Marked By The Moon

Chapter 4

I thought I heard wrong. No one was supposed to drink before the alpha and worse from his cup. His taster could, but I was not his taster. “Alpha if I have done anything to offend you, I am sorry," I said, bowing my head

When I raised my head, he had that smirk on his. That smirk that for some reason made my blood boil. My mind could not concentrate on his smirk any more when I felt my body's temperature turn even hot.

I had been managing the heat all this while, but presently it skyrocketed. I held on to the tray tight, shutting my eyes. I was not feeling all right at all.

“I did not say to apologize, I said drink the wine," Alpha Ryder said

I wanted out of the hall, so with shaky hands, I took one of the glasses and sipped the drink. “Drink them all” he added

Was he joking right now? This was alcohol. Not just normal alcohol, but alcohol that could make a wolf drunk. Wolves do not get drunk with human wines, so we make ours, well, they make theirs.

I was an exception when it came to making wines or taking them. A wolf's alcohol was ten times stronger than a human's alcohol. I am more of a human, even a sip could make me go crazy, but he was telling me to take all six cups.

I cannot get wasted just before the party began. Supervision was in my hands. “Alph-"

“Do it if you know you did not poison it” he said

I turned to the glasses before me, confused. Poison? Why will I poison them? Well, yes they have been wicked to me, but I would rather not do the poisoning at an event hosted by Lord Everett. It would ruin his image if I did.

It took me a couple of minutes to start downing the contents of the cups. After my first cup, I could hardly see properly. When I wanted to grab another cup from the tray, I missed it a couple of times before I was able to.

At my second cup, I could not think clearly any more. I walked to the stairs, took two steps down then placed my buttocks down to have a seat then placed the tray on my lap before I continued the quest to finish the wines.

My third cup, I took it slowly, but my vision still took a turn. Everyone in the room to me was three or four. My chest rose and fell as I hiccup and then downed the third glass.

On my fifth glass, my reasoning was no longer with me. I stood up, placed the wine down and took the last cup, pouring them slowly into my mouth then paused. “So story time" I began, but paused downing one of the cups “I am a bird," I said, smiling stupidly

“I am a…" I paused then sipped the wine, “A wolf, a strong wolf. A be- No, Alpha wolf"

“I would- Leave me, this instant” I screamed as strong hands dragged me, “I would chop your head off once I grow! You'll see. Fear me, fear me"

That was the last I remember before I was placed on the ground somewhere. Some minutes after, I felt something cold on my body. With a frown, I opened my eyes and met a pair of red eyes.

I began laughing. “You look funny," I said then frowned before turning to the person looking at me with curiosity, “Are you an alpha?"

After a minute of no reply, I continued, “Please turn me to one. I want to chop all of their heads off. They are so mean" I began crying.

The next minute I was looking serious, “Are you an alpha? Okay, if you don't want to turn me, then why are you in my room? It is called invasion of" I gave a long belch “Privacy” I completed.

“Stop talking” he said, covering my lips then I bit it

“You would not-" I tried getting up, but he laid me down “Leave me alone" I screamed

The next I knew, was a hand covering my mouth, and I was moving. I could not do anything as I felt sleepy again, which I succumbed to. I woke again after some minutes.

I was laying on the ground when I did, so I sat up but was hit with a bad headache. However, I was still drunk. My surrounding was confusing to me. I blinked a couple of times to understand where I was.

Then I looked around. Behind me was the forest and in front some distance away was River Ash with their environment dark. “What-"

A cup appeared before me, then I heard a voice, “Take it. It would help you"

I followed the fingers around the cup to the face. He was handsome. His eyes were thin but red, his nose was thin and so were his lips. For some strange reason, I felt hot again.

My eyes remained glued to his lips. I wanted to feel them. His lips. While I fantasized about them, they came closer to me. He crotched in front of me. “Take it” he urged

Briefly, I took my eyes off his lips to the cup in his hands. Then I nodded before taking the cup. He stood up and was about to walk away when I asked, “Who are you?”

He stood still for a moment then looked over his shoulder, “There is no need for you to know that. Take the liquid in that cup so that you would feel better"

“I can't take something from someone I do not know” I placed the cup down

He turned around and walked back to me, then crotched beside me. “You already know who I am”

I shook my head. “I don't”

He remained quiet for a while, then placed his hand on my cheek. “I'm sorry for what I did and" he paused, “Sorry for this also"

His hands moved to the back of my neck and then laid me down.