Healing the Ruthless Alpha novel Chapter 12

“Beta Aristo!” The three girls turned to the man taking up a large part of the doorway. Avalon’s tight grip on my hair loosened before she finally let go, taking a step away from me.

“What are you doing here?” It was Felicity that spoke this time. She took a step towards him, pushing out her chest and tucking a strand of her hair behind her ear. “Were you looking for me?” She turned with a small triumphant look to the other girls before she focused her full attention on the Beta.

“Why would I be looking for you?” He turned away from her after a fleeting look of disgust crossed his face. “You –“ He brushed past Felicity who was reaching for him to turn to Avalon. “You have a lot of audacity.” He reached out and wrapped a hand around her throat. “Do you know who you have carelessly put your hands on?” His voice dropped low and I realized then why he was Cahir’s Beta.

Cahir and Aristo looked and acted like polar opposites. While my mate was dark both in looks and temperament, Aristo had bright blue eyes and platinum blonde hair with a cherry temperament. When he growled at Avalon, I flinched. The air around him swirled with danger and all traces of cheerfulness fled.

“I – I am the future Luna of this pack. Who are you, a mere Beta, to put – to put your hands on me!” I admired Avalon’s courage then. The fact that she managed to speak despite the silence that descended around us from Aristo’s anger made her seem brave; foolishly brave.

If she had the empathy of an omega, she would know from the aura around him that this was not the time to assert her position. She should be begging considering such a man had his hand wrapped around her throat. If she was an omega, she would feel the murderous intent wafting off him in waves. But she was an Alpha and an Alpha’s hubris was always their pride.

“Let go of me, you fool! How dare you disrespect me because of a mere servant? A slave!?” Avalon slapped Aristo’s hand away but the only thing that changed was that he tightened his grip on her throat.

“That ‘servant’ is the Luna of Alpha Blood.” He stressed the servant part. I watched in an almost trance-like state as Avalon’s face started to redden as Aristo strangled her.

“This – This –“ Her bulging eyes turned to me and I fidgeted.

“Can you let her go?” I asked Aristo in a small voice. His hands fell from her throat and she heaved out a sigh of relief.

“What do you mean –“ She gathered up all her strength, ready for an explosion but Viviane cut her off with a nervous look at Aristo.

“Let’s just go.” She took Avalon’s hand and tried to pull her away but the other girl planted her feet into the ground.

“What do you mean she is the Luna of Alpha Blood? This filthy thing is a servant of this pack, a lowly omega –“ Her friend pulled her away before she continued her tirade.

“Sorry about that,” Viviane apologized with her head bowed, pulling a furious Avalon away. Felicity followed behind her friends with a sour look on her face and one last longing look at Aristo.

Phew. With the girls gone, I sank back into the bed with my shoulders sagging forward. Avalon didn’t have the faintest clue what was coming for her so she went about still acting high and mighty. How would she feel if she found out her mighty family had been reduced to servants of the Alpha Blood pack?

No other pack in the world would be able to use a family of alphas and betas as their servants, but hierarchy in Alpha Blood, I had heard, was based on merit and not just the status a person was lucky enough to be born with. Thus, they had omegas heading departments with alphas, which was something that would never happen in any other pack. Alphas were born to lead and omegas were born to serve or to be bred.

“Thank you for that,” I said to Aristo, avoiding his gaze.

I wondered what he thought of me – How could I who’d been told many times that I would amount to nothing in this life – be the Luna of a pack? And not just any pack, Alpha Blood pack! What would this man think of me? He and his pack most likely, would prefer a woman like Avalon to be their Luna – a strong woman to lead beside their Alpha. At least, I knew Silver Moon did.

“It’s no problem.” His sunny attitude returned as he grinned down at me, oozing boyish charms. “As Cahir’s Beta, it is my duty to protect all that is his.” The offhand comment startled me.

Did I – Had I become a possession of Cahir’s? What did that mean for me? Should I be relieved or scared?