THE ALPHA’S ADDICTION

Clem stood at the outer courts of their pack house, looking steadily towards the entrance to their pack environs as if he was willing a person or something to appear through it.

‘”What’s taking them so long?” He muttered to himself, checking his wrist watch. It was almost six pm.

“What are you looking at?” He heard a voice ask, and turning a little to the right to see who was talking, he saw Leo watching him. His mind-guess hadn’t been wrong. Only Leo had that type of deep baritone voice in their pack.

“Nothing really. Just waiting for them.” He replied.

“Shane and Derek??” Leo asked, taking a long glance at the entrance of the pack too.

“Yeah, Shane and Derek.” Clem muttered, not thinking it necessary to mention their Luna. He had seen earlier, after their Alpha dropped the bombshell of them merging with Arnold’s pack, their Luna and his friend Shane taking a walk outside the pack environs. He knew they must have gone to search for Derek.

Thinking of Derek, his soon to be alpha, brought a scowl to his face. He remembered that Emma had mentioned his name, the last time they had spoken on phone. He had known that she was with his friend. He had sensed it. He would have gone after them, if their Alpha hadn’t sent for him, interrupting his chase. All the same, he would try another day. He thought; He needed to have the feisty human before his friend.

“What do you think Derek will do if he finds out about this?” Leo queried, referring to the current issue of the warriors of Wind Winders pack taking residence in their pack for the meantime, with the said notion of boosting their defence and fight system against the White Sted Pack.

“I don’t really know.” Clem replied. “But I’m sure he wouldn’t find it funny.” He concluded in a tone of surety. He knew his childhood friend like the back of his palm, and so he knew that when he arrives, there would be a riotus(riot). Derek hated his uncle with an ungodly passion; although he thought his reasonable. Arnold was like a serpent; crafty and dangerous.

“Of course he wouldn’t. I don’t even find it funny.” Leo stated. ” It’s only our alpha that seems to find the deal wonderful and Arnold, honest. The dude is damn crafty. It’s all over his eyes.” He said, voicing his thoughts on the older man whom he had seen earlier today in the pack house. The glint in his eyes had been cunning and devising.

” Yeah.” Clem muttered, taking a short glance at his wrist watch in a bid to check out the time again. He couldn’t even bare the sight of the betrayer, his pack members warriors included. He couldn’t wait for Derek to be back. Although he wasn’t in the best terms with him now, he still knew they would agree on this particular one; Arnold had to leave with his minions.

“But what is the relationship between the two?” Leo asked, referring to his alpha and Arnold. He didn’t understand their deal. He only knew that the man wasn’t good news. Everyone in the pack thought so.

“They are brothers,” Clem replied. “Our Alpha is the younger.” He stated, taking a glance at his wristwatch again.

“Brothers..?” Leo muttered slowly, getting the whole gist of the matter, and why it seemed Arnold’s betrayal as he heard about from his fellow pack warriors seemed to be the most brutal. He was blood-related to their Alpha.

‘No wonder,’ he thought, as he ruminated on the matter.

He had been a rogue accepted into the pack when he was 14, and so he didn’t really know much about the history of Derek’s fall-out with his uncle. He had heard one time that the older man had almost killed his soon-to-be alpha. The Arnold was really a devil. He thought.

“But how did it happen, and why did he do it?” He asked, very sure that there must have been a motive behind Arnold’s betrayal.

“And why is our Alpha still bent on merging our pack with theirs after the whole fallout and betrayal??” He queried further, not understanding his Alpha’s deal too.

“Well,….” Clem was about replying to their best pack warrior when he sighted Shane and Derek walking into the pack environs. He could see from here that Shane’s face looked withdrawn, but his Alpha’s own was furious, very furious. He knew then that Shane must have told him the current issue on ground.

“They are back.” Leo said, voicing out his thoughts.

The duo watched as their soon-to-be alpha walked with large strides in anger towards them. If they hadn’t been sure that they were innocent of any crime, they would have cowered at the sight. He looked like he was about murdering someone.

As Derek drew closer to them, Clem perceived the sweet scent of Emma’s perfume, and it didn’t do good to his ego. His mind wandered around and around about how close the human he so much wanted and his alpha got to. ‘Did they kiss?’ He wondered.

“Where are they?” Derek’s voice interrupted his sinful thoughts, and snapped him out of its haze.

“They are inside the pack house, at the meeting area.” He heard Leo reply.

“So it’s true then.” He heard Derek mutter to himself, and cussed. Hell was about to be let loose.

He watched as his soon-to-be alpha left them there, not saying anything else, and stomped his way in to the pack house.

“Aren’t you going after him?” Shane asked him.

” I will.” He replied. “But where is our Luna? I saw her with you earlier today. You left the pack together. ” He asked.

“Yeah, she’s coming. ” Shane answered, not wanting to elaborate further. He didn’t consider it necessary and expedient, knowing Clem’s fondness for humans too.

“Okay then. Let’s go in.” Clem finally stated, walking towards the direction that Derek had just gone in.Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.