Healing the Ruthless Alpha novel Chapter 44

hapter 44

The look in Cahir’s eyes had Aristo jumping away while I swallowed a thick lump as goosebumps rose on my skin.

“Now – Now that I think about it, I have – I have work to do. See you later!” Aristo broke into a jog as he escaped the fire blazing around his Alpha. “Good – Good morning,” I swallowed, feeling sweat break out on my forehead from the heat of the anger in his eyes.

I felt the waves of his anger crash into me and I knew I had to dispel the rage building around him but after what happened the other night, I didn’t know how to face him.

“How – How are you?” He didn’t look very good.

Despite the anger around him, his expression remained impassive but the dark circles around his eyes worried my wolf. He looked like he had not slept a wink the previous night. I noticed then that he was still wearing the clothes from yesterday.

“Did you sleep in the office?” I asked in alarm when he still did not say anything to me, choosing to stare at me with the anger rolling off him. “What were you doing with Aristo?” He asked a question of his rather than respond to mine.

“He came to my aide when some girls were harassing me,” I answered, feeling wariness take over me. I crossed my arm and stepped back while watching him. He didn’t make a move but his anger grew and surrounded the place, almost suffocating me.

“Harassing you?” He spoke as if testing the words on his tongue then his brows twitched. I saw an unfamiliar expression flit through his eyes before he scowled. “Who dares to harass my Luna?” The words spilling from his lips were not his.

I recognized the voice of his wolf because of the animalistic growls that accompanied his words and the way his eyes shifted to a deep red colour and an expression of rage overtook his features.

“Cahir -” I swallowed at the way he looked at me. This man was dangerous and I never went a second in his presence without being reminded of how much power he wielded and how much danger that translated to.

When he took purposeful steps toward me, I fought to maintain my stance, to not run away, because I knew it was foolish to run from a predator. He stopped in front of me and forced my chin upwards, forcing me to look into his angry red eyes.

“I need names.” I swallowed at the harsh tone.

Wolves were possessive of things they considered theirs and Alphas were the worst of the lot – the more power an Alpha wielded, the worse their possessiveness, but Cahir – I never experienced anything like this. Granted, no one had ever been possessive of me but I never expected it to be like this. I didn’t think a few snarled words could knock the breath out of me and make me shiver to my bones but here we are.

“I don’t -“A low growl in his throat warned me against lying.

The twins, whatever their names were, would owe me big time for this. Threatening them was all a bluff. I did not come here to put Cahir against his people which would be what telling him about them would achieve.

“Don’t be – Don’t be mad.” I raised a shaky hand to cup his jaw while fearing for my life. Those girls were in my debt. “I took care of it already.”

“Are you sure.” The wolf snarling before me narrowed its eyes but I already felt the tension slipping away.

“I am sure – Perseus.” I swallowed as I mentioned that name. How would he react – My eyes widened to twice their size as the wolf nuzzled into my palm, holding my arm in place and rubbing his cheek against my open hand like a needy cat.

The simple act made my heart pound even harder. What the hell was happening?

He jerked away from me as if burned when I thought that and for a second, I feared I had exclaimed that out loud.

“What did you do to the mutt?” Cahir snatched both of my hands and held them to his face, scrutinizing them. The man was back with his blank expression and aura of danger cloaking him.

“I – I didn’t do anything.” I tugged my hands from his grip but they turned firm. Dark eyes raised to look at me.

Cahir’s eyes bore into mine, giving me the impression of being stripped naked. It felt as if he could see into the deepest part of my soul and it terrified me knowing I wouldn’t know what he would see there.

A sharp cry from a child broke his eyes from biting into me. He let go of my hand and started in the direction of the piercing scream and I followed behind him. I’d come here to see how the people in this pack lived and I would do that now.

The cause of the loud wail was apparent when we got close to the entrance of the house. Avalon looked bored to see the child crying while the mother rushed towards her son.

“What happened here?” I heard Cahir demand in a voice that made Avalon stand upright. She was the only adult in the room with the child and from the look of it, she had not tried to console the screaming boy whose leg was bent at a weird angle.Exclusive © material by Nô(/v)elDrama.Org.

“I told him not to run on wet floors but he insisted,” she said with no care in the world.

I reached the boy at the same time as his mother, almost losing my footing once as I walked on the wet floor.

“Micah, I told you not to run about!” The woman scolded her son, white as paper.

“Mum -” the boy whimpered, holding his leg.

“Don’t touch it!” The woman looked around, ready to move him but I stopped her.