Scarred Alphas by Norisha May
Chapter 39

"Serge, why would they have him in a room in the house?

Wouldn't it make more sense to take him to a cell?"

"My guess would be to keep him close to you. To use him against you." Serge responds.

That makes sense.

As I search through the hall, suddenly Julia stomps in my direction.

"This is all your fault!" she shouts at me.

"What?"

"Alexis is being punished because of you! He might be killed!" She starts crying but has visible anger.

"Colt will not be killed. I will raise hell if that happens!"

"You did this to him! Why couldn't you just leave him alone?!" Some paragraphs are incomplete if you are not reading this novel on FindNovel.net. Visit FindNovel.net to read the complete chapters for free.She is not listening to me. "I hate you and I swear if something happens to him, I will make you pay!"

"Enough Julia!" Serge shouts from behind me. "You can't speak to her like this."

Julia grinds her teeth. "I don't care who she is. I love him. This is all her fault and Alexis should not have to pay for it."

Love?

It bothers me but I look past it. "Colt."

She looks at me with confusion.

"His name is Colt, not Alexis.

And I intend to do everything in my power to make sure that he is safe. I will not let my father kill him."

She doesn't say anything else but just stares at me.

I turn around and continue my search.

Love him? She loves him?

Well...so do I. I love this man too.

As I turn a corner, I see the two guards standing in front of a door that leads to a room just like Garret said.

I walk up to the guards and they suddenly stand in my way.

"I either pass or you are going to have to stop me." I tilt my head. "What will happen if they put their hands on me, Serge?"

Serge suddenly growls at them and they immediately back away.

I do feel like a brat at this moment. Using everything I have to my advantage.

"We have instructions not to let anyone in." The guards say.

"Then don't tell anyone. I am going in either way."

I walk past them, ignoring them, and open the door.

The room is dark but I am still able to see.

Colt lies on the bed with his hands cuffed on the side of the bedpost. For a werewolf, this would be easy to get out of but he does look hurt and weak.

He looks up and when he sees me, he immediately tries to sit up but he can't.

"Cass!"

I sit on the bed with him on his side.

"Did someone tend to your wounds?" I ask him.

He slowly nods.

Unlike Ezra, Colt's face wasn't touched but he has deep cuts on his body that are already starting to heal. But because I am sure they were made with silver weapons, it will take a bit longer than usual. He doesn't seem to be hurting though and I am glad about that. I don't want to see him suffering.

"Let me explain." he says.

"Don't talk. You've said enough."

"No. I haven't. I haven't said enough."

He lifts himself up as best he can, resting his back on the headboard.

"Let me start from the beginning." he says.

I quietly listen.

"In no way do I expect you to just forgive me because I lied to you. I lied to you many times when I could have just told you the truth. But I was scared and that made me act like a fool."

I don't give him a reaction and just wait.

"After Skye did what she did, I climbed up the ladder to get close to Warrick. That is all true. My need to kill him was all true. A few years later when he finally trusted me enough, he gave me an order. To search for his daughter. He was convinced that she...you-had survived and that you were being harbored by an enemy pack.

I started with the easiest packs to infiltrate and of course, I didn't find anything. When my father's pack caught us...that was true as well. We got caught by them, I never had any intention to infiltrate my father's pack mostly because I was sure that Warrick's daughter would never be there. I was obviously wrong but this all came by chance.

Even when we were in the cells together, I didn't know you were his daughter until you used your power on that

f**ker."

"And that is when you planned to take me to him." I interrupt.

"No! Listen, please."

I take in a deep breath trying to put my anger aside.

"Giving you to Warrick would have meant that he would have had more power.

So no, that was never my intention. All this time, I was searching for you so that I could use you against him. Cass I got as close as I could to Warrick and I still had no chance to end him. So this was my plan. Falling for you was not part of it but by the time I learned who you were, I already had my foot in. I was taken by you."

"So you brought me to him to get close to him?"

"No. We got caught when we went to the city. I had no idea that he would be there because he rarely ever makes rounds to the city. But once we got caught, the urge to follow my orders through set in though I fought it with all I had. When we got caught, there was no other choice.

All I could do to protect us was to act as if I had really brought you to him. I hated the idea because now, I wanted to keep you from him. Now, I didn't want him to know that you existed. I wanted to protect you."

"And the seducing me part?! Why are you leaving all that out?"

"I am not. Once we got here, he told me to get close to you. But I was already close though I didn't tell him that. I was already in love with you and I know you were in love with me. It doesn't matter how much you deny it. I know."

I keep my face away from him trying not to react to his words but he continues.

"I had to agree so I did, but that was it. My love for you is real, Cass, and that plan I had to use you against Warrick, was out of my head a long time ago. I don't know what you did but, all that hate is gone. I am still angry but it is not my fixation anymore. You are. You are all I want."

He pauses and I take a moment to take it all in.

"I...I have to think." I say as I get up and head to the door.

"Cass!" He calls out to me.

I stop walking and wait to see what he has to say.

"I love you, Cass."

With hesitation, I start walking and leave the room without giving him a reaction.

There is no denying it, I love him too. I fell for him hard. I recognize that I am angry at this moment, and I know it will pass. I think I just need some ME time.

As I walk through the hall, I stumble on Skye who has a bag that seems to be full of clothes. She has a split lip and looks angry.

I can only assume that Warrick threw her out of the house.

"Leaving?" I ask.

She obviously wants to tell me off but she doesn't. She keeps her mouth shut and walks past me.

I shrug my shoulders ignoring her too.

I walk downstairs and go to one of the garden rooms at the back of the parlor where I have seen Poppy and Lotus gather before. It is a sunroom with flowers all over it. A calm and relaxing area. I find an empty chair in one of the corners and sit soaking in the sun on my skin. Serge, I assume is somewhere behind me. He almost makes himself invisible to me. It's annoying to have someone follow me everywhere I go but at the same time, it feels nice to not feel so alone.

Suddenly I hear Serge give a low growl. When I look back,

I see Ezra.

I roll my eyes. "What do you want?"

"You." He nonchalantly says.

"Ezra!"

"Fine. Just let me talk."

I stay quiet and turn back to look out of the window glass.

"I realize what I did. I realize I f**ked it all up. But we still have a connection. That's how I was able to find you here. I followed it."

"And?"

He sighs. "It means something, Cass. We are fated to each other."

Looking straight outside, I confess to him. "I am in love with your brother." after a few seconds of silence, I turn to him. "I am not saying this to hurt you, Ezra. But you need to understand where my heart lies and it is not with you." "But I am your true mate. I am the one you are meant to be with."

"That means shit to me, Ezra.

You hurt me and pushed me away. This is the result of that. Accept it. Move on.

Find someone you can truly love and can love you in return."

"I can't. I always wanted you."

"You what?!"

"I always wanted you but my pride got in the way. I was ashamed that I wanted you. I was angry at myself and that is why I treated you the way I did. That is why I did the things I did."

I feel like I am finally hearing him speak the truth.

But... it's too little too late. I still feel nothing for him.

"I need you, Cass. Let me make things right, please." He pleads.

"You don't need me. You only want me now because you lost control of me. You can't hurt me anymore."

"No, Cass. That's not it.

Please, just give me a chance."

"And your family? You are betraying them, giving them up to the enemy for what? A chance with me?"

"Yes. I am giving everything up for you."

"I can't believe you. Do you actually see this as a selfless act? It is not. You are being selfish. You are unable to have something you want so you do anything you can to get it. Including hurting those closest to you. You haven't matured at all. It's like you are a bratty child in a man's body."

He abruptly gets up. "You are mine. No matter what you say, you are mine. My brother might have indulged in your b*dy but he will never be your true mate. If that is what was meant to happen, then he would have been your mate from the beginning. But he isn't. I

am."

"Ezra, I am going to give you my final answer. I don't want to be with you and you need to accept it."

"No! Never!"

"Then now you are just hurting yourself."

"You will be mine again." he says.

I look straight into his eyes. "I was never yours. Not.

Once."

His eyes slide to my neck and I suddenly panic but he then looks behind me where

I know Serge is.

Ezra is an Alpha but I know so is Serge and he looks much more menacing than Ezra.

Ezra looks back at me as he backs away. "You are mine.

I'll be damn if I let Colt have you." He says and then leaves.

In your damn dreams.

I am so glad I wasn't alone. I am sure that it crossed his mind to mark me.

I sit back straight in my chair feeling annoyed. This really pisses me off. Ezra was the one that brought all this to light but Colt just had to go and ruin things too and when things were so great!

"You dummy!" I mutter.

After a few seconds of silence, Serge asks.

"Uhm...me?"

"Oh! No, sorry."

I huff and get up feeling so angry. "Stupid Colt."

I sprint up the stairs and make my way straight to his room again. The moment the guards see me, they start shaking their heads side to side.

"No. Not again."

"Yes, agian."

I go past them and open the door. Then I close it behind me, locking it and leaving Serge out there as well. I ignore their complaints and go straight to Colt. I stop in my tracks when he is sleeping looking very peaceful. I slowly walk over, taking in how sexy he looks handcuffed to the bed.

Biting my lips, I lift one leg and throw it over him, sitting on him. He opens his eyes and looks surprised.

"Cass?"

"I am angry at you." I speak.

He sighs. "I know.

"But... I love you."

"You do?!"

"Yeah! Why are you so surprised when you are always saying that you know

I love you."

"Because you never said it before."

"Well! Anyway! I was saying I am angry but I love you."

He smiles and looks relieved.

"Oh, don't think I am forgiving you just like that."

"What can I do to make it right? I'll do anything." he says.

I look down at his body that is only covered on the bottom torso with a blanket."What can you do? Mh...not a single thing. Let me have my way with you.

He raises a brow. "Have your way with me?"

"Yeah. When am I ever going to be in control if not like this?"

He gives me a half smile that makes him look even more sexy.

"Do what you want to me, Angel."