A resounding slap followed when she resisted further. Alpha Gary was so angry that he was going to shift into his wolf and tear her to pieces but he feared the Alpha King.
Should he kill Kate, he will be executed. The Alpha President here would be a witness who would have to speak about what he saw. Only this made him control his temper, but still, he was so furious.
"This will teach you a lesson not to insult my fated mate again! It doesn't matter who she was to you before, what matters now is that she's your superior, she's my fated mate and as a fated mate, she's greater in rank than you."
"Useless woman!" He spit at her, leaving her side. Kate stood with such a furious face, she was determined to deal with them no matter what it took her.
"Leave!"
But before he could even say this, Kate was out of the door with her plans in mind.
"She can't hurt you, my love, not while I am around and still the Alpha." Gary consoled his little mate, Lina who snuggled into his arms, enjoying the way one of his hands was draped around her chest.
Sensations were dribbling inside of her, she felt the urge to go to bed with him.
"I just hope she won't beat me up when you are not around, honey." She whispered amid her moans.
"She can't try that!" Gary growled, sending courage into Lina who grinned happily.
"You know how much I love you, alright? Calm down, my baby." He asked, patting her on her back.
A lot of thoughts were on Kate's mind, she was greatly worried. If the start was this way, what would happen when Lina has pups into the marriage? She wondered.
Even if she leaves now, where is she gonna go?
She was just confused.
She was really in pain as she poured out her anger with no one there to listen to her. She burst into bitter tears out of frustration. Her wolf was getting weaker and weaker with the maltreatment she was receiving both from her husband and his mate.
It was such an insult for her husband to make her kneel before everyone. She bit her lips as the President couldn't even say a word of caution to him.
"He doesn't deserve to be the president!" She growled.
Kate sobbed all through the evening in her room until she attempted to force herself to sleep at night. She tried her best but couldn't sleep. She didn't want to call the attention of Bella who was always working as a scriptwriter.
She was a full-time worker and didn't even have much time for herself.
When the door to her room flung wide open all of a sudden, she jerked up in shock. She realized she hadn't pulled over the bolt. She was hurting so madly inside that she forgot to do the necessary.
Gary walked in.
"Pretending to sleep, huh?" He asked her.
"Well, there is always no peace for the wicked. So you think that you can just come to bed after causing so much trouble earlier, right?" He proved right the more as Kate didn't give him any response.
"Keep ignoring me but I have come to warn you!" He continued as her silence was infuriating him.
"If you ever cause any trouble here in this estate again, I promise you that will be the end of our marriage! I will file for divorce and make sure you pay me any amount I stipulate."
"Trust me! I'm the Alpha of this pack, all authority rests on my shoulders, so what I tell the judges is what they will do."
"Do you think they will listen to you, huh?" He sneered.
Still, Kate didn't say anything.
He leaned over her on the bed, Kate was shifting away. She so much found him disgusting and didn't want to get any closer to him.
"I just thought it very wise to tell you ahead of time so watch your actions and stay out of our way, Lina and I!"
He stormed out of the room, slamming the door so hard that Kate had to block her ears. She feared the door was going to rip off from its handle.
After the door closed, Kate was back to her life of loneliness. Gary coming here to warn her worsened the whole case. She feared she wasn't gonna sleep for the next two nights.
When she could no longer control the pain she felt, she went straight to meet her best friend who lived on the ground floor of the estate the next morning. Banging in without knocking on Bella's was normal except when she was with her partner which she often told her beforehand.
She went directly to the bed and sat there without saying anything. Bella knew something was wrong, even without her saying anything.
"Baby, what's going on? You had another issue with the Alpha or Lina?" She walked over to Kate.
"Don't worry….." Kate stammered, being so thoughtful in expression. "I'll be fine," she assured herself. "I've always had issues with them but....." her voice trailed off.
"Lina accused me of threatening to kill her before the Alpha Council President, Gary even forced me on my knees to apologize....."
"What!" Bella's heart was thumping. "You said?"
"Don't worry," She smiled. "I didn't stay down for long, I resisted and got up and I also retaliated," Kate replied while Bella nodded. This is what she wanted to hear.
"But he came to my room thereafter and warned me, to stay away from him and Lina, lest he would divorce me and force me to pay him."
"We have to do something about this, baby. It's either you leave or you send Lina away!" Bella suggested.
She couldn't watch as her best friend continued to suffer this.
"Revenge should be the next thing, whether you leave or wish to stay. I'm right here behind you" Bella's words gave Kate great strength. She nodded.
"I'll be going to my room now, let me leave you to work." Bella pulled her into a tight hug, giving her a perk on her cheeks before releasing her to go.
"Please don't fail to update me on anything that's going on!" She had the money and she had worldwide connections, she couldn't be silenced. That's why she stood behind Kate with all confidence.
Kate nodded to get the request and left her room, closing the door behind her. She tried to control her fast breaths. There were a lot of thoughts running through her mind, as she wondered what was the best action to take in such a case.
"Should I save this marriage or send Lina away?" She thought inside of her, confused. Both weren't as easy as she thought, she needed to make sure she was spending her energy on the right thing.
"If I'm going to save this marriage, I need a plan. A good one!" She told herself, either which Gary was still gonna pay for it.
She was comparing between these two options. Confusion struck her, hopelessness was slowly setting in. After a while, she felt exhausted.
"Instead of continuing with this, I'd rather shift and take a run round the woods to relieve myself."
"I can't deal with this immediately, I need to take a break!"
Getting into her car, she drove out of the estate to the woods which were located some meters away. It was secluded, there was no one, and this was the type of environment she needed to quit her nerves.
She sat on the wooden bench by the side of the lonely road for a while, releasing tension. Then she resorted to pulling off her clothes. She couldn't shift with them on, she would end up ripping them when she was about to shift back.
With a very deep breath, she began to shift. Her fingers began to change to claws, she observed her bones breaking, and her furs were coming out of her skin.
It didn't take long before a white wolf stood in the place where she initially stood in her human form.
Kate enjoyed many hours of running around the wild, which was very massive. She felt like a child again, her heart was free and merry. She didn't want to return to the estate.
"That hellish estate!" She growled. She wanted to remain here forever but as time went on, she knew she had to go. She wouldn't be able to solve her problem by running away from them but by confronting them.
She feared that when she shifted back to her human form, the problem that seemed to go away would be back.
"There's no way out apart from fighting it!"
"You can do it! I trust in you!" Her wolf, Empress told her.
Kate placed a call on Bella as she returned to the estate. She had a plan and she couldn't wait to tell her.
"Hey girl, are you doing something right now?"
"Yes, of course!" Bella's voice came up as soon as the call timer popped up.
She was interested to know what she was doing. "What are you doing, writing?"
"Yes, what's wrong?" Bella asked with concern. "I'm ready to close my system, and come to you if you need me!" Kate grinned, upon hearing this.
"Can you come to my room!" She asked her. "I'm so exhausted and can't come down to your room."
Bella, hearing this, knew it was serious. Kate had never asked her to come to her room, she's always the one coming down to see her. The only time she went up to her room was when she willingly went to check up on her.
"What were you doing that you got so exhausted?" Bella asked her, a bit curious.
"Just come up, I'll tell you everything you need to hear." Bella didn't waste any time, the next minute she was up. She pushed Kate's door and walked in, going directly to her bed where she was seated.
"What's wrong?"
Kate released a deep sigh.
"I'm sorry I went for a run in the woods without informing you. I'm back just now. So while on the run, I discovered this idea!" She gave off a smile of suspense."
Bella's body was giggling, her heart was beating so fast. She couldn't wait to hear this. Her wolf almost skipped off her body.
"If she could ask me to come up, then this must be something serious!" She said to herself.
"What's going on, tell me what you're up to?"
"Bella, this is a huge step to take but I have to do it." She swallowed the lump in her throat. "Will you come with me to meet with Adrian, Gary's elder brother?"
"Where?" Bella shrugged.
From what she knew, Adrian was the Alpha King's escort and there was nowhere they would meet with him, aside from the palace. Everyone feared King Lucius, he was the perfect definition of a monster who was strict and yet good.
He had everything a woman needed in a man, yet if you tried shit with him, you pay with your life!
People always praised those who worked for him, they were genius to work for such a great werewolf. He was referred to all over the world.
Bella shifted apart from Kate.
"You mean what you're saying right now?" She asked her again.
"Yes, I do!" Kate responded with a thick voice. She was full of confidence. Sending Lina away and retaining Gary for her perfect revenge plan was a great task, it required her to do this and the risk was worth taking.
"What do you want to say when you meet him?" Bella asked Kate.
"Don't worry, when we get there...."
It took deep love and courage for Bella to follow Kate for this task. It was because of the great love she had for her which made her to.