Three Alpha's, One selection (Ending reimagined)

Chapter 42

Tonight is the Alpha Ball the whole reason for this weekend. The main event. Todays activities are for them to get to know one another. Tonight is for them to celebrate new alliances they have made. I have to make sure that everything is ready, I don't have time for all these games. I am just a chess piece to all of them. They make their plans, choose their play and use me to benefit themselves.

Here is what I know. Facts are important they are real, promises are thin air.

Fact: Greenlands isn't my home anymore, my family isn't there. If I choose to go their I will never be able to see Knox again.

Fact: Rowan wants to consume me. I'd have to stay here and take the abuse or he'd kill me

Fact: Aedion wants to claim me. He thinks he has fallen for me, but someone constantly conquering, taking from others this might just be him trying to conquer me. Trying to take me from Rowan to show he can take anything

Fact: Sanders still wants to be with me. He is strong and believes that his love for me is enough, but it can't be not measured by the power of two Alphas.

Fact: I can't let Sanders die for me. He can't die. Knowing he is out there even if we can't be together is my pendence for causing so much pain

Fact: I might have fallen in love with Sanders without even having ever being with him.

Fact: I am pregnant. I hate the father, but I can never hate my kids and dying isn't an option

Fact: The only thing I have control over is this event.

My train of thought was interrupted by someone calling my name. It was a stricking deep voice- Aedoin

"Dilara!" I stopped and waited for him. The last thing I want is to attract attention to us meeting up.

"What do you want?" I am not affording him any of the niceties anymore. He isn't really here for the event anyway. He is here to stir up trouble.

"And if I say it is you that I want?" He flirted with me with that boyish charm. I have to put a stop to this. I can't handle another night like last night. I already know that tonight will be difficult. It is the night before their wedding. He isn't supossed to see the bride, which means he will be with me. not only that but tonight is his last night with me and I am sure he will make it memorable. He will be making sure that his dominance is completetly exerted upon me.

"Stop playing games. I don't want this. The only thing you are doing is causing me more pain and suffering. Look at what happened earlier. He had the upperhand and he used it to hurt me. So just leave me alone." I said my say and turned to walk away, but he grabbed my wrist. My bangles digging into my bruised skin.

"Is this what you want?" he said pushing my bangles away. His thumb rubbed over my damaged skin.

"Would you honestly rather continue with this life rather than having me save you? what do you have to loose?" I have already lost everything to Rowan. I have nothing to loose, but also nothing to give. All I want is to protect my kids. If he finds out I am pregnant what will he do? As his new mate will he force me to get an abortion or will he make me have my babies only to rip them away and use them? If I stay what will Rowan do with them? What will he teach them? Is it worth living here and having them see their mother chained up or caged, bruised and broken.

"How I see it is that I will only be trading my cage for a newer one." I said watching his reaction at my words an innocent man would be shocked by what I said, a man faking innocence would feel insulted and would try to convince me of his intentions. a real man wouldn't make fake promises, his actions would be prove enough. Like when Sanders kissed me. He said he wasn't playing games anymore. Aedoin didn't have any of those reactions. He let go of my hand and a smile spread on his face.

"Fair enough. I guess Rowan and I am similiar beast. As are all Alphas. Dominance is breathed into us as we take our first breath, arrogance is drilled into us and power is afforded to us. There is nothing we can't have and anything is ours for the taking. It is why I am so good at my job. I see something and I take it. Now I want you. What is going to stop me from taking you, especially if I know it is for your own good? As I have mentioned I take over the weak and I make it stronger, why shouldn't that apply to you?" His words were chilly, like the air was sucked away from around us as he spoke them. gone was the warm summer day filled with fun in the sun.

"Have you ever thought the cost for your help is to high? Not only for me, but for all the packs you have 'rescued'?" It was a fair question. I need to know how high the cost of his help really is.

"Trust me, My Angel...The benifit outweigh the cost?" Which means there is a cost. I guess being his for the rest of my life is the cost, but what else? I won't walk into another hell.

"Who is the one to really benifit?" That is the right question, because I am sure that he benifits the most from every pack he conquers. He gets new land, new warriors, new allies and more power.

"Why can't everyone benifit?" That is the only thing he has said that I don't believe. I don't know why. It could be in a twitch on his face or his voice changing the slightest bit, but something was off with the delivery. He wasn't being his charming self or this cold calculate side of him.

"I don't believe you. What will I benifit? Don't answer with some workaround, just tell me! If I leave with you, if I become yours how will I benifit?" I want facts, I can deal with facts. at the moment he is only offering thin air and I can't hold onto that.

"You will be rid of Rowan." Yes that much is true, but we are where we started with me only trading cages.

"True, but I won't be free. I will be yours." I saw a glint in his eyes as I said the word 'yours' the same one I see in Rowans eyes.

"You are right, there is a cost. You will be choosing to be mine. You need someone with power to protect you against him, because he will never stop trying to get you back. I know this because I will never stop trying to make you mine. Asking you is a formality I afforded you, but my wolf has your scent and the hunt has begun." I think I forgot to breath as I stood their staring at him. It was only hours ago that I thought it was easy to talk to him. His mask is even more impressive than my own. I never saw this side of him not even for a second. Not even when Rowan had the upper hand.

"No innocent man would ever want an Angel. An innocent man would look at the angel, behold its beauty and understand that something so precious was never meant to belong to anyone. It is only a devilious man that would want to keep it for themself." This is his way of warning me. He might be the lesser evil, but he is stil evil.

"Think about my offer, My Angel...Don't take to long though. I have an itch that I want to scratch, but I am practicing some self control." an itch? he stepped closer to me leaning into me so that he can whisper in my ear.

"Did Sander really think I wouldn't know that he disobeyed me and sneaked off to see you, I was testing his loyalty. He failed so I will have to kill him. How about that? Is the life of the guy you love to high a cost to sell your soul?" Just like that he walked away whisteling like none of this just happened.

Lesser evil? or two sides of the same coin?

He must have thought he could charm me into compliance, win me over...I have learned from my mistakes. Looking for the greener gras of life is not what I do anymore.

I was still shocked as I walked into the ballroom. He is basically forcing my hand. If I stay with Rowan I might die and Sanders will die. If I go with Aedion I will live and Sanders will be free.

In order to calm myself I started to focus on the job at hand. It's not like I have much of a choice anyway.

The ballroom was as I promised. It was oppulence at its best. the entire place was covered in flowers - White roses, baby's breath, white lilacs and white orchids. The banisters, the collums and the roof is covered in them. The floors are polished to such perfection that it looks like clear water, the chandeliers are lid and the tables are set.

Clear glass tables, with clear glass plates and gold cutlery. the only thing left to do is for the candles to be lid. There are at least a hundred of them.

There was nothing left for me to do so I left to get ready.

Rowan said he would have my dress for the evening laid out for me in his room. It wasn't up for negotiation. He doesn't trust me at the cottage anymore. He had thought about it earlier, but felt with all the Alpha's living in the pack house he would be moving me towards the temptation, now he doesn't care anymore.

Walking into his room I saw a bunch of jewlery boxes, but no dress. The door to the room open and a flood of women came in. They didn't say a word as they grabbed onto me and started to prepare me. I felt violated. Not one of them said a word the entire time.

They stripped me of my clothes and forced me into a bath, where they scrubbed me down. They pulled me out of the bath only to lather me up in oils and lotions and pulling a robe on me.

I was rushed into the room where they started working on my hair and face. I closed my eyes and let the darkess consumed me. Disassosiating from the entire exprerience. I only open my eyes when all the hands left me.

My hair was tightly curled. Using a waterfall braid the sides were pulled back only leaving a few strands around my face the rest hanging down my back. Leaving my neck completely exposed.

They had bedazzled my hair everywhere there were tiny diamons studded on, catching the light as I moved my head to see.

My make-up was also something else. My eyes were done in a light brown natural shade with gold glitter over it, it almost looked wet. there was no eyeliner only lashes, the inner conner and under my waterline higlighted. My lips a peachy colour with gloss over it, my lips looked full almost swollen. The thing that stood out the most though was the freckles they gave me, freckles made out of golden glitter.

One of them were still in the room with me. She turned me to the door and ripped of my robe leaving me naked. As I reached to cover myself she slapped my hands away. As she walked out the door Rowan walked in.

"If I hadn't paid a fortune to have you done up like this I might have ravished your body right now." I didn't say a word, I just stood there as he looked over every inch of my body.

"I have a gift for you." He walked over to the bed where the jewellery boxes were laid out. The first one he opened revealed a gold, diamond encrusted chocker. It was beautiful, but it made my blood turn cold because I knew the purpose of it. It was a collar. he always joked about it, now he finally got it. He walked over to me with a smile on his face that took my breath away. It was the same smile he had the night he branded me. His wolf was in control.

My heart was pounding as he stopped in front of me. His claws were out I saw them folded around the chocker. His other hand grabbed onto my hip, I felt the claws, but I was too afraid to make a sound. He let go only to have one nail trace from my hip to my belly button and up through my breast to my throat. He grabbed onto it pulling me closer. he inhaled my scent before his hand was replaced with the chocker. I heard it click, locking it in around my neck. it was tight. the purpose was not to chock, but to be a constant reminder of it being there.

He stepped away from me to open the next box which was filled with thin golden chains that had small diamonds on them. He clicked the chain onto the chocker. It hung down straight between my cleavage where it split running under my breasts around my back. it then tied around my middle with two chains hanging down, one on each leg, where they tied around my upper thighs. It was tight, I felt the tiny diamonds digging into my skin, just enough to hurt, but not enough to cut my skin, at least not yet.

He was back at the bed opening the last box. it held his initials in gold and encrusted with diamonds, the 'R' above and the 'V' below it. He placed it just beneath my cleavage and attached all the loose end of the chains to it.

"Absolutely beautiful. Now let see if anyone can deny who your owner is." I felt sick. I took a deep breath trying to calm myself. The thought of walking out of this room with these slave chains on was causing me servere anxiety. I could feel myself starting to hyperventilate. The chains felt like they were becoming tighter by the second.

"Breath!" It was a command. I couldn't even have a panic attack without his permission.

"We do not have time for this. Do not make me angry tonight." He left to fetch a dress bag from his closet. He took out a spaghetti strapped, skintight dress that has a slight flair from beneath mid thigh to the floor. The dress looked like it was made from melted gold. I put it on hoping to feel less exposed, but I wasn't allowed underwear and the dress was like a second skin.

It was also backless and had a deep v= neckline all the way to my navel. you could see every curve of my body, but more importantly the outline of the chains running over my body. The neckline exposing not just my cleavage, but his initials as well.

"You will wait in my office until I summon you and not a minute later."

Rowan POV

I left for the ballroom, not wanting to be late after my little mate put so much effort into this. I also don't want to be rude towards the guest, the human has done enough of that.

I saw Aceline waiting near the ballroom. The last thing I want is to deal with her. I made sure that Dilara would outstage her tonight, not that it would be difficult since there is no comparison for Dilara.

As I reached her she leaned in pressing her breasts against me, trying to kiss me. I took a step back making her fall forward.

"Rowan!" She started to complain as she caught herself against the wall. I grabbed her throat, shutting her up in the process.

"Don't touch me!" I sneered in her face.

"Rowan is not here tonight, we thought this event deserves the real Alpha in attendance. Don't test me tonight. If you think what I do to Dilara is bad, just wait and see what I do to you. I have been wanting to tear you to pieces for months now, but Rowan always stops me...he isn't here to protect you tonight." I watched her pale at my words. I could hear her heart racing in fear, I could feel her blood pumping faster in her vein underneath my hand. I let go of her walking towards the entrance of the ballroom. She followed behind me finally having learned her place.

I stopped at the door to greet my guests as they arrived. Rowan was wrong to not welcome them. They need to see us, they need to show us respect. The excuse Dilara gave that day made it seem like there was a weakness within the university. People started sniffing around. I wasn't angry at her. I was angry at him. Stupid boy.

He also let Aedoin get to him. He thought her pack being conquered was a good thing, but we don't have any leverage now. We have no idea where her parents are hiding.

Now we have no way of controlling her, her lover is sleeping in our packhouse and another Alpha wants to claim her. Now more than ever we need to only show our strongest side which is why I'm here. No more half-assed measures.

Aceline stood next to me. She looked at the ground. I prefer her silent. She isn't nearly as annoying. If I am supposed to spend the rest of my life with her I might have to cut out her damn tongue.

You could see the difference. I was radiating power. The others could tell. They all bowed out of respect not wanting to upset me in any way. Finally the group I've been waiting for showed up.

Aedoin came walking towards me with his sister on his arm and the boy following behind him. He was pathetic. He can't build and run his own pack so he takes other packs, he couldn't take care of his mate and now he wants to steal mine. It won't be that easy. I'd rather kill her than have her be with someone else.

"Rowan." He greeted me.

"Malissa." I greeted his sister instead of him. She is afterall the Luna of their origin pack. Which means she is the head of the household and not him. She looked shocked. I want to keep them guessing on what I will be doing next. She seemed to regain her composure.

"Where is Lara? I can't imagine you would let her go too far with all these Alphas around?" I'm not sure if she is hinting at me being possessive or my fear of losing Lara.

"She is running a bit late." I said before commanding her to come. I want her to make an entrance. I want all eyes on her. She is afterall the most exquisite thing here. I also want everyone to see that she belongs to me. Which is why she is done up in gold. I am showing off my trophy tonight. I smiled thinking about the moment all of them wil see her.

"Why are you acting so smug?" Aedoin asked. As I looked up at him I saw her coming in the distance the candles only illuminating the golden beauty I have created tonight. My smile grew as everyone else disappeared. It was like I was on the hunt and my prey had entered my eyeline.