My Alpha's Secret

Chapter Sixteen

I could see Scott better once he stepped out the vehicle. He looked awful. His lip was busted and the bridge of his nose dark. He had yellowing bruises on his cheek bones and jawline. He looked terrible.

"Scott?" I yelled from where I stood on the porch. "What the hell happened to you?"

Scott rolled his eyes at the sound of my voice. His nostrils flared and I could tell he was furious.

*What the hell happened last night?* I ask Pearl, who I can feel shrug her shoulders.

*Beats me.* She says, like she could care less either way.

"Not now, Paige." Scott sneered then turned his attention to Dom. "What the f**k man? You're putting me on trial in front of the elders?"

What happened? Why would Alpha put his Beta on trial? What did he do? I watch in shock of Scotts words. Doms demeanor totally changes. He goes from laid back to being on the defense. Scott was really arguing with Alpha. Alpha or not, I disapprove of people coming to my home and starting any type of drama. That's one of the reasons I've always kept to myself.

"Look Scott," I tell him, my mouth working before my brain. "I don't know what's going on or why you look like you've been hit by a train but do not come to my house to start trouble. You can take your bullshit else where!"

I couldn't see Doms face but I could tell he wasn't please with Scotts unusual behavior. I heard him make a sound that was similar to a snort.

"I said not now Paige." Scott sneers at me.

"I think she told you to leave." Dom says in my defense.

Scotts face twisted in anger. He looked like he was on the verge of shifting. If he shifts there is no way for me to know what he'll be thinking. I don't think he would be stupid enough to challenge Alpha, but his body language says otherwise.

*I don't like the looks of this.* Pearl says worriedly.

*Neither do I.* I tell her. *But I have no clue whats going on.*

"Yeah, Scott." I start. "I think it's time for you to go."

"This has nothing to do with you." He raises his voice at me. "This is between me and Dom."

"Okay." Dom says stepping off the porch. He looked like he was getting ready for battle.

*Oh shit.* Pearl says.

*This can't be good.* I tell her.

"Y'all please don't do what I think y'all at going to do." I tell them frantically.

"We are just going to talk." Dom says quietly over his shoulder.

"Okay." Scott says. " Then tell me why I heard through the grape vine that you were putting me on trial in front of the elders."

"'In front of the elders'?" I repeat Scotts words.

Normally, in the pack, when a member goes on trial, the alpha is your judge, jurer, and executioner. For a member to go on trial in front of the elders, normally means that the crime is punishable by exile. Or if Alpha doesn't feel he could be completely fair with his judgement, he'll put them on trial in front of the elders. Whatever Scott did he must've really pissed Alpha off.

"That's what I heard." Scott answers my question.

"Well you heard correctly." Dom says with authority. "Because after last night, you deserve much, much worse."

"WHAT?! Why?" I ask in shock. "What the hell happened last night?"

Scotts expression changes instantly hearing my question. Now instead of looking furious he looks guilty. He shifts his eyes towards the ground in silence. When he looks back up his gaze lands on me. I can see a sparkle in his eyes andhe cracks a mischevious grin.

"You don't remember?" He asks, his expression kind of frightening.

"Remember? Remember what?" I ask, completely lost. " What am I supposed to be remembering?"

"What exactly do you remember from last night?" Scott asks me, with that same wicked grin on his face.

"Not much." I say shaking my head. "I don't even remember making it to the truck lastnight."

" Because you didn't." Scott says.

No sooner than the words escape scotts mouth, Dom is on him. Dom had crossed the yard in almost a blink of the eye. He snatched Scott up by the collar of his shirt and slammed him into the driver side of his truck.

"Tread lightly." Dom says in a low growl.

"Would someone tell me what the f**k is going on?!" I scream. The random act of violence spiking my anxiety. I can feel my heart racing again, but this time or a different reason.

"Yeah Dom?" Scott asks sarcastically. "What the f**k is going on?"

*Balls of steel.* Pearl says. *Why would he antagonize Alpha when he's already very pissed?*

*I have no clue.* I tell her as we watch them.

"Tell her." Scott says. "Why didn't she make it to my truck?"

"No," Alpha says. "How about you tell her."

"Tell me what?" I ask. "Someone tell me whatever it is. I'm losing my mind!"

"Tell her about how you beat the s**t out of me," Scott says. "For no reason."

*Alpha did that to him?* I ask Pearl, who was just as shocked as I am.

*I guess,* She responds. *I wonder what he did? Surely Alpha wouldn't do it without good reason.*

"I had a reason, and you know good and damn well what it was." He says sneering in Scotts face.

"By all means," Scott says with sarcasm in his voice. "Tell us what your reason was."

"Maybe I got tired of being blind to the bullshit you like to pull." He said. "Maybe I didn't want to cover for your sorry ass anymore."

"That doesn't tell me anything." I tell him. "What did he do?"

"Yeah Scott, What did you do?" Dom asks him. "What did you plan to do?"

"That doesn't concern you." Scott tells Dom staring him in the face. "Or does it?"

*What the f**k is going on?* Pearl asks me, knowing I know just as much as she does.

"Scott?" I ask. "What did you do?"

Scott turns his face in my direction. From the looks of it, it doesn't look like he is going to say anything.

"Our old friend, Scott, here," Dom says, his eyes nearing leaving Scott. "He used to have a real bad habit of drugging females from the pack to sleep with them, and I thought he had learned his lesson last time, but to my surprise he apparently still practices. I just don't know how many, or what exactly he had planned to do."

Drugging females in the pack? What he had planned to do?

"Scott?" I ask. I'm so confused. "Is what he is saying true?"

"Yeah," Scott answers. "So what if I gave her something to help her relax? Everyone knows she smokes, noone would've thought twice about how f****d up she was lastnight. But you had to come ruin my fun."

I suddenly feel sick to my stomach. I feel like I could throw up at the thought that I had actually given Scott a chance to get close to me and he was planning on drugging me and who knows what else. Befoe I knew it Dom had struck Scott. His lip busted once again.

"Ruin your fun?" Dom asks. "What did you plan on doing?"

I could hear the wolf in his voice. He was struggling to contain his wolf, meaning things aren't looking so good for Scott.

"TELL ME?!" Alpha screamed in anger. Obviously annoyed Scott hasn't given him what he wanted.

"I had planned to mark her."