Alpha Lucious

Lucious’s POV

Lucious opened his eyes slowly as the rays of the morning sun reflected on his face. He closed his eyes again, not ready to get up.

“Argh, is it morning already? Why didn’t you wake me up?” He groaned as his hands slowly reached for the person beside him. His hands landed on the soft bed—he felt nothing. He quickly opened his eyes as he looked over at the place she should have been.

It was cold and empty, indicating she had been gone for quite a while now. Lucious narrowed his eyes. He couldn’t even pick up her scent. He stood up and headed to the bathroom to freshen up. After his bath, he put on clothes, grabbed a small towel and headed out.

His floor was silent as always. No one apart from his wife and a few trusted people actually had access to the Alpha’s floor. He walked into his elevator, pressing the ground floor as he tried mind-linking his Beta.

“Have you seen Natasha?” He asked hurriedly, startling the Beta.

Raphael was in the kitchen trying to make a cup of tea for his pregnant mate. He had just started pouring hot water into a cup when the Alpha’s message came in.

“Oh, Selene! I’ve told you to stop doing that, Lucious. I almost burned my hand,” He whined.

“Stop complaining. I’m looking for my wife over here,” came the Alpha’s short reply.

“I don’t think you’re the only one who’s got a wife,” Raphael rolled his eyes. Everyone was aware of how the Alpha doted on his wife.

“Alpha, you spoil her too much,” he said as he continued making tea. He didn’t want his mate to come out and find out he wasn’t done yet, or he would be in trouble.

“And no, I’ve not seen her. I don’t know what she’s been up to these days,” he quickly added.

Lucious ended the mind-link. He didn’t want to hear anything more concerning the woman he was madly in love with.

Natasha was his childhood friend. They grew up together and basically did everything together. She was the only woman Lucious had ever fancied and the only one to have seen the Alpha’s soft side. She wasn’t his mate—he didn’t believe he had one—but he married her anyway.

The elevator door opened, letting him out as he headed for the back door.

“Good morning, Alpha,” the guards greeted as he exited the pack house. Lucious nodded, answering more greetings as he went around the pack grounds. Today was one of the days the Alpha surveyed the pack to make sure everything was fine.

Young shifters headed to the training ground to start their daily training routine. Each shifter was expected to participate in training from the age of eight. Some already had their wolves by then, while late shifters had to wait until around twelve.

All done, he decided to go on his morning run. He headed for the deepest part of the forest this time.

Lucious ran for quite some time, going deeper and deeper into the forest. After about an hour of running, he slowed down as his ears picked up a sound. Lucious narrowed his eyes as he walked slowly toward the direction it came from. Low moaning and a few grunts could be heard now.

Lucious’s heart beat frantically as he approached. His nose picked up a very familiar scent, but he didn’t want to believe it—it was simply impossible. What could she be doing here at this time of day?

Lucious slowly dragged his feet toward the direction the noises came from. It was a clearing behind some trees.

Lucious could feel his whole world crashing down as he finally saw her. His eyes couldn’t believe it. Lucious could feel his heart shattering into a million pieces as he stood there looking at the two people before him, who were too engrossed in what they were doing.

The man on top of Natasha suddenly stopped as he sensed something was wrong. He looked up to meet the red eyes of a livid wolf.

“What’s wrong?” Natasha asked as Roel stopped above her. “Why did you stop?” she asked, following his gaze.

Her eyes widened in shock as she saw her husband standing there with red eyes. She pushed Roel away and quickly stood up to put on her clothes.

“What have you done?” Lucious asked in a hoarse voice. He felt his knees trembling as he stood there looking at Natasha.

“How could you do this to me, Natasha?” Lucious could feel anger bubbling up from within him.

“How dare you betray me?!” He yelled as he approached them slowly. Roel, the rogue she was having an affair with, pulled Natasha behind him, shielding her from the Alpha’s hateful gaze.

“She owes you no explanation,” he said rudely as a smirk formed on his lips. Lucious’s eyes started twitching—his wolf was begging to come out and tear them apart.

“As he said, I owe you no explanation, Lucious,” Natasha’s voice sounded as she stepped out from behind Roel.

“What? Do you hate me now?” she asked in a mocking tone. A small laugh erupted as she covered her mouth.

“Forgive me, Alpha, but I don’t think I need you anymore. You’ve never really loved me, have you? You think you could use me as your plaything, and once you find your so-called mate, you’d leave me? I don’t think so,” she laughed again. The sweet sound Lucious once loved now sounded like daggers to his ears.

“Roel treats me like a real woman, Lucious. He loves and cares for me more than you ever will. He’s everything I could ever want,” she said defiantly as Roel held her by the waist, pulling her closer.

Lucious felt his heart shattering all over again as the only woman he had ever loved stood in another man’s arms.

“Besides, the Blood Moon Pack has lost its glory thanks to their weak Alpha. So pathetic. I deserve someone much better—someone powerful, of course. Not someone who hides like a coward behind his pack members. Speaking of which, where are they now?” She smirked as she stepped forward, noticing the Alpha was alone.

“I don’t need you anymore, Alpha Lucious. It’s over between us,” she finally said as she looked directly into his eyes.

“I, Natasha Donald of the Blood Moon Pack, break my bond with the Alpha, hereby rejecting the mate bond between us. I do not want you anymore,” she declared, a devious smirk on her lips.

Lucious could feel something snapping. It was the mate bond.

It was gone. So was his sanity at that moment.

Lucious’s eyes turned completely red as his wolf went livid.

“I will kill you... I will kill you both,” his cold voice said as he swiftly shifted into his magnificent black wolf. Roel also lunged forward as he shifted into his gray wolf, much smaller than the Alpha’s.

The two wolves circled the field, snarling and growling, before the black wolf finally pounced on the gray wolf. They clawed and bit each other as they rolled across the field.

Natasha looked alarmed as she saw her lover being clawed at by Lucious. Of course, Roel was no match for Lucious, and they both knew that. She only said that to stall him, knowing Roel had called for reinforcements. She prayed they would arrive in time.

It didn’t take much effort for Lucious’s wolf to pin the rogue wolf down. He raised his razor-sharp claws, ready to deliver the final blow, when two brown wolves jumped on him, distracting him. Roel used the chance to limp away, leaving the Alpha to deal with the others.

More wolves appeared, attacking him from all sides.

The Alpha fought viciously, but he was too occupied to notice a gray wolf sneaking up behind him.

Roel leaped and landed on Lucious’s back, sinking his teeth into his neck. Blood poured as Lucious growled in pain, trying to shake him off. More wolves pinned him down.

Roel bit deeper, blood staining his fur as Lucious slowly lost strength. He had lost too much blood and shifted back into human form.

Roel mind-linked his people to retreat, and one by one they ran, leaving the injured Alpha on the ground.

Natasha and Roel were the last to leave. She looked at Lucious one last time, smirked, waved, shifted into her wolf, and ran off. Roel followed closely.

Lucious lay in a pool of his own blood, gritting his teeth. He was too weak to follow them.

“That woman will definitely regret betraying me for a fucking rogue! Next time I catch them, I’ll make their lives a living hell! Rogue leader, right? I will kill every rogue I catch!” He said as his consciousness slowly faded away.