The Alpha’s Arranged Bride

Alpha Caramel’s POV

I tapped my fingers on the table before me, eyes on the door, but my mind was far away. Two days have passed since Lavender was taken under my nose, and here I was, lost in thought. I was not too fond of this with everything in me. It took a lot from me not to gather my army, and match to Midnight Pack, raiding it until I found my wife. I wanted to see Alpha Toot bleed to death. My wolf wanted to act on it, but rationality was stopping both of us. I knew it would be terrible to do so.

If we moved without a plan, there was a risk of meeting something we could not handle. I folded my fist in anger because even though I understood the logic around it, I hated it. Being in this place was awful without my wife by my side. Two days without seeing her. Two days without touching her. Two days without hearing her voice. Hell, I was growing mad, but I contained myself. I had to act calm. I had to think before I acted, and only I knew what I was holding back.

Beta Asher appears after a knock and the turning of the doorknob. He bowed before me. “Alpha, I have sent the messages,” he informed me, and I nodded, my eyes still on the door. I had instructed him to inform our allies of this situation. We needed to come together to get the work done. The more we are, the better we can defeat Alpha Toot. He was a smart man, and I knew he would be prepared for an attack. I cannot let him win. What made me even more upset was the fact that my own Gamma was used against me.

Gamma Finn. I had trusted him. I had trusted all the Gammas accordingly. I never thought they would betray me, but he did. He went behind me and aided Alpha Toot. I wanted to know how long he had been a traitor, acting as a friend all this while. I wanted to know why he would do such a thing to me in the first place. I thought we were all family. The maid had woken up a day after Lavender’s kidnap. She informed us she had heard noises and followed it, which led her to my study. It didn’t take long, and the noises stopped.

Finn was fighting with his right-hand man. Those two were inseparable. If Finn was not available, his right-hand man took over. My wild guess was because he found out about Finn’s plans and tried to stop him from carrying them out. However, Finn was deep in it already, so he could not be stopped. The maid followed him to Lavender’s room, and she watched how Finn attacked Joanna.

The maid watched everything unfold in front of her. She said she wanted to call for help, but all the guards were fighting. My mother would be no match for him, and neither would Axel as he was merely a human, so her only option was to follow him, leaving a trail so she could lead us to him.

They caught her deep in the woods because she was not quiet enough. She tried to make him turn back to the pack house, but he refused, which led to them fighting. She was a mere maid while he was a gamma with many years of training. After fighting for a few minutes, she was stabbed.

Her only option was to run and alert us. He would have followed her but knew it would deter his plan, so he let her go. The maid died almost immediately after informing us about this. This was a well-thought-out plan, and I was left in the dark for so long.

People I trusted went behind my back and carried out such an awful plan. My Lavender was taken. My wife was taken. I loved her with everything, and I let them take her. I failed her as her husband, and now she was taken. I shut my eyes, remembering my mate, but I knew I could not let that hold me back.

A knock came, and a guard came in and whispered something into Beta Asher’s ear. He nodded before turning to me. “Your allies have arrived, Alpha,” he announced. I opened my eyes, my eyes blinking its colour as I pushed my wolf back, calming it.

I knew Lavender was hoping for me to come and save her. She must be scared and worried. I plan to make sure I save her. I will bring her back one way or the other. Alpha Toot would definitely feel my wrath. I stood up and left for the throne room where my allies; five alphas of different packs were seated.

When I arrived, they all stood up to pay respects and sat back down once I was seated. “I will not beat around the bush. My wife was taken from me by Alpha Toot, and I want us to attack to get her back. Any form of discussion is out of the table,” I told them.

Gone is the time for negotiation. I would not negotiate with someone like Alpha Toot. That would be like trying to tame a deadly snake., and I was not foolish enough to do so. “Alpha Toot is a man of great strength. I doubt we would catch him by surprise,” one of the alpha said.Ccontent © exclusive by Nô/vel(D)ra/ma.Org.

“I second that. No offense, Alpha, but Alpha Toot is a sly man. He must already be prepared for our attack,” another said, and I folded my fists in anger. All the other alphas nodded in acceptance.

“Has he bought your loyalty, too?” I asked, my eyes scrutinizing each and everyone of them. They all were people I had worked with for years, and this fear they had was irritating me.

They all looked down in fear as my aura rose. They might be alphas too, but I was ranking higher than them. “We apologize, Alpha,” one of them spoke. Beta Asher rushed over to me and whispered, “The council is here. They request to see you.”

I would have gladly delayed seeing the council to proceed with the meeting with the Alphas, but they had already annoyed me. I needed to calm down first before doing so. I stood up without saying a word while mind linking Beta Asher to have them served refreshments while I spoke with the council. I believed their business would be brief. I wanted it to be brief.

They knew how critical this moment was, and how I must be busy trying to get my wife back, so they need not delay me or hold me back from carrying out what I needed to do. They were in the living room as the throne room was busy at this time. They all bowed while standing. I gestured for them to have their seats, which they did as I took a position in mine. They all had smiles on their faces, which made me wonder what could be the happy occasion. I needed good news, anyway. Anything to calm me down. “What seems to be the happy occasion?” I asked.

“She is gone,” one of the council members said, and I did not want to think what I understood by that statement was truly what they meant. It just could not be it. They had to be joking with me in some way.

“Go on,” I said, and the head of the council took the lead.

“We know she is your wife, but her father taking her was the best thing. Now you are free to get married to any other lady in the pack,” he said, and almost immediately, the aura in the room rose to the rooftop, and a low growl escaped from my lips. I was going to rip his head apart.