The Alphas second chance mate

Chapter Nine - It's him

I knew that voice almost as well as I knew my own.  It was my fathers!  Moon Goddess what was he doing now!!  Surely he couldn't cause any more trouble.  We had just been given a chance to get out of this alive.  Why was he always so determined to ruin everything.  I jumped up from my hiding place so fast I cracked my head on the desk.  Blinking in shock I had no time to register the pain. I was on my feet and out of the Alpha's office so fast it made my head spin.  With Alpha Ryan on my heals we ran to the next room.  

Throwing the door open revealed a scene of absolute c*****e, there was glass all over the floor, the piano was in bits and a book shelf had toppled to the floor.   

My dad was being held up by his throat against the wall opposite me.  His face was Puce in color and seemed only seconds away from being killed right there infront of me.

"Nooooooooooo"  I screamed at the top of my lungs "Noooooo Please, I agree to everything!!!"

The man holding my dad up had his back to me.  On hearing my screams of desperation he froze.

"Please"  I said "Please he is all I have left"  

He dropped my father on the floor.  I heard a lot of coughing and cursing and I sagged in relief.  'Thank you moon goddess' I prayed silently in my head.  

Now that I knew my father was safe, for the time being at least, my mind was free to concentrate on other things.  The smell that I had been absolutely hell bent on getting to earlier was coming from the man in front of me.  Amira was going off her head in my mind "Mine... Mate" she was trying to push forward to get to him, but this was my moment.  My time with this Beautiful stranger.  Even with his back to me I knew he was going to be a gift from the Moon Goddess herself.  He was around 6 foot and built of pure muscle. He was wearing a black t-shirt which clung to his body and gave my eyes access to every muscle across his broad back and shoulders.  On his right arm he had a tribal looking tattoo that curved around his enormous bicep.   His black jeans sat low on his hip and his backside was literally making me drool.  This guy was edible and he was mine!!  Amira was still whimpering in my head desperate to get to him.  I couldn't blame her.  My entire body felt like it was on fire.  I needed this guy to turn around.  I took a step towards him and saw him flinch in response.  That was not a good sign.  Had my father destroyed this for me too?  I looked down at my stiletto clad feet and once again mocked my stupidity for dressing up.  It didn't impress Alpha Ryan and clearly it wasn't going to impress Mr Mysterious  in front of me.

Alpha Ryan cleared his throat "Alpha Lucas I must apologise for the behaviour of Mr Miller"

Alpha Lucas, wait what?  That name started ringing alarm bells in my head, my vision started to become a little wobbly and I suddenly felt like I was in danger of collapsing.

"No need to apologise Alpha Ryan, Mr Miller and I have history and his reaction was expected"  The sound of his voice was exactly as I remember it, smooth and confident and when I heard it, it took me back five years to a better time in my life.  When I was a shy and awkward teenager.  But that was not me now.

"History?"  I shouted in a voice I did not recognise as my own "History??  You killed his Mate and his daughter!!  That might be nothing but history to you but to us that is when you destroyed our family!!"

He turned around then to face me, 'that's right look my in the eyes you coward.' I thought to myself.  A split second later I wish he hadn't.

My assumption of him being as beautiful from the front as he was from the back had been wrong.  He was much, much better, better than I had remembered.  My memory of him did not do him justice.  He was as close to 'God Like' as you could get.  My heart started hammering against my chest.  He locked eyes with me and I became completely paralysed.  His hair was longer at the front and pushed over to one side.  His eyes were so blue you would honestly think he had contacts in his eyes.  He had a scar over his eyebrow which made him look even more gorgeous.  Gorgeous didn't cut it, this man was perfect.  He was total perfection.  But he was a literally a wolf in sheeps clothing.  I took another determined step towards him.  I could see such emotion in his eyes that it almost caused me physical pain.  He clenched his teeth together and I saw the pulse of the action in his Jaw.  I took a deep breath

"I April Miller of the Copper Rose Moon clan Reject you-"  

"Don't you dare!  Don't you dare"  Amira cried in my head.  "This will kill him"

"Alpha Lucas-"  The Roar from behind me was loud and commanding and stopped me in my tracks straight away.   

"SILENCE APRIL"  I bowed my head immediately, "You will NOT do anything to break the bargain that I have made here.  You will not sacrifice 300 other wolves because you don't like your fated mate."

"Don't like him?  I HATE HIM" I screamed back.  I looked at Alpha Lucas with tears streaming down my face.  Amira was howling in pain in my head.  He looked devastated.  I bowed my head again and watched my tears hit the floor.  

"I will go with him as his prisoner, though, Alpha Ryan.  I would never sacrifice other wolves lives just to do what I want"  I said with as much venom in my voice as I could muster. "Which is very much unlike my new Alpha"  I swear from my position I could see Alpha Lucas' knees buckle just a little.

"You will not reject me either" Alpha Lucas stated in a flat voice "This would also break the agreement"

"Yes Alpha Lucas" I said with my head down.  "And what of my father?"

"He is never to set foot on my territory again.  I suggest, Alpha Ryan, you may need to put him on some sort of House Arrest.  He is totally hell bent on getting himself killed.  And April has already lost more than she ever should have"

'No thanks to you' I thought.  Looking down again I noticed that my tears were starting to mix on the floor with something else, blood maybe?  'I wonder if that was from the desk earlier'  I started to feel really tired and the clanging noise came back to my head....

"April look up at me please"  Alpha Lucas said in a quiet voice, that was thick with emotion. I tried to comply.  I lifted my head just a little and the whole room span at once.  I felt my eyes start to close just as the floor seemed to head up towards my face.  I was just about to connect with the floor when warm arms wrapped themselves around me.  I felt a spark of electricity and heard Amira purr right before I lost consciousness.