Chapter 02

Victoria Stephen

The moment that I saw him, my heart fluttered out of joy. It’s been almost a week ever since I saw him this close. I understand his passion for leading but I don’t understand how he can manage a day without me.

“ You look good, my alpha,” I whispered to his lips as soon as I tiptoed and claim his lips. Alpha Vladimir smirk against our kiss because we heard whistles from his circle of friends. He always wants to show his possession on me. And I’m okay with everything as long as it’s with him.

He chuckles as he put me in a tight embrace. “ I miss you, Victoria,” he murmurs as I felt his hot breath against my neck. A tremendous amount of nerves explode inside of my heart as I hear his voice.

Alpha Vladimir kisses my nape and for a second, I stilled when I felt him slide his tongue on it. He always has a fetish about my neck. An obsession. After a while, he chuckles to himself as he loosens his embrace and looks into my eyes.

I shivered at his glance. “ C-Congratulations,” I whispered as I felt the heat rush at both of my cheeks. I thought about a thoughtful gift for his success but I don’t know what he needed more because he seems to have it all.

A grin appears on his lips before he leaned forward and claimed my lips, once again. He snickered when we heard the music at the hall. On his arrival, he planned a grandeur party for all of his allies. A celebration of his success.

“ Thank you for everything.”

I nodded and felt the impact rush between every inch in my heart. One word for him and here I am, squirming for his touch.

The door opened, revealing his beta. He grins at me before he bows to his alpha.

“The party is already looking for its master, alpha,” he whispered. Alpha Vladimir nodded as he walked through the door.

My arms grab his making him stop. “ I-I thought we’ll spend the time with each other?” I asked in a sad tone making his Beta grins for more.

Alpha Vladimir looked at my eyes and smile. “ Later, Victoria. Later,” he whispered as he walks out of the door without looking back. I watch how my hand slips from his and how my heart felt heavy because I really thought that we will spend this time together.

After a while, the door opened revealing Beta Greg, like earlier he has this annoying grin in his face.

“ Alpha Vladimir told me to deliver this mask to you. He also told me that I will escort you to the party hall with a message that you should enjoy yourself for he needed to join his guests,” he quoted whilst giving me a mask for this party.

Annoyed, I grabbed it out of his hands and put it into my face wishing that it will cover my sour mood for this night.

He laughed before he gestures for the door. Beta Greg is just trailing behind me, whistling.

“I always admire your patience with Alpha Vladimir. It makes me keep on thinking why the hell would a smart and gorgeous woman like you would stick around with such poor treatment? It is the fame, the power, or the dick that makes you stay?” he whispered as we passed by the hallway.

I froze from my position because I was too stunned by his words. With shaking hands, I turned around to slap him but he caught it midway.

Nothing changed with his expression. In fact, his grins became wider and insulting.

“ How dare you?!” I whispered in a firm tone, avoiding to shout for I do not want to ruin this party for Alpha Vladimir.

Beta Greg shrugged his shoulder before licking his lips. “Stating the truth is my gift for you, Victoria. You seem to be blind about him,” he pointed out which makes my insides go into turmoil.

“ Are you bad-mouthing your Alpha?” I replied with astonishment, hearing his words.

He shook his head while looking at me. “We both know that you’re not his mate and you’ll never be,” he added which made me lose my patience.

Without any words, I walked out from him because of his insults. His words sting like a bitch because I know that it’s the damn truth. The mask, dark light, and slow music are perfect for my mood as I strode into the darkest corner of this party, not wanting to socialize but wanting to drink.

What Beta Greg said is true. I will never be the mate of Alpha Vladimir. Not even after everything.

The music fills the place but the noise from each guest combines with the sound. However, a moment later the gossips stop which makes me curious about what the hell is going on. My eyes search for something and what I found made my brows crease.

One of the omegas, slaves of our pack is dancing with an Alpha at the center of the dancefloor. His suit told me that he’s here to celebrate, one of Alpha Vladimir’s guests. But what the hell is he doing? A public affection of alpha to omega is nothing but a social disgrace to their name.

His mask is in a color of pitch dark and crimson red. Something about his stance told me that he somehow is not stupid enough to be doing this. Unless the omega is his mate which is obviously ridiculous.

I gulped my drink as I saw how he leaned forward to the omega’s body making her tremble. But then one thing caught my attention.

Blood. Blood is spurted to the dancefloor as he clicked his pistol and aimed the head of the omega. My eyes widens when he didn’t even blink as he shot everyone around them who’s watching.

Screams fills the room as I remain frozen in my place. I don’t know what to do especially when I notice that he wasn’t alone. Two more of them in a suit are killing every guest of our party. One is aiming flawlessly with his pistol and another one, using his knife to kill as blood spurted out of the body of his victims.

All of them are alphas. That’s why the wolves scream out of fear. Fighting with them is useless and running will give more chances for survival.

So, I close my eyes and run. Amidst the scream of our packs, I run to find Alpha Vladimir. He requested for him and his allies to have a private space and I know exactly where it was. At the end of the hall is a private room that I had booked for them.

With all of my will, I run until I reached the entrance of the hallway. I panted heavily, feeling the adrenaline rush from what I saw.

I needed to see Alpha Vladimir. He will save me from all of this. My knees are trembling as I approach the near exit where he was surely located but before I can grab the doorknob, a muffled scream escape my lips as I felt someone, grasping me from behind.

“ Uhmm…uhmm….uhmm..”

My hands automatically grabbed his arms, trying to push it away from me but he is damn strong. He holds my entire body as he forced us to move away from the door. My body resisted and I continue to shout until I heard a door cracking.

The masked man pushed me into the back of the door. My eyes widens when I saw his mask. The pitch-black and crimson red of colors mixed to paint a very exquisite mask. But my gaze landed on the pistol in his hands.

“You’re trying to get to your Alpha?” he whispers in a deep enticing voice. The crispiness on his tone didn’t escape me.

I shivered when our eyes met. His dark green amber eyes with no emotion. No emotion at all. His pistol found my chin, pushing it firm making me shut my eyes out of fear.

One click and I will be dead. But I wanted to try my luck with life.

“ Pistol won’t kill me,” I murmured as I felt the cold tip of the metal object pressed against my chin.

I heard a faint chuckle and a warm breath touch my skin. “Not unless its bullet was made from a very special material,” he whispers making me shiver for more fear.

My hands clutch the side of my dress as I open my eyes and welcome his intense stare.

“ W-Who are you?” my lips quiver at every word that I said. His emotion didn’t change at all, his lips gave me a smirk with his dull eyes.

The tip of his pistol travels from my chin to the sides of my neck until it stopped to my mouth, enough for it to be pressed against my bottom lip. For a moment, my heart stopped thinking about what he’s going to do.

Will he shoot me in my mouth? Is this the end of my life?

A tear escaped my eyes as I saw him grinning. He leaves me hanging as he looks outside of the room, giving me enough time to shift, but before I did, I felt him close the distance between as and me, falling out of oblivion.

But before I can fully see the dark, I heard him say a word. “I’m your Alpha King, little wolf.”