The Alpha’s Arranged Bride

LAVENDER’S POV

The bang came from outside the mansion. Alpha Caramel quickly sprang to his feet, heading for the door while I trailed behind him. The moment we stepped out of the room, Beta Asher rushed to him and from the look of it, there was no good news waiting for us.

“What is going on?” Caramel asked immediately.

“Alpha Toot just breached the border. They are already close to the mansion as we speak,” Beta Asher told him.

Alpha Toot. I had only heard of that name today, and I dreaded it. That was my father. Why was he here? I did not have to ask as Asher added, “I think he is here for Lavender.”

“Me?” the question flew out of my mouth without me thinking.

I quickly turned to Caramel. “I don’t want to go with him. I want to stay here with you,” I told him.

I had not met him, but I feared him. Why would he want me? Did he want to punish me? Did he want to act like the father he was not years ago? That was highly unlikely. Why would he want me now? I had nothing special he might need.

I was just a lady who had no wolf and was trying to get it back, so what could I possibly do for him? My heart pounded in my chest as I heard swords clashing around the mansion. “Gather the men,” Caramel commanded, and Beta Asher left immediately.

He then turned to me. “I need you to stay in your room. Do not step out, no matter what you hear, okay? I will be back,” he said.

I nodded before getting back into my room. Caramel shut the door before leaving, and only then did I hear his retreating footsteps. I knew he would do everything to protect me. That man should never come close to me. He should stay away forever. He was never my father, and I would never see him as one.

“I want the entire mansion locked. No one comes in or out,” I heard Caramel command as he rushed off.

I walked over to the window, and in a minute, he was out of the house. He spoke with Beta Asher briefly and just then, the gates burst open. A man stood before the other wolves, eyes on Caramel. The side of his lips was curved up, but I could not have a good look at him, so I squinted my eyes to see him.

“Your Majesty,” I heard a voice behind me.

I took my attention off the man, then to the person who stood a few distances away from me. He bowed with a smile. “Alpha Caramel told me to take you somewhere safe. He said your room is not safe enough,” the man said.

I took a glance at Caramel, who transformed, then turned to the man before me. He was a gamma. I remember seeing him around the mansion, but I do not know his name, so surely he must have been told by Caramel to take me out of there.

I stroke a nod and take a step forward, but was hit by a huge pain in my stomach. I held it right as I hissed. “Are you okay, your majesty?” the gamma asked.

I hummed and was about to hum in affirmation when another wave of pain hit me. This time I could not stand. I fell to the ground, my breathing uneven as I stared at the ceiling. “The drugs,” I managed to say.

This was the pain Delilah was talking about. It was hurting so much. I shut my eyes, trying to push past the pain I was feeling. Caramel wanted me out of here. I needed to do so. I would not want to make things difficult for him.

I tried to move, but my body was unresponsive. It was as though I were lying under a massive truck. I never anticipated it was going to happen at such a time. “Your Majesty, can you stand? We need to leave,” I heard the gamma said, sounding worried.

“I can’t move,” I told him.

I heard him sigh, then moved closer to me. He knelt at my side. “I will make the pain go away,” he said with a strange look in his eyes.Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.

I did not understand why he would look at me like that. I genuinely wished he was truly one of us and I hadn’t mistaken him for someone else. He moved away from my face and that was when I noticed he had a small bag wrapped around his waist.

He took out a handkerchief, then a bottle, pouring its contents on the handkerchief. “What are you doing?” I managed to say, but he did not give me any reply.

He poured a good amount of the substance before pressing down the handkerchief on my nose. I wiggled myself to set myself free from him, but without being totally in control of my body because of the portion, I could barely do anything.

I managed to grab his wrist, but it held nothing. With that amount of strength, I could not hold a feather if I needed to. I kept trying to scream, but he covered my mouth too so it only came out as a muffle. “Let it take your pain away,” the gamma said and almost immediately, I feel numb.

All the pain I felt moments ago disappeared in minutes. He pulled away, his eyes on me and I almost smiled, thinking he was actually trying to help me, but then the problem came. I could barely keep my eyes open. The weakness I had felt earlier quickly transformed to me slowly, no longer feeling myself.

My breathing was no longer heavy, but dropping. “What did you…” I could not complete the words as I drifted far away from my environment into darkness.

The last I could think of was Caramel before losing every sense of thought.