Alpha Loren

As we neared the door to the office, I tried my best to free myself from Andrea.

"What, Blanca?" he asked. "You're afraid of him?"

"Andrea please-" I began. 

"Don't bother," he said with a short laugh before opening the door and pushing me in.

I had hoped I was going insane. But my eyes were met with exactly what I had dreaded. Maybe I'm hallucinating now?

"It's not possible," I whispered as I scanned his body. It seemed very real and extremely alive.

"You're dead."

The man stifled a laugh and turned the swivel chair he was sat comfortably in a few degrees to the left, "Is that what your Alpha told you?"

"He killed you," I said surely.

"Yet here I am," he shrugged, a sly smile tugging at his lips.

He then stood up and stepped forward slowly until he was a mere few centimetres from me. He examined me, and picked up a strand of my hair and felt it between his fingers before dropping it back down and his hand finding it's way to my chin. Using the tips of his fingers, he lifted my head so I had no choice to look him in the eye.

"Nice to see you again, my dear little cousin," he said. "It's been a while."

"Luciano," I said, his name filling me with more hatred and loathing than you could imagine.

He smiled in that cold, emotionless way before turning my head to the side.

"Yikes," he said running his finger along my cheek, which was still bruised from when Andrea hit me a couple of days prior. "That's gotta hurt."

I couldn't bring myself to give him the satisfaction of a response so I just kept my mouth shut.

"I see Martinez is finally giving you the treatment you deserve," he replied. "Because Alpha dearest is out of the picture? I also hear you're not quite so brave without the threat of him around?"

I scowled which only amused him more.

"How are you still alive?" I asked, my curiosity itching like a nasty rash.

He sat back down and put his hands behind his neck, "Do you want to tell her or should I?" he said to Andrea.

"The honour is yours," Andrea said with a grin.

"Your Alpha lied to you, sweetheart," Luciano said. "He let me live."

"After everything you did, why would he do that?" I asked, refusing to believe it. 

"Looks like you aren't the only one Leonardo has a soft spot for," Andrea replied.

"Even Alpha Leonardo Loren couldn't bring himself to murder his childhood bestie, so we came to an agreement," Luciano replied picking up a pen from the desk and twizzling it in his thumb. "He let me live so long as I went back to the Italian mafia, spied on them, fed information back to him and most importantly, stayed the fuck away from his Luna and family."

"Then what are you doing here?" 

"Because I don't keep my promises. You know that better than most," he replied. "So when Andrea Martinez showed up in the doorway to my house offering me a deal that interested me far more, what do you think I did?"

"You see, Blanca," Andrea said.  "All that information you gave me on 'a dead man' was all I needed to find the best weapon against your Alpha of all time."

Luciano, panic taking

is as good as dead," Luciano said, his lips curling up at the sides. "All I have to do is get him

trust you

warned. "He's not here

you," I repeated, this time much quieter.

devil himself for help and besides, let's not forget that time and time

requested to kill you myself," I hissed.

arm, "Ella, that's no way to speak to our guest,"

Luciano's eyes, longing to rip the smirk from his

didn't reply, Andrea wrapped his hand around my throat and repeated his order,

stubbornness didn't allow me to

"No," I croaked.

turned to Luciano,

in an amused

did was

are fucking told," he

doesn't deserve an apology," I replied trying to get my wrist out of his hand. "I don't see him trying to say sorry for all the shit he's put me through. I have never done

will apologise for disrespecting him. Your Alpha is no longer in charge, I am and

I replied pushing him away from me.

me?" he asked with a sly smile, totally unphased by my efforts to hurt him. "That can be arranged for tonight but first you are going

to the office. His ability to manhandle was as good as ever but this time I had the fuel from a seven-year feud to

so, he lost his grip entirely on me and I was able to race back down the hall. I'm not sure where I was going except for away from him. The kitchen was empty, Chico was nowhere to be seen and the back door was wide open leaving the vast

if I could get into the dense vegetation, I stood a chance of losing him. I was small and agile whilst he was fast but big and would certainly get tangled in the branches and vines. It was just

feet wipe out from underneath me and my back come into contact with

pinning my arms to

His fingers curled around my wrist were cutting the blood supply off and I struggled to breathe under his weight.

questioned bringing his lips

worth a try," I replied. "Anything is worth a

smile crept onto his lips as he looked down on me struggling.

let him hurt you.

for him to hit me and I wasn't disappointed. I felt a searing pain across my cheek and a warm trickle from my

to my feet and began

future children. You know that I don't tolerate disrespect, and frankly, this is humiliating. Ordinarily, I would kill a person for causing me so much trouble but unfortunately, I need you

halt and pulled my ear to his mouth.

duty to show you the consequences of pulling stunts like this and ensure that you get in line.

he could do that he hadn't already done so I just let him drag me expecting him to lead me into the office back to Luciano. But

hard stool watching intently another figure that was sat tied to a chair with a sack over his head. I

forcing me into the cold basement. "Chico,

briefly made eye contact with me before pulling the sack off the man's head. He squinted at the brightness of the

on my cheek, the cut above my eye, the tears rolling down my

compliment him but your Alpha trains them well, they don't give up a single word... not even the most

the solider with a pained expression as I tried to

Beating you doesn't seem to do the trick anymore so you

his own situation. I hadn't known him well but it was clear within minutes that he had empathy beyond

anything, please,"

good reason why I shouldn't," Andrea ordered as Chico removed a knife

and young children," I said quickly. "A little boy born only a month

meekly at me and gave me a silent reassuring nod as if to say it was okay. As if

a laugh.

said as Chico brought the knife