Chapter 5

Chapter 5

I could hear murmurs from somewhere. There were voices I couldn't recognize and I could tell by the way they were talking that they weren't happy with what they were discussing.

I even heard a few words that slowly awakened my spirit as if it had been dormant for a long time. Their conversation coincided with the heavy rain, while I tried to blink my still heavy eyelids.

Attack.

Fight.

Hunters.

Zenios.

Zenios ...

My pack. What happened to our pack? Where am I? Luhence? What happened?

I tried to open my eyes and scanned the whole place from the white-coated walls to every single object inside. None of it was familiar to me. Everything was foreign to me, including the scent that lingered inside the room.

This wasn't my home...

No matter how shitty my living situation was in Zenios, that was, without a doubt, the only home I had.

Where am I?

Starting to panic, I tried my best to pull myself up. I groaned when I felt the pain in every fiber in my body, as if I got slammed on the ground countless times for me to feel this way right now. When I felt the dryness of my throat, my eyes roamed around the room again until I spotted the pitcher of water on the bedside table.

Despite my hands feeling so weak, I did my best to lift the pitcher and poured myself some water. I was able to drink a little, until my hands finally failed to grip on the glass. It fell on the floor and shattered into pieces, stopping the people outside from talking about what happened to my pack.

Embarrassed by the mess I made, I was about to get on my knees to clean it up when I noticed the chain on my ankle that's connected to the bed. My face turned pale as fear began to thrum in every vein in my body; seeping in every fiber and sending me chills down my spine.

This can't be...

I swallowed. Wherever I may be right now, one thing is for sure.

I am not safe...

My eyes shut as I tried to remember the last thing that happened before I woke up here. I remember the hunters who attacked us. I remember getting shot. And then I remembered running away from the battlefield and falling somewhere far from Zenios Village.

And then, I saw him...

My blood drained from my face as my lips parted in fear.

"Calgary..." I uttered with a hint of horror in my voice.

As if I unconsciously summoned the beast nobody wanted to meet, the door swung open and the brutal and ruthless Alpha of the Claivan pack entered the room wearing his black shirt and faded jeans. His manly and intimidating brow cocked at me while his jaw was locked in a way nobody would wish to see. 

Dangerous... was the only word I could use to define this man. I've heard tales about him, and no matter how strong I am, his presence could still scare the shit out of me.

"It's Alpha Calgary for you, pup," he said, his voice alone was enough to make me tremble in fear and... something else.

I unconsciously pressed my legs together, afraid he'd smell the scent of desire seeping through my sensitive flesh.

What the hell is going on with me?

Calgary paused. I shuddered in fear when he suddenly looked at me as if he sensed the brewing lust within me that I couldn't control nor explain. He then folded his strong arms in front of his chiseled chest as he scanned me from head to toe.

With a clenching jaw, he let out a sharp breath before he cleared his throat. "How was your week-long sleep, hmm? You seem too comfy in my bed..."

I blinked. "Your... bed?"

He didn't answer my question, as if he was studying me. His gaze made me chew my bottom lip as I stared back into his pools because, goodness, he reminded me of the ocean.

Dangerous when it's too calm...

When I couldn't handle his effect on me anymore, I finally looked away before I gathered the last of my strength to speak my mind. "I have to go home."

His thin lips stretched for a dangerous smirk that almost made my heart stop from beating. It wasn't easy to scare the shit out of me, but this man, it felt like even Auror would back down once she saw him, even in his human form.

"Who said you aren't home yet?" he asked in a calm way that made me tremble.

I swallowed the pool of my saliva in my mouth while I reminded myself that he's not my Alpha and I wasn't supposed to submit to him.

"I'm not dumb. This isn't Zenios, so this isn't home."

He whistled, and the moment Calgary laughed softly, the little hair on my nape stood at its end.

My heartbeat doubled when he took his steps towards me until he was finally towering over me while I sat on the edge of his bed. I almost shivered when he held me by my nape before he clutched my hair a little tighter. The expression on his face terrified me to the core, but when his gaze drifted towards my neck, I felt it.

His desire to bury his face on my neck and dig his canines in my skin to brand me as his...

I saw how his jaw clenched before he brought his gaze back into my eyes. "You got a filthy mouth, pup. You should consider yourself lucky," he said softly, but there was a hint of warning in his tone.

"W-Why? Because you saved me?"

He smirked as he tightened his hold onto my hair. "No, because I spared your life, pup."

I pursed my lips, getting irritated with the way he calls me pup, as if that was an insult.

"I didn't ask you anyway. I owe you nothing--"

I gasped and my eyes widened when he brought our faces closer, his eyes were now like a pair of blazing sun.

"Such a foul mouth for someone who came from a weak pack." He took a couple of steps backwards but his eyes remained gazing at me as if I was a prey he was about to attack in no time. "You better start behaving accordingly, pup. Trust me, you wouldn't want to get me angry."

He turned his back on me and was about to leave when I spoke. "Zenios is not weak. We just happened to have a better Alpha. An Alpha who rules his pack with mercy and compassion... The things I can clearly say that you lack."

As if I hit the wrong nerve, Calgary turned to me again with a smirk on his face. I fucking hate that smirk. It was like a silent warning that a storm was about to come my way.

"You think your Alpha leads his people the right way? You think those shits will matter in the real world? Well, then prove it, pup."

He removed the chain on my ankle before he towered over me like a confident beast.

"Run, pup." He bent down until his minty breath was already caressing my cheek. "Run as fast as you can, because you're gonna regret it once I fucking catch you..."