Chapter 3

Raphael’s brown wolf finally burst into an opening clearing. He shifted back to his human form, looking around for his Alpha. He was sure this was the place Lucious had told him about.

The Beta had been in the pack house, doing some work, when he received an emergency message from the Alpha. He dashed out into the forest, mind-linking other warriors to follow suit.

Raphael didn’t have to look around for long as he soon sighted the Alpha. But what he saw made him let out a small growl.

Not too far away, Raphael could see the Alpha lying on the ground with a “not properly dressed” girl beside him. Raphael’s face soon pulled into a frown as he saw the girl’s hand seemingly roaming over the Alpha’s.

Raphael’s blood began to boil. That girl was most definitely a rogue. His brown eyes turned black as they darted between the girl and his injured Alpha on the ground.

Thinking it was the rogue girl who had attacked the Alpha, the Beta let out a low snarl as he stepped forward, ready to tear the rogue girl limb from limb. Anger coursed through his veins as he moved towards her, ready to tear her apart. He had barely reached them when he heard his Alpha’s voice.

“No, Raphael, don’t.” Lucious’ icy voice reached his ears, making him stop abruptly. Raphael’s head snapped towards his Alpha.

“No Alpha, let me kill this filthy rogue. How dare this thing attack you?!” he growled, making the rogue look up at him.

Sensing danger, Haven quickly let go of the man’s head as she stood up. Lucious, who wasn’t expecting this, felt his head hit the ground with a bang. He clenched his teeth, feeling the small pain shooting up his head.

“Alpha?!” Raphael called out in shock, seeing Lucious’ head hit the ground. He rushed to check on him.

“Are you okay?” he asked, making the Alpha nod slightly. A small frown appeared on his face, seeing the Alpha’s condition. Thankfully, he was healing already.

Raphael could feel the anger bubbling up again as his nose perceived the strong scent of rogue all over the Alpha.

“You fucking bitch!! How dare you attack the Alpha?!” he barked, standing up, his eyes now on the rogue girl who was moving back slowly.

“What?!” she yelled.

“What do you mean by attack?! I saved his pathetic life!” Haven said through gritted teeth.

“Save?!” he tched.

“A rogue like you can never save someone’s life. That’s for sure,” Raphael retorted as he glared at the younger girl before him.

Haven chuckled a bit. This guy had to be kidding. Rogue? She wasn’t some stupid rogue.

Haven’s eyes slowly scrutinized the tall, good-looking man before her. So far, she could say he was one of the finest men she had ever seen—if he wasn’t hell-bent on having her neck. His attitude was already a huge turnoff for Haven.

She sneered. “I saved his stupid life, and all you care about is me being a rogue? You’ve got to be kidding me!”

“I’m not some fucking rogue, okay?! So don’t you dare talk to me like that!!” Haven had no idea who these two men were, but she didn’t care. She wouldn’t allow some foolish people to treat her like this.

“You know what? I really should have just let your ‘Alpha’ die instead and gone my own way. At least that way, you wouldn’t have the audacity to speak to me in that tone. None of you has the fucking right to question me!” she spat viciously.

Haven really had her way with words. Her mother had always told her to control how she spoke, but she never listened. She was an Alpha’s daughter, an Alpha by blood. She didn’t need to bow down to anyone, so she spoke whatever she felt was right.

The Beta stared at the girl before him in shock. No one had ever dared to talk to him in such a disrespectful tone before.

“How. Dare. You?!” he growled, stressing his words as he made to shift into his wolf form. Sharp claws had already started appearing on his hands. He couldn’t wait to tear this disrespectful bitch into pieces.

Haven moved back a bit, ready to defend herself if anything went wrong. She trusted her combat skills; she was sure she could take on this one man.

“How hard can it be?” she said to herself as she too made to shift into her own wolf. At the same time, a tall man stood in front of her, blocking her view as he faced the angry wolf who was ready to tear her apart.

“That’s enough, Raphael, let it go,” Lucious said to his angry Beta.

“The girl is telling the truth, she saved me,” Lucious added, his hands rubbing his sore neck.

Lucious side-glanced at the shorter girl behind him. He could feel her breath grazing his back, which only made him frown.

He had always been disgusted by women—he simply couldn’t stand the sight of them, let alone stand close to them. Natasha was the only exception he had. She was the only woman he could stand being near. No, the only woman he loved being near... and now... she had betrayed him. And worst of all, with a lowlife rogue!

Just thinking of that made Lucious want to kill that bastard. He wanted to rip each and every rogue he came across apart.

“But not this one,” he heard a voice say in his head, making him sigh heavily. Looking at the girl behind him who was glaring furiously at his Beta, Lucious felt the need to chuckle. She looked funny standing there, staring daggers at Raphael.

His eyes returned to the Beta in front of him. “Shift!” he ordered, and in the next second, the huge brown wolf in front of him was gone, leaving a tall man in its stead.

“Let it go, Raphael, it wasn’t her fault,” Lucious stated. “Natasha... she betrayed me.” His voice was grim as he watched the shocked expression making its way to his Beta’s face.

“What?!!!! What are you talking about, Lucious?!” Shock was written all over Raphael’s face as his black eyes returned to their normal brown. All the anger he had felt just a moment ago suddenly disappeared, hearing what Lucious had just said.

“She left me, Raphael,” Lucious said through gritted teeth. “She betrayed me for some filthy rogue!!”

Raphael clenched his jaw hard. That bitch Natasha.

He never liked her one bit. No one apart from Lucious did. The woman was too proud and arrogant, carrying herself as if she were the most important person in the world. Maybe because the Supreme Alpha had always been really into her, she thought she could do anything and get away with it—well, she did get away with everything she did. Lucious never allowed anyone to do anything to her. No one even dared.

Raphael couldn’t stop the small smirk that appeared on his lips.

“Sorry, Natasha, not this time. Lucious will definitely find you, and I promise, he will not even think of sparing your fucking ass this time,” he thought to himself.

Lucious simply stood there, his brows pinched together. One thing he was sure of—he would most definitely not spare Natasha. He won’t spare any of them.

But for now, he had other things to deal with.

His eyes darted to his side again as they landed on the rogue girl behind him.

“You’re coming with me, rogue,” Lucious stated, seeing the rogue’s eyes open wide with surprise.