167 Alpha's Whore

Kirsch's POV

Cerberus almost lost it at the horrible accusation.

I doubted that man cared about Willa's safety at all. Willa was clearly hugging Cerberus and was NOT showing a sign of being forced of any kind. He said that purely to irritate and test whether Cerberus's mind was mad enough to lose control at a false accusation.

[Cerberus! I don't want to lose you! I'll die if I do!] Willa almost burst into tears at Cerberus's frantic roar, [Take control of your temper for me, please!]

Cerberus's body stiffened, but in the end, he loosened up into a defensive position without carrying out the attack!

[They are here just to investigate, not carrying out a sentence. They would have attacked me with more lethal force if they have any evidence against Cerberus.] I told Willa with a bit of relief. At least Cerberus wasn't losing it at this moment.

[But now they have already seen him, what do we do?!] Willa's arms were shivering in fear.

[It proves nothing so long as Cerberus doesn't go in rage. I can deal with them so long as they don't get direct evidence that Cerberus is a mad rogue that poses dander to others.] I said, panting. Full speed run burns energy fast.

[Okay...] Willa nodded with her eyes closed and took a deep breath to calm herself, and Cerberus rubbed his head against her, trying to give comfort.

"Wolf, shift and talk to us." The man demanded, staring at Cerberus.

Waves of anger washed through me -- it was Cerberus's anger coming through the mindlink. He was THE Alpha and there was no way he could tolerate such insult.

"How dare you talk to an Alpha like that, dog?!" Willa stepped up and burst out at that man with a rage that I had never seen her show before, "He is Taran Evernight, Alpha of the Gemini Crescent Pack. Apologize now, low life!"

I didn't understand why Willa went out and insulted him at first until --

"How dare you, wolfless?!" The man frowned with an icy tone as he took a step forward threateningly.

"What? You insulted my Alpha first! I'm just returning the favor and that gets you riled up? You are not a mad wolf, are you?" Willa curved her lips, grinning evilly, and the man's eyes dimmed at the realization that Willa exposed his little trick.

Cerberus smirked and loosened up, watching Willa taunt that man.

"Who are you, little girl?" The man fixed his eyes on Willa.

"Willa Welsh, just a wolfless under Alpha Taran," Willa shrugged and stood beside Cerberus but not in front of him, "You should give your own name first when you require one, especially when you are stepping on a territory that doesn't belong to you."

The man pursed his lips in anger, but instead of bursting out at Willa, he glanced at Cerberus sullenly before he nodded: "My apology. I'm Derek, special agent of the Treaty, and I came here to investigate a matter involving the mad rogue beside you--"

"Who are you calling a mad rogue?!" Willa cut him off coldly.

"I'm sorry, an allegedly, mad rogue." Derek corrected himself quickly this time.

"Thanks for the effort to look into this for our people, special agent Derek," Willa nodded, queen-like, "Like I said, this is Alpha Taran, our previous Alpha before Alpha Kirsch. He's not a mad rogue, and certainly not the target you are looking for."

"Of course. But he seems to be at the summit of his power," Derek bowed with his vicious eyes locked on Cerberus, to which Cerberus responded with a grunt, "May I ask how he lost his title, with all due respect?"

"You have a funny way of showing respect, agent Derek." Willa frowned in displease, "He didn't 'lose' anything. He gave the title to Alpha Kirsch simply because he doesn't see the trivial matters of running a pack as the goal of his life, but it doesn't mean that he takes light of his people, or insults from a low rank like you."

Derek was fuming angry at this point, but making a move at Willa was the stupidest move he could take at this moment -- a moment before he could prove it reasonable to attack a legit Alpha.

The more furious Derek was, the happier Cerberus became.

He was enjoying watching Willa taunt Derek, and if she ever gets too far, he knew he could solve any possible attack in her way so he no longer cared what Derek had to throw at him.

She found the best strategy to keep Cerberus calm.

"Am I speaking to the previous Luna of the Gemini Crescent?" Derek suddenly changed a subject, fixing his eyes on Willa.

"You have got eyes. I don't bear a mate mark on me, do I?" Willa shrugged it off. She saw through Derek right away -- he wanted to make a fuss about Taran's mate mark. It stings our beasts the most.

"So does the Alpha speak for himself, or do I have to endure the filthy mouth of one of his whores from now on?" Derek asked with a vicious smirk, checking Willa from head to toe in a disrespectful way.

[Die!] Cerberus burst out a roar without even realizing Derek couldn't hear his words.

Derek saw through Cerberus's special attention toward Willa and he shifted his attack to her, successfully riling Cerberus up! He not only tried to irritate Cerberus by insulting Willa, but also dared him to talk. He couldn't--

Mad rogues couldn't talk smoothly. Their grammar falls apart. That was common sense.

[Alpha! Don't listen to him--] I blurted nervously as I felt his burning anger through the mindlink, but right at that moment--

Willa chuckled.

"Not that you got it right, but I'd LOVE to get under my Alpha if I was ever so lucky." Willa caressed Cerberus's ear lazily with a naughty grin. She circled his ear tip with her finger tauntingly and that was luring away all Cerberus's attention, extinguishing his fury instantly.

Derek and his wolves stared at Willa with their jaws dropped to the ground --

No one touches an Alpha's ear in such a taunting way. Willa denied Derek's sexual offense, but at the same time proved that her relationship with our Alpha was beyond intimate. It was such a brilliant retort that it hit Derek speechless.

I had always admired how Willa could deal with ill intentions thrown at her with elegancy easily.

"You--you..." Derek repeated that word several times, not able to form a full sentence.

"What? Cat got your tongue?" Willa giggled at Derek's stammer, and her bright and condescending smile sucked away my soul, "You need a lesson or two on how you are supposed to talk, agent Derek. I suggest you mind your tongue in case you lose it for real when you mess up with the wrong people next time."

"How dare you talk to me like that?!" Derek burst out, losing his cool and hypocrisy with his finger pointed at Willa, shaking.

"I dare," With an evil smirk, Willa's eyes moved from Cerberus's ear to Derek lazily, "Because I'm the Alpha's exclusive little whore. So I get to step on low ranks like you simply because MY Alpha indulges me. Got a problem with that?"