Chapter 54: The Alpha King’s Virgin by Charmeleon Chapter 54

Chapter 54

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Painfully slowly, I reached the ground. I needed to distance myself from the dark castle as quickly as I could. Athan would send his minions to search for my body, no doubt. At the edge of the dark realm there had to be a way out. I tried linking Richard and the other warriors but receiving no reply I had to assume that they hadn’t survived. There was no time for guilt. They knew what they signed up for serving me. I had to get back to Raine. Find out for myself if what she said was true.

What if Athan told the truth, that thought nagged at the back of my mind. If he defiled my mate, wouldn’t I have felt it? Isn’t that how the mate bond worked? I pushed the doubts to the

back of my mind. I had to focus, get back to my kingdom. It was enough to know she was safe. Ross would see to it.

I looked up at the towering black castle looming in the background.

“This isn’t over, Athan. I will be back, and I will destroy you.” I whispered a promise into the misty air.

“Damn this infernal mist!” It felt as if I was going around in circles. “Wake up, Rage! Damn you, I need you.” He would find his way out of this miserable dead place much better than I could in human form. Moving through the petrified forest, the branches of the dead trees reaching out with their gnarled arms to scratch at my naked body as if to draw the lifeforce out, I stopped in my tracks sensing something. Something alive. Something with a feint scent.

‘Rage GET UP!‘ I screamed at the beast and at last he opened one red eye to glare at me.

‘I’ve spent my power healing you, foolish human!‘ Now was not the time to get an attitude needed him.

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‘Well, get your shit together! We’re not alone.’ I tried to see through the depressing mist that kept on rolling in from the black sea.

‘As you wish…‘ I felt him push through, making my transformation as painful as possible, spiteful wolf!

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” !” He was deliberately hurting me, pissed off that I let our mate go with Ross. What other choice

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Excruciating minutes later the black wolf shook his thick fur and stood growling, head lowered, staring

into the mists. Shapes moving through the dusk, drawing nearer. We waited.

There were five of them. Werewolves. Two females and three males. I didn’t know what to make of

them. Rage stood his ground until they came within attacking distance.

“Who are you?” The largest male confronted my wolf. “Turn back so we can talk.”

Rage regarded them with suspicion. ‘I don’t trust them. What are they doing here?”

‘Let me worry about that.‘ I told him and pushed him back.

“We can’t stay here. Follow us.” One of the females lifted her head to sniff the air. “Vamps are coming.”

The five of them slunk in between the dead trees and I had no choice but to follow them. Rage wasn’t happy about it. They ran until they came to a small opening between two rocky outcrops and slipped inside it.

“Hurry!” the female urged and once again I followed. We went down into a cavern and one of the males stayed behind to wipe away our tracks.

“They’re looking for you.” The larger male didn’t seem too pleased about coming across me.

“Whose to say. They could be looking for you.” I countered, they have yet to tell me what they were doing in the Vampire Realm.

“Who are you?” he demanded. He was no Alpha,

“Amaris. How did you get here?”

wa Gamma or a Delta.

“Amaris? As in King Amaris Black?!” the other older female snarled at me. As she said those words the males‘ attitude became aggressive, their wolves pushing to the surface.

“There seems to be a misunderstanding…” I could take them, but I needed their help.

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“Oh, I don’t think so! You sold us out to the vampires!” the larger male’s voice was now guttural as his animal side fought for dominance.

I sighed. I was hoping for a peaceful negotiation. However, … I let them experience the full force of my

Alpha King aura and forced them into submission. The females were the first to fall.

“Let me make this clear… I have no intention of killing or selling my subjects to vampires. I don’t know who is behind all this, but I will find out and they will pay the ultimate price.” Although I had a damni good idea.

“How can we believe you?” He knelt on the ground with his head bent, but still trying to resist my force. The others two males weren’t resisting at all.

I snorted, “You don’t have a choice. Now tell me what the hell are you doing here?”

The eldest of the females raised her face. “I am Nola of the former Sand Wolves. We were a small pack on the west coast. Then your men came and…”

“Again, I never gave such an order.” I interrupted her, scanning her ragged clothes covering her malnourished bones. I wondered how she managed to escape the castle, she hardly looked able to fend off a pup.

“Vincent.” The large male introduced himself, “These two are Adolf and Ben. We were of the same pack, also a small group at the edge of the forest. Our Alpha and Luna were both killed, and we were rounded up like dogs.” He did not mask the bitterness in his voice.

“And I am Serene. I am of a different pack than theirs. I don’t know where the rest of my pack is. They took everyone.” She was the youngest of the five of them. Pretty if it weren’t for the scar marring the entire left side of her face. She too was underfed, scrawny even. The men weren’t much better.

“Are there more of you?” This was a complication. I couldn’t leave them behind. They were my subjects and I had an obligation to them.

“Yes, kept like animals in the castle. They use them as blood bags and entertainment.” Vincent spat on the ground, times they would let us fight each other. To the death.”

“The winner gets released to be hunted.” Ben uttered a derisive snort. “So, Your Majesty, you can say

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“They don’t usually chase us right away. They give us a head start, because they know there is no escape.” Selene said.

“There has to be a way.” A plan was forming in my mind, much to Rage’s dismay. If we could release the captives, we could fight our way out. I looked at the bunch of wretched werewolves. They weren’t warriors, but they were all I had. “We have to free them.”