Chapter 3

Alpha Ravok

Five Years Later

It's been five years, five fucking torturous years since I last felt her, since I last felt the woman who made my cold heart feel warm. “Any news about her?” I asked my Beta who'd just entered my study. 

“To be sincere Alpha Ravok, even if I were a wizard, it would still be impossible to find a woman just by how soft her skin felt and how warm she made you feel, so I'm sorry, but no, I haven't!” He replied then let out a deep sigh.

He was right. My Beta was right and I fucking hated it! If my enemies had not been so smart to attack me by making me blind first on my way to a ceremony that night, I would have seen and been able to recognize her. Fuck, now I wish I had not killed those bastards who tried to get rid of me. I could have prolonged their torture, made them suffer ten times more than I was already suffering from being away from my dream woman. 

And no, I didn't just leave my Beta in charge of looking for her, I had also done it myself but failed miserably. It was almost as if I had had sex with an angel who disappeared after. 

“Get out! Do not stop the search until I tell you to!” I barked the other at my Beta. 

“But Alpha what is the point of searching for a woman you had a one-night stand with when you've agreed to the elder's request to get a mate and marry her?” 

“I don't care Ken, I don't care about the lady the elders have arranged for me. You know I only agreed to do what they wanted because I've been tired of their nagging, so whoever they bring will leave this packhouse the moment I find the woman I want!” 

Speak of the devils! Just as my Beta left my study, the elders…Joseph, Ezekiel, and Felix entered. They were old men, by far older than I and at least five of my generation. In the kingdom, elders had longer lifespans than a normal wolf, including Alpha's, which was why they had great wisdom. However, being their Alpha, they didn't fail to pay respect to me. They bowed slightly and then went straight to the point.

“Alpha Ravok, after several years, we've finally found a woman who has agreed to marry and birth your child.” Elder Joseph said and a low growl left my lips. Who would be foolish enough to agree to this? To marry and mate with a man who had no heart? Who treated people like they were tools and was even rumored to have killed his parents? I fucking thought no one would be so stupid enough to do this, that was why I agreed to the elder's demand, but after five years someone did?

“Who the fuck have you arranged for me to marry?!” I snapped. Fuck, I was always so angry. But who wouldn't be?! And from the way the elders exchanged meaningful glances, I knew the fuckery had not ended. I would definitely hate what they were going to say next. “Speak!”

Elder Felix stepped forward, cleared his throat, and said, “Unfortunately for you, despite being the man every woman wants to have sex with, no one wants to risk marrying a cold, angry man like you for they fear you might get too mad one day and kill them in their sleep.”

Fair. I truly was mostly angry. It was like a curse, but she had made it different. The woman I truly wanted made me feel warm for the first time in years. She made my wolf melt in love. 

“However, one lady reached out to us and offered to do it. The only problem is that she's a rejected wolf with two kids.” He whispered the last words, like he was ashamed but I had heard it loud and clear. 

“What?! I barked. I thought I had heard and seen it all. That nothing on earth could surprise me, but that did the trick. Did the elders of my pack just say that an Alpha like me should settle for a rejected single mother? Wasn't this like a taboo or something? 

“Are you all out of your mind?! How dare you insult me like this?!” I yelled, using my Alpha aura. It was so strong, the room vibrated. 

“Alpha Ravok, we understand your delima but this is the only way. This is the only way we can get an heir from you. You almost died the last time and goddess forbid something like that happens again, and you die, we would lose a great bloodline. This woman is decent, we've assessed her already and I'm sure you'll like her.” 

I laughed. Not because it was funny, but because of how ridiculous the fool who spat out such nonsense sounded. I already had a hard time connecting with people because of how angry I always felt and the fool of an elder thought I would ‘like’ a rejected single mother? What would people say? That the Alpha couldn't find a decent woman to marry and settled for a reject?! 

“You fools are just lucky that you've got protection from the heavens, else I would have killed you all right here and now!” I loosened some buttons now feeling extremely suffocated. “Now listen well, send whatever bitch you've found and send her back. Look for some other woman. If you fail to do so within two months, then I do not want to hear more nonsense about me settling down.”

“I'm sorry Alpha, but we can't do that. Miss Anna and her kids are already downstairs waiting for you, we can't just send her back. However, I would plead that you check her out first and if after evaluation you still don't find her worthy, you can send her back.” Elder Ezekiel, the oldest elder and the man I respected a little finally spoke. He was the man who'd stepped up and become a father to me when I lost my parents, so even though I was angry, I decided to just do what he said, very surethat I was going to send her back.