Healing the Ruthless Alpha novel Chapter 45

Chapter 45

“This is Sebastian. He will be responsible for your security from now on.” Cahir introduced me to a tall and lean muscular man.

He had close-cropped sandy brown hair and he looked like he had never and would never smile a day in his life. The stoic expression on his face while he was introduced made me feel as if he didn’t like me – as if he thought guarding me would be a waste of his time. The words he spoke next made me realize I was right.

“With all due respect, Alpha, I am the head of your guards. It is my duty to protect you and only you.” He turned away from me as if I wasn’t anything.

“I don’t need your protection,” Cahir said to him without paying much attention. He seemed to be waiting for something – or someone. “She is my Luna. Protect her with your life.” With those words, he dismissed Sebastian.

“Yes, Alpha.” He left Cahir’s office with that, giving me one last intense look before he left.

“Sebastian is the best man to protect you,” Cahir informed me after the guard left. “That way, I will be sure you are not getting ‘harassed’ by anyone anywhere.” He gave me a pointed look that had me nodding without looking at him.

“He is – scary,” I admitted. The man looked strong and hardened which wasn’t unusual for someone closely attached to Cahir but the feeling I got from him was off. “Besides, the issue earlier was just petty talk amongst women.”

“Sebastian is efficient, that’s all that matters. As for how he looks, you need not concern yourself with that. He will first die than allow anything happen to you.” I didn’t think Sebastian saw me as someone worth dedicating himself to but I said nothing, only nodding. Maybe one day, I would be confident enough to tell Cahir my mind without fear of him lashing out at me.

I sat in his office watching him, having nothing else to do. He interrupted my plan to see around the pack, bringing me to his large office to just – look. He checked his watch for the hundredth time then and I looked at the clock. It was almost eleven so he may be expecting visits soon.

“You’re busy. I should go around the pack house myself,” I said when he tapped his fingers against the large desk.

“Are you hungry?” He asked all of a sudden. I paused for a second to make sure I hadn’t heard him wrong before I shook my head. “No, I had breakfast before coming.” There was a short pause that Asena pushed me to fill so I continued. “Are you hungry?” I asked. “Yes,” he answered then he stood, shoving his hands into his pocket. “Let’s go.” He was striding out the door as I scrambled to my feet. “Where are we going?” I asked when I managed to catch up with him. He was acting weird – different somehow but I could not place my hands on what was happening with him.

“To eat,” he declared, turning to me for a second. But – but I just told him I already ate!

We got out of the pack house and into his car and then we were off. He stared out the window without a word to me. His mood was starting to get me worried and irritated at the same time. I didn’t want to be worried, darn it!

“Is anything the matter?” I asked when the silence in the car became suffocating.

“What do you think of Aristo?” He asked, his quiet voice getting even lower. A frown creased his brows for a split second but I must have imagined it because he looked as unruffled and unimpressionable as ever.

“Aristo?” I paused to get the right words, afraid of saying the wrong thing when he was in a strange mood.

Did this have anything to do with earlier today when he saw his Beta clutching my bicep as he laughed? He was calm now so he should be clear- minded enough to know that that meant nothing.

“He is a nice man,” I replied, watching his expression. Nothing changed on his face but the air around him shifted and became even more ominous. “That’s all I think of him,” I concluded.

He gazed at me with eyes that bore into my soul, striping me of layers of clothes and skin and seeming to read my mind.

“A nice man,” he muttered to himself. His expression darkened and I held my breath. What was it this time!?

With his volatile temper, Cahir may soon give me a heart attack!

“Do you like him?” Even without the scowl on his face, the double-edged question would have put me on guard already!