ALPHA LYALL.
She was pissed. I could see it in the way her eyes darkened and narrowed into slits. Her fingers curled into fists, and she looked at me like I had run mad.
She wasn't wrong. She was the reason why I was this way anyway. The reason why I didn't even care if Sheila was going to like this idea or not. All I wanted was to be close to her and this was the only way.

It hurt that I had found her very late and when it was impossible for her to be my Luna, but I wasn't going to let her slip away from me this time. I was going to go to lengths to make sure she remained by my side for as long as I lived.
"You don't mean that, do you?" Her voice came out in a scared whisper.
I scoffed. "Oh, I mean every word I said. Like I said, you don't have a choice in this. Try to defy me and I promise to make life worse for you."
I walked over to the decanter sitting on the table in the room and poured myself a glass of brandy before bringing it to my lips.
"I don't understand why I am being threatened," She laughed bitterly. "If this is how things will be, then I don't want to have anything to do with you. These kisses we shared and the other moments, I would forget all about them, shove them to the past and move on with my life. I will never settle for less. I know I am a slave, but that doesn't mean I don't know what I want. You will not take that away from me. If you don't want to be with me, then that's fine."
I placed the mug on the table with a thud and turned to look at her. "Do you know who I am?" I asked as I stalked towards her. She retreated until her back hit the wall, and I was inches away from her. "You probably haven't heard of Alpha Lyall the Great. I do whatever I want. I get whatever I want and not even you will change that."

"That is unfair to me!" She cried. "Do you know how selfish that is? To want me by your side, but you are unable to do that, so you decided the best thing was to reduce me to nothing but a breeder? That is one thing I will never stand for!"
"Like I said, you have no choice," I snapped.
She scoffed and a stray tear streamed down her cheek. She was quick to wipe it off, and I ignored the pain in my chest.
"I have every choice, Alpha Lyall. Right now, I am walking away from all of these because I don't want to do this. I don't want to play these games. We are mated to each other and that's it! Nothing is changing. Nothing will ever change, get that?!"

"No, I don't."
"Then keep living in that delusion. Know that I have vowed not to give in to your selfish demands. I am worth more than a mere mistress and breeder. I will not do anything related to that!"
I grabbed her by the arm. I was rough but I didn't care. Why couldn't she see how badly I wanted to be close to her?
Did she think it was that easy for me to ask Sheila to leave? Someone I had been married to for five fucking years.
No, I hadn't loved Sheila. Not so much. Not even. But we had mutual respect and understanding. She had lost her one true mate a long time ago, so she really didn't have one to fall back on and seeing that I was almost the same, I had suggested that we get married.
Only for me to find out years later that this woman, this extremely beautiful vixen, standing before me and fuming in anger was mine.
I couldn't just walk away from my marriage. It was going to break Sheila. Besides, I had respect for her and even if this was so wrong, I couldn't help it. I wanted more regardless.
"You will. You will be my breeder and concubine. Don't forget that I bought you for a price. So I can do whatever I wish with you."
She blinked twice, a look of shock creeping into her face. "Did you just say those words to me?"
Her voice broke me. I hated this move I made, but it was something I had to do.
Nodding, I backed away from her. "Yes. I said those words to you. You don't want me acting it out, do you?"
"I don't care!" She snapped.
With those words, she pushed past me. Hard. It was really hard to push, but I moved out of the way, turning to look at her as she stormed out of my chambers.
I winced at the sound of my door banging shut.
As soon as she left, I grabbed the rest of my drink and gulped it down before leaning my upper arm against the lintel of my window. My fingers tightened around the cup so hard that it shattered in my hands, glass shards sinking into my skin and drawing blood.
I winced in slight pain and pulled the bottle pieces out before growling out in anger. She had managed to piss me off and leave me disoriented.
Did she think I was just going to leave her like that?
I didn't care what it took to get her, but I was going to make sure to make her mine. It didn't matter how. I would go to lengths. Fucking lengths to have her in my arms again.
It was a really dangerous decision, but this was what I had to do to have my woman. I didn't find her in the past and now that I have, I wasn't going to let her go.
Walking to my door, I pulled it open and summoned one of the guards, who immediately stood before me.
"Your majesty."
"Send for my Beta. I need to see him. Tell him that it is really urgent.”