Five

WARNING: this chapter contains descriptions of sexual assault

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The room instantly felt too hot and Chloe tried to swallow, her mouth feeling dry. A hand on her naked arm made her jump and she looked up to find Nathaniel towering over her, his eyes lasciviously roaming over her body. 

“You know, I never found my mate?” Nathaniel suddenly spoke, his voice low. “I searched and searched but after years of disappointment I finally gave up. For a while I was okay with not having a mate, not having a family but as I get older I realise that I can’t run this pack alone and certainly not forever. The pack needs a Luna. We need hope that there is a future…” 

Chloe knew what Nathaniel really meant. He needed an heir to continue his family’s dynasty and he had chosen her to be his baby maker. She groaned, trying to move herself away from the Alpha. The closeness of his body was too much, his scent making her stomach turn. Her attempts to escape backfired though as she found herself backing up into the bed. The edge of the mattress hit the back of her knees, knocking her off balance and she let out a cry as she fell against the mattress. 

Above her, Nathaniel chuckled, the sound sinister. “Well, you’re certainly making this easy for me, aren’t you?”

“No! Please…” Chloe gasped, trying to push herself up but her head was swimming and her limbs didn’t want to cooperate. “I think I’m drunk.” 

“Hush now.” Nathaniel’s voice came from somewhere nearby. “You don’t need to do anything. Just be a good girl and lie back for me.” 

Her dress suddenly loosened and cool air fanned her naked back. The lash marks were now nearly gone. All that remained were silvery lines across Chloe’s creamy skin. She shivered as the dress fell off her arms and down her torso, leaving her upper torso bare. She gasped in horror, arms flying up to cover her breasts while her cheeks turned bright red. 

“No hiding, Chloe.” The Alpha’s voice comments, his hands wrapping around her wrists and pulling her hands away easily. “Let me see just how beautiful you are.” 

Chloe whimpered, her arms tensing as she tried to pull them free from the iron grip on them but failed. Nathaniel was far stronger than her which terrified Chloe even more, her heart racing as panic bubbled up inside of her. She whined in protest when the older man’s mouth crashed down onto hers, his tongue forcing its way into her mouth brutally. A sharp pain in her left breast had her crying into the Alpha’s mouth, her eyes wide in horror as Nathaniel squeezed her breast painfully, his nails digging into the supple flesh. 

“This is what you do to me.” Nathaniel groaned, bucking his hips violently into Chloe’s own, his arousal poking her making her stomach turn. “Feel that, baby? That’s what you do to your Alpha. All I can think about is driving my cock into your sweet pussy.” 

A growl of arousal filled the room, Nathaniel’s arousal wafting over Chloe, sticking to her skin and making her stomach turn. She tried to push him away, almost screaming when Nathaniel’s teeth clamped roughly around her nipple, the tender bud smarting in protest at the assault. 

“Alpha! Please!” She sobbed, wriggling desperately to get away. 

“Look at you begging for it…” Nathaniel smirked, pushing himself up to stand once more. “I usually like a bit of foreplay but since you’re so eager…” 

How could this man not see that this wasn’t what Chloe meant?! She didn’t want to have sex with him! She wanted to go back to the den where it was safe! 

She tried to crawl away but squealed when a loud smack echoed through the room, her backside stinging from the attack. 

“Now, now, don’t be trying to play hard to get.” Nathaniel chuckled behind her, the sound of fabric rustling and a zipper being undone following. “You know you want it.” 

“No!” Chloe cried, ready to scream the house down if she had to. 

Bang! Bang! Bang! 

“Alpha!” 

Both Chloe and Nathaniel stilled as the muffled voice of one of the guards shouted through the door. When neither moved or said anything, the guard banged on the door again. 

“For fucks sake!” Nathaniel snarled, pulling his pants back up and stalking to the door.

Chloe couldn’t stop trembling as she quickly moved to get her dress back on. Her skin was red and blotchy in places from where the lusty male had grabbed her rudely. Taking deep breaths, she forced the panic and shock down into the darkness of her mind, trying to calm herself down. A splitting headache was attacking her right eye and deep into her skull but she forced herself to focus. She needed to get out of here without being raped. 

“Sorry, my Alpha.” The guard at the door spoke when the door was yanked open by the seething Alpha male. 

“This better be important, Omar.” Nathaniel growled, his aura filling the room so heavily that even Chloe flinched and cowered. 

“It is. The guests are here.” 

“What?!” Nathaniel hissed. “You must be wrong, they aren’t meant to be here until tomorrow.” 

“It’s no mistake. Their envoy arrived about five minutes ago and they are outside.” Omar replied. 

Nathaniel let out a curse, glancing over his shoulder at Chloe. Clearly he was unimpressed that he had been interrupted in the middle of raping an innocent girl but these guests were incredibly important and he couldn’t screw this up. He and his colleagues, the Alphas on neighbouring packs, needed this pipeline.

“Fine. I’ll head down to greet them. Get the girl out of here.” Nathaniel spat before shoving past Omar and storming downstairs. 

The moment he was gone Chloe felt like she could breathe. She glanced at Omar who was looking at her, pity and shock in his pale green eyes. She recognised him from the night she had been lashed. He had been the one to give her advice to try and ease the pain of each blow.

No doubt she looked a mess. Chloe could tell her hair was no longer in the neat bun she had put it in and her make was probably ruined. Her cheeks flamed in embarrassment and shame as she imagined that everyone in the Alpha’s mansion had probably heard what was going on thanks to their supernatural hearing. 

“Chloe.” Omar spoke up, his voice quiet, making Chloe glance up. “Take a moment if you need to but walk out with your head held high. Don’t let those pigs out there get a kick out of seeing you like this." 

It made sense and Chloe gave a small nod, turning her eyes to the mirror hanging opposite the foot of the bed. It only took a few minutes to wipe away the smudged lipstick and make sure she had no mascara under her eyes. There was no saving updo her hair had been in but in truth she was happy to let the icy locks free if it meant it helped with the migraine threatening to split her skull open. 

The sound of male voices wafted through the air as Chloe followed the guard along the landing towards the stairs. One was most definitely Alpha Nathaniel but the others were unfamiliar. However, it wasn't until she was on the stairs that Chloe caught a glimpse of these so-called important guests. 

There were five of them in total from what she could see. Four males and one female. The aura they exuded suggested they were high ranking wolves but not from around these parts. One of the males and the female had similar features including thick dark brown hair, black eyes and bronzed skin that was pulled over taut muscles. Another one of the males had sandy blonde hair cut close to the scalp and green eyes. His skin was golden like he spent a lot of time in the sun; however the scar that peeked out from under the V of his shirt suggested he was also a fighter. He was muttering to his companion, the third male who had mousy hair falling in waves over his shoulders which would have any girl jealous. His baby blue eyes were intense as if absorbing in everything around him. 

But it was the last male that had Chloe almost falling over herself. 

He was the one that held Alpha Nathaniel's undivided attention and yet this young male seemed not so interested. His black hair glimmered like satin under the lights and his hazel eyes were almost feline as they watched the Alpha. His own power and dominance rolled off of him in waves, knocking the air from Chloe's lungs. His high cheekbones and straight nose gave him a godlike complexion that were perfectly complemented by broad shoulders, tattooed arms corded in muscle and full lips that were currently pursed in concentration.

He was handsome. Unbelievably so but Chloe couldn't work out why she couldn't look away. It wasn't like she hadn't seen attractive looking men before. Werewolves were naturally beautiful but something about this male had Chloe captivated. He was easily the definition of dangerous and perfect even with the scar that split one of his perfect black eyebrows in two.

Perhaps she had been staring too long or maybe it was just a werewolf's natural instinct to be aware of what was going on around them at all times, but as she and the guard made it onto the ground floor, those otherworldly hazel eyes landed on her, boring into her with such intensity Chloe gasped. His features were as smooth as marble, giving away nothing about what he was thinking or feeling and yet colour bled into his eyes, turning those green-blue eyes the colour of fire as his wolf pushed to the surface. The display was gone as quickly as it turned up and in a blink of an eye, the mysterious male looked away, focusing on Alpha Nathaniel as if Chloe and the guard didn’t exist. 

“C’mon,” Omar muttered, a gloved hand wrapping around Chloe’s upper arm gently to urge the small she-wolf onwards. “Let’s get you back before the Alpha gets annoyed.” 

Chloe just nodded and let Omar guide her away.