Chapter 5 Poisons and consequences

My heart dropped to my stomach.

Ruckus ensued, and the fight that was supposed to be happening in the ring, began outside of it.

The rogue Alpha had a strong team of violent warriors who were protective of their leader and soon, they were pulling out limbs and digging claws into flesh.

I stood there, absolutely horrified.

Even Vic couldn't move for a while, I couldn't tell if he was scared of the violence or his business going down tonight.

But thankfully he caught himself and found a mic.

"Gentlemen!" He yelled into it, weird word choice by the way, there's nothing gentle about these beasts, but to my shock, they slowly detached from each other's flesh.

The alpha was hunched over the barricade now, his claws digging into the steel so hard it cracked.

"Please, we only fight in the ring. If he was poisoned, I have a doctor on standby that'll get him an antidote and everyone else can wait their turn to fight in the ring."

One of the men jumped over the barricade and rushed towards Vic.

I went closer to him, with no smart plan in mind. I couldn't save him if the beast decided to tear him to bits but still, I rushed over to them.

"I need to know who served that drink, now!"

"All of my servers are human. There's no way they'll be dumb enough to poison a wolf, especially since he's one of our protectors," Vic defended.

"I don't care about any of that! I don't want to hurt them, I just need to know how much of the rut herbs were given to him so I can understand how bad things are. He's not your average alpha, if his wolf takes over, no male or female will be safe from him. He'll be obsessed with the need to mate."

"The need to mate?" I gasped, wondering what sort of poison that is.

Or why anyone would do that.

"As crazy as we appear, we wolves still live by a code of conduct. If he forces himself on anyone, he'll be killed. So I need to know how bad the situation is so I can either take him back home or begin looking for hookers around here."

"Human women? For him?" Vic gasped and my eyes followed his hand.

The Alpha was now alone in his seat and my mouth widened when I saw his pants.

There's no way that belongs in anybody without proper lubrication.

He was hunched over, taking deep breaths that were filled with growls and snarls.

"Why can't he shift?" I asked, almost pitying him.

"He's stuck in that position until he gets his release."

"I don't think hunting for the person who did this is the best thing right now," Vic said, "let's find some female wolves that can help him out. We have some VIP rooms back here, they'll take care of him."

My chest tightened and jealousy formed a vice grip around my throat.

The images played out in my head, different she-wolves layered all over him, swallowing his seed and licking his abs.

I blinked, pinching my naked skin.

What the fuck was that?

"Well, where are the females? Get them for me right now, I'll pay as much money as they can charge. And you!" He pointed at me, "Go and get me whoever served his drink. Nobody gets to hurt my Alpha like that and go scot-free!"

Vic gave me a deathly look and I understood why he'd been making excuses.

Tara served the drink, I saw her because I had him in my line of sight all through the night but there's no way she'd poisoned him.

This place is wild and chaotic, someone must have slipped it in while he wasn't looking.

And I knew he wasn't half the time because his eyes were on me.

I didn't move, but Vic and the wolf did, everyone trying to stop the bomb from exploding.

Maybe I'd ruptured my brain today but I began moving towards the Alpha.

Something was seeping out of him, like mist and I wanted to inhale it.

I convinced myself that's why I'm heading towards a potentially murderous rogue wolf with enough silver scars on his chest to terrify me.

If I were in my right senses.

Turns out I was not because the second the scent wafted into my nose, I wanted more

I was over the barricade in a minute, and his eyes lifted, to me.

He jumped.

"Eik!" I screeched, falling on my ass in literal underwear that I'd danced in with just my silvery lacy robe covering my back

"What the fuck are you doing there?!" The other wolf snapped, when did he get back?

What was I supposed to say?

That I didn't want anyone else satisfying him?

That I've never been this horny in my entire existence?

That the rogue Alpha's eyes on me lit me up like fireworks and I wanted more?

Instead, I shook my head, got off the floor and moved aside.

The Alpha kept growling on the other side, struggling to hold himself back while his friend's eyes summarised me quickly.

"You seem to be pretty and stupid."

"Hey! Don't talk to me like that you beast!" I snapped, completely forgetting my place.

Instantly he was in my face, "I will speak to you anyhow I like it it'll force you to stop behaving like a lunatic! He's in a forced rut! Except you are offering him your cunt which I doubt your body will survive, you shouldn't even be in this building!"

The wolf growled angrily behind him and I took a step back.

"What are you still doing? Run!"

I didn't run.

My eyes went past his shoulder to the growling beast behind him and words that should have never come out of me, did.

"What if I want to help him?"

"So not only are you dumb, but you're also insane. Vic, come get your dancer before I let Klayton rip her to shreds."

"Klayton," I whispered, his name rolling off my tongue like it was meant to be moaned.

He growled louder at that, tearing into the barrier.

"Nobody will agree to do it," Vic returned and I realised the pub had been divided in two, us on one side and everyone else close to the door.

They weren't leaving but if he forces himself on anyone, they'd converge and kill him.

To hell with that.

"I said I want to help, why won't you let me?"

"Mon Dieu, no! Did you hit your head too hard, Raven? Why would you even say that?" Vic gasped.

"He won't hurt me."

Even I was shocked at my own confidence.

"And you know this because?"

"Just get me a chain, and I'll do it. But in exchange, I want something."

"Name it," he said, to Vic's horror, but it seemed he'd realised I was his only option.

"Your people have to help me find my mother."

"Deal! Vic get her the strongest chains in the house! And don't forget, he has to knot inside of you. Don't worry about getting pregnant, that hasn't happened to anybody in ten years."

Weird, but that's not what had me shaking in my flats.

He finally pulled away and I came face-to-face with my erratic decision.

I just fucked around and I'm about to find out.