I abruptly turned around to see Grayson standing there, looking angry as if he wanted to attack the Alpha king. Wyatt pushed me behind him and advanced toward Grayson stealthily.
"Who the hell are you calling in such a manner?" He growled. Stacy ran to her husband with a few guards. She bowed in the presence of the king several times and said, "Forgive him, Your Highness. He took some pills that are bad for him."
Indeed, Grayson was high on something and couldn't stand straight, but his red eyes were on me and he looked like he was crying.
"Fucking pest, I'll deal with him," Wyatt said but I grabbed his hand. He tilted his head, and his eyes met mine. I shook my head no, and his eyes softened immediately.
"Please, help me take him inside," Stacy whispered to the guards.
"No, I want to talk to her... it's important, please," Grayson slurred. The guards dragged him back into the pack house despite his struggle. Stacy once again bowed to the Alpha king.
"Forgive him, the drugs he took were prescribed by the pack doctor, but he just overused them... accidentally, of course," Stacy would always make up excuses for Grayson's mess-ups and childish behavior. Prescribed drugs, seriously? Girl, bye.
Wyatt dismissed her with a wave of his head and he stroked my hair gently, calming me.
"Adira," he called seriously. My name sounded so sexy when mumbled it.
"No one will mistreat you ever again. I'll personally deal with anyone who disrespects my queen," he said solemnly, and I believed every word. I only nodded and took his hand.
"I'll make you breakfast if you don't mind," I offered, and he smirked, making my heart skip a beat.
"What?"
"Nothing, and as much as I'd like to come in and eat what you cook, I have a meeting," he said. I sighed and waved at him, but he didn't turn around to leave. Instead, he was looking past my shoulder. I turned around and followed his gaze to the window. Lucas was standing there, watching us with a frown.
"That's Lucas. I'm sure he's angry that I didn't call last night," I said, and he waved at the boy, but my brother didn't react.
"I have a feeling he won't like me."
"He's just angry. I better go and pacify him with eggs and bacon," I said.
"Go," I urged him. He nodded and turned to leave, he didn't reach far when he turned around to wave at me.
"Bye, little bird,"
"Nooo," I screamed. Not him too!
"Jett and Aspen told me what happened that night," he teased. I closed my ears and rushed into the house. Did they tell him how I fell from the tree?
Wyatt didn't seem as brutal and cold-hearted as the Alpha king people talked about. He seemed quite normal.
"He's not a normal wolf, Adira. It took all my power not to run from him. You might not feel it as much as I do, but he's a very powerful man, and his aura is dark and tumultuous."
"I'm hungry," my brother's voice came.
"I'm sorry, love. I passed out," I said.
"You were drinking?"
"No, I was just too tired and slept. That's why I didn't call."
Wyatt's POV
I took a shower and got ready for the day. As soon as I stepped out of my room, my beta and gamma were waiting outside.
"Yes, did you find out anything about Adira Wade?" I asked, and suddenly the floor seemed very interesting to them.
"Aspen, Jett, answer my question, now," I insisted.
"Wyatt, we did ask around, and yes, she's been abused both physically and emotionally. She was also imprisoned and tortured for over six months after her parents' execution," Aspen reported.
"It was bad, Wyatt. They even had her in solitary confinement, she's a strong girl," Jett added. I was fucking enraged. They didn't only kill her parents, they but abused her too.
"I want them all to pay. I want names of her tormenters, all of them. No matter how small the issue was," I ordered.
They followed me as I marched to the Alpha's office. Reaching his office, I pushed the double doors open, and he stood up. I glared at him, and the fucker was shaking.
"My- My king, you didn't have to come all this way. You should have sent for me, and I would have rushed to you," he stammered, coming around to me. I was surprised he dared to. Mars was a coward, everyone knew that, even though he pretended to be pompous and powerful in front of others.
"You fucking lied to me, your king!"
"I don't understand," he said, wiping his face with a white cloth. Mars was sweating like a pig.
"You allowed your pack to bully, mistreat, abuse, and even torture my mate for years," I spat.
"I-It's not like that. A-and besides, questioning her after her parent's betrayal is part of the pack's procedure," he stammers.
"And, locking her up and torturing her to admit something that wasn't true?"
"I was...I just...we just didn't want to put the pack at risk," the man couldn't even formulate coherent sentences. "We just didn't want to anger you, that's why we hid the truth."
"I didn't want to anger you, and what happened—"
"Does he look happy now?" Aspen interrupted him, glaring at the man, who looked at him in fear.
"Forgive me, sir, it was my mistake," Mars said. I enjoyed seeing him like this, so humble and pathetic because he is nothing.
You have to be punished, not only for lying to me but for all the crimes you committed against Adira," I declared. His eyes bulged, and he shook his head.
"No, King Wyatt, I've always protected that girl. Even though all the pack members demanded she should be exiled from the pack, I got her into a good home where she could take care of her brother and be far from the packhouse, where she received ill-treatment."
"Do you want me to applaud you for doing that? As an Alpha, you must protect everyone in your pack!" I growled, feeling anger rising in me. Rolf wanted to tear this man to shreds. He hated that our beautiful mate wasn't treated right because of the accusations made against her parents.
"You're right, I didn't handle the situation as I should have," he continued but I already turned a deaf ear to his pleas. So, I asked my Beta and Gamma to show him hell in the training field. I reiterated they were allowed to make permanent injuries.
'I want everyone who hurt my mate to pay,' I said via mind link. Jett was more than happy to oblige, torturing criminals was his favorite pastime.
Leaving Mars' office, I went to do some work. My wolf was urging me to go to my mate, but I resisted the urge. By evening, all I could hear were screams and cries of pain from some pack members.
I decided to go to the training fields where ten of my men were torturing anyone who had anything to do with my mate's abuse. I smirked when I saw the Alpha's son, whose name I didn't care enough to know as he wasn't important to me.
"He's down from his high now," my wolf observed.
He was beaten and barely recognizable, his wife's fingers were broken too.
Damn, my men are good at this torturing shit. They need a raise.
'We need to kill that man.' Rolf growled. I growled thinking how he behaved earlier when he was high on drugs. He must be the man who deserted her, the mother fucker even married her best friend. His loss, my gain. He was glaring at me, and I smirked.
"My king, isn't this too much?" Mars asked. He was no exception from the hell and I see they did a number on him. I ignored him and watched the crowd.
"What have you done," a soft voice came from behind me.
Adira.
