Alpha’s Second Choice

It was day two of the royal visit in the Dark Slayer Pack and so many things were happening too quickly. Jo needed some time to rewind and reflect. She did not remember what happened at the feast or how she woke up in her bed in the morning, clearly some one carried her there but who? She thought hard trying to remember from her jumbled and vague memory when it hit her. Sh. it. Dante! The memories of her crying and sobbing on Dante’s shoulders hit her like bullets, she was embarrassed. How will she ever face the general seriously without being haunted from what she did last night? ‘Jo!’, Lucy’s voice brought her back to earth. “You need to get ready quickly. Remember, we need to go check on General Dante and attend to his needs’. Jo groaned, the last thing she wanted to do was face Dante. *

‘Why are you hiding behind me?’, Lucy asked confused as they stood outside Dante’s guest room. ‘Oh no, I was just fixing your hair and oh my, what a gorgeous blonde hair you have. Go on, knock the door. Don’t be shy, Jo encouraged as Lucy frowned at her weird behaviour and knocked. Within a couple of moments, the door flew open as a wet haired Dante stood before them. Water dripped from his hair and slid down on to his perfectly toned abs. And both the girls avoided his gaze after they realised, he had only one towel wrapped around his waist. ‘How may I help you ladies?’, he asked smoothly as he noticed Jo was hiding behind Lucy. Did she remember last night? His heart warmed up thinking about how gently she sobbed on his shoulder over a fictional character. Truth be told, he was a little jealous of the Drake guy, he was not even real but already got Jo crying over for him. ‘Good morning, General. We wanted to check in and see if you required anything at all?’, Lucy replied without missing a beat. ‘Hmm actually there is something I needed help with Lucy’, Dante said slowly. Jo cursed at herself again for drinking too much last night. But come to think of it, this General was far more bearable than Jayden and his di. ckass friends. He even remembered Lucy’s name which was weird for someone of his title and rank. ‘What is it general?’, Lucy implored Dante to go on. ‘I wanted to see if I can get a tour around the mansion after I get dressed of course’. ‘We can certainly do that. Please let us know when you are ready’, Lucy eagerly replied, making sure her eyes were down all the time as a sign of respect.

Once Dante got back inside, he tried to stop himself from laughing. Jo was blushing behind the other omega. She clearly remembered what happened. He decided to wear casual today instead of his armour suit. So, he chose a baggy grey jogger and a matching shirt. As he stepped outside of his room, he noticed Jo was still hiding. ‘Jolene?’, he called her, trying to sound as serious as he could. ‘How is Drake doing?’. Both girls gasped wondering how he knew about the fictional character. Jo was fidgeting her hands as she tried to remain calm. The general was teasing her, and she knew better than to react. ‘I don’t understand what you mean, General’, Jo finally spoke up stepping sideways and revealing herself clearly now. Unlike Lucy, she stared straight at the General locking eyes. ‘Well surely you will get what I mean soon’, he raised his eyebrows at her as they started a stare down. Unless it was family and friends, everyone had always quivered in fear after holding eye contact for more than a few seconds with Dante. But here he was, enjoying a stare down with Jo who had the most delicate frame, yet something about her was so strong and mesmerising. Her spirit? Her energy? He couldn’t tell but he enjoyed it, a lot. Lucy nudged Jo with her elbows finally making them break eye contact. “Shall we start?’. *Belongs to (N)ôvel/Drama.Org.

The mansion was huge as it sub-divided into many small wings and sections. Luckily, Lucy was an amazing tour guide and knew every nook and corner of the place. She grew up in this pack after all. ‘And this general, is the infamous fountain of wishes’, she proudly pointed at a beautiful blue fountain that stood tall amongst the outside staircases. ‘Magnificent. I have only heard good things about this fountain’, Dante watched fascinated as the fountain’s colour changed between blue and teal. Just as she led the group to the next area, they heard a desperate cry for help. Dante was the first one to act as he instantly vanished within seconds to where the sound was coming from. Jo and Lucy followed suite and it took them a few minutes to finally arrive to the training ground. Jo watched in horror as she watched Leo, the current Gamma of the pack whipping Mina and Daya with a lash. Lucy was shaking with fear, as she empathized with the two fairies probably from her own years of abuse at the hands of the pack members. ‘What’s going on here?’, Dante’s authoritative voice thundered making Leo instantly stop as the crowd cheering him also stopped. It was mostly his friends and some of the warriors doing the cheering. ‘Who are you?’, Leo barked back as he wiped beads of sweat off his face. One of his friends close by quickly whispered something to him making Leo’s face change instantly. ‘My apologies royal General. I was just punishing these two slaves. They were caught from the no-man’s border. As you can tell, they were eavesdropping in the training ground and are not even werewolves. So, taking the pack’s best interest in heart, I am punishing them as our Alpha Jayden would have liked’, Leo proudly explained, as if he expected a badge of honour for doing something so horrific. Dante looked ferociously at the man in front of him as his aura started emitting off into the air. He slowly walked towards the centre and snatched the lash from Leo’s hands. The two fairies were not only whipped but also were stripped naked and had bruises all over their body. This was not the doing of only one man. He needed to talk to Alpha Jayden and abolish all the slave rules and hunting ceremonies Dark Slayer Pack was still practising. He had enough of it. Dante kneeled before the fairies as he was now on level to them. ‘I am sorry dear fairies. What this monster did, does not define the true hospitality of us werewolves. He will be punished for his acts’. With that Dante extended the lashes to them as they looked nervously at it through their bloody bruises and open wounds. ‘Return his favour’, he smiled. Within seconds, Mina cried in pain as she took the lash and ran towards Leo. In a spilt of second, Dante was behind Leo, holding him in place with a deadlock. As Mina whipped the lash on Leo, he started yelping in pain. Soon, Daya joined in as well. Dante had an iron grip on the brute Gamma as the two fairies did a number on him. Dante finally let Leo’s limp body drop as everyone watched dazed. Leo’s friends were all frozen to their spot while the warriors present were shifting uncomfortably, no words or even a single sound coming out of them. ‘Anyone lays hand on the slaves next time, I won’t let you off this easily’, Dante growled making all the onlookers gulp hard. Leo looked like he had seen hell. He looked around and saw everyone looking down on him. He was just beaten by two petite fairies; this will haunt him for life. Using the last bit of energy he had, he charged towards the two fairies wanting to snap their neck off and prove that he was the Gamma of this pack for a reason. But before he could lunge onto them, Dante caught him mid air swiftly and with one quick move, detached his neck from his body. Blood splattered on Dante’s eyes, but he didn’t flinch. He gave this bas. tard one chance already. ‘What the fu. ck did you just do?’, Jayden’s angry voice made everyone’s head turn. ‘Did you just kill my fuc. king Gamma? Are you out of your mind? Just because you are from the royal kingdom, you think you can go around killing high ranked werewolves in my pack?’. ‘He was using violence as a form of punishment and attempted to kill two innocent fairies. That sick bas. tard deserved it’, Dante replied coolly with his arms folded, like he didn’t just kill someone a few seconds before. ‘You killed him for those two slaves, this is outrageous! Warriors, arrest him. I am summoning elders from the holy Cathedral shrine to request a trial on you. Being a royal general does not excuse you for killing my Gamma for no reason!’, Jayden barked the orders at the warriors who hesitated to even take a single step towards Dante. But Dante still looked unfazed, he simply raised his two hands up in the air signalling that he was surrendering on his own. ‘Don’t just stand there, hand cuff him’, the angry Alpha snarled at his subordinates making them jump into action. Once Dante was handcuffed, he complied with wherever he was being taken to. The last glimpse he had before being away was of Jo, who looked like she was close to tears. ‘I will be okay’, he mouthed at her and she believed him for some reason. Memories of the pregnant she-wolf flashed before Jo’s eyes. She was so powerless then, so weak. And here she was watching Dante act within seconds of seeing an injustice. She felt guilty for not doing the same years ago. Only if she raised her voice too, only if…