4

The sound of the cups, plates and cutleries clatter to the ground in blind rage, shaking everyone still present in the hall. I ball my fist in anger, letting a low growl escape  from my lips.

I am angry, furious and embarrassed.

All along I knew this would happen, I saw it coming but I did nothing to stop her hoping she would have the sense to not take any stupid decision she thought about. I am visibly shook with rage that I could think about is tearing her down I’m the most brutal way for such humiliation.

I immediately sent my men, the Wolfgang, to go after her. Heavens know where she has disappeared too. I do not even want to know because the moment I set my eyes on her, there is one thing for sure I was going to do.

Break her.

She has  humiliated me enough. One thing that would spread throughout the whole of infinity city and I can already imagine the unbearable rumors going around:

Alpha’s supposed Luna had rejected him.

What are shame?!

I feel so sad for him.

The thought of the rumors brew a sick guts in me and I immediately want to smash something—Anything. I reiterate back to my chambers, feeling my head heavy with anger. I hear footsteps approach, and my breath ceases in my throat when I sense whoever it is coming.

Alfred.

“Please tell me you’ve seen her.”

He finally comes into my full view, his eyes are dropped down and his head is hung low. It is bad news. I can perceive that much, yet I wait for him to speak.

“We could not catch her, Marcel. She disappeared as swiftly as ever and we could not grab a hold of her. Rumor has it that she is hybrid and that was why she was able to run that fast. She is—”

“Shut up, Alfred” I growl.

How on earth does this news makes me feel better? The fact that he is even doing a good job making excuses for himself pisses me more that before and before I can say ‘ace’ my claws are out and clawing swiftly at his jaws.

He looks back at me horrified. I really do not care about his countenance right now. I am beyond mad rage to care about that. My breathing is harsh as I slowly, more gently transform into my wolf form. Fixing my gaze—glare at Alfred’s petrified face.

“Make sure you find her and bring her back even if it means doing anything you can.”

He lets out a knowing scoff, looking straight back at me, I can hear his thoughts. Loud and clear. But no way in hell am I going to just accept those thoughts like that. The thought that Daphne Jennings, my supposed to be Luna and mate is out of infinity city and nowhere to be found.  I tighten my fist, clenching it so hard until I could taste blood. A low feeling if alarm envelops me.

What if something had happened to her?

What if the black wolves had come back for her, probably they have been lurking around, waiting for the right time to finish her off and if that is the case, then this may just be a good opportunity.

What if she never returns back to infinity city? Sure enough I had scared her away and even promised to break her if she ever sets foot in this city.

But thinking about it now, it is sickening. It makes me sound like some bloodthirsty vampire.

I try to imagine her looking terrified, her hair falling across her small face and her brows created in worry. The only thing that is hard to place is the look on her eyes. Her deep dark eyes  which is as steel as the word itself. Unwavering and daring. Like they are challenging you to come at her. She’s fierce. Feisty. And if there is something to love about her then that is it.

My thoughts are in disarray. One moment I am seeking to break her, tear her apart and make sure I sniff the life out of her so she could feel how humiliated I am and the next moment, I am going through reasons why I like her, thinking of her and even getting worried about what may become of her.

“By dawn, we could arrange more men to search thoroughly for her. My gut feeling tells me she maybe hiding in the city.” Alfred’s voice pulls me out of my trail of thoughts. I had even forgotten he was here.

“Fine.” I say, “You send more men to look for her tomorrow and make sure, Daphne Jennings is brought back into this chambers.” I order, dismissing his presence.

There is a high probability that Daphne may not be in the city and even if she was then where could she possibly be hiding? And then there is chance of her still around the city. After all, this is her birth city and she practically grew up here.

Yeah the same city where her parents were brutally murdered and you did nothing about it. I hear my subconscious sneer in whisper, causing my brows to fold deeper in a frown.

Her parents death was noy my fault right? She was a hybrid. A mix of the werewolf and witches blood. No one was ever going to take her serious and in my defense, I tried.

I tried to do the much I can for her but then it was the black wolves and they are terribly evil wolves that no one wishes to come across. Maybe Daphne was right. I was a coward after all. Pretending to be this mighty Alpha who ruled infinity city like his father did, but deep down, I was just—scared.

The thought increases my anger towards her, the fact that she knew my reasons why I never went after the black wolves to avenge her family’s demise and as much as this irks me to say, I feel terrible for her.

But I have always been my father’s son. Father would have been so proud of the accomplishment I’ve made so far for this city. For the people of infinity city and one measly lowlife who unfortunately happens to be my mate would not ruin it. Would  ruin me.

She may have to try harder than expected.

Albeit, I could feel the wheels in my brain turning. Even if Daphne had left the city, she could not possibly leave alone. She could have left along with someone but then, Daphne does not have any relatives in infinity city. It was just her, her parents…

A small knock jolts me out of my thoughts.

It is Gina.

I know her scent. I could tell her scent. But what I do not understand is why she is here at this moment and for what reason. I slowly turn around to take her in.

She is wearing a black slip on dress, a jacket hung loosely on her body and she focuses her sea green eyes on me. Gingerly taking slow yet careful strides towards me.

“What do you want Gina?” I ask, still letting my eyes trained on hers as she walks closer to me, a sly smirk playing on her lips as she settles on a chair next to me.

“News has it that you were rejected at your interesting  announcement and celebration of your suppose mate…” she trails off, mischief dancing in her eyes while she brings her palms to her mouth as if to stop herself from talking.

“Oh no…let me rephrase that. News has it that your supposed mate flatly rejected your exuberant proposal and not only that, but she also had the guts to call you a coward.” She finishes, the look on her face feels like she is sympathizing with me.

If I did not know better, I would easily be fooled. But I knew better and whatever Gina was trying to pull was only a great success to string out my remaining anger.

“What the hell do you want Gina?” I rumble, trying to take calming breaths to ease up the anger.

Gina tsked, “Oh nothing. I mean what could I possibly want after you had fully thrown me aside just to accommodate a Luna who does not even care about you.”

I could sense what Gina was doing. I could hear  the unspoken thoughts brewing up in her head and she knew I could fully read her. That explained how bright the smile on her lips grew as she clapped in delight.

“Need me to explain anymore what I want? Because right now, it is all about what you want Alpha Marcel McClain.” She said sultry, drawing her self closer to me and making sure to softly whisper the words in my ear.