The Rogue Alpha’s Claim

Ariel looked at the door as Kane left, and she was almost foaming from her mouth. Her fist tightened in anger, and she wanted to do something.

Like punch the wall or scream her lungs out.

“Gosh, I hate him.” Does he think he owns her just because he is her caretaker? Newsflash, she didn’t ask to be adopted.

She may seem like she is ungrateful, but that is the truth.

“Shhh, don’t say that.” Toby tried to caution her, but Ariel was not hearing anything of it.

“Oh, what is he going to do?” She asked, rolling her eyes. She was tempted to open the door and give him a reply, but she held herself back and turned to Toby. “I am sorry for what happened.” She apologized to him, but he was shaking his head.

“It is fine; I should be the one apologizing. I knew it was going to cause trouble, yet I still allowed it. I will be taking my leave now.” Toby didn’t even give her a chance to reply before he was walking out of the room and leaving her alone, speechless.

Ariel stared at the empty space; her mood had already turned sour. Kane had managed to kill the joy she had for the training, and she didn’t feel like doing anything. So she did the only thing that could soothe her mood.

She was storming to the kitchen, quite oblivious to the stares she was getting. She has been here for a week now, and yet they continued looking at her like she was a pricey cow.

“Do I have something on my face?” Her voice rang out in the kitchen, and everyone was still looking at the newcomer. She cast her gaze on the crowd, staring at them head-on, and when no one gave her a reply, she continued. “I don’t think so, so you can stop looking at me like I stole your money; otherwise, I am going to gorge out your eyes.” Her sentence earned her chuckles from here and there, but they got the message, and they let her be.

“Finally.” Ariel whispered under her breath, walking more comfortably to the kitchen. She was starving and needed to put something in her system before she fainted.

She grabbed some eggs for toast and an omelet when she heard movements beside her. “What?” Ariel barked before she even turned to meet the person. “Oh my gosh, I am sorry.” She recognized the intruder as the lady she had bumped into the other day.

“It is alright.” Liza said with a sweet smile. “I just wanted to say I admire your courage. I could have cowered from all the stares.”

“Oh please.” Ariel burst into a sarcastic laugh. “I am used to it. I was quite active in politics at the university, so I am used to it. But that doesn’t mean I love it either.”

“Wow, that must be nice.” Liza was looking at her with starry eyes, and a crazy thought crossed her mind.

“Don’t tell me you have never seen the four walls of a university.” Ariel’s eyes were literally bulging out of their sockets.

“Never.” Liza shook her head, and Ariel’s mouth hung open.

What is wrong with everyone here? Was she the only one who had a formal education?

No wonder Kane was so barbaric and archaic.

“Oh my gosh, I don’t even know what to say.” Ariel was shaking her head, but she couldn’t blame her. “Do you care for some?” She asked, gesturing to the eggs she was frying.

Liza looked at the delicious eggs, inhaling as the scent filled her nose, and she couldn’t resist it. “Sure.”

Somehow, the two of them made their way to the dining table and were talking in a loud voice, laughing as they told their tales.

“Where have you been all this year?” Liza whizzed, barely able to control herself as she laughed. Ariel was one of the most funny human beings she has ever met, or maybe because she was the only one that managed to relate to her.

Liza was an omega, which means only a few people could actually relate to her freely, and she was happy Ariel had been added to the too-few list.

“I would love to start and chat, but I have something to do.” Liza suddenly said, rising to her feet, and Ariel followed suit.

“Of course, I understand. If you are free, you could come up to my room and we could talk, and maybe dress up, eat, you know, do what girls love doing.” Ariel had to stop before she got ahead of herself. She was just so happy at the thought of having another friend here.

Liza used her palm to cover her mouth as she chuckled. “It is alright. Which floor do you stay on, and what is your room number?”

“Hmmm.” Ariel closed her eyes, trying to recall her room number. “I think the last floor is on the left wing. Room 47, I think.”

“Uhm, are you sure?” Liza asked, tilting her head to the side, and Ariel was confused.

“Yea, why?”

“I don’t know if I am mistaken, but that floor is only for the alpha and his official work.”

“Alpha?” Ariel was even more confused, and her face twisted in a frown. “Is that Kane?” She asked, and Liza was nodding her head. She had forgotten that Kane had asked them to keep the wolfy thing on a low when they were around her.

“Yea, I meant Al-Kane, yea, Kane.” She managed to say the words out, even though they rivaled everything in her. She was an omega, and Kane was an alpha; it was beyond disrespectful to utter his name like that.

“Why are you calling him Alpha?” Is that his nickname or what? Because that shit is weird.”

“Yeah, it was a slip of the tongue. I think I need to go now. Bye.” Liza said, practically running away before she made another silly mistake. Ariel looked at the woman as she ran like someone was on her tail, and she wondered if they were all weird here.

“Oh well, I guess I fit just well.”

***

The next day, Ariel was ready; she had woken up as early as 7 a. m. to prepare, and she was going to give Kane the shock of his life.

Even though she hated to admit it, she was a little excited about how the training was going to be. There was no doubt it was going to be a bonding experience for them, and she couldn’t wait.

Ariel was practically skipping to the training room, and this time she waved at the people that looked at her. She was going to be staying with them for a long time, so it was advisable for her to make friends with them.

She got to the empty training room and got into position, stretching her body and warming up before he would come.

She glanced at the clock on the wall, and she was reapplying her lipgloss and combing out her hair. She positioned herself just in front of the door, so as he walked in, she was the first person he would see.

She was prepared, and just as she heard the door open, she was timing it to coincide with the time she was lowering her ass to the floor for a squat.

“W-wh-what is going on?” Kane was almost choking. In his shock, he had swallowed the water in his mouth, and some had gone down the wrong pipe.

“Oh, hey, Kane.” Ariel mewled in the sexiest voice she could muster. This was unlike her, but she was fluttering her eyes and pouting her lips, loving the way his eyes seemed to dart everywhere as if looking for where to settle, but couldn’t find any.

She could imagine what he was seeing. She was dressed in the tightest sports bra she owned, which exposed more than it should cover; hell, her girls were practically suffocating in there, and the biker shorts did great wonders for her ass.

Maybe she overdid it; this doesn’t feel like she was trying to punish him.

If she were actually truthful to herself, she would admit that it was partially to seduce him, but she would never admit that.

“D-did you come here like that?” Kane spat out the words as if it hurt him physically to say them.

“And if I did?” Ariel folded her arms in defense, ready to go against him if he tried to scold her.

“Shit, Ariel, don’t tell me you were parading your juicy ass in a house full of men.” Kane’s fingers balled into a fist at the thought as he tried to rein in his anger, while Ariel tried to ignore the flush of heat that went through her and instead focused on the anger.

“And if I did, what does that have to do with you? You are not the boss of me!” She yelled, coming closer to his face.

“You think?” Kane cocked his eyebrows. He was at the end of his tether, and he needed an outlet to release it.

“Fuck you!”

“Maybe I will.” There was a hint of a smile on Kane’s lip as he spoke, and her heart rate picked up.

Surely he doesn’t mean what he said. Right? Right?Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

“D-don’t c-come cl-” And everything became quiet.