~ Hayden’s POV ~
“You can’t do this with me, Hayden. You can’t snatch my mansion from me. This is mine and it will remain mine till my last breath. You might be the Alpha of the Shadow Pack, but I am not one of your Pack members who is bound to listen to you. I will never bow my head in front of you”, yelled the old bastard while he threw the papers on my face.
I crossed my legs with a smirk while he started to tremble in anger. Dylan, my Beta, grabbed him by his collar, but before he could punch him in the face, I told him to stop.
He is brave to take my name and that, too, without my title.
“Leave him, Dylan. We should treat elderly people with respect. Now, I will personally handle him”. I asked him and my men to step back and they just followed my orders while bowing their heads.
Why do I have to remind people about their position in front of me? Why can’t they silently take my orders without wasting my time? There is one thing that I hate the most in my life and that’s when people don’t listen to me or don’t take my words seriously.
“Haven’t you heard of the thing that nothing in this world belongs to us? Only the gods have the right over everything and Miles, my friend, I am nothing less than the gods for the werewolves. So, that means, I have the right over all these things. I don’t know if you are aware of this, but once I like something, then I make sure that it only belongs to me and if by chance someone tries to get in my way, then only death awaits that person. Sign the papers, get your money and live the rest of your life peacefully”, I warned him.
I just hate to repeat myself again and again. He is on the verge of his deathbed, but he is still glaring at me for the sake of his house. What’s so special about this place that he is even ready to give up his life? I want this place because this has become one of my desires, but there is no reason for him to fight with me. I am paying him more than enough for vacating this mansion, so why can’t he just let go?
“You are no God, Hayden Wyatt! You are just a selfish brat who doesn’t care about anyone else other than yourself. You are the worst of your kind. I seriously feel bad for your parents. I pity them and I pity your pack who has someone like you as their Alpha”, he told me in a loud and clear voice while he dashed towards my direction with a pissed expression on his face.
He shouldn’t have said those words. The old bastard grabbed me by my collar, but before my people could do anything, I stopped them in their tracks by ordering them through mind-linking.
“He is my prey and no one has the f*****g right to touch what belongs to Hayden Wyatt.”
They took a few steps away while Mile was still grabbing me by my collar. Should I pat his back for showing such courage to me or should I laugh at his stupidity for pulling such a stunt with me?
I removed his hand from my collar while he cried in pain as I held his hands tightly.
Suddenly, the main door of the mansion opened and there I saw a familiar face.
“Hayden? What are you doing here? Don’t tell me that you have finally decided to take me as your woman”, the woman chirped in her annoying face.
What was her name again?
I looked at Dylan and he told me through mind-linking about the girl who was jumping in excitement just after seeing my face.
“She is Stella. One of the girls who slept with you in the hopes of becoming your woman. She is the granddaughter of Miles.”
Oh, so she is one of those idiots who seriously believe that I will have any sort of emotions for the likes of hers. I do like weak things as they are easily broken, but once I lose interest in those things, I just turn my back on them. Well, I did tell all those women not to have any sort of expectations from me or the relationship that we share as it’s only limited to the hotel rooms, but in the end, they all develop some sort of hope and I just crush them by crushing their sweet dreams under my foot.
‘When are you going to stop playing with all these girls? You are aware, aren’t you? That we need to have our mate by our side. You might hate her, but don’t expect the same thing from me. We need to find her at any cost, Hayden’, asserted Zion, my wolf inside my head and I just sighed after hearing his words.
‘I don’t know about you, but I don’t need anyone by my side. Need is something which only a woman wants in her life, I replied to him while I smirked while glancing at Stella.
Miles tried to shoo Stella away and I know the exact reason why he was trying to send her away.
“Now, you know how to be scared, huh? Don’t worry, I usually don’t touch the things which I have already claimed. I can’t say the same thing for your granddaughter as she is looking quite excited seeing my face. See, she is not even hiding her smile”, I whispered in Mile’s ear and he just gazed at me with eyes filled with tears.
This is how a woman turns you into a weak person. He was not scared to sacrifice his life, but now that he saw his granddaughter’s face, he started to tremble in fear. Weak things shatter easily and that’s what I like about them.
Miles folded his hands in front of me and he then grabbed my feet with a scared expression on his face. The man who was not ready to bow down his head is bowing his head in front of me. That’s what I like about weakness. It makes people realise their position and he is no different.
He was pitying my pack and the people who brought me into this world. Let’s see what his granddaughter will do after I give her a tempting over.
“How can I forget someone as beautiful as you, Stella, right? I do remember you and you are indeed correct. I am here for you, but your grandfather insulted me so much and also my upbringing, that I am no longer in the mood to take you as my woman. If you want to blame someone, then blame your grandfather for ruining my mood”, I told her in a cold voice while I sat on the chair which was placed near the table.
Stella was quite surprised after hearing my words and she took at least three minutes to understand everything.
“No... no... I won’t let him ruin my future. What should I do, so that you will again think about taking me as your woman”, she pleaded to me and I just smiled at her.
“Nothing much. Just cut off your grandfather’s tongue which dared to insult me and I might think about taking you back”, I told her and, without even thinking for a second, she headed straight to the table and after that, she took the knife from there.
I was enjoying the show, but before she could do anything, I stopped her by grabbing her wrist.
“I just changed my mind. I no longer want you to cut his tongue, and nor I want you back in my life, love”, I told her, while Dylan took the signature of Miles on the papers.
Stella tried to grab my hand, but before she could touch me, I pushed her away and she just fell on the floor while her knees got scraped and blood started to ooze out of her wound.
“As I said, I didn’t promise you anything. I told you that I might take you back, but there was no certainty in my words. I am giving you guys ten days to vacate the house or else, on the eleventh day, I will turn this mansion into your graveyard”. I glared at them and after that, I took my leave from there while I corrected my cufflinks.
Dylan and all my other men followed me while I took the lead.
“Why didn’t you kill him, Alpha? I... I am sorry to question you, but I just wanted to ask you this thing”, exclaimed Dylan, while he glanced at me.
Dylan is not only my Beta, but he is also my best friend. He only talks with me in this manner whenever we are surrounded by other people.
“It’s simple. As of now, he will live a miserable life. You do know that I always believe in giving people a painful death, right? So, from this point in his life, he would have to protect his granddaughter who tried to take his life. The man who didn’t care about his life for the sake of this mansion, will now have to give the mansion keys to me and that too, with his hands”, I told him, and he just smiled while looking at me.
Being at the top position is not an easy thing. Some people want to snatch away my place, some want to remind me of my upbringing, some force their daughters on me thinking that I would take them as my Luna, some just want money from me and some just want to use me.
Suddenly, my phone vibrated and when I saw the name, a smile appeared on my face. I picked up the call while I walked straight towards my car.
“What’s happening there? Is she enjoying her bachelorette party?”, I asked.
“She has run away, Alpha. We were not able to find her. She was sitting on the couch, but she then disappeared without a trace. We are not even able to smell her scent to trace her”, said one of my men from the other side of the phone call.
Are they f*****g stupid? They were not even able to take care of one single girl.
“I will deal with you later, but if you don’t want to tear you limb from limb, then you better find her before I reach the club”. After saying those words, I ended the call.
I immediately sat inside the car while Dylan followed me. The rest of my men sat in the car which was parked behind my car.
I drove off the car straight to the club without wasting even a second.
I parked my Porsche in front of the club and when I stepped out of the car, the man who called me came forward and I just punched him hard across his face.
“There is a reason why I am paying you all, you f*****g idiots”, I yelled at them and the moment I thought about punching him again, he told me about her location.
“I... I searched all the nearby CCTV footage and I saw her near that black car.”
I glanced in the direction where he was pointing his index finger, so I decided to check if he was telling me the truth or not.
It’s weird, but for some reason, Zion was feeling excited. The more I walked towards the car, the more I felt restless. I tried to knock on the window of the car, but no one responded from inside the car.
Suddenly, that person drove away the car while I stood in the same spot with shock written all over my face. She must be hiding inside that car. When I gazed at my side, I saw Dylan. He asked me to get inside the car and I just sat beside him.
We started to follow that black BMW car and after chasing the car for a while, Dylan took over them and after that, he stopped the car in front of them and that girl finally stopped her car.
I was not able to see her face properly as she was lowering her head while she was clenching the steering wheel of the car.
I warned her to open the door of the car, but she didn’t listen to me. Now, I don’t have another option, but to break the window of the car.
I punched hard on the glass of the window and it got shattered into pieces. The girl who was sitting on the driver’s seat, covered her face with her hands while some glass shards of the window pierced her skin.
She is such a delicate thing. She must be scared out of her wits and that’s why her arms are covered with goosebumps.
I took a deep breath and suddenly a sweet and delightful smell of magnolia and sandalwood hit my nose, which made me lose all my senses. No, this can’t be happening. I don’t want to believe this.
I can sense by her aura that she doesn’t even have her own wolf. What am I supposed to do with a wolfless girl like her?
Her brunette hair was hiding her face, but before I could tuck her hair behind her ear, she glared at me and I just froze at my spot when her silver eyes looked into my azure ones.
She bit her plump lower lips, which looked so tempting that I wanted to kiss her right this moment. She just glared at me and after that, she got out of her and I just stopped breathing for a second as I was not able to withstand her sweet scent, which was making me lose my reasoning. I want to mark her right here and right now, but I have to calm myself or she might get scared of me.
My wolf was yelling inside my head, so I just mumbled the same word under my breath, “Mat...”, but before I could complete my word, she just clicked her tongue in annoyance while she moved her head here and there, “What the f**k is wrong with your eyes!”
What!
‘What a great first impression you have left on our mate. Way to go, Hayden’, asserted Zion inside my head while I just looked at the fierce girl with disbelief written all over my face.