Scarred Alphas

Chapter 36

“Glad to see you in time.

Keep it up.” Garret says as I

walk into the war room.

He starts with his meeting but in the middle of it, Julia walks in. I am surprised but even more so I am surprised that no one bats an eye. I

thought this was supposed to be a private meeting.

I look back at Colt who starts

giving me an explanation.

“She sometimes attends

these meetings to also learn,

like you. Her father had it

cleared with Warrick.”

I would stump my foot and

throw a temper tantrum if I

could.

“Pay attention,” Garret

whispers to me.

I know Colt just told me but I ask Garret this time. “Why is

she here?”

“She is the daughter of one of the generals and wishers to learn the ways of war so

she sometimes attends.”

“And you are going to let

her?”

“Yes. Why? What is the problem?”

“Nothing,” I say as I look away and pout.

But there is a big problem.

All she does is stare at Colt.

I know it is irrational to be

angry over this because I know Colt has no feelings towards her but I can’t help

1. it. It is in a werewolf’s nature

to want to protect what they deem theirs. The problem

here is that I believe Colt is

mine…but so does she. I can

see it. Mentally and

emotionally she has claimed

him.

I get close to Colt and whisper. “Colt, I am serious

here, my wolf is on edge

while she is around. You

know I won’t be able to

control myself if this girl agitates me more.”

He nods. “I know. I know

how our kind works. Do

your best but I will have a

talk with her soon. Make it

clear to her.”

“Okay. Thank you.”

I do my best to keep myself distracted with the meeting

and forget about her and the

looks she keeps giving Colt.

When it is finally over, Colt

and I go to get something to eat and then head to my

father. Every step that I take toward his office feels heavy. I do want to train my power

but I do not want to train

with him. I don’t like how he

does things and I am also scared of how I am going to

react today. I can’t control

myself and I might just do

something stupid.

“Good. You are here.”

Warrick says when he sees

1. me. Most of the generals are here along with Victor and

Garret too.

It’s not like I have a choice

but I don’t say what is in my thoughts.

He silently paces around

with a finger under his chin, thinking.

“We’ll alternate. Today we’ll do something different to motivate you.”

I don’t know if I should be

relieved or afraid.

He looks at Garret. “Kill her.”

“What?!” Garret asks taken by

surprise.

“Kill her!” Warrick shouts.

With panic, I look back at Colt. He looks distraught, not

knowing what to do.

“He won’t,” Colt mouths.

I look back at Garret in time

to see him take out a knife.

“No. Use your bare hands,” Warrick says.

Colt is right, this is probably a test. He won’t really kill

me…right?

Within seconds, my brother

Garret is on me. I start

swinging my hands trying to punch him.

“Use your power to stop him

because I won’t,” Warrick

says.

Garret punches me right on the jaw, making me see stars.

“Stop!” I say as I try to straighten myself.

Garret’s hands wrap around

my n*ck and he starts

squeezing with all of his

might.

“S–st…”

I can’t even make out words

now or speak at all and soon,

I black out.

I wake up with a gasp to find that I am back in my room. Poppy hovers over me and I quickly see Colt standing in the back also watching me,

concern.

“There you are,” she says.

I hold my n*ck and feel the pain of the bruises as my fingers touch my skin.

“He…” It is painful to speak.

“Shh. Don’t say anything.

Rest.”

“Rest?” I say in a growly

voice. “Garret almost killed

me.”

“No. Alpha would never

allow it. Stopped him just in

time.”

“Warrick is too much. He

takes things too far.”

“I know he can be extreme…”

That’s an understatement.

“But his methods usually

tend to have results. But I

know it doesn’t mean it’s

right.” She says. “Rest now. I’ll get you something to soothe your throat.”

She gets up and leaves. The

moment she closes the door

behind her, Colt rushes to

1. me.

“Let me see you!” he says

gently putting a hand on my

n*ck.

“I…I think I am okay.”

After checking me, he looks relieved. He closes his eyes and presses his head against

mine “I–I should have

stopped it.”

“No. If you had intervened,

you would have been

punished. That man is

crazy.”

I pull him in and press my lips against his. His kisses really do soothe my soul.

He pulls back. “I hate this. I hate that I can’t keep you

safe. It shouldn’t be like this!

should be able to keep you and make you feel safe.”

I cup his face with my hands.

“You do make me feel safe.”

“But you are not. Not while being here.”

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walks in. Colt immediately

gets up. There was no way

she didn’t see how close we

were but she acted normal.

“Here you go.” She hands me a cup of water and sits next to my bed again.

“Thanks.” The water runs down my throat and it is very soothing.

“Better?”

I nod and hand her the cup

back.

“Casseopea, listen, it won’t be easy but you can do it. You

can survive the Alpha. You

have a strong will and even though he doesn’t show it, he

admires that.” She smiles.

“All he did was talk about you last night just so you know. He didn’t notice that he kept going on and on about you.”

It was quite amusing to watch.” She giggles.

I just can’t see it. She speaks

of him as if he were a normal

good man. Maybe she has

seen a side of him that he

doesn’t show to others.

I look at Colt because it

reminds me of him. He

doesn’t show his tender side

to anyone else but me.

I guess that there is a possibility that there could

be more to Warrick than just a crazy, ruthless, evil old

man.

A knock interrupts us. Garret suddenly peeks in.

“Can I?” he asks.

Poppy and I both nod.

He walks in but puts his hands in his pockets and

stands near the door, far

away from us.

I really hope he is not here

to try and finish the job.

“Are you okay?” he asks.

“Yes,” I immediately respond.

He nods. “I–I wanted to

apologize. This was…not really my doing. I have no quarrel with you and I never really wanted to hurt you.”

I nod. “I get it. You were

commanded to.”

He also nods. “Yeah…so…sorry.”

I find it kind of sweet that he

took the time to come here

and apologize.

I know he and Victor are not

bad. They are not like our

father but they have no

choice but to follow orders.

Just like everyone in this damn pack.

Garret clears his throat, gives

a nod, and walks out.

Poppy turns to me with a

smile. “I know that this

might not be the family you wanted, but…we are your family nonetheless. Whether

you realize it or not, your brothers care and so do I and

Lotus. You are part of our

family now.” She gives me a

kiss on the head–which catches me by surprise–and

walks out of the room.

I am left so confused. I

mean, can I really call this my home? Lauren and James were always my home but not the pack. The pack was hardly that. This pack,

however…accepts me

but…without Lauren and

James…I don’t think It would

ever really be complete to me. Oh, how I wish I could

see them right now. How I

wish I could hear Lauren speak bluntly about her

s**ual urges as weird as it

sounds.

“Cass?” Colt asks, coming

closer.

“I…miss Lauren and James,” I

say. My eyes water.

He hugs me and stays with me for what seems like an

hour until I finally calm

down.

“I have to get back to guarding the door. If they don’t see me out there-”

“I know, I know,” I say.

“I am here, Cass. I am with you always.” He kisses me

and walks out.

I watch him leave feeling

sad. I wish he could stay with me all night.

I grab snacks and stay up watching TV, trying to distract myself. When I am full of crappy food and start feeling tired, I decide to go to bed before I just end up past out here.

With a sigh, I get up from

the couch and head to bed

but suddenly hear a

commotion outside of the

house through my window. I

look out and see that there

are warriors running towards

the woods. I am sure it has to be rogues. Even they are still stupid enough to try and get

in here.

In the distance, I can see a storm brewing. It will rain all night and probably for a couple of days to come. I

close my eyes and take in the

smell.

I love the rain.

I take my ass to the bed and

lie in it thinking of a day that

Colt and I will be able to be

together without having to hide it. I hope a day like that

comes soon.

The next morning I am up training with Victor again.

I hate having to wake up so early to do this!

It is a cloudy day and it drizzles. The ground is wet

so it is difficult training, but I

have the same routine as the

previous days. After training, I go eat lunch where Serge changes places with Colt. The day continues and

after a long boring yet insightful meeting, it is

finally over, and then it’s

time to face my father again. I have been dreading it all day.

When I walk into his office, just like yesterday everyone is here. But now there is a

kid here too. He looks to be

around 15 or 16.

“Good, you are here. Let’s

start.” Warrick says.

“Start what? On who?” I look

at the kid who is scared

shitless. “I am not doing anything to this kid.”

“Then he will die,” Warrick

says.

“Why?! Why do you have to

kill him?!”

“This boy has tried to escape and incited multiple

insubordination that

resulted in others thinking

that they could rise up or escape too. This will not be tolerated.”

“Well, of course he tried to

escape! Why wouldn’t he?” I

say. I almost put a hand in

my mouth but I don’t

because I meant it.

There is silence in the room.

“Oh, don’t stop there. You

clearly have something to say…daughter.” Warrick says.

“Have you seen how these people are treated? No better

than animals!” I shout.

“That is a very good view of things. Now since you have no intention of practicing on this boy, let me show you

what we do in a

slaughterhouse to animals.”

He grabs a knife and with speed, he approaches the

kid.

Without thinking, I run in

and hold Warrick’s hand

right before he slices

through the kid’s n*ck.

“DON’T!” I shout.

Everyone in the room gasps.

“Don’t? You think you can command me?” Warrick

asks.

“Don’t you dare hurt him?” I

say.

“You don’t want me to hurt

him? Alright, then maybe

someone else can take his place.”

This is when I am sure that

he will use Colt against me.

He looks behind me, to Colt. Colt stands straight waiting for what Warrick is going to say but I swear if he even

tries, I am ready to try and kill my father right here and

now.

“Bring him,” Warrick says but

Colt looks confused. We look

past Colt where a guard nods. Suddenly, he opens

the door behind him and

another guard pushes a man

1. in.

My eyes widen and I am in

shock when I

recognize…Ezra.