The Rogue Alpha’s Claim

“Kane,” Ariel said as she saw the intruder inside her room. Her reaction was too calm for someone who wasn’t expecting him.

She had thought she was going to scream and shout, that her heart was going to pound until it burst out of its ribcage when she saw him, but none of that happened. It was, however, the opposite.

She was too calm, her eyes taking over his figure as she took him in. The man always looked good, and even with her hatred for him, she had to admit that.

Maybe she had expected it.

Kane was a man of his words, and deep down Ariel knew he was going to come; she was just hoping he wouldn’t come soon.

“Hello darling.” Kane said, flashing his dazzling smile that would have made her swoon, but she tightened her facial muscles, feeling the blade she had kept in her back pocket.

Ariel pursed her lips as she came closer to him, and she grabbed her knife, aiming it for his throat in a murderous intent, but damn the son of a bitch.

His reflexes were too fast, and he shielded his neck with his hands, but the blade came too close to his arm, and it nicked him, tearing a line in his flesh.

Ariel watched as a thin line of blood spread across the wound, and the sight of the red liquid excited her; the metallic tang filled the room, and she wanted more.

She reached for her knife again; only this time Kane could suspect what she was trying to do, and he held her hands at the last minute, holding her hands behind her back in a fine grip.

“You never learn my love.” He teased her, whispering so close to her ears and letting his warm breath fan her. And Ariel steeled, closing her eyes as she gave in to the momentary weakness.

But she caught herself before she was too gone and she began to wrestle, moving her body violently in a bid to escape him.

“Unhand me this moment!” Ariel roared, digging her elbow into the sides of his stomach so hard that she was sure it would leave a bruise later. “Kane, I swear, if you don’t let me go at this moment, I will kill you!” She yelled, spittle flying from her mouth as she struggled in his arms.

But Kane was rather enjoying it. “You can choose to do this the way or hard way, love; it is your choice. Although I would prefer the hard way.” Ariel couldn’t miss the way his voice deepened at the last sentence, a little suggestive.

“Don’t call me love.” She flared up. It irked her how casual he could be, how nonchalant he sounded, and she wanted nothing more than to shut him up, maybe forever. “You disgust me.”

“So I have been told, now it is time you come back home; I have missed you.” Somehow he had maneuvered her hands and slipped in handcuffs, and it wasn’t until she felt the fluffy material on her skin that she noticed.

“What are you doing?” Ariel shrieked, struggling to loose herself from the bonds. She glared at the cuffs on her hands, recognizing it as a toy in the inner room, and she flared up. “What the fuck are these? whose handcuffs are you using on me?”

Kane gave her a sly look, his tongue darting out to lick his lower lips, and she was already regretting her word vomit.

The last thing she should be concerned about was his extracurricular activities, but as she saw the instrument, her jealousy had flared up. They had never used it before, and the thought that it could be for one of his play toys bothered her.

“Don’t worry, darling, you are all mine. I got these for us, and we can put them to use when you are ready.”

“Fuck you!” Ariel yelled at him, ignoring the ways her lady bits throbbed at his words.

“I have been dying to do that, love.” The man surely has a comeback for everything.

Before she could process it, Kane had tossed her over his shoulders, like a sack of potatoes, and he began to walk out of the door amidst her screams.

“Kane, you fucker, drop me down this instant!” Ariel yelled, screaming out a whole bunch of colorful words. But the man barely reacted to any of the words, and she began to scream, calling out for the alpha, for Judith, and for any other person she would remember.

It was so strange that the pack was this quiet a day to the supposed ‘festive’ new year.

“Someone help me; he is trying to kidnap me.” Ariel continued to vocalize her anger until he had gone down the stairs and she met the alpha standing, and she was breathing a sigh of relief.

She was safe now; everything was going to be fine.

But if only she knew how wrong she was.

Kane came forward to the alpha, and they shared a knowing glance.

“Thank you for taking care of my mate. I know she can be a handful sometimes, so I am going to add a little cut to the money. I will not forget your goodness in a hurry.”

The alpha smile widened even more at the thoughts of more money, and he stretched out his hand for a handshake while Ariel was still trying to process what she had heard.

“I thought you wanted to kill him.” She pointed out, hoping desperately she had not been transported to an alternate universe where enemies turn to friends.

Maybe that was even better; at least she could be assured of the outcome.

“Why would he do that? It would be foolish trying to kill me.” Kane bragged, puffing his shoulders in pride, and the alpha smiled, but the little twitch of his eyebrow was the only indication that Kane’s words didn’t sit well with him.Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

“B-but, you were, but…” Ariel couldn’t wrap her head around it, no matter how much she tried.

“The alpha here is my good friend, and when I found out you were going to stay here for a while, I had to meet him and negotiate with him. Why do you think you were always taken care of and provided for? You think a pack would willingly accept a human?” Kane burst out in mocking laughter, and it ruffled her feathers to no end.

“She doesn’t understand our world.”

“Indeed, I had to pay a huge sum of money to ensure your survival and wellbeing, but for you, I will do it again and again.” The men smiled at what should be his declaration of love, but Ariel didn’t think it was anything romantic.

It was purely stalking.

“Good luck with your mate.” The alpha said, but he barely spared a glance at her; at least he had the decency to be ashamed.

Ariel kept quiet; instead, she lay on his shoulder as he walked through the snow, and he dropped her off at the door of his car.

Kane opened the door, and he gently deposited her inside, noticing her new demeanor. “Have you finally decided to be calm?” He asked her, but Ariel only stared at him with a blank face.

Her head was swimming with a lot of thoughts, trying to connect what had just happened.

She continued staring at the dashboard, even when he entered inside and leaned towards her to help her with the seatbelt. Even when he had begun to drive out of the pack, she still remained silent until Kane was breaking the silence.

“I can see your head swimming with a lot of thought. You can ask me anything.”

Ariel glanced at him, her eyes hardening as she looked at him, but the words were stuck in her tongue.

There was nothing she needed to know; he was always going to win, always going to have his way, and she was only a piece in his game.

So she remained silent, staring at the dashboard all the way home, until she had gotten tired and had fallen asleep.

Ariel was woken up by a gentle tap on her shoulder, and she slowly blinked her eyes open, looking outside the window.

She allowed Kane to lead her out of the car, and they stood together, looking at the pack house.

“Welcome back home, love.”