay. The music was loud, the crowd was lively, overall it was a good night. While I drowned myself with alcohol, I had beautiful women by my side to keep me from getting cold. I pulled the blonde by my left closer without warning, and she collapsed on my body, a maniacal smile plastered on her face. Her hard silicone breasts pressed hard against my chest while we graced each other with the softness of our lips. Twenty seconds later, she hopped off my body, and paved the way for her dark haired colleague. Purposefully, she circled my hips around mine. The warmth of my hard outline embraced the softness of her buttocks, and my hands folded around her heavy breasts roughly. She moaned gutturally into the depths of my mouth, her curved lips exhaling a testament to the overflowing passion and heat between us. Realizing that their colleague had spent more than twenty seconds on my body, the other two girls got into a fight to pull her away. "No fighting ladies. Let's be gentle tonight." I cautioned before planting a kiss on each of their lips. The three ladies giggled happily before getting back to massaging and caressing every part of my body. This was the life, getting holed up in the palace all day long was no way to spend my youthful days. Being an Alpha was a very laborious work, one that required an industrious and hardworking man. After spending my day hooked up with the day's work, it was nothing short of justifiable to spend my night cooling off. Except during emergencies, I had a strict rule that forbade any disturbances once it was past ten pm. Although there weren't any strict punishments attached to breaking this law, my subjects obeyed it strictly. However, tonight was an exception. Without seeking permission, one of my elite guards, Aaron Radcliff, intruded into the club. "We have breachers, my lord!" He announced before I even got a chance to chastise him for his ungentlemanly actions. "Breachers or a breacher?" I asked, my voice laced with a bit of shock and disbelief. We haven't had any breacher for over five decades now. Having a random one show up just like this was not something we were used to. "Yes, my lord, just one though. We managed to capture her, shall we bring her in?" Aaron inquired. "Do you not see my current situation? You speak as though you've lost your senses." I bellowed at the insensitive man. How could he even suggest bringing a lowly creature before me at this moment interrupting my fun. He was lucky I was in a good mood tonight, things would have gone a lot differently if that hadn't been the case. "Forgive my carelessness Alpha, I spoke out of turn." Aaron apologized, his head lowered even more. I didn't say any more words to him, there was no need to warn him twice or reply to his expected apology. There were many things to focus on right now, wasting a second on an insignificant apology might cost me. "Excuse me ladies." I said to the sex workers beside me. The three of them grumbled in disappointment before finally leaving me to dry myself and get dressed. And only then did my mind trail back to Aaron's words. "Captured her?" I muttered under my breath, this breacher was a woman. It was quite a surprising and amusing discovery, women rarely breached. They did not possess the strength and agility of their male counterparts, which often led to their capture before they could reach the borders. For a woman to make it into our own side could only mean two things: she was ridiculously strong, or she somehow managed to sneak her way into this place, which would in turn make her a ridiculously clever woman. To escape the eyes of numerous werewolves was no easy feat. "Bring the breacher to me—" I paused to reconsider my orders. "Or on second thoughts, take me to her. I wouldn't want filth like her staining this sanctuary." I rephrased, and Aaron immediately got up and led the way. This breacher has somehow managed to pique my interest. I had no idea who she was, but for some odd reason, I wanted to meet her so badly. With our speed it wasn't long before we reached where the culprit was being held hostage. It was close to the border, and when we arrived the lady in question was already bound up to a tree. The moment my gaze fell upon her I could immediately tell that this was one was different. "Who are you? Or rather what are you?" I asked. "As expected from the Alpha, you noticed right away." Aaron praised. "She's not like the rest of them. She doesn't have our scent, neither does she have ours. But she's definitely not human, otherwise she wouldn't be able to do that to Frederick.." Aaron pointed to the wounded soldier on the floor. Although he was being treated, his wounds didn't seem to be healing. It was just as I suspected, this one was different. Aaron's answers were correct, but I wanted to hear everything from the horse's mouth. "Aren't you going to say something? Whether you live or die will be determined with your reply." She glared at me with her red eyes, rage and hatred evident in them. Under the disheveled hair, and the dirt around her face was a beautiful lady. High, delicate cheekbones added a sculptural quality to her face, her nose was perfect, and her round lips arched up in disgust at my words. She was resilient, and clearly hardheaded, but those qualities wouldn't save her when she was surrounded by enemies. I waited for her reply, but none came. On regular days, breachers were killed on sight, but thanks to her uniqueness, my soldiers had hesitated on killing her. Since they weren't sure of what race belonged to, they hadn't taken matters into their own hands. I really hoped that she would entertain me a little, but her scum attitude has done nothing but annoy me and chip away the little patience I had. Annoyed that she had not only made me leave my safe haven, but had also wasted my time, I closed the distance between us in an instant, my palm closed around her feeble neck. Since she wouldn't speak, then I'll make sure she never does again. With one twist of my hand, I could snap her neck, and that was exactly what I went for. My fingers twitched, but the moment I tried to apply the required force to carry out her sentence, I felt a heavy pull of attraction towards this stranger. In that same instant, the wolf in me awakened, and that moment I quickly came to realize that this breacher was my.. "Mate?" I wondered in my head. Surely my wolf has mistaken her for someone else. A lowly nobody like this couldn't possibly be my mate. "Stop it!" I yelled at my wolf, Fenrir, mentally. This was beyond games now. If it had been an omega from my pack, I might have considered mating her, but a breacher who isn't a wolf was not acceptable. Not only did it not sit right with me, members of the pack wouldn't accept it either. "Mate? That's impossible." I threw out orally. "Mate?" "Who?" "He doesn't mean the breacher, right?" Those were the most common questions that I heard from the little crowd behind me. I'd been so annoyed that I'd lost control of my own lips. "Silence!" I screamed out, and the entire forest went cold, even the nocturnal animals seemed to have obeyed too. The pull was undeniable, and from the way her eyes widened too, I could tell she could feel it too. Right now I was conflicted between being happy that I've found a mate, or snapping this breacher's neck to end this nightmare. We both stared at each other, her red eyes focused on my amber ones. The silence was palpable, and was only broken when I whispered, "Impossible, she must have entranced us." "What do you mean impossible? Entranced? There's no way my senses could be mistaken. I'm certain, she's my mate." My wolf opposed. The confidence in his voice was almost compelling. I could already feel the pull to accept her just from hearing how confidently he spoke about this breacher being my mate. There was nothing I could do at this point. Fenrir wouldn't stop screaming mate in my head, and I couldn't deny the air of attraction between me and this breacher. "Bring her back to the mansion." I ordered before walking away. She was indeed a strange one, and everything surrounding her was strange. Although killing her would easily solve the conflict in my head right now, I felt like getting more information out of her would help me a lot better. I'd already made up my mind, the slightest misbehavior would become her death sentence.“This isn’t how it’s supposed to go…”Adonis muttered to himself, his gaze fixed on the night sky. 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