Chapter 5: Be my wife

~Zenaida~

Beta Stephen's words kept playing into my head. I was thinking about the identity of that alpha and was hoping that he's not worse like Alexander. I was hoping that he won't hurt me just like what others did to me. Whoever he is, I hope that he won't take advantage of me because I don't know what will happen to my life. I have no one left in me because there's no way that I am going back to where everyone judged me, especially my family who abandoned me like I wasn't part of them. 

I've tried to wash all the negative thoughts away from my mind and focus myself on the way. We've been traveling for almost an hour already and I have no idea where they are taking me not until Beta Stephen spoke up.

“Prepare yourself because we're here.”

My mouth widened when we suddenly stopped in front of a modern and elegant house. This is my first time seeing such a house. There's no kind of house back in my parents' pack as well as in the Red Moon Pack. The one who owned this might be a billionaire.

“Where are we, Beta Stephen?” I asked the moment we stepped out of the car.

The beta let out a deep breath before he responded to me. I can't stop staring at him because there's something on the way he looked at me.

“This is the place of my alpha and you are about to meet him.”

I suddenly felt my heart pounded once again when he mentioned his alpha. A lot of images kept playing in my head about that man because I really have no idea about him. I can't ask the beta what pack his alpha stayed at or what his name is because he doesn't want to talk about it. He wanted me to find it out by myself and this is it. I am going to meet my alpha.

I took a deep breath before entering the house when it suddenly opened up for us. The moment that I stepped on the floor and when I saw a very familiar face of a man, my world suddenly stopped moving. Legs started trembling when I recognized his face.

A man sitting on the couch, wearing a dark aura, surprised me as I entered the door. He's waiting for us while his legs are crossed. I froze in my direction as I mentioned that ruthless name.

“Alpha Ares.”

The man stood up, his hands inside his pockets and glared at me. Slowly, his lips formed a smirk making me almost fall to the ground not because I found him attractive but because everything is clear now.

Alpha Ares Salvatore, the well-known powerful Alpha King, a womanizer, and cold-blooded man of few words, was actually my savior. This is the Alpha that Beta Stephen was referring to earlier.

Damn. My savior is actually the alpha of the Silver Moon Pack. This is insane. This can't be happening. I know, I was hallucinating. This man in front of me is not Ares. No, not him.

I turned my back to the door because I wanted to leave as soon as possible. My life would get worse in the hands of this alpha. I don't know what he wanted from me. All the happiness and excitement that I have felt from earlier were replaced by fear, worries, and regrets after knowing that I would end up in the hands of Ares. That alpha, he's worse than Alexander. Damn it. 

As I have the chance to run, I take it in the hope that I can still escape. However, a strong hand stopped me from leaving and he pinned me against the wall. My heart almost jumped out from my rib cage.

“Where do you think you're going, Zenaida?”

I opened my eyes and Ares' blue eyes met mine. His deep breaths could be heard and when he spoke up, his hot breath hit my face. Everyone describes him as God-like but he doesn't possess a God-like personality because he's a ruthless Alpha. He played a lot of women.

“Let me go, Alpha Ares. You can't have me.” 

I'm trying to escape from his grasp but he's not letting me have the chance. I don't know what he wanted from me but I know he has reasons for saving me. He would probably blackmail me and I'm in big trouble.

“There's no other way out, Zenaida. Have you forgotten that I saved you from your supposed execution after you killed my cousin, Alexander?”

I was relieved when he suddenly let me go. The moment he did that, I tried to open the door but didn't know how. F*ck.

“Correction, I didn't kill him. I was just accused!”

Ares turned his head to me with his usual dark aura. I don't know what he went through to become this ruthless. No wonder he's Alexander's cousin. They came from the same bloodline, a royal blood.

“I know which is why I save you.” 

Shaking my head, I crossed my arms. The Goddess knew how scared I am now but there's no way I would let this man know what I felt. I have to fight back if I need it.

“Saving someone without any exchange is not your motto, Alpha King. I may not know you personally but I have heard a lot of things about you. Whatever you wanted from me, shut it off. I can pay you money for saving me. Just let me work on it.”

Alpha Ares furrowed his brows, arms were also crossed just like what I am doing. He was looking at me before speaking up. Ares walks back to where I was standing. I froze in my direction once again but fortunately, he stopped an inch away from me.

“You are right. I am not saving anyone without an exchange. You're smart and I don't need to explain it further to you but let's just be specific. I took you away from your supposed death because you're useful. You are fit from what I have been searching for and because of that, you are obliged to pay me. I don't need money because I have a lot of it.”

I grit my teeth. Alpha Ares was using what he did for me to use me from whatever his plans are. If I tried to escape out of here, I would be facing him. He's capable of killing me in just a blink of an eye and I don't want that to happen. Perhaps, I really owe him for saving me from my death sentence. I think I have no choice but to do what this Alpha wants and when I get the chance, I will find a way to escape out of here.

“Then what kind of payment do you want, Alpha Ares?” 

Ares suddenly smirked.

“Be my wife.” Ares uttered.

My world suddenly stopped moving, my heart pounding so fast, and my body started trembling from what Ares had mentioned to me.

“W-What did you just say?”