A STRANGER IN OUR TERRITORY

KNIGHT

I settled into my chair like a throne, the worn leather, creaking beneath me as I stared down at the men who had made me be in here in the first place.

My eyes, bloodshot from the continuous hunger, scanned the room.

The men before me trembled, just as it was supposed to be.

I could smell it, a pungent aroma that only served to intensify my madness.

"I want blood," I growled, and I could hear their gritting teeth, "I want flesh." My neck snapped, the sound echoing through the chamber.

My eyes gleamed with a feral light, I am not just a werewolf but a hybrid, born from a mother with dragon blood while my dad is a deadly dangerous alpha.

The dragon blood coursing through my veins like liquid fire, it has always been him who takes over me mostly, he only gives my wolf the chance when we are to shift.

It made everyone call me a beast. From childhood, I got so used to the name that I made everyone believe that it was my birth name.

My head snapped toward them again, as I asked the question burning through my head.

“Why did you call for a meeting!" My voice let out and the men exchanged nervous glances.

One of them, a grizzled old man, who called himself one of the counselors, stepped forward.

"Alpha, we mean no disrespect, but… We thought it was a good idea for you to take in a Luna. A mate to help you control your...condition."

I laughed, the sound of a low, dangerous rumble, it is a sound that they all fear.

“Condition?” I repeated and they were silent, "You think a mate can tame me?" I fired back and they all looked down, not able to meet my gaze anymore.

“How dare you bring in the matter of a mate to me!" I roared and the men cowered, their tails between their legs.

I glared at them, "How dare you tell me what to do?" I snapped, my neck twitching with the effort of containing my beast.

“Oh…” I paused at this, “You want to bring in your daughter to become my mate..” they all shook their heads in unison, but they already made the mistake of speaking about the topic at first.

With a swift motion, I sped off from my chair and reached out to the old werewolf. My teeth-baring, I slammed him against the wall with a bone-jarring crash

“Al…. Alpha… we did…” his words were cut short as I snapped the old werewolf's neck.

His body crumpled to the ground, the sound of his collapse echoing through the chamber.

The other man's eyes widened and immediately they fell to their knees, pleading for mercy.

“Alpha! Forgive us, we are sorry for crossing our limit!" They all yelled at once and I sneered.

"We deserve death alpha! Please forgive us!” I let out another devilish laugh.

"Death!” My voice echoed and they knew they had chosen the wrong word.

"Since you want it then..” my leg sped through them, picking up the first man.

Just as I was about to deliver the final blow, my door burst open, making my gaze move in that direction.

“Who dares ruin my feast!" I growled and Brian my beta, sprinted into the room.

“Him, again.." my beast grumbled, not happy with his appearance.

“Can't wait to kill him," he let out again, and then I turned to Brian gritting my teeth.

He stopped a few meters from me, noticing my beast was in control.

"Alpha There is a stranger in our territory. An almost lifeless woman." I turned to him, my hands still outstretched, ready to strike.

But something in his words gave me pause. A woman? Here? We don't have many women in my pack. No women from outside our pack want to be with our men because they believe we are a beast and their parents will quickly get them to be with other men instead.

The few women in our pack are the ones who were produced before my reign, they are the only ones producing the women we have here.

My beta approached me cautiously, his eyes locked on mine.

"She… it seems she needs our help, she doesn't look like she could ha... " I kicked him backward, making him grunt in pain.

“Kill her! I don't care!" I ordered, but it felt like my beta was sent to annoy me today.

He sped back to me, “Try to see her for once, remember the saying.”

I raised an eyebrow, at this, my neck tilted to the side, "Bring her to me."

But before my beta could respond, a sweet, intoxicating aroma wafted into the room, capturing my attention.

It was a scent unlike any I had ever encountered before, rich, heady, and irresistible.

My head snapped up, my nostrils flaring as I sniffed the air.

“Who owned this scent?” I growled, my wolf rising to the surface.

Everyone was silent, not uttering a sound, as I sniffled around trying to grasp where it was coming from, then I recalled Brian’s words.

“Bring her to me. Now!”

Brian nodded, disappearing into the shadows. I waited, my senses on high alert, my wolf pacing restlessly beneath my skin.

And then, she was brought forth, a delicate, porcelain-skinned woman with hair as brown looking all weak as they dragged her inside.

She was unconscious, her body limp in the arms of the men who held her.

My wolf growled, recognizing the scent as belonging to our mate.

Never in my life have I ever felt so possessive, my dragon blood roaring to the surface.

"Mine," he snarled, striding forward to claim my mate.

The men trembled, releasing their hold on the woman as I snatched her from their grasp.

I cradled her weak and small self in my arms, inhaling her scent, and immediately felt my bloody hunger finally sated, and my angry mood disappeared.

But something caught my attention, blood around her neck, she was bleeding continually now staining my robe going mark on it, I leaned further and that smell wafted my nose.

“Wolfsbane…” I whispered and snapped my head at Brian.

"How did she get here?” I asked and he swallowed hard. "We don't know, Alpha. She just appeared at our border, unconscious."

I glared at him, my eyes narrowing. "Find out who she is, how she got here, and who hurt her! Call the doctor!”

“Wh… what… yo… you…” I glanced at him and saw that shocking gaze, I have never been this calm with someone so I understood his plight.

“Will you call the doctor or do you want your head rolling on the ground!”!8 bellowed and he nodded.

“I will call him… him.” he stuttered, scurrying off to obey my commands. I turned my attention back to the woman in my arms, my wolf purring contentedly as I held her close.

She was mine now. And I would do everything in my power to protect her.