**Nicholas**
I had just finalized everything involving my sister marring Alpha Jack, I can't believe I let the elders talked me into agreeing with marring my sister off to someone who isn't even her mate. I'm thankful that Emily appeared when she did.
I looked out the window, it was already night. 'Finally, let's go for a run.' Mars said and I could tell he was smiling. Mars loves the night he says it complements his black coat color.
I was preparing myself to go for my night run when a guard rushed into my room, "Alpha, the princess left her chambers without an escort." he said before he could even catch his breath. "What?!" I practically yelled.
I'm not sure how Jack would take the rejection, so this is not the best time for her to be moving alone in the night. "She went alone?" I asked. The guard shook his head, "She's with her maids." I don't know why but knowing she and Emily might be in danger didn't sit well with me.
Just then, I received a mind-link from Elizabeth. 'Brother please come save us, we are surrounded by seven rogues.' rang her very frightened voice. 'Shit, Elizabeth where are you?' I asked, I can't let anything happen to her. 'The pack gardens.' the moment she said that I shifted and ran out and mind-linked some guards to follow me.
I arrived in the garden, their scent was everywhere I couldn't really pinpoint where they were, so I shifted back in human form wore a robe that was tied to a tree that pack members leave around for cases as such, because our clothes rip when we shift. I got a spare in case I have to do an emergency shift.
I followed their scent to where it was strongest. I first saw two naked men with their throats slit. "Elizabeth." I called out, but was met by silence, I didn't want to imagine the worst. I came across another dead naked man, 'Who do you think killed them?' I asked Mars. 'Let's just hope it wasn't any of Jack's men.' he said.
"Nickolas?" I Heard Elizabeth's voice right in front of me. I looked in front of me, there I saw Josette and Elizabeth perfectly fine while Emily on the other hand was covered in blood. I rushed to her, "Emily? What happened? Why are you covered in blood?" I asked, shocking myself by how much concern my voice held. "Don't worry Alpha, it's not my blood."
That's when I paid attention to her, her dress was ripped, her sleeves were gone, and her legs were exposed. My eyes ran up her legs, they were sexy and long, I imagined running my hands along their silky soft texture as I part them for me to fit in between, wait what's wrong with me? I brought myself back to earth.
"Why is your dress ripped, did they rape you?" I could feel the anger surging up just at the thought of another man being with her. 'Mars what's wrong with us, why are we so attracted to this girl when she isn't even our mate?' I had to ask my wolf, maybe he will know a thing or two. 'I don't Nicholas, but something is off about her, remember we can't feel her wolf, but we know she has one. There is just something different about her.
"Alpha!" the guards I called for finally arrived. I saw some of them looking at Emily's legs lustfully and for some reason I didn't like that, I felt like plugging their eyes out of their sockets just for looking at her that way.
I quickly covered her with the extra robe I came with, I saw Elizabeth look at me confused by my actions, but I ignored her. "So, what happened? If that's not your blood, then whose is it?" I asked Emily who didn't look in the least bit bothered that she is covered in blood, coming to think of it, she doesn't even look like a girl who's just from being attacked.
"It's theirs." she said pointing at the dead bodies. Wait so she did this, unbelievable. I counted only six bodies, Elizabeth said they were seven. "Elizabeth said they were seven, where's the other one?" I asked Emily. Then she smiled, "I let him go."
Did she just say that she let him go.
That means she had the upper hand in this fight, but she was alone. Most of my men can't fight seven rogues alone and come out unharmed and she's a woman. This girl doesn't seize to impress.
But I had to ask, "Why did you let him go?" she smiled again, I swear, every time I see this girl smile my heart skips a beat. "To send a message." "What message?" I asked. "Well, I believe it was Jack that sent them because they were only here for Elizabeth, so I figured if he heard a woman killed six rogue wolves in her human form, he will be more interested in me and not Elizabeth. Leaving Elizabeth safe and me as the new target." she said, I noticed how she was leaving out titles when addressing my sister and Alpha Jack, but I won't pay much attention to that.
If there is anything I have come to know about Emily is that she respects who she wants to respect and not just anyone. And wait did she just make herself a target. "Are you crazy, Alpha Jack isn't just any alpha. Besides, how sure are you that it was even him, it could be anyone." she rolled her eyes at me.
The nerve of her, how dare she roll her eyes at an alpha.
I'm mad and I don't even know why, why is she affecting me this much. Anyone who would have rolled their eyes at me would have lost their head by now but here she is, I can't even bring myself to punish her. "Oh yeah, maybe it's just a coincidence. I mean, it's not like an obsessed alpha just got rejected." note her sarcasm.
I was now boiling. I can't believe I was even worried about her.
Then I heard Mars chuckle, 'Did you just chuckle? Mars she is openly disrespecting us.' I said to him. 'Nicholas we are not her alpha, instead of you being upset here you should be thanking her for saving our sister twice in a day.' he said. 'Wait, what do you mean by we are not her alpha?' I asked.
'Oh my God Nickholas when did you become useless, can you feel any pack bond with her? She's a servant not a pack member. Haven't you noticed her tone when she calls you alpha? She calls you alpha like the way you call other alpha that you don't call by name.' He said.
How haven't I noticed that there is barely any respect when she addresses me, she doesn't even bow her head like servants do or bare her neck in submission like pack members do. "Earth to the Alpha." Emily's voice pulled me out of my thoughts.
I turned to the guards that arrived, "Call the patrol team, tell them to come to the garden this instant." I ordered one of them and he left. A few minutes' letter he came back with the entire patrol team. "Alpha." The all bared their necks in both submission and shame, they know what they've done wrong.
"Can any of you tell me why seven rogues managed to come here undetected and one of them actually left undetected?" I asked with anger evident in my voice. If Emily wasn't with Elizabeth or if she wasn't surprisingly a good fighter, my sister would have been kidnapped.
"Apologies Alpha, they must have masked their scent." One of them apologized. "No, one of you let them in." Emily said, shocking everyone. I turned to her, "Why do you say so?" "The rogue I sent back used the same way he used when coming in. He didn't even bother to look around when moving, so that's when I figured he had help from the inside." She said as she looked at the patrol team one by one. 'She's both strong and smart, wow' Mars remarked.
Her eyes roamed around all of them, I also looked at them trying to find anyone looking guilty, but they all had a neutral expression. Her eyes landed on one of them, I know him as Luca. He's just turned eighteen and he's new on the team. She smiled, "You, you're the one who helped them." She said and everyone gasped.
"Excuse me lady, you just can't make such accusations, none of us can ever betray the Alpha." One of them said, I don't know him but he was a young man maybe in his early twenties or late teens. "Speak for yourself darling, I know he did it." She said and I don't know why hearing her call him darling, angered me.
"What makes you so sure?" I asked, I mean, you don't just look at someone and say they betrayed their Alpha. 'Emily is smart, I think she knows what she's doing.' Mars said. 'Oh wow, Mars so supportive. Is she your girlfriend? Are you secretly dating her wolf and lying to me that you can't feel her?' I teased him, it really isn't like him to be so supportive of a woman. "His heart skipped a beat when I said that one of them let the rogues in." Emily said. "Now that's where we know you are lying, not even an Alpha can hear a heartbeat from the distance you are standing."
I heard Emily sigh, "Fine, who was the guard in charge of that part?" she asked, pointing at a particular area. "It was Luca." The guard that was supporting Luca said, his face dropping as he realized that his friend actually betrayed the Alpha.
There was silence as everyone wanted to hear what I had to say. But I also didn't want to believe that Luca could betray me, why would he? I've been nothing but kind to him and his family and why should I believe someone who came from nowhere and has saved my sister twice.
Isn't that a red flag on its own, why would she save my sister twice unless she wants us to trust her and why would she want us to trust her unless she has a motive. Maybe she is even the one who let the rogues in. 'Are you even listening to yourself right now.' Mars said. 'Mars what if I'm right? What if she has something to do with why we are so attracted to her.'
"Why did you ask who was in charge of that area?" I finally asked. "Because that's where the rogues came in and went out." As soon as she finished saying that Lucca dropped to his knees and started sobbing. "Forgive me Alpha but they threatened to kill my entire family if I didn't do what they asked." Emily snorted. "Yeah right." She muttered under her breath.
"Is anything the matter Emily?" I asked her. "No Alpha, it's just that I find it ridiculous. I mean, you are one of the strongest and most powerful Alphas yet he'd rather let rogues get to him." She said. 'She has a point.' Mars said. "Take this traitor away to await his judgment, Emily meet me in my office tomorrow first thing in the morning." I said then shifted into Mars and left.