Alpha's Little Vampire Mate
12. Alpha's Anger

Marcus's POV:

I slammed the door, not minding if I scared her. I couldn't stop grinding my teeth as I marched towards the training grounds.

I could hear the soldiers grunts and shouts as they trained and I tried to single out Titus's scent but it was absent. The coward had run away, instead of facing me like the man he was. I was going to find him one way or another and I'll squash his bones.

I pulled my shirt over my head and dumped it on the ground. Walking right into the ring, I shoved one of the soldiers away and readied myself to wrestle the other but he backed away. They'd all stopped to bow when there sensed me, but the warning glare on my face was clear enough that I had no interest in exchanging pleasantries.

Titus's second in command came forward and gave a deep bow. "Welcome Alpha, what brings you to our training grounds?"

"Where is that weasel?" I spat in an authoritative voice.

Confusion crept onto his face, as he eyed me cautiously. "Um... Alpha? Your eyes are turning black," he stated.

I roared at him. "Immediately you see Titus, tell him to come see me otherwise, there'll be hell to pay!"

I turned around and stomped away from them. I marched back towards the house, all his servants shuddered and hid away as I ascended up the stairs and towards the room where Chloe was kept. I got angrier as I got closer, it killed me to think that Titus had seen my girl naked.

I had just woken up, when I heard a loud bang on my room door. I immediately got a whiff of Lima's scent and I called him in. He rushed in, picking up my shirt and throwing it at me. "What's the fuss about?" I asked.

"I've got information," he looked worried and that piqued my concern. "What do you know about the heat period in a she wolf?"

I stared at him in confusion because I had no idea what he was talking about. I was just going to ask, when a thought crossed my mind. My heart leapt and I sat up immediately, getting ready to climb out of bed. "Is Chloe alright?" "Relax bro, answer the question!"

"Is she on heat?!"

"That doesn't answer the quest-"

"Damnation!" I interjected. "Just tell me already, what happened?!"

Lima stared at me with shocked eyes. "Woah chill! Spare the anger until you hear what I've got to tell you."

I rubbed a hand over my face, trying to calm myself. I was just a few seconds from smacking him in the face. "You know I'm not well known for my patience... whatever it is you want to say, out with it!"

"Heat is the period after a werewolf sees her mate and she really wants to do the... you know and she gets all horny and wet and craving and bothered-"

"I know what heat is, get to the fucking point you idiot!"

"Okay okay, I'm getting to it already!" He took a deep breath, keeping his face bare of any emotions but I could still spot the amusement dancing in his eyes. "Chloe got into heat and..."

I sat up straighter, trying to sniff her out. It's normal that she comes to me first but I didn't sense her presence. I stared at the opened door, imagining she'd walk in any time soon and throw herself at me, begging me to have her. Screaming out my name as I gave her an unforgettable amount of pleasu-

"-is with Titus."

That seemed to bring back my attention to whatever Lima was saying. I'd got caught up in my feelings and I hadn't been listening to whatever it was he had said. "What did you say?"

He gulped, his eyes darting all over the room but not meeting mine. I could feel the nervousness radiating off him and that was good, because I'll have his head if Titus as much as lays a finger on my girl. "I said, Chloe's with Titus," he repeated.

I was out the door in a flash, Lima following hot on my trails. "You were to watch over her, but you let her go to him? How dare you?!"

"I'm sorry Alpha, I don't know how it happened!"

"You're not sorry yet, you will be by the time I'm done dealing with you," I snapped back.

That was how I ended up in my Gamma's room to find my mate in his bed, naked. I could make out the outline of her body, the curves of her heavy breasts and her nipples which hardened at the sight of me. It made me proud to see her body react to me like that even without touching her.

I could have gotten in beside her and made love to her senselessly, but the fact that I could still sense Titus's lingering scent in the room was enough to drive me crazy. With her being naked and not even in pain like she's supposed to, wasn't helping the anger in me.

She hadn't slept with him, that I was certain of. If she had, my wolf would have been affected by it. But still, she'd not come to me... rather she went to Titus?

I had to send her home. I couldn't trust anyone to take care of her for me like I would, they were all unreliable! Mark still had to answer to me, he'd explain how Chloe got out of his house and into Titus's bed. One simple task, and they all failed!

I cut through the connection link, asking Lima to bring the car over and have the servants prepare for Chloe's arrival. She'd put on some clothes when I went into the room again, but her nipples were still visible through the shirt. I had to hold in a groan as my cock kept twitching, I hoped she didn't take notice of the stiffness of it but not that I minded.

I lifted her into my arms, she didn't resist but rather clinged on to me and that gave me some sort of hope. I wanted to yell at her, scold her for being so careless and thoughtless, but that could wait...

***

"What was that for?!" Mark yelled, clutching his bleeding nose where I'd just dropped a punch. I grabbed his shirt, shoving him backwards until his back collided with the wall. "Why be so violent? At least tell me what I did!" The nerve of him....

I landed another punch to his side before letting him go and he dropped to the ground. It was a good thing that I'd sent Lily over to the house to keep Chloe some company. I didn't want her seeing all the things I intended to do to her mate, she'd fret and tell Chloe.

"You idiot! I can't believe I entrusted Chloe to you!"

He coughed up some blood and spat on the floor. He looked dishevelled as he panted for breath while eyeing me angrily. "All I've done is take care of her!"

"Why did you let her leave the house this morning?!"

"How was I to know she snuck out?! That's Chloe for you, nobody can stop her from wandering about, not even her best friend!"

I glared hard at him, giving him the stink eye. "Don't yell back at me, you were given just one assignment and you failed woefully! How do you expect me to believe that you didn't have it all planned out with Titus?" I asked, passing him a suspicious glare.

His anger gave way for confusion as he eyed me cautiously. "Where does Titus fit into all these? I told you I'll keep him away and that's exactly what I've been trying to do!"

A humourless chuckle escaped my lips. "Do you know where I found my mate today?" He shook his head no. "I found her in Titus's bed," I added.

His eyes widened, as he stared at me in disbelief. "No way," he muttered under his breath. "Chloe would never do something like that, she never liked Titus! However, she's not happy to have you as her mate but she'd never do something like that!"

I growled, hating that he mentioned her not wanting me. "It's Titus I don't trust," I snapped. "I've had enough of his nonsense and I expect you as my Beta to bring him to me."

He nodded and I heaved a sigh in partial satisfaction. I ordered him to do it discreetly and make sure that Lilian doesn't take notice. She'd rush over to Chloe and run her bigmouth, which was something I wanted to avoid. I needed to find out what she was doing in Titus's bed, when she was supposed to be in mine. It would be the wrong time to make her feel pressured...

My next stop was at Lima's. We had a little chit chat to have before I finally went home to my queen. I knew he'd sensed me, because I could already perceive the fear emitting from him. His power was so weak and mine so superior that; I could almost read his thoughts.

"Lima!" I yelled at the top of my voice. "Come out here this minute!"

It took a minute before he came out from where he was hiding. I hid a clenched fist behind my back, waiting for him to get close enough. He moved hesitant towards me with a fake smile on his face. "Hi Alpha, so good to see you!"

And as you guessed, I reciprocated his greetings with a hard blow in the face. He fell to the ground, shifting away from me. "To hell with you and your hi! Get your ass up, we got some talking to do!"