"This better be important." I bellowed when a knock came on my office door.
Astrid poked her head through the door, and I glared at her. If only I could have replaced her with someone else, but I couldn't. She is efficient, and nobody else wanted to step up to the position of my Beta. I rolled my eyes at the thought.
"You're so hot headed again this morning, your Highness." she smiled.
"What do you want? If you're here to give me more paperwork, you can f**k off." I spat.
"I wish I were here to give you more paperwork, but no. You know of that little Omega you just hired?" she started.
Before I could even answer, my nose picked up her scent mixed in with blood. I glared at her but she just put her hands up saying it wasn't her. I stormed out of my office to find my Omega in the middle of the throne room badly beaten, and covered in bruises and blood.
"That'll show you who to respect around here, Omega." a man spat at the Omega.
The Omega was covering her head, shaking, and practically begging the man to stop hitting her. I could feel my lips curling up in anger and my nails were digging far into my palms.
"What do you think you're doing to my staff?" I demanded.
"HAHA! I was simply teaching-" he said as he turned to face me but froze when he saw me. He couldn't utter a single word out of his stupid mouth now. That's what I f*****g thought.
"Alpha Parker, you dare come into my castle and beat up my staff?" I demanded.
Alpha Parker was the Omega's Alpha. I glared daggers at him, and if looks could kill there, I would have his mangled body right here on my floor. My jaw was tense and I could feel my anger boiling out.
"Omega. Come." I said.
The Omega shakily stands and doesn't even bother looking up. She could barely stand, hence making her fall back on the ground. I walked over to the Omega without taking my eyes off of Parker. I looked at him with utter disgust. I scooped down to the Omega and reached out for her face. I saw my nails were long, I must have shifted to my demon form earlier. I was careful not to hurt the Omega.
"Can you get up?" I whispered.
"No, you're majesty. I am truly sorry for causing trouble." she whimpered.
"Don't be. It's Parker who should be sorry. Why did this happen, Omega?" I asked.
"He... He wanted to bring me back to the pack but I said I couldn't... because I had duties to serve you." she whispered.
"Stay here, I'll call for someone to get you and take care of you." I said.
I stood up and glared daggers at Parker. I shut off all the lights in the castle and closed the distance between Parker and me. I mind linked Astrid to come to get the Omega, and she had to make sure that the doctors will tend to him. Omega's are weak wolves. They don't heal as fast as normal wolves do. That's why Omega's are left in the pack house. They don't join in the battles. They do chores in the house that are not too dangerous for their frail little bodies.
"What kind of Alpha are you? You already gave this Omega to me, didn't you? WHY THE f**k ARE YOU TAKING WHAT'S ALREADY MINE?" I demanded.
"King Lucian..." he stuttered.
"WHAT? WHAT PETTY EXCUSE DO YOU HAVE TO TELL ME NOW?" I growled.
"Hurting her was never my intention." he stuttered.
I darkly laughed. In an instant, my hand was on his throat and he was pinned against the wall.
"Don't kill him..." the Omega begged weakly behind me.
From the corner of my eye, I saw Astrid gently trying to help her up. I wanted to crush the Alpha's throat so badly. I was seething with anger as I turned my attention back to Parker. I growled loudly as I threw him across the room.
"There, not dead. Fatally injured, yes. But not dead." I forced a smile to my face as I turned to face the Omega. "Happy?"
"Thank you..." she weakly said before passing out.
Before Astrid could take him anywhere, I quickly grabbed her from Astrid and took her to the hospital wing myself. I demanded for doctors to see me. I went to a room and gently placed her unconscious body on the bed. Nurses came in with towels and a basin of water.
"What do you think you're going to do with my Omega?" I demanded.
"Sire, we're just going to clean her body..." they trailed off.
"NOBODY TOUCHES THE OMEGA BUT ME. LEAVE THAT." I seethed.
Once they left, I grabbed the basin and the towels. I forced myself to shift back to my normal self before I'm the reason that the Omega dies. Once I was normal, I stripped her naked, and slowly started cleaning her body. The dirt was not coming out.
"AGH! HOW THE f**k DO YOU DO THIS?" I screamed as I threw the towel and the basin across the room.
"First of all, patience. Do you want me to show you?" Astrid chimed in.
"Why are you here?" I demanded.
"Because I had already assumed you were going to do all of this. Why are you so protective of her anyway? I've never seen you act like this toward anybody... EVER. Not even Wyatt." she said as she picked up everything I threw.
I couldn't answer her because I didn't know what I was going to say. She refilled the basin with warm water and gave me clean towels. She dunked the towel in the water and slowly started cleaning her body. The dirt was coming off and she didn't seem like she was in pain.
"You're good at this..." I muttered.
"Did you just compliment me?" she smirked.