Love Me Alpha

Chapter 54

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FORGIVEN?

Holly’s Pov

Standing on the side-lines I watched in fascinated horror as Adrian had my so-called brother by the throat, tossing his wolf form back and forth as if he was a rag-doll. I felt conflicted. On one side shouldn’t I have felt some kind of sadness or horror for my blood relative? Because I could honestly say I didn’t. In fact, I could go as far as to say that I was pleased that Adrian was protecting me, that he cared enough to do so.

It made me feel warm and fuzzy inside.

“You ok?”

Hearing Ryan’s concern I chewed my bottom lip. Was I ok? I felt fine, apart from the slight worry I felt towards my mate who may get injured, even if it was clear to everyone that my brother wasn’t a match in the slightest.

“Why are they just letting their alpha get attacked?” I couldn’t help but ask.

Shouldn’t they be trying to step in instead of just standing there gaping in fear?

Ryan shook his head. “It wouldn’t be considered a good tactical move on their part considering the circumstances. They are asking us for help, Adrian has every right to attack however he feels like without consequence. The pack may not know the reason why just yet, but their wolves are instinctively telling them not to get involved if they want to survive. Fight or flight instincts.”

Oh.

“Will he kill him?”

Not that I was concerned for my brothers well-being, but rather the impact it would have if Adrian did in fact kill him. Would that mean someone else would have to step up as alpha and fight, or could it be avoided?

Ryan smiled sadly. “I can’t get involved, Holly. It’s Adrian’s decision, but if I was going to put money on what he planned to do I don’t think death is his intention. Adrian will beat him up pretty bad, but if he wanted him dead he would have been killed already.”

Biting my lip I fidgeted around the side, already taking note of the fact the rest of my pack seemed to be positioned around me. They were protecting the alphas mate and unborn child.

It was nice.

“Stop it!”

Hearing a screech like cry everyone snapped their heads towards the right where a bleach blonde female stood with her hands clenched into fists, a scowl on her face as she stared at my mate in disgust. I frowned, not liking the way she was looking at my soul-mate.

“You have no right!”

I flushed about ten shades of red when Adrian suddenly phased as naked as the day he was born and stormed over towards her. She flinched as he got into her face, which I knew must have been threatening on all accounts considering he literally towered over her.  

“And who the hell are you?” he demanded.

She whimpered, shaking in fear even as she tried to hold her head up high. I couldn’t help but think it was naively stupid of her. “You just come in here and attack our alpha, I thought you were here to help us!” she bravely shouted.

Adrian snarled long and low. “That was before it came to my attention what a pathetically vile pack you are, not only abandoning your own but to go as far as to abuse them as well! It’s disgusting, and if you think I’ll be your knight in shining armour than you have another thing coming!”

An unfamiliar face stepped forward nervously, frowning at Adrian’s comment. “We haven’t abandoned any of our pack. It’s frowned upon.” 

My mate quirked a brow. “Does the name Holly Woods mean anything to you?”

Silence.

“Yea, I was told she took off when her brother, the alpha, tried to make a decision for her well-being and she reacted violently. Right, John?” the bloke turned to face who I knew to be the beta of my old pack.

He didn’t look so cocky now.

“Right John?” the unknown wolf repeated.

“Yes,” I winced at his lie. You could literally smell the deceit flowing off him in waves. “She was the one to abandon us.” I guess they were partly right, I did leave them after all.

Adrian’s eyes flashed as I shifted uneasily on my feet. “Really now? Because my mate says otherwise, and if you think I’m going to believe your word over hers then you are more naïve and stupid then I first thought.”

I cringed when everyone looked in my direction, hating to be the centre of attention. Not to mention I was struggling to keep my eyes on Adrian’s face while he was standing there in the nude seemingly without a care in the world.

I didn’t like how the unmated females were staring at him, nor me when they realised he wasn’t single but already happily mated and taken.

He was mine!

“What would she know about it?” I heard my brother cough up blood as he pulled himself painfully up into a sitting position. He looked like crap and I couldn’t help but feel good about watching him suffer. So what if that made me a bad person, he had caused me more than enough pain before I had met my soul-mate for me to be able to enjoy his agony with a guilt free conscience.

Adrian’s upper lip curved back in a snarl, anger flashing through his already blackening eyes as he stared at the betas of my own pack with barely restrained fury. “This is what is going to happen. You are all going to accept the fact that you are no longer in any positon to make demands. You are no longer a beta.”

“But-“

“Enough! You made the mistake of calling me over here for help but if you were under any impression that you would keep any authority than you were sadly mistaken. I own you! That gorgeous woman over there who you cast aside is your superior as far as I am concerned, all of my pack are.”

I flushed at the compliment, but took a tiny step towards Ryan when I took in the fury on my old packs faces along with the shock when it finally clicked that I was the same girl they had abused and mistreated. I wasn’t surprised that they had taken this long to recognise me; I looked nothing like I had before.

I was happy.

I was healthy.

And most importantly I wasn’t alone.