Overpowered

LUKAS’ POV

I decided that it was best if I just let her go and visit her parents because her voice was starting to get very irritating to me. I didn’t like the fact that she had decided to make it her mission to annoy me each time she lay her eyes on me. Letting her visit them was not only going to give me a piece of mind, but it was also going to save her from a lot too.

Of course, I wasn't about to allow her to go out there on her own, I wasn’t about to take the risk of allowing her to go back to her pack unaccompanied. I wanted her to go with one of my guards to make sure that she and her parents wouldn’t try anything funny. I didn’t want any of them to even think that she could stay there and not come back. I must admit that I was a little unsettled with her away from me. I had sent the guard with her but that didn’t make me feel any better and at this point I realized that I should have gone with her myself. I knew that I was the only one who could control her and I didn’t even want to imagine what she would do to my guard or how she would try to manipulate him. I knew that she was still innocent in a lot of ways, but I had learned that women learned manipulation skills at a very young age and I felt that this was the case with Elena.

However, despite the discomfort that I was feeling, I couldn’t follow them. I didn’t want it to be seen as if I didn’t trust myself, I didn’t want anyone else to get the wrong impression of me and that was the reason why I wouldn’t follow her.

Ever since Elene and the guard had left me in the morning, I had been in a very bad mood and by now everyone in the palace could see that today was a bad day for me. They were keeping their distance from me because they knew that if I was in a mood like this it was easy for me to kill anyone. I hadn't heard anything from the guard ever since they had left in the morning, despite the fact that I had instructed him to call me as soon as they arrived and as soon as they left he had only called me when they got there and I was expecting a call from him to say that they were on their way back since the day had already ended. I couldn’t understand what was so hard in the instruction that I had given him. The only thing he had to do was make sure that I was kept in the loop so that I would relax and right now I wasn’t relaxed and it was all his fault. I had tried calling him and he wasn’t answering his call. I decided that if they were not back by dinner I would go and fetch them myself, which wouldn’t be a good thing for the guard who definitely wouldn’t live to tell the tale of how he allowed himself to get delayed.

As I was sitting in my office literally staring at the clock that was on the wall, I heard a low knock on the door and I jumped up. I knew it was the guard because of his scent and the fact that I couldn’t pick Elena’s scent made me hope that she was already in the room waiting for me.

“ Come in” I said clearing my throat and tucking my hands in my pockets.

“Alpha” he said, bowing down as he walked in.

“ What the fuck happened today? Did I not make myself clear on what I expected you to do?” I asked him.

”you did Alpha but…” I cut him off because I didn’t want to hear him making any excuses about his incompetency.

“ Where is my mate?” I asked him and he sighed. I didn’t like the way he sighed. He sighed as if he had some bad news that was weighing heavily on him.

“ Where the fuck is she?” I yelled at the top of my voice as I got around the table and started walking slowly toward him and he backed away.

“ She refused to come back alpha” he said, and I slapped him so hard he fell across the room.

” A female wolf overpowered you?” I asked him, both disappointed and disgusted in the fact that my own guard was weak.

” She ran away” he said, and I rubbed the bridge of my nose and sighed.

”Get the fuck out of there” I said and he looked shocked by the fact that I was letting him off the hook so easily.

“I will deal with you later now get the fuck out of here”, I snapped, and he ran out.

I wished I could say that I couldn’t believe that Elena had one this but I had kind of known that she would pull a stunt like that. I could tell by the way that she kept insisting on going and even after I made it clear that she wasn’t going anywhere, she kept pestering me about visiting her family. When I told her that my guard would be going with her she seemed very uncomfortable by that and I could see that that was because she wanted to pull this stunt.

I punched my office desk and watched as my hand bled. How could I be so stupid? I paced around the office trying to think of what to do next and there was no way that I was going to go pack to that pack and run after Elena. Her parents were also to blame for this because we had a deal. How could they allow her to stay when they still owed me the money that they owed me? Or maybe they were doing this because I had neither claimed nor marked Elena. I knew that that was something that I should have done a long time ago. I picked up my phone and dialled her father’s number. The phone rang for a little while before he finally picked it up and with every ring I was inching closer and closer to smashing the phone on the wall.

“Alpha..’ her father said in a panicked voice.

“Mr Johnson, I don’t like being played for a fool” I said, clenching my fist.

”I know, sir and I apologize for my daughter’s behaviour” he said, and I swear I could hear Elena sobbing in the background.

” When will she be coming back?” I asked him “or do I have to come and get her myself?” I asked.

“No Alpha, I will bring her to you myself” he said.

“ No need to do that, I will fetch her tomorrow morning” I said and there was silence on the phone for a little while.

“ That is okay sir,” he said.

” Put her on the phone”, I commanded him. I could hear the background noise as he handed the phone to her.

”Elena” I said in a calm voice and she kept quiet. why was she so frustrating?

“I will see you tomorrow morning” I said, and then I hung up even though I was yearning to hear her voice. I wanted her to say something, even if it was just hello. I wanted her to apologize to me and tell me that she didn’t know what had gotten into her and why she had done what she had done, but I knew that that was not something that she was going to give me.

I wasn't sure of how I was going to be able to make it through another night without her. Why did she keep doing this to me? Did she enjoy seeing me so tortured and in pain? Did she enjoy hearing the pain in my voice? I kept wondering about all these things as I poured myself a stiff drink and gulped it down. I just hated the way that Elena made me feel. Couldn’t she see that I loved her?

I was definitely going to be dealing with that guard later on. I wanted to punish him in her presence so that she could understand how things worked around here. I wanted her to know that no sin was ever going to go unpunished in my mansion and, since I couldn’t punish her, I was going to punish anyone who enabled her to disobey me. She had to understand that nothing was ever going to be swept under the rug and although I wasn’t going to do anything to her, I knew that she wasn’t going to be happy or comfortable with anyone paying for the mistakes that she would have committed, especially if it was her parents. I was going to punish my guard in her presence tomorrow morning but I was going to make it clear to her that if she tried doing what she had done today, her parents were definitely going to be the ones who paid for her mistakes.